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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-18
|45 Grand, 30 peiit | Jury Names Drawn for
 Fall Court Term

Forty-five names were drawn Tor the grand jury and 80 for the petit jury in the office of the clerk of the District Court yesterday
 The jury will meet in Ketchikan Sept. 25 at 2 pm. which will open the fall term of court in the First Division.
 The petit jury is scheduled to meet Oct. 1 at 10 am.
 Judge George w. Folta vii pre- side at the court sessions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-18
5oap Prices Given
 Shove Toward Drain By Manufacturers

NEW YORK, Aug. 18-R-Lever Brothers Co.,, large soap manufac- turers, today announced reduc- tions ranging from 3.6 to 5.5 per cent in the wholesale prices of it's soap and detergent products, due to downward trend in raw materials"
 In Cincinnati. the firm of Proc tor and Gamble announced 4 percent reduction in the whole sale price of their household pro- ducts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-18
Red Radio Says 7 U. }. Spies Will Die;
 , Others Imprisoned

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18-tR The Chinese Red radio said to- day that two spies" for the Uni ted States had been sentenced tc death and five others to prison terms ranging up to life for a plot to assassinate Mao Tze-Tung Red chairman
 The Peiping broadcast, heard ir San Francisco, alleged the plan was to fire a trench mortar and smaller weapons at Mao and other Red leaders on the rostrum dur ing the Communist regimes an niversary observation Oct. l, 1850 It said arrests starting in Septem- Der thwarted the plot.
 The broadcast alleged that all were hired by Col. David D. Bar rett, formerly U. s. military at- tache in Peiping. Barrett left Pei- ping in February, 1850.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-18
AT THE BARANoF

Miss Mary G. Hubble of Maiden, Mass. is stopping at the Baranot
 Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-18

WEATHER FORECAST
 Temperature for 24-Hour Period
 ending 6:2o o'clock this morning At Airport-Maximum 46; minimum, 48.
 FO K E c A s T tJuneau and Vicinity Mostly cloudy with occa-
 sional light rains tonight and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight near 50 degrees, high est Sunday near 58. f PR IPIT A T I 0 N (Past "A hours ending 7:3o am. today At Airport = .22 inches. since July 1-4.15 inches. . . c
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-18

VISITORS FROM WHITEHORSE
 MT. and Mrs. Paul Cyr of White horse are registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-08-18

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Evening star., 1951-10-24
Jail Is q ReoI Deterrent

Municipal Court Judge George D. Nelson told
the Virginia Highway Conference that fines are
not an effective deterrent to reckless drivers
He is right. The only real deterrent is a jail
sentence. He has found this to be true in his
services as Traffic Court Judge and other COM
munities have found it to be true, too.
1T is fairly easy for almost every traffic
offender to pay fne," Judge Nelson said.
However, no one wants to 60 to jail" If, he
pointed out, a flagrant violator of the laws of
highway safety-the person who 'jeopardizes the
lives of his fellow men through his own careless
ness or responsibility that he will
surely be sent to jail if he is caught he is likely to
drive more carefully.
Judge Nelson practices what he breaches.
He has adopted the policy of jailing drunken,
reckless and hit-and-run drivers. AS conse-
quence he has earned the reputation of being
stern Judge in traffic cases-a good reputation
for all traffic judges to have. It would be good
idea, in fact II all local judges followed Detroit's
example of uniformly imposing jail sentences
instead of fines in traffic cases involving drunken
driving or other life-endangering recklessness.
The plan has proved highly effective wherever
used. -, =
Evening star., 1951-10-24
BY Charles E. Troeewen

the country, is that the barns are
the crops look good, and there are cars,
and there may be a plane in the field.
Rain is needed by them, too, so when
we wake in the night and hear the drops
coming down. we may think of those
portions of the country where rain is
of more importance than it is in the
city. even.
Rain clears the air in the city, makes
the dust, and gives a certain feeling to
the very air we breathe.
We can spare some time, no matter
what we do, or where we live, to think
for few seconds of the ageless scheme
of things. in which rain and dryness
alternate.
It is this alienation that does good
for all of us. If it seems, in recent years,
that something has gone out of joint.
perhaps 1t may be failure beginning
at the very bottom, the soil.
! Something seems lacking, with too
much dryness one place. too much water
another, but with the dryness steadily
gaining on the water. evidently. though
this is hard to grasp when one reads
about floods.
The water situation seems steadily
worsening, as some call it. The average
man cannot do much about it. but at
least he can think, now and then. of
those to whom water Is life. It may
turn out that y 10 his own life.
Evening star., 1951-10-24

