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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18

Mexico began to get excited about
Seton 202-e. He offered an
amendment to kill it. The sugar
lobby boys began to sweat black
strap molasses. If the Chaaez
amendment carried, the bill would
go back to the House. There
wasn't time for the House to act,
and, in that case, their bill would
be dead.
1t came UP for final c%onsidera-
ton on the next to the last day
of the session.
The debate was hot and the vote
was close. But in the end the State
Departments Section 202-e was
kept in, AZ to 40. After that, pas
sage of the bill was a mere for
mality.
The fight since then. however,
has gone on undated. The sugar
industry people and the Depart
ment of Agriculture feel that the
act has been given a black eye
because of the State Department
amendment, which hides the other
provisions of the bill. The new
bill, they claim, VIII stalize the
industry and insure supply in line
with demand at fair prices.
In working out wartime con.
tracts for the Cuban sugar crop.
the U. S. government provided
that the price Of the sugar would
advance automatically as the cost
Of living index and the cost of
food index went up.
There are certain price guaran-
tees for domestic sugar producers
in the new bill, carried over from
the act of 1897. There are benefit
payments to cane and beet grow
ers who stay within their allotted
acreages. And if growers are also
producer1. they are, guaranteed a
fair price for their cane or beets.
regardless of the price of refined
sugar.
Money to pay these benefits
comes from a tax on the refining
OF raw sugar imported into the
United States. Normally the re-
finers want a low price for raw
sugar which they refine. In this
Dill they have gone along with
the rest of the industry to support
a higher stabilized price for
everybody. But at the most, indus
try spokesman claim all these
guarantees would raise the price
OF sugar to the consumer frem
Ia to "a cents a pound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18

railroads and some u,.i.;e'
clared themselves in and
learned the lesson. The 0e,.
industrialist who thousat II.
their creature learned it a Z,
cost. Most. although untora2'.
not all. business men have le'l
it. So have a few Labor Ieao y,
notably Mr.. Lewis and MI "
ney.
Of all the groups one can u'
of the scientists are least CIV
politically. To borrow a ~ .
quip of a witty Englishman , +
are as well equipped 70 ds'' +.
politics as a rabbit is TO y
with a boa const-lc'o..
whole training and ter PEI
units them, and s9a.e
things they arc doi1s ana :
of the international p.ole', .,,s
they sponsor make i1eLH w.
little ridiculous.
The scientist is q bohai.V' =.
ample Of that over"ofNeo nj,
expert" Experts are no''.- ,
bad political admin!st,a'o.. ~
case. And Of all OF -ls
scientists would be inc "0' Nv.
knows that if you put l"o we .
cal together they viii s-, r5,:
same result as they 2a'IL or Il
day and the same that mi MIDI
give tomorrow, The P w., q
must know that what vi, d
safely mix today may TO-
terrific explosion tomoIi0'
Some scientists are a.' @s.
their disabilities. Many d." IA. Il:
few realize them so Iitue .,,at II
are intrigued by the t''1s III
the trouble of the WON,
settled by the rule Of S2a Is
ed elite. They can do ]Vs. 'r3;s .
damage as a layman lei
an atomic laboratory
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
WHO SHALL HAVE THE RIJHR

Holding out for specialization of
the mines and factories of the
Ruhr, Ernest Bevin wants to know
VINO is going to have these in.
dustries if the people do not.
Given a choice in the matter. the
people would probably be Willing
for somebody to take them over
VINO can make them produce. -
Greenvllle IS. c. News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
GOOD MORNING

The man who rules his spirit, saith the
voice that cannot err, is greater than the
one who takes a city. If each would have
dominion of himself, would govern WISE
ly. and thus show a true courage, knowi-
edge, power, benevolence, all the princeiy
soul Of private virtues, then each would ne
, nrince - a hero - a man in likeness Of
hi. maker. - Mrs. S. j. Hale.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18

valuable public service in telling the
story of our Illustration in a way we
can all at last comprehend. Unless we
are extraordinarily Indifferent to our
fate we will see that the second session
of the 80th. Congress does some con-
structive work on dometic relief legis-
lation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
QUESTION

