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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIV No. 125 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1952 Per Copy—15c
Recommends
U.S. Communists
Register with Govt.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — A gov
ernment panel Monday called the
American Communist party “a
puppet of the Soviet Union” and
recommended that it be required
to register with the U.S. govern
ment and bare its membership
roster and its finances.
The recommendation came in a
report by a two-member panel of
the Subversive Activities Control
Board (SACB), which had listened
to more than 14 months of testi
mony.
“Nurtured by the Soviet Union,”
the panel report said, the party
* "strives incessantly to make the
United States a Soviet America.”
The panel recommended that
the party be required to register
with the Attorney General as
Moscow-dominated, list its offic
ers and members, and give a fin
ancial accounting.
This marked the first step in a
“you must register” drive directed
against the American Communist
party.
It was taken under the Internal
Security Act of 1950 better known
as the McCarran Act because its
author was Sen. McCarran <D
Nev.) It requires that all “Com
munist front” -and “Communist
action” organizations register
with the U.S. government.
The Communists claim the
party is not subversive; the Jus
tice Department says it is, and
party attorneys challenged the
constitutionality of the McCarran
Act.
The report said that Russia, act
ing through the Communist In
ternational, has “directed, domin
ated, controlled, educated and, to
some extent financed” the Ameri
can Communist party.
* Observing that at no time dur
ing the long hearings did the
Communist party disavow rela
tionship with the Soviet Union,
the panel’s decision said:
“There are no protestations of
repentence and reform.”
COMMUNICATION
> Hon. Charles Jones
Mayor of the City of Nome
Nome, Alaska
Dear Mayor Jones
On behalf of the United States
Air Force and Nome Field, I wish
to take this opportunity to express
my appreciation for the coopera
tion your Fire Department and
Volunteer civilians of your city
displayed in assisting in combat
ting the fire which broke out at
thi? station on Sunday morning,
12 October 1952.
It is gratifying to be able to
experience at first hand this fine
attitude which exists between the
people of Nome and military per
sonnel stationed in this area.
^ Inasmuch as it is impossible for
me to contact each individual per
sonally, I would appreciate your
bringing the contents of this letter
to the attention of all Nome citi
zens and Nome Fire Department
personnel concerned.
George D. Tanner,
Major, USAF
Commanding
Court Room Ceremony
To Mark Naturalization
Proceedings Wednesday
An impressive ceremony is
scheduled to take place 2 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon in the U.S.
District Court when several peo
ple will receive their naturaliza
tion papers.
Judge Earl Cooper is making
plans whereby the new American
citizens will long remember the
day they become full - fledged
Americans.
Plans are being made for spe
cial music by a group from the
Norhe High School; the pledge of
allegiance and the American
Creed presented by officials of
the Court and even a flag cere
mony by a local military organi
zation.
Judge Cooper stated that the
public is invited to participate
with their presence in the court
room for the occasion.
Keels Attack Recklessly,
But Futilely Through
Own Artillery Barrage
SEOUL, UP)—Hordes of scream
ing Chinese Reds charged reck
lessly through their own artillery
fire Sunday and early today but
failed in an attempt to recapture
two important central front hills.
U.S. and South Korean soldiers
on Triangle hill and Sniper ridge
forced back the fanatic Commun
ists in fierce hand-to-hand fight
ing.
Thunderous artillery, mortars
and Katusha rockets supported
the Communists. Allied frontline
officers estimated a full regiment
—3,000 to 3,500 men—advanced
on each of the hills north of
Kumhw-a late Sunday.
Ignoring heavy casualties, the
Chinese advanced through thun
derous barrages from their own
and Allied big. guns.
At last report, the Communists
held Pike's Peak, the northwest
ern knob of Triangle hill. Allied
troops controlled the rest of the
rocky mass.
Allied fighter-bombers ’swoop
ed over Papa-San mountain, over
looking both bills, and unloaded
tons of bombs, rockets and sear
ing gasoline on the Communist
staging area.
