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Truman Says Job of
U.S. President Kequires
Trained, Young Men
LONDON, Of)—Harry Truman
today called the American presi
dency a “killing job” for one man
and suggested the solution was
“young men who’ve been trained
for the job.”
The former President refused
to discuss President Eisenhower’s
illness, but in talking about the
office of President he said:
“It’s a killing job—a six-man
job. 1 know; I’ve been through it.”
Asked what he thought was the
solution, he replied:
“Young men. We must get
young men, young men who’ve
been trained for the job. That's
the only way.”
Truman was host today to Hugh
Gaitskell and eight other mem
bers of the British Labor Party.
Referring to his meeting with
Sir Winston Churchill yesterday,
Truman said:
"Oh, we won the war all over
again, took credit for doing it,
and like two old men had a good
time reminiscing.”
Two Nome Poets Are
Represented in New
Alaskan Anthology
An Anthology of Alaskan Poets
will go on sate next month, it has
been announced, by the Anchor- j
age Poets’ Committee.
Nome wit] have two poems,
Arctic Interlude, by Della Go
shaw. and Taxation With Slut- !
representation, by Harold Sails- j
bury. There are 35 poems in the
publication, which will sell tor
$1.00
PAN AMERICAN
To Fairbanks Saturday: Co4.
Loosing, Clyde Harvey, Stan Hall.
To Seattle: John and Stephanie
King, Travers Truitt, Patricia
Walsh, Lots Miller
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Bill to Increase Terms
Of Federal Judges OK’d
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett.
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
Delegate E. L. Bartlett’s bill to
increase the terms of federal
judges in Alaska from four to
eight years was approved recent
ly by a subcommittee of the House
Judiciary Committee.
The same day the full commit
tee voted in favor of omnibus leg
islation creating new judgeships
♦hroughout the country, including
a second federal judge for Alas
ka’s Third Division,
Since 1900 federal judges in
Alaska have served under four
year appointments. Del. Bartlett’s
bill would apply to judges ap
pointed after the date of enact
ment of the legislation.
Kotzebue Airport to Get
$75,000 in Federal Aid
Nine Alaska projects totalling
$1,155,000 are included in the
Federal-Aid Airport Program for
the 1957 fiscal year, according to
information given Delegate Bart
lett recently by Administrator
Lowen of the CAA.
The airport work contemplated
for the territory include* work at
Kotzebue. $75,000; Bethel, $300.
000; Homer, $315,000; Kuna, 190.
000; Kivatina, *45,000, Kokrines,
*56.250; Sand Point, $225,000; Sit
ka, 111,250; and Sieetmute, $37,
500.
Olai Halverson writes from
Warren, Minn., that he had a
wonderful trip, flying all the way,
and meeting Nome friends in
Fairbanks, Seattle. Minneapolis
and Warren
He state* that the last 30 miles
was by charter plane and the
bush pilot had not been to War
ren for two years and so it was
especially exciting to locate the
field in his home town.
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Move to Oust U.S.
From Iceland
Gains Strength
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Ice
land’s conservative Independence
Party, which wants to keep Am
erican troops on this strategic At
lantic island’s NATO bases, lost
ground in yesterday’s parliamen
tary election.
The alliance of Progressives
and Social Democrats, sponsors
of the drive to oust U.S. forces
from the big Keflavik air base
and other installations, almost
won a clear majority in the Al
thing (Parliament), a preliminary
count indicated today.
For the first time in the Al
thing’s 1,000-year history more
than 90 percent of the 90,000
qualified voters cast ballots.
The results appeared certain to
be another coalition government,
since neither the conservatives
nor their opponents captured a
clear majority of the Parliament’s
52 seats.
Domestic issues were overshad
owed in the voting by the intense
interest in the demands of the
! four opposition parties for with
j drawal of the 5,000 to 6,000 U.S.
Army, Air Force and Navy men
manning the Keflavik base and
radar listening posts that link
North American and European
defense networks.
Thors called this a demagogic
appeal to Icelandic national pride.
He said the reputation and secur
ity of the country were at stake
and the agreement permitting the
U.S. base could not be renounced
without study and preparation.