means, in the words Of the Joint congressional
committee on the atom, is that the United States
is in a position to strike any attacker with a
terrible atomic counterblow." It means further,
that our country, with each passing day, Is add
ing significantly to the size and variety of its
A-weapons stockpile, not to mention the ad-
vances being made toward the development of
the hydrogen bomb This is something that must
sober the men of the Kremlin. Beyond that.
however, it is something that should sober us
as well. For the Soviet Union, even though it
may be far behind US right now in the field of
nuclear armaments Is capable Of catching up
with us eventually or at least OF producing enough
of those armaments to make any all-out war
between us an unimaginably dreadful thing for
mankind to contemplate. In their own way, the
tests at Nevada, along with those in Russia, are
reminder that the world is at a stage where
1t must establish an enduring peace or risk a
fate hardly distinguishable from suicide.
Evening star., 1951-10-24
his and That

Patter OF that first rain in weeks was
a welcome sound.
One rain does not end a drought,
but where there are some drops there
may be more,
This is the hope OF all persons,
whether farmers agriculturists, plant
growers or just flower lovers.
The long days of summer, without
any rain, are not right. from their view
point.
Properly spaced rains, such as nor
mally prevail. please all except the
careless.
The careless include all persons young
and old, to whom dates, parties, ex-
peditions mean more than growing
things.
Yet without the growing things of
the earth, there would be no human
cities. no transportation. no fun"
-
We are all solidly backed by green
things Of the earth.
It is good to think of that now and
then.
Too often we city people, whether
downtown or In the suburbs, fail to
stop and think.
We come to think of milk as a white
fluid In bottles, whereas it really comes
from cows. and some one has to take
care of the cows.
We think Of vegetables as things to
be lifted for inspection from the store
bins. whereas hi reality they were grown
in the soil BY, many men and some
Npmen.
Evening star., 1951-10-24

We think Of meat as chops, etc., but
really these chops were lambs. and this
steak was steer, and real men. off there
somewhere. had to care for them and
get them shipped. and so on.
1t Is good for the city man. now and
then, to think of these matters. and
to realize. if Just for a moment. that
he is dependent upon thousands of
unknown men and women, and boys
and girls. too. away off there somewhere.
The children too, fit into the picture.
because they will be the farmers Of
tomorrow, unless they wander away to
the cities and become bus drivers.
We need all those men and women
to live.
The glass jar around the milk we
drink is only there because OF them.
This jar of peanut butter is not
something springing magically out of
nothing, but it came from a field, and
went through many processes, and was
handled by many people.
Their abilities as growers, manufac-
turers. packers. shippers give us these
things to- eat.
We need them if we are to live.
What If We do pay them? We would
starve to death with just a pocketful
Of money. We can't eat money, of course.
Our medium Of exchange works both
ways. Basically they need us, too.
This plan seems to work, to the
benefit Of all. Perhaps farmers do not
get more than ~ per cent Of the money.
who knows?
AL the city man knows. geing through
Evening star., 1951-10-24
By Ton, Reedy
Press Fessisn Correspondent


BERLIN, Oct. a. - West Berlin is
brushing up a birthday party for its
big Ben"
The Freedom Bell'' atop city hall is
year old today.
The government for the American,
British and French sectors is holding
a celebration. Money. generally scarce
IN the bcleaguered and divided city, was
found to complete the steps to the 200
foot tower where the eight-ton bronze
bell hangs. More money was dug up to
install a 5000 clock.
After the birthday party, the public
can inspect the bell tower at fiv, cents
head.
A year ago 10000 West Bcrliners
thronged City Hall Square to hear Gen.
Lucius D. Clay dedicate the bell to
liberty. AS representative Of the donor,
the American Crusade for Freedom. 9
Gen. Clay promised the big bell would
be heard far behind Communist lines
In the intervening year. the United
States radio. @RIAS." has broadcast the
sonorous tones Of the bell twice daily
into the Russian zone of Germany. Radio
Free Europe, private network that
punches toward the East lately has been
beaming the bell into Poland, Czecho-
slovakia, Hungary and Romania.
The bell has become like the plague
to the East, pest for which there is no
remedy
RIAS and Radio Free Europe get mail
daily from listeners who regard the
booming bell as an audible tocsin of
hone lust as long as they hear il
Evening star., 1951-10-24
Dr.. Jessup's cose
William Travis.

