I S Unrepatriates
Plan Festive Xmas
Behind Barb Wire
PANMUNJOM, UP) — Twenty
two American war prisoners plan
ned a festive Christmas behind
barbed wire as the TJ. N. Com
mand made a last minute appeal
that they weigh carefully their
decision to stay with the Reds.
A 12-page letter addressed to
each prisoner urged them to be
certain their refusal to return
home was not an “irrevocable”
mistake.
Copies of the letter were sent
to Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, In
dian chairman of the Neutral Na
tions Repatriation Commission
with a note asking they be de
livered to the 22 Americans in
neutral custody.
A spokesman for Thimayya in
dicated the “come home” letter
would have to be approved by
the five-nation NNRC Monday,
just two days before expiration
of the 90-day period for trying
to woo home unrepatriated war
prisoners.
The Reds delivered a truckload
of athletic equipment to the pro
Communist north camp, along
with decorations and colored
tissue paper. Holiday food also
has been supplied for the Ameri
cans, 1 Briton and 327 South Kor
eans in the camp.
Some 22,000 Chinese and North
Koreans in the anti - Red south
camp will get Christmas delica
cies from the U.N. Command. And
the Indian Command said it would
distribute gifts from outside or
ganizations, including several
planeloads of food from Formosa.
"LET'S TALK TURKEY" says
Smilin' Jack at Merc Meat,
Committeemen Have
Nothing To Say After
Statehood Conference
WASHINGTON, UP) — Chairmen
of the Senate and House Interior
Committees discussed statehood
for Hawaii with President Eisen
hower Friday, but had nothing to
say when the session was over.
Legislation to admit Alaska to
the union apparently was not dis
cussed.
Sen. Butler and Rep. Miller,
Nebraska Republicans, had only a
shake of the head and a gesture
over the shoulder toward the con
ference room for newsmen who
sought to learn what went on.
Butler has predicted the Haw
aiian bill will be approved by his
committee early in the session
convening next month and sent to
the Senate for action.
Butler opposed Alaska state
hood legislation in its present
form but has said that too would
be taken up by the committee. He
has declined, however, to predict
the outcome of the committee vote
on Alaska.
Jeanne Tripp, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harlan Tripp, teachers
at the Nome School arrived from
Rochester, Minn., to spend the
holidays with her family.
Emus are hard to shoot because
they run at about 35 miles an
hour and their heavy, feathered
hides often turn bullets.
LWY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The annual Christmas Eve pro
gram of ihe LWY Community
Center will be held at 7:30 p.m.
at the Community Methodist
Church. The film "'Holy Child of
Bethlehem" will be shown.
GOP Senators Start
Move To Unseat
Sen. Chavez of N.M.
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Sen
ate—where Democrats barely out
numbered Republicans—may ulti
mately be asked to decide whether
veteran Democratic Sen. Dennis
Chavz of New Mexico should re
tain his seat.
Over the opposition of its lone
Democratic member, Sen. Hen
nings of Missouri, the Senate El
ection subcommittee urged Fri
day that about 30,000 votes cast
last year when Chavez defeated
Republican Patrick J. Hurley be
invalidated.
The subcommittee majority,
Republican Sens. Barrett of Wyo
ming and Potter of Michigan, held
there was a “lack of secrecy” in
the voting.
This was just a preliminary
step. Several more actions would
be required to bring the issue be
fore the Senate itself.
Barrett, subcommittee chair
man, told a news conference that
20,000 of the ballots involved
were cast for Chavez, who has
been in the Senate since 1935, was
re-elected by 5,000 votes—122,000
to 117,000.
Therefore, if .the Senate were to
accept the subcommittee’s recom
mendation, Chavez’ 5,000 - vote
edge would be replaced by a
5,000-vote advantage for Hurley,
onetime Secretary of War and
former ambassador to Nationalist
China.
Such a development would have
serious implications in a Senate
now made up of 48 Democrats,
47 Republicans and one indepen
dent—Sen. Morse of Oregon.
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