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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-04-13
DEATH TAKES
ATTY. STOKES FATHER

Atty. Charles N. Stokes receiv-
ed word of the death OF his father.
Pratt. Kansas. His father. the
Rev. Norris Stokes, IL years old.
served as pastor OF the Baptist
Church. Pratt, for So years. At
torney Stokes left to attend the
last rites. Surviving are his
widow and two sons. Attorney
will be gone for two weeks.
The Golden Cleaners club will
meet Thursday at the home Of
Mrs. Corrine Brown. 215 22nd
No. AS the time OF the Confer
ence Is growing short, all MEM
bers are urged to come in and do
their part.
The Missionaries met at the
home of one of its shut-in mem
bers, Mrs. Katherine Kelton, on
Friday evening. The meeting was
pleasing Innovation to the visi-
tors, bringing Joy and sunshine to
a beloved shut-in. All left with
the hope that the next meeting
would not be far away.
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-04-13

Soffboll League
Junior HkY Baseball league
scheduled to begin April % for
city-wide championship.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-04-13
EAST MADISON
Y. M. c. A.

Under the principle that young,
capable chaperons might give adj
equate as well as intelligent guild
ance to teen-age people, the East
Madison YMCA last Wednesday.
April 6, inaugurated a new chap
eron system for its weekly teen
ag dances.
The chaperons are to meet
monthly as a group to discuss the
various problems that arise. FL
ected officers were Mrs. Dolista
Honeysuckle, chairman and Mrs.
Maude Kemper, Secretary.
Spring Vacation
Spring Vocation
The Spring Vacation, which
started last Monday, had many
activities on the program. Re-
maing still are: Thursday, April
IA. Skating Party at Renton Rink.
Friday, April 10. Good Friday
Program for teen-agers in cooper
alton with YMCA and Presby-
terrain Church. Saturday, April Is,
Movies and softball games.
Stove Needed
Stove Needed
We need a cook stove for our
kitchen. Either gas or electric
will be alright. So II you have
one you are planning not to use
any more. the East Madison
YMCA will be glad to get it.
Just call CA. 0649 and we will
send some one to pick it up.
Soft Ball League
SoffboII League
Junior HkY Baseball league
scheduled to begin April % for
city-wide championship.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-26

Suppose a man paid taxes ac- cOrding to his individual con- science and nothing else? What then? A minute few would pay more than their share. A very few would give what they pay now; but the vast majority would pay so little eff any) that the goV- ernment could not function.
 Now God demands worship, and it would seem to the Catholic that subjective private judgment is just as unreliable and self-favOring in determining the amount of wor- ship God requires as in determin- ing the amount of taxes a man should pay to his government.
 Yes, God demands worship, but who's to determine how much worship a man must give to God in order to save his soul?
 The Catholic claims to have the answer-simple, logical, authorita- tive. And this is it:
 God knows the uncertainty and elasticity of the human conscience, so when He gave man His revealed truths, He founded a church, not only to safeguard and interpret those truths, but to guide His chil- dren in the use of those truths. To accomplish this He gave His Church the power and duty tc make its own laws in conformity with his divine plan.
 It seems to us logical that Goo would do this. It seems to us cer- tain that He did do it, in view Ot His own words in the Scriptures
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-26
Truman Interested Personally In
 Perfumers' Trip

WASHINGTON, CP) - Senate investigators yesterday turned up a memo from Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan to state department lau- thorities saying President Truman was personally interested" in a prospective European trip for John Maragon in August, l945.
 Agents of Senate Investigating subcommittee introduced into its records a memorandum by Vau- ghan, dated Aug 3, 1045, which said that Maragon was interested in visiting Italy for the Albert H, Verley Perfume Co.,, of Chicago.
 The memorandum contained this pencilled note in the lower left hand corner:
 "Col. Vaughan informed Mrs. Shipley CMrs. Ruth E. Shipley, chief of state department passport . bureaW that the President is per sonally interested in Maragon'S trip to Italy-Col. s. agrees that he is D."
 It was signed JFS 8/28/45.
 The military permit procedure in effect at the time listed as "I D" persons whose travel is author ized by the President"
 The Senators, digging into the
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-26