A few months ago. hue and cry was
raised when the Supreme Court, through
Justice Vinson, said in effect that there
are no absolute norms on conduct. Bet
ter, there is no absolute; all in the
realm of ideas is relative. Needless to
say. much of this doctrine and philos-
ophy stems from the late Justice Holmes.
Holmes Jurisprudence is simply dem
onstrated. A man acts. From the point
of view assuming an absolute. the act
is not wrong. But from the point of view
of the public will. the act is wrong. AS
a consequence. the public will puts the
screws to the actor. He is punished. The
public's will must be served, consciously
or unconsciously.
More to the point. Senator H. Alex
ander Smith of New Jersey has said he
has absolute confidence in Ambassador
Jessup's integrity. ability. and loyalty.
If the philosophical absolute was util-
lied, Senator Smith needed to look no
further for the way in which he would
cast his vote on DR.. Jessups conf1rma-
tion But the Senator denies this abso-
lutte. He says 'Dr. Jessup has not got the
confidence of the people. He is con-
troversial figure" Over and above the
fact that the Senator seems to be re-
delegating to his constituents that which
they have already delegated to him. Are
the days gone when the honest, nom
culpable error was vindicated through
integrity. ability, and loyalty?
Peetchov.
Evening star., 1951-10-24
To Err Is Human

The Board of Education has made fortnight
admission of error and has corrected it, BY
vote of to /, all members present it has reversed
itself on the Lafayette -Murch decision 1t reached
last week. Vice President Adelbert Lee is the
minority of one, The school superintendent
and his administrative advisers are upheld in
their original decision to lessen the overcrowdng
at Lafayette by common-sense readjuStment
OF school boundaries, with the resulting transfer
of some of the children to the less crowded
Murch School. The small tempest over this
incident has now happily subsidized A board of
education which makes mistake can be under
stood. A board that frankly admits and corrects
ttSmistake deserves praise.
Evening star., 1951-10-24
A Strange Business

1t is beginning to look more and more as
though the $64 question is not whether General
Mark Clark will be confirmed as Ambassador to
the Vatican but why the President made the
nomination under the prevailing circumstances
Mr.. Truman is an old hand at Senate poll
tics. He knew that the nomination would have
to be approved by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, headed by Senator Connay of Texas.
He also knew that Senator Connally will be up
for reelection next year. And he must have
known that Senator Connally politically speak
Ing, would have to oppose the nomination.
One reason is that Texas is predominantly
Protestant State, and Senator Connally, faced
with hard fight in the primary, could i'll afford
to risk antagonizing the Protestant voters. An
other is that General Clark is anathema to
large body of Texas opinion Thousands of
Texans hold him personally responsible for the
bloody mauling of the seth Texas National Guard
Division in the Rapido River crossing in Italy
during the last war. If Senator Connally should
vote to confirm the general as Ambassador to
the Vatican he probably could not be elected
dogcatcher in Texas So the nomination of
General Clark in this instance, did two things:
1t put Senator Connally, generally an adminis-
tration supporter, on hot spot, and it very
probably guaranteed unfavorable action by the
Foreign Relations Committee.
ter. The nomination, with legislation to permit
General Clark to retain his military status while
serving in the diplomatic post, was sent by the
President to the Senate just a few hours before
adjournment. But Mr.. Truman did not cut his
political eyeteeth yesterday, and he must have
known that he would not get favorable action
on such controversial matter at the eleventh
hour. He must also have known, or at least the
White House now indicates that under the law
the general cannot be given a recess appoint
ment. This, if the assumptions are reasonable,
leaves Mr.. Truman in the apparent position of
making highly controversial nomination which
he knew would not be confirmed and which he
knew could not be made on a temporary basis.
1t also leaves him in the position of having put
most of the Democratic Congressman who are
up for reelection in politically embarrassing
position, and of making seemingly futile move
which has stirred up needless and bitter con-
troversy at time when there is pressing need
for harmony in the country.
Perhaps, in some obscure way, all of this
makes political sense. But on the face of the
matter, at least, it is hard to see any political
logic or any real wisdom in what the President
has done. .
Evening star., 1951-10-24
Plight OF Retired Employees

