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Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
Center Program Changes Made

Several important changes In
 the Kodiak Community Center program, designed to serve local residents during the fall and win-
 ter month, were announced this
 week by Director Ken Wade The weekly Old Time Gance
 Night at the Center will be shift ed from Wednesday to Saturday
 beginning next week. This change
 is made to accommodate students
 and parents of school children who find It difficult to attend dance programs in midweek.
 Members of volleyball squad will meet on Monday evening" instead of Tuesday and will leave for their tilt with the NOE squad at 7:3o pm instead of 8 as here tofore.
 BiDgo rapidly becoming a major attraction at the Center, will be shifted to Wednesday nights in- stead of Thursday and will be moved ahead to eight o'clock so that the program can be ended by 10.
 Basketball takes the spotlight on Thursday nights, hereafter, with both the town and school squads leaving for NOE at 7pm under the leade, shIp of Coach Tom Utterback.
 In the afternoons an organized play period will be held for grade school children each Monday afternoon at 4. Dancing for younger girls (under ID will be held Wednesday afternoons, the advanced junior dance group meets Thursday afternoon and a new junIor h gh 9th, Sth, 9th, grade) dance group will be held on Fridays at 4.
 Expansion of the craftwork program at the Center also IS planned for the near future by Di ector Aileen Wade. As soon as a new supply of materials can be obtained the craftwork pro- badly overcrowded will take over the entire Cent building, with the exception of the library, each Monday night.
 Mrs. Edna Kraft left Friday with her grandson Jackie Mann and will take the latter to his parents in South Carolina. She said she might drive across the States as she has a car in Seattle' but that she would have to try  out the traffic first.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
Statehood Discussed

Practically unanimous In the advocacy of statehood for Alas Ra several Kodiak residents ap- peared before the Congressional Cammittee on Statehood which v,1ited Kodiak last week. The uubIic hearing, lasting nearly 3 bsars, was held at the Kodiak
 Clnmunity Center with forty fs local residents in attend anee.
 Two members of the City
 Council, A. A. Owen and Jack
 HiBekel, were the first to testify. Hey pointed out that if Alaska stains statehood the territory viR be able to defray a part of he extra cost of government by h2ving authority to tax outside apital which is now bene6ting from Alaska resources while loc- al government has little to say about its operations. MT. Owen aho pointed out that, so far as Kodiak is concerned, there has been a minimum of labor capital disputes in this area and that the local loDgshoremen have never refused to unload a gener- Aeargo ship at this port. His ex- pIanation of local labor-employ- q relations brought praise from Chairman Crawford and other members of the Congressional pOup.
 Mayor Lee Bettinger repeated the arguments for statehood that gained wide recognition when he appeared before a slm- iIsr hearing in Washington
 An alternate proposal that all af Alaska but the Second Judic- ial Division embracing the far north where the majority of resi- dents appear 10 be against state hood, be made a state was ad- vaneed by MT. Karl Brunstad
 Other witnesses included Leo Sears, Talmsge Smith, H. F | Mcdonald and Robert Burgers president of the MOB. Civilian l Club whose protest against transportation difficulties and fright rates brought forth a hearty statement of approval from Chairman Crawford.
 The last witness was Marshal Paul Herring whose description sf his "chicken co D jail" was so intriguing that after the hearing the committee immediately in- speeted the local bastile
 That evening the visitors were hOnored guests at a public din asr held at the VFW club where f00 were served
 Delegate Bartlett introduced the guests who responded, and chairman of the committee Fred Crawford gave a resume of some ef the aspects of statehood.
 If Congress were to approve statehood at the next session, he out, it would still be at least 4 years before any of the benefits of statehood came to the
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13

The Kodiak G4Iden Club will meet next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Marcus Meyer.
Evening star., 1947-06-12
Crisis in Jewish Appeal

