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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Misusing Liberty

Thomas Mann, German novelist who
could not submit to the nazi domina-
ton as set up by Hitler and so found
refuge in the United States, has, as
all great writer's must have a keen
and penetrating vision not only of eff
fects but of causes influencing human
action. No one can read his books with
out discovering that he carries
through" in his thinking to the logical
conclusion.
Possessing these rare attributes.
what Mr.. Mann has to say on any sub
ject, and especially on ~present-day
Germany, deserves close attention.
Thus, when he declares in London
he is revisiting Europe for the first
time since 1939-that GERMANY is al.
ready "misusing her liberty and democ-
racy" and that self-pity has led Ger.
many to fail to cooperate with the
Allies, it may be taken for granted
that he arrived at these VIEWPOINTS
only after examining the facts CLOSELY
In an interview with the Associated
Press, he declares:
Germany refuses to acknowledge
that misery and tragedy are not hers
alone, although she herself caused
them. There is suffering in England
and in France, but the German people
refuse to acknowledge the suffering Of
others. Germany takes a morbid pride
in her own tragedy, believing it to be
unique. It is s~elf-pity, part of the ma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Registered Lobbyists Total 795

lobbyist appears from the reports
= to be John c. Cuneo. OF Modesto,
Calf, who reported income of
S13, 442 for the first three months.
Veterans organization lobbyists
numbered IA, topped by $40, 900 a
year John Thomas Taylor of the
Legion and $4,000 Omar Ketchum
of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
There are six registered lobby
lists seeking to influence education
legislation. Four Of them are from
the National Education Assn.
There are eight lobbyists for the
farm organizations. Six are at
work on anti-discrimination legis-
lation and anti = poll tax laws.
Twelve are interested in health
legislation, topped by $4,000 a
year DR.. Joseph S. Lawrence of
the American Medical Assn,
Two are looking after the inter
ests of Indian tribes. Thirteen rep
resent miscellaneous do-good So
cieties. Eleven lobbyists represent
women's organizations. Six speak
to congressman in behalf of re-
ligious organizations.
There is even a peace lobby.
Eight registered lobbyists for u.
S. peace organizations in the first
three months of this year received
salaries totaling 1888 and expense
money of $2108.
There is a registered lobbyist
for 'Unveiling the Universe" an
other interested in anti-vivisection
legislation, and n seeking legis-
lation to improve the condition of
retired Army and Navy officers.
Thirty-four of the registered lob
byists said they didn't work at
their trade in the first three
months.
The fact that the labor lobby
has now become the biggest in
Washington indicates how the pro-
fession has changed since the big
power lobby investigation of 1884.
Up to that time the usual con-
ception of a lobbyist vas of a rep
resentative of some vested inter-
est drawing many thousands of
dollars in pay and with more or
less unlimited expense accounts.
There are still some of them
around.
But reports of the Labor lobby
lists show they are not highly paid.
Highest paid labor lobbyist seems
to be John T. Corbeit of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers with 10, 724 a year.
Highest paid of the CLIO lobby
lists is Robert Lamb of the Steel
workers, $4,000 a year. OF the AFL
lobbyists, $500 a year W. C. Hush
ing is tops. Average pay of the
labor lobbyist is around S75 a
week. Their expenses average 5000
a month.
Washington's big business lobby
will be looked into IN the next
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Holden Beach At
Disadvantage


been placed under a heavy handicap
by the Highway Commission order
prohibiting trucks of more than four
tons dead weight on the ferry across
the Inland Waterway.
When the chairman of the commits
sion, Mr.. A. H.. Graham, declares that
there are more important highway
projects to be completed in Brunswick
county he may we'll be asked what
can be more important to the welfare
of any community than the delivery of
foodstuffs for its people.
Nor can his statement that the four
ton truck rule has been in existence
a long time but not enforced be con-
doned.
If there is now to be rigid obser-
vance of the rule, milk and food trucks
will have to stop on the mainland and
deliveries to consumers be made by
hand-an interminable process and
costly.
That the ferry could accommodate
loads exceeding four tons is indicated
by a statement of DR.. Edgar Holden.
DIR. Holden declares twelve-ton trucks
have made the waterway crossing with
out damage to or endangerlng the
ferry.
Inconvenience in food deliveries is
not the only complaint against Mr..
Graham's ruling. Some twenty homes
are under construction at the beach.
Building materials cannot be delivered
by hand, so construction will be brought
to a standstill.
With southeastern North Carolina
beach resorts in great need of addi-
tional housing, Mr.. Graham has halted
building operations at Holden by an
arbitrary decision which, in the under
standing of the developers there, is not
in harmony with a fair Interpretation
of the original agreement with the
highway department.
That agreement specifies perpetual
ferry service would be maintained, &C.
cording to information form an au-
thoritative source. This, according to
the same source, means the service
would be commensurate with the need.
Instead of providing adequate ferry
service, Mr.. Graham has taken the op-
posite course. Hopefully, the confer
ence Of SENCBA representatives with
Mr.. J. A. Bridgers of the highway COM
mission staff, set for today, will i'm
press the chairman of the Highway
Commission, when the proceedings are
conveyed to him in Raleigh, with the
necessity of DOING something to i'm
prove ferry communication with Hol-
den Beach until such time as a bridge
can be built, instead of i%nterrupting
building construction and delaying food
deliveries, as his present order does.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
By PETER S

