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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Remembers Burial

Ben Oium, city water depart
ment employee, was one of the men
who helped bury bodies of the
ships crew, which were scattered
over the beach.
They were buried in canvas
which washed ashore from the
wreck OF their sailing ship, Oium
said. The steel hull of the wreck
hung on the rocks for several
months, he recalled.
The late Thomas Birkestol, Lake
Ozette homesteader, and his broth
err, who had cabin on the beach,
also were present at the burial of
two or three sailors at the site of
the present memorial. Most of the
crew were buried farther north
near Sand Point, Oium said.
The two survivors returned to
their homeland, Oium added.
About a year after the sea trag-
edy a Swedish society in Seattle
shipped the monument to Sand
Point, where it was unloaded from
a sloop at an old supply-landing
place.
Birkestol took pictures of the
monument after it was erected
and sent them to relatives of the
crew in Norway.
Another Wreck
Another shipwreck occurred OPP
posite the old Ozette Indian viii
lage on the coast 81 miles north of
La Push about 1889. On a visit to
the village at that time Erickson
saw the ship keel and anchor on
the rocks. A small section of
timbers, evidently from the same
ship, almost buried in sand, and
an antique ship anchor still lie at
this spot.
On visit to the beach the
writer walked past the wooden
hulk once, thinking it was merely
a large chunk of driftwood. The
anchor is visible only at low tide,
about 100 yards off the beach jut-
ting from a shallow rocky pool.
One can imagine the Ozette In
dams jabbering to Erickson telling
him how the shipwreck occurred.
Erickson spoke Chinook" then, a
jargon mixture of French, English
and Indian which varied from tribe
to tribe.
Of the 800 Ozettes who lived on
the beach then not one lives there
today.
Reprinted from Port Angeles
Evening News by permission)
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31

Markussen's wife. The captain
himself probably went down to
Davy Jones locker with his ship
as BELTS legendary captains cor
ageous.
The crew of the sunken ship
were mostly Norwegians, not
Swedes," Erickson said, referring
to the memorial winch is mis-
named the Swedish memorial on
maps of that strip of coast. Erick-
son thinks the error arose from
the early American habit of call
ing all Scandinavians "Swedes,'
including a colony of 300 settlers
around Lake Ozette who were
mostly Norwegians.
Erickson located the memorial
on the map in section 5, township
20, range Is west. 1t may be
reached by hiking over trail from
Lake Ozette to the beach, but it's
difficult to find now due to heavy
brush grown up around it.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
The Retaliation of the Danish

Krone, from 4.81 to the dollar to
6.92, followed confidential infor-
nation from the British govern
ment on the devaluation of Sterl-
ing and was undertaken, after a
series of conferences, with the
support of the following three po-
litical parties: the Social Demo-
Gratis. the Liberals (Farmers) and
the Radical Liberals, and repre-
sentatives of labor and the finan-
cial and economic interests of the
country.
, 1949-04-01

Sprauve)
y A Law to establish the Board of Pharmacy. control and
regulate the manufacture, sale and distribution. of
drugs, medicines, pharmaceutical products, and chemi-
cal products in the Virgin Islands, and for other pur-
poses. CHon. Louis +. Hodge and Hon. Reuben Neazer)
- Resolution authorizing adherence to an active member
ship in a Caribbean Tourist Interim Committee HTon.
Gordon NJ. Skeoch and Hon. Roy p. Gordon
9 Law establishing the Apprenticeship Board of the
Virgin Islands, defining its powers and duties, and pro-
ylding for the development and observance of appren-
ticeship standards, and for other purposes. (Hon. Car
los A. Downing, Hon. S. Christian Chase, and Ludwig
F. Harrigan)
l) A Law to further amend Law regarding the practice of
Medicine and its Allied Sciences in the Virgin Islands
OF the United States, approved January s, 1915. as
amended. (Hon. Alva C. McFarlane and Hon. Omar
Brown
~ A Law to set apart certain days as legal holidays in the
Virgin Islands. lGon. Earle 3. Ottley and Hon. Reuben
Neazer)
1) An Act to establish a Civil Defense Agency within the
Virgin Islands, to grant certain executive powers with
respect thereto, and for related purposes. Hon. Ludwig
Harrigan and Hon. Carlos A. Downing)
49, A Law establishing uniform fees for Municipal Hospi-
tai services in the Virgin Islands and for other purpos-
eS. (Hon. Julius Sprauve and Hon. S. Christian Chasel
~ A Resolution requesting the President of the United
otateS 10 appoint a native OF the Virgin Islands to the
Caribbean Commission. Hon.Reuben Neazer and Hon.
Omar BROWN
l5) A Banking Act for the Virgin Islands. Q1on. Roy P.
Gordon and Hon. Gordon M. Skeochl.
16) An Act to provide uniform compensation for members
of the Municipal Councils of the Virgin Islands. Com
mittee of the whole
ID A Bill regarding the property status of i~legitimate
children. Hon. Carlos A. Downing and Hon. Frank E.
Jacobs)
49, A Bill to create a Nurses Training School for the Vir-
gin Islands. Qon. Alva c. McFarlane and Hon. Roy F.
Gordon)
l9) Bill to provide for the Municipal Councils Of the Wiz
gin Islands to be represented in Washington, c.,
whenever necessary in the public interest. Hon Omar
Brown and Hon. Walter /. M. Hodge)
2O An Act" to amend the Merit System Law of the Virgin
Islands. CHon. Walter ]. NJ. Hodge and Hon. Carlos A.
, 1949-04-01
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL BILL NO. Is
SEVENTH COUNCIL ; FIRST SESSION
1910