To the Editor Of The Star:
We trust we shall have your sympathetic
consideration of the critical emergency stua
ton confronting the $170,00oooo Jewish appeal.
To avoid catastrophe in providing adequate
food and care for displaced Jews in Europe,
the United Jewish Appeal must carry on an
intensive effort within the next 80 days.
AS you know, UNRRA is going out OF business
on June 80 The United States Army will
cease feeding displaced persons within the next
few weeks Governments and intergovern-
mental agencies are not providing adequate
help. Most European governments are bank
rupt and unable to support relief and rehabfli-
tation efforts. Therefore, the major respon-
sibility for the 25o,O0o Jewish DPS and other
Jews in need in Europe rests on the United
Jewish Appeal. We must answer the question
Of who will provide food, shelter, clothing and
medicine for those in distress and need and
who will sustain their hopes for finding new
homes in Palestine the United States or other
hospitable lands
June 80 Is day of grave crisis for DPS In
Europe 1t will be converted into a day Of
DOOM II Americans do not respond quickly
and generously to the emergency needs OF the
s170,OO0O00 United Jewish Appeal campaign.
We are fortunate in having the sympathetic
and generous participation OF Christian COM
mittees throughout the country. This Is
humanitarian problem challenging all Arneri-
cans to action.
HENRY MoRGENTHAU. Jr.
Evening star., 1947-06-12

such arrangements. Well established In
international custom, 1t Is an authority
possessed by the executive of every other
major power. II the United States denies
itself the right to- act in this respect,
then 1T will be saying, In effect, that
European and Asiatic countries will have
to look elsewhere II they want expert help
in training their armed forces. In that
case, we can be sure that other nations
will substitute for us.
The President Is permanently authorized
to send military missions to the Philip
pines and the American republics There
is no logical reason why he should have
only temporary authority, under his special
war powers, to do the same In relation to
countries in the rest of the world. The
heads of other governments are not
limited in this sense. Congress should act
accordingly.
Evening star., 1947-06-12
Mr.. Truman at Ottuwu

The President said some things In his
address to the Canadian Parliament whlcn,
while they may have seemed self evident
to most of us, nevertheless needed saying.
'Free men everywhere" he declared,
"know that the purpose of the United
States is to restore the world to health and
to re-establish conditions In which the
common people of the earth can work out
their salvation by their own efforts We
seek peaceful world, prosperous world,
a free world. world of good neighbors,
living on terms of equality and mutual
respect, as Canada and the United states
have lived for generations"
s Free men everywhere may know these
things. But there is being organized on
a world front a formidable offensive to
discourage belief in our good intentions.
We are being accused of every conceivable
selfish aim and ulterior purpose. At no
point in this offensive are we credited with
a worthy motive.
For the most part this is the work OF
the Communists and those who run at
their heels But it is fact-a thoroughly
deplorable fact-that some Americans who
are not Communists have Joined in this
evil crusade to implant in the minds Of
free people, including our own people, a
doubt as to the good intentions of the
United States. 1t is charitable to put down
the activities of this latter group to simple
ignorance. But whether they are acting
from ignorance or not, the result OF their
efforts, If successful would be to hand over
millions of men who are still free to that
form of human bondage which goes hand
in hand with the spread OF communism.
And If, because of this, the President felt
impelled at Ottawa to reState our aims and
motives, it can hardly be contended that
he was lacking In Justification
Mr. Truman went on to give assurance
that we in the United States intend to
expand our energies and invest our sub
stance in promoting world recovery by
assisting those who are able and willing
to make their maximum contribution to
the same cause And he also said that
we intend to aid those who seek to live at
peace with their neighbors, without coerc-
ing them or being coerced.
These, of course, are generalities. But
they serve notice that the administration
knows there is much remaining to be done,
and that the President proposes to do all
that can be done to keep the world from
being gobbled up by the aggressive forces
emanating from Russia. They are words
which also seem to say that Mr.. Truman
has made up his mind in favor of policy
of helping only those who stand with us,
and thereby indirectly Furnishing those who
stand against us.
The order is large one, and it calls for
a great deal more understanding Of the
issues and more intelligent support than
heretofore has been forthcoming in this
country. In this respect, therefore, the
speech at Ottawa, while designed primarily
for a world audience, also commands the
particular attention of the people of the
United States.
Evening star., 1947-06-12
Too Many Potatoes

