Stevenson Starts
Strongest Attack
On Kefau\ er
LOS ANGELES UP1—Adlai Stev
enson—“a little angry and upset”
—has launched his strongest, most
personal attack yet on Sen. Estes
Kefauver, his rival for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
Stevenson arrived in his native
city less than 24 hours after Ke
- fauver had finished a five-day
campaign in southern California.
In a major address here Wed
nesday night, Stevenson charged
Kefauver with trying to capture
California support with the same
kind of false and divisive boss
nonsense” which he said the sen
ator cited in Minnesota.
“But more important even than
this effort to injure me ... by
confusing endorsement with dic
tation is that by discrediting the
leaders of the Democratic Party
here in California the senator and
his spokesmen can only weaken
and divide the party and thereby
help the Republicans,” Stevenson
declared in his televised speech.
Obviously referring to Kefauv
er, Stevenson told a rally of 500
Democrats later that night:
“I have been a little angry and
upset, about things that have hap
pened lately. His characterization
of your leaders as bosses upset me
deeply. Now it’s my turn to fight
for you.”
Stevenson said he would have
to campaign “my way from here
on in. I am not going to attempt to
compete in a race with either
Democratic or Republican candi
dates where I will have to contin
ually try to outbid my opponents.”
He said he has long favored a
$400 million annual school im
provement program and added:
“The other day my Democratic
friend proposed a $500 million a
year school improvement pro
gram. And I was outbid again.
“I have been upset on another
count. They say Stevenson is
aloof. When a man’s been in pub
lic life very long he cannot afford
to be aloof.
“To prove that I’m not aloof, I
am going to shake hands with
everyone in this ■ room tonight,
even if it takes me all night.”
Israeli Border Incident
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector, Ut)
—One Egyptian was killed and
four wounded in two Israeli
Egyptian border clashes east of
the Gaza strip Wednesday, an
army spokesman said Thursday.
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EISENHOWER ACCEPTS McKAY’S
RESIGNATION ‘WITH REGRET’
WASHINGTON, UB—President
Eisenhower Thursday accepted
“with profound personal regret”
the resignation of Douglas McKay
as secretary of the Interior. He
wished McKay well in his cam
paign for senator.
McKay’s resignation is effective
April, 15. He has entered the May
18 Oregon Republican primary in
a bid for the Senate seat now held
by Sen. Wayne Morse, who turned
Democrat ’after election as a Re
publican.
The White House made public
McKay’s letter of resignation and
a reply by Eisenhower accepting
it.
Asked about a possible succes
sor to McKay, Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said he doubted
there would be any announcement
on that until about the time Me-'
Kay’s resignation is effective.
There has been considerable |
speculation that the post may go J
to Clarence Davis, now undersec- j
retary of the department.
Eisenhower told McKay in his
letter accepting the resignation:
“While I am reluctant to forego
your valuable assistance as a
member of the Cabinet, I under
stand your purpose and I salute
your determination to bring the
facts pertaining to this adminis
tration before your fellow citizens
of Oregon.”
Eisenhower said under McKay’s
William L. Thornquist (known
as “Pickles” in Nome) died in
Redlands, Calif, on Feb. 12 at the
age of 66. He was a basketball
player and very popular in^the
early pioneer days.
“enthusiastic leadership” the In
terior Department has carried for
ward essential programs oT natur
al resources development in ac
cord with sound conservation
principles.
“Our mission has not been com
pleted,” Eisenhower said, “'while
we have made significant progress
in the past three years, much re
mains to be done before the aims
of this administration will have
been fully met.”
By implication, Eisenhower hit
back at Democratic charges that
McKay has pursued a “give away”
policy for the benefit of large
interests.
The President did not i-efer di
rectly to these charges but told
McKay: “As a Cabinet member
you have helped shape our pro
grams for the benefit of 166 mil
lion Americans."
McKay, in his latter of resigna
tion, told Eisenhower he was
grateful “for the opportunity you
have afforded me to serve the
people of our counti-y by carrying
forward the vital programs for
wise use and conservation of our
natural resources.”
Boy Scouts Show Up
Marines as Marksmen
DAYTON, Ohio, tW—Red-faced
Marine veterans of World War II
and Korean fumbled for excuses
yesterday as a Boy Scout troop
beat them at their own game—
marksmanship.
A .22 caliber rifle match was
held at the Navy and Marine
Corps Reserve Training Center |
here between a Marine Corps vol- ■
unteer training unit and a group
of Explorer Scouts.
The Marines blamed the 12
point difference in total score on
the absence of some of their top
shooters.
No one would divluge the actual
score, but the Scouts hinted they
would be willing to offer odds on
a return match.
The JOHNSONS Are Coming
KOTZEBUE WILL BE
TOWNSITE SOON
FAIRBANKS, Wl—Final desig
nation of Kotzebue and Fort Yu
kon as townsites will become a
reality within the next few
months, M. O. Allen of the Fair
banks Land Office of the Bureau
of Land Management said Wed
nesday.
This will mean residents of the
two communities, for the first
time, will actually hold deeds to
their properties instead of merely
“squatters’ rights,” as has tech
nically been the case.
And for Fort Yukon it may
mean the second largest commun
ity north of the Alaska Range will
at last incorporate in order to
carry a bigger portion of its tax
load and help support its own
schools, the land office indicated.
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