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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
THREE MEMORIAL CHURCH
 GROUPS MEETING TONIGHT

Choir rehearsal for Memorial Church has been changed from Friday evening to each Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Regular members and those desiring to sing with the group are urged to attend rehearsal this evening in the church.
 The Mems Fellowship meets in the recreation hall immediately 'af- ter choir rehearsal.
 The Missionary Society is having regular meeting at 7:3O this eve ming. Hostess will he Mrs. Gene Wade, 322 Decker Way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW

Local bids OH inc insurance to cover the new municipal building at the airport will be opened at to- morrow nights meeting of the Ju- neau City Council.
 The situation of the AB Hall and its future use and revenue will get a thorough going over, and a number of routine matters will be considered.
 Tomorrow evenings meeting will De at o'clock in the. City Council Chambers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
PUBLIC INVITED TO
 BAPTIST RENTALS

The First Baptist Church in Juneau reports that interest is in- creasing at each service in it's two weeks revival meetings.
 pr. David M. Gardner who is leading the revival in Juneau states that his sermon subject for to- night at 7:30 o'clock is Christ Picture of Real Life"
 The pubic is cordially invited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
 SPEAKS TO AUXILIARY

Miss Edna Peterka of the Ju- neau Public Health Center spoke to ladies of the American Legion Aux Hilary at their Tuesday night social meeting.
 Miss Peterka outlined d various services Of puclic health clinic work
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
SMALL ROOF FIRE

Yesterday afternoons 5-3 alarm at 3:30 o'clock was for a small roof fire at 1903 West Eleventh Street, the residence of Harry Bjork.
 The fire was put out with chemi- calls with little damage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
co SS-524

The Coast Guard cutter 83-524 will be leaving Thursday morning for Sentinel Island to take MT. and Mrs. Truman Cook and son Billy for duty there. Cook is the civilian lighthouse keeper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17

John Young of Whitestown, N. Y., had Youngstown, Ohio, named after him after he had settled there in l797.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
FROM GRAY, GEORGIA

F. H. McGowan c. Cray, Geor- gia, is registered at the Gastineu.
Evening star., 1949-08-28

citizens of enormous taxes, but return little
of the money to the local government
few years back, James w. Martin, Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Business Research of the
University of Kentucky, was driving through
West Virginia city. Suddenly he found him
self in total darkness. The street lights had
been turned off. He approached cop on the
corner and asked for an explanation. mo
money" said the cop. Unable to believe that
any city could be that broke, Martin went
down to the city hall. He discovered that not
only had the lights been turned off, but that
Evening star., 1949-08-28

lures OF their states. In general, the lack of
equal representation exists in both houses of
the legislature.
The result of this tyranny is that most
American cities today are powerless in the
grip of state legislatures dominated by the
rural counties. The word tyranny is no literary
exaggeration. Even the Supreme Court of
Kentucky has called it that.
Inequality of representation" declared the
Court, rs tyranny to which no people
worthy Of freedom will fairly submit To say
that man in Spencer County shall have
seven times as much influence as a man in
Butler or Edmondson County is to say that
SIX men out of every seven in those counties
are not represented in the government at ALL"
1t is true that the states have arguments on
their side for some control over the cities
Authorities on governmental problems
have pointed out that modern develop
ments in transport and communica tions
demand more ccntralization. Full effici-
ency and economy in certain governmental
operations depend upon administration by
the states. There is also the growing trend
towards state responsibility for welfare and
education programs in cities and local COM
munities.
In New Hampshire and Tennessee, for ex-
ample, the state government participates in
the financing of old-age assistance In Massa-
chusetts, the state supervises all merit exam
nations and the civil-service systems of all
cities. Other examples of assistance to cities
by state governments could be cited
Pretty Fantastic
But granted that certain amount of such
activity by the state is necessary and desirable
the incontrovertible fact remains that in hun
dreds of cities state interference in city affairs
has been carried again and again to a tyran-
nical extreme.
Without equal representation. most cities
have become pri soners of their states When
six rural towns with population of 10000
can outvote in the lower house five cities
with 100000 inhabitants, as they do in a
typical state like Connecticut. the cities can
not defend themselves. All they can do is
protest - and usually in vain. Countless
illustrations could be cited.
Evening star., 1949-08-28

