Adm. Byrd Says Antarctica Must Be
Settled Permantly by United States
WASHINGTON UH—Adm. Rich
ard E. Byrd said last night perma
nent human settlements can and
must be set up in the frozen Ant
arctic.
The veteran explorer, soon to
set off on a new expedition to the
South Polar region, said the Ant
arctic Continent “is becoming
more and more important where
world strategy is concerned” and
the Russians are “tremendously
interested” in the area.
In an interview recorded for the
Mutual Broadcasting System’s
“Reporters’ Roundup,” Byrd said
the Soviet Union already claims
“a good deal” of Antarctic terri
tory. He noted, however, the Uni
ted States does not recognize the
claims of any of the dozen or so
nations now active in the region.
As for the United State’s strate
gic interest in Antarctica, Byrd
said:
“If anything happened to the
Panama Canal, we’d have to go
around Cape Horn. And there is a j
part of Antarctica that extends up
near Cape Horn. So we’d have to
have control of that area.”
The United Stales at present
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claims no Antarctic territory, just
as it recognizes the claim of no
other nation. Byrd said he sup
posed the United Nations eventu
ally would try to resolve conflict
ing claims.
Military considerations aside,
Byrd said, the mineral and other
resources of tht 6,000,000-square
male region will be of great bene
fit to the future, as we continue to
recklessly expend our own re
sources, so that people will have
to live there.”
And he said year-around living
is possible even though tempera
tures sometimes drop to more
than 100 degrees below zero.
“We’ve learned enough to live
there,” the admiral sdded.
Kefauver Say Nehru
Hopes Eisenhower Can
Visit India, Meet People
NEW DELHI, India, (^V—Sen.
Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) came
out of an interview with Prime
Minister Nehru Tuesday quoting
the Indian leader as hoping Pres
ident Eisenhower could visit In
dia to meet the Indian people.
Kefauver told newsmen after
what he described as “nearly one
hour of pleasant conversation”
that Nehru expressed sympathy
with Eisenhower in his illness and
hopes for his early recovery.
He said he and Nehru discussed
the world and the Far East situa
tion but would say no more on
this subject except, “I thanked
him for the part he and his gov
ernment played in the release of
the American airmen from Chi
na. We both expressed hope that
friendly contacts and cooperation
between our two countries should
be constant and keep increasing,”
Kefauver declared.
Last night he saw the Taj Ma
hal and returned here today.
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Stock Market’s
Plunge Laid to
j Eisenhower Illness
WASHINGTON W—Sen. Doug
las CD-Ill) called Tuesday for an
end to “gloom and doom” in Wall
Street because, he said, “God
reigns, the government in Wash
ington is still alive and American
institutions are still sound.”
Douglas said this in comment
ing on sharp breaks Monday not
only on the New York stock mar
ket, but in those of Paris, London,
Chicago and Toronto.
In New York, the Associated
Press 60-stock average plunged
$11.40 to $170.10—the biggest such
one-day break since the 1929
crash.
The break was interpreted as a
reaction to President Eisenhow
er’s illness. The reason appar
ently was uncertainty.
In what appeared to be a move
to steady things, Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey said Monday:
“Our policies and program are
definite and firmly established.
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ing his (Eisenhower’s) absence ex
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Douglas, a onetime economics
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Air Force Regrets Sewer
Built Alongside Well
Supplying Anchorage
BY FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, UD—'The cir
cumstances which resulted in con
struction of an Air Force sewer
alongside a well supplying An
chorage with water are “regret
ted,” the service said Tuesday.
“This incident, however, should
not be considered representative
of military dealings with the City
of Anchorage,” Air Force Secre
tary Donald A. Quarles informed
Sen. Jackson <D-Wash).
The well-sewer incident was
one of several matters provoking
difficulties between the military
and Alaskans on which Jackson,
as chairman of the Senate Terri
tories subcommittee, had asked a
report from the Defense Dept.
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Jackson’s office, Quarles said the
difficulty “was somewhat attrib
utable to the passage of consider
able time” between the date An
chorage received permission to
drill a test well on the Elmondorf
AFB and that on which drilling
operations began.
“In the meantime a sanitary
sewer was designed transiting the
well site, apparently in ignorance
of the permit issued to the city.”
When the mixup was discov
ered, the sewer construction had
gone too far for it to be relocated
economically. Neither could the
well meet territorial health stand
ards.
“It is understood that an action
has been initiated by the city to
recoup ^expenses incurred in cessa
tion of drilling operations . . . and
relocate elsewhere,” Quarles said,
said.
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