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ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
RED CHINESE invasion of the Island of Quemoy
on the heels of stepped-up pounding from coastal
artillery could settle most any moment the long
parried question of whether or not the United States
would defend this offshore bastion of Nationalist
China.
Under the 1955 Mutual Defense Treaty between
the U. S. and Chiang Kai-shek’s government in Tai
peh, we are pledged to the defense of Formosa and
the Pescadores, but Quemoy and other off-shore
islands are not mentioned. However, since that date,
Quemoy has been built up as a military strong-point
until it is occupied by nearly a third of Chiang’s
600,000 men. It should be noted, too, that a month
after ratification of the treaty by the Senate, Secre
tary Dulles stated that the question of whether of not
an attack on Quemoy is an attack on Formosa would
be decided by the President “at the time.”
In recent days, Mr. Dulles-has said that an inva
sion attempt would be considered a “thret to the
peace of the area.” The U. S. Seventh Fleet has been
alerted. Chinese Nationalist flyers have repulsed a
Red air attack over the island. The 33,000-ton USS
Essex, with an escort of four destroyers, ordered from
the IVIediterranean, gives the Seventh Fleet its fifth
carrier and a total complement of 71 ships.
Queried on his present attitude on the Quemoy
attack, President Eisenhower told his press confer
ence that developments of the last three years hve
brought about a “closer relationship” between Que
moy and Formosa, but that “you simply can’t make
military decisions until after the event reaches you.”
Whatever may be in the devious minds of the Red
Chinese leaders, they know now that we will stand
with Chiang at Quemoy. If the operation has been
an elaborte feint to learn our intentions, there will be
no invasion, But if the Red Marines, now massing
for attack, make an assault on the beach — anything
can happen.
Nixon Urges Broad Tax Cut Program
BOSTON, W! — Vice President
Richard Nixon Saturday urged a
broad program of tax cuts and ex
panded jobless payments to stim
ulate the U. S. economy.
Nixon said he was speaking for
himself, not the Eisenhower Ad
ministration, and declared:
“I realize that for someone in
political life even to suggest con
sideration of such proposals as
these may seem 'somewhat fool
hardy.”
Nixon, in a speech prepared for
delivery to the 50th anniversary
conference of the Harvard Busi
ness School Assn., said his pro
posals were “areas that should
have top priority for considera
tion by the Administration and
by the Congress in its next
session.”
Noting that a 12-j^ion-dollar
government deficit now is in pros
pect, Nixon said “we must not
allow the fear of a temporary
budget deficit to put us in a
straitjacket which will keep us
from doing what we ought to do
to insure economic growth.”
“Our job should be to fashion
a tax structure which will create
more jobs, more income and more
genuine security,” he said.
Nixon’s tax reform proposals
were part of a three prong dis
cussion of major economic prob
lems.
The Vice President urged “more
liberal treatment of depreciation
for business taxation purposes”
in order to “stimulate the taking
of risks by investing in new
plants and equipment."
He also proposed a reduction
in the present corporate tax rate,
saying:
“Even a small cut in the cor
porate tax rate of 52 per cent
would lead to more rather than
less revenue.”
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Attorneys Select
Law Members of
Judicial Council
Election of the three law mem
bers of the Judicial Council un
der the new State Constitution,
climaxed the meeting of the
Board of Governors of the Alaska
Bar Association here on Sunday.
Robert A. Parrish of Fairbanks,
Harold E. Stringer of Anchorage,
and Ernest E. Bailey of Ketchi
kan, were selected to serve on the
newly-created Council.
In other business, the Board
spent nearly two days of the
meeting conferring with Sheldon
Elliott of New York, director of
the Institute of Judicial Adminis
tration, concerning details of the
court system to be suggested to
the first State Legislature by the
Bar Association. Elliott will pre
pare a draft of association* pro
posals, which will then be circu
lated among the members of the
Bar. “We are extremely fortu
nate to have the assistance of a
man like Sheldon Elliott,” W. C.
Stump, president of the Associa
tion, stated. “He has given us in
valuable aid.”
Peter J. Kalamarides, Anchor
age, was also present ,at the meet
ing as chairman of the Admissions
Committee. Seventeen applications
for admission by reciprocity or
by examination were presented
by Kalamarides, who reported
there had been a boom in interest
in Alaska with the advent of
Statehood.
. The Judicial Council will, when
complete, consist of the three
law members, three lay members
appointed by the Governor, and
the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. The Council is charged
with the submitting of the names
of prospective judicial appointees
to the Governor, and with the
approval of rules for civil and
criminal procedure.
Robert Parrish, elected to the
5-year term, has practiced in
Fairbanks for the past ten years,
where he resides with his wife
and 5 sons. Parrish came to Alas
ka in the Army in 1941, is a
graduate of the University of
West Virginia, and has served on
the Board of Governors of the
Association for two years. He will
resign his position on the Board
to serve on the Council.
Herald Stringer is a past De
partment Commander of the
American Legion, and is now
serving his third successive term
as National Executive Committee
man of the Legion, from Alaska.
Stringer, the father of two sons,
has practiced law in Anchorage
since 1948. He was a member of
the House in the 1953 Territorial
Legislature, and served as chair
man of an interim committee of
the Legislature during the suc
ceeding two years. Stringer will
serve on the Council for the three
year term.
The third member of the Coun
cil, Ernest Bailey of Ketchikan,
was elected to the initial one
year term. Bailey, a former As
sistant U. S. Attorney for the First
Division, is city attorney at Ket
chikan, where he has practiced
Taw for 18 years. A resident of
the Territory since 1917, Bailey
is married and has two daughters.
Bailey and Parrish are Demo
crats, Stringer a Republican.
Members of the board in attend
ance at the meeting were W. C.
Stump and Robert Jemberg of
Ketchikan, M. E. Monagle of Ju
neau, Robert McNeally and Par
rish of Fairbanks, James A. von
der Heydt of Nome, and John
Connolly, Clifford Groh and Wen
dell P. Kay of Anchorage. Mary
Keeney, executive secretary, also
was present. The board will meet
next in Anchorage on the first
Monday in December, to consider
the results of the forthcoming bar
examination and transact other
business.
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! SINGS FOR HIS PASSPORT
WARSAW, Poland, UP) — Re
turning to his native Poland for
the first time in 19 years, oper
atic tenor Jan Kiepura crossed
two iron curtain frontiers Sunday
without a passport.
At the East Berlin airport the
singer reported that his passport
had been mislaid during this
trip. ^
“But I am Jan Kiepura,” said
the singer.
“It is only you who tells us
this, please prove it to us,” the
official replied.
“I can sing to you,” said Kie
pura, and did.
The official let him pass.
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Father Hubbard
Celebrates 50th
Priesthood Anniv.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., UR —
The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard,
S. J., who since 1927 has been
probing Alaska’s volcanoes and
exploring its great glaciers, cele
brates his golden jubilee in the
Society of Jesus.
Father Hubbard, 70, who can
usually be found in Alaska when
he isn’t at the University of Santa
Clara, is known around the world
as “the Glacier Priest.”
Three years ago he suffered a
stroke. But despite a partly para
lyzed left side, he since made two
trips to the 49th State.
Father Hubbard entered the Los
Gatos Novitiate of the Society of
Jesus in 1908. He was ordained
in the Roman Catholic order at
Inssbruck, Austria, in 1923.
In Alaska he has conquered
such challenges as Aniakchak Vol
cano, the Akutan and Shishaldin
Craters, the Valley of Ten Thous
and Smokes, and Kodiak Island.
He is known to thousands as a
writer, lecturer, photographer,
geologist and explorer.
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