‘Dems. and Congress Can Give Alaska
Marching Papers’ of Statehood, Says
Representative at Calif. Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — In a
fervent plea for statehood, Mrs.
Helen Fischer of Anchorage said
today Territorial status—a “bar
rier of colonialism”—discourages
young Americans from settling in
Alaska.
The Democratic National com
mitteewoman, in remarks pre
pared for panel , discussion on j
statehood at the Democratic Na-!
tional Committee conference, said i
Alaska could support a popula
tion of mre ban five millin per
sons. I has 129,000.
‘MJnforunately,” she said,
“while Alaska has many attrac
tions and inducements to offer
young Americans, it also is sur
rounded by a high wall—the bar
rier of colonialism, which Amer
icans rebelled at so many years
ago.”
Mrs. Fischer, member of the
Territorial House, spelled out the
“barrier”:
"We cannot vote for Presi
dent, we have no voting repre
sentation in Congress, federal
agencies hold and dominate
more than 99 per cent of our
land area.
“Our cry from the wilderness
is a just one,” she said. “We have
earned the right of Statehood.
We are entitled to it.”
She said Alaska is “hitching
up its seven league boots ready
to stride forth as a great and
productive part of the United
States of America.”
"The Democratic Party and
the present Congress can give
Alaska its marching papers,"
she said.
“During the 90 years Alaska
has been held as a colony of the
United States, it has contributed
more than four million dollars in
new wealth to the coffers of our
national economy—almost 600
times the original purchase price
of the Territory. There is no de
nying it’s been a good investment,
but the investment of self govern
ment—of Statehood, if you please
—will pay even greater divi
dends.”
Truman ‘Fondest
Wish’ Fulfilled; To
Be Grandfather
NEW YORK, Iff) — The former
Margaret Truman, now the wife
of a New York newspaperman,
expects her first 'baby around
July.
News of her impending mother
hood came yesterday from her
husband, Clifton Daniel, 44, a
staff member of the New York
Times. Margaret, the only child
of foraier President Harry S.
Truman, observes her 33rd birth
day tomorrow.
Daniel said his wife is feeling
fine and had broken the news to |
her parents. One of Truman’s
fondest wishes has been that he
become a grandfather.
The former President and Mrs.
Truman, vacationing in Florida,
were not available for direct com
ment. Daniel’s mother, Mrs. E.
Clifton Daniel Sr., wife of a
druggist at Zebulon, N. C., ex
claimed:
“I’ve been on the sidelines
long enough. Now all my friends
who are grandmothers can sit
back and listen to me.”
Miss Truman and Daniel were
married in Independence, Mo.,
Margaret's home town, last April.
Soviets Will Follow
Shepilov Program
LONDON, — Moscow Radio
said Saturday the Soviet Union
intends to follow the foreign pol
icy outlined by Dmitri Shepilov
four days before his removal as
Soviet foreign minister.
The broadcast described Shep
ilov’s report to the Supreme So
viet (parliament) Tuesday as an
“exhaustive and comprehensive
statement of the tasks and aims
of Soviet foreign policy.”
It said “reactions in the West
ern press . . . confirm as con
vincingly as possible the correct
ness of Comrade Shepilov’s
report.”
Shepilov outlined a six-point
Middle East proposal Tuesday
that called for agreement cm an
economic development program,
ending of arms shipments and
junking of Western bases in the
area.
Shepilov also said the Soviet
government still believes “war is
not fatalistically inevitable.” He
said peaceful coexistence between
Communism and Western capital
ism remains “the cornerstone of
the foreign policy of the Soviet
state.”
It was announced Friday that
Shepilov had been replaced as
foreign minister by Andrei A.
Gromyko.
The Moscow broadcast, given at
dictation speed for use by Soviet
provincial papers, underlined the
“correc.ness” of the policy out
lined by Shepilov.
The commentary made no ref
erence to Shepilov’s removal as
foreign minister.
Proud Grandparents
There were two proud fathers
on January 23 when Princess Car
oline arived in Monaco, France,
the first child of Prince Rainier;
and Bradford Russell for Russell
and Ann (Sundquist) Didlake in
Seattle, a first son. The Prince
passed out cigarettes, and Did
liake,' cigars, to their friends, but
their pride was a molehill as
compared to the mountain of joy
in the heart of R. N. (Dick) Sund- I
quist and his wife, Beulah, over
the birth of their first grandchild.
Sundquist is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Sundquist of
Candle, and served in tire Terri-1
torial Legislature as a Senator
from the Second Division some
years ago.
New 2V2% S.S, Tax
Will Benefit Many
Disabled Workers
Beginning January 1, 1957, the!
social security tax which, workers i
pay and which is matched by
their employers, was raised from
2 per cent to 2Vi per cent. The
social security tax paid by self
employed people on their earnings
in 1957 will be increased from 3
per cent to 3% per cent. This
new rate will first apply to their
1957 earnings, and will be due
with their income tax return due
by April 15, 1958.
The additional tax will be used
to finance the new disability in
surance program which provides
monthly social security payments
to qualified disabled worKers be
tween the age of 50 and 65, stated
Mr. James G. Browne, manager of
the district office at Box 1331,
Juneau, Alaska. These benefits
will become payable beginning i
with July, 1957, based on the 1966
Amendments to the Social Se
curity Act passed by Congress.
This slight increase in the tax
will enable many who are now \
disabled tor worx to receive bene
fits; in addition this tax will pro
vide payments at age 50 for in
sured workers who are disabled
in the years ahead.
I
'Widespread Regret’ Over
Loss of Horses; Army
Puts Away Motor Hearse
WASHINGTON, OP) — After re
consideration, the Army says it |
has decided to continue the 92
year-oid tradition of using a
horse-drawn caisson at military
funerals in Arlington National |
Cemetery.
Several weeks ago, the service
announced the ceremonial horses
and gun carriages would be dis
continued af.er June 1 in the in
terest of economy. Motor hearses
were to be used instead.
Friday, Scretary of the Army
Bricker announced the decision |
had been rescinded in view of j
“widespread expressions of re-1
gret.” He added that the desirable (
economy “is outweighed by the
intangible values” of continuing'
the tradition.
_
25,0Jotii Refugee .
At N. J. Army Rase
J
CAMP KILMER, N. J., UR —
The Army welcomed 1,989 Hun
; garian refugees here yesterday,
bringing the total who have en
tered the processing center to
26,549.
The latest arrived in buses from
the final transport ship of the
Operation Mercy program, the
U. S. Naval ship Walker, which
docked in New York Thursday
night.
The 25,000th refugee was little
Tamas Bruder, 3-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bruder, for
merly of Budapest.
Tamas’ father is a baker and
the family expects to settle in
Chicago.
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