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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
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STORM OVER IMMIGRATION
Controversy is raging around the McCarren -
Walter Immigration Act, which went into effect the
day before Christmas. The reaction abroad has been
overwhelmingly critical. Even such a temperate, pro
American newspaper as the Manchester Guardian has
spoken of it as a “flat repudiation” by the United
States of its normal standards of decency; and the
claim is widely made that it is undoing all the good
will the Voice of America has been trying to culti
vate for years.
In the United States itself the President’s Com
mission on Immigration and Naturalization in a vol
uminous report has labeled it “an arrogant, brazen in
strument of discrimination based on race, creed, color,
and national origin.” Leading Protestant, Roman Cath
olic, and Jewish spokesmen, as well as numerous
reputable civic and national organizations, have gone
on record as wholeheartedly opposed to the act.
From all this it is clear that the new immigration
law is something less than ideal—a fact which General
Eisenhower recognized during the campaign when he
spoke of its “unfair provisions” and the desirability of
revising them. Yet there is need for more careful
assessment of the good as well as the bad in the
present system.
It is true that the act needs revision, and that it
departs a long way from the spirit of George Washing
ton, who spoke of America’s bosom as open to receive
“the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and
religions.” But there is nothing inconsistent between
that generous spirit and a selectivity based not on
prejudice but on a realistic balancing of humanitarian
considerations against problems of cultural assimila
tion in a 20th-century society.
A man who bows.to no one can never bear the
burden of himself. —Dostoevsky
Aide to Atomic Scientist
Found Mysteriously
Stabbed to Death
NEW YORK, UP—An aide to
an atomic scientist was myster
iously stabbed to death with an
ice pick Wednesday night, but
the scientist said he doubted that
the slaying had any connection
with the atomic energy work.
The victim, James Doyle, about
55, was found in a hallway of a
residential building with the pick
still protuding from his heart.
He was employed as a clerk
and helper to Dr. John B. Dun
ning, dean of the Columbia Uni
versity School of Engineering, at
Columbia’s Pupin Physcis Labor
atory. Dunnings was the first
atomic scientist to go to work on
the “Manhattan Project” that de
veloped the A-bomb.
“It is highly unlikely that
Doyle’s murder had any connec
tion whatsoever, with our work
concerning atomic energy,” Dun
ning told an interviewer.
“In the first place, there is
essentially little classified work
being done at the laboratory, and,
in the second place, what little
of it is confidential Doyle had no
connection with.
“He was not a scientist and,
even if he had access to secret
information, he was in no posi
tion to do anything about it.”
Dunning described Doyle as “a
loyal, solid fellow.”
AVA Asks Legislature
For More Money In 1953
JUNEAU, Uft—The Alaska Visit
ors’ Association board asked com
mittees of the legislature Thurs
day for increased financial aid to
further its 1953 tourist promotion
plans.
The organization re-elected top
officers, asked James Chadwick
to continue as executive secretary
with headquarters at Juneau, and
expand the board of directors
from 12 to 24.
Officers re-elected were Ed
ward Coffey, Anchorage, presi
dent; P. A. Johnson, Fairbanks,
first vice president; Robert Ellis,
Ketchikan, second vice president;
O. F. Benecke, Juneau, treasurer;
James Whaley, Anchorage, secre
tary.
8 CONVICTED FOR CLAIMING
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
WHILE EMPLOYED
KETCHIKAN — In U. S. Com
missioners Court last week, eight
Metlakatla residents pleaded
guilty to charges of filing claims
for unemployment insurance
while employed. All eight were
convicted. Seven received sus
pended sentences, ranging from
15 to 35 days, on making full
restoration of monies obtained.
The eighth one, Wilfred Vemey,
did not make immediate restitu
tion and is serving his 20-day sen
tence. A total of $1,618 was re
funded by the seven claimants
who made restitution.
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THE POLES MOVING
Drs. Walter Munk and Roger Revelle, of the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, have concluded
that the North Pole moved about 10 feet toward
Greenland between 1900 and 1925. Since that time,
however, they think it might have retreated by a foot
or two. This information will not revolutionize the
world, although it is interesting to note that the two
oceanographers belive that the amount of water in the
sea alters the distribution of matter and mass in our
earthly planet.
In other words, the theory is that rises and falls
in sea level caused by melting ice on Greenland, or
perhaps melting Antarctic ice-caps, change the map
of the planets and lengthen the days and, sometimes,
move the poles.