Meeting a casual acquaiA,a'
on Fifth Avenue ore day, O&
Levant so far forgot himself as
inquire politely: How are y
today, Williams?'
Williams proceeded 10 give Y
car an unsparing account o.
most lamentable condition, o.
ting not a single ache or pain
After five minutes Of the oI.
recital, Levant shrieked, 'BuJ i
dear fellow, l didn't mean l's'
1y!"-Wall Street Journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
Cost Of Government

In an analysis of an article dealing
with the cost of government and the
peoples food bill, which was written
by it's Washington correspondent, Mr..
Harry Wohl, the st. Louis Star-Times
notes that figures can become so huge
"they cease to have meaning the
human mind can comprehend" The
figures in Mr.. Wohl's article Cannot
be understood even after hours of ex-
planation."
To make them comprehensive, the
Star-Times editor, obviously after hours
of study, reduces them to terms we
can grasp by the process of compari-
son. "In the year 1929" he writes.
"the people spent 1876 billion dollars
for food and only 81 billion fer gov
eminent. In other words, governments
cost was 1879 per cent of that for food"
These are figures we can understand,
as are those that follow:
"By 1915 the food cost had almost
doubled, being Sc billions. But the cost
of government had been multiplied by
Is, rising to 90.5 billions.
"By 1916 the food cost had more
than doubled since 1929, being 1928
billions. But while the cost of govern
ment had declined slightly, it was still
more than IL times that in 1929, or
44l.9 billion dollars"
Why has this happened? The Star
Times believes the cost of World War
II wouldn't have been anywhere close
to it's tremendous peak had it not been
for the short-sighted government poll
cy that inflated everything to encour-
2 war production. Prices were infla-
ted. Wages were inflated. Hence the
staggering increase Of 2,400 per cent
in the cost of government from 1929
to 1916"
This is the national picture. Being
thorough and painstaking in his task,
the Star-Times editor carries his COM
p~arison to it's logical conclusion. Lets
look at the same figures reduced to
terms of each individual inhabltant OF
the United States. In 1929 the Ameri-
can man or woman said: This year |
am going to spend exactly $162 for
food, and l am going to buy $31 worth
of government In other words he
spent less than one-fifth as much Tor
his government as he spent for his
food. But what has happened? BY 1914
this same individual had to say, This
year I shall spend 1929 for my food
and God help me, whether | like it or
not, I shall have to spend $500 for my
government In other words. his food
cost in 1914 was al per cent greater
than in 1929, but his government cost
was 1854 per cent greater"
What this all boils down to, we are
told, and cannot believe differently, is
that the people en- masse are on a road
that will lead straight to national
bankruptcy. "Unless the pressure of
public opinion forces the Congress to
cut government spending by billions of
dollars and restore the integrity of the
United States Treasury, there will be
no getting off that road"
Every last mothers son of us has
been feeling the pressure of federal
extravaganza and waste since the in
flationary spiral started with the out
break of World War II. But we have
had only a vague idea of what it was
doing to the national and the individual
economic situation. Here it is told in
plain and simple terms.
The Star-Times has performed a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
GAS FLOWING

Detroit reports a ra.o.a,
we'll flowing al the rs,e Of 4'..
cubic feet a day, but nss-''
to give the gentlenan's na,s
tell what office he seeks-A'.
p.lis Commercial Appeal,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
Quotatio

We must find a way to bridge the torrent
Of doubt and suspicion between the eastern
and western powers or the eventual result
would be conflict.-Eric Johnston, president.
Motion Pic .ure Producers, Inc.
Production and only produc ion which
creates a balance of supply and demand is
the only sure cure for the increasing wage
and price spiral. George M. Humphrey.
Pittsburgh coal and steel executive.
The toughest thing about success is hat
you've got to keep on being a success Talent
is only a starting point in business You've
got to KEEP working that talent.-Irvine Rer.
lin, song writer.
We keep the iron curtain down on how
much we don't know, which is practically
everything. Charles F. Ksttering, General
Motors engineer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
FER RES ARE AGAIN PLYING PUGET SOUND

