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MIGRATORY BIRD TREATIES NOT
VIOLATED BY ESKIMOS TAKING FOR FOOD
NINE PAGES of the Congressional Record of Sept.
6th record, the presentation to the Congress of
the United States by Sen. Ernest Gruening. that mi
gratory bird treaties have not been violated by Eski
mos taking ducks for food.
Sen. Gruening reviewed the migratory bird
agreements since they first started in 1918, when the
treaty with Great Britain was signed and followed it
through each administration, showing the intent of
the treaties covering these waterfowl.
He shows that in addition to about five million
sportsmen who depend on the continuance of the sup
ply of wild fowl for sport there is need of conservation
for the farmer’s crops as these migratory insectivorous
birds assist in destroying insects injurious to crops.
Also there is the esthetic viewpoint.
His testimony includes documents showing that
the birds killed in the Arctic have not upset the eco
logical balance with natural predators.
His testimony includes letters proving the need
of these birds for necessary food.
He summarizes his beliefs that as the treaty has
not been enforced for half a century, it was not intend
ed to be enforced in the case of natives taking this sup
ply for food in either Alaska or Canada.
And finally a note from Secretary Udall states
that he is hopeful that the treaty will not hiave to re
negotiated and will be resolved in the near future.
Once again we reiterate for those Alaskans who
still have their doubts about Statehood that it is of
great value to have our senators in Washington, D. C.,
who can go to bat for us when need arises.
Anyone desiring to read the entire text in the
Congress Dictionary may read it at the Nugget.
Ike Interview Starts New Round Post
Mortems on Ill-Fated Cuban Invasion
GETTYSBURG, Pa. <ff» — For
mer President Dwight Eisen
hower may have Started a new
round of post mortems on the
Cuban invasion by declaring that
his outgoing administration had
not drawn up an Invasion plan.
Elver since the invasion was
crushed at the Bay of Pigs last
spring, it has been reported that
F*resident Kennedy inherited a de
tailed invasion plan with many
armed units poised throughout
the Caribbean area. All that re
mained for Kennedy, these re
ports said, was to give the go
ahead signal.
But Esenhower told a group of
38 freshmen Republican congress
men yesterday, “we had done
nothing except to recognize that
these Cuban refugees had a great
desire too go back to Cuba, so we
began organizing them and giving
them weapons and training them.
But beyond that we could not go,
because at that time there was no
recognized leader among the
refugee Cubans.”
He added, “I was not a con- j
sultant or adviser to the Kennedy
Administration in any way, of
course.”
A reporter went back to the
question later, and Esenhower
amplified, “in March, I960, we
had a little meeting in my office
as to whether to go ahead and
train these people. We set up a
little group to keep in touch. It
was never any more than that.”
The Central Intelligence Agen
cy has been widely credited, with
out contradiction, with starting to
line up the ill-fated invasion as
much as a year before the land
ing.
The White House declined com
ment when asked today about Ei
senhower’s statement.
Asked about his views on the
Soviet Union’s resumption of nu
clear testing in the atmosphere,
Esenhower said he believed the
Soviets have been secretly test
ing nuclear weapons during the
three-year moratorium which
ended Sept. 1 with the first shot I
in their new series.
Esenhower covered a wide
range of subjects in a setting
strongly reminiscent of the news
conferences he used to hold in his
White House days. One difference
was that the first-term GOP con
gressmen asked most of the ques
tions.
The first question Eisenhower
was asked was about a recent
State Department pamphlet call
ed “Background Berlin—1961.”
The pamphlet implied that Ei
senhower could have taken Berlin
before the Soviets did at the end
of World War II, but decided not
to.
Republicans in Congress last
week raised shouts of protest over
this version of history.
Eisenhower replied mildly, but
in great detail. In essence he said
the political boundaries of post
war Germany were decided by
higher ups. He said he had sent
his chief of staff to the Yalta Con
ference to advise against dividing
Germany, to no avail.
Besides, Eisenhower said, he was
not at all sure the Allied Forces
he commanded could have reach
ed Berlin first.
Gary Thurlow Named Executive
Assistant to Gov. Egan
JUNEAU UPl — The appoint
ment of Gary Thurlow, Deputy
State Attorney General, as ex
ecutive assistant to Gov. Egan,
effective immediately, was an
nounced by Egan today.
Thurlow, a native of Oklahoma,
succeeds Burke Riley, who re
signed the first of this month fol
lowing his appointment as chair
man of the Interior Department’s
Alaska Field Committee.
Two Girl Scouts
Review Chamber on
Summer Encampment
Two outstanding Senior Girl
Scouts, who were selected to
represent Alaska at scout en
; campments last summer, report
ed at the Chamber luncheon on
Monday as the C of C is the spon
soring organization for the group.
Ann Chambers, daughter of
Mars. Tommy Johnson, attended a
camp out at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
which was a special Spanish
speaking group and centered
around Spanish and Mexican cul
ture. There were 144 girls in the
camp, all of whom lived in five
man tens.
Barbara Mclver, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mclver,
attending a back packing group
centered out of Bremerton, with
a total of 64 girls, carrying 30
pound packs trekking in the
Olympic Mountains, as well as en
joying swimming and other
sports at the main camp. Both
girls hoped that other Nome
Scouts would register for next
year’s outings as they had such
a wonderful time.
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