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EDITORIAL
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ROOSEVELT vs. WILLKIE
Now the suspense is over.
Both political parties have nam
ed their candidates, and the op
ponent Mr. Willkie has been
.shouting for so insistently the
past two weeks has indeed been
put forward again by the Demo
crats.
1
The campaign should be the
political battle of the century.
The New Deal will be on trial,
with its greatest advocate again
starting its case. The Old Deal,
behind a smiling new front, is
marshalling all its mighty forc
es of wealth and influence to
bring about a return to the lush
past.
Unfortunately, the clear cut is
sue between the Democratic
phi’osophy of government and
the Republican is beclouded by
protestations of the Republican
nominee that although he carries
the blessing of Wall Street and
the banner of the utility inter-1
ests he is really a liberal at;
heart. While damning the New
Deal in general, he damns none
of it by chapter and verse. He
says he is for social security, for
the Administration’s foreign pol-1
icy and for the reciprocal trade
treaties. What he would change
he has not yet made clear.
I
The nomination of President,
Roosevelt, coming unanimously
by acclamatiin just 24 hours after
he had stated clearly and unmis
takably that he had no desire to
be a candidate again was a mark
cf the very high favor in which
he is held by the people of every
state of the union. In his mes
sage to the convention read the j
evening previous by Senator
Barkley, the President released
all delegates pledged to his cand
idacy. He said he had no desire ]
to be renominated. He did not j
sry he would be a candidate if!
the convention demanded it. He!
did not hint tht he would, or
“Indicate” that he would, or|
“■l.ave the impression” that he
w aid, as some partisan observ
e: 3 would have you believe.
F : nklin D. Roosevelt will be j
r ning for reelection this fall
against his personal wishes be
cause the nation demands that
hr run.
*n the truest sense of the word |
the President has been “drafted”
for further service in trouble
some times for his nation and
the world.
—Juneau Empire
Current Comments
Written From
Washington
c
In deference to Democracy's
precarious toehold on the world
at large, Washington had plan
ned a spectacular Independence
Day celebration. Jupiter Pluvius
stepped in, and on it: we car
ried on, but with spirits and at
tire considerably dampened. Con
gress, which sedom meets on the
Fourth of July, \*«ived prece
dence to the extent of calling
the House of Representatives to
gether to hear the Declaration of
Independence read by Represent
ative Lewis, of Coorado, but a
mere handful of the gentlemen
showed up—60 by actual count.
Our local movie theatre attend
ance, which is always a sign of
the times, increases in volume,
despite the additional tax, and
booed and, hissed1 and clapped
the news reels, according to its
lights. The rise and fall of the
public’s patriotism can be mea
sured quite accurately by the re
action of Washington audiences.
To the amusement trade, we are
known as an apathetic town, an
audience that sits on its hands;
but, in the past few months,
with Hitler amok in Europe, the
hands come out and smack right
heartily in response to certain
mass appeals.
The Man of the Week, who is
receiving the most genuine ova
tion hereabouts is, of course, Mr.
Wendell Wilikie — right in the
bailiwick of the New Deal, too—
And apropos of the new amuse
ment tax, of which the Public
seems not yet to have quite got
the hang, there have been many
financial casualties at the box of
fice mostly among the youngsters
who show up confidently with
two dimes and not one cent over!
Even the languid beauties who
preside over the ticket wickers
appear shaken when expected to
ake 54 cents, or 81 or some oth
er uncouth amount out of a dol
lar .. .
The advent of the fiscal year
has brought other changes to
j Washington than increased taxes.
A lot of Government employes
lost their jobs, including District
j workers who were aliens, and
had not appied for citizenship
I papers. Also, three major Govern
ment agencies opened for busi
ness under new management, in
accordance with Mr. Roosevelt’s
: reorganization order of last
spring. The Civil Aeronautics
Authority and the Weather Bu
reau became units of the Com
merce Department under Secre
j tary Hopkins, and the Federal
| Security Administration, under
Paul McNutt, took over the Food
j and Drug Administration. You
! will recall that the CAA had
hitherto been an independent
estabishment and the other two
agencies were under Agriculture.
A few weeks previous to July
1, for lack of space, the rapidly
[ expanding defense agencies of
the Government, began to scat
ter over the town at a great
rate, even overflowing into Balti
more. Under the new defense
program, units of the War De
partment sprang up in the queer
est places—in an old recondition
ed warehouse, and in one of the
flimsy temporary structures run
up during the Word War and pre
senting a fine fire hazard. Mean
time, the New' National Defense
Advisory Commission had to find
quarters, so the powers-that-<be
grabbed a new and prized build
ing, the one designated as the
Social Security-Railroad Retire
ment Building—and, come Sep
tember 1, w'hen it will be com
pleted, the National Defense Ad
visory Commission will move in
and leave Social Security etc.,
w'istfuly on the sidewalk. The
catch is that the NDAC will have
to share a part of its prize with
the War Department’s stepchild
ren until the first unit of the
new War Department Building is
competed and ready for occupan
cy next July 1. Meanwhile, So
cial Security, which is largely
housed in Baltimore, will have
: to stay there, but can comfort
| itself with the knowledge that
i it has been temporarily spared
! the job of moving 4.500 employ
es, tons of equipment, and 50,
000,000 w'age records from Balti
more to Washington, all with
out interrupting the work, or
damaging the records. . . .
