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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
HEALTH CONFERENCE
 AT DOUGLAS TUESDAY

The Douglas We'll Child Health Conference will be held on Tues day, June l, from 2 to p. m. at the Douglas Public School. Miss Mae Krueger, Public Health Nurse will be in charge of this confer ence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
HOW THE LOBBY OPERATED

The Republicans who hired the real-estate-lobby press agents were affable Senator Joe Mccarthy of Wisconsin and Rep. Ralph Gamble of New York. The neat sleight-of- hand used by these two Housing Committee members was to put press agent Luther Bell on the pay roll at $l0.0O0 as assistant to Con- gressman Gamble, while press agent Mark Jones was made assistant to Senator Mccarthy at the same sal ary. o. A. Taylor was paid $25
 <r1.,kto..aa o.n noua Rns,rA
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
WEEKEND TRAVEL OUT OF JUNEAU
 E TO BE HEAVY

Many Juneauites will leave town this weekend, if they have not al- ready done so, to take advantage of the three-day Memorial Day holi- day. Many will go to their cabins along the Glacier Highway; others will visit Taku Lodge; others are expecting to make fishing trips on small boats; and others are visiting other Alaska communities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
WEATHER REPORT
GU. s. WEATHER BUREA


 . Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7::30 th,s morning . In Juneau Maximum, 68; . minimum, 51. . At Airport Maximum, 68, . minimum, 48 . F o K E Q A s T . (Juneau and Vicinity . Variable cloudiness with . occasional. very light rain . showers this afternoon and . Sunday. Highest temperature . near GA degrees this after noon.
 PRECIPITATION . (Past 24 hours ending i:30 am. today . Tn Juneau City Trace; . since May l, 5.02 inches; . since July l, 86.46 inches. At the Airport Trace; . since May l, 3.27; inches . since July 1, 51.9S inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
THREE DIvORCEs GRANTED

Judge George w. Folta granted three divorces yesterday in U. s. District Court here. They are:
 Don Gallagher from Waneta Gallagher Alberta Jean Smith from Sidney Macleod Smith: and Hazel Burkette from Leonard E.. Burkette Mrs. Smith was permit ted to take her maiden name of Olson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
HoONAH VISITORS

w. s. Johnson from Hoonah is visiting in Juneau and staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
FROM KETCHIKAN

Wally Christensen frc~z, Ketch- ikan is guest at the 3aranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
FROM HAWK INLET

Ralph Thompson from Hawk h. let is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29
FROM TT. RICHARDSON

Col Tony Prank from Ft. Rich ardson is staying at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29

tContinued on page Flve'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-29

tcOntinued on Page Four,
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Although rice Is plentiful and un-
rationed, Calcutta, India. has a rice
black market.
Evening star., 1948-08-12
|MosIem Outlaw State
I'm West Java Holds
Out Against Dutch
~ The Asseeioisd Press

