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VOL. LXI No. 128 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1959Per Copy—15^
Attorney General
Asks High Court
Hurry Steel Appeal
WASHINGTON, (tf> — The Jus
tice Department asked the Su
preme Court to let an injunction
against the steel strike go into ef
fect unless the United Steelwork
ers Union files its appeal by
noon Thursday.
Attorney General William Ro
gers filed his appeal before 10
a.m. in the hope of getting quick
Supreme Court action putting the
Taft-Hartley injunction back in
force.
Technically, his request was that >
the high court vacate a stay or- j
dered by the Court of Appeals in j
Philadelphia, unless the union
acts quickly.
The government’s petition said
there is a pressing need for de
termination by the Supreme Court
of the appeal the union proposes
to file.
The union had indicated it did
not intend to file before Monday
its petition for a review of the
Philadelphia court decision. That
tribunal had upheld the injunc
tion but had given the union six
days in which to file its appeal.
Rogers called delay in resolv
ing the legal questions wholly
unnecessary.
The petition said the Attorney
General was acting “so that the
emergency created by the steel
strike may not continue longer
than necessary.”
Rogers -said if a union request
for a review is filed by noon
Thursday, the government will
file a brief in opposition to it
later the same day.
The Attorney General sug
gested that in view of the emer
gency circumstances the high
court consider the union’s petition
Friday of this week.
Under this suggested procedure
the Attorney General said, the
Supreme Court will be in a posi
tion to give a final decision on
the merits of the case by or near
the end of the six-day stay
granted by the court of appeals.
The union said it had no com
ment at the moment on Rogers’
petition. 1
21 Alaskan Cities
Will Participate in
Nome Convention
Representatives of 21 Alaskan
cities will come to Nome next
week for the 9th Annual Conven
tion of the League of Alaskan
Cities.
The opening session will be
called to order Thursday morning
Nov. 5 in the Grand Jury Room
of the Federal Bldg, by League
vice president, Mayor Steffen An
dersen of Nome. Keynote speaker
will be Charles Hughes, Director
of the Division of Local Affairs
and representing Gov. William A.
Egan in an adddess entitled, “The
First Year in the New State.”
Chief Justice Buell A. Nesbett
of the State Supreme Court will
be the main speaker at the open
ing day luncheon. His talk about
the state court system to be acti
vated next Jan. 4 will give par
ticular emphasis to the District
Magistrate Courts which will re
place the judicial functions of the
U.S. Commissioners and the Mu
nicipal Magistrate courts.
The afternoon session of the
opening day will feature a panel
presentation on Borough Organ
ization Needs. Panelists repre
senting the cities, school districts,
U.S. Commissioners, the State
Legislature and state administra
tive agencies will include Rep.
James Hurley of Palmer, author
of the House bill providing for
establishment of boroughs; Com
missioner James Fitzgerald of the
Department of Public Safety;
Charles Hughes; J. Earl Shennett,
mayor and U. S. Commissioner at
Sitka; George Shannon, city man
ager, and John Ault, planning
director of Anchorage.
Legislative workshops will take
up most of the delegates’ time on
the second day of the three-day
convention. Chairmaned by
Mayor Paul Haggland of Fair
banks and City Manager Robert
E. Sharp of Ketchikan, the work
shops will provide for review of
past objectives, propbsals and
open discussions of League policy
and federal-state legislative items
for 1959-60.
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State Magistrates Take Over in January
FAIRBANKS, UR — The state
magistrate court system is to go
into effect early in January, ac
cording to Beull Nesbett, Chief
Justice of the Alaska Supreme
Court.
According to Nesbett, the state
magistrates created by the Legis
lature during their first session
this year, will take over both the
U. S. Commissioner’s and the city
magistrate’s jobs, with the latter’s
office abolished.
District magistrates and deputy
magistrates will be appointed by
the presiding judge of the superior
■court for the district and shall
hold office “at the pleasure of
such presiding judge,” according
to the statute. However, the con
stitution provides that appoint
ments be for a terms of years.
The Fourth District, which in
cludes the Fairbanks areas, will
include two magistrates and 17
deputy magistrates.