WASHINGTON. - Seventy : five
paid labor union lobbyists are now
working in Washington. according
to a detailed study of reports for
the first three months of l947,
filed with Congress in compliance
with the Regulation of Lobbying
Act of 1916.
These reports show that the la
Dor lobby is now the biggest seek
ing to influence Congress. II does
not include John L. Lewis, Phil
Murray, Bill Green, or the heads
of the big unions. 1t also does not
include the flying squads brought
to Washington from all over the
country to work on local congress-
men while they are considering
the Taft Hartley labor reform
bills. The IS registered lobbyists
are the more or less full : time
union Legislative representa-
tives," as they're called.
Breaking down the total, it is
shown that 20 of the lobbyists r
registered from CLIO unions, 10 7
from the Railroad Brotherhoods,
nine from the Foremen's Assn. OF
America, five from ALL, plus two
from its affiliated UNIV. nine
from in dependent machinists
unions, four from the telephone
workers, and seven from miscel-
laneous labor organizations.
incidentally, unions of federal
employees which have registered
lobbyists seeking to influence gov
eminent pay scales and conditions
of civil service employment NUM-
Der %. If this number is added
to the rs lobbyists from non-gov-
eminent unions, the total labor
lobby counts SO, or approximately
one out of every eight lobbyists
who have reported to Congress.
Seven hundred and ninety five
individuals had registered as lcb-
byists up to May /. OF this num-
Der. 545 filed reports purporting
TO show their income and eXpenll-
lures during the first three months
Of the year. Failure to file a state
ment or filing an incorrect state
ment is punishable by q fine of
$4,000, a years imprisonment, or
both.
Next to organized labor, the big
gest Hobbies which reported to
Congress were working for the
Townsend Plan. which registered
IS lobbyists, and the Citizens Com
mittee for Displaced Persons,
which registered 81. This latter CT
%ganization is working for legis-
lation to amend the immigration
laws SO as to admit more Euro
pean refugees to the U. S. 1t re-
ported all its lobbyists yer I'M
paid volunteers. Townsend Plan
lobbyists reported pay and ex-
penses varying from nothing to Is
per cent of the dues they collect,
ed. Highest paid Townsend Plan
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
The Doctor Says
new REMEDIES An
HAY FEVER VlC1I9N|''
By WILLIAM A. O'RR1rx

Hay fever time is alro.
Tor those who are sensiti,s'y ny
pollen. Grass and Weed @ he;
WIN develop their trouble =, ,''pa'
mer advances. Patients ,.5 Is SUI,
not been made insensj r,o hi.
those who cannot go to . ~ d;
tree place may be reIjsr y.I'7
syn ptoms by recently div, '' y
remedies. N'>oVeGe,
True pollen allergic rea,4.
only occur at the time the 1,S
are in the air. Patients ~s, ' ..
symptoms before or after rI -, Day
llnatlng season do not b. ~S N.
fever: Average patient naye by
nay fever is sensitive to "t N. 1s
five pollens, not one as w. al'es i
erly believed. "'S ION.
Management of nav fo,..
year-around affair. Most NJ
clans recommend takjns paS2'
tlons during the off seasoT -riS
" long intervals, then ,, a. III
them up well in advance y
pected trouble. Some natio. VI e.
rendered completely insensIt1. u
the second o. third Year. ,.' I
others may have to take a o n-'
course. 'OnsS
Skin tests With the sys..
pollen are taken before tra., ,,i'
is started. 1t is helpful IA .S
the dates of symptoms. Tho. as "
physician by consulting q .. -'
can tell which pollen are " u.
air at the time. Sixteen com5r III
ton sets Of skin test mat.,.,
have simplified the search for "a.
offending pollen in the 1ye., ~
case.
There is no special c5n.,
which benefits hay fever y,
tents. Some patients have to..
if helpful to spend the seaso, il,
location where fewer of tbeir ,.'
len are in the air. Only wav, 4.
escape the difficulty are 10 Nh
a sea voyage, to stay in an a,
conditioned room in which The MI.
len have been filtered out. or A
take prescribed injections.
Although many drugs have be,
used for symptomatic relic! n
hay fever, the most effecn.
to date are pyribenzamine or b,.
adryl. They must be adminsttyS
by a physician so they can b
stopped if reactions occur.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