TAsIKMALAJA, West Java, Aug.
l2.-Netherlands forces for nearly
six months have been struggling to
crush an outlaw Moslem state
wthin-a-state in West Java.
In the Goenoeng Sawal district,
north of Tasikmalaja, and in the
Southeast corner of the Dutch
sponsored state of West Java NE
CARA Pasoendan), a band of ardent
Moslems founded their own pure
Islam state. It, is called Negara
Dar-ul-Islam. It has a President,
nine cabinet members, and an army
Of several thousands.
The Dar-u- Islam movement has
existed in all parts of Java for
years. Strong influence OF the XII
jahis (Moslem religious leaders, on
the population in the area of Tasik-
malaja and nearby Tjimas gave it
impetus last February.
Troops Evacuated.
At that time 1000 Indonesian
Republican troops who had been
in a pocket" behind the Dutch
lines were evacuated under the
terms of the United Nations -spon-
sored truce. The Republican force,
by its presence, had discouraged
any attempt to set up a government
rivaling the republic. But the Dar-
ul-Islam leaders were bolder when
confronted by scattered Dutch
forces. They went ahead and Gre
ated their outlaw state"
This "state"-or Negara, to use
the Indonesian word-never is
mentioned in official releases con-
corning the troubles and disorders
in this section of West Java. But
the army has been active in trying
to suppress it.
The Dar-ul-Islam president is q
former school teacher. The min
lister of war and commander of the
Army, Pa Oni, directs operations of
his guerrillas in the mountains
around Tasikmalaja and Tjimas.
Dutch Drive Falls.
Intensive Dutch military opera
tions against the -ul-Islam
forces in May Of this year were a
failure from a military viewpoint
because most of the Moslem fighters
escaped with their weapons. Now
they are scattered in small bands.
Their movement from the start
has had a strong appeal to the ele-
ments who prefer fighting and ban
ditry to peaceful and honest labor.
Their looting and terrorizing Of the
populace has made many Of the
Kihajis change their minds about
Dar-ul-Islam and complain that
Moslem ideals are being misused.
A more serious blow was the sur
render to the West Java authorities
OF one of the Dar-ul- Islam leaders.
He is Kijahi Abdul Hamid, who had
Tried TO proclaim an Islam State in
this territory in 1916 but was pre-
vented by the Republican Army.
Since his surrender, Abdul Hamid,
accompanied by Dutch officer,
travels through the countryside
with public address system making
speeches exhorting the people to CO.
operate with the Dutch and resist
the Dar-ul-Islam bands.
Natives Cautious.
But 1t seems that it will take more
than Abdul Hamid's oratory to per-
suade the peasants that it is safe
to refuse food and shelter to the
mountain Moslem guerrillas. Few
natives care to risk working with
the legal civil administration under
threat OF kidnapping and murder by
the Dar-ul-Islam bands.
Dutch Army intelligence claims
that both Republican and Com
munist agents are attempting to get
the state" and its followers under
their control.
AItholJph rice is nlentif,1l and I'm.
Evening star., 1948-11-12

agreement between the East and
the West.
AS to a meeting between Presi-
dent Truman and Premier Stain,
there may be more to this than
meets the eye. Mr.. Truman is
adamant on the point that he will
not go to Moscow, but there GER
tainly is no reason why he wouldn t
be glad to attend meeting in
Sweden or some other neutral coun-
try. The only Importance Of such
a meeting would be to clear the
atmosphere and produce friendlier
feeling in the world.
So far as actual negotiations are
concerned, the questions are too
complicated to be taken up by heads
of state. Even though they may
reach agreement on principles, when
1t comes to implementing such
principles through direct negoti-
ations, experience has proved that
stumbling blocks occur. So the
process will have to be reversed-an
agreement will have to be reached
first by the diplomats on the de
tails" Then if a meeting between
heads of state is arranged, it would
introduce the psychological factors
of triendliness and peaceful inten-
tion-which, of course, could be Of
great help as gestures of friendship
so needed in a troubled world today.
LReproduction Rights ReserYedO
Evening star., 1948-11-12
On the Record
Communist Subversion Is Intensified
Bv Tension Between Soviet and West

ments. Communist subversion is in
tensified by the tension between the
U. S. S. r. and the west.
No utopianist will like these pro-
posals. They do not promise that
the world will be made exclusively
safe for democracy, capitalism,
communism or any other way Of life,
nor assure the four freedoms every
where on earth" But, in the past
century, it would seem that the
idealists have brought far more mis-
cry to humanity than the statesmen
who have dealt with reality and
recognized politics as the art of the
possible.
Created Fictional Power.
Woodrow Wilson, a great idealist,
who believed peace demanded self
determination for small nationali-
ties, did not realize that it takes
more than a homogeneous popula-
ton to make state, and that in the
area where the principle should be
applied no states with homogeneous
populations were possible. The
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Russians Seen MOVING
Toward Adjustment
OF Berlin Blockade
Soviet Press Statements
Toke New Tack After
Slim Vote for Wallace
Rv David Laurence

