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The Nome nugget., 1947-06-20
Friday. June 70. lsl7

were augmented this week by TT Sgt. George C. Mckinney. Sgt. Mckinney will have charge of the sports program this summer.
 The horseshoe courts have been installed and are receiving a lot of attention, there are several hot contenders endeavoring to qual- ify for a trip to Fort Richardson to represent this base at the Alas kan Department horseshoe tourna- ment in July.
 The lounge in the service club is getting a new coat of paint and a general policing up. The club iS closed during the renovation pe- riod but will be much more at tractive when it is again ready to use.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-20
Senate Votes REC Investi gation

WASHINGTON, Rp-The Sen ate banking committee voted unanimously today for a 'S50,000 investigation of the Reconstruc- ton Finance Corporation.
 By the same vote, Senator Buck R.-DeD told reporters, the com mittee approved a resolution ex- tending the life of REC for one year beyond June 30.
 The House banking committee yesterday approved a two-year extension of the lending agency, but voted to curtail its operations and to remove it from competition with private lending institutions. The Senate committees resolution would continue REC without change.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-20

the Kremlin are gambling on the possibility that the United States which alone can thwart her ma chinations, will be timorous when it ought to be bold, will be hesi- tant when it ought to move swift ly, will pursue a policy of econo- mic assistance which, for reasons of economy, will be grudging, in- adequate and belated. Russia is also reckoning on the confusion of the American minds whose DOT tent is Henry Wallace.
 If Russian calculations are right, if her present maneuvers succeed, Russia will be the master of Eu- rope.
 The next three months may de- eide the fate of Europe.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-20
AL CAREY IN TOWN ON BUSINESS

Al Carey is in town from the Kougarok in, connection with a civil suit with Paul Rasmus, also of the Kougarok, which is sched- uled for Tuesday morning in the U. s. District Court.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-20
Girl Scout News
Donna Travis. Troop Reporter,

Donna Travis. Troop Reporfsrj
 The second group to go on the overnight trip to Mandeville's cabin at Dexter, went out last Fri day.
 We did quite bit of hiking out there and did eleven miles toward the hundred miles we have to do to get our foot travellers badge.
 Mrs. Vaudeville took us on jeep ride after supper Friday night. We went to the end of the road and back. On the way we met Mrs. Hay and Mrs. Glavino- witch. We finally got to bed and told ghost stories.
 We got up at seven the next morning and got all our things ready to leave that afternoon. We hiked, picked flowers and waded in the creek.
 On the way back we didn't talk much. (We were all little tired.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-20

Protect the birds. Doves bring peace and storks bring tax exemp- tions.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-20

of its long idle hunks filled, as more and more pencil pushers drop in. We wish to take this means to welcome all you fellas to Nome and to Hq. Det. Hope you enjoy your stay here. Fishing poles are becoming the greater part of Has night life. Everybody, it seems, has one and most of the boys make good use of them. Once in awhile they even catch fish.
 The AACS has been suffering from a case of growing pains from our muscle-building PIT, lately. Quite a number of the personnel have been roaming about the countryside enjoying the unusual ly fine weather we have been hav- ing lately. We have quite few men also enjoying the facilities of the Post Hobby Shop and Library. A great deal of the men were working, as were most of the older men of the base, unloading the first ship to arrive in Nome this summer.
 The Engineers have received 21 new men, and with the arrival of ships with supplies, it looks like they arrived just in time. Some of the men started working the other night. The Engineers first league game was postponed. The next game will be with the Signal Corps, tonight. Part of the team will probably play in the midnight game Saturday night. Several others intend to spend the night in the mountains to see the midnight sun.
 Two men were added to the strength of the Signal Corps the other day. Alessin J. Guido is from New York City and Edward Daniels halls from Tennessee. We hope they will enjoy their little visit to Nome. T/5 Bollinger left Nome to be discharged, and then off to good old Pennsylvania. He is also a great loss to the Signal softball teams. The men of Signal wish him all the luck in the world in civilian life.
 The Quartermaster outfit fin ished unloading the first water shipment of goods last Wednesday night. They had the last load to take off the ship and the ship set sail as soon as they had finished. The men are now busy trying to catch up on their sleep. QM re- ceived two new men in the last bunch to arrive at Nome. The first league game for QM will be played Sunday, with the Medic PM team.
 The Detachment 10th Rescue re- gently welcomed lieutenant and sergeant to its folds. They are End It. Roger P. Stewart, former ly of Shemya, and Sgt. Elston R. Shelley. The Squadron is antici- pating very gallant occasion eel ebrating the midnight sun of June 21. First on the agendum is the NCO dance, which will be prior to the midnight sofeball game. After that the celebration will re- turn to the dance. The combined team of the 10th Rescue and 53rd Airways will be represented by five men on the Post team.
 The staff of Special Service
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20
EVEN with future large-scale

