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OILING IT UP!
Hawaii’s Statehood Chances May
Be Threatened by Influence of
Communist-Tinged Longshore Union
By JOSEPH GRANT
HONOLULU, UP)—Gov. Samuel |
King yesterday ousted the most |
important member of his cabinet:
—his attorney general—only a
few weeks before a congressional
committee is to arrive for Com
munist hearings in Hawaii.
Edward N. Sylva, appointed by
the Republican governor March
4, 1953, was fired Thursday for at
tending a testimonial dinner Sat
urday night in honor of Jack W.
(Hall, regional director of the In
ternational Longshoremen’s anii
Warehousemen’s Union. The pres
ident of this union is Harry
Bridges.
Political observers said the tes
timonial dinner put territorial
politicians in one of the toughest
spots possible.
If they attended the dinner—
and many did, Republicans as
■well as Democrats—they all face
possible attack from Sen. James
Eastland (D-Missl and his Senate
Internal Affairs Subcommittee at
hearings Nov. 27-30.
Failure to attend could be con
strued as an attack on the 24,000
member union. In Hawaii, 24,000
votes usually is more than the dif
ference between election and de
feat.
Adding to the tension is the fact
Hall is out on bail as a convicted
Communist.
He was tried with six others in
1953 at one of a nationwide series
of trials of second-string Commu
nists. All seven were convicted of
Smith Act violations, conspiring
to teach and advocate the over
throw of the government by vio
lence.
Hall’s case, along with the oth
ers, is on appeal.
Governor King said his ouster
of Sylva was not an attack on the
union, but Sylva “should not have
attended a testimonial in honor of
a convicted felon.”
Underlining the problem for
Hawaii is its effect on statehood.
Sen. Eastland also is chairman
of the powerful Senate Judiciary
Committee, thru which any state
hood bill must pass.
Members of the Hawaii State
hood Commission, comprising Re
publicans as well as Democrats,
are fearful.
Publicity Expert For
Statehood Committee
Visited Here Tuesday
John B. Adams, Washington,
D.C., publicity expert, visited
Nome Tuesday accompanied by
Mrs. Adams. He is employed by
the Statehood Committee to pub
licize the forthcoming Alaska
Tennessee Plan events in Con
gress.
Adams will also help arrange
details of the trip to the nation’s
capital by Alaska senators and
representatives to Congress. He is
a former war correspondent and
national network newscaster.
WIEN AIRLINES
To Fairbanks: Vern Gerlack,
Lester Gowan, Jack Moore, John
Kious, A.J. Petroborg, Tod Pur
cell, John Lively, Donald Lee, Mr.
1 and Mrs. R. W. Roell, Robt. Wil
j man, Mrs. Donald Hobbs, Donald
M. Greenside, Louis Rodgers,
Earl Sheeley.
From Kotzebue: Louis Rosa,
Fred Oster.
From Fairbanks: Mr. and Mrs.
John B. Adams, Peggy Kanaga,
Louis Harring, George Ditloff.
High School Students at Chamber
Of Commerce Meeting Suggest Needed
Improvements They’d Like to See
Three high school students,
Barbara Trigg, Sadie Bell and
Chuck Fagerstrom, were invited
guests at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon Tuesday and pre
sented “Improvements I Would
Like to See in Nome.”
Barbara stressed the need for
better housing to improve our
health conditions, especially to
help curb tuberculosis, and the
need for sewage and garbage dis
posal. She also spoke of the pro
posed youth -center and the need
for a supervised teenage program.
She stated that “If the people
of Nome get behind the youth
center it will be an actual place |
for the young people and not just
a dream.”
Chuck Fagerstrom spoke or
several fine ideas to improve the
community where he has lived all
his life. Ideas that came to him
after visits to other cities were:
An all-out effort to clean up
the rubbish accumulated with the
years; an effort by all home-own
ers to fix up their homes; better
lights and signs on the streets;
streets surfaced and sidewalks re
paired, and a sewage and water
system for the entire community.
He also suggested that the city
make an effort to acquire the
gymnasium at Nome Field for ihe
use of citizens of all ages.