The Anchorage district will
have four magistrates and 19 dep
uties; the Nome area, one magis
trate and seven deputies, and the
Southeastern area three magis
trates and 10 deputies.
Qualifications Outlined
Qualifications for district mag
istrates will include a license to
practice law in some state (un
less a competent licensed attor
ney is not available and the sal
ary, set by the Supreme Court,
shall not exceed $10,000, nor shall
the magistrate practice in state
courts while holding office or
have any other gainful occupation.
Deputy magistrates need not be
admitted to the bar, and their
salary shall be set by the Su
preme Court, but no limit is set.
They may also engage in any
business enterprise that does not
interfere with their duties.
Magistrate Jurisdiction
The courts will have jurisdic
tion over damage suits, specific
personal property suits, and may
levy penalties or forfeitures up to
$3,000 with jurisdiction concur
rent with the superior court. How
ever, the power of the deputy
magisrate is limited to damage
cases involving up to $250 and
other types of suits up to $500.
Ike Says Western
Chiefs Ready for
Pre-Summit Meet
By MARVIN ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, UFi — President
Eisenhower said today he and the
other Western leaders are ready
and willing to hold a pre-summit
conference about mid-December.
Eisenhower told a news con
ference, however, that no site
has been picked, and no specific
time. Those matters, he said, will
be handled through diplomatic
channels.
Such a Western summit meet
ing would bring together Eisen
hower, French President De
Gaulle, Britain’s Prime Minister
MacMillan and West Germany’s
Chancellor Adenauer.
The first question put to Eisen
hower was whether any progress
has been made on arrangement
for a Western summit conference.
The President said last week he
was willing to attend such a ses
sion “any time from now on.”
Today, Eisenhower said De
Gaulle will be ready to attend a
Western summit about mid-De
cember.
Newsmen tried to find out from
the President whether his state
ment means it now is definite
that a Western summit session
will be held in December in Paris.
Eisenhower replied that there
merely has been an expression of
readiness on the part of all the
Western leaders to get together in
advance of any East-West sum
mit meeting with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev.
At the news conference, at
tended by 228 reporters, Eisen
hower discussed these other
topics:
Steel — The Kaiser Steel Corp
strike settlement agreement with
the steelworkers union should be
a signal for labor and manage
ment to find a basis for getting
the industry in general back to
full steel production, Eisenhower
said.
The President noted that Kaiser
turns out only about 2 per cent
of normal total production of
steel. In that light, he added, the
Kaiser settlement did not have a
very vital impact on the over-all
strike picture.
Castro — Edward Folliard of
the Washington Post brought up
the matter of Cuban Premier Fidel
Castro’s verbal attacks on the
United States, and asked Eisen
hower: “What do you suppose,
sir, is eating the guy?”
When the laughter subsided,
Eisenhower replied he did not
want to try to determine what has
motivated Castro. He said he
would stand on the statement is
sued today by the State Depart
ment. That expressed shock and
amazement over the attacks by
the Cuban leader.
Eisenhower went on to say,
however, that he believes Cuba
should want to maintain good re
lations with the United States. He
noted U. S. intervention on be
half of Cuba in the Spanish
American War in 1898, subsequent
U. S. efforts to set up indepen
dence for Cuba, and trade conces
sions this country has made to
that island nation. *
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy with northeast
winds, 10 to 20 miles per hour.
Cloudy with snow tomorrow. Low
tonight 30, high tomorrow 34.
Castro Defies U. S. Protest He’s
Destroying Good Neighbor Policy
By ROBERT BERRELLEZ
HAVANA, UP> — Cuban-Amer
ican relations grew steadily worse
today as Fidel Castro’s regime re
jected a U. S- protest against its
rising anti-Americanism and
aimed a new shaft at American
business in the island republic.
In swift developments Tuesday
night:
1. President Osaldo Dorticos,
after conferring with Prime Min
ister Castro and his cabinet, de
fiantly dismissed a U. S. govern
ment protest that “deliberate and
concerted efforts in Cuba” are
being made to destroy relations
between the two governments.
Dorticos said the U. S. charges
were without foundation.
2. The cabinet whipped out a
new law imposing stiff taxes on
mining concessions. The law ap
parently is aimed directly at two
American-owned nickel and co
balt producing operations in east
ern Cuba.
