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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
LAB0R5(H00L TO BE OPENED SAYS BENSON

Commissioner of Labor Henry A. Benson announced today that a labor school would be held in Ju- neau, Ketchikan, Fairbanks and Anchorage during the next three months under the auspices of the Territorial Department of Labor
 These schools will be held at the request of a number of organiza- tions and private individuals who feel that basic information con corning labor management relations, collective bargaining. labor history and labor laws is needed by both trade union members and manage ment relations, collective bargain ing, labor history and labor laws is needed by both trade union members and management represen- tatives in solving their mutual prob lems. Subjects will be selected which will not only be of special benefit to union members but which are of widest possible interest for the general public. Instructors se- cured for these classes will have special qualifications in their sub- ject and will include not only trade union officials, but also government representatives, business men and professional people.
 Commissioner Benson stated, these labor schools are planned to give every citizen an opportunity to become better acquainted with the part that labor plays in the daily life of the community and in the development of the Terri tory. Education in the right and privileges of workers as individuals promotes harmony in employer-em- ployee relations and we shall at- tempt to make every class practical and of immediate benefit"
 The dates when classes will be held, subject and instructors will be announced as soon as arrange ments are completed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
FEDERAL CREDIT UNION MEET SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW

The second annual meeting of the Federal Employees Credit Un- ion will meet tomorrow at pm. in the Senate Chambers of the Federal Building, it was announced today.
 On the program is election of officers for 1850, a report of the board of directors and of the SUD- eryisory committee, a credit con- mittee report, and treasurer's re- port.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
MOOSE MEMBERS, NOTICE

Semi formal dinner and dance Sat. Jan 28 starting 7:30 Moose heart film shown after dinner Make reservations at once. $1.50 CT plate. Ph. 542, Moose Club.
 409-1t adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24

All charges made during this sale will be entered in your February
 account payable in March.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
pats and Dresses ut Drastic Reductions!

S295, S3.@, S4.95 Regular $7.95 : Sale Price S4.95 Regular S3.75 Sale Price $l.@ S5.95, S8.95, Sll.95 Reg. S9 to SIS values Now $500 T1Q5
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Letters to The Star

rear protected and with that tremen-
dous Asiatic weapon at her call, how
long will 1t be before Europe falls?
BY ourselves there is nothing we can
do to avert world tragedy But by TAX
ing step we should have taken years
ago. we have a chance for victory.
We can arm and support those forces
in Asia which are opposed to Commu-
nism. Chang Kai-shek has an esti-
mated 100000 troops on Formosa. He
now has guerrilla forces fighting on the
mainland Of China. He has the poten-
tial power to recruit further large forces
on the mainland. We could supply those
forces with leadership, with the weap-
ons and munitions of war, and let them
fight the Asiatic battles for us-thereby
preserving our own manpower, just as
Russia today is preserving hers, for the
crucial battles to come.
The State Department has shown
few signs of wisdom. It has been letting
our friends wander helpless for too
long time in maze of high-sounding
words. think it's about time we get
a little commonly uncommon common
sense into the administration of our
foreign policy.
]. F. Reilly.
Evening star., 1950-12-17

no more dollar aid for national recovery unless
unforeseen developments force revision of the
new Anglo American agreement to that end
The agreement has been reached because the
comeback of the British-in terms of production
and their ability to support themselveS-has
been solid enough to obviate the need for another
year of loans and grants from the ECA But
this is an uncertain and highly dangerous world,
and the durability of the joint decision-which is
frankly described as a suspension subject to re-
consideration-may be shortlved if the men of
the Kremlin have decided to abandon all re-
Straint.
Of course, if Soviet policy were not the
damnable thing it is, the British could look
forward to the future with real confidence. The
same holds true for all the other ECA partici-
pants, who have been moving steadily toward full
recovery. But now the Kremlin-which from the
very start has sought to wreck the Marshall
Plan-has forced heavy rearmament of type
that endangers the striking gains already made
under that plan. In the circumstances, there
can be nothing but grave doubt as to the per-
manence of the ECA's great effort to make the
free world prosperous and safe.
Evening star., 1950-12-17