four hours of a day. Almost all
their work is done when the sun
is shining. They are busy break
ing up carbon dioxide and build
ing the carbon up into sugar and
starch and other substances. But
when the sun ceases to shine, all
that wonderful chemical work
ceases. too. The carbon dioxide is
no longer broken up. no sugar or
starch is formed, and SO the plant
may be said to sleep. Indeed. the
winter sleep of the plant il temp
crate lands is chiefly just a sleep
of this kinda sleep due to lack
Of sunshine.
In a third sense, flowers may
be said to sleep when they close
their petals. The daisy is said to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Written for NEA Service

F11ll1ll " 49, 49,
Lieut.. Jonathan B, Mcl-
wrote me that they enjoy II
rubber bridge games at Hanl'
Field, Calf, but today's hi
nearly broke up the game. II
haps you will not like the oldd1
but that is the way it occIIlF
and it is the reason South VIII
play bridge any more.
When South opened the o!odl
with two clubs vulnerable VIZ
bid four hearts to make j. nli
for the boys to get a slam.
they doubled four hearts, he My
lun out to four spades.
East's four no-trump bid NJ
the Culbertson slam conTen-~
and therefore Vests reSpo"H
five diamonds showed a dl'-4"-
void. r.,
South of course passed The ~ ,
no-trump bid. just ~alilas !
East and West to get high e-', J.
so he could double. If they "
rot get too high, he would Ss' B
with six clubs himself.
When East went to SIX Se a..
South certainly thought ne t1"'
beat that contract. He doJos'
When the opening club le'I s. 1T"
won in dummy with the ace '' NJ
was not greatly worried. 0a, WI. .a
a diamond was led and l- M
by declarer, South began 10 NV
little shaky. A club was t'u.: +.
III dummy and declarer pfo.'' h,
to trump out the rema!nla a5 b !.
trumps, and a spade 'II'A
conceded to the opponents A,
South refused to score ~ YIN,
hand and has not PLAYED '
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Editorial Comment
The Absent-Minded

The experience OF a local dignitary who
went to a nearby college and came away leav-
inc his wife behind brings to mind a certain
professor who iourneyed to Richmond several
Years ago to lecture on Memory" and forgot
his notes. In either case forgetting the results
World News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Ont of This World

Henry A. Wallace wants the United States
n finance the whole world. But why should
he be So concerned over this world-ae's not
of it.-Charleston Is. c. EvenAg Post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Own Wilderness

Even his detractors feel that Hank Wallace
is something special among voices, as he
seems to carry his own MISUNDERSTANDING
Times-Dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
GOOD MORNING

OOOO
Money and time are the heaviest burdens
OF life, and the unhappiest of all mortals
are those who nave more of either than
they know how to use.-JohnsOn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
MCKINNEY
On Bridge

BY WILLIAM Z. McKENNEY
Americas Card Authority
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
Antarctic Gases
New York Times

Reported discovery of second Antarctic oasis by Admiral Byrds wideranging ers seems to confirm the fact that the south polar continent is not the to be The existence of wide stretches of open land studded with fresh-water lakes suggests the possibility of establishing permanent settlements there, from which the mineral of these rugged regions might be exploited for the benefit of mankind.
 Gases are associated in our minds with palm trees growing in the desert Needless to say there are none of these in the Antarctic. But in of the lakes at least some trace of vegetable life found. Rmmed by thin ice it was its warmsh water contained living algae well mineral crystals Indeed, the growing algae beved to have given these lakes the extraordinary color which when they first spotted from the air made them seem almost like optical illusion. seapane settling the surface changed the iuson to startling fact The lakes were there, unfrozen The around them were free from ice with beaches wide enough to accommodate whole squadrons of planes Inland conical outcroppings of dark red rock like small volcanoes >Al else in this strange land remains mysterious and uneXporad
 A scientific expedition is on the way to Burgers Oasis Perhaps when Byrds explorers return their report will widen information. It would be important to know whether these oaSes are fed by springs merely open areas i'll the path of retreating glacier This would bear the future development of the southern continent for warm spring, volcanic cearings might be able to support human activities all the year round. Whatever sig ncance these unsuspected polar oases may prove tc have they certainly the surprising discoveries of Operation Highiump.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
New YOrk's Refreshing New Voice
(New York Sum