Thors also reminded voters the
! American departure would cut 12
million dollars a year from Ice
landic income, a 20 percent loss.
Eisenhower 1s
Pleased With Plans
iFor Convention
WASHINGTON, lAV-President
Eispnhower discussed political
matters Saturday, reportedly for
the first time since he was hos
pitalized June 8. But an aide said
the Chief Executive dropped no
hint whatever as to whether he
intends to remain in the presiden
tial race.
Eisenhower received a full re
port at Walter Reed Hospital on
Friday’s meeting of the Republi
can group planning arrangements
for the party’s presidential nom
inating convention opening in San
Francisco on August 20.
Press Secretary Hagerty said
Eisenhower 'was pleased specific
ally over various appointments
made in connection with the con
vention planning Those presum
ably included selection of Gov.
Arthur B Langiie of Washington
to make the opening keynote ad
dress at the convention.
The President’s physicians told
him Saturday he will be able to
leave the hospital m about a week
’if his recovery continues as if
has to date.**
Eisenhower made his first tele
phone call from his hospital room
He talked for about 10 minutes
| with Secretary of State Dulles on
what Hagerty termed “diplomatic
matters.”
He was out of bed 90 minutes
Friday night, the longest he’s been
up at a stretch since his operation.
Nome-Based Bush Plane, One of
Oldest Operating, Saved From Fire
Saturday Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 2, New York 0
Cleveland 9, Washington 8
Boston 6, Kansas City 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 6
Milwaukee 2, New York 1
Chicago 9, Pittsburgh 5
Philadelphia 8, St. Louis 3
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 8-1, Vancouver 3-3
Sacramento 5, Los Angeles 4
San Francisco 2, San Diego 0
Seattle 8, Hollywood 3
Sunday Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 14-6, New York 2-3
Baltimore 3-3, Detroit 2-2
Kansas City 5, Boston 2
Cleveland 7, Washington 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 6-7, New York 2-1
Cincinnati 10-2, Brooklyn 6-1
Chicago 5-0, Pittburgh 3-1
St. Louis 8-2, Philadelphia 4-3
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
L. Angeles 9-4, Sacramento 1-5
Hollywood 7-0, Seattle 2-2
San Diego 3-5, S. Francisco 2-2
ALEUTIAN EARTH TREMORS
NEW YORK, UP)—The Fordham
University seismograph recorded
“strong” earth ti'emors Friday
night, possibly centering in the
Aleutian Islands.
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** ANCHORAGE—One of the old
est bush planes still in operational
use in Alaska will fly again,
thanks to some alert work by the
International Airport Fire Dept.
The plane caught fire last
Thursday afternoon on the taxi
strip while going through a pre
flight check. Permanent damage
was prevented by two CAA me
chanics who held the frames at
bay with CO 2 extinguishers until
the fire department arrived.
The plane, property of Alaska
Airlines, is a Fairchild “Pilgrim,”
built back in 1932. It had been
brought to Anchorage from Nome
for an engine change and was
about to take off for a test hop
when the fire broke oufr
A backfire started the flames
in the carburetor, the engine died
and the flames spread.
As a result of fast fire depart
ment work, damage to the old
veteran was less than at first
thought. Kelley Weiss, assistant
vice president in charge of main
tenance for the airline, said fab
ric, some wiring and tubing would
have to be replaced. He expected
the Pilgrim to be airborne again
by tomorrow.
Aboard at the time of the fire
were Sig Krogstad, veteran bush
pilot from the Nome area, Gerald
Hickman, superintendent of main
tenance for Alaska Airlines, and
Fred Byers, a mechanic.
The plane’s usual route is out
of Nome to Tin City, Wales and
Shishmaref, supplying native vil
lages and mines along the coast of
Seward Peninsula.
One of the reasons why it is
still in service after 23 years is its
excellent flight characteristics,
which make it ideal for bush
work. It uses wide low-pressure
tires and can carry a heavier load
I than present-day bush planes.
Along with the Bellanca and
the Travelair, the Pilgrim helped
pioneer today’s bush routes in
Alaska’s interior.
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