2THE NOME NUGGET_Wednesday. May II. 1955
THE NOME NUGGET
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^_BURIED!
A Rare Treat for Nome
The Rotary Club, noted for its motto of service, is
bringing to Nome an outstanding musical event on
Friday evening—the San Francisco Symphony Wind
Ensemble.
It is not often that Nome has .the opportunity to
participate in programs of this type due to th£ high
cost of bringing artists here.
It is hoped that the community will respond whole
heartedly by filling the school auditorium to capacity
so that this civic organization will feel encouraged to
bring another program to Nome again next year.
The Rotary Club is to be commended for their
effort in the development of the cultural growth of the
community. It is hoped they will feel justified to make
this an annual project.
ABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Senators Kefauver (D-Tenn) and Daniel (D-Tex)
are sponsoring a constitutional amendment in Congress
which would abolish the Electoral College. The amend
ment recently was approved by a Senate judiciary sub
committee of which Kefauver is the chairman.
The proposed amendment would abolish the Elec
torial College, as such, although it would retain the
electoral votes of each state at present levels. The
amendment is designed to make presidential elections
more representative of the will of the people and to
prevent the election of a President who does not re
ceive a majority of the popular vote.
While some Americans do not realize that this is
' possible, several Presidents have been elected who
received less votes than their opponents. Another evil
of the electorial college system is that which results
from the undue influence exerted by small pressure
groups in some key states.
159 Japanese Die
In Collision Of
Two Ferries
TAKAMUTSU, Japan, </P> — A
big ferry boat carrying an esti
mated 840 passengers collided
with another ferry today on the
Inland Sea and sank with a loss
of possibly 159 Japanese lives.
Many of the victims were
school children returning from a
gay outing when disaster struck
the Shiun Maru in the fog
shrouded sea. Panic broke out as
the strucken ferry sank within
five minutes.
The Japan National Railways,
after a recheck, reported 76 bodies
recovered, an estimated 83 miss
ing—75 of them school children—
and 681 rescued.
“It was just a horrible dream,”
said Mrs. Bei*hadine Adams, 33,
Junction City, Wis. She and her
husband, Willis, were the only
non-Japanese aboard.
Mrs. Adams, who was injured,
and her husband managed t<* sur
vive a half hour in the cold water.
Many of the missing were
grade school girls who ignored the
frantic pleading of their teacher
and dashed back into their cabins
to retrieve belongings and gifts
they had purchased.
The 1,500-ton Shiun Maru ap
parently swerved in heavy fog to
avoid a small fishing craft—right
into the steel bow of the 1,200
ton rail car ferry Udaka Maru.
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STATEHOOD PRO & CON IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, UR—Rep. Pillion
(R-NY), opposing a bill to admit
Hawaii and Alaska as states, told
the House yesterday its enactment
would “deliver the Hawaiian state
government to the Communist
Party on a silver platter.”
On the other side, Delegate
Bartlett said the State Dept, be
lieves admission of Hawaii would
strengthen this country’s position
in the Far East, and be an effec
tive reply to Communist propa
ganda against U.S. “colonialism.”
Bartlett said critics of the bill
argued that Alaska has nothing to
justify statehood but “patriotism
and scenery.” He said he “gloried”
in both but that, in addition, the
northern territory also has the
“solid riches which come as an
endowment of nature to make our
state wealthy.”
He said the territory has been
“encumbered and bound down” by
federal control of its land and
resources.
Bartlett said passage of the bill
“not only will add two new stars
to the flag but will fix those al
ready there more securely.”
Rep. Pfost (D-Idaho), support
ing the bill, said arguments that
Alaska and Hawaii have insuffi
cient population for statehood are
similar to those advanced against
other states which have been
proved wrong.
In any event, she said, there is
no reason to believe present popu
lations will remain stable. Hawaii,
she said, could grow “substantial
ly” while Alaska “can and should
be the North American equivalent
of the Scandinavian countries.”
