2 THE NOME NUGGET Friday. April 2. 1954
THE NOME NUGGET
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IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPPM
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THE RIGHT TO WORK
The study of the fight for human freedom would
fill endless volumes. A notable page recently was
added in Texas.
Some time ago a small group of railroad workers
sued for an injunction to prevent their employer and
a union from signing a union shop contract, which
would have prevented a man who didn’t want to join
from earning his living. Judge Nelson of the 108th
District Court now has ruled that “Congress has no
right to enact legislation making union membership
a test of the right to work.”
He said further, “That which denies a person the
right to work . . . denies to him his liberty, the pursuit
of happiness, and . . . life itself . . . There was a period of
union busting and head busting and of ‘yellow dog’
contracts. That was wrong, but that time, thank God,
has passed. But it is just as wrong now that unions
should endeavor to compel men and women to join a
union at the price of holding their jobs.”
How can anyone who believes in liberty refute
that?
THE THIRD CONCEPT
It was recently said: “Mass production and mass
distribution are two modern phenomena on which
American prosperity is founded. But to exploit these
two concepts for the maximum benefit of the maximum
number of people, a third concept must be added—
mass investment.”
In other words, industry can no longer rely on a
relatively few people to finance expansion and pro
gress. The needed money must come from millions
of typical Americans who believe in our economic
system and its future. And, most important of all,
this is the way to bring about true economic democracy.
Waco, Texas, Messenger, “While rhost Amer
icans laud the democratic type of government many
oc them have taken it too lightly. They seem to be
cognizant of its many benefits but at the same time
seem unmindful of its responsibilities. Everybody
wants to be called a member of the team but against
the total population only a few are willing to share
team responsibilities.”
“Don’t worry about the job you don’t like; some
one else will soon have it.” —Sydell Quarterly.
U.S. Will Consult
With Allies On
Red’s Surprise Bid
WASHINGTON, OP)—The United
States planned to consult prompt
ly Thursday with Britain and
France on its stern rejection of
Russia’s surprising bid for a hand
in control of Western defenses
through a new “security” system.
For its part, Washington turned
down the Soviet maneuver Wed
nesday night as a boring-from
within trick” to gain admittance
within the walls of the West, to
undermine its security.”
Moscow offered to' consider
joining the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization if the Western pow
ers would (A) join a Russian
sponsored European security plan
from which Germany would be
barred and (B) scrap plans for a
European Defense Community
(EDC) in which German troops
would be rearmed.
Initial Western reaction showed
some division, and officials said
it was reasonable to assume there
would be consultation with Brit
ain and France on the nature of
the formal replies to be delivered
to the Kremlin.
John Paden Heads
Traders’ Inc.,
New Alaska Firm
John Paden is president of a
new corporation, Traders, Inc.,
which sells all kinds of supplies
•to stores and trading posts
throughout Alaska.
Paden states that he has just
completed a whirlwind trip that
took him as far as Barrow. On his
trip he has not only taken orders
for merchandise, but has acted as
a clearing house for furs, blubber,
ivory, and anything else that Al
askans want to trade he stated.
Paden was formerly on the staff
of ANICA, which recently fired
all its employees and put the bus
iness into the hands of Virgil Far
rel of the Alaska Native Service.
Paden is well known here for
his work at the White Mountain
Vocational School.
Trial in Second Week
Of Nurse Charged with
Murdering Her Baby
ANCHORAGE, UP)—'The mili
tary trial of an Air Force nurse
charged with murdering her new
born infant is in its second week
at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
The closed-door court-martial
proceedings began March 23rd.
Officials said results will be made
public at the close of the trial
and after the findings have been
reviewed by Maj. Gen. Geo. Ach
eson, head of the Alaska Air Com
mand.
The defendent in the trial is
25-year-old Lieut. Elizabeth J.
Gibson. She is acused of slaying
her baby Jan. 8th in the nurses’
quarters at the Air Force hospi
tal. She was assigned to Alaska
in November from a Texas base.
Officials have refused to dis
close her hometown or other back
ground.
CORRECTION
Junior Red Cross
Funds on hand locally for use
of the Junior Red Cross in ihe
school are $86.57 and not $8657 as
reported in Monday's Nugget.
However, it is expected to in
crease the sum during the Junior
; Red Cross Enrollment campaign,
| April 19-23, when contributions
I from earnings will be made by
j the children as classroom groups.
JUST ARRIVED
EASTER DRESSES
for
LADIES, INFANTS, CHILDREN
EASTER COATS FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
»
DRESS TROUSERS FOR BOYS
Prices Go Down on
Plane Fares, Furs,
Butter, Cosmetics
WASHINGTON, UP)—Prices of I
hundreds of items went down
yesterday as a result of two gov
ernment actions. Affected are
items bought by every family.
For most purchases, the savings
fall into many dollars.
Excise or sales taxes go down,
by an aggregate of about a billion !
dollars a year, on such items as
stoves, refrigerators, luggage, pas
senger fares on planes, trains,and
buses, jewelry, furs, cosmetics,
sporting goods, many admissions,
telephone and telegraph charges.
The amount of the cuts varies.
Butter prices go down, under
an order by Secretary of Agricul
ture Benson, reducing the level
at which the government supports
producer prices. The cut is expec
ted to average around 10 cents a
pound. Also in line for a cut were
cheese prices, perhaps on the or
der of 5 cents a pound.
"CAST IRON PALATES
TICKLED BY RECIPES
FOR ESKIMOS" —MONITOR
The little cook book from Shish
maref, Alaska, distributed local
ly through the ACCA, has re
ceived much publicity for its or
iginal recipes. In a recent issue
of the Christian Science Monitor
it was featured in a special arti
cle headed, “Cast Iron Palates
Tickled by Recipes for Eskimos.”
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
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Top Official of
Alaska RR. Held
In $1,000 Bail
ANCHORAGE, (P)—Elroy Hin
man, assistant to the general man
ager of the Alaska Railroad, was
arrested yesterday on charges of
negotiating railroad contracts
with a firm in which he had a
financial interest.
The four-count secret indict
ment was returned Wednesday by
the grand jury and made public
yesterday when he appeared for
arraignment. The 61-year-old rail
road veteran was taken into cus
tody by U.S. marshal’s deputies
and bail was set at $1,000.
The indictment charges that
Hinman owned stock in the Hou
ston Coal Mining Co. of Alaska
from Nov. 15, 1950, through the
present time and as a result was
interested in profits and contracts
of the firm.
It charges that the Duck Flat
Mining Co. operated the Houston
mine from Sept. 1, 1950, until
Dec. 1, 1952, and the Houston Co.
received royalties on its opera
tions.
The grand jury charged that as
assistant to the railroad manager,
Hinman “participated in negotia
tions for and encouraged a con
tract dated July 6, 1951” in which
the Alaska Railroad agreed to
purchase coal from the Duck Flat
Company.
The police of London have
avoided carrying guns for 125
years.
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