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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 67 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1961_ Per Copy 15^
Labor Officials Survey
Feasibility of Full-Time
ESC Agent at Nome
Labor Commissioner Gil John
son, accompanied by Clinton
Johnson, Director of the Federal
Bureau of Employment Security’s
regional office in Seattle, and
Merrill Weir, Director of the Em
ployment Security Division with
in the Alaska Department of La
bor, arrived here yesterday for a
hearing on the feasibility of a
full-time employment agent in
this area instead of the local part
time agent now employed,
The survey included a visit to
Barrow, Kotzebue and Nome and
Mr. Johnson expressed the opin
ion that there is need for such an
office to handle both employment
service and unemployment in
surance programs. The person
who will be hired, if money is
available for this service, would
spend half of the time here and
the balance of the time in the
field or villages throughout the
Second District.
Opening of a full-time office in
this area would tie in the big
northwestern part of the state
with the seven other employment
offices stretching from Fairbanks
to Ketchikan.
The party will also visit Bethel
and Kodiak as well as Anchorage
before returning to Juneau.
Juneau Voters Return
To Mayor-Council Form
Of City Government
JUNEAU (JPi — Juneau voters
decided by an 871 - 397 margin
yesterday to abandon their coun
cil-manager form of city govern
ment and to adopt a mayor-coun
cil form of city administration.
They also voted, 745-619, to ap
prove the issuance of $240,000 in
general obligation bonds to pay
off the city’s unfunded debt. The
bonds would be retired over the
next four years.
Nikita Gets In the Act —
Dances the Cha Cha Cha
MOSCOW UP) — While Presi
1 dent Kennedy was telling the
American people of his “somber”
talks with Nikita Khrushchev, the
[ Soviet Premier was dancing the
cha cha cha — with President
Sukarno of Indonesia.
Back from Vienna in a light
hearted. light-footed mood, the
' 66-year-old Soviet leader was the
life of the party last night at a
celebration for the visiting In
j donesian president’s 60th birth
day.
It was the gayest Moscow party
in half a dozen years and Khrush
chev was in his gayest form since
he gave up vodka for orange
juice.
Swept up by the rhythmic beat
of a band playing “Indonesia Is
Free, Cha Cha Cha”, the Soviet
premier was out on the dance
floor hand-in-hand with Sukarno.
Khrushchev did a few impro
vised steps just for laughs —
crouching as in the Cossack dance
and kicking out his legs. He beat
a bongo drum. At another point
he grabbed Sukarno’s marshal’s
baton and began leading the or
chestra.
When the Indonesian president
suggested this would cost the So
viet government a new loan,
Khrushchev turned his pockets
inside out to show they were
empty and quipped:
“Look, he robs me of every
thing. He takes everything I
have.”
A BIG SHOCK . . .
BONN, Germany UP) — German
beer drinkers, who for centuries
have proudly regarded them
selves as the world’s greatest,
got a shock today.
The country’s brewers an
nounced tht Belgians and Luxem
| bourgers down an average of five
| gallons more than the 25 gallons
| a year the German averages.
Grand President Emeritus of ANB
Says Plight of Eskimos “Very Serious”
SEATTLE UP) — Atty. William
Paul, Grand President Emeritus
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
said here today the plight of Es
kimos at Pt. Barrow, Teller,
Bethel and other places is “very
serious” because Fish and Wild
life agents have confiscated the
natives’ weapons as they hunted
ducks and geese for food.
To take guns away from Es
kimos now means they will be on
relief the rest of the year, he de
clared.
He said he had a telegram from
ANB President Alfred Widmark,
of Klawock, Alaska, which read:
“Fish and Wildlife agents have
made mass arrests at Barrow and
have confiscated guns of hunters.
There also has been gunplay near
Bethel and in othei* areas. Wel
fare and relief measures cannot
adequately replace this source of
food for family use. Battle is for
survival.”
Alaska Gov. Egan said at Ju
neau last week that the state’s
welfare costs would jump $150,
000 a year because the Eskimos,
by federal law, are absolutely for
bidden to take migratory water
fowl for food out of season. He
commented on arrests at Barrow
and a mass meeting of Eskimos
at which 138 signed statements
they had killed birds illegally.