Without equal representation, the cities
have also become financial prisoners of their
states. City after city is being pushed towards
bankruptcy by legislatures which milk urban
Evening star., 1949-08-28

The Illinois legislature has taken 50 much
freedom from Chicago that the second largest
city in the United States had to beg special
permission from the state to allow peanuts
Evening star., 1949-08-28

the police and fire departments had been dras-
tically reduced, health services shaved to the
bone, and the welfare department completely
eliminated - all because the West VIRGINIA
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freedom from Chicago that the second L
city in the United States had to beg 81
permission from the state to allow pc
to be peddled on a municipal pier.
Buffalo was told that it couldn't grant
vacation to its own policemen. 1t had
to 60, hat in hand, to the New York
legislature to plead for permission.
Ohio's cities wanted to establish day
nurseries for working mothers, practi-
cal example of good municipal planning.
The state legislature said no.
Sell n-0ovexnsnent eoing
AND Frederick, Md, probably facing
the ridiculous extreme in the loss of
municipal freedom, had to get special
bill passed in the state legislature to
reduce the annual license fee for un-
spayed female dogs from SIS to 81.
These are just few of hundreds of
examples of the way the state legisla-
lures have shackled the cities. either
through constitutional amendments or
restrictive charters. But the most dis
turbing loss of all is the loss of the right
of self-government.
From the days of the first New Eng
land town meeting, Americans have
met together to decide what kind of
government they want and whom they
want to run it. Yet today, the state
legislatures have destroyed this freedom
in city after city.
Take the case of Knoxville, Tenn. In
1923, its citizens voted to change from
a mayor to city manager. From then
until 1887, they enjoyed clean, efficient
local government - exactly what they
had voted for. Suddenly, the state legisl
passed bill forcing Knoxville to repla
city manager with mayor. But the p.
revolted, and succeeded in getting
city manager hack. Then in l947,
legislature passed the same bill agai
poll, taken by The Knoxville News SENT
showed that the people still wanted a
manager. But the people weren't even a
The right of Ill 900 inhabitants to pick
own form of government was snatched
them - and by legislature in which
did not even have en,Ial reDresentation I
Evening star., 1949-08-28

state legislature had recently passed a
law limiting the tax rate of the city
on private property, and as a result,
cutting off the city from its main
source of funds.
In Ohio not long ago, the state legis-
lature reduced city revenues 50 drastic
ally that Cincinnati had to give up part
of its garbage collections. In Missouri,
the state legislature made the St.
Louis Fire Department pay a tax on
the gasoline it used.
New York City, desperately in need
of new sources of revenue, established
a one-cent-a-pack cigarette tax few
years back. The state legislature not
only forbade the city to apply the tax,
but then turned around and grabbed
the money for itself, making it state
tax at two cents pack.
The "oeld-Hishway Law"
But the Connecticut legislatures gold
highway" law is probably the slickest
formula for starving the cities while the
rural areas wax fat and prosperous.
Waterbury, for instance, the fourthlarg-
est city in the state, is taxed over a
million dollars annually for the state
road-maintenance fund. In return, it
gets back mere SIG, 900 hardly
enough to mend few holes in its zoo
miles of streets.
But rural Canaan, with only SIS resi-
dents, pays in only SC, 600 annually and
gets back $4,000, most of which i
MT use even if it started paving its streets
gold. As result, Waterbury's streets
shoddier, and Canaan has saved up
395 to its credit on the state books.
s about as democratic" commented the
erbury Republican" " as election day in
camp"
IN Home Rule, once considered partial
Evening star., 1949-08-28