Early in their assault, the Com
munist surrounded troops of the
U.S. Seventh Infantry Division on
Pike’s Peak. But the Americans
fought their way out. They joined
other U.S. troops and in a furious
bayonet and grenade battle beat
back Chinese who had swarmed
to within 300 yards of the main
crest.
John Roosevelt Knocks
Truman Administration
PHILADELPHIA, UP) — John
Roosevelt, youngest son of the
late Democratic President, says
the Truman administration has
“scuttled the military might built
up by my father.”
Roosevelt continued his tour on
behalf of Republican presidential
nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He said he changed his party
allegiance “because in my opinion
the administration has proven it
self unfit to govern its own suc
cessor.” Roosevelt voted for Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey in 1948.
Truman Criticism
Of Ike Stirs Up
Controversy
(By the Associated Press)
Gen. Eisenhower whistlestops
into New England Monday with
campaign guns expected to be
trained on President Truman
again rather than Gov. Stevenson
— both of whom primed for
whistle-stops of their own Tues
day.
Eisenhower, if he follows his
recent campaign procedure, will
lambast the Truman administra
tion. It is his first trip into New
England as the GOP standard
bearer.
Eisenhower headquarters indi
cated he may reply, during the
tour, to President Truman’s criti
cism of the general on immigra
tion policies.
The criticism was in a speech
read for Truman Friday in which
the President said Eisenhower, by
endorsing some Republican sen
ators who had voted for the Mc
Carran Immigration Bill, showed
he was willing to embrace Nazi
practices to become President.
This touched off a swelling con
troversy over racial and religious
issues. On Eisenhower’s side were
some Republican party Raders, a
leading Jewish rabbi and finan
cier Bernard Baruch.
Eisenhower headquarters made
public a letter to the general from
elder statesman Baruch, who has
been critical of the Truman ad
ministration for almost four years.
The letter, dated Aug. 7, praised
Eisenhower for “abhorrence of
cant, hypocrisy, intolerance in all
fields of human relations.”
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of.
Cleveland, visiting Eisenhower
Saturday, told newsmen he was
shocked by Truman’s statement.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey accused
President Truman of “dirty
lying.”
Sen. Richard M. Nixon of Cal
ifornia, Eisenhower’s running
mate, said Stevenson should “im
mediately disassociate himself
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Pentagon Asked For
Detailed Figures On
Future Military Spending
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
Pentagon was asked today to get
specific the next time it petitions
Congress for funds for military
construction.
Military leaders, a House ap
propriations subcommittee re
ported yesterday, have been “less
than candid” in outlining their i
worldwide construction programs
to Congress.
And, the subcommittee said, the
Pentagon should take steps aimed
at saving money in its public
works program, which runs to
millions of dollars.
The subcommittee, headed by
Rep. Riley (D-SC), issued its re
port to the House after a survey
of 73 military installations in 21
states.
It called for a full report from
the Pentagon before the military
makes its request for funds next
year on all officers punished since
the start of the Korean war for
failing to enforce economy.
Sen. Butler Says He May
Introduce Statehood Bill
That Alaska Will Support
OMAHA, (JP)—Sen. Hugh But
ler, Nebraska Republican, said
Saturday he might soon introduce
an Alaskan statehood bill “which
Alaskans would support.”
Butler, ranking Republican
member of the Interior and In
sular Affairs Committee, has op
' posed measures to make Alaska a
state.
The Nebraska senator, who him
self is seeking re - election next
month, made the statement' to a
reporter while commenting on the
results of Tuesday’s election in
Alaska.
Butler said that if he submits
a statehood bill it would be one
which would permit the Alas
kans themselves to develop their
vast resources.
Statehood bills previously in
troduced by Democrats, he said,
were opposed by the Alaskans
because they would give the “bu
reaucrats in the Department of
Interior” control.
Supreme Court Refuses
To Block Trial Of
Seven Hawaiian Reds
WASHINGTON, UP)—'The Su
preme Court Monday refused to
block the Honolulu trial of seven
persons on charges of plotting to
teach overthrow of the United
States government.