EVEN with future large-scale
government assistance, the peak
in foreign buying has admit
tedly been passed. The econ
omic motivation behind the
Marshall plan is the need to
provide pump primer for
foreign trade since a sharp drop
in volume would deal serious
blow to the American economy.
The difficulty that confronts
foreign countries is that the
U. S. has been selling about 81
billion a month more than it
has been buying from them.
They have to make good the
difference by depicting their
gold and dollar resources.
With foreign countries scrap
ing the bottom of the barrel
for dollars they would be helped
If American imports of their
goods and commodities in
creased. Instead there has been
a drop in imports since May
OF this year that has paralleled
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Gould Europe be aided by
the gold Of Fort Knox?

SOME to 6 million jobs
have been supported directly
and indirectly by foreign trade.
Substantial proportions of
basic items have been going
abroad. These include freight
cars $3.50, motor trucks and
buses 900, rails 1850, rolled
steel products dO.6%).
With foreign demand weak
ening because of lack of dollars
workers will pay in layoffs be-
cause actual and potential sur
pluses cannot be sold to other
countries.
For the economy as a whole.
the downturn in exports has
serious implications. During
the first half of this year bust
ness buying of goods for stock
ing up purposes and TO fill
supply pipelines fell off sharply
and consumer buying was held
down by dwindling purchasing
power. 1t was foreign buying
that largely took up the slack.
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sary goods than they received.
With the pre- ent senseless
prices for food, clothing and
housing, you have to dig into
savings to spend $50 weekly
for living essentials on $45
paycheck.
But let's be big about it. If
you and I don't deny ourselves
many of the things the huck-
sters make US want with their
advertising. and allow our
selves TO be robbed when we
buy lamb chops. how do you
think the poor packers can
keep up 40-room mansions? Or
buy new yachts? Or winter in
Florida and Cuba? Or pay for
lobbyists who could get such
measures passed as the Taft
Hartley law?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

Then we went to Washington
in answer to the subpoenas
served upon us by the I'M
American Committee.
For whole day. behind
locked doors. we were grilled.
threatened. insulted and viii
fled. We answered all questions.
But we were firm on one mai
ter-we would not be blud-
geoned and threatened into sur
rendering our lists.
Any fair minded body of AM.
erican citizens could come to
our offices and see what they
wished; we made that offer and
we make it today. But not the
un-American Committee.
1T surprised neither us nor
anyone else that we were cited
for contempt of Congress. A
citation for contempt by the I'M
American Committee has be-
come badge of honor for those
who believe in America and
American principles.
But we were not brought to
trial at that time. a year and
a half ago. when we were cited.
We were brought TO trial only
when the anti-progressive witch
hunt reached its climax.
A charge of criminal con-
spiracy was trumped up against
us, but was dropped when no
evidence could be presented.
When we were found guilty of
contempt, unprecedented prison
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