question of whether there has been improper influence in the conduct of government business, have wanted to know how Mara gon and other agents of the per fume company managed to get passage on military transport planes to Europe in l945.
 1t was on the return from the July trip for the perfume company that Maragon got into difficulties with customs agents who found he had valuable perfume oils dis guised as champagne for the White House.
 The committee was informed yesterday that Maragon settled that case for $l 800 - including $1,14l assessed as a penalty.
 Francis D. Flanagan, assistant counsel, introduced the various documents, including the state de- pertinent memorandum.
 Flanagan said "JFS" was MT Scanlon," assistant to Mrs. Ship ley.
 Senator Mundt R.-S. D. com mented that he thinks President Truman probably" had no per sonal knowledge of what Vaughan was doing.
 MaIagon was waiting to testify when the decoumentS were intro duced.
 But chairman Hoey CD-N. C. suddenly announced the hearing would recess until tomorrow.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-26
Catholic Information
How much must a man worship?

To take a few samples from the King James Bible: Christ said tO His Apostles: Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" CMatt. l8:l8). And again: He that heareth you hear eth me" duke l0:16). And also He said: If he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heather man and a publican" Matt. l8:lO. And then to make it all permanent our Divine Lord promised: and ''lo, l am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" Matt 82:2O).
 To have to assist at Mass 53 times year may seem a hardship to him who enters a church sel- dom if at all; but to the practical Catholic this minimum is so low that his love for God takes hln to Mass and other devotions on many occasions when there is no obligation at all. In fact many Catholics assist at Mass every morning in the year.
 The Church gives no guarantee of salvation tO him who merely keeps within its laws. On the other hand it constantly warns the faith ful that only by frequent attend ance at Mass and frequent recep- ton of the Sacraments can the soul be safeguarded against the snares of a God-neglecting world.
 PAID ADVERTISEMENT
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-26
Alaska Cannot Afford To Be Without Statehood

letter to the interior department about Alaska or Hawaii and chances are if will wind up on the desk of Mrs. Olive Remington Goldman, lately of Urbana, III.
 Secretary of the interior Krug hired her last April as consult ant, primarily on problems relat- ing to statehood for the two Ter ritories.
 She also works on preparations for interior department adminis- tration of Guam-scheduled to be- gin next July 1-American Samoa and the Marshall, Caroline and the Mariana Islands of the Pacific, all currently under naval control.
 Twice a candidate for Congress from the 22nd District of Illinois, Mrs. Goldman has an office-and a secretary-just down the corri- dor from that of assistant secre- tary of the interior William E. Warne.
 She consults daily with Warne and undersecretary of the interior Oscar L. Chapman. Mostly, she says, her job is giving speeches and disseminating informat o n about the Territories and island possessions.
 A Vassar graduate with mas ter's degree from the University of Illinois, she is the wife of Dr Marcus Selden Goldman, Illinois University English professor ano reserve army colonel now on ac- tive duty in Washington. Mrs Goldman taught at the university while her husband was on war time military assignment.
 Mrs. Goldman said the long standing shipping strike in Ha' waii has hurt the immediate like lihood of statehood for the Terri tory.
 Statehood bills for Hawaii and Alaska, approved by the House public lands committee, have bog ged down in the rules committee | An Alaska statehood bill in the Senate is unliekly to be forwarded until the House has acted, she said.
 Many people in the labor movement, including the AFL, the railroad labor executives associa- ton, international association of machiniSts and the CIO, who have indorsed statehood for Hawaii, re- gret that the strike has been used to defeat the legislation in the present Congress, said Mrs. Gold man, who writes a column for a labor weekly in Decatur, III.
 Hawaii is prosperous, pays its taxes, turns out for elections and has long deserved statehood.
 Alaska deserves statehood, too Its people know the Territory vii, not develop as it should, in popu- lation and production, until state hood is granted.
 Alaska needs statehood, fur. thermore, from a military and strategic standpoint, to make for security against Russia"
 Mrs. Goldman said the argu- ment that Alaska cannot yet af- ford statehood has been pretty we'll knocked out by the Territori- al legislatures action in voting substantial property and income taxes.
 "AlaSkanS can afford statehood
Evening star., 1949-02-20