letter in another column on this page
describes the unfortunate plight OF retired Gov
ernment employees, as a result of failure Of
Congress to increase retirement benefits while
raising the pay Of active employees. The situa-
ton is indeed, bad one for the thousands of
Federal annuitants who must depend on their
imitation -shrunken retirement money to pay for
food, clothing and shelter. It Is estimated that
the average annuity for those who retired prior
to 1e4S is only sl,05o year and for those who
retired after that date about $1,000 year. At
today's prices Of the necessities of life those
amounts obviously are pitifully small
Congress ives not unmindful of this problem
at the past session. nor is it likely to disregard
it at the next session. Several proposals for
liberalizing retirement benefits were considered
by the Senate and House Civil Service Com
mittees but they ran into opposition from the
Civil Service Commission. The bills then under
consideration made no provision for appropria-
tons to increase the size of the retirement fund.
The commissions chairman. Mr.. RamSpeck made
it plain that he opposed any retirement liberal
ization plan that involved dipping into the
already established fund, rather than adding to
1t out Of new appropriations. He contended, with
convincing logic, that it would be actuarfally
unsound to deplete the present fund at faster
rate than it was designed for. In fact, he said.
the retirement system at present levels is not AS
fully funded as it should be from the actuarial
viewpoint.
Because the problem was so complex, the
committees decided to concentrate on the rea-
lively simple matter OF raising the pay of Federal
employees, leaving retirement liberalization for
consideration later in the session. But the pay
legislation itself ran into controversy between
Senate and House on the relative merits of
percentage or a lump-sum for all raise, leaving
no time for consideration of retirement pay
before adjournment. This is a problem that
needs earnest and sympathetic attention when
Congress reconvenes.
Evening star., 1951-10-24

But I believe that another important
intangible factor that should be remem-
bered In situations like this. when for
eign concern has been forced to leave
q well-managed enterprise, representing
an investment of millions of dollars and
a valuable source of supply to the de-
mocracies. on account of the pressure
and force Of irresponsible popular
opinion.
The Intangible factor I want to men,
ton is that represented in many back
ward countries by the conservative land
owner class. Though Mr.. Henry men,
tions it, he fails to stress the importance
of this selfish group in shaping public
opinion so as to protect their own in
terests.
Just as a sample let me present the
case of Peru. Although not among one
of the largest producers of oil, its out
put makes it self sufficient and allows it
to export some Of the oil to neighbor
ing countries. Most of the production
and refining is in the hands of an Amer
ican company. subsidiary of the Stand
ard Oil Co. of New Jersey. Due to the
depletion of present producing areas
there is an urgent need Of new pro-
ducing areas. Otherwise the country
faces an oil shortage in the future. Re-
sponsible leaders of the country recognize
this fact and have tried to reach an
agreement with International Petroleum
Co. standards subsidiary, for further
explorations. But the landowners
clique has managed to stop the measure
by presenting 1t as an outright sale of
national territory and as against the
public interest (the public interest in
this case is their own interests. the
ability to pay their farm hands miserly
wages and their continuous greedy con-
troll Of the national economy for their
own profit. . a
Evening star., 1951-10-24
The Supplies Must Go-ut All Costs

