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LOOKING FOR A POLITICAL TREND
The State of Maine held this year’s first general
election, in which only state offices were filled. In a
Wisconsin primary fight, Senator Joe McCarthy was
renominated over four opponents. Politicians all over
•.he nation watched the results of these actions in an
effort to find a trend which might reveal what is going
:o happen in the November 4 presidential election.
There is an old saying, “As Maine goes, so goes
he Nation.” If this be true, Republicans can take heart,
because the Republican candidates made a clean sweep.
GOP strategists will be wise, however, not to get
overconfident, in view’ of the fact that in 1948 when a
Democrat was elected President, the Republican of
fice seekers rolled up larger majorities against their
opponents in Maine, than they did this year.
The triumphant victory of Joe McCarthy in Wis
consin is viewed by many as an invitation to the presi
dential candidates to adopt a smear campaign of reck
less charges. The temperaments of the presidential can
didates are such that it is unlikely that either will
employ McCarthyism as a means of getting elected.
Locally, the press will continue to give the same
service to both parties, giving them the same oppor
tunity to state their views to the people of Second
Division, as and how’ they desire. Regardless of the
attack on the press by the candidates of one party, this
publication will continue to be unbiased in its opinions.
THE 1953 SENATE
It appears that the Senate may be confronted with
a filibuster threat on the opening day of business next
year, involving an interesting interpretation of Senate
rules. A group of civil rights proponents is ready to
claim that the Senate is an entirely new body, free
to write its own parliamentary rules.
On the other hand, there are those who believe
that the Senate is a continuing body and this group
includes most Southerners, who will argue—and may
even filibuster — that the Senate must conduct its
business under the old rules.
If this first-day battle develops, it will be an in
teresting one to watch. Southerners, and others, con
tend that the Senate is a continuing body, although
they admit that the House of Representatives is a
new organization with each new congressional session.
They point to the fact that Senate membership is a
six-year term, only a third of them expiring each two
years. Thus each new session is composed of a majority
of old members. In the House, this might not be the
case, although sometimes a majority is re-elected.
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Report Accuses
Dems. of Hiding
Government News
WASHINGTON, (£>) — A Re
publican report says Democrats
during the past 20 years1 have
“stolen” from the people their
right to know what their govern
ment is doing.
It said the scope and methods
of governmental secrecy have
grown to such proportions under
the Truman administration that
even Congress “has to fight for
information before it can legis
late.”
Newspapers, it added, often can
get facts only if reporters “turn
themselves into detectives and
gum-shoe artists.”
The accusations were made in
a 12,000-word report prepared by
the staff of the Republican Policy
Committee in the Senate.
It was distributed from the of
fice of Sen. Homer Ferguson of
Michigan.
The committee is headed by
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, and
decides party policy on major
issues in the Senate.
The report said secrecy in gov
ernment had increased slowly
since 1933 and “reached its cli
max under Truman,” whose ad
ministration, it said, used censor
ship concealment and deception
to keep the public in the dark
about federal affairs.
“In one way or another 'the
whole of government has been
poisoned by this infection of se
crecy,” the report said.
Truman is the author of three
famous executive orders having
as their aim first, the conceal
ment of executive action from
Congress; radio, television and
moving pictures; and third, the
deliberate use of supposedly con
fidential information in an at
tempt to destroy political oppo
nents.
American Guards
Kill 45 POWs In
Full-Scale Riot
CHEJU ISLAND, Korea, f/P)—
American guards with blazing
guns killed 45 Chinese prisoners
of war and injured 120 others in
quelling a riot today. The POWS
were celebrating the third anni
versary of China’s Communist re
gime when ;ome fanatics turned
the jubilee into an attack on their
guards.
Two American soldiers were
injured slightly.
A spokesman said: “It was
really a fight. Due to all the con
fusion that surrounds an incident
like this one, many details are
lacking.”
The 500 fanatical prisoners bat
tled two infantry platoons—about
80 men—with stones, rocks, clubs,
tent poles and weapons impro
vised from materials in their
compound.
Relatively minor incidents have
plagued the POW Command since
the Allied crackdown on Koje
last summer. Today’s fighting was
a full-scale riot, the Army said,
with the prisoners “reverting to
former patterns of violence.”
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Youth For Christ Saturday
At Methodist Church
Youth for Christ will hold its
monthly meeting next Saturday
evening at the Community Meth
odist Church, it has been an
nounced. Speaker will be Rev.
'R. Amundsen of the Covenant
Church and special .music has
been planned by a new group, the
Minister’s Choir.
Army Unveils “All-Purpose” Gun
Capable of Firing Atomic Missile
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Beta Sigs Receive
ANS Groceries For
Lunch Program
The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
has announced that they have re
ceived 84 cases of groceries, about
two tons, via the North Star.
These groceries were contrib
uted by the Alaska Native Ser
vice for the hot lunch program
for the school children, which is
the civic project of that organ
ization.
Lomen Commercial Company
donated the lighterage, it was an
nounced and H. F. Harper trans
ferred the food without charge.
Donated materials and time made
the initial experiment last year
during January and February, a
very successful venture.
Only children living outside a
set zone were able to be served
due to the limited space and seat
ing capacity. However, the girls
did a wonderful job of serving
about 100 children.
It is planned to serve the chil
dren a~-! - Ibis year starting in
January and continuing through
March.
Mrs. Frank Killins and Mrs.
Jim McLean presented a program
of colored slides at the business
meeting, held at the G. R. Jack
son residence.
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WASHINGTON, :(A>) — The
Army has unveiled a new 85-ton
atomic gun and shown that it can
roll nimbly across fields into po
sition to fire super-explosive bar
rages within 20 minutes.
It is the world’s first atomic ar
tillery piece.
The gun, which the Army calls
an “all - purpose weapon,” was
put through its paces at a special
preview for photographers at the
Aberdeen, Md., proving ground
recently*
The Army indicated that the
weapon con use either atomic or
standard rounds merely by chang
ing the type of missile.
The gun has a caliber of 280
millimeters — approximately 12
inches. This, in itself, discloses
how compactly the Atomic En
ergy Commission scientists now
are able to build atomic missiles
which at one time could barely
be crowded into the bomb boy
of a B-29.
This is how the “all-purpose
' weapon” looks to visitors:
Its tube is almost 40 feet long,
J designed to stabilize the missile
; by a spinning motion, just like a
j standard gun.
The elevation of its muzzle, or
! maximum range, appears also to
! be like that used in a standard
I gun.
Nine other vehicles a’re used in
support, including two powerful
generating trucks.
The power units is hooked to
the gun by electrical cable, thus
supplying electrical power for tra
versing and raising the elevation
j of the rifle.
Two engine cabs, looking much
j like the hauling end of the trac
| tor-trailer rigs you see on the
highway, but with heavier con
| struction: supply the power for
j moving the chassis through 500
j horsepower engines,
j The gun and its mount are sus
i pended between the two cabs.
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