Paul also said he had a wire
from Alaska Rep. Robert Blod
gett, at Northeast Cape saying the
Alaska Congressional Delegation’s
appeals to President Kennedy and
efforts to secure abatement of
stringent wild life regulations had
been unsuccessful.
“Guns, to Eskimos, are virtu
ally their entire capital,” Paul
said.
“The ducks and geese are there
only a short time. They have to
load up now or they don’t get
them at all.”
Paul also said lie had wired
Henry Jackson, (D-Wn.l. Asking
that he aid the Alaska delegation
at Washington.
On at least one previous oc
casion in the past there has been
an abatement of such regulations
to help the Eskimos out, he added.
C of C GOODWILL TOUR
POSTPONED TO SUNDAY
The Chamber of Commerce
goodwill tour to Kotzebue and
Unalakleet which was originally
scheduled for Saturday has been
postponed until Sunday which is
more convenient to more people.
Reservations are being taken at
the Wien office and is not limited
to members of the Chamber, but
anyone interested in visiting these
two well known towns in this
area. If all forty seats are re
served the price has been set at
the very low amount of $26.
Committee Okays
Simplified Freight
Shipments to Alaska
WASHINGTON l.4*i—The Senate |
Commerce Committee today ap
proved a bill to simplify freight j
shipments between Alaska and
Hawaii and the other states.
The bill, by Sen. E. L. Bartlett
would allow through service and
joint rates for carriers serving
Alaska and Hawaii.
At present, shippers must often
make separate shipping arrange
ments with land, sea and air car
riers to serve the two states.
The bill also would establish a
joint board to regulate such ser
vice. The board would be made
up of members selected from the
Maritime Board, Civil Aeronau
tics Board and Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Castro's Reply to
j Tractors-for-Prisoners
Described as Verbose
DETROIT W) — Leaders of a
citizens’ movement today studied
a cable from Prime Minister Cas
tro giving his latest conditions for
further negotiations on swapping
1,200 Cuban invasion prisoners for
500 American tractors.
Castro indicated he still stood
by an offer he first made May 17
for such a deal. But his cable—
described as verbose as his
speeches — hedged on details.
Before replying to Castro, Wal
ter Reuther, a cochairman of
Tractors for Freedom, Inc., con
ferred here with Joseph M. Dodge,
a Detroit banker who is treasurer
of the group. The conference was
delayed until Castro’s reply could
be translated from Spanish.
Reuther and Dodge also set up
phone conferences with Eleanor
Roosevelt, honorary chairman of
the committee, and Dr. Milton
Eisenhower, President of John
Hopkins University, who is co
chairman along with Reuther who
is president of the United Auto
Workers Union.
Castro’s willingness to continue
negotiations was announced on the
Havana radio 12 hours before to
day’s noon deadline given by the
committee. The committee cabled
Friday what kind of tractors it
would make available but said:
“Our committee cannot proceed
until we have received official
confirmation directly from your
government that your offer still
stands.”
IKE MARKS 17TH
ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY
WASHINGTON UP> — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower marked the
17th anniversary of D-Day by
going to the ball game with 14 of
the commanders who served un
der him in World War II.
The former President and his
party had dinner at the ball park
Tuesday night and then saw
Cleveland defeat the home town
Senators, 14-3.
They were guests of E. R. Que
sada, president of the Senators,
who was commanding general of
the 9th Tactical Air Command
during the invasion.
PICK-UP STARTS TODAY
Pick-up of debris by the city
in connection with Clean-Up
Week, which is now in progress,
will start today. Householders are
reminded to pack the rubbish in
boxes or sacks or bundles so that
they can be lifted by one man onto
the truck.
Chances of War are Less as Each
Leafier Knows \\ here the Other Stands
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy says neither he nor So
viet Premier Khrushchev won a
victory over the other at Vienna,
but chances of war should be less
now that each leader knows bet
ter where the other stands.
Kennedy reported this to the
American people Tuesday night
in a 23-minute radio-TV speech
in which he talked “candidly and
publicly” about “a very sober two
days” with Khrushchev.
In balance, the President found
his first personal meeting with
the Soviet leader “immensely
useful” — even though, he said a
result was to expose more clear
ly the prospects of a long-term
struggle between East and West.
On specific cold war issues,
Kennedy saw some hope that his
Vienna encounter would break the
deadlock at the Geneva conference
on Laos over Soviet refusal to
grant cease-fire inspectors free
dom to check violators.