capped out of the streets into the quiet
OF his own home and study. But quickly
he found shocking surprises were by no
means at an end. The honored shelf
where he kept his priced lives of Christ
was bare. And, again, he remembered
this was a world to which Christ had
not come. And here was the special
poets corner, where were grouped the
masters Of the human spirit, whose
spiritual insights had been his meat and
drink. The bindings were there. and
the titles seemed to be saying, do your
self no harm; we are all here" There
they were. Shakespeare, Milton, Tenny-
son, Browning.
Rejoicing that the works of that
preachers poet. Browning, still were
intact, eagerly he picked up the volume
and fingered through the familiar pages
What he found made him start with as
tonishment. There were appreciative
annotations on the margins. But, again
and again. in the center of pages was
but blank space. It was as if some
vandal had effaced tic fineSt passages.
Quickly, and with dread, he opened his
Shakespeare. The destroyer had been at
work there. Quickly he snatched up
Tennyson. In the matchless "In Me-
moriam" only fragments were left Mill
ton he found mangled beyond recogni-
ton.
Disconsolately sitting down before the
Evening star., 1950-12-17
A Reckless Gesture

Republicans In Congress may be correct in
saying that Secretary Acheson and the State
Department have lost the confidence of Con-
gress and of the American people
II 1t is fact that this is so, however. the
reasons behind it are not those implied by the
Republicans in their resolution calling for the
dismissal of Mr.. Acheson and "housecleanine"
OF his department.
The implication is that the policies pursued
by Mr.. Acheson and the personnel of the State
Department are responsible for this alleged loss
of confidence.
But the real explanation is the "get-Acheson"
campaign which began as prediction parti
san maneuver and which was marked by
measure OF distortion and falsehood which sell
dom has been equalled. Without doubt the
campaign was effective. Without doubt it shook
the confidence of many Americans and offered
them convenient scapegoat. It presented an
easy method of rationalizing the accumulated
fears, discomftures and Establishments which
have been part of the postwar period
If it were the Acheson policies which lost the
confidence of the American people, the Republic
cans in Congress should have named them
spelled them out, as indictments of the man to
be punished. But of course this could not be
done For Republicans in Congress, or most of
them, have supported these policies, helped to
of dollars approved by Congress- The Republ-
cans leave unmentioned the specifications of
their charges. They continue the tactic of the
smear which supported the prediction cam
paign against Mr.. Acheson and which eliminated
In the resolution.
What they have done now is apt to have a
Tar more injurious effect on the country than
on Mr.. Acheson Lacking the determination and
integrity which are part of his character, Mr.
Acheson would doubtless welcome the personal
release from heavy responsibility which his
resignation would bring. 1t may be that the
Republicans in Congress have made his position
tntolerable as it is and he may have to go.
But if he does have to go, the circumstances
of his going will offend the conscience of the
country. 1t will mean that an able public servant
has been bounded out of office by accusations
that for the most part are unnamed and un-
proved, accusations which are given color only
by dangerous sort of responsibility that sug-
gestS hyStera.
The action of the Republicans, taken on the
eve of Mr.. Achesons departure for of the
most vital conferences in our history, ties his
hands. His own strength and conviction may
loosen those bonds. But the disservice which
has been rendered the interests of our country
in this critical period by the reckless action Of
the Republican minority is yet to be measured
In full.
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Pen names may be used if letters carry
10riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

Thomas A. Lawless, had this to say: "T
think it's case of reaching a point of
either stopping the preaching of democ-
racy Or starting to practice it,"
The Most Rev. Daniel j. Gercke, bishop
OF Tucson, Ariz., recently declared that to
exclude children from schools because
Of their color Is bad legislation, is
founded on immortality. and is against
the very spirit of the Constitution of our
country. He called for the abolition Of
segregation in the public schools in the
State. saying: Nov is the time to act
and to show our less privileged brethren
that we dc believe in brotherly love
founded not on expediency but on the
love of God. The sooner we lay the axe
to the root of this evil, the better it will
be for us personally and for the welfare
of our State"
Out in Kansas City, Mo-, Bishop O'Hara
has faced the race problem with courage
and determination. Segregation has
been abolished in the diocesan and pri-
vate high schools. Negro students have
been admitted to Rockhurst, College. At
least one of the parochial grammar
schools has adopted the new policy and
the way is now opened for the induction
Of Negro children into the others.
The Christmas season would seem to
be most appropriate time to stop the
double-talk about democracy and to
begin to put democratic principles into
practice with respect to all minority
groups in our community.
DIR. John ]. O'Connor,
President, Catholic Interacial Council.
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Which Is Our So-und-So?
By Bruce Borton