The strange behavior of the So
Wet government in the last two
weeks has occasioned good deal
of puzzlement here. But the prin-
cipal conclusion being drawn is
that the opportunity for an adjust
ment of the Berlin blockade and
perhaps other major issues between
the United States and Russia is
better than it has been in many
months.
Although only circumstantial evil
dence is available, 1t points strongly
to the fact that the Russians have
been stalling on the Berlin blockade
issue while waiting for the outcome
of the American presidential elec-
ton.
Fantastic though it may seem to
many persons in this country, the
Russians have all along been per-
suaded that the candidacy of Henry
Wallace was significant. The cryp-
tically worded statement issued by
Premier Stain himself just few
days before the election, in which
he intimated that the American
voters would repudiate the Truman
administration at the polls, was
taken to mean that the Soviets
were already gloating over Tru-
man defeat. But actually it was
construed by those who know Rus
sian affairs to mean that a sub
stantial vote for Mr. Wallace would
constitute such a reputation in the
Soviet view.
Reds Take New Tack.
Certainly there was nothing in
the record to justify the assumption
that the Dewey-Dulles policies in
world affairs, assuming a Republi-
can victory, would have been any
different from those of the Truman
Marshall regime. For several months
there have been reports from Mos
COW to the effect that the Russians
were pinning their hopes on Henry
Wallace's candidacy. Again and
again American diplomats have re-
ported that the Russians were con-
yinced that Mr. Wallace would win.
Just why the Russian sources OF IN
formation on this side of the At
lantic were so poor is hard to under
stand. Or if they were reporting
the Wallace vote correctly. just why
the Russians chose to disregard 1t
Is one of the mysteries OF Russian
psychology.
But now that the election is over.
the Russian statements have taken
q new tack. The Dewey candidacy
Is now represented as having been
"imperialistic," and it is apparent
that the Russian press would like
to manifest a friendlier feeling
toward President Truman.
Perhaps the most significant de-
velopment of all was the way the
Russian newspapers which, OF
course, are government controlled
and government directed-seized
upon a dispatch this week in a
Washington newspaper stating that
there was a possibility of a meeting
between President Truman and
Premier Stain. Although the Key
West dispatches reflected President
Truman's disinclination to have
such a meeting unless it takes place
Evening star., 1948-11-12
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. *'A-1fv


factories here to something they
wouldn't sell in a dime store.
Yesterday we visited Nagasaki
and then drove up in the mountains
to Unzen National Park. Formerly,
Unzen was very SWank resort.
Now it Is rest center for occupa-
ton forces, with the best hotels
occupied by our soldiers and their
families. One of the chief attrac-
tions of Unzen is its golf course,
one of the finest in the Orient.
1t has one slight drawback, how
ever. Crows. There is nothing that
Japanese crows like so much for
food as golf balls, particularly nice,
fresh, white ones. They swoop
down from the trees and are off with
your drive before your cuss words
reach their ears. Golf balls are
scarce in Japan and crows are
plentiful, so at Unzen you are pro-
vided with a shotgun and shells on
the first tee. For every crow you
shoot you get a bottle of beer.
Some of the GIs have taken to play
ing the 18 holes with nothing but a
shotgun. When these boys come up
to the 18th hole and are asked what
they shot, it is not unusual for them
to answer, Il got 10 brides"
On top of one of the mountains
which looks down on the golf course
is a celebrated Buddhist shrine.
The japanese are always making
pilgrimages to this shrine, and after
saying "Howdy" to Buddha, sit
around drinking sake wine by the
hour. Then, when pleasantly plas-
tered, they dearly love to roll down
the mountain; and when I say
roll" I mean roll like barrel.
AS often as not they end up on
the fairway and serve as human
bunkers. l played a beautiful chip
shot over a kimono-clad Japanese,
and my partner removed his brassie
shot from the middle of a Nip's
back, saying that he was a Jap
under repair.
Ssank You, Ssank You.
Americans have been in Japan
for quite a while now, but once you
get out of the big cities and go
through the small towns and vii
lages, Americans are novelty. You
would think that 1 was Gregory
Peck and Jean was Ingrid Bergman
the way we get stared at when the
train stops at a small station. They
gather at the window and peer at
us until we turn and look them di-
rectly in the face. Then they gig
gle, cover their faces with their
hands, and run for dear life.
If we offer them a stick of gum
or q bit of candy they back off as
Evening star., 1948-11-12