Is4s
RESOLUTION
To Call The Legislative Assembly to Convene
Informal Session.
WHEREAS, A Legislative Assembly Session was called
by Proclamation Of the Acting Governor February Is, l949,
to convene March %, 1919; and
WHEREAS, BY Proclamation of the Governor of March
Is, 1949l the said Assembly Session was postponed for April
Is, 1919; and
WHEREAS The Municipal Council of St. Croix deems
a number of items pending for actionby the Assembly to be
Of urgent Importance to the Welfase of the people of the Vir-
gin Islands; and
WHEREAS, The postponement of the Assembly Session
previously agreed upon by the Acting Governor, the NUM-
cipal Council of ST. Thomas and St. John and the Munich
pal Council of st. Croix, is without good and sufficient justi-
~fcation; and
WHEREAS, The members Of both Municipal Councils
have already had thirty days, in accordance with the Rules
of Business of the Legislative Assembly, in which to study
the proposed legislation herein mentioned and are ready to
act on the Order of the Day:
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved, and it is hereby
Resolved, b. the Municipal Council Of St. Croix, in session
assembled, that, in accordance with Section z of the Organic
Act for the Virgin Islands, the Legislative Assembly for the
Jirgin Islands convene in formal session on Monday, April 4,
949, at 200 o'clock F. M. for the purpose of considering the
following proposed legislation:
y ALaw to establish the office of Virgin Islands Auditor,
CHon. Carlos A. Downing and Hon. Ludwig E. Harrigan)
q ALaw to authorize the Governor and Heads of Depart
ments of the Government to take such steps as may be
necessary to permit the Virgin Islands to participate
in FederalAid Programs, and for other purposes. Qdon.
S. Christian Chase and Hon. Roy P. Gordon)
3 An Act authorizing and prescribing the procedure for
civil proceedings to compel the support of dependent
wives, children and poor relatives within and without
the Virgin Islands. Hon. Roy P. Gordon and Hon A
Sebastian Forbes)
- An Act to establish an Insular Planning Commission,
for Children and Youth. Hon. Gordon M. Skeocht and
Hon. Omar Brown
s. A Law to create a public body corporate and polite,
to be known as the Virgin Islands Housing Authority,
to undertake slun clearance and projects to provide
dwelling accommodations for persons of low income,
appropriating money for its administrative and initial
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Barring Reds Tour
L. S. Action Is Legal But 1t Might Be
Well to Let Communists See Country