merged for weeks at time. The Germans
designed these U-boats as long-range Of
fensive weapons, 80 fast and so elusive as
to be difficult of detection and destruction
The Russians fell heir to the Nazi U-boat
plants after the war, and also obtained the
services Of most of the U-boat designers
and builders. She thus had head start
on the Americans and the British in de-
veloping schnorkel submarines
Presumably our intelligence agencies
have information on Russian submarine
strength as good as or better than James.
1t is only natural that we should sidetrack
most other phases of ship construction in
favor of ships and facilities intended to
combat the only naval threat against us in
the world today-the fast-growing Rus
sian submarine fleet. In short, the only
expansionist policies with which our Navy
is Immediately concerned are those of the
Soviet Navy
Evening star., 1949-02-20
De Gustibus' Verdict

Visitors to the Corcoran Gallery have
voted William Harnett's "Old Models" their
favorite painting in the de Gustibus"
show. The picture for which they have
expressed their preference might have
been made with camera. It represents
the conscious and deliberate endeavor of
skilled craftsman to "hold the mirror up
to nature"-and nothing more than that.
The artist was perfectionist. He pos
sessed marvellous power to see things accu-
rately and to reproduce them realistically.
The composition receiving the most
ballots in the current exhibition portrays
homely articles familiar to ordinary peo-
pie: A violin and bow, a trumpet, tattered
piece of sheet music, covered vase, several
books, hinge. Harnett painted them as
they might have been viewed by anybody.
He did not interpret" them. There is
nothing abstract" about them as he de-
picts them. They are starkly true to truth.
No literary explanation Of them is neces-
sary. Presumably, the public does not
want ideas stimulated by life so much as
1t wants life itself
In any case, the votes cast for Harnett's
Evening star., 1949-02-20

you have religion that can get hold OF
people, grip them and lift them, for Gods
sake, come over and help u.s."
There is suggestion here that faith can
be handed on to another exported. But 1t
cannot be secured in that way. 1t just can
not be put into another's bare cupboard.
The way to faith is not by ideas profered,
but by ideals practiced.,
well-known college professor, who ad-
mitted that he had lost his once vital beliefs,
remarked sadly, II did not deliberately give
up my faith. I just didn't use it. 1t was as
if I had put it in bureau drawer. And
later needing it, I looked for it and found
it wasn't there" Charles Darwin, the scien-
tist, lamented the loss of his early capacity
to appreciate great music and great poetry.
Late in life he went back to the drawer"
where he had left his faith, and found it
empty. So spiritual capacities are atrophled
by disuse. Powers of appreciation evaporate
when put in storage.
Recently came these significant words from
a dear friend: when I get low in falth
when for me the face of God seems to be
growing dim, deliberately set myself doing
something I think God would do. I seek
His will through Christ who is His supreme
revelation I seek to do something I think
God would do and faith shines again" Ah
what phrase, Faith shines agaln!'-the
once tarnished is FURNISHED and ablaze.
The great Teacher of the ages stated
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Unimpressive Reinsurance

The American Navy is not likely to be
deeply impressed by the assurances of the
Soviet Navy organ, Red Fleet, that the
United States faces mo real submarine
danger" The assertion was made in an
article criticizing American emphasis on
antisubmarine warfare Since such prepa-
rations are "unjustified," the publication
said, it Is evident that the United States
Navy is preparing not for defense but for
support of "the expansionist policy of the
ruling circles"
Red Fleet Is correct in stating that our
naval authorities are pushing antisub-
marine preparations. But it does not ex-
plain how it arrived at the conclusion that
ton Is proof of aggressive intent fon our
part Nor does it comment on the fact
that our Navy moved to strengthen its
antisubmarine weapons only after Russia
began building up mighty submarine
: fleet after World War II. No one is naive
enough, surely, to believe that this Soviet
submarine fleet is intended for defensive
purposes. Submarines are not generally
regarded as defensive weapons.
What Red Fleet neglected to tell its
readers about the Russian submarine pro-
gram may be obtained by reference to the
latest edition of James Fighting Ships, un-
official but reliable catalogue of the worlds
fleets. According to James, Russia last
year had "well over" $50 submarines in
service and will have approximately 100
additional new ones in service this year.
Many of these are of the schnorkel "true
] submersible" type-capable Of cruising SUBJ
Evening star., 1949-02-20
DISGRACE to the Senate