But he said Khrushchev struck
a “serious blow” at the lengthy
Geneva talks on a ban on atomic
tests. He hinted that the United
States, while not abandoning the
talks, might soon feel free to re
sume testing.
“Our most somber talks,” Ken
nedy added, were on Berlin,
where Khrushchev wants to boot
out the Western Allies. Kennedy
said he made clear America is de
termined to maintain its rights
there “at any risk.”
To any who might suspect
secret deals, Kennedy added in
reporting on his overseas trip:
“No advantage or concession
was either planned or taken. No
new aims were stated in private
that have not been stated in pub
lic on either side.”
“Generally. Mr. Khrushchev did
not talk in terms of war,” Ken
j Kennedy Addresses
Graduating Class of the
U.S. Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Presi
dent Kennedy told the 1961
graduates of the U. S. Naval
Academy they must be prepared
for leadership in a troubled
world.
“The battle for freedom takes
many forms,” Kennedy said.
“Your devoted assistance is need
ed as never before.”
Kennedy received a standing
ovation when he arrived at the
field house, where the graduating
exercises were held, and again
when he was introduced by the
Academy Superintendent, Rear
Adm. John F. Davidson.
After his speech, Kennedy
handed diplomas to the honor
graduates, headed by Jerome F.
Smith Jr. of San Diego, Calif.,
who ranked No. 1 among the 785
receiving degrees.
Only the top 95 had the dis
tinction of receiving their diplo
mas from the President’s hands.
Kennedy was introduced by
Davidson “as our Commander in
Chief, the President of the United
States,” but the President re- I
ferred to himself as “a retired :
civilian officer.”
Kennedy, a World War II PT
boat hero, remarked that he never
reached the physical and profes- '
sional perfection that would cause !
anyone to mistake him for an
academy graduate.
It was Kennedy’s first visit to
the academy since becoming
President.
nodv said. “He believes the world
will move his way without resort
to force. Most of all, he predicted
the triumph of Communism in
the new and less developed coun
tries.”
Denying this inevitability of the
Communist victory, Kennedy ap
pealed for national support of his
$4.8-billion program of foreign aid
for the coming year, much of
which is earmarked for newly de
veloping lands. “We will have no
more crucial obligation now,” he
said.
The youthful President spoke
| earnestly and somberly and part
ly without text as he recounted
the high spots of his 9,120-mile
week’s trip to Europe from which
he returned Tuesday morning,
i Congressmen of both parties
joined in praise of Kennedy’s un
i varnished report. They generally
j agreed that little had been ac
' complished beyond putting Ken
i neay and Khrushchev on a first
hand basis for the future, but they
figured that at least was a step
i forward.
In telling of his June 3-4 meet
j ing with Khrushchev, Kennedy
said in like vein:
“The gap between us was not
in such a short period materially
reduced, but at least the channels
! of communication were opened
more fully.
“At least the chances of a dan
: gerous misjudgment on either side
should now be less, and at least
the men on whose decisions the
peace in part depends have agreed
to remain in contact.
“Our views contrasted sharply,
but at least we knew better at
the end where we stood.”
Senate Restores $375,000
To Replace MS North Star
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ernest
Gruening today obtained Senate
approval by a 48 to 43 vote of his
“North Star” amendment to re
store to the Interior Department
appropriation $375,000 needed to
refit a Victory Ship to replace
the present North Star operated
by the Bureau of Inditn Affairs
to serve communities in the far
north of Alaska.
The House of Representatives
approved the sum requested by
the Interior Department for this
purpose but the Senate Appropri
ations Committee deleted the item
in its report on the appropriations
bill.
Defense Dept. Says
Sabotage Blasts in Utah
Still Remain a Mystery
WASHINGTON GP> — A De
fense Department specialist testi
fied today it was no amateur who
engineered the three mysterious
sabotage blasts in Utah May 28
which cut transcontinental wire
and television communications.
Maj. Robert W. Ewell, from the
Defense Department Office of
Telecommunications, also told a
Senate Appropriations subcom
mittee the government has taken
adequate steps to protect against
any more sabotaging of communi
cations in a public hearing.
The reason for the sabotage is
still a mystery, he said.
The matter was up simultane
ously at a separate hearing by a
subcommittee of the Senate Ju
diciary Committee. This group is
| studying the question of whether
new laws are needed.