only unlike us, but it all seems an
affront to the sound sense of the
American people to fear the quick
passage through our country OF
only 18 Communists, all of whom
work in the arts and not politics
and therefore are a bit naive about
politics. They would, it is pre-
sumed, have the local police
watching them wherever they
went, so we would be protected
and they would feel at home.
If they said from the platform
elsewhere what they said in their
New York meetings, We need have
no qualms that any of eur people
would become tainted or indoc-
triIlated. And while they very
likely would get delegations of
pickets wherever they went, that
being an old American custom. it
is probable that the folks out in
the country, who are courteous
and hospitable, would raise far
less ruckus than some in New York
did.
Could Look Around.
On the other hand, it might be
a good thing to have even this
small group of foreign Commu-
nists, only seven of whom are Rus
slams, take a good look at our
country and our happy and pros
porous and free people and get rid
of lots of notions they read in
their newspapers and hear over
their radios. 1t would be fine
opportunity for us to do some
proselyting and merely by giving
them a look.
1t might help our own people to
see some Russians. and see that
they do not wear long black whis-
kers or horns or shoot fire out Of
their mouths. but are people just
like ourselves. That might help us
to distinguish between the Russian
people and the rulers in the Krem-
lin and bridge the gap that is
growing wider and wider every day
between peoples of the world.
The peoples of the world want
peace and it is high time they let
their political masters everywhere
know that. To do that effectively,
people must have contact with
each other. AS it is. we are shut
ting ourselves behind barriers, be-
hind Iron curtains" if you please.
This is the spring season, the
season of budding flowers and
good will. and the time when the
circus comes around.
1t is doubtful that 18 Commu-
nists would be near as exciting as
the bearded lady or the thin man
or those daring souls who climb up
on each others backs and balance
on poles as the gentlemen under
meath the whole pack rides a BIZ
cycle across a wire way up at the
top of the tent.
An afternoon at the circus would
help the whole world.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

and with the state of our defense
throughout those years. He is
fully aware that we are sitting
on a volcano which may erupt at
almost any time. He is equally
aware of the weaknesses in our
armor and intends to repair them.
Even if the new national de-
fense bill, which provides greater
power for the Secretary Of De-
fenSe, does not reach either the
Senate or House floors during this
session, the Secretary has suffi-
cient powers-if he wishes to use
them-to complete Mr.. Forrestals
work of merging the services.
And there is every indication he
will do so.
The problems which confront
Mr.. johnson are tWofold: Cd the
tug of war between the three
services, and CD intelligence and
SECURITY.
Tug of War Inevitable.
The lnter-SerVlce tug-O1-War
was inevitable because of inde-
cisions in the Defense Depart
ment and the newness of the situ-
alton. Also the strategy of fu-
ture armed conflict has remained
quite uncertain. The Army, for
instance, thinks in terms Of a
strategy which will require the
of dozens of ground
divisions, particularly heavy
armor. 1t stands by the slogan
that the foot soldier-who travels
these days in mechanized units
is now, as in the past, the deter
factor in winning final
victory.
The Air Force, on the other
hand, is convinced that ground
and naval forces are as antiquated
as archers and that any war with
a nation which has vast reservoir
of manpoWer can be won only by
Evening star., 1949-03-30

Czechoslovakia with visas only for
New York City and the confer
ence there last week end. 1t was
only because they were official
visitors that they were admitted
at all That's the only way Com
munists can get into this country
legally-as official visitors to a
specified locale for a specific pur-
pose.
1t may be recalled that this
procedure was adopted couple
of years ago in the case, first, of
a French Communist newspaper
man who came to this country to
cover the United Nations sessions
in New York. The Justice De-
partment found a World War I
statute still on the books
This was the first appearance
of our own Iron curtain" which
was lowered just a bit this side of
the Statue of Liberty.
Legally on Firm Ground.
Technically and legally the
State Department is on firm
ground. 1t should perhaps get
some credit. in the first place, for
admitting these Communist nu-
sicians. scientists and writer's at
all, in view of the temper of some
people in our country. undoubt-
edly a minority, who protested
their admission in the first place.
The eye-for-an-eye, ooth-for-a-
tooth case was put by a couple
of members of Congress, Senator
Mundt, Republican. of South Da-
kota, formerly of the House Un-
American Activities Committee,
and Representative Wood, DEM
ocrat, of Georgia, it's present
chairman. who objected that Rus
sian Communist visitors should
not be allowed in our country
until they dropped their Iron Cur
tain for visitors from the United
States.
Logical enough, one might sup
pose.
And yet the attitude seems not
Evening star., 1949-03-30

