THE NOME NUGGET
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THE TRUTH ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT
The argument that we must have virtually un
bridled government spending in order to keep the
economy going and to maintain employment simply
doesn’t jibe with the facts.
According to the New York Times, unemployment
at the end of October amounted to 4.2 per cent of the
civilian labor force. This marked a substantial decline
from the February-March percentage. Yet, the paper
says, the “reduction in the number of unemployed has
been achieved in the face of a cutback in government
spending in the same period equal to an annual rate of
$13,000,000,000. It has been achieved, moreover, with
no depreciation in the purchasing power of the dollar.”
The Times points to a still more striking fact. Save
for 1947 and 1948, both years of violent inflation, “there
is not a single peacetime year ... in the entire span of
1933-52 which shows an annual rate of unemployment
as low as that prevailing at the present time.”
Economical government is in the interest of labor
as well as everyone else.
MUMMY FOUND ON ALASKAN ISLAND
Theodore P. Bank, director of the Institute of
Regional Exploration, reported recently he had dis
covered an ancient Aleut tomb on the Alaskan island
of Kanaga. Mr. Bank has spent many years exploring
in the Alaskan area, and his recent archeological dis
covery is interesting from several standpoints.
In the first place, the tomb discovered was thought
to have been at the base of an active volcano and had
been kept dry by the heat of lava beds beneath it.
Inside the tomb was a mummy of an Aleut warrior
chieftain. The mummy was placed in a skin boat and
was sitting in an upright position.
Also discovered by Mr. Bank in his recent explora
tion were the remnants of a prehistoric forest on Atka
Island, in the Aleutian chain. Trees which had been
buried in mud and lava beds for thousands of years
were found where trees no longer grow, and some of
them were as large as four feet in diameter.
It appears from these discoveries that mummies
were used in burying chieftains manv years ago in the
Alaska area and that further knowledge and discov
eries of this early Aleut life are yet to come.
Congressional Leaders
Suggested Consultation
On Economic Aid to Asia
WASHINGTON, Wl — Congres
sional leaders suggested to Presi
dent Eisenhower Tuesday they be
consulted step-by-step on the de
velopments of any proposed new
program of economic aid for Asia.
Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas,
the Senate Democratic leader,
told newsmen about the sugges
tion after a White House confer
ence.
He indicated the thought was
that Congress should be kept in
formed as the administration
worked on details, rather than
being suddenly confronted with a
detailed plan and asked to ap
prove it.
In response to newsmen’s ques
tions, Johnson said the adminis
tration at this point has made “no
decision as to the extent, degree
or method” for any Asian econ
omic aid program.
Eisenhower told his news con
ference last week that of course
there would be some kind of an
aid program, but he said the de
tails were not ready.
In advance of the meeting Sen.
Russell 'D-Gai said he will op
pose any administration program
if dollar economic aid for Asia
“or anywhere else.” Russell is in
line to become chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee when the Democrats take over
control of Congress next month.
“Hot" Snow Falls In Korea
SEOUL, li'Pi—Add hot snow to
your atomic age vocabulary.
Prof. Kwon Yung-Dai of the
Seoul National University said
today he found radioactive dust in
.the season’s first heavy snow here
Monday. He warned against eat
ing it.
Kwon said a liter i about a
quarti of tested snow contained
375-count hot dust.
Kwon said the hot snow could
be a result of the United States
H-bomb test at Bikini last spring
or of a reported bomb test by
Russia in Si'beria last September.
Chamber Hears
USO Director and
Airlines Official
There were 13 regular mem
bers present at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting, and the fol
lowing guests were introduced:
Mrs. Madge Haney, associate
director of the Fairbanks USO:
Dr. William Knicker, medical of
ficer at Nome Field; and Mr.
Parsons, assistant to the president
of Wien Alaska Airlines, from the
Fairbanks office.
Mrs. Haney was called upon to
briefly outline the program of the
USO. She stated that plans had
already been set up to include the
following programs for the local
USO: snack bar, ballroom danc
ing, square dancing, bingo, ping
pong, Sunday vespers, a camera
club, and educational programs.
She also stated that once a
month and for a week at a time
a staff member from the Fair
banks USO would be making vis
its to the Nome USO to assist in
any program planning.
Mr. Parsons stated that the out
look tor business in the Seward
Peninsula area looked very favor
able for there was much building
scheduled for the area north of
the Brooks Range, both militarily
and through other projects. He
stated that Drake Puget Sound
had been awarded considerable
construction contracts for these
projects.
Mr. Parsons stated that he was
vitally interested in the tourist
business and that he felt Alaska
NATO Council To Discuss Ways
Realizing German Rearmament
PARIS, l/P)—Secretary of State
Dulles arrived in Paris today for
a meeting of the North Atlantic
Treaty Council and talks with
French and British leaders on
realizing German rearmament.
The secretary told newsmen at
Orly airfield he is sure the meet
ing of the NATO council will be
a further step toward an effec
tive deterrent to war. Scheduled
for debate is a proposal to use
atomic weapons in Europe’s de
fense.
had only begun to tap the wealth
of this resource. He further stat
ed that all the local communities
would have to become tourist
conscious in order to keep the
tourists in the area rather than
just passing through.
He brought out that in 1946 he
was in charge of a chain of radio
stations in Oregon and that with
concentrated effort the tourist in
dustry became the No. 1 industry
of that state. He stated that in
Oregon they held a tourist host
school, wherein all the people
were trained through public meet
ings of the part they could do in
furthering the tourist business.
Dcwev Goodrich informed the
members of the recent taking of
two reindeer to the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce through
the cooperation of both Wien and
Alaska Airlines. Wien brought
them in from the Candle area to
Kotzebue and then Alaska took
them from Kotzebue to Anchor
age.
Polaris Coffee Shop
will be closed for a few days
but will open again before
the holidays.
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