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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1944
SHOULD Til EESKIMO SUFFER
BECAUSE OF ADMINISTRATION
INEFFICENCY?
We note that in the President's annual
audget for Alaska, a few items which
warrant consideration in recommended
expenditures throughout the Territory.
The Reindeer Service, with a recom- j
nended budget of expenditures totalling
/ery nearly $1,000,000, which is more
:han the value of all the reindeer in the,
Territory.
For medical relief and education of the
Natives, a recommended expenditure of,
>2,091,700 as against $50,000 for public
schools for the White children, which |
ilso includes the mixed Native-White,
md the full-blood Native, who show de
cided aptitude for higher education.
The figures seem to show that nearly:
hree-quarters of all expenses in the Ter
itory are for the direct benefit of the
Native of Alaska, whereas the taxes paid j
)y the Natives are comparatively small.
Much could be done with the amounts
n question if a sufficient percentage of i
he funds were to reach the ultimate
joal, but as in th past, too much is lost
,nd “departments” in “administration”:
n the set-up of government “bureaus”
iccounts.
In the case of the delinquent Eskimo
hi Id. ther is nothing the Territory can
lo to assist in correcting the child, until
hat child has committed a crime.
It is a sad state of affairs.
If but ten per cent of the amount re
•orded in the budget were allotted to a
•orrection or industrial institution in the
Territory, the child would still be with
lis own pople but under supervision of
ducators. The young man or woman
nay receive basic training in a trade or
msiness, which he or she could follow
n later life.
Something should be done along this
ine in the immediate future. Territor
al law cannot protect the Native child
s it does the White child, inasmuch as!
be Burau of Indian Affairs will not ac
ept the responspilitv for the supervi
sion of wayward Native children. Only
children whose “slate is clean" may at
tend a Bureau of Indian Affairs school.
There seems to be room for education,
but none for correction, or in other
words, the protection of the child who is
unfortunate enough to have no “responsi
ble” parent or guardian to care for it dur
ing the receptive oeriod of his life, six to
16 years.
Much more can and will be said in the
future.
WITHOUT GLAMOUR
An American private in an English
village pub remarked to one of this news
paper’s reporters, Drew Middleton, that
they didn’t like to hear war “called fancy
names.” Other soldiers profanely agreed.
They just didn’t care to be called “spear
head of democracy” or to be lectured on
“honor” and “glory.” They intended
to do what they had to do, which was to
“beat these Germans because it’s gotta
be done.” They did not regard th pros
pect as romantic.
The very fact that the subject could
come up reveals the chasm between the
soldiers and the civilian. The civilian,
•and for reasons that seem good to him, is
prone to us the words the soldier doesn’t
like. The civilian has a sense of infer
iority. Because of youth, age, bad eye
sight, a weak heart or an essential occu
pation he is not asked to fight. The
Army and Navy won't have him. So he
has an easier time of it than the soldier.
He is not to blame, but his conscience
hurts him. Glorifying the soldiers and
th soldier’s job makes him feel better.
But to the soldier he seems to be saying:
“Never mind the rain, mud, snow, dust,
thirst, hunger, malaria, tedium and gen
eral discomfort; never mind the danger,
the wounds, the pain; never mind the
stink and horror—just fix your mind,
you lucky devil, on the beautiful, glitter
ing gneralities.”
The soldier is not thinking of general
ities. He is thinking of how to get
through the next day, hour, minute, fiow
to keep on going, how to do what he has
to do without getting killed. His is dir
ty, unhappy, dangerous work and, being
human he doesn’t like it. More honor to
him—but there we go; he doesn’t care
for honor as a word but only as an act.
In the long years to come he may acquire
nerspective and realize that he and his
dead comrades really were the spear
head of democracy and that their con
duct was reallv honorable and glorious.
But not now. He is too close to the fact.
(New York Times).
IPB ACTS
0 PRESERVE
rOLD SECTIONS
Acting to preserve valuable
•tions of California’s gold m:n
; properties threatened with se
~e damage or loss due to war
le restrictions, the War Pro
ction Board’s mining division
lay granted permission to two
the nation’s largest gold pro
cers, the Idaho Maryland and
lpire Star Mines at Grass Val
, to resume the limited milling
ore to meet maintenance costs^
This initial WPB action to pro
le relief from unwarranted
rdships in California’s gold
rung industry was announced
the San Francisco Chamber of,
Commerce, whose mining commit
tee acclaimed the move as a meas
ure of vital importance to the
state’s economic welfare.
The War Production Board has
granted this appeal for limited
maintenance privileges in two of
the state’s leading gold mines un
der conditions which will not in
terfere with military or essential
war and civilian production, the
committee pointed out.
It was stressed in the WPB
agreement with the mine opera
tors that the grant applies to
special cases which indicate the
need for assistance to prevent
further damage to properties of
proven production and economic
value to the region.
Manpower and critical equip
ment or materials are being made
rvailable to the two mines under
pint WPB and WMC (War Man
power Commission) agreement.
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miners employed through U. S.
Employment Service (U. S. E. S.'
must be non-essential to higher
urgency war production.
Critical equipment released for
use by the gold mines by WPB ac
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military or other production, al
though WPB will aid the opera
tors in securing second-hand ma
terials for maintenance require
ments.
Direct surveys of the major cen
tral California gold mining oper
ations were made recently by J.
Reed Lane, WPB Deputy Direc
tor for Mine Production, from
Denver, Colorado, and A G.
Kea’ing, WPB Regional Mining
Representative, and reports of
damages threatened by wartime
restrictions on ore production and
manpower were conveyed . to
Washington, D. C„ for review.
Through arrangements made
with the San Francisco Chamber’s
mining committee and representa
tives of the American Mining
Congress, the WPB officials made
e two-day inspection of the deep
livel gold mines from Grass Val
ley to Jackson in the Mother
Lode country.
Later surveys and testimony re
vealed that the two mines aided
by WPB action included over 400
miles of underground tunnels
! nd mining developments and rep
esented two of California’s most
consistent gold producing prqp^r
I ies.- It was also shown that
nearby communities were entire
! y dependent upon the gold min
mg industry and that over 100
homes had been closed due to the
wartime ban on gold mining.
Warning the gold mining indus
try against any anticipation of
widespread relief the WPB Min- j
ng Division stated that this grant
does not amend or relax any sec
t on of the gold mining order
(L-208>. It does indicate, how
ever, that WPB’s policy will be
to give consideration to appeals
from authorized producers who
are faced with drastic losses to
property under wartime restric
ions on manpower and material
aid.
LADIES AID SOCIETY
TO MEET FRIDAY
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Federated Church will meet at
the home of Mrs. A. Polet Friday
afternoon at 2-00 o’clock. All la
dies interested are cordially in
vited to attend.
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VISITS IN NOME
THIS WEEK
Miss Helen Frost, missionary
nurse at Igloo, was a visitor in
Nome this week.
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