The oyster Henry McLemore.
opener is hero. Daily he tackles
task which places his life in
peril in order that less manly men
may have their half dozen on the
half shell, their half-and-half
stews, and their oysters Rookie
feller.
1t was not until yesterday that
II fully appreciated the men
who open oysters, because it was
not until yesterday that I was
confronted with a bushel of the
bivalves that had to open myself
if I were to eat them.
They came air express, all dry
iced from Mobile. and prettier
batch of oysters you never saw.
Like Cracking a Bank.
Mouth watering, I said, Let
me at 'em!"
Two hours later, mouth still
watering, not an oyster had been
OpSllcu. lldO, UliOuSll. al lA4oAAy
places. My hands were cut, my
wrists were lacerated, my elbows
had endured more punishment
than Sergt. York ever had.
Say, did any of you ever try
to open an oyster? 1t is some
thing like cracking the Chase
National Banks main vault at
high noon, using nothing but a
can opener.
I started off with a big. heavy
file. When that broke. I switched
to a chisel. When that gave way
under the stout resistance of the
oysters, I lost my temper and
started throwing them against the
side of the house.
The oysters never complained.
But the house did.
After about half an hour of
being on the receiving end of
the oysters, the house started
Evening star., 1949-03-30

whining. Then it started sagging
and I saw that I had to make up
my mind. Would I have oysters
to eat or a house to live in?
All Seem to Be Grinning.
The yard was cluttered with
oysters by now, all grinning, or so
it seemed to me.
Well" I told them, Il won't
have you on the half shell, which
is the way I like you best, but
you can bet any oyster boots you
have that I am going to have
YOU"
Whereupon I went down to the
tool shed, selected an ak of a
weight that Lincoln would have
had a time lifting it. and went
back to face my Mobile foes.
Bang! Crash! Whack! Some
more whacks.
An hour later the oysters chose
an emissary and sent him to me
under a flag of truce.
They wished to capitulate, but
under honorable terms.
That was what I was waiting
for. For a second. the oyster en-
issary turned his head and I let
him have it. Cleaved him wide
open. And, while his battered
mates looked on, I treated his
wounds with horse radish, ketch-
Evening star., 1949-03-30

If Mr.. Truman says no, they
will abandon the project and de-
part, leaving the States Fighters
unchallenged at home and in
Washington except as the Presi-
dent might decide to draw the is
sue against individual Dixiecrats.
1t is a large decision for the
President. If he decides to go
along with his Southern support
ers, the immediate effects would
be felt on the Hill. possibly in a
revival of the Southern -Repub-
lican coalition which has just
knitted civil rights. And an affir-
NATIVE answer could also set in
motion a chain of events which
would force the Senate and House
to isolate its Dixiecrats. depriving
them of Democrat seniority and
privileges. This was a dilemma
which faced administration lead
ers in January and they ducked.
Rankin. Cox Taken Care OF.
The decision was taken instead
% accept all the States Fighters,
tacit and avowed. into the Demo-
cratic family and give them their
share of the rewards of victory,
just as if nothing had happened.
The two with the greatest nui-
sance value Representatives
Rankin OF Mississippi and Cox of
Georgia-were taken care OF by
rules changes. a device that has
just been proved in the pension
fight to have It's drawbacks.
The South Carolinians who have
presented their case to National
Chairman McGrath and Execu-
tive Director Boyle are the rump
Evening star., 1949-03-30
This Changing World
Johnson Expected to Put More Teeth
In Service Merger Than Forrestal Did
Than FOrrestal Did

an efficient air force, possessing
long range bombers capable of de-
stroying not only an enemy's in
dustrial centers but also his sys-
TEN of communications.
The Navy. which is quickly be-
coming the stepchild of the serv-
ices and stands the brunt of the
attack from the Army and Air
Force, Is convinced that at this
stage of the game it Is performing
vital role through submarines
and carrier-based aviation
These various concepts have
their own advocates in the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. But it is up to the
Secretary of Defense to decide in
the last instance not what the
strategy should be but how the
money asked Of Congress is dis
tributed to the various services.
That partitioning of funds ac-
tually dictates strategy. for with
out appropriations the services
cannot reach the peak of devel-
opment demanded by the various
planners.
Second Difficult Task.
AS for the second problem-that
of intelligence and seuurity-Mr.
johnson faces another difficult
task. Intelligence now is concen-
trated largely in the hands of one
government unit, Central Intelli-
gence Agency. 1t is the eyes and
ears of our defense, and is far
more important in peace than in
war.
In spite of criticism directed at
CIA. it has done fair work so far
but is still in its infancy and the
results achieved hitherto have not
been fully satisfactory. The ques-
ton before Mr.. johnson is whether
the CIA, set up by Congress at a
time when the risk of international
conflagration was still small, shall
continue its present work Of col
lecting and SanalyZing informa-
ton, or whether the collection side
of its activity should be placed in
the hands of the Army. Navy. Air
Force and State Department. rele-
eating Central Intelligence to the
correlation and analysis of facts
thus gathered.
Moreover, Mr.. johnson will be
compelled to pay more attention
than his predecessor to internal
security, which has become top
problem at this time, when an
theological fifth column is work.
ing in this country with far
greater efficiency than was the
case before World War II.
The consensus of those who
know the new Secretary OF De-
fense is that he will be able to
cope effectively with these prob
lens.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
2-Party System in South
Truman Facing Big Decision on
Whether to Fight States Fighters