Most of our funds are dis
pensed by the Unitarian Serv-
ice Committee, who supervise
our hospitals in Southern
France. We have built hospi-
tails and established orphanages;
no Spaniard who came to us
was turned away.
Ours was, and is, work of
mercy, to shelter the homeless,
to feed the hungry, and to make
the sick whole.
BUT because we helped those
who fought Franco, the I'M
American Committee, the in
famous committee of the House
of Representatives (now the
Thomas-Rapkin Committee), de-
cided to smash us.
They adopted a very simple
method: they asked us to pro-
duce all our books, records, and
lists of names.
We have two lists in our
office. We have a list of our
contributors, more than twenty
thousand in number, and we
have a list of Spaniards we
have helped, some in France,
some in Portugal, some in the
Spanish Underground.
1T is NOT difficult to guess
what would have happened if
we had turned over these lists
to that shameful and unspeak-
able body, the House un-Amer-
lean Committee.
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sentences were handed out to
US.
IT is important for you to
understand that vfe are neither
heroes nor martyrs. We are
ii Americans who believe in
the basic principles upon which
America was built. Because we
believe in these principles, we
are going to Jail.
II is not the first time that
men and women who hate in
justice and wrong are inpris-
oned. In Germany and Italy
and Japan. this same thing
happened TO thousands and tens
of thousands. But now il is
happening herein these United
States of America.
1t is later than you think.
Already, you live in a country
where anti-fascism is a crime
Must we go through he'll
again, see the last vestige of
liberty outlawed, freedom ex-
lied? Or will you turn this case
of the II into the worst BOOM
erang our native fascists ever
loosed?
In this land of ours. there
is nothing stronger than fhe
voice of free American. Use
that voice while you still re-
main free. Washington. D. c..
is not as far off as Berlin or
Madrid. If you speak up. loud
and clear. you will be heard.
If you remain silent, God
help us all.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20
BY THE ECONOMIST

Foreign trade - one of the
props that has been sustain
ing the nflationary boom-is
definitely on the downgrsde.
Exports during the first half
of this year hit an annual rate
of more than $40 billion, with
the peak being reached in May.
But in June, exports fell 1886
below the May level, and in
July they dropped 10 below
June.
The 2-month decline of 1879
below the May peak indicates
that the foreign trade prop is
weakening as the countries
abroad run out of dollars with
which to purchase food. ma
chinerY and the goods they
need for their reconstruction.
Until the decline sets in, ex-
ports abroad accounted for
about. 1919 of national produce
ton. Before the war the share
of national output that was ex-
ported was only around SO.
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national trade. That would help
relieve the international dollar
crisis until economic conditions
have been stabilized on a
world scale.
THE SAME objective could
be achieved by peacetime, lend
leasing of food and industrial
equipment for reconstruction
purposes. Bevin in fact subse-
quently made this alternative
proposal due to the hostile re-
ception accorded his gold. pro-
posal.
The fact is that American
prosperity is tied in with stable
economic conditions in the rest
of the world. It is not merely
q matter of giving away gold
or goods. but of maintaining
American living standards by
selling U. s. SURPRISES and rails
ing the living standards of the
rest of the world. That can't
be done If political and mill
iarY cbjectives take precedence
over human needs and econ
omic necessities.
THE Roosevelt plan of world
cooperation for the betterment
of all peoples is still the only
realistic program for snoring
up the American economy while
helping maintain world peace.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

figures are released. While it
is touching to see an Industrial
ist embarrassed by the size of
his swindle, since when was it
contrary to "the American way
of life" to snatch as much profit
as you can?
l suppose I'm just naturally
subversive. When the Go Eco
nomic Outlook tells me that the
Big Four meat packers needed
only a 1.6 percent price in
crease to offset their wage
rises and maintain the same
high rate of profit, I get radi-
cal thoughts when / learn they
increased their prices 9O.6 per-
cent instead of 1.6.
I'm so un-American right
now that want TO see price
controls clamped back on this
minute. a new and stronger
excess profits tax put into OPP
Grafton. and the whole packing
industry nationalized and oper-
ated with the unions having
voice in management if the Big
Four then pulled another strike
and refused 10 produce meat
like they did in ls46.
I'm just plain tired of being
robbed every time I go to a
meat market. How about you?
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HoMord
You live in country where anti ffascism is criner