3. The cabinet agreed to re
establish military tribunals to
deal with mounting opposition to
Castro at home. The action is ex
pected to lead to revival of firing
squad executions, which claimed
an estimated 555 victims during
the first six months of Castro’s
regime.
4. Several hundred shouting Cu
bans demanded the “execution
wall” for Jules Dubois, Chicago
Tribune Latin-American corres
pondent, as he sent a dispatch to
his newspaper at a Havana tele
graph office. Dubois, publicly de
nounced by Castro for criticizing
the government, was escorted from
the building by an armed guard.
5. The chairman of the U. S.
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, Senator William Fullbright
(D-Ark) accused Castro of using
the United States “as a kind of
whipping boy” for his difficulties
at home. Fulbright said Castro
could lead a revolution but he was
“utterly inadequate” at running
a government.
Indians Demand
Government Halt
Red Intrusions
By WATSON SIMS
NEW DELHI, Indi, UP) — Public
pressure mounted today for the
Indian government to defend the
northern border against Commu
nist Chinese intrusions.
In the most vigorous outpour
ing of criticism since indepen
dence, newspapers were virtually
unanimous in demanding a state
ment on what is being done about
the latest incident, in which nine
or 10 Indian policemen were
killed in the Ladakh area of
Kashmir a week ago.
Prime Minister Nehru, his cab
inet and the military chiefs of
staff, have been reviewing the
military situation for the past
week. Many unofficial reports of
likely action have circulated, but
none has been confirmed.
A wide review of the entire
border situation was expected to
day at a conference of the gov
ernors of India’s 14 states.
The conference opened Tuesday
with a speech by President Rajen
dra Prasad who reportedly told
the conference that the govern
ment fully shares the disappoint
ment and dismay of the people
over the manner in which Com
munist China is behaving.
Kennedy ‘Unwelcome' In
California Primaries
SACRAMENTO, UP) — Although
California’s primaries are open,
Governor Edmund G. Brown indi
cated Tuesday outsiders wouldn’t
be welcome in the Democratic
Party’s Presidential primary.
Brown, a Democrat, offered no
encouragement to Senator John
F. Kennedy if the young man
from Massachusetts should enter
the contest.
Kennedy has said he wouldn’t
enter California’s primary lest a
bitter contest split the party here.
WEIGHTY DECISION
CAMBRIDGE, Md., UP — The
Dorchester County Grand Jury
ended a two-day session Tuesday
with a recommendation that all
chewing gum be removed from
jury room chairs.
I
No Arms Cut Can
Be Made Now,
i
Says President
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower said today no signifi
cant reduction in defense expen
ditures can be made in the new
budget. ^
Eisenhower told his news con
ference he had discussed arms
spending with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev at the Camp David
conference.
He thinks there is no doubt,
the President said, that Khrush
chev has come to realize as we
in the United States have, that
if we have to put so much money
into non-productive armament
we are barred from raising the
standard of living at home.
Eisenhower said he wanted to
| make it clear that he regards such,
j armament expenditures absolute
| ly necessary now. But he noted
that as far back as April, 1955
he had told the American Society
of Newspaper Editors of the need
for reducing military armament
in order to use part of the money
to make a better world.
Hiker Lost in Alaska
Memorialized at Utah U.
SALT LAKE CITY, UP — A
I memorial in honor of former
University of Utah tackle Larry
Amizich has been established by
Dr. Reed Clegg, football team
physician and Walt De Land, Utah
trainer.
Amizich, a native of Rock
Springs, Wyo., was reported miss
ing and presumed killed in Alas
ka last summer while working
for a construction firm. He dis
appeared on a bike.
The award, a watch, will be
given annually to the player
showing the most alert defensive
play. The Utah coaching staff
will be judges for the award.
KHRUSHCHEV KIN ELECTED
TO SOVIET PARLIAMENT
MOSCOW, UP — The Soviet
of the Union (Russia’s Parliament)
confirmed yesterday the election
to its ranks of Alexei Adzhubei,
34, Khrushchev’s son-in-law. Ad
zhubei is editor of the govern
ment newspaper Izvestia.