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VOL. LVI NO. 57 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12,1954 Per Copy—15<
NEW PROPOSAL WOULD GRANT
STATEHOOD BUT LEAVE SPARSE
AREAS IN MILITARY RESERVATION
By FRANK W. VAILLE «
(AP Special Washington Service'
WASHINGTON, UP — Support
appeared growing today for pos
sible statehood for the entire ter
ritory of Alaska with a military
reservation inside its borders.
The proposal, advanced to coun
ter an earlier suggestion that only
the populated areas of Alaska be
given statehood, was outlined yes
terday by chairman Butler of the
Senate Interior Committee.
He told members of the group
of 50 Alaskans here to spur state
hood chances there “seems to be
sentiment in higher places for a
separation of some kind.” He
added, however, that the idea of
a military reservation within state
boundaries instead of a partition
seems to have merit and may be
a good compromise. Supposedly
such a reservation would embrace
vast non-populous areas of north
ern and western Alaska.
“The proposal should be put up
to the chief (President) to see if
he won’t go along,” Butler de
clared, adding that it was desir
able “to keep Alaska united if
possible.”
The delegation was marking
time today as it awaited word on
when some of its members will
get to confer with the President.
Butler, who was given a stand
ing ovation for “spearheading the
best statehood bill ever written,”
recommended that the group meet
again with House Speaker Martin
after conferring with the Presi
dent.
“The success of your trip de
pends on your changing the stand
of Martin,” he declared, referring
to the opposition of House leaders
to consideration of the Alaska
bill.
The counter - proposal to the
partition plan has not been ad
vanced formally by the 50-mem
ber delegation on the ground its
members have no official stand
ing in Alaska.
Under the reservation plan, ad
vocates contend, the entire area
would continue to be under one
government, and its residents
would have the full status of citi
zenship.
Basic behind the proposal is the
understanding that in event the
military reservation should ever
be vacated the area would revert
to the state.
Butler told the delegation the
creation of a military reservation
DINNER SATURDAY NIGHT
TO HONOR GEN. SMITH
Mayor Steffen Andersen has
announced that there will be a
dinner at the Bering Sea Club
Saturday night at 7:30 honoring
General Donald Smith and party
who are participating in the
Armed Forces Day celebration.
Reservations are being made
through the Nome Drug Store,
N.C. Cat Shop or the Bering Sea
Club and citizens are urged to get
their reservations in early as the
capacity of the dining room is
limited.
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House Speaker Martin Reaffirms
His Support of Hawaii Statehood
And Opposition To Alaska Bill
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Heintzleman Confers With
House Speaker Martin
Urging Statehood Action
From the Office of the Governor
JUNEAU—Gov. B. Frank Hein
tzleman advised his office in Ju
neau Tuesday that he conferred
Monday with House Speaker Jo
seph W. Martin and urged him to
use his influence to get the com
bined Alaska-Hawaii statehood
bill out of the House Rules Com
mittee so that it could be verted on
in the form in which it passed the
Senate or after such revision as
the House may consider advisable.
The governor advised the speak
er of the arrival of a group of
Alaska statehood supporters in
the capital and the speaker said
he would meet with representa
tives of the delegation. He told
Governor Heintzleman, however,
that he is not optimistic over the
chances for action on statehood
legislation, which has been tied
up in the Rules Committee since
an objection by Representative
Sam Rayburn (D-Tex) prevented
its being sent to conference.
Bartlett Calls On Army to
Stop Using Soldiers For
Longshoring at Whittier
WASHINGTON, UP) — Delegate
Bartlett wants the Army to stop
using soldiers as longshoremen at
its facilities in Whittier.
He to'ld the House Armed Ser
vices Committee yesterday that an
ample supply of labor is avail
able at Anchorage and disputed
Army contentions that Whittier
facilities will not permit main
tenance of a civilian labor force.
The delegate said he was op
posed to drafting men for mili
tary duty and then requiring them
to work as longshoremen. He said
he questioned whether such a
practice would be permitted in a
port in continental United States.
within the boundary of the State
of Alaska may be an acceptable
substitute for the idea of admit
ting only a part of Alaska to
statehood.
Butler advised the delegation
to see President Eisenhower and
“stress your willingness to make
all the outside area (outside the
populated section) a military re
servation.”
He suggested that they ask the
President to use his influence
with the leadership of the House
to get action on the Alaska state
hood legislation at this session of
Congress.
Members of the delegation re
ported to Butler that they found
only a “glimmer” of hope that
House Speaker Martin, would
withdraw his apposition to Alaska
statehood.
> WASHINGTON, UPC-Gov. Sam
uel Wilder King of Hawaii said
today he has been assured of Re
publican party organization sup
port for the combined Hawaii
Alaska statehood bill.
King said GOP National Chair
man Leonard Hall told him at a
conference the “party' organiza
tion is doing all it can to get the
legislation through Congress.
King told reporters he also call
ed on House Speaker Joseph W.
Martin and that Martin reaffirm
ed his support for statehood for
Hawaii and his opposition to state
hood for Alaska at this time.
Meanwhile individual members
of the Hawaii delegation and a
similar delegation from Alaska
called on members of Congress.
Barrie White of Anchorage,
president of Operation Statehood,
said the delegation was breaking
up into smaller groups with the
idea of seeing as many lawmakers
as possible.
Anticipating a White House
visit, the Alaskans chose eight
persons to represent them. Six of
them, picked by directors of Op
eration Statehood and confirmed
by the delegation, include Walter
Hickel, Republican National Com
miteeman; Ray Plummer, Demo
ratic National Committeeman,
both of Anchorage; Territorial
Sens. John Butrovich, Fairbanks
Republican, and William E. Egan,
Valdez Democrat; Miles Brandon
of Dillingham, a full-blooded Es
kimo and official representative
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood;
and Dr. Will Chase, Cordova
mayor. ,
Health Officers Foresee
Measles Epidemic Among
Greenland Eskimos
GODTHAAB, Greenland, (IP —
The 2,000 Eskimos in Greenland’s
capital of Godthaab may come
down with measles within a week,
health officials warned today.