Mr. Hitler put the State De
partment in a spot when he de
manded the withdrawal of Am
erican official representation in
! Norway, the Netherlands, Bel
! gium and Luxemburg. So, mid
night oil burned over the week
end in the gray building adjoin
ing the White House, while the
Department searched its records
of the past to determine whether
there is diplomatic precedence
for such action. At this writing,
it is desired by us that Ambas
sador Bullitt remain with the
Petain French Government and
Ambassador Biddle, formerly of
.Poland stay in Spain.
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LIQUOR SUSPECT ✓
ARREST 21ST TIME
SEATTLE. July 11 (Special to
The Nugget) — Eugene E. John
son, 49 years old, operator of
the Green Dot, 609 Jackson St.,
; was arrested at 2:30 o’clock this
morning for the 21st time since
December 3, 1937, on a charge of
violating the State Steel Act.
Johnson was booked at the
county jail by State Liquor Con
trol Board inspectors, who said
he had possession of liquor with
intent to sell by the drink. John
son. a few minutes later, was re
leased on $250 bail.
William Ench, 337 N. 143th St.,
I also was arrested on the same
! charge early this momng by
inspe^ors. He, too, was released
: on bond.
Meanwhile, Justice Guy B.
Knott continued routine fines of
$150 each, pus $4.50 court costs,
against liquor law violators. Fin
ed yesterday were Ira Flood, 411
Sixth Ave. S., who has seven
other liquor cases pending before j
Judge Knott; Larry Wilson, 413
Maynard Ave., Bill Henry, 1400!
W. Garfield St. and Angelo Pou- j
los, 310 Washington St. Each!
forfeited $150 bail. ,
William J. Martin, who, liquor [
inspectors said was maintaining a
liquor-stocked trailer in Sand
Point Way, was given a sus-.
pended sixty-day jail sentence
, on his anounejement he would
sell the trailer and leave Scat
Ue.
A report that he would soon!
leave for Alaska could not be
^ confirmed.
—
WALKER IS SUCCESSOR
TO JAMES A. FARLEY
WASHINGTON, July 18 —
j President Roosevelt today nam- l
ed Frank C. Walker chairman of
the Democratic National Commit
tee to succeed James A. Farley,
who is resigning to take over
| handling of his recently purchas
ed New York Yankees baseball
, club.
Walker head of a New York
! theatre chain and prominent at
■ torney, is a member of the Mon
tana and Ney York State Bar As
sociations. He has been Exec
! utive Secretary of the Presi
! dent’s Executive Council and a
former Treasurer of the Demo
cratic National committee.
Alaska Livestock and Packing
Company
Notice of Adoption of Resolution
for Dissolution
To the Stockholders of ALAS
KA LIVESTOCK AND PACK
ING COMPANY:
Please Take Notice that a reso|
lution, of which the following is j
a copy, was adopted by the Board
of Directors of Alaska Livestock
and Packing Company on the
17th day of June, 1940, and that
a meeting of its Stockholders will
be held at the place, date and
i hour therein named,
j "Resolved that in the judg
ment of this board of directors it
is advisable and most for the
benefit of Alaska Livestock and
Packing Company that said cor
poration should be dissolved, and
to that end and as required by
law, that a meeting of the stock
holders of said corporation to
take action upon this resolution
be and it hereby is called to be j
held at the office of the said cor
poration in Nome, Alaska, on the
1st day of August, 1940, at 10
o’clock in the forenoon and that
the Assistant Secretary of this I
corporation be and she hereby is
directed within twenty days of
the adoption of this resolution, to
cause notice of the adoption of
this resoution to be mailed to
each stockholder of said corpora
tion as the names appear on the
books of the corporation on the
17th day of June 1940, and also
beginning within said twenty
days to cause a like notice to be
published in the Nome Nugget at
least four weeks successively,
once a week next preceding the
time appointed • as aforesaid for
said meeting of stockholders, and
to do all other acts and things
deemed necessary or appropriate
to carry out the intents and pur
poses hereof.’’
Dated: June 17th, 1940.
MARY A. STICKLIN,
Assistant Secretary
Publish July 1 8 15 22, 1940
Representative Joseph \V. Martin, Jr. (right) of Massachusetts was named national chairman of the
Republican Party and will direct the campaign of Wendell L. W illkie (center,) Republican presi
denal nominee, and his running mate Senator Charles McNary of Oregon. The men are shown as they
ecnferred in Washington.
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