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Current Comments,
From ^asliins;ton
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A hundred years ago. news
travelled so slowly that battles
sometimes were fought after
peace had be n declared. In such
remote times, column writers and
commentators had a chance to
render a substantial service, and
could put something in print with j
reasonable certainty that if th:y
missed fire, the reading public
would forget their mistaken sur
mises and prophecies before the
ultimate truth btcame known. |
Those days have gone, never to
return. A decent respect for mat
tors of deep and universal con
cern demands that r ference
should be made to the Lend
Lease Bill. Prudence restrains
comment to the remark that Con
gress has handled no more im
portant affair in a quarter cen
tury. The Kaleidoscopic changes
on the Lend Lease front make
the commentators wisdom of to
day the foolishness of tomorrow.
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Federal housing got a good
start at the post, but slowed
down considerably in th: back
stretch. It is alleged that al-,
though appropriations were made,
for 68,000 homes, less than 2,000.
have been eomp’eted, about 35,
000 being under construction.
The delay may hav_ been caused
by internal discussions as to
which agency of the government
should have the say regarding
the building. In any event, the
lack of progress became a thorn
in th: President’s side. It is said
■that the White House has called
for a report on the entire situ
ation, weekly statements as to:
what is being done, and periodic
ally issued lists of the nam.s of
those government organizations
which are lukewarm or liesurely.
In all probability, hereafter the";
sound of the saw and the ham
mer will be h:ard more loudly!
in the land.
Last spring, the Walter-Logan
Bill took a trip from the Capitol
to the White House, end return
ed with a veto. Its purpose was
to provide a tribunal having pow
er to review the ruling of bur
eaus of the government. More
definitely, and in the language of
a Representative: “The great st
need is to have some body a com
plaint can be made to, aside from
the superior of the person com
plain d about.’’ To furnish a mea
sure which will accomplish the
desired, end and at the same time
stand in no danger of having its
Ihead lopped off by the Presid nt.
is a task which Congress has laid
out fcr itself during the pr sent
session.
In the whirl of events, the Dies
Committee has been almost for
gotten. Having gone broke a few
we ks ago, it may be said to be
living, but not in the best of
health. The Dies investigation,
though not without bitter oppon
ents, made a general and popular
appeal. In most quarters there
will be satisfaction concerning
the report that un-American act
ivities are to be looking into for
another year at least, even tho
an expenditure of a hundred and
fifty thousands dollars in involv
ed.
Scotland is supposed to be a
country in which money is made
to go a long way. A dollar spent
by Greece has to give a good ac
count of itself also, it seems. The
Greeks politely decline to con
sider a tender of planes by the
Navy of the United States, on
the ground that none but the
latest and best machines are de
sired. No doubt the Greeks in
tend to pay for what they get,
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Navy Can Spare
No Vessels Says
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Secretary Knox
WASHINGTON, Feb. — Col.
Frank Knox, Secretary of the
Navy, bluntly said the Navy “can
spore no more destroyers.”
The statement was made when
he was asked to make a comment
on Wendell Willkie's proposal
that five fo ten destroyers be sup
plied to Great Britain every
month. The proposal was made
before the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee in supporting
the British Aid bill, with modific
ations.
Secretary Knox, at a confer
ence with newsmen, further said:
“We haven't any more destroy,
ers to spare. We need all we hav
now for a balanced fleet. I am no
going to make any comment d:
rectly on Willkie’s proposal but
my position as Secretary of the
Navy is against depicting our
Navy further."
and really may do so, but the
incident reminds one of the bad
manners that result in looking r
gift horse in the mouth.
The operator of a Nazi plane
reports that dive bombing put
him under no particular strain, a
pi ce of reassuring information
which England no doubt will be
pleased to hear When a bay spear
ing frogs with a pitchfork on the
bank of a stream was asked whai
he was doing, he said: “Having
fun.” To which the questioner
replied: “It may be fun for you
but it's hard tim s for the frogs.”
A good deal of sympathy has
been dedicated to the King of
England. Poor old Petain taxed
at the sunset beyond his strength,
and perhaps beyond’s anyone's
strength, pres-nts a saddened
spectacle. Prejudice aside, the
Duce has strongest claim upon
pity, in that, added to a 1 else, he
has made a fool of himself. Vir
tually brushed out of Africa, and
r duced to a Man Friday for Hit
ler. and an inefficient one at that
his talk about restoring the ai
cient Roman empire sounds even
more ridiculous today that it did
when his chief claim to military
prowess iav in the fact that It
alian guns wer. too much for the
clubs of Abyssinia.
SALVAGE CREW SETS UP CAMP NEAR BOMBER
Seventy McChord Field soldiers worked from this base camp, near Morton, Wash., through a steep
sloped forest toward the wrecked Army bomber, missing since leaving the field January 16. Army
authorities, who reached the wreckage, identified it as that of the bomber, which carried a crew of
six and one passenger.
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Removal Profit
Tax On Gold
Passes Senate
JUNEAU. Feb. 19 — The Sen
ate parsed the resolution intro
duced by Senator Hja'mar Nor
dale, Democrat of Fairbanks, ask
;rg Congress to exempt gold min
ing from the f deral excess pro
fits tax.
The measure now goes to the
House.
The bill introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator O. D. Cochran,
Democrat of Nome, to remove
th eagle bounty is ready now to
go to its second reading. A hot
fight was expected on this mea
-ure when it come up for a third
?3ding The fisheries and game
committee of the S nate attach
ed a “Do Not Pass” tag on the
bill.
The only important biT in the
House yesterday was introduced
Representative Crystal Snow
Jenne. D mocrat of Juneau, foi
nic for destitute women. The
'if recommends the White House
? Skagway and provides $8,000
for purchase and an annual main i
tenance of $15,000 if it is found,
desirabl . or $35,000 for construe;
tion or purchase of a place else- j
where.
As time goes on it seems that
tugged individuals are becoming
more and more ragged.
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TO ALASKA—FIrst Red
Cross man ever to be stationed
In Alaska is Keith McCoy
(above), who'll have charge of
a vast Alaska territory from
Anchorage to the Aleutians.
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Fair and colder tonight and Fri day: Strong Northeasterly winds.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 23 Lowest temp — 11 Precipitation — 0
Total precip this month 0.67 Tota lsinoe Jan. 1, 1941, 0.86
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight.... 18 68 NE 7 Clear
8am-- 18 64 ENE 19 Clear
12:30 p m--_ 15 66 NE 27 Pt Cldy
Tomorrow: Sunrise 7:38 a. m. Sunset 4:55 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 34 Lowest te mp — 27 Precipitation — T
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