Urban dwellers ar
in cities or other il
with populations
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19
l02 Diplomas .
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Continued from Page -
Lee Anderson, Barbara Ann Bah
cock, Vern Dixon Bailey, Wayne
c. Bass, Milo B. Bauder, Norma
Jean Beck, William Wayne Beir-
ley, Elizabeth Jane Beltz, Mary
Ellen Block, Roger William Block,
Marjorie Elizabeth Bolton, Jen-
ME Lee Boyd, Martin w. Brace,
Donna Luonne Brewer, Donald
Dean Brooks, Wanda Ruth Brown,
Ledger Allen Bryan, Married. Bry-
ant, Raymond L. Byse, Marylu
Coffman, Morris Henry Cohn,
Wesley Jacob Combs, Will M.
Cook, Donald S. Cooley, Arva Ell
Disc Curtis, Donald W. Cyr.
Paul ]. Dahlberg, William Hen
~ Day, Jr, Dolores Dee Denney,
David John Dickerson, Bernard A.
Donahue, Nancy Joan Doris, Veda
Eileen Draper, Marvin Lee Dud-
ney, Thomas E. Duncan, Evelyn
Elizabeth Edwards, Carl Truman
Elliott. Richard Endow, Dorothy
Jane Fertig, Lynn Fredricks, Bon
ME Lee Freiss, Ronald Leroy
Friedman, Irma Darlene Gallo
way, Robert Edward Gest, Vir-
ginia Jean Goldsmith, Dorothy Lee
Grogan, Bobby Ray Hall, Connie
Beth Hawkins, Ronald Wilbur
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to have charge Of various activ
ties in case of disaster, and Bunc
was then appointed as council
man at large in the organization.
Other developments:
Police Chief Jessup announced
he had as men lined up for the
law and order division which j!
counting on cooperation from the
sheriff's posse, sherfff's office,
and state patrol.
Councilman Douglas Pravitz
announced he had appointed
drivers for trucks in the trans
portation division. Drivers will
furnish their own gasoline.
It was announced that person
al property will be moved free
by that division. The labor pool
will do loading.
John Hoffmaster, of the labor
pool, was asked to supply list
of carpenters, laborers, plumbers,
equipment operators, and electric
ians who would :, be available.
Next meeting will be on the call
Of the mayor.
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will not be felt until the middle
of July. The time between now
and then will be devoted to estab-
fishing an organization and engag-
ing in various fund raising pro-
Jects.
1t is our aim to give every citi-
zen OF henneWick and those of
outlying communities the oppor-
lunlIy to help build a functional
monument to those who realize
their responsibilities toward them
selves and their neighborS," Anon
said. Everyone recognizes the real
need for hospital in Kennewick,
and the matter is now the con-
Germ OF every member of the COM
munlty. We have undertaken to
achieve wonderful project. Let
us give it every consideration and
.urn every endeavor toward its
success"
Page Carter, director of the hos
pital project, said that excellent
cooperation has been achieved so
Iar, and that the outlook is very
good"
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besides Bunch, were Brooks
Payne and Frank Morbeck.
Appearing at the meeting in
behalf of the Quota club which
has been formed to work for 8
swimming pool for Kennewick
Henry Smith, Mrs. Hazel Hawk.
ms, and Ernest Crutcher, wanted
to know what to do to tie in with
the city's plans for swimming
he rsubject will be Studying the
pool development. The council
authorized John Vibber and his
parks committee to represent the
council in making arrangements
with the group. Mrs. Hawkins
announced that they hope to
"break ground" at the site near
the fair grounds by June Is.
The council heard a report by
officer Lincoln who had made an
investigation of a claim by Mrs.
Edith Douglas for damages she
claimed she suffered falling in
to an open city sewer ditch, then
voted to reject the claim. Mrs.
Douglas asked more than $4,000
for damages. Lincoln said he had
evidence that Mrs. Douglas knew
the ditch was there.
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Hoffman, Wallace Dale Hofmeis-
ter, Dale r. Hubbard, Donald F.
Hume, Benjamin Allen Hustled,
John E. Jones, Roy Ray Kackley,
Eddie Ray Kauer, James Harold
Kauth, Lawrence L. Kempf, Eu-
gene Robert Kirby, Willard Der
win LANCE, Mary Lou Larson, En-
lily Louise Laudel, Elizabeth Anne
Liesinger, Norma Eugenia Liston,
Sally Sue Long, Leonard Orville
Lortz, Harry D. Lucas, Leona
Ruth Luvaas, John Thomas Ma
son, George Francis Massart, Jr.,
Carolyn Alice McCalmant, Rich
ard Lee Mcdowell, Joseph Joel
Mensinger, John M. Meyer, Rob-
ert Leroy Mock, Patricia Ruth
Myers, Marilyn LouVay Oliver,
Barbara Anne Owens.
Joe B. Paris, Jessie Mae PEN
dergrass, Francis Edward Person
EFT, Joyce Arlene Pierce, Lulu Mae
Rambo, Merel Paul Russell, Louis
D. Sarver, Loraene Rose Schwartz,
LaVonne Mildred Sieveke, Ken
meth Boyd Silliman, Ruth Lorraine
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fairs if there was enough money
in the bank. Give that some
thought, too. Frankly, + think the
quickest solution to most of the
city's problems is to borrow to
the fullest extent. Pay as you
go may be a good theory, but it
won't work here. If we stick to
a pay as you go plan, we won't
be. doing much going. Well be
sitting on our deteriorating front
porch while other communities go
whizzing by in shiny convertibles.
TESTIMONY
Was keenly interested in read
ing testimony of Senator Warren
G. Magnuson before, the senate
appropriations committee relative
to construction appropriations for
three dams in this region. The
senator displayed q fine know
ledge of the hydroelectric devel-
opment of the northwest and his
evidence in fvaor Of funds for
McNary, Ice Harbor and Chief
Joseph dams was positive and
conclusive. Judging from ques-
tons by committee members, the
testimony received sympathetic
consideration.
ARGUMENT
Pointing to the fact that the
power shortage is delaying priv
ate investment in production
plants, the senator stated that
such investment is NEEDED to
maintain a high level of employ
men. Refusing the contention
that power development here is
only of a regional value, Magnu-
son said: Failure to bring the
great hydroelectric dams in the
Columbia and its tributaries In
to production at the earliest pos
sible date has a national impact"
STORY OF TIE WEEK
This one could only come from
Wesley Brown. He said he had
finally found a way to beat Carl
Witt to the punch. He gets ahead
of him in line.
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small board which would have
absolute control over the econom-
lc future of the regions they
would control. He alleged that
the defeat of Ice Harbor and the
reouctlon of funds for the Ken
newick Highlands project might
Oe traced to SPONSORS of the eva
legislation who had two-fold
purpose in doing so: ID to en-
Darass a certain congressman, and
W, to make further propaganda
for eva legisltion.
In his argument he also claim
ed that the opposition that ex.
ISIS throughout the country to
-Aulnorities, together with the ma
tural opposition of the industrial
east, would further endanger the
prospects of such projects as Ice
naroor and Kennewick High
lands. Another point he made
4nucn of was the claim that great
er efficiency would be brought
into the administration of gov
ernmental functions assigned to
this administration. He decried
this and challenged the validity
of this claim since he argued,
the commission would be further
freed from congressional and 9TH
er controls, merely being respon-
Sible to the President.
Two other points stressed by
Rodgers were, the lack of ade-
quate local control since to him
bona fide residents of the area
meant nothing since it would on
~ be what the President might
choose to interpret it; and that
the salaries offered Of $17,5OO a
year would not attract the big in
dustrialist, or men Of sufficient
ability to the jobs.
A speaker presenting the ar
guments in behalf of the propos-
ed legislation will be heard next
Monday by the Chamber.
The Kennewick chamber of |
commerce re Gently sponsored a |
radio discussion of eva as a
feature from the University of |
Washington over station KWIE.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19