faction recognized last summer
by the administration. They are
now asking the blunt question:
Where do we 60 from here?
They explain that a candidate
can run in only one South Caro-
lima primary so their party can't
be stolen from them by the other
side.
No clear-cut decision apparent
ly can be had with regard to a
designation on the actual ballots.
The State does not print ballots;
the parties furnish them and are
free to adopt whatever desig-
nation they choose.
Main Fight for Senate.
The principal South Carolina
fight will be for the Senate.
Senator Johnston, who snubbed
the President at the Jackson Day
dinner IN 1948. will run again;
Gov. Thurmond hopes to beat
him. 1t is hard to locate the
balance Tor the Administration as
between the two.
Both more or less favor the New
Deal program of economic and
social improvement. civil rights
excepted. Both are internation-
alists. And both have behaved in
a manner extremely irksome to
the President.
The administration has been as
sured that no difficulty will arise
in Truman South Carolina party
about Negroes voting. About 30
900 Negroes are said to vote now
in the State. They are. it is ex-
planned. affiliated with the Dem
ocrats. The practical situation
seems to be that the Negroes
will not be encouraged by their
own organizati tions to vote for a
Truman party but will not make
an issue of their membership
in it.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. e, **A-11


up. a touch of Tabasco and q
dash of lemon. 4!
Then I ate him.
I got one oyster out of the
bushel.
I would have liked to have had
two. but that would have meant
another day out of my life, and
I couldn't spare the time.
Distributed by McNaurht Syndicate, lnc.)
Evening star., 1949-03-30

W II e y II z I II Z
cares to under
take a fight for
he two-party
system in t h e
South.
If Mr.. Tru-
man S avs yes,
they promise to
h oil d separate
primaries a n d
put candidates
into the field on
a n a t / o n a ]
D e m era t ic
ticket against
the S t a t e S
D,--I
Evening star., 1949-03-30

is expected to
put more teeth
into the merger
of the three
services tn a n
his predecessor,
James V. For
restal, did.
Mr.. johnson.
although out of
t he Govern
m e n t sine e
1910, has kept
in contact with
t he national
a n d interna-
tiopa1 situation
Evening star., 1949-03-30

I'LL al nAAA WI
entihc Confer
ence for World
Peace in New
York from
making a pro-
jected Xr
a cr OSS ur
country.
There's no
doubt a b o u t
t h a t. T h ey
came here as
official visitors
from Russia.
Poland, Yugo-
81 vi q and
Evening star., 1949-03-30

have I seen a
monument to
an oyster open
er.
There should
be one, and if I
ever get any
money ahead I
am going to see
to it that the
oy S t e r opener
is immortalized
in ron Ze or
some other en-
d u r in g sub
stance.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
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Evening star., 1949-03-30
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Evening star., 1949-03-30

Would Set Up Monument
To an Oyster Opener
Bv Henry McLemore

I have seen monuments to SOL
diers, patriots, musicians. poets
inventors, and leaders of the suf-
fragette movement, but never
Evening star., 1949-03-30
In Service Merger
Bv Constantine Brown

Louis A. johnson. the new Sec
retary of Defense, is regarded by
his subordinates in the armed
services as a tough man." who
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Bv Thomas L, Stokes

The State Department has the
strict letter of the law on it's side
in keeping 18 Communists who
came here for the so-called Cul-
Evening star., 1949-03-30
By Doris FIees0n

Truman Democrats from South
Carolina and Mississippi are here
this week to put squarely up to
the President the question of