There are more important problems IN
the world today than the issue OF our
surplus potatoes and what to do about
them. Yet the potato problem is one con-
corning which the average man can form
an opinion, and the opinion to which he
Is being driven is one that is not apt to
fill him with confidence In the ability OF
those on the higher planning levels TO
solve the weightier dilemmas.
The latest development is the announce
ment that the Department of Agriculture,
as an alternative to destroying surplus
potatoes, now is willing to sell them to
industrial users for one cent bushel.
It seems that this can be done without
nullifying the price-support program for
potatoes. Price support is fancy name
for the subsidy being paid potato growers,
But these same surplus potatoes which
are virtually to be given to industrial
users, who presumably could afford to pay
a reasonable price, cannot be given to the
poor and hungry. For to do this, 1t Is
claimed, would upset the price-support
program.
Maybe this makes sense. But last year
the. Government bought up 1,750,000000
pounds of choice Maine potatoes, and in
the end almost half of them were dumped.
One method of dumping" is to pour kero-
sene over them, so they are fit for nothing.
At any minute now the Government will
be called upon to buy up 200 carloads of
South Carolina potatoes and the chances
are that they, too, will be dumped. And
will I,o nF ho hefpro tho
season is over.
With hunger and famine sweeping the
world, this may be good, sound, sensible
planning. But a good many people are
going to be hard to convince.
Evening star., 1947-06-12
Penny q Bunch

Only a penny for q miraclei
Dear child, golden coin could neDer pay
For all the loneliness your ttnid hand
Is offering to needless passers-by.
What Is the secret OF your pleading look7
The sorroW OF the World Is n, pour eyes.
You should be playing In the sprtngtime
moods
And gathering ptolets, not selling them.
ShaH you 90 hungry II, your pares unsold'
On tagging feet you creep to some poor
home,
Where lore and suffering await your STEP
or cruelty that aloats In punishment
IL Is a picture that stand before,
MOI fesh and blood; and yet knom you
KUe
IN essence OF all children wronged ana Sao'
ana mat the artist, wise, compassionate
oeHas ., out 1oarning to d hardenea n"'
aHaa ~, We 'oho see not In our hurIg4tes ny us,
snaa y 1.a, lose toreuer phat you hola sLow,,ersi
y Ht'ie seller OF earth's sueetes., ,IrssON.
ALICE BoORMAN WILLIAMSON
Evening star., 1947-06-12
Spiritual Values Omitted

To the Editor Of The Star: 49,.
The physical horrors of atom bombs and
germ warfare are grim enough there are
also-underlying such pictures of future war
fare as that given in Engel and PLIERS World
Afame"-certain equally grim theological
horrors.
In World Afame" the reader seeks in
vain for: .
/. ANY mention, apart from the too-famiar
military political mechanism of incident and
ultimatum, of what the future war is all about;
q Any inference, though the war is made to
last indefinitely into the future, that negoti-
ated peace is thought Of, even in the face Of
possible complete destruction of all humanity;
3. Any suggestion of political or social revo-
luton Except for an abortive outburst in
South Africa when the British Empire breaks
up) even though all cities become radio
active rubble and man-made disease ruthlessly
pursues the unblasted.
One cannot escape asking: Where, in such
a picture Of our future, are the heart and
soul and mind of man?
ROBERT e. HATCH.
Evening star., 1947-06-12
A Matter of Principle