The seven include Jack W. Hall
regional director of the Harry
Bridges International Longshore
mens and Warehousemens Union.
The seven were arrested Aug.
28, 1951, by the FBI. The Bu
reau described the seven persons
as “leaders” of Communist activ
ity in Hawaii.
The group asked the Supreme
Court to issue an order prohibit
ing U.S. District Judge Jon Wiig
from proceeding to put them on
trial. They contended the indict
ment returned against them Aug.
29, 1951, in federal court in Hono
lulu was defective.
The grand jury which returned
the indictment, the group said,
was drawn from a jury array
which was not racially, economic
ally or geographically representa
tive of Hawaii.
Justice Douglas last Sept. 19 re
fused to stay the trial. The Ha
waiian court then ordered the
trial put off until Nov. 5, to give
the full Supreme Court time to'
consider the group’s request.
Francis P. Matthews,
Ambassador to Ireland
Dies Unexpectedly •
OMAHA, UP)—Francis P. Mat
thews, U.S. ambassador to Ire
land, died unexpectedly here Sat
urday. He was 65.
Mathews, an Omaha attorney,
became ambassador to Ireland in
July of last year. Prior to that
he had served two years as Sec
retary of the Navy.
A prominent Catholic layman,
he was in Omaha for a visit.
Only Friday, he disclosed he
would not continue as ambassa
dor after the end of this year
because he wanted to return to
Omaha, which he described as
“the only place on this earth that
I want to live.”
| Coal Miners Refuse
To Work in Protest
■ Of WSB Pay Cut
PITTSBURGH, (JP) — More
than half the country’s 375,000
soft coal miners refused to work
Monday as a protest against the
government - ordered cut in the
$1.90 daily wage boost they' re
cently won from the industry.
Come-to-work whistles were ig
nored by 67,500 miners in west
ern and central Pennsylvania
alone. These. diggers joined the
160,000 miners who refused to
work last week across the nation
while the Wage Stabilization
Board was debating approval of
the pay hike for miners formerly
earning a basic minimum daily
wage of $16.35.
After the WSB approved $\.50
of the pay increase, bringing the
new basic daily wage to $17.85,
more miners joined their idle fel
low workers. Now at least 227,000
are staying away from work.
The walkout came at a time
when coal stocks are at a near
record high. The estimated 85
million tons, of stored coal is the
biggest stockpile in history ex
cept for 1942 when the supply of
coal above ground was around
100 million tons. Ample supplies
mean that industry and house
holders won’t feel a coal short
age for two months or more.
Most miners said they consid
ered the WSB action as nullify
ing their contract.
Members of the United Mine
workers traditionally won’t work
without a contract.
Canadian Cruise Ship
Hits Rock In Fog Off
B. C. Coast
VANCOUVER, B.C., UP) — The v
5,700 - ton coastal cruise ship
Prince George Saturday glanced
off Rocky Ripple Point while
groping through dense fog cover
ing the British Columbia coast.
One of her propellors crushed,
the Canadian National Steamship
vessel anchored opposite the point
and awaited the arrival of tug
boats steaming to' her aid.
There were no injuries to either
passengers or crew and the
smashed propellor was reported
to be the only damage to the
ship.
Ripple Point, not to be confused
with Ripple Rock, the famed
graveyard of ships in Seymour
Narrows, is in Johnstone Strait
between Vancouver Island and
the B. C. mainland
MARINE AT KODIAK SHOT
IN ARGUMENT OVER $5 DEBT
KODIAK, UP) — A teen - age
Marine from Santa Ana, Texas,
was shot to death Saturday in
what officials said was the cul
mination of an argument over a
five dollar debt.
The victim was Raymond Cruz,
19, who was killed shortly after
noon at the Kodiak Naval Station.
Arrested in connection with the
shooting was Roger B. Howland,
37, a civil service worker from
Lisbon, New Hampshire. No
charges have been filed.
Officials said Cruze was ready
to leave for the states to visit
his family.