THE NOME NUGGET
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WORTH WAITING FOR
President Eisenhower has displayed, at times, an
almost pathetic eagerness for approval, and revealed,
in most of his speeches, a dismaying sympathy with
both sides of a question, and such skill in leaving open
an avenue of retreat from a controversial position,
that his hearers fail to realize this . . . until they read
his words in print later.
But the President’s radio speech on the budget
and taxes, and his subsequent message to the Congress
on the same thorny subjects, are convincing evidence
that when the chips are down, Mr. Eisenhower would
rather be right than be popular.
Here are messages that are clear, reasoned, calm
and firm. The President explains patiently, and with
out rancor, the fiscal snarl bequeathed him by his pre
decessor . . . the bear trap, if you like, into which the
new administration fell in its early eagerness at
budget balancing.
The President made it clear that he does not like
the present tax set-up, but he likes increasing deficits
and continuing dollar' devaluation even less. In the
halls of Congress there is grumbling. Senator Taft is
“greatly disappointed” that the 72 billion Eisenhower
budget is not ten billion smaller, and Chairman Daniel
A. Reed, of the House Ways and Means Committee, the
champion of lower taxes — now, insists he’ll go on
fighting.
How far the opponents get will depend, as usual,
on the home-folks. If the people admire the Presi
dent’s courage sufficiently to back him up with some
fortitude of their own, we’ll have that balanced budget
before long . . . and tax reduction in terms of dollars
that will still have purchasing power.
South Korea Will
Cooperate with US
44At Any Cost”
SEOUL, — President Syng
man Rhee said Tuesday South
Korea will “cooperate with the
U.S. at any cost” but declared he
will insist to the end on with
drawal of Chinese forces from
North Korea after an armistice.
Rhee said he had received a
three - point message from Presi
dent Eisenhower, but refused to
disclose its contents.
The 78-year-old leader’s state
ment came on the heels of a re
port from Washington that he had
proposed to Eisenhower a mutual
defense pact plus substantial U.S.
financial and military aid as
South Korea’s price for accepting
Allied truce terms.
“Out of gratitude to the U.S.,
common sense and wisdom re
quires that we cooperate with the
U.S. at any cost. We must accept
anything the U.S. President wants
but to allow the Chinamen to stay
in our country is similar to ac
cepting a death sentence.”
Saying he is in a “very diffi
cult position,” Rhee did not ela
boTate on his statement indicating
South Korea’s bitter opposition
to the latest U.N. truce proposal
may be softening.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
Girl Scouts To Camp Next Week
About 20 Girl Scouts are sched
uled to make the annual encamp
ment at the Scout Camp at Dex
ter next week, it has been an
nounced.
Leaders of the girls during the
encampment this year will be
Mrs. Carl Glavinovich, Mrs. Pete
Reader, Mrs. Hanna Ross and
Catherine Francis.
Transportation to camp is being
furnished by Angelo Buffas and
his big yellow bus.
A full week of Scoxit activities
is planned and if the weather is
good the girls will have opportun
ity to do some outdoor cooking
this year.
Retiring Alaska RR Manager
To Enter Foreign Service
ANCHORAGE, IP—J. P. John
son, general manager of the Al
aska Railroad, said Tuesday he
planned to enter the foreign ser
vice when the Department of In
terior sets the date of his retire
ment.
He has been with the railroad
since 1946.
If a successor is not named
soon, he said, his duties may be
taken over by John E. Manley,
now assistant to the manager.
Scientists believe that the Ant
arctic continent was temperate or
tropical in climate millions of
years ago and may be habitable
again millions of years hence.
INSEPARABLE
STOP and LOOK, as well as LISTEN
The House Ways and Means Committee is trying
to find out whether or not the American economy
needs tariff legislation to keep out of a tailspin—and
if so, how much and on what. And the more they listen
to the problems of their business-man witnesses, the
more confused they become in a morass of trade prob
lems.
Probably there’s no other way to get to the bot
tom of their problem. But we hope they won’t depend
too much on our highly-praised ability to mass-pro
duce . . . after all these years we’ve spent teaching the
rest of the world how to do it. Nor are we quite broad
minded enough to welcome European living standards,
even in the interests of fraternity and equality. That’s
carrying this non-discrimination idea too far.
Washington News-Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett,
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
$30,300 FOR NOME HARBOR
Three locations in Alaska were
earmarked for maintenance funds
in the Truman and Eisenhower
budgets, $27,500 for the harbor of
refuge at Seward, $30,300 for
Nome harbor and $145,700 for
Wrangell Narrows. The effect of
cuts applied against the general
operation and maintenance funds
requested in both the Truman and
Eisenhower budgets for this item
by the House, however, is not yet
estimated. The Truman budget
had sought $90 million for opera
tion and maintenance work
throughout the country and the
Eisenhower budget conatined $81
million. The House allowed $80,
730,000.
ATOMIC BOMB TEST
Delegate Bartlett witnessed the
firing of the atomic shell by
cannon last week at Frenchman
Flat.
The group from Washington
which went to Nevada for the
initial firing of the 280-mm. can
non and viewed the bombing 7
miles from target included Secre
tary of Defense Wilson, Admiral
Radford, recently nominated
chairman of the Joint Chief of
Staff, and a number of members
of both the Senate and House.
RADIO DEBATE
Senator Smathers of Florida
and Delegate Bartlett will take
opposite sides on the Alaska state
hood issue when the subject is
debated in New York on June 9.
The debate will be heard on
“Town Meeting of the Air” which
is broadcast throughout the na
tion.
FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING
ON GLENN HIGHWAY
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Fire de
stroyed a new building and its
furnishings at the Atlanta House
on the Glenn Highway May 28, it
was learned here today. John
White, owner of the tourist resort,
said the loss amounted to $8,000.
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Resentment of U.S.
In Near East, Asia
Reported by Dulles
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secretary
of State Dulles returned from his
survey trip to the Near East and
South Asia declaring that this
strategic area, like China, could
fall victim to Communist domina
tion.
He said he found the United
States “suspect” because of its
alliance with France and Britain,
countries suspected by some non
Europeans of trying to restore
their colonial interests. The Arabs
he said, harbor a “deep resent
ment” against this country and
are “more fearful of Zionism (the
movement in support of a Jewish
state) than of Communism.”
Saying that the U.S. had given
most of its “post-war attention”
to the “very important, but not
all-important” Western European
area, Dulles observed, “It is high
time that the U.S. government
paid more attention to the Near
East and south Asia.”
“It came as a surprising shock
when the 450 million Chinese peo
ple, whom we had counted as
friends, fell under Communist
domination,” he continued. “There
could be equally dangerous devel
opments in the Near East and
south Asia. The situation calls for
urgent concern.”
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