Senator McGrath Is on sound ground In
blocking unanimous consent move for
adoption of a measure to authorize a
special appropriation for the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. The meas
ure-which has passed the House and been
Endorsed by the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations-would have the Govern
ment contribute $4,000 to help defray the
expenses of the WCTUs recent world con-
vention in this country. 1t is not great
sum, but the principle involved is i'm
portant enough to lend strength to Mr..
McGraths objections. The question is
whether any private organization-no
matter how worthy-ought to receive such
support out of the pockets Of taxpayers
who may disagree with 1t or be entirely
Indifferent to its aims.
It is true enough, as the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee has reported, that
Americans attending conventions in other
lands have been accorded courtesies by the
governments of those lands. It is true,
too, that the legislation blocked by Senator
McGrath is not unprecedented. In 1886
Congress authorized a grant of $4,000 to
the WCTU and another grant OF the same
size to the Associated Country Women of
the World for the international meetings
they held in the United States during that
year. But the fact that there have been
such bills once or twice in the past does
not necessarily Justify them as regular
practice. If the thing is done for one
group, why not for all others that claim to
be serving good cause?
When this years WCTU legislation first
came up for consideration, Acting Secre-
tary Dean Acheson told the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs that the State
Department had no specific objections He
did point out however, that the Bureau Of
the Budget had Informed the department
that the granting of the proposed assist
ance in this case might serve as an unde-
sirable precedent for the granting Of
similar assistance to many other nongov-
ernmental organizations that would be
holding meetings from time to time ino this
country" Senator McGrath's position is
based on this consideration The Senate
as whole, like the House, may not agree
with it. Still, on its face and as matter
of principle, it makes great deal of sense.
Evening star., 1947-06-12
Up Against the Wall
70 the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
Communist political explosions throughout
the world, particularly in Greece. underline
the Russian counteroffensive against the Tru-
man doctrine of aid to democratic states.
In one nation after another, evidence indi-
Gates that the western democracies, includ-
ing their heroic Greek ally, rather than being
on the offensive, are actually up against the
wall.
While American military officers even now
are conferring with the Greek government
on handling Greece's arms needs, signs ac-
cumulate pointing to increasing success OF the
counteroffensive of Dictator Stain, spear
headed by the Communist international.
Among these signs are: Cd Consolidation. IN
power of the Hungarian Reds led by the new
Premier Dinnyes, following the coup detat;
90 French rail strike; 90 Indications that
a Soviet coup may take over Austria, and
"a Signs Of crises in italy with Communist
dominated guerrilla bands placing pressure on
the Italian government.
Nowhere, however, is the situation more
critical than in Greece Proof of the fact
that the United States still may be under
estimating the crisis there is seen in figures
showing relative economic aid rendered on
the one hand to Greece and on the other hand
to the United States former foes.
Thus, since the end of the war. America
has spent s11 900, ,00o,0 900 for European recon-
struction, including $3.50 100000 TO Italy, while
only $613 100000 have been made available to
Evening star., 1947-06-12
An IIIoqicoI Limitation

Common sense fully supports Secretary
Marshall's plea that Congress grant to
the President discretionary authority to
send military missions to foreign countries
requesting them. The idea is not to be
confused with such undertakings as our
newly launched Greco-Turkish program.
It represents merely proposal to extend
a presidential power long in effect-on a
permanent basis-as regards the Philip
pines and the Western Hemisphere.
The proposal is self-evidently sensible.
AS Secretary Marshall has Just explained
to the House Armed Services Committee,
the President now has only temporary
authority to send military missions to
countries like Iran and China. Unless
congressional action Is taken to make 1t
permanent-as in the case of the Philip
pines and the countries of this hemisphere
it will automatically expire when the
war is formally declared at an end. In such
circumstances, our Iranian and Chinese
missions would have to pack up and come
home.
Logic is all on the side of Secretary
Marshall The Near East, the Middle East
and Asia are of vital Importance, and some
countries in those areas want and need our
technical military advice. AS in Iran and
China, the missions required call for only
a small number of Americans, and the
work involved does not mean heavy out
lays of money. It Is a strictly advisory
set-up dealing with such things as the
organization of basic training programs in
lands asking for our counsel and where
it is to our interest to lend that counsel
In Secretary Marshall's words, Lack OF
authority to send military and naval mis-
sions to assist friendly foreign govern
| ments, when requested by them to do So
deprives the President of the use OF one
of the tools which should be at his dis
| posal" to implement American policy
abroad. There is nothing unusual or un-
precedented about the authority to make
Evening star., 1947-06-12
Looking for q Place to Park