There has been tendency on the part
of some of the ardently pro-labor Senators
on the Senate Labor Committee to resort
to personal abuse in questioning witnesses
who have appeared before the committee
in support of the Taft-Hartley Act. But
it has remained for Senator Pepper, who
points to himself as liberal and friend
of man. to reach the all-time low.
The Florida Senator showed his true
colors in questioning Ira Mosher, former
president of the National Association of
Manufacturers, who had been testifying
in defense of the Hartley law. After
some criticism of the NAM, in which he
was joined by Senators Murray and Hum
phrey, Senator Pepper went on to shout:
ut was the workers sons who died on the
battlefields while the sons of manufacturers
stayed home and got rich"
The statement, of course, is utterly
baseless, strikingly so in reference to Mr..
Mosher who lost three nephews in the war
and whose own son was shot down, though
escaping with his life. But it is not SO
much Senator Peppers disregard OF fact
which makes his comment so thoroughly
repugnant One has come to associate
that with the Florida Senator. The riling
thing is that man can rise to such high
position in this country and still be capable
of such contemplate tactics.
To put it bluntly. Mr.. Peppers perform
ance was an affront to common decency,
and 1t will be resented as such by every
decent Senator and every decent citizen.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
The Competitive Tropics

Complex relationships within an in
creasingly inter-related world economy
are revealed by an agricultural convention
assembling in Southern Brazil. The object
of the meeting is to concert measures for
the improvement of Brazilian agriculture
to meet impending competition from
tropical Africa, where vast development
projects are under way,
To Brazilian planters and farmers, this
is highly disturbing, because tropical
Africa looms as potential competitor
able to supply for the world market
virtually all the items which Brazil today
produces. Brazil fears African inroads,
for example, on her exports of coffee,
vegetable oils, beans and canned meats.
While this alarm has been awakened
primarily by the current British program
to step up 'proddction from its African
possessions, Brazilians know that Portugal,
France and Belgium are likewise interested
in developing their respective African
colonies. Indeed, the United States is in
the picture through our growing invest
mentS in Liberia. As leading Brazilian
agriculturist puts it In his summons to
the conventions: eve are faced with great
competition and a severe commercial
struggle" Along the same line, economic
experts are advising that agricultural
development and improved transportation
in Brazil should be given priority over
industrial development, while deputy in
the Brazilian Congress recently suggested
that vitality needed agricultural machinery
should be permitted to enter without
import licenses and with waiver Of
customs duties.
However, such emphasis on agricultural
measures encounters domestic opposition
from growing industrial interests who
demand that the country's infant in
dustries" be protected and fostered in
order to give Brazil balanced economy
and diminish its dependence upon world
terials. Accordingly, the legislative sug-
gestion above mentioned aroused heated
protests from local manufacturers of agri-
cultural machinery, even though they are
admittedly unable to satisfy more than a
fraction of the urgent domestic demand.
To complete the picture of intertropical
competition, it should be recalled that
current plans for the large-scale develop
ment of African agriculture and stock
raising are due primarily to Europe's loss
of control over colonial areas in the Far
East and replacement of European author
ity by native regimes unwilling or unable
to maintain production of tropical sta pies
at former levels.
For tropical South America, such dimi-
mutton of Far Eastern exports would leave
1t in relatively favored position in the
world market, whereas a redressal of the
competitive balance by the development
of tropical Africa would be detriment to
South American prosperity.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Israel lnuuqurutes