Sadie Bell would like to see the
youth center in action, more vo
cational courses at the high school
which would probably result in
the need for a larger high school;
more adult chaperons at the youth
activities here, especially in the
summer, and student rates at the
theater.
The Chamber members wel
comed the students’ suggestions
for the betterment of the commu
nity.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, Bob
Blodgett, Chamber member from
Teller and lieutenant in the Na
tional Guard, reported on the 1st
Scout Battalion encampment at
Fort Richardson. He commended
the conduct of the 350 guardsmen
who attended.
Bill Barber announced that the
Arctic Club will again sponsor
three days of dog races in connec
tion with their annual carnival.
He stated that the club will co
operate with the Chamber’s plans
for an annual commemorative cel
ebration.
Ben Young, as a representative
of the school board, invited the
Chamber members to attend an
open house at the new school
building Friday evening at eight
o’clock.
Next Tuesday’s luncheon meet
ing will be devoted to activities
of the Alaska Visitors Association.
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I Eisenhower Sees
Election as a Vote
For His Program
WASHINGTON, WV-President
Eisenhower said today he consid
ers the election results something
of a mandate to push forward
with his program of what he calls
modern Republicanism.
Eisenhower told a news con
ference he intends to do this thru i
i persuasion, since he is not one of '
I the desk pounding type who likes
to stick out his jaw and try to j
look as if he is bossing the works. |
To a question as to how he in
terprets the election of a Demo- j
cratic-controlled Congress in ihe
light of his opinion that the voting
was an endorsement of modem j
Republicanism, the Chief Execu-!
tive replied that:
The United States has not yet
been convinced that modern Re- I
publicanism is with us and is go- ,
ing to be the guiding influence cf
the Republican Party.
He was asked whether he had
or would use his influence with j
Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas to
try to get a Senate seat for Re
1 publicans.
Eisenhower replied with em
phasis and a broad smile that the
internal affairs of the State of
Texas are something with which
he would never dream of interfer
ing. But he said that yes, he wants
a Republican senator from Texas.
In Texas, Sen. Price Daniel, a
Democrat, won the gubernatorial
election and the question of how
and when his Senate seat will be
filled h is become a prime political
topic.
Whether a Democrat or a Re
publican fills Daniel’s seat could
determine which party will con
trol the Senate in the new Con
gress that convenes Jan. 3.
Jailer Injured In Fall
Ken Anderson, jailer at the
Federal Jail, was hospitalized
this morning suffering from in
juries he received from falling
from a ladder while at work. He
is reported to have injured his
back.
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Bus Segregation
Unconstitutional:
Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, WV-The Su
preme Court yesterday upheld a
decision holding unconstitutional
Alabama laws requiring racial
segregation on buses.
The decision, by a special three
judge U.S. district court in Mont
gomery, was appealed by the
city’s board of commissioners and
by the Alabama Public Service
Commission. Each filed separate
appeals.
The Supreme Court action yes
terday was unanimous.
The tribunal's order cited the
Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in
I the public school segregation cas
1 es and two later orders striking
down race segregation in public
parks and public golf links.
The special court had ruled that
enforced segregation on buses in
Montgomery violates the federal
Constitution’s guarantees of due
process and equal protection of
law.
Negroes in Montgomery have
conducted a lengthy boycott of
buses as a protest against state
and city segregation laws.
—
Changes of Ownership
In 2nd Division Mines
( From the TDM Bulletin >
November 1956
Changes of ownership of two
dredging properties on Seward
Peninsula have been effected dur
ing the past season.
Grant Nelson of Nome purchased
the Casa de Paga operation on the
Inmachuk River and spent part of
the season operating one of the
two dredges. When conditions per
mit, he plans to put the second
dredge into operation.
A group from Portland, Ore.,
known as the Lucky Syndicate
has purchased the Gold Dust Min
ing Co. dredge on the Kougarok
River, and has been flying in oil
and other supplies and making
preparations for a full digging
season next year. This dredge
was formerly owned by Jack Bul
lock of Kotzebue and associates,
and has been idle for several
years.
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