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Southern Senators Pronose to Amend
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Constitution to Make Supreme Court
Justices Subject to Senate Approval
By JOHN CHADWICK
WASHINGTON, UP)—A proposed
constitutional amendment which
would make Supreme Court jus
tices subject to Senate approval
every four years was protested
by Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) yes
terday. He said it would inject
politics into the court’s delibera- ,
tions.
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The amendment was introduced
late Monday by Sen. Eastland
<D-Miss>, chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, and Sen. j
Olin D. Johnston <D-SC>, a com
mittee member. Eastland called
the move “an attempt to save our
form of government.”
Almost simultaneously, Reps.
Andrews <D-Ala> and Mason <R
111) said they are sponsoring a
move to win support among House
colleagues to start impeachment
proceedings against all the mem
bers of the court.
“We hope to have at least 100
members of the House either
sponsor the resolution or intro
duce individual resolutions of
their own,” Andrews said. “We
are getting one of the best law
yers in America to prepare an
impeachment resolution.”
Eastland and Johnston intro
duced their amendment proposal
after the Supreme Court Monday
set aside three contempt of Con
gress convictions growing out of
investigations of Communism by
the Senate Internal Security sub
committee and the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities.
Eastland is chairman and John
ston a member of the Senate sub
committee. Both also have been
critical of the court’s rulings
against racial segregation in
schools and other public places.
The Supreme Court, in revers
ing the three contempt convic
tions, directed a lower court to
reconsider the cases in the light
of its decision last week overrul
ing the contempt conviction of
John T. Watkins. An Illinois union
leader, Watkins had refused to
answer questions of the House
committee about past Communist
associates.
The court said in the Watkins
case congressional committees
must oe more specific in their
questioning and that Congress
must be more exact in defining
the jurisdiction and purposes of
its committees.
Japairs Sabrejets
Grounded After
Rash of Accidents
HAMAMATSU, Japan, UP>—One
of the two F-86 Sabrejet wings
in Japan’s new air force was
grounded yesterday after a rash
of accidents.
Defense Board Chief Akira Ko
daki pledged “a reshuffle of staff
officers to give more authority to
men who know jet flying.”
Fourteen Japanese defense force
planes have crashed this year
with a loss of 32 lives.
Some sources said the use of
English in Japanese air force op
erations, compulsory because the
traffic control is largely manned
by Americans, was a factor in the
high accident rate. Authorities
are studying whether Japanese
should be allowed in emergencies.
Teamster Union Official
Brewster Convicted of
Contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON, WV-Frank W.
Brewster, vice president of the
Teamsters Union, was convicted
today of contempt of Congress.
U.S. District Judge John J. Sir
ica found Brewster guilty on all
31 counts of an indictment grow
ing out of his refusal to produce
records and answer questions be
fore the Senate Investigations
subcommittee in January.
Brewster had waived a jury
trial and left it to' the judge to de
cide the issues of fact as well as
law.
The 60-year-old union official
was not present when the judge
handed down his decision. Brew
ster had been given permission
to return to the West Coast and
is attending the annual conven
tion of the western conference of
teamsters in San Diego.
Maximum penalty for contempt
of Congress is a year in jail and
$1,000. fine.
Wieri Airlines
From Fairbanks: Jack Fick, J.
Venema, Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
knight, Ralph Cunningham, Ber
nard Ducharme, J. Super, Willie
Hill, Garvin Minick, Harold Hill,
John Hjelm, Virgil Olbarding, R.
Hall, James Kiminock.
To Fairbanks: Natalie Gambor
ine, Alton Schmid.
From Kotzebue: Elsie Twedt,
Annie Vincent, Paw Southwell.
To Kotzebue: Larry Fagen, J.
W. Reed, Garvin B. Minich.
Alaska Airlines
To Anchorage: Paul Wilcox,
Helen Outhoudt, Jerry Amonson,
A. T. Rife.
To Unalakleet: Paul Southwell.
From McGrath: Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Murdock and three chil
dren, William Okpealuk.
From Anchorage: Helen Out’n- j
oudt, John Ireland, Ben Dahl, H. j
Knudson, Chas. King, Chas. W. |
Dale, Jack Hourguetter, P. Wil-!
cox, Max Lewis, Bill Connelly, J
John Heafer, Bernice Kost, Cyril j
Snyder and infant.
Gromyko Charges U.S. Is Using
London Disarmament Talks as
Screen to Intensify Arms Race
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By ROY ESSOYAN
MOSCOW, OP—Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko yester
day charged that the United
States is using the London dis
armament negotiations as a screen
to continue and intensify the arms
race.
In the first news conference
called by a Soviet foreign minis
ter since Nov. 30, 1953, Gromyko
demanded that the U.S. either
put a stop to “aggressive and in
cendiary” statements by its polit
ical and military leaders or tacitly
admit aggressive intentions.
Gromyko took his text chiefly
from recent testimony by U.S.
Gen. Lauris Norstad, supreme
NATO commander in Europe, in \
which Norstad told a closed ses
sion of the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee that Russia faces !
sure and “absolute” destruction
from the air if she attacks the
West.
Reading a prepared statement,
Gromyko commented:
“If the United States, a partici
pant in the talks on disarmament,
really wishes to help achieve the
necessary agreement aVnong the
powers, then there can be no
place for agressive and warmon
gering speeches like Norstad’s.
(Norstad made no speech to the
Senate committee, but was only
testifying on NATO’s capabilities
to retaliate against a Soviet at
tack. He did not refer at any time
to NATO intentions or capabili
ties of launching an attack on the
Soviet Union.)
“But if Norstad and other cham- !
pions of the cold war reflect the
real policy of the United States,
then, howr is one to evaluate the
U.S. role in the disarmament
talks? Are not these talks being
used as a screen to continue and
intensify the arms race?
Gromyko dismissed the U.S. po
sition that its participation in
NATO and other military allianc
es are purely defensive. He said
these arguments could not be rec
onciled with the “agressive and
incendiary” statements of Nor
stad and other U.S. leaders and
obviously were aimed at “lulling
the vigilance of the people.”
POSTAL RATE
CHANGES IN EFFECT
STARTING JULY 1
Postmistress Marge Bohrer has
announced that there will be sev
eral changes in postal rates start
ing July 1st.
Changes to be made will be in
the fees of registered, insured and
certified mail.
Thex'e will also be several
changes in the Money Order fees
with the change of the amount
of the fee being made at new in
tervals in the schedule.
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