The wildcat dock strike In New York has
reached proportions imperiling some of the main
supply lines to our embattled forces In Korea
The intra- union squabble has tied up at least
seven ships of the Military Sea TRANSPORTATION
Service, has delayed the urgent shipment to the
Korean battlefront of ambulances needed by our
wounded soldiers and has piled up hundreds of
tons of military materiel Moreover, the walk
out of "reber stevedores has spread to Boston
and threatens to spread to Philadelphia and
Baltimore, thus menacing further the lifelines of
our troops abroad
Against such an alarming background the
Army announcement that it has no plans for
using troops to get these vital supplies moving
is startling, to say the least. Why are there no
plans to use troops if necessary, to load ships
with the materials that could mean life or death
to some Of General Ridgway's valiant fighters
in the Far East? II there really are no plans
already made-which Is hard to believe-then
it is high time that some one got busy and made
some The American people will not tolerate any
temporizing with the dissident longshoremen who
are so callously defying their elected leaders in
disregard OF the public interest and of the well
fare Of our men overseas. as-
This Is essentially dispute between rival
factions within the AFL International Longshore-
mems Association-described by some observers
dS d COIItcSI 1OH power UcGWccI Tile legitimate
head of the union John P. Ryan, and his arch
rival Gene Sampson. Ryan and his fellow officers
negotiated a contract providing for a 10-cent
raise in hourly pay and this contract has been
ratified by majority of the 65, 900 members of
the union But the strikers estimated to number
up to 10000 workers. have refused to accept the
contract They are demanding reopening of the
bargaining with view to obtaining a 25-cent
raise. Federal mediators have endeavored des-
peraely to settle the dispute, but without success
There seems to be no prospect of early adjust
ment of the controversy. In fact, the tie-up is
spreading along the East Coast.
This sort of responsibility by union mem
bers gives black eye to organized labor in gen.
eral, for the public is concerned primarily with
maintaining our supply lines overseas not with
union factional feuds. II Federal mediators,
aided by top-level AFL officials, cannot end the
rebellion within the unions ranks, outside action
becomes inevitable in such a situation as this.
The public interest is paramount in the long
shoremens strike, and the public interest must
be protected even If 1t means invoking the aid
of the Army to get military supplies loaded.
Evening star., 1951-10-24
Mr.. MeIIett's Stupidity

So my letter about Lowell Mellett was
stupid" according to Catherine Trot-
tier. But will my critic please read Mr..
Mellett's article in The Star Of last July
S and say which is the "stupider"-Mr.
Mellett or Chester Allen?
That article appeared under the cap
tion How Many Would Sign It Today?"
meaning the Declaration of Independ-
ence. "If," said Mr.. Mellett. ''the propo-
sition should reach the Senate, you can
imagine how long the greatest delibera-
tive body In the world would debate the
subject-before determined group fill
bustered it to DEATH The proposition in
the Declaration that all men are created
equal. he suggests. would draw the fire
of the opposition and result in the
failure of the Senate to ratify.
Yet in the very next paragraph of his
article land here lies the Stupidity Mr..
Mellett states that we (including the
United States) have embodied that prin-
ciple in the United Nations and have
pledged our lives. our fortunes. and our
sacred honor to its support" He COM
pletely ignores the fact that the inclusion
Of the United States in the United
Nations was accomplished only through
Senate ratification of the United Nations
Charter. although he starts out by say
ing that the Senate, today. would fill
buster such proposition to death. The
charter was submitted to the Senate on
July 2, 1945, and on July %, less than
four weeks later. that body voted ratifi-
cation
1t is of such thin stuff as this that
Mr.. Mellett weaves his witty" "intelli-
gent articles which have so captivated
the fancy of our Catherine Trottier
Bless her heart!
Chester S. Allen.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Evening star., 1951-10-24
Berlin Freedom Bell Rings Up Birthday

The 2,140,000 West Berliners have
adopted the bell as their city symbol,
replacing the traditional Berlin Bear
and the Brandenburg Gate. 1t appears
in facsimile on city brochures, even on
stamps.
Mayor Ernst Reuter- escorted a party
of British members of Parliament
through city hall and proudly pointed to
the bell as Berlin's big Ben
The bell has the deep. stable ring Of
London's more famous one. It was cast
in England.
The Crusade for Freedom" headed
by Gen. Clay, United States military
governor who conceived the airlift that
smashed the Soviet blockade Of Berlin,
hit on the bell as voice to carry the
tough West Germans ringing challenge
to the Reds.
The bell came accompanied with mil
lions of signatures of Americans indors-
ing the fight for freedom. The scrolls
occupy an honor spot in the bell tower.
At noon daily the pealing of the bell
dominates the cacophony of downtown
Berlin. The Soviet sector, in parts, can
hear it. All the rantings of the East
Communists against the death bell' or
hunger bell,' as they call it. can't
drown 1t out.
Electric mechanism swings the huge
bell into action daily for two minutes.
Berliners have taken to setting their
watches by it.
In exactly year the bell has taken
permanent place in the daily lives of
the West Berliners. Only catastrophe
could remove it.