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Truman Submits
Which GOPs Proi
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Congress Split Over Value;
Of Try for Atom Controls
WASHINGTON, OP) — Congress
members remained divided yes
terday over the value of any new
try for international atomic con
trols while applauding President
Truman’s stern warning to' Stalin '
that nuclear warfare might end:
civilization.
Senate Republican leader Taft
of Ohio, who voiced sharp critic
ism of Truman’s valedictory to
Congress Wednesday, told a re
porter President-elect Eisenhower
probably will have his own state
of the union message ready for
Congress soon after his Jan. 20
inaugural.
At that time, the new President
can be expected to outline his
views on what Taft had described
in a statement as legacy of the
Truman administration — “the
most dangerous foreign problem
this country ever faced.”
Lack of Aluminum For
Vans Causes Shipper To
Trim Alaska Service
SEATTLE, Itf! — The lack of
aluminum vans caused by the
Pacific Northwest power short
age has forced Ocean Van Line
to trim its weekly Alaska service
to one ship every 10 days.
Assistant Manager T. A. Thron
son announced Thursday that the
area’s “brownout” has forced a
Spokane firm to cancel commit
ments for 100 of the big 30-foot
aluminum vans in which the ship
ping firm loads cargo north.
As a result, the line has pulled
two of its four ships out of ser
vice for the rest of the winter.
Ocean Van has reordered the
equipment from a California
builder and expects to receive it
in time to resume weekly ser
vice between Seattle and Tacoma
and Seward and Valdez by April
1, Thronson added.
Two B-50 Bombers
Collide In Air, One
Crashes, One Is Saved
SAVANNAH, Ga., GH—Six, and
possibly nine, airmen were killed
Thursday night when two huge
B-50 Air Force bombers collided
over Savannah and one plummet
ed into muddy marshland.
The other four - engined giant
landed safely at Hunter Air Force
base with a damaged tail assem
bly and no casualties, reported
Lt. Thomas R. Meredith, public
information officer.
Meredith said there were no
known survivors from the crew
of nine on the ill-fated plane, but
some persons reported they saw
parachutes in the vicinity of the
crash. He said both planes were
assigned to the 96th Bomber
Squadron at Hunter and were on
a training flight.
PAKISTAN STUDENTS RIOT
OVER TUITION FEE INCREASE
KARACHI, Pakistan, (5-) —Stu
dents protesting a 45 percent in
crease in tuition fees clashed yes
terday with Karachi police, who
fired shots to put down violent
rioting. At least six persons were
reported hurt.
1
8 Billion Budget
nise to Cut Sharply
By FRANK O'BRIEN
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Truman laid a $78,600,000,000
valedictory budget before Con
gress Friday. Republicans prompt
ly cried “fantastic” and promised
to cut it sharply.
But that has been the custom
ary reaction of Democratic Con
gresses, too, and they frequently
have fallen short of January
pledges to trim away billions of
dollars. Only time can tell wheth
er, under the GOP, things will
be different.
Truman’s estimate of govern
ment spending was for the fiscal
year 1954, which begins July 1.
The total was four billion dollars
higher than spending projected
by the President for the current
fiscal year and 12V2 billions more
than in fiscal 1952, which ended
last June 30.
The increases were almost en
tirely for national security pro
grams and pointed, Truman said,
toward a 10 billion dollar deficit
18 months from now.
Truman called for a big in
crease in foreign aid, mostly for
military help to the nation’s Eu
ropean allies. But he also included
two billions for economic, rather
than military help. Some mem
bers of Congress have been urg
ing that all purely economic aid
to foreign countries be halted.
Sen. Millikin (R-Colo), who will
head the tax - writing Finance
Committee, said Republicans are
determined to carry out plat
form and campaign pledges to
“reduce the present level of fed
eral taxes.”
That obviously would require a
multi-billion dollar slash in cur
rent government spending levels
to avoid a deficit.
Republicans expect strong
Democratic support in their bud
get-cutting efforts.