WHEN II board members of
the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee
Committee were given prison
sentences of from three to six
months, there were varying re-
actions in this America OF ours.
Progressives seemed to have
been stunned into silence; re-
dictionaries gloated, and through
their press-which means most
of Americas press-told the
nation what they chose to tell.
The incident was unprece-
denied. Never before had IL
such well-known people-men
and women whose work and
record is known to thousands
been framed on so slim and
shoddY a basis.
These II people were SEN
fenced to Jail because they are
anti-fascists; for that reason,
and for no other reason.
As one of them, l would like
to tell our story. 1t is not
complicated story, and it will
not take much telling.
FOR five years We have been
engaged in raising and dispens-
ing funds for relief of Spanish
Republicans, those first fighters
against fascism, who have suf-
fered so long and so grievously.
1t has been estimated that dur
ing this time we have saved
thousands of lives; we are very
proud of that.
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SPEAKING
! get rodicoI thoughts
Frank shall D avis

After all, the Big Four of
Armour, Swift, Cudahy and
Wilson reported a net profit
last year of just $64, 100000
a mere $31, 100000 more than
in ,1945. This year the profit
will be only a few million
larger for another all-tirne
high, but surely you don't.
mind their making an honest
dollar by swindling you, do
you? You don't want Rankin
to call you un-American, do
you?
CUDAHY. I am told, is grab
bling such enormous profits
that the directors are seriously
considering stock split so the
plumber won't look so bad to
the public when the annual
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

the more spectacular fall in
exports.
THAT IN PART explains
British Foreign Sec. Ernest
Bevin's plea for a redistribution
of American gold stocks. The
proposal was not as fantastic
as it was made to appear by
Washington Officials.
The U. S. which has more
than 500 of the worlds gold
supplies and more than $50
of its total industrial capacity,
is the major hope of the bat
tered countries of Europe and
Asia for help in reconstructing
their economies.
That can't be done on bust
-as-usual basis, since the
other countries don't have and
can't obtain the dollars or the
gold with which to purchase
food and the means of recovery.
If the foreign countries do
not recover, the U. S. will also
be affected since the collapse
of American exports would
bring large layoffs and lower
production.
Bevin was therefore suggest
ing that the U. S. lend-lease
its gold so that foreign cur
rencies would be as readily ac-
ceptable as the dollar in inter-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

It was lit
tie overa year
ago that the
well paid liars
of the Nation
al Association
of Manufac-
tuners prom
j S e d t h a t
shortly after
t h e e n d of
price controls,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

competition would bring down
prices. So we let them kill
OPA. Then it came back for
little while, crippled. and all
ing. The packers went on
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

The twenty thousand contrib
utors would have become their
prey for future persecution.
And. more Importantly. we had
good reason TO believe that, if
the Wood Rankin n-American
Committee obtained the names
of the Spaniards we had aided.
those names might not remain
unknown TO the Franco Gov
eminent.
1t is plain, then, that they
asked US an impossible thing.
One cannot turn hangman and
informer at the behest of
miserable group, of whom
Henry A. Wallace said:
Il speak of only one source
of shame to decent Americans
who want their country to be
admired by the world. / mean
the group of bigots known as
the Dies COMMUNICATION the
Rankin Committee, and now the
Thomas Committee three
names for fascists the world
over to roll on their tongues
with pride"
WE ARE NOT heroes, not
by any means. We simply did
what any decent, self-respecting
Americans would have done.
We told the custodian of our
records, Helen Reed Bryan, our
executive secretary, to take all
measures to protect our books
within the limits of the law.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

" HERE is no reason in the
world why good steak
should sell for 81 per pound
in Chicago. And yet the chances
are this exorbitant price may
rise to SIPS within the next
few months.
We have these outrageous
prices only because we let big
packers get by. with economic
murder. But they have pretty
name for it. They call it free
enterprise"
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SPEAKING

strike. And we let OPA go for
good.
Yes. competition in the free
market has brought down the
price of meat. Last week I paid
~ cents per pound in a chain
store for stew beef. And I can
buy all the pork chops I want
at 80 cents a pound.
Let all the $45 a week en-
ployes fall down on their knees
and shout hallelujahs to the
lords of the packinghouses who
have made such good things
possible.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