SEATTLE, March 20.-iR-Reg- ular ferry service piled the waters of Puget Sound today for the first time in almost a week after mem bers Of the CIO-Marire Engineers Beneficial Association gave two to one" approval to it's new con tract.
 Partial ferry service to Brem- erton, Vashon and Bainbridge Is- land was resumed last night and most routes were expected back on regular pre-strike schedules by neon today, the company said.
 Terms of the settlement reached Monday at conference in Olym- pia, included an estimated 23.8 percent average overall wage in crease over the old scale; reclassi- fication of vessels according to Horsepower with pay scales based on the size of the engine plants, and reclassitication of first and second assistant chief engineers as assistant chief engineers, placing 10th on the same wage level.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

bor Relations (Wagner) Act, the Fair Labor Standards Wage HourD Act and the Railway Labor Act
 Ferguson told the Cenate I've are ill state of anarchy" when it comes to industrial disputes and tie time has come to subject them to the legal discipline of a civilized society"
 Smith declared the bill would cover 'at least three fourths" of such cases and could lead to the ultimate settlement of all labor management disputes on the basis of what is right and just"
 The Smith-F'erguoolI proposal was offered in the Senate only few hours after Rep. Landis (R-Ind) told reporters there is a 50-50 chance the House Labor Committee may suggest revision of the Norris LaGuardia Act as a means of com batting strikes which affect the national welfare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
YOUNG STUDENTS ARE TO PRESENT
 PIANO RECITALt

Recital week has come for the piano students of Mrs. Carol Beery Davis. Sunday afternoon, March 23. a program recital of Beethoven, Bach and Brahms will he presented in the auditorium of Northern Light Presbyterian Church at 3:30 o'clock.
 The following Friday, March 23, at ' o'clock in the evening, a cos tune recital, with folk songs and dances of various nations, will be played by the beginning and inter- mediate groups.
 And on Saturday, March 29, there will be third recital, at 7:30 pm. This program will feature the seasons of the year, with a num- Der for each month from the mu- sic of Leopold Tschaikowski. The public is cordially invited to attend each and all of these three student programs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
NEW GA. GOVERNOR
 LASKES OUT, HITS AT. TALMADGE GROUP
Brands Legisl ation as White Supremacy
 Must Pass on Bills
By ROMNEY WHEELER

ATLANTA, Ga March 2O.-tR- Gov. Melvin E. Thompson declar ed today that Herman Talmadge and his political associates nc longer had the right to speak for the Democratic party, and brand ed the Talmadge-sponsored white supremacy legislation as an in- vitation to fraud and stolen cleo tionS.
 Appearing before a joint session of the Georgia Legislature, just 24 hours after the State Supremo Court had rejected Talmadge's claim to the governorship, Thomp- son said:
 Those who sought to seize the state of Georgia for their selfish ends, and who undertook to pros titute the Democratic platform to extend their own reign, now have no right to speak for the Demo cratic party.
 Their program is not the peo- ples program It is not the Democratic program, it is not my program. No selfish group can exploit Georgia, and no selfish group will ever control Georgia so long as elections are free"
 Thompson, who must pass on 15l bills apparently signed illegally by Talmadge, indicated he might veto Talmadges number-one measure the so-called White Primary bill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

this part of the bill, except for two letters. The word including was said to have been altered to excluding an action which re- verses the original purpose of the bill.
 Under correspondence, Secretary Robert w Webb read a letter from Fred E. Sperling of the St. Paul, Minnesota, Association of Com merce, stating that the Association lad made plans to send a delega ton to Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburk and Juneau on one of the early trips of Phillip Briggs new freight ship, Southeastern. Briggs has been delayed by me chanical difficulties, and probably will not make his initial sailing until about the last of March.
 A telegram was read which had been sent from the Juneau Cham Der to Delegate E. L. Bartlett, ask ing for immediate action to pre- vent the Public Reads Administra- ton from halting appropriations for sorely needed work on Alaskan roads, particularly the Loop road and Glacier Highway project.
 R J. Sommers Construction Company of Juneau was low bid der on the contract, hut had teen asked to halt plans for the work The statement was made at this noons meeting that apparently the PRA was asking that Alaskan let their projects wait for a year, so the funds can be used by the States for their own road projects
 R. E. Robertson inserted the comment that the condition of the roads in many portions of the Territory at the present time, roads which have not been repair ed or improved since before Pearl Harbor in many cases, are due to some extent to military usage.
 Also read in connection with the road appropriations were telegrams from the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce to Bartlett and to the Public Roads Administration.
 Guests at the Chamber luncheon today were R. c. Ingram, Highway P A. A., of Seward; Dr. Robert Simpson, Jr., U. s. N, Ju- neau-born son of Robert Simp- son, and recently Naval physician assigned ta Task Force F'rigid at Fairbanks; Robert E. Thorp, station operations manager for Pan American Airways at White horse, Y T.; Senator Gunnard Of Anchorage; and Mrs. owner from Sitka
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
YOUTHFUL PAIR HELD IN FATAL
 YACHT BL0WUp