Sen. Douglas (D-Ill), persistent
economy advocate, said he doubts
the Republicans can slash more
than four or five billions from
any new budget without endan
gering national defense.
The budget called for expendi
tures in general equal to $489.15
for every man, woman and child
the Census Bureau estimates will
be in the United States on Jan.
1, 1954, half way through the 12
month budget period.
The President said 73 cents out
of every dollar in the budget
would go toward programs direct
ly related to national security, and
14 cents more toward paying for
past wars.
The President made no proposal
for increased taxes. But he told
a Republican Congress whose
leaders have been talking wist
fully of a tax cut:
. “I do wish to make it clear
that in my judgment it would not
be wise to plan for a large budget
deficit during a period when busi
ness activity, civilian employment
and national income are reaching
unprecedented heights.”
And, the President said, if
things go according to his esti
mates and plans, the national debt
by 1954’s end will be but a billion
dollars short of the legal limit of
275 billion dollars.
Budget Requests
Total $95 Million
For the Territory
By FRANK W VAILLE
WASHINGTON, UP) — Roads,
public works and power bulked
heaviest among the Alaska items
included in the budget sent to
Congress by President Truman
Friday.
The 1,155-page document con
tained $95,219,904 in requests spe
cifically earmarked for the Terri
tory.
Contrary to last year when he
urged a speed-up in construction
of needed Alaskan housing, the
President made no direct refer
ence to Alaska in his budget
message.
Largest single items proposed
for expenditure in Alaska be
tween July 1, 1953 and June 30,
1954, were $18,400,000 for road
construction, $11,311,000 for the
Alaska Railroad, 15 million for
public works and $12,791,000 to
continue work on Eklutna Dam.
The Alaska Communications
System came in for another $11,
780,800 for operation, mainten
ance and construction, and the
Navy’s Petroleum Reserve No. 4,
above the Arctic Circle, was pro
posed for $9,700,000.
In explanation of the 18 mil
lion - plus request for road con
struction, the Interior Dept. Office
of Territories said it plans to be
gin work on consruction of an
alternate through route on the
Seward - Anchorage highway to
bypass Anchorage on the route to
Elmendorf Air Base and Fort
Richardson and to build a 20-mile
road between Kasilof, Kenai and
the Sterling Highway.
An additional $3,400,000 is ask
ed for operation and maintenance
of the territory’s roads.
Other Alaska items included in
the budget include:
Maintenance of public airports
at Anchorage and Fairbanks,
$1,100,000 of which $416,000 is
for disease and sanitation investi
gations and control, $1,107,000.
Gruening Asks McCarran
Aid in Movement of
Salmon Industry Workers
Gov. Ernest Gruening Wed
nesday sent the following tele
gram to the Honorable Pat Mc
Carran:
I wish to call your attention to
a newscast released [Tuesday].
[Then follows the Associated
Press release of a Post Intelli
gencer article. The release was
printed on Page 1 of Wednesday’s
Nugget under the heading: “Sal
mon Industry Asserts it is Unable
to Screen Workers Enroute to Al
aska Under McCarran Immigra
tion Act.]
Since several months will elapse
before the fishing season starts I
wish to urge that you do every
thing possible toward finding a
solution consistent with the act.
We have recently been success
ful in obtaining administrative
hep in another instance involving
the ‘act and trust that similar
means may be found in this case.
Thanks.
Housing Agency
Will Loan Only
4 Million in Alaska
WASHINGTON, OP)—The Hous
ing and Heme Finance Agency
estimates it will make only about
four million dollars in loan com
mitments under its Alaska hous
ing program during the 12 months
beginning July 1.
The agency said in explanatory
remarks accompanying the bud
get sent to Congress by President
Truman Friday that the Alaska
program “could be greatly ex
panded if a solution could be
found for reaching a somewhat
lower income section of the po
tential market.”
It added that the “absolute need
for housing will continue to be
acute.”
The budget contained no re
quest for the Alaska loan pro
gram which is financed by a
revolving fund. Congress has au
thorized a 20 million dollar fund,
of which 19 ijiillion has been ap
propriated.