FEDERAL RESERVE Board
statistics reveal that last year
100000 family units had to
spend more money for neces-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

the more spectacular fall in
exports.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Sauces for Vegetables

fire until reduced to half. Then,
little by little, add about 4 ounces
of butter, beating with a whisk all
the time. When the mixture Is
foamy, it is ready to serve.
"Provencale" is more elaborate
version of "Aioli,' but is especially
good for popping up the more bland
vegetables. Saute l minced onion
in 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add l
tomato. skinned, seeded and chopped,
and Glove of crushed garlic. deave
this out if you want to. The sauce
is quite good without it, Then add
u cup of dry white wine and y cup
consomme. Reduce to one-third
and serve.
And then, of course. there Is al
ways "Hollandaise," the sauce that
enhances almost any vegetable, but
is especially good with artichokes
asparagus, caulifower and broccoli
True, Hollandaise frightens most
cooks because they have been told
it is very complicated. 1t isn't. The
whole secret of the thing is to keep
the water in the lower part of the
double boiler just BELOW boiling
and to work fast I have several
shortcut" Hollandaise recipes, as
we'll as some for different versions
Of the real Mccoy, which shall be
glad to send you if you will write
me in care of The Evening Star
inclosing a stamped, self-addressed
| envelope with your request.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
WhyGrow
Old?
Bv Josephine Lovman

Science has become intrigued with
the difference in length Of life be-
tween the queen bee Give years. and
the workers "a few months. 1t did
not seem logical that there should
be such a difference in the two life
spans simply because the queen
rested while the workers worked.
They have now discovered that
the queen is fed a special diet con-
sisting of jellylike substance. The
special food is very rich in several
yitamin B factors. Evidently the
caste system pervades the honey
comb and the workers do not dare
eat any of the queens fare. Result
they did not live long. Moral-it
doesn't pay to be doormat even
In a beehive. This dish has been
tried on some other insects with a
resulting As per cent increase In
their length Of life.
This is very interesting to any
one who Is concerned with nutrition
and longevity. More and more dis
coveries seem to place emphasis on
an adequate vitamin B intake. This
vitamin has already been at least
suggestively correlated with gray
hair. some eye trouble, with fatigue
and with nerve difficulty. Also, sur
veys have shown that vitamin B Is
the vitamin most deficient in the
average diet.
The vitamin B family is made ur
of many individual components
Just what these parts do individually
has not yet been adequately DEM
onstrated.
7 The best idea for the average mar
or woman Is to eat a diet with 9
high vitamin B content, and II he
wishes to reinforce the diet with
vitamin B concentrates, let him
swallow the whole family at once
namely Vitamin B complex.
Some Of the best sources Of vita
min B are liver, pork, beef, ba-
nanas, whole wheat, milk, soy beans,
orange juice. green leafy vegetables
and brewers yeast. OF course, this
vitamin family is widely spread
through our foodstuffs but often in
very small quantities. We would dc
well to think seriously Of the above
items as protective Ntamin 3
therapy.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Bp the Chef

In these food conserving and high
price days, we should pay special
attention to vegetables. Many OF
them may be"used as main dish
and any number of them can be
changed entirely from their usual
humble form into an epicurean treat
bv the addition of a carefully chosen
sauce. Just as an example, you
could make oyster plant or parsnlr
fritters and serve them, crisp and
hot with a good tartare sauce, just
as you would fried fish.
If you really like garlic. you can
do wonders with plain boiled veg
etables by serving them with sauce
"Aioli." This originated in Provence
where garlic reigns supreme In prac-
tically everything. To make it
crush to a pulp cloves of garlic
and mix them we'll with the yolk OF
a raw egg. Add just little salt and
freshly ground black pepper and stir
In, little by little, Il cup OF olive oil
stirring with a fork as you would
mayonnaise. When it reaches the
consistency of mayonnaise, serve II
with the vegetables. hot or cold.
"Buerre Blanc" or white butter
is good with such vegetables as
asparagus, spinach or artichokes A
quarter cup of wine vinegar, table
spoon of minced onion and salt ane
pepper to taste are heated over the