Pillion* argued that granting
statehood to Hawaii “would com
pletely turn over to the Commu
nist Party the police force, the
educational system and the public
works of the island.”
Communist yower and influence
in Hawaii stems from two unions,
the International Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen’s Union and
the United Public Workers’ Union,
Pillion said. He added:
“It is common knowledge in
Hawaii that both unions are com
pletely Communistic controlled.”
Both unions, he said, were ex
pelled from the CIO in 1950 for
that reason.
In territorial elections last year,
Pillion said, five of six ILWU-en
| dorsed candidates were elected to
the 30-member Territorial House
i of Representatives.
“The last session of the Hawaii
an legislature was a Communist
holiday,” he asserted. “T hey
passed bill after bill on the orders
of the Communist ILWU. Yet, noi
one anticommunist or antisubver
sive bill was reported out of any
committee.”
“Our defeat of this bill will serve
notice to the people of Hawaii that
this Congress will not counte
nance a Communist police state
anywhere within our boundaries.”
Rep. Miller (R - Neb), ranking
Republican on th£ Insular Affairs
Committee, cited the support giv
en the territories’ statehood aims
'in political platforms of both ma
jor parties.
He disputed contentions that
Communist infiltration into Ha
waii’s economic and political life
would endanger the United States
if the ocean territory is granted
statehood.
“Actually,” he said, “Hawaii
has fewer Communists percent
agewise than New York, Chicago,
Boston or several other large cit
ies of the United States. The In
ternational Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s Union, an inter
national labor organization with
headquarters in San Francisco,
has been the key to Communist
activity.
Admission of Hawaii to state
hood, he said, “will help her com
bat Communism just as we do in
the United States.”
COMING TO
THE THEATER
U.S. Sabres Shoot Down Two Red Jets
When Attacked in Yellow Sea Area
TOKYO, (JP>—American Sabre-*
jets, jumped by Communist Migs
between North Korea and Red
China, shot down two of the Rus
sian-built jets and probably de
stroyed another yesterday morn
ing, the Air Force announced.
The dog fight started over in
ternational waters of the Yellow
Sea, the Air Force said, when
“eight Sabres were attacked by
12 to 16 Communist fighters.”
The fight area was about 50
miles southwest of the mouth of
the Yalu River, boundary between
North Korea and Red China. Com
munist China has a large air base
at Antung, and North Korea at
Si/iuiju, on opposite banks of the
Yalu.
The Air Force gave no clue on
the nationality of the Migs, used
by the air forces of North Korea,
Communist China and Soviet Rus
sia.
All the Sabres returned to their
Korean bases.
The Sabres, from the 35th Squad
ron of the 8th Fighter-Bomber
Wing, were on a patrol mission
off the coast of North Korea when
the attack occurred.
An Air Force announcement
said the Migs fired first.
It said the Sabres returned the
fire. Two Communist pilots bailed
out and “the third plane was last
seen diving straight down trailing
smoke.”*
It was the third almost identi
cal incident in the same general
Yellow Sea area in 16 months.
On Jan. 22, 1954, American Sa
bres escorting an RB-45 jet recon
naissance bomber shot down one
Mig-15 when a flight of red planes
attacked off the west coast of
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North Korea.
Feb. 5, Sabres escorting another
RB-45 jet shot down two more
Migs in a similar battle.
Tuesday’s battle, the third Kor
ean air clash since the end of the
Korean War in July 1953, brings
the U.S. Mig total to five kills and
one probable kill.
EISENHOWER STILL WANTS
SEPARATE BILLS TO ADMIT
TERRITORIES TO STATEHOOD
WASHINGTON, \3— President
Eisenhower told his news confer
ence today he always has felt
there should be separate bills ad
mitting Alaska and Hawaii to
statehood.
He had been asked for comment
on the House vote yesterday
which sent back to committee a
bill to make both territories
states. The President said the
question of whether either terri
tory should be made a state
should be handled separately and
on the merits, adding he still
would like to see separate bills.
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