The agency said the 12-month
budget period will find adminis
trative expenses of the fund paid
for out of interest earnings for
the first time with an additional
$250,000 expected to be turned
back to the Treasury.
Tighter Unification
Of Armed Forces
Urged In Congress
WASHINGTON, UD — Tighter
unification of the armed forces
and draft law revisions to boost
fighting efficiency in Korea were
urged Friday by two Republican
congressmen who held key posts
on defense legislation.
Sen. Saltonstall (R-Mass), slated
to head the Armed Services Com
mittee in the Republican-controll
ed Senate, described the present
unification act as a “compromise
setup.”
He told a reporter the func
tions of the joint chiefs of staff
needs study, as da the workings
of the staff of the Secretary of
Defense, the separate service re
search branches and the makeup
of the Munitions Board—all or
ganized under the Unification
Act.
Saltonstall also said operation
of the Selective Service Act
should be changed, either by
amendments or by executive or
der of President-elect Eisenhower
after his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Rep. Van Zandt (R-Penn), a
member of the House Armed Ser
vices Committee, called for a six
to eight months’ increase in draft
service. In a separate interview
he said he would ask Congress to
consider draft terms of between
30 and 36 months, instead of 24
months as at present.
Van Zandt, a naval reserve
captain, returned last week from
seven weeks’ active duty, much
of it in Korea. There, he said, he
traveled incognito talking to of
ficers and men and decided:
“Twenty - four months have
proven to be too short. Out of
this, there is only about 10 months
of combat duty.”
Statehood Bills for
Alaska and Hawaii
Reach Congress
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Proposals
to grant statehood to Hawaii and
Alaska reached Congress again
Wednesday. Both have been be
fore Congress many times in re
cent years, but never have gotten
enough votes.
An Alaska statehood bill was
introduced by Sen. Cordon (R
Ore) and 13 other senators—seven
Democrats, five Republicans and
Morse of Oregon.
Virtually the same bill was ap
proved at the last session of Con
gress by the Senate Insular Af
fairs Committee but dropped after
the Senate rejected an Alaska
statehood bill by a narrow mar
gin.
Sen. Murray CD-Mont) and 13
other Democrats and Morse in
troduced bills to grant statehood
to both territories.
Murray said in a statement Al
aska and Hawaii are ready for
statehood and ‘Uhe vast majority”
of citizens of both want it.
He recalled that the Democratic
platform urged immediate state
hood for Hawaii and Alaska. The
Republicans, in their platform,
advocated statehood for Hawaii
and also said they favored state
hood for Alaska “under an equit
able enabling act.”
Oregonian At Loss To
Understand Reason For
New Stand on Statehood
PORTLAND, UR — Richard L.
Neuberger, Oregon state senator
and author of many articles about
Alaska, said in a statement Fri
day thousands of Oregonians
“must pe heartsick” over Douglas
McKay’s stand on Alaskan state
hood.
McKay, former Oregon gover
nor, is to be the new Secretary
of the Interior. He recently said
he wasn’t satisfied that Alaska
statehood bills he had seen were
sound. Neuburger is a Democrat.
“I cannot understand his rea
sons for the new stand,” Neu
berger said.
Mystery Plane Blasts
U. N. Command Post
SEOUL, UR — Military investi
gators studied burned tents and
bomb craters at a Korean western
front command post Friday. A
number of U. N. soldiers were
killed or wounded by an unidenti
fied warplane there Thursday.
There still was no official re
port as to the exact number of
men killed or wounded, but it
was described as “several.” Nor
was there any confirmation of
some unofficial reports the plane
or planes were Allied.
AP correspondent George Mac
Arthur said the company com
mander told him, in a conversa
tiion over a faulty telephone line:
“Tehy went so fast I can’t be
sure what they were.”
The command post area be
hind the lines in a sheltered val
ley north of Yonchon, was pocked
by about 15 bomb craters, the
officer said. Neither the Eighth
Army nor tne U. S. Fifth Air
Force would comment pending
further investigation.