Indian Envoy Talks With President;
Is Hopeful for Release of U.S. Airmen
WASHINGTON UV-Indian dip-'
lomat V. K. Krishna Menon said
after a conference with President
Eisenhower yesterday that he
thought the release of some air
men by Red China had “opened
the door” to the possibility of
freedom for others held there.
White House Press Secretary
James Hagerty announced that at
the President’s suggestion the In
dian diplomat would meet later
with State Secretary Dulles.
Menon would not discuss any
specific subject he had talked
about with Eisenhower and Dulles
during the meeting in the Presi
dent’s office.
He was asked whether, apart
from his report to the President,
he could state his feeling about
the possibility of release of 11
American airmen acknowledged
by Red China to be imprisoned
there. Four fliers were released
about two weeks ago after Krish
na Menon had visited Peiping.
In reply to the question, the
Indian envoy said:
“Well, apart from my meeting
with President, I have said before
in India that the release of the
four fliers opened the door.”
Krishna Menon went on to say
he was sure there could be a
“lowering of tensions” between
the United States and Red China
“if we all make an effort.”
Asked whether he was hopeful
about getting critical problems
solved, he replied:
“I’m a hopeful person, other
wise I wouldn’t be around. It is
not hope we require but faith.”
He also said that he personally
looked forward to further talks
with Eisenhower.
His purpose in coming here was
to report on a 10-day visit to Pre
mier Chou En-lai of Red China
last month and to urge that the
U.S. Government make some con
ciliatory gesture toward Red Chi
na following up the release of the
four airmen.
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House Armed Services
Group Votes to Lower
Doctor Draft Age to 45
WASHINGTIN, ItfV—The House
Armed Services Committee voted
Tuesday to reduce from 50 to 45
the maximum age at which doc
tors and dentists may be drafted
into the armed services.
The committee previously had
approved the age 50 figure.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) said
the amendment to reduce the
draft age will be offered when
the doctor draft extension bill is
considered by the House.
Both the regular draft and the
doctor draft are due to die in 16
days.
The House has voted to con
tinue the regular draft, known
also as selective service, but has
yet to act on the doctor draft.
In the Senate, the Armed Ser
vices Committee gave tentative
approval Monday to a bill to con
tinue the regular draft for four
years and the doctor draft for two.
The group delayed final action
in order to give Pentagon officials
another chance to speak about
adding a strengthened military re
serve program to the legislation.
MOLOTOV, HAMMARSKJOLD
CONFER PRIVATELY IN N.Y.
NEW YORK, (if)—Soviet For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov talk
ed privately for 28 minutes today
with Dag Hammarskjold, secre
tary general of the United Na
tions.
It was Molotov’s first visit to
the United Nations since 1946,
when he attended a foreign min
isters’ meeting here.
Molotov is enroute to the 10th
anniversary meeting of the United
Nations at San Francisco. He ar
rived early today on the Queen
Elizabeth.
Communist Rebels
Kill 10 in Burma
RANGOON, Burma, (£}—Com
munist rebels have killed 10 gov
ernment officials and captured 8
of a 20-man party in an ambush
350 miles north of Rangoon, re
ports to 'the capital said Tuesday.
An army lieutenant was among
the two listed as escaping. The
Red band was estimated to num
ber 70 men.
AMERICAN LEGION OFFICER
VISITS NOME TODAY
Walter Smith, special service
officer for the American Legion,
passed through Nome Wednesday
on a tour of all Alaska Legion
posts. Time did not permit him
to remain long enough for a
meeting with the local group but
he interviewed several of the
members while he was here.
Mr. Smith is also adjutant and
finance officer with headquarters
in Juneau. In addition he is also
editor of the “Alaska Legion
naire.”
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: James Picknalook,
Mary Paneok.
Discharged: Betty Attatayuk,
Loretta Moser.
If a plane should fly westward
at the earth’s equator at a little
more than 1,000 miles an hour
it would remain in time zones
recording the same time of day
as that in which it started.
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$2 Billion Military
Public Works
Bill Approved
WASHINGTON, UR—'The House
Armed Services Committee Tues
day approved a bill to authorize
military public works estimated
to cost $2,368,698,000.
The amount is $14,345,700 more
than originally sought by the De
fense Department.
The measure does not appropri
ate funds tor construction of the
various Army, Navy, Air Force
and Central Intelligence Agency
projects contained in the bill. A
separate appropriation bill is re
quired to do that. The money, if
appropriated, will be available
for use in the year beginning on
July 1.
The Army, * which requested a
total of $543,365, 000, was author
ized to spend $551,105,000. This
included a last-minute addition of
about $8 million for construction
of a 500-bed Army hospital at
Ft. Jackson, S.C.
The Navy’s original request of
$581,197,300 was boosted to $596,
140,000. Contributing largely to
the hike was another late action
by the committee in approving
$11,467,000 for expansion of the
Naval Academy’s grounds by fill
ing the Dewey-Santee Basin of
►the Severn River. The fill is ex
pected to add about 32 acres.
13 Killed in Skirmishes
In North Africa Colonies
PARIS, —Ten persons were
reported killed in eastern Algeria
Monday and three in Morocco as
the terrorist campaign against
French rule continued unabated.
The Algerian dead included
nine rebels and one French sol
dier, killed in three of the small
skirmishes which have been oc
curring almost daily since Nov. 1.
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RABAT, French Morocco, —
U.S. airmen and sailors were or
dered today to keep out of the
Arab quarters in North African
cities as the French tightened
security measures against mili
tant nationalists.
Two hand grenades were set off
Tuesday at Berkane, Morocco.
Four Moroccans were wounded,
including a 3-year-old child.
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