They were warned to prepare for
the epidemic by stocking in food,
water and fuel.
The warning followed out
breaks of at least 16 cases of
measles in Godthaab. The capital
has been isolated from the rest of
the big Danish island.
Rapid spread of the disease is
feared. Greenland has never ex
perienced it before and the Eski
mos have built up no resistance
to it.
Health officers believe the dis
ease was brought here by a Dan
ish ship about two weeks ago.
Communist Culture, No Doubt
TOKYO, (ff)—Japanese legisla
tors were told today that Com
munist teachers in a Kyoto high
school added arson, general de
-truction and rock throwing to
d.e curriculum.
PROCLAMATION
To commemorate Armed Forces
Day, I, Steffen Andersen, Mayor
of the City of Nome, Alaska, do
proclaim Saturday, the 15th of
May, 1954, a holiday and urge
the citizenry of Nome to lay aside
their customary tasks and show
their appreciation of the day by
participating in the celebration
and making it a notable event.
STEFFEN ANDERSEN,
Mayor of Nome
President Refuses Answer
Questions About M’Carthy
WASHINGTON, UPl — President
Eisenhower today called it so
reprehensible for any Army intel
ligence officer to supply confi
dential FBI data without author
ization. He was asked specifically
about an incident related by Sen.
McCarthy, but Eisenhower said
he would only discuss the prin
ciple involved.
At the outset of the conference,
a reporter told the President that
Sen. McCarthy had testified last
week that an Army intelligence
officer supplied him with classi
fied FBI material. He then asked
Eisenhower to comment on the
“propriety” of the Army intelli
gence officer’s delivery of such
data to McCarthy without author
ization.
The President recalled that he
said at his news conference last
week he was thinking of taking a
vacation from replies to questions
dealing with McCarthy.
He added he was not going to
comment on the aspect of the
question as it related to McCarthy.
The President also said the re
action he has received to his pro
posal that the voting age be low
ered from 21 to 18 has been favor
able. He added, however, he is
not going to insist that 18 is the
best age for eligibility. A better
age, he went on, might be 19.
The main thing, the President
said, is that he always has oper
ated on the theory that if a man
is old enough to risk his life in
the armed forces before he be
comes 21, he ought to have some
voice in deciding the affairs of
the country at the polls.
JAPAN EXPECTS RECEIVE
SHIPS AND PLANES FROM U.S.
TOKYO, UB — Foreign Minister
Katsuo Okazaki said today he ex
pects Japan and the United States
to sign “very soon” an agreement
giving Japan four destroyers and
140 airplanes—possibly including
jets — for its expanding defense
forces. The foreign minister told
a press conference he expected
the 140 planes to be given to
Japan. The destroyers, two large
and two small, would be loaned,
he said.
TUESDAY BASEBALL SCORES
National League
New York 5, Cincinnati 4
Milwaukee 2, Brooklyn 0
Philadelphia 8, Chicago 7
American League
Washington 5, Detroit 3
Baltimore 2, Philadelphia 0
New York 5, Cleveland 3
Chicago 2, Boston 1
Coast League
Seattle 5, Portland 4
Sacramento 8, San Diego 0
San Francisco ?, Los Angeles 0
Hollywood 7, Oakland 3
Temporary USO
To Open Here
On Saturday
Announcement has been made
this week of the opening of a
USO headquarters next Saturday.
As a part of Armed Forces Day
a reception and open house will
be held in the temporary loca
tion which is the old Methodist
parsonage.
The permanent location will be
on First Ave., next to Nome
Motors garage.
A permanent committee has
been set up with Russell Hermann
as chairman and a council repre
senting the enlisted personnel of
Nome Field.
Several of the teen-age girls erf
the community have been asked
to be hostesses with the commit
tee for the reception which is
headed by Mrs. Stan Morgan.
Money was appropriated from
USO headquarters in New York
with the help of the church and
the people of Nome.
Mr. Allen Smith, director of the
Fairbanks USO, is assisting with
the details, and will arrive here
tomorrow.
Activities planned, it is report
ed, will be dances, movies, lib
rary, snack bar and possibly a
soda fountain.
The open house is planned to
be held directly after the parade.
Beta Sigma Phi is assisting by
cleaning up the building and pre
paring it for the use of USO.
Bartlett Urges More Funds
For Road Construction
And Alaska Public Works ■
WASHINGTON, UR — Delegate
Bartlett yesterday urged increas
ed appropriations for Alaska
road construction and p u b li c
works program.
He said the House allowances
of 7 million dollars for road con
struction would result in a “sub
stantial slowdown” in the pro
gram with no new construction
contemplated. The budget had
contained $9,940,000.
Bartlett also urged an increase
in appropriations for public works
for which the House allowed the
budget request of 5 million dollars
as compared with appropriations
of 12 million last year.
He said he believes the appro
priation should be at least the
$10,307,978 needed to undertake
projects for which community
planning has been completed.
RUSSIA REJECTS CHARGES
BY BRITAIN THAT ATTACHES
ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE
LONDON, UP)—Russia today re
jected British charges that two
Red air force majors tried to spy
on this country’s military secrets.
The foreign office announced,
however, Soviet ambassador Ja
cob Malik had told the British
government the two Soviet of
ficials, assistant air attaches here,
would be withdrawn from the
embassy in London.
Britain on May 7 gave the pair
10 days to leave the country,
charging they had “abused their
diplomatic status” by attempting
to engage in espionage activities.