During the appearance of William Green Presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor before the Senate Committee Labor and Public Welfare, Sen ator Irving M Ives took exception to the union leaders contention that labor legislation is neces sary because labor clean it's own house. Answer ing Greens nsstence that such things jurisdictona disputes and secondary boycots should be settled in the house of labor itself Senator Ives observed:
 Bear in mind that the public is demanding
 that something be done, and in all probability
 something will be done before this Congress
 gets through. You can't just sit there and say
 this won't work and that won't work Some thing has got to be done.
 The failure of organized labor to admit any short coming and it's disposition to blame everything on monopolistic management without conceding that unionsm, too, has grown monopolistic and needs some of the restraints which, in the public interest imposed on business, do not help to evolve
 fair sensible legislative program It is especially interesting to New Workers that the voice raised in demand that this aissez faire attitude be discarded comes from one of their Senators They find it re- freshing have in the Senate who speaks in the public interest rather than in behalf of pressure groups
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
HOSPITAL NOTES

St. Ann's Hospital admitted Zalmain Gross for medical atten- tion yesterday, and Mrs. R. R. Liz CT for surgery.
 Discharged were Ms. Verina Ginnett, Master Daniel Paula Raymond MaXson, William A. Brown, Chris Jensen, and John Bremner.
 Government Hospital admitted seven children enroute from the Interior of Mt. Edgecumbe School at Sitka They are Minnie Abloo- galook and Percy Outwater from Nome, Joe Carter from Candle Peter Tacktoo from Shishmaref Edward Oumak from Bethel, Mar garet Maloney from White Noun tain and Jerry David from Colo win.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Fred from An goon was admitted and at 8:55 last evening a baby girl was born to her, weight seven pounds and 14 ounces.
 Read the want-ads for bargains
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
C0Rp0RATI0ss ARE
 FILED WITH AUDITOR

New cOrporatioiis filed with Ter ritorial Auditor Frank Boyle were announced today.
 The Far North Nurseries, Inc, Anchorage, listed the following stockholders: Carl E. Martin, Lu- cille E. Martin, Bonnie L. Martin, Daniel L. Lappala and Velva Mae Lappala The company, which will be engaged in the landscaping rursery and gardening business listed 2,000 shares of stock with a par value of S25.
 The Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc. Anchorage, listed the following stockholders: Robert c. Reeve, Jan ice M. Reeve, Ted Van Thiel, F Patrick Cartee, George R. Jones and John s. Hellenthal The air. ways will have 1000 shares of stock with no par value.
 The Hotel Palmer, Inc, Palmer listed three stockholders: Bruce Kendall Russell Swank and John s. Hellenthal. The hotel is incor- porated for $100,000 divided into 400 shares of common stock and COG shares of non-voting preferred stock. All shares have a par value of $100.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26

inc L. King, and lived in Douglas for six or seven years, 25 years ago, when he was an electrician for the Treadwell Mining Go.
 VandenWyer had been an en- ployee of the City of Seattle for the past 2l years and was noted engineer and planned the present traffic lights system in that city. He held the position of Traffic Signal Engineer. He was a native of Brussels, Belgium, and came to the United States when three years of age. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and was very active in Boy Scout activities.
 Besides his wife, survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Alice Hurney and a son, Hubert A. VandenWyer Jr., both of Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
EVENING CONCERT, GIVEN ON SUNDAY,
 METHODIST CHURCH