Years ago a bitterly fought election
battle between a Republican and a
Democratic candidate for Congress was
brought for final decision to the floor
OF the House. The members were SO
confused by the conflicting charges of
fraud and corruption that, in despera-
ton, they ordered the sergeant at arms
to escort the two opponents down to the
well" where all could see them. Per-
haps one might at least look more honest.
Tom Reed of Maine was young MEM
Der, already famous for his wit The
member sitting next to him whispered:
There's couple of sorry-looking So
and-So's." To which Reed whispered
back: which is our So-and-So?"
In foreign affairs the way we Ameri-
cans have decided which is our So-and-So
presents an interesting historical study.
In the French and Indian War our an
cestors teamed up with the British
George Washington was a boy lieu
tenant in the British forces) and tossed
the French out of our country. quar-
ter of century later, in our American
Revolution, the same ancestors teamed
up with the French and gave the British
the heave-ho. In both instances the
decision as to which was the righteous
power and which the "unrighteous" was
made on the solid basis of our own
American interest. AS time went on and
we became bigger and softer, we strayed
away from this rule of self-interest and
began to pick our So-and-So emotionally.
Thus, in 1904, when the Japs attacked
the Russians at Port Arthur Gin the
middle of the night. while negotiations
were still IN progress-with no declara-
ton Of war. no warning-precisely as
they were to attack us at Pearl Harbor
in 194D. our people went on a rapturous
bender. The "brave little Japs" were
our heroes. John Burroughs wrote in
his Journal: when I begin to read
the morning paper my heart hits up from
70 to IS. What a wonderful people!
May they break the last bone in the
body of the Russian bear" This was
the well-nigh universal American senti-
ment. A little feller was tackling big
feller. On that ecstatic note we made
our choice. The English, older and more
realistic than we, have never let senti-
ment influence their foreign policy.
England" said a famous prime min
ister has no friends, only allies. Every
English decision is made on the basis of
England first.
do not quarrel with this policy; I
praise it, There will always be an
England" because the English never have
the slightest doubt that England and
the Kingdom of Heaven are synonymous.
If we Americans think and act in the
firm belief that the security and sound
economy of the United States are the
first essential of world progress, we shall
avoid lots Of quarrels that are none Of
our business. and make far fewer mis-
takes.
Accuse me Of being old-fashioned, If
you please; but don't accuse me of being
cold -blooded. 7 am thinking about warm
blood-the blood of American boys.
copyright. 1850. King Features Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Spires of the Spirit
The Birthday of Hope

In the afterglow of the Christmastide,
to a well-known preacher there came q
dream, dark and dismal The disturbing
phantasy was in such sharp contrast to
the radiant reality of which he was a
herald that. on awakening. the dreamer
ever afterward lived in thankful exulta-
ton that his experience was just a
horrible nightmare.
AS the preacher sat quietly in his
study, by the blazing logs, he found him
self turning almost automatically to q
chapter that he really knew by heart
Suddenly there flashed out phrase not
noticed before: IF I had not come"
That awful possibility never had been
contemplated. He read no farther. That
''if" grippeo him as in a vise The
CHEEKY room seemed suddenly to grow
cold. The New Testament dropped to
his knees. and he began to dream of a
Christless world, world into which the
Child of the Manger had not come
Walking through city streets on the
25th OF December, peering into homes,
he saw no signs that those who had
much were caring for the underprivileged.
Sick at heart, he remembered with a
Shudder that he was in world into
which the Christ had not come. Then,
in his dream, he turned his steps home
ward, but came to sudden pause as he
looked with astonishment. On one side
OF the street was great gap in the row
of buildings. He was bewildered by the
vacant place. Without question. that
was where his own church, st. Peters,
used to stand; but it was there no longer.
He looked up to the crest of the hill,
where the great cathedral had risen
in Gothic majesty. The height was
desolate and bare. Every steeple and
spire had gone from the city skyline.
He held his breath in panic and anguish
as the devastating thought came flood
ing that this was an earth to which
Christ had not come Nor was that all.
Other buildings had disappeared
the prison; that was there, in all it's
forbidding ugliness. But the hospital
and the home for the aged and the
orphanage had been wiped out of the
picture. What pitiless world!
Finally. with sigh of relief, he es-
Evening star., 1950-12-17
We Can Still Use Chiona