SANTA ANA, Calf, March 20.-- blond college students, en- gagged to be married next month, were in Orange county jail today awaiting outcome of police inves- tigation into the explosion deaths late Saturday night of the girls wealthy parents aboard their 47- foot yacht in Newport Harbor
 Beulah Louise Overell, IT daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Walter E. Overell, and George Rector Col lum, 2l, were arrested yesterday after Sheriff James Musick and Newport Beach Police Chief R. R. said 30 sticks of dyna- mite and wired clock were found in the wrecked hulk The yacht sank following the explosion, first attributed to gasoline, and investi- gators went aboard after it was raised the next day.
 Interviewed separately last night 10th Gollum and Miss Overell de- nied any responsibility for the They said they had left the boat for hamburgers shortly prior to the explosion.
 She disclosed that her 62-year- old father and 57-year old mother had opposed her marriage to Col lum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
LABOR RELATIONS
 COURTS MEASURE
 BEFORE CONGRESS


 WASHINGTON, March 20-lR- Senators Ferguson (R-Mich) and Smith (R-NJD have introduced a bill to create system of Federal labor relations courts with juris- diction over "a large majority of labor-management disputes.
 The courts would have the right to issue injunctions in labor cases, a course now forbidden by the Nor ris-LaGuardia Act in disputes in- volving private industry.
 They would have jurisdiction to interpret collective bargaining con- tracts and to review actions of the administrators of the National La-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
JUNEAU CITY COUNCIL
 TO MEET TOMORROW

Juneau City Couno,. Will meet in regular session tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the City Hall. Ap- pointments of Election Judges and clerks for the Municipal elections April will be confirmed.
 Mayor Waino Hendrickson will report to the Council on the infor- nal meeting held last Monday with Walter Plett, Regional Direc- tor for the CAA in Alaska, on the subject of the Juneau Airport. The Council will consider a survey by a qualified person of the airport, it's facilities, volume of business, and maintenance costs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
GARDEN CLUB HAS
 MEET WEDNESDAY,

Juneau Garden Club met yester- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Alfred Zenger, ST. After dessert, the business meeting was presided over by President Mrs. J. Boyd.
 Mrs. Harry Stonehouse gave a very interesting and instructlve talk on the where, why and how of a home rock garden
 The roll call of members was answered by each member with the name of the official flower Of the state where she was born. Roll call at the next meeting will be ans wered with the name of favor ite bulb.
 The meeting of April IA will be held at the home of Mrs. E. L. Keithahn, with Mrs. J. " Cole as sisting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
M'NULTY GOES TO JAIL

Thomas H McNulty of Sitka, convicted last week on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, lined S100 and given sus- pended jail sentence of one year, is in jail charged with being drunk and with disorderly conduct.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
JUNEAU CHAMBER
 OF COMMERCE IN
 BUSY MEET TODAY

