THE NOME NUGGET
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HANG YOUR CLOTHES ON A HICKORY LIMB
IT'S GETTING LATE
While the House has passed and sent to the Sen
ate a bill making wire-tap evidence against subversives
admissable in court, a House judiciary subcommittee
is still struggling to agree on various proposals to out
law the Communist party.
The most refreshing testimony thus far comes
from Simon W. Gerson, legislative chairman of the
New York Communist party who thinks it’s “sheer
slander” to call the Commies bad boys. “The simple
truth is,” he said “the Communist party has not ad
vocated or practiced treason, sabotage, violence, es
pionage or any other crimes.”
But Justice Michael A. Musmanno of the Pennsyl
vania Supreme Court doesn’t think it was two other
fellows. “The jailing of all Communists would do
more good,” he declared, “than all the Voice of Am
erica programs put together.”
Until our law recognizes that Communism is not
a political movement in the U.S., but, as the Justice
said, “an advance post of the Red Army,” we are fight
ing our deadliest enemy with our hands tied behind
us. Will Congress please hurry?
THE SALUTE COMES BACK
The Army-Navy-Air Force Journal, a service pub
lication, recently predicted the 24-hour salute may
come back into vogue. It reported high officials were
considering reordering oldtime military salutes be
tween men and officers, on and off base.
Eight years ago, after a study of the problem by
a committee, the hand salute, off post, was abandoned.
The new plan, including the return of the 24-hour
salute, is designed to raise the esprit de corps of the
Army, aid discipline and help restore respect for rank.
There are many who believe elimination of off-base
saluting has not accomplished what the committee,
headed by Lieut. Gen. James H. Doolittle, had hoped
it would.
The salute is nothing more than a greeting between
men of arms and is a traditional mark of respect which
has passed the test of the centuries. If officers are
to be given the respect of an initial salute from those
of lower rank on the base, we see no reason why such
a procedure should not be followed off the base. In
almost all instances where saluting would be awkward
or embarrassing, omissions are not resented by those
of higher rank.
Top Official Says
Oppenheimer Is
‘Loyal American’
WASHINGTON, (#)—A high
level member of the Eisenhower
Administration says he feels that
atomic scientist J. Robert Oppen
heimer is a “loyal American,”
even though “the information in
his file is voluminous and makes
a . . . case of security risk.”
This official gave his opinion
to newsmen, but stipulated that
his name not be disclosed. He has
had contact with the Oppenheim
er case since 1948 when the pio
neer physicist—credited with a
leading role in development of
the atomic bomb—was ques
tioned by a congressional com
mittee.
Oppenheimer has been barred
on President Eisenhower’s orders
from further access to U.S. atomic
secrets pending a review of his
case. A special three-man Atomic
Energy Commission <AEC> panel
has been sitting in on the case.
The overshadowing issue in the
Oppenheimer case, said this of
ficial, is whether the government
should hold that past associations,
even if foresworn, should forever
after rule out government em
ployment.
“I do not believe it should,” he
said, and added:
“I believe each case should be
considered on its merits, particu
larly when dealing with an ideol
ogy which during the 1930s had
such an appeal among the intelli
gentsia and various other groups.
“If the man is not a security
risk, if he is not subject to black
mail, he should have a right to
work for the government.
“Dr. Oppenheimer, at least on
the evidence I have seen, in my
opinion is a loyal American. On
the other hand, the information
in his file is voluminous and
makes a ‘prima facie’ case of sec
urity risk.”
Bartlett Tells of
Voluminous Mail
Opposing Partition
Special to the Nome Nugget
From Washington, D.C., Bob
Bartlett, Alaska delegate to Con
gress, writes:
“The citizens of# Nome and in
deed of all the Second Division
would be mighty proud and happy
if they could have read as I have
during the last ten days wires and
letters which have come to my
office in uncounted numbers tak
ing issue with the proposal that
you people be left out in the cold
so far as statehood is concerned.
“The demonstration has been
simply amazing. You have had
j support from every section of Al
| aska which, according to the Gov
ernor’s plan, would be included
in the new state.
“Even those in the Second Divi
sion who may not even be for
statehood would have had their
spirits elevated, I am confident,
by this heart-warming expression.
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Coast Guard Find Only
One Body From Canadian
Tug Which Sank Thursday
JUNEAU, W) — A Coast Guard
landing party reported last night
the fjnding of only an empty
lifeboat and pieces of wreckage
in its search ashore for possible
survivors of the Canadian tugboat
Chelan.
The 148-foot tug, which car
ried a Canadian crew of 14, sank
in a storm Thursday night 150
miles south of here. A lone body
was found afloat Saturday in the
cold waters of the inland passage
near the entrance to Port Malms
bury.
Gales which whipped up 12-foot
seas handicapped the searchers
over the weekend. Snow hamper
ed the search ashore.
The big tug sank about four
miles off Cape Decision, at the
entrance to Sumner Strait, after
sending an ominous one - word
message: “Sinking.” The cause
has remained a mystery.
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Albert White Asks
To Be Registered As
Independent Republican
JUNEAU, UP)—Albert White, an
independent candidate for Con
gress, has applied to U.S. Com
missioner Gordon Gray for an ab
sentee Republican ballot and has
asked that he be registered as an
Independent Republican.
In a letter to Gray from Mon
rovia, Calif., where he is conval
escing after surgery, White said:
“I consider myself an Indepen
dent Republican in the coming
election because 300 voters asked
that my name be placed on the
ballot. I consider that a compli
ment. My opponents filed on their
own volition.”
White, a resident of the terri
tory for 46 years, has lived in
Valdez, Fairbanks and Juneau. He
has been identified with the Re
publican Party in Alaska since
1912. His wife, Margaret, is now
a Republican committeewoman.
About one-fifth of U. S. men
over 75 years are employed.
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