The election and Inauguration of DIR.
Chain Weizmann as first President OF
the new state of Israel occurred under
circumstances which emphasized both its
aspirations and the difficulties still con-
fronting it.
The outstanding fact was that the in
auguration took place, not in indisputaoly
Jewish Tel Aviv, but in Jerusalem, the
most controversial factor in the still-un-
solved problem of Palestine. The cere-
mony was held in the Jewish Agency
building which lies in the sector under
Israeli military control. Yet this edifice
is literally within rifle shot of the Old City,
held by King Abdullah's Arab Legion. And,
in addition Israeli claims to Jerusalem
are contested alike by the Arabs and by
much of the Christian world, on the
ground that it is Holy City for the three
great faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam, and as such should be interna-
tionaliZed.
So far as Dr. Weizmann is concerned,
his accession to the presidency was
foregone conclusion ever since his party
won a decisive victory in the elections for
the Constituent Assembly last month. To
be sure, the militant extremist opposition
put up its candidate, though more for
forms sake than with any expectation of
success. And even his opponents joined
in the acclaim for the venerable leader
whose lifelong devotion to the Zionist
cause had done so much to bring it to
fruition.
Historic symbolism dominated the pro-
ceedings in the Assembly Chamber which
opened with the blowing of the shofar or
rams horn. And DR.. Weizmann took the
oath of Office beneath a portrait of Theo-
dor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zion
ist movement and the inspirer of DR.. Weiz-
mann devoted follower of Herzl since
early youth.
At any rate, the state of Israel now has
a duly inaugurated Chief Executive who
reflects the views and policies Of the ma
jority in the Assembly, itself representing
the electoral mandate of the citizenry.
Under this leadership, the Assembly will
now proceeded to formulate permanent
constitution as the organic law under
which the new nation will FUNCTION. An
other milestone in Israel's political evolu-
ton has thus been attained
Evening star., 1949-02-20

ment. She organized the first Congress OF
Mothers with the help of Mrs Hearst in
1897 Congress currently Is considering
resolution calling for the issuance OF
commemorative postage stamp bearing her
portrait.
The Star of February 16, 1899, announced
the acquisition Of two notable pictures by
the Corcoran Gallery. One
Pointines was THE Edge OF the For
Purchased est" by Charles Melville
Dewey; the other, Deepen
ing Shadows" by Charles M. Davis. Both
came from the estate of Thomas B. Clarke.
whose treasures then were being dispersed
at Chickering Hall, New York. The prices
paid for the canvases were 1,050 and $l.100.
respectively 1t was the opinion Of The Star
that they were important works. well worth
the money.
A dispatch from Paris to The Star for
February II, 1899, brought news of the sud-
den death Of Francois
Deoth of Felix Faure, sixth Pres
Erench President ident of the Republic
of France. The cause
of his demise was apoplexy and he had had
several warnings of his danger. Yet he had
kept on with his work, attending to business
until he collapsed. His last words were
spoken to his wife, few simple expressions
of thanks "for the affection and devotion
she constantly had shown him." The dying
statesman also called for his personal attend
ants, asking them to pardon any hasty
words he might have uttered" An abbe.
passing through the Champs Elysee, hastily
was summoned to the palace to administer
the sacrament.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

void Models" were supported by the voters
choice Of Thomas Hovendens Breaking
the Home Ties" for second place in the
to tell poignant story in terms that any
individual could understands story of a
boy leaving home to make his fortune
elsewhere. His mother bids him goodby,
while other members of the family, not
excluding dog, look on. One touching
detail Is the fearless but saddened face
of little sister, standing in doorway.
Such tableaux have been part of the story
of the American community for long
time; they doubtless will continue to occur
during many generations to come. Hoven-
den chose to paint his famous picture for
a popular audience. After more than half
a century, his judgment and his skill as
an artist of the people still are approved.
The public plainly is conservative in its
taste. If it liked radical, 4modernistic
works, it would vote for them. But it does
not; it invariably expresses its predilec-
ton for what the revolutionaries regard
as "corny" compositions. That Is true in
the Corcoran Biennials, and it Is true in
other galleries where visitors are invited to
indicate their preferences. OF course, 1t
does not follow that artists should not
permit their imaginations to operate If
painters desire to appeal to small, esoteric
groups, they have every right so to do.
Originality is no crime Rather, it we'll
may be a virtue. Taste in art changes, and
the rebels of today may be approved
tomorrow.