Are we, the Nation formed in Valley
Forge. to admit to the world that after
placing the Korean chip on our shoul-
der we must skulk from the fight now
that the Chinese Communists have
knocked it off? Is all Asia to be lost
with our prospectively monumental loss
OF face In Korea? If our present policies
continue, the answer to those questions
must inevitably be yes.
Our manpower must never be wasted
in futile battle against the hordes of
Communist China. But if we allow the
Chinese Reds free rein, how long will it
be until their unchecked forces sweep
through all of Asia, including India,
Japan and the Philippine Islands? With
that accomplished. how long would it
take the Reds to weld those Asiatic re-
sources Of manpower and material into
weapons against us? With Russia S
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Bible Reading Program

1t is with a great deal of pleasure that
extend to you and your staff the grate-
full and heartfelt thanks of the officers
and board of directors of the Washing
ton City Bible Society for the splendid
coverage you gave the recent New Testa-
ment Reading Program. as offered by
our organization.
The advance publicity and subsequent
articles were very important factors in
helping to make our reading program
the fine success that it was. Many
Washingtonians from all walks of life
profited by the thrilling experience Of
this reading, and we are sure that other
areas over the country will now proceed
with such a plan themselves.
Page Etchison,
Executive Secretary. Washington City
Bible Society.
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

Heading the society column of The
Star ON December 10, 1900, there was
paragraph reading:
Miss McKenno 'The debutante teas
a Debutonte were all pleasantly
crowded Saturday aft
ernoon, a not unusual but an always-to-
be-desired essential toward the general
enjoyment . First bud this year of the
Supreme Court circle, Miss Hildegarde
McKenna, made her debut in garden
of flowers, judging by the number and
beauty of the lovely tokens sent her. {.
Mrs. McKenna and her daughters were
assisted in the hospitality of their home
by Miss Evelyn Sloan of New York, Miss
Madeline Gary, Miss Scanlon of st.
Louis Miss Julia Foraker, Miss Frances
Newlands and Miss Gladys Ffoulke. Mrs.
r. r. Hit, Miss Mary Patten. Miss Har-
Ian and Miss Leila GriggS were at the
refreshment table in the dining room,
where at one time or another during the
tea most of the notables of the Capital
were gathered" Miss McKenna now is
Mrs. Edward H. Alsop. She resides
abroad but is pleasantly remembered by
old friends in Washington.
A cable from Berlin. front PACED in The
Star for December Z, 1900, told of the
execution Of August Goen-
CriminoI czi In Berlin. He was a
Beheoded Hungarian who had been
convicted of killing q
wealthy widow named Schulz and her
daughter an atrocious crime. Goenczi
escaped to Brazil, but was traced through
a pet dog and brought back to Germany
for trial and punishment. His "alibi"
was an attempt to place the blame for
the purders on man whom he called
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Firemen's Plea

We are asking that the motorists of
responsibility under the traffic regula-
tions insofar as fire apparatus of the
District is concerned. The hazards of
f1remen while responding to alarms are
certainly great enough without the addi-
tional risks OF motorists driving between.
alongside and in front of fire apparatus.
Serious accidents have occurred be-
cause Of the complacent attitude Of
motorists. Recently, one Of our District
firemen was very critically injured and
narrowly escaped death when struck by
an automobile while he was directing
his apparatus into quarters.
The ever-present danger Of accidents
involving firemen and fire apparatus is
not confined to the times when they are
responding to or returning from alarms
Motorists constantly ignore ffremen and
apparatus at the scenes of fires and
emergencies-enterin the block in
volved. driving over hose lines and past
parked apparatus where firemen are
working.
It is with no malice or intent to bring
inconvenience that we plead with the
motorist for consideration and co-opera-
ton in observing traffic regulations as
they apply to the Fire Department. Nor
do we necessarily ask quarter for our
selves. for our job is by nature hazard
Gus one. But we are vitality concerned
with the safety and protection of the
citizens of the community. We fervently
hope that tragic accident will not be
the means of cruelty awakening the
public to this need for adherence to
traffic regulations.
Alvin E. Davis,
President. Firemen's Association
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Britain and the Marshall Plan