1t is too bad that "long-range blue
print" for relieving traffic congestion In
downtown Washington was not available
in the early days of the automobile. At
that time, however, no one foresaw the
development of todays parking and driv-
ing problems. Nor would any but the
most vivid imagination have envisioned
the commercial and governmental growth
that was to take place in the heart of the
city.
Had 1t been possible to peer into the
future, the planners of Washington could
have obviated many of the traffic head
aches which now plague the city and its
inhabitants. Public and private buildings
could have been required to provide off,
street parking facilities for their patrons,
plenty Of parking garages for shoppers and
other visitors to the business district could
have been arranged, streets could have
been mase wider and other remedial meas
ures could have been taken or planned.
But these things were not foreSeen, with
the result that belated corrective measures
have become difficult, expensive and In
some cases impossible 1t is not too late
to undertake certain trafdc-relief improve
ments, however, as the report of the Motor
Vehicle Parking Agency urgently points
out. 1t will have to be Joint undertaking
by governmental and private interests, If
the agSpcy's program for reducing con-
gestion and speeding up traffic is to be
successful. The agency indicates its belief
that private industry can be induced to
erect more parking garages in the down.
town area. If SO, the Government should
give private enterprise every encourage
ment. Land values in the business district
are high however, and unless investors
can charge parkers enough to return a
fair profit they cannot be expected to risk
their money The Federal Government
itself has been remiss in dealing with auto
mobile parking. Future Federal Offices
should provide off-street parking for their
employees. These are things for future
relief, however.
Meanwhile there is much that can be
done right now to afford early relief. The
Star believes that the most promising step
that could be taken now would be to launch
Evening star., 1947-06-12

A great zeal mas peen SdlQ anu very Attle
has been done about "featherbedding, make
work" policies boycotts and other restrictive
practices of which labor and industry in the
construction field have been accused
Jurisdictional disputes admittedly have fire.
quently delayed construction seriously and
raised final costs Only short time ago in
Hospital was unnecessarily delayed about three
weeks by jurisdictional dispute between two
unions.
AS long ago as February, last year, the Wash
ington Building Congress recognized the ex-
istence of these cost factors in this area. A
Production Board having labor, contractor and
supplier members was set up to Investigate
alleged restraints or restrictions of production"
and "to stimulate maximum productivity under
fully competitive conditions Of selling and bid
ding"
The boards effort, however was inconclusive
chiefly because of inability to obtain agreement
on the part of labor and industry as to what
was a restrictive practice. The board then was
allowed to become inactive without issuing a
report and individual members have confessed
that construction restraints are of so involved
nature and background that 1t Is almost
like reaching for the moon to hope for a
solution
Maze of Conflict.
What may appear on the surface to be a
restrictive practice on the part of labor
union, for example, may actually be a genuine
effort to protect the health of a worker ac-
cording to the union.
What may appear to be an effort on the part
of suppliers to stif1e competition of lower
priced goods, on the other hand, may be upheld
as justifable defense of construction stand
ards against the inroads of shoddy materials.
The problem is made more difficult of solu-
ton, say those familiar with the situation, by
the fact that in many cases there Is right"
on both sides, and only harline decision can
determine whether practice is, in fact ere
strictive" and thus an evil, or protective" and
thus having more-or-less defensible basis
In the belief that any discussion, however
limited in scope may help clarity public UNDER
standing of the problem. three of the more
widespread allegations of restrictive practices
have been submitted to qualified spokesmen
of labor and industry in Washington for COM
ment as to whether they apply to construction
in this area.
The Charge and the Answer.
The charges were selected out Of welter Of
others solely on the basis that they seem to be
the most frequently heard and quoted by the
public
Charges and replies follow:
The charge: "Brtcklayers are forbidden to
lay more than a limited quota OF bricks each
day."
union business agent said: There's no
truth in this charge whatsoever. There is not