The Commission is composed ex-
clusively Of laymen. many OF them
outstanding in business, labor, law
and publishing. Its twenty.eight
initial members are convinced that
because of the problems Of the
times. public schools have never
before been SO important to the
nation.
The Commission IL the first or.
ganization Of its kind established
in this century to devote itself to
the public schools. It plans to act as
clearing house Of information on
public school problems for local
groups, and to cite outstanding ex.
amples Of community action for the
Improvement OF public schools.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19
Prominent Laymen Form Commission
To Help In Public School Crisis

professional educators. many
conscientious school boards. the
Parent.Teacher Associations. and
other groups are working hard for
better public schools" Roy E. Lar.
sen. president OF Time & Life and
chairman Of the group, said. But
the problems Of public education
are so broad that they concern all
Of US. and it is time for all of us
to understand and do something
about them" s@.t~. 3.
Headquarters of the Commission
will be at 2 West 18th Street, New
York City. When the group is fully
expanded It will have sixty mem.
berS. ss~
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Aroused by the continuing nation.
vide crisis in the public schools. a
group Of prominent men and women
have formed a National Citizens
Commission for the Public Schools
which will work for concerted &C.
ton by citizens in their local com.
munities, it was announced May 16.
The Commission has received
initial financial support from the
Carnegie Corporation and the Cen
eral Education Board.
DR.. James B. Conant, President
of Harvard University, hailed it as
potentially the most important
move for the advancement Of public
education taken in the last fifty
years" 1855. -&...>@
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19
Pollock Picnic for
Amurunth Officers