It is good measure of the effectiveness OF
the Marshall Plan that its operations, as far as
Britain is concerned, will be suspended on Janu-
ary /. The suspension will come year ahead of
the date scheduled. 1t has been made possible
by the fact that the United Kingdom has over
come it's critical dollar deficit and recovered
sufficiently Ito point where its production is
higher than prewar) to stand pretty much on
It's own feet economically
Three years ago, before the Marshall Plan
began to operate under the Economic Co-opera-
ton Administration, the British, like Western
Europeans in general, faced crisis of the first
magnitude Their economy-shattered by the
Second World War-was in state of near
paralysis and collapse. With their dollar and
gold reserves all but vanished, they did not have
the whereWthal to buy from us all the things
they needed to keep themselves going-the things
needed to feed themselves, to get back to level
of vigorous industrial production, and to re-
store the export-import balance that is vital to
their self-support and to their existence as one
of the great free nations of the world.
Today, however, the picture is completely
changed. Although their dollar position is not
yet nearly SO sound as in prewar days, the
British have worked their way back to an
economic situation in which they can see their
way clear to paying their own way in the world
without large-scale aid from us. They have done
exceedingly we'll with the Marshall Plan funds
allotted to them by the ECA-a three-year total
of $2694 339 0O0 of which about 1897 100000 have
gone out in the form of repayabe loans, $685.,
100000 as advances conditioned on the United
Kingdoms extending an equal amount of credit
to other participating nations and 81 825, 1874 900
as outright, unconditional grants.
With this American help, the British-using
the funds wisely and resorting to stern austerity
at home-have managed to regain their economic
health year in advance of the Marshall Plans
scheduled expiration. But the suspension of the
aid does not mean that they are going to divorce
themselves completely from the ECA. They will
continue to cooperate in the Organization for
European Economic Cooperation and the Eu-
ropean Payments Union, and they will remain
eligible for some grants in connection with the
efforts to promote the production of scarce
materials and encourage industrial and agri-
cultural development in overseas areas. More
over, as they rearm, they will be bolstered
considerably by our Mutual Defense Assistance
Program
AS for the Marshall Plan itself, however, the
United Kingdom-as of January will receive
A
Evening star., 1950-12-17

Loewy. invented for the purpose. So
clever was Goenczi that he persuaded q
number Of persons that Loewy actually
existed. But the story was not accepted
Goenczi was convicted. His head was
struck of in the prison of Plcetzensee.
Such executions were rare in Berlin half
century ago and Goenczi therefore was
the object of much popular attention.
His victims had been misers who had
concealed large amounts of money in
their home. Their wealth in the end de-
Stroyed them-and their murderer.
The theater page of The Star for De-
cember 8, 1900. offered a check list of
celebrated men and women
Fomous of the international stage.
PIovers Ethel Barrymore it was an
nounced. was about to ap-
pear in Clyde Fitchs Captain Jinks."
Minnie Maddern Fiske was portraying
Thomas Hardy's tragic "Tess" in Chi
cago. William Faversham was recover
ing from appendicitis and E. H. Sothern
also was recuperating from serious ill
ness. Henry E. Dixey had been engaged
to star in a musical. "The Burgomaster."
Maude Adams, meanwhile. was making
hit as "L'Aiglon" in New York Grace
George was touring in "Her Majesty"
and it was reported that the whole grad
uating class from Vassar had attended
her performance at Poughkeepsie. Hen
rietta Crossman coincidentally was draw
ing crowds to the Savoy, West Thirty
fourth street. Manhattan. Other players
mentioned were: Percy HasweI, Annie
Russell, Ada Rehan, James ONeill.
Harry Glazier. j. Aldrich Libby, Blanche
Kelleher. John Mason, Hilda Spong,
Flora Parker. John c. Rice, Effle Ellsler