equilibrium.
It may be said that these pro-
posals bypass the United Nations. y
But the United Nations is not some
thing apart from the powers and
above the battle. 1t is the powers,
and is as United as they are.
1t is said that have disregarded
ideologieS. That is not true. If a
great power is convinced that Its
survival requires the subsection of
the world to its theology and to
itself as the Rome and mecca OF
that theology, hopes of peace are
vain, for that is, in itself, declara-
tion of war. But Communist theory
does not demand such course, and
historically the Soviets often have
disciplined the Comintern in the
interests of Russian security.
First Duty of State.
It Is said that it is impossible to
trust the Russians. Ours is no such
proposal. Satisfactory relations be-
tween states are not based on
trust" The first interest and duty
of every state is to defend its own
security and provide for its sur
vival. No state can, or should, trust
any other state which is in posi-
tion to destroy 1t, nor permit any
other state to achieve such a posi-
ton. These proposals aim to Gre
ate situation where neither the
U. S. S. r. nor the United States
could destroy the other. Only when
that is achieved will there be con-
dition conducive to trust.
1t is said by some that as long as
the U. S. S. r. survives and -four
ishes, the rest of the world will not
be safe from communism. But the
destruction of the Soviet Union
would not destroy communism,
which originated in Western Eu-
rope, and all states have jurisdic-
ton over their own subversive ele-
Evening star., 1948-11-12

power of all the states thus created
was fictional, not one of them re-
tanned its independence, and their
weakness contributed to Hitler's ad-
venturism-andS Stains.
No proposals are made regarding
disarmament, which would be un-
wise until satisfactory power struc-
ture has been created and tested.
An armament race is not the cause,
but the result, of political tensions.
Nothing would be gained from
proposals to the Soviets unless or
until our strength is equal or su-
perior to theirs, taking into account
all factors. If the Soviets should
turn down proposition which puts
the protection of their security on
an equal level with that of Europe
and ourselves, we should anticipate
war. But the onus, then, would be
entirely upon them. clear enough for
all the world to see and not, as at
present, confused
released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1948-11-12
This Changing World
Attempts of Top Officials to Cover Up
Defense and Foreign News Held Unwise

and reveals nothing of the actual
state of affairs. In these days of
intense crises and difficult prob
lens at home and abroad the pol
icy of what the public does not
know won't hurt it" is still the
watchword of those who are sup
posed to take the peo4ae into the
confidence of the Government. 1t
is probable that some Of the men
in charge of public relations would
like to see the policy liberalized but
are being handicapped by their
superiors.
But whatever the cause may be,
the fact is that unless President
Truman makes up his mind that
the American people can take bad
news with the good without defect
ing their support from the Govern
ment the same conditions as have
existed since Pearl Harbor will con-
tinue. And this eventually will be
harmful to not only the administra-
ton but to the whole country.
Airlift Reports Cited.
We hear, for instance, a good deal
of optimistic talk about how su-
perbly we are fulfilling the airlift
operation in Berlin and are being
told officially that We can carry it
on indefinitely. Persons who have
returned from Germany say that
the airlift, which has been a superb
demonstration of what our Air
Force can do, will bog down, how
ever, during the winter and finally
become impractical by next spring,
when many of the planes will be
worn out.
There are stories from flyers in
this country and in Germany that
the American pilots, whose training
requires at least Is hours in the air
every month, cannot fly more than
four hours because of the lack of
adequate gasoline supplies for train
ing flights. Such news is unpleas-
ant, of course, but it would be far
wiser to give it to the public now
rather than let the facts come out
when some congressional committee
starts lnFeSClgatlng the cause OF
crashes blamed on improper train
ing hours for pilots.
From reports obtained through
illicit pipelines" it appears that
the situation in Greece, where we
went all out to save the present
government. has become disastrously
dangerous and that the Communists
are making important strides. Re-
ports are reaching Government de-
partments every day describing the
conditions there. But
the State and Defense Departments
keep silent until some day the whole
thing will collapse before an as
tonished American public which has
been led to believe that we are
doing satisfactory job in that
country and the Truman doctrine
has shown good results.
Evening star., 1948-11-12

if being rendered a hand grenade.
But finally they will select the
bravest member of the group and
push him or her forward to &C
cept the present. The brave one
will snatch the candy, run back
to the group, and then all will turn,
bow, and say, "Ssank you, ssank
you," and then 60 into more giggles,
which all Japanese do when em-
barrasSed.
Come to think of it, maybe the
Japanese do mistake me for Greg
ory Peck. They are a notortously
near sighted race, and after all
there isn't much difference in the
way he and I look.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. IneJ
Evening star., 1948-11-12