The officers club of Concordia
Court Order of the Amaranth en-
joyed a pot luck picnic at the
Virgil Anderson home, West
Shoshone, Pasco, Sunday evening.
The occasion was a farewell to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams,
who are leaving for their new
home in Bellinghome. The fifty
members present presented the
Williams with an autographed
History Book.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Perry while
on business visit in Seattle late
last week had the pleasure of see
ing the Ice Follies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Pacot drove
to Walla Walla last week for
the May Festival at Whitman
college.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19

Sloppy, Franklin Earl Smith.
James Robert Smith, Leroy Earl
Splitter, Earl Emil Strege, Donald
H. Tinsley, Norman David Vor-
wick, Bonita Joyce Wagenaar,
Charles Leroy Wallace, Dolores
Jean Williams, Jerry Dale Will
iams, Merits E. Williams, Norman
Lyle Williams, Billie Deene Will
son, Lewis Franklin Wright.
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II to the highway department.
Manager Ross Frank has q
supply of chamber of commerce
courtesy cards ready to pass out
to members who care to trans
port other members to the meet
ings. The cards will be placed on
the wlndshields OF cars. Any
member who halls a car with q
card will get free ride to the
meeting. e.r.. GOO.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-19

House guests in the home of
Mrs. T. c. Brown are her brother
and wife Mr.. and Mrs. Archie
Mckenzie, here from California.
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Evening star., 1949-11-24
Girls Warm Goats
1926

As handsome group of you'd want to see-ond ot
such ndto budget price, Awool covers and t~eeds
wine, green, grey and rust in the group oketched IS all
wool covert with 4gore back swinging from deep WOKE
pretty doube-peo collar Deep cuffs self buttons slash Pock
hem allow for lots Of growing Sizes to ~
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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
CHURCH NYF
FORUM DATES
ARE REVEALED

WAPA1O. Wash. Feb. 12-Sec-
nd meeting of he public forum
series begun by the Nisei Youth
Fellowship of the Wapato Method
ist Church will be held at their reg
ular meeting at 7:30 pm. Sunday,
Feb l3. in the Methodist church
ropic for the discussion gathering
is what Mikes Successful Mar
riage" with Mrs. Karel F1euterman,
teacher at Wapato high school, as
guest speaker. Mrs. Herbert Iseri
will be chairman
What Do You Know About Your
Local Government" is the subject
of the meeting scheduled for the
following Sunday Feb. 20. Joe Meyer,
mayor of Wapato, is booked as the
tentative speaker with Mas Uchida
as chairman.
Topics for subsequent meetings
include: japanese Culture in Am
erican Life-What Should We Pre-
serve?", Legislation Pertaining to
the Nisei'', Our Attitudes Toward
Peoples of Conquered Countries.
Dates, speakers, and chairmen for
the meeting will be announced at a
later date.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
SENATE URGED TO CONTINUE
FUNDS FOR GROUP TO PROBE
Us. IMMIGRATION LEGISLATIONS

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. IL
The Senate today was asked to APP
propriat e$l35, 900 for continuation
OF the work of a special committee
investigating immigration and nat
uralization laws, according to Mike
Masaoka, JACL Anti-Discrimination
Committee legislative director.
The committees work will end
March l unless additional funds
are granted, but it is expected the
money will be appropriated.
In asking for the additional mon
ey. Senator Pat McCarran, Cd
New. said the Investigation is not
in any sense, a witch hunt. but. on
the contrary, an objective, analy-
teal appraisal of our entire immi-
grafton and naturalization system.
with the end in view of a compre-
hensive report and overall legisla-
ton designed to improve the pattern
and administration of that system.
Il anticipate that with the addi-
ton of or more temporary
staff members, with the study and
investigation, together with a COM