Juneau Chamber of Commerce at it's regular weekly meeting to day neon approved plans of the Executive Board to conduct a newspaper public opinion poll on the question of labor legislation.
 A report was made to the mem bers by President Norman Ban field of the meeting held Monday afternoon of tL,e City Council with Walter Plett, Regional Director of CAA for Alaska
 The meeting cleared up the present status of CAA mainten- ance of the airfie.d, and Plett urg- ed that Juneau take action tow ards acquisition Of the field from CAA
 Plett stated at the meeting that he is reasonably certain of re- auctions in CAA appropriations in she near future, and that the Ju- neau airfield has one of tfie lowest priorities of any installa- ton under CAA control in Alaska.
 Juneau City Council will con- sider action tomorrow towards ob- taining a qualified person to make a study of the airfield, it was re- vealed today The study will cover two main areas: CD what it would cost the City to maintain the field; and (2) how much traffic there might he in and out of the field, and what profit, if any, could be made from it's operation.
 The point was brought up at the Chamber meeting that in the States, many cities operating mu- nicipal airfields do so at loss, and for a good purpose They keep their charges for the use ot the field down to a level that attracts business, and make up the loss out of City funds
 Cutter Berthing
 Robert Ackervik of the Civic Affairs Committee reported some progress toward obtaining berthing space for the USCG Cutter Wa chuett. An investigation of rec ords in the Public Roads Admin istration office would make it ap- pear, said Ackervik, that title to the Support dock is vested in the Coast GualI
 Objects To Tax
 J. B Burford presented his ob- jections to the Veterans Tax Bill recently passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. Bur ford termed the bill a transaction tax on the seller, rather than sales tax on the buyer.
 It was tated that second bill. including exemptions from the tax for rents, theatre tickets. sales ty merchants to municipal corpor- ations and to the Territory has passed the Senate and been sent to the House
 The House made no changes in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
RELEASED FROM JAIL

Stephen F. Frisch has been re- leased from the Federal jail where he served 30 days for slowing away on the Alaska The charge of de- frauding an innkeeper at Cordova has haen dropped.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
WASHINGTON MEN HERE

Frank Swartzbaeker from Marys- vile, Washington, and Earry Ems minger and James Koelber from Kettle Falls, Was and Virgil Ba- ker of Seattle registered yesterday at the Baranof Hote.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

LONDON - An American War Crimes Court in England today convicted twenty former Gestapo agents and Elite Guards. They had heen charged with atrocities against American fliers and mass murders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
HERE FROM WESTWARD

Mrs Penny Anderson -4om t.n- chorage was registered yesterday as a guest of the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
B ULLE i N 5

SINGAPORE-The defense in the trial of seven Japanese officers charged with responsibility for the Singapore Massacre of 1922 told the War Crimes Court today that the Japanese were authorized un- der international law to destroy undesirable clements.
 VATICAN CITY-Pope Plus XII issued a letter today recalling the life of St. Benedict of Nursia. founder of western monasticism, and calling upon all Catholics to emulate his example.
 JERUSALEM-A British police man was killed and five other Bri- tons were injured last night by bomb explosion on the highway be- tween Haina ard re, Aviv.
 BOGOTA, CoIonip:a-The toll of dead in South American plane &C., cidents in the last two months mounted to 91 today with an- nouncement that all live persons aboard a TACA airliner which crashed and burned yesterday were killed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20
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of 4229 Lindell Street. St. Louis. Mo.
 Calvert Reserve BLENDED WHlSkEY -Sc 8 Proof-654o Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert Distillers Corp, New York City
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

In the making of leather, a hide one quarter an inch thick can be split into as many as four thick neSSeS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

Read the want-ads for bargains!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

LONDON Admiral Viscount Mountbatten has left to become Vii ceroy of India in a final bid to keep within the British Common wealth the vast sub-continent his eat-grandmother Queen Victoria brought under British rule
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

Buy it through Empire want-ads
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-20

SUMMERVILLE, s. c. - The Right Rev. James DeWolf Perry, former presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, died suddenly today. He was 76 years old.
 PARIS-Prime Minister Paul Ra- madier demanded today that the Communist Party join a vote of confidence in his coalition cabinet to prevent a government fall which he said might lead to the end of the Republic and the end of France
Evening star., 1947-08-03

.siorid UndSet, the Nor1oe-
alan nopeltst, is one OF me
,oorld's great 1DriterS. She mas
been publishing since 1907 ana
is an authority on Scdndlnd-
Uian history and literature;
In 1928 her great nouel OF
nedieUal Scandinavia i0oH
the Nobel Prize. tor literature.
During the aoar Nine. Undset
fed from her country, fearing
that, il she iDere captured og
the Germans, pro-Nazi broad
casts iDould be giUen as ~
csning from her. She Spent
some of the eTtte IN .he
United States. One OF heT
sons was killed in the defense
OF Nor1eay. She has no,D re-
turned to her home and hds
resumed her literary '0orE.
The accompanying story lpas
urittem erclusiuely for The
Star.