The Senior Choir of the Meth odist Church presents the cantata Easter Glory" written by the choir's director, John Hoogstad, next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock This is the first full length cantata to be written for and sung by the choir, and it is with special plea sure that the choir presents John Hoogstads new cantata to the com munity.
 The ten numbers of the evening, with the Scripture from which they are taken, are as follows:
 1.-"The Earth Did Quake" full choir, Matthew 28: IA
 2.-"Why Weepest Thou?" Wo- mems voices, duet Mildred Lister and Mary Treat; John 20: Ills.
 3.-"They Have Taken Away My Lord" Full chorus. Matthew 28 5-6; John 20: 2.
 4-"He Is Not Here But Is Ris- en-" solo, bass voices, chorus ac- compartment. Luke 24 AT.
 5.-"Peace Be Unto You Alto tenor duet, Mildred and John Hoogstad John 20: 1923. 6.-"With Fear and Great Joy" Full choir, Matthew 28: 7-8. Why Are Ye Troubled?" Tenor solo, John Hoogstad. Luke 24: 36-40.
 8-"Behold, I Send You The Promise" full choir. Luke 24 49. ! 9.-"Ye Shall Be Witnesses" So- prano solo, Mary Treat, with choir. Acts 1. 8.
 l0.-"Jes;:- Is Our King Full choir.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
STRATEGIC ALASKA

recent speech in Congress by Representative Gearhart of California charges that Russia is pre- pairing to lay claim Alaska the ground that it's sale by the czar to the United States in 1867 from Illegal
 The evidence which he submits to support his statement bears out more strongly than ever the inn portance of srategicaly located Alaska defensive stronghold in peace and perhaps the most important area in the world in the event of any future atomic war
 Rep Gearhart quotes article appearing in the New York Times in 1889:
 "Pravda official Russian news outlet stated Alaska was sold to the United States by the Czar without the consent of the Russian people
 Last August he points out, an American news service correspondent wrote
 The Soviets never have conceded the Czar's right to sell Alaska Russian armen and seamen stationed in Alaska during World War II openly referred to it as Russian territory
 Says Gearhart: Tt is admitted by the well in formed the present status of Alaska constitutes one of the graves problems confronting United States diplomacy. The time has come to bring this problem into the open. Alaska is direct line betweer potential aggressors and our industrial centers.'
 Before the recent war, only few far sighted individuals were aware of the strategic importance O. Alaska with the result that because of this neglect our then enemy in the Pacific able to move into Kiska and Attu establishing bases from which they attacked Dutch Harbor and threatened an invasion
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
LENTEN SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY WILL
 BE HELD ON FRIDAY

Due to other activities in the community, the regular Mid-week Lenten Service at the Church of the Holy Trinity has been pest poned il om this evening until Friday evening at o'clock. At that time the Rev. w. Robert Webb will continue the series of Len ten meditations on the Lord S Prayer with the topic And Lead Us not into Temptation, but De- liver us from Evil
 This is the next to last of these special services and the commun- ity is cordially invited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
LAST RITES FOR OLE
 ANDERSON TOMORROW

Last rites for Ole Anderson pioneer resident of Alaska who passed away last Friday at St Ann's Hospital, will be held to- morrow afternoon at the Charles w Carter Mortuary
 Rev G. H. Hillerman will offi- ciate at the chapel services. and Dean c, E. Rice, chaplain of Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of Alaska, will pre- side at the graveside in Evergreen Cemetery.
 Pallbearers will be c. F. McNutt Pete Hammer, Fred Schneider, An tone Sandnes, John Kornes and Nick Jensen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
s E N A T E MEASURES
58th DAY, MARCH 25


 Senate Committee Substitute for s. B. 86 and H B. 65, by the Sen ate Finance Committee-To appro- priate S1,64727 for partial reim- bursement to various Alaska hos pitals for care given indigents; re- ferred to Rules Committee with out adoption.
 (Passed)
 s. B. 82, by Walker and Rivers To establish a system of uniform business license fees: passed 16-0 tnotice of intention to move for reconsideration given for purposes of amendment.
 (Defeated
 s. B. 30, by Rivers and Walker To levy a general property tax of one percent; failed to pass 6-1O. H. B. 24, by Garnick-Wage col lection law; record of final vote in Journal amended to show that measure failed to pass because lacking two-thirds majority.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
20 YEARS AGO fyf% fHE EMPIRE
MARCH 2s, 1927

MARCH 26, Walter Helan wife and o
 Collier boxer and miner, from Virginia "
 The Admiral due the and introduced chorage approprating for P Williams left a The annual Shrine Club the night Hall of the social well Weather: High 38 low,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26

of Alaska. We do not think that the same mistake will be made again The United States is now well aware of the importance of building up Alaskan defensive outpost of considerable strength. And Rus sia apparently, is also well of the importance of this Territory