concern of some Constantine Brown.
top-ranking officials in Washington
is to cover up as much as possible
any pertinent news regarding major
policies. They prefer to have the
public find out what is going on
after certain developments have
taken place rather than informing
it of how we actually stand on GER
tain vital issues.
For instance, a high-ranking off,
cial was greatly perturbed this week
because a reporter published the
story that President Truman had
issued a very precise executive order
in opposition to the recommended
ton of the State Departments Far
Eastern Division-that 1000 Marines
stationed at Tsingtao and the task
feet commanded by Admiral Oscar
Badger should remain in the local
ity regardless of the present prog
ress of the Chinese Communist
forces.
Seek to Find Leak"
This is important news since it
shows the Chief Executives decision
to at least hold the Communists
from areas over which we can eXer-
cise control. And it cannot by any
stretch of the Imagination be con-
sidered as revealing damaging in
formation on our national defense.
Yet a certain high official spent
some time in special Investigations
to find out where the leak" had
been and who the contact" of that
newspaperman had been.
Generally speaking, the public re-
lations Offices of most Government
departments-well packed with we'll
paid ofhcials-feel. that their prin-
cipal task is to inform the public
through the press and other means
of what an excellent job their re-
spective' departments are doing and
what admirable, farseeing and able
individuals their superiors are. Most
of the information diShed out to
the public is at its best innocuous
is that the Russian press played up
the item about a Truman-Stalin
visit, indicating clearly that the
wish may well be father to the
thought.
There is evidence that the pinch
of the counterblockade, about
which little is being said but which
is being felt in the Russian zone
in Germany. may have been real
influence in causing the Russians to
manifest eagerness for an immedi-
ate settlement of the Berlin block
ade.
1t is significant that the Secretary
General of the United Nations,
Trygve Lie, has been active in the
days since the American election
and that the dispatches from abroad
indicate that he is working on the
currency problem, which, of course,
is the crux of the whole issue at
present.
More Than Meets The Eye.
This correspondent has main
tanned from the start that the Berlin
blockade was susceptible of settle
ment through the efforts of medi-
ating governments. The negoti-
ations which were carried on by the
Argentine Foreign Minister in be-
half of the six "neutrals" really &C
complished a good deal by narrow
ing the area of agreement and dis
Evening star., 1948-11-12

WV sA4
Then it came
back to me. This
is Japan,s pre-
war racket town.
It wasn't named
after an emper-
or, or a legend
ary hero, or a
m o u n t ain or
lake. 1t was
named after the
United States of
America for the
sole purpose of
fooling the buy
ing public of the
JIN;%oJ Cfotoc ~
Evening star., 1948-11-12

Un1Ced STATES OF HeHry McLeWuFe.
America. USA specialized in the
manufacture of small articles
usually sold in 10 cent stores, and
many is the loyal American who,
seeing Made in USA" stamped on
the bottom of his purchase, did not
dream he was buying japanese
product.
Visits Swank Resort.
1t will be quite spell, however,
before the racket game is worked
again. Bombs made in the real
USA came close to reducing the
Evening star., 1948-11-12

but power poll
tics" But states
are powers, and
refusal to recog-
niZe the reali-
ties of pow e r
r e J a t i onshipS
| arg el y is re-
sponsible for the
last two wars.
In order to be
able to achieve
anything beyond
pow e / politics,
and without an
other war, the
powers must be
brough t into
Evening star., 1948-11-12

mentS ana issue
orders that the
public be taken
into confidence
of the Govern
ment and told
more frequently
the facts of
life" at least in
sofar as our ma
tional defense
and foreign pol
icy are con-
cerned.
For the time
being, however,
the prin C i p a |
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Rv D0rOfhv ThOmbSOn

Objections will be raised to my
proposals for a settlement with
Russia. CThe proposals were set out
in a column last friday
1t will be said, This is nothing
Evening star., 1948-11-12
BvConsfanfine Brown

Many Washington reporters are
hoping that President Truman
may change the present public rela-
tions system in Government depart
Evening star., 1948-11-12
.CIemOre-
Crows About Grows
On jap Golf Course
By Henry McLemore

USA, JAPAN.-It was a bit start
ling when the train stopped here
in the heart of Japan this morning
to see a huge station sign which