One theory is that the poles, or more correctly
the lands under them, have shifted greatly since the
earth was formed. The South Pole is said to have been
located over land which is now in Central Africa.
Keeping that in mind, we are glad to see that the
North Pole, which had moved southward between
i900 and 1925, has turned around again. We are per
fectly content for it to stay where it is in our lifetime.
McKay Fills Out
Interior Dept. Posts
By W. JONES MacFARLAN
WASHINGTON, OB — Secretary
of the Interior McKay said yes
terday that Ralph A. Tudor of
Palo Alto, Calif., nominated to be
undersecretary, likely will not
take over his duties until about
April 1.
In the meantime Vernon D.
Northrop will continue to serve as
undersecretary. Northrop was ad
vanced from the post of adminis
trative assistant secretary last
year, when Oscar Chapman was
secretary.
Northrop said he did not ex
I pect to remain with the depart
ment after Tudor takes over,
though McKay said he wanted
him to stay if he would.
Clarence A. Davis of Lincoln,
Neb., former attorney general of
Nebraska, and Orme Lewis of
Phoenix, Ariz., likely will come
here within a week after confir
mation.
Davis is to be Interior solicitor.
Lewis, a lawyer and Republi
can leader in Arizona, will be
assistant secretary of Public
Lands Management. He succeeds
Joel D. Wolfshon, who' said he has
resigned and will enter private
law practice here when McKay
accepts his resignation.
Under Lewis will be the Bureau
of Land Management, the Fish
and Wildlife Service, the Division
of Territories, the Bureau of In
dian Affairs and the National
Park Service.
House Enacts Bill Extend
Filing Period for Politicos
Through February
JUNEAU, UP! — The Territorial
House quickly passed two bills
and approved a $182,000 de
ficiency appropriation for the tax
ation department Thursday.
One of the measures enacted,
sponsored by Rep. Dorothy Prior,
Anchorage Republican, would ex
tend filing periods for political
candidates through February. A
proposal for shifting the primary
election from April to June had
previously been eliminated.
The other bill passed was intro
duced by Rep. Alden Wilbur,
Fairbanks Republican, to protect
blind pedestrians. It would make
mandatory that all vehicles stop
for persons carrying white canes.
Transports built by one major
aircraft manufacturer have flown
more than 53,300,000,000 miles—
far enough to take a plane to the
moon and back 100,000 times.
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Congress Told It
Must Stop Growth
Of Military Brass
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Rep. Short
(R-Mo) said Thursday Congress
may have to write more restric
tive new laws to' stop what he
termed a deplorable growth of
military brass.
Short, chairman of the House
Army Services Committee, said
present laws governing promo
tions in the armed services and
setting limits on the number of
officers in each rank may have
to be thoroughly reviewed and
revised.
Rep. Glenn R. Davis (R-Wis)
told the committee Wednesday the %
number of officers above the rank
of lieutenant colonel has increased
since the war, although the armed
forces now are only one-half or
one-quarter as large.
The Army, he said, will have
451 major generals-next June for
a 1,600,000 man army, compared
to 495 for the seven million men
of the war.
Rep. Norblad (R-Ore), a com
mittee member, said the Navy has
295 admirals for a million-man
fleet, compared to 287 for a four
million-man wartime force.
The committee heard these stat
istics at the start of hearings to
consider ways of altering regula
tions to prevent freezing the
careers of 10,000 junior naval of
ficers.
Death Toll in Holland’s
Flood Nears 2,000 Mark
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands,
Uf)—The death toll in Holland’s
disastrous floods reached 1,320
yesterday. This brought the total
in the low countries and Britain
to 1,800.
The Dutch figure fell short,
however, of the approximately
2.000 deaths which reliable, but
unconfirmed, reports say the surg
ing flood waters have caused
since the weekend.
And the end was not in sight.
Four new breaks in the dike sys
tem of Schouwen-Duiveland Is
land, in southwest Holland, post
ed a new peril for thousands of
homeless flood victims stranded
there.
The Dutch ministry of war of
fered an extra guilder a day,
(about 30 cents) and a pack of
cigarets to each of the 4,000 to
5.000 American soldiers who have
been sent in to help in the rescue
work. But Gen. Manton S. Eddy,
commander of U.S. Army forces
in Europe, asked that the money
and cigarets be turned over to the
national relief fund.
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