President at Press Conference Says His
Administration Trying to Cut Spending
Eisenhower said yesterday he is
trying to slow down the rate of
government spending in an ef
fort to keep living costs from ris
ing still more.
Eisenhower told a news confer
ence his lingering cough now has
developed into a cold in the head
and he is having difficulty hear
ing.
At the same time, however,
Eisenhower said the cough which
has ibeen bothering him for sev
eral weeks is better.
Eisenhower’s voice was quite
husky and he coughed a couple'
of times during the meeting with
newsmen. He had a piece of cotton
in his left ear.
Asked about reports that he
might go to a warm, dry climate
like Tucson, Ariz., in an effort to
shake the cough and cold, Eisen
hower noted that both Vice Pres
ident Nixon and Secretary of
State Dulles are out of the country
at this time.
For that reason, he said, it
would be awkward for him to
leave Washington.
As for federal spending and
prospects for cutting the Admin
istration’s $71,800,000,000 budget
for the fiscal year starting July
Washington
News - Letter
By Mary Lee Council
oe^e+ary to E. L. Bartlett.
TV’e^a^e *** press fr~>m Alaska
The Territories Subcommittee
of 'fhe House Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee has resched
uled the7 Alaska Statehood hear
ings to March 11 and 12 in order
to accommodate Secretary of the
Interior Fred A. Seaton, who is
slated to be the first witness.
The hearings had been origin
ally set for March 4 and 5, but
Secretary Seaton, who is expected
to present the Administration’s
recommendations regarding Alas
ka statehood, stated the week’s
postponement would be more con
venient for him. During the two
days of hearings Senator-elect
Gruening, Senator-elect William
A. Egan and Representative-elect
Ralph J. Rivers will be heard.
There are six Alaska Statehood
bills before the Territories Sub
committee, one introduced by
chairman Engle of the full com
mittee, one by Congressman Leo
O’Brien, chairman of the subcom
mittee, one by Congressman Rus
sell Mack of Washington, one by
Congressman John Saylor of
Pennsylvania, one by Delegate
Bartlett and a combined Hawaii
Alaska Statehood bill sponsored
by Congressman Saylor.
Bus Transportation Bill
Passes Alaska Senate
JUNEAU, W — The Territorial
Senate passed a House bill Wed
nesday authorizing school bus
transportation of children who
live less than a mile and a half
from their classrooms.
It leaves the matter up to the
local school boards, who must pay
for the additional service through
partial use of their own tax funds
or through the use of fares col
lected from the youngsters whc
get the new service. The bill alsc
requires local school districts tc
enter into agreements with the
Territorial Department of Edu
cation on the local pupil trans
portation systems.
MRS. MORRIS IN FAIRBANKS
FOR GIRL SCOUT TRAINING
Judy Morris is in Fairbanks tak
ing a Girl Scout leaders training
course and visiting with her sistei
Ethel Granite, who is in the rea
estate business there.
Mrs. Morris is very active her<
and heads Girl Scout activities.
1, Eisenhower said he has ordered
a study to determine whether the
rate of government spending can
be reduced. He made that state
ment after a reporter reminded
•him that th cost of living, as re
ported by the government, still is
on the rise.
Eisenhower said at this point
he knows of no program in the
budget which should be aban
doned, but slowing up the rate of
spending might help to keep
prices from going up more.
Eisenhower said the living cost
situation is being watched care
fully by the Administration. He
added that a cut in the rate of
spending would serve to take just
that much pressure away with
respect to inflation.
Eisenhower opened the news
conference, his first since Feb. 6,
with a request that any of the
228 reporters present who ask
questions speak out distinctly be
cause he was having some trouble
with his hearing.
In comments on the Middle
East situation, Eisenhower said
that beginning as early as 1948 he
has never discussed Israel with
anyone without saying that na
tion’s existence is an historic' fact
and its problems must be dealt
with.
He made that remark when a
reporter told him he was under
stood to have told King Saud of
Saudi Arabia during their recent
talks that Israel is here to stay.
As for the situation resulting
from Israel’s withdrawal from
the Gaza Strip and the prospective
pullout from the Gulf of Aqaba
area, Eisenhower said the United
States has taken the position that
the Gulf is an international water
way and this country plans to
so use it together with other na- j
tions.
But to a question as to what an
American shipper could assume
would happen if he traveled!
through the gulf, Eisenhower re
plied he would have to consult!
further with the State Depart-!
ment.
Sunburned Mabel’s More
Stable in New Tank Home
PALOS VERDES ESTATES,
Calif., U?i — Mabel, the sunburned
whale, is happy instead of sulky
today.
The 1,500-pound mammal, cap
tured recently off Santa Catalina 1
Island, had been brooding in a
tank at Marineland of the Pacific.
Seems the tank was too shal
low and Mabel’s dorsal fin stuck
up in the breezes and the sun. At
tendants tried to soothe the sun
burned fin with a zinc oxide oint
ment and they draped it with a
burlap bag.
But Mabel evidently was pret
ty uncomfortable. She sulked, and
wouldn’t eat.
General Manager William F.
Monahan finally decided to move
Mabel into the oceanarium’s big
best tank, a 500,000-gallon oval
fob deep enough for her to sub
merge her sunburned fin.
The moving yesterday was
quite an operation. Mabel was
maneuvered onto a cradle of mat
tresses on a raft. The raft was
trucked to the big pool. Mabel
was hoisted 50 feet, then dunked
into her giant bathtub.
Aquarist Dave Brown gave her
an injection of vitamin B-12, then
a shot of cocaine derivative to
calm her down. Later he steered
her around the pool a few times
for orientation purposes.
Presently Mabel blew. It seemed
’ to be a cheerful spray.
“She’s definitely a much hap
pier whale,” said Brown.
Hospital operating rooms must
l have electrical conductive floors
.o carry off static electricity of
> personnel as most anesthetic gases
are highly explosive.
Donald Duck Cavorts As
M-C on Sunday Nite TV
Walt Disney’s famed cartoon
star, Donald Duck, finally solves
his voice problem and :'s rewarded
; with the job of emceeing DIS
1 NEYLAND Sunday, March 10, at
7 p. m. on KNOM-TV, Channel
4, and the ABC Television Net
work. The new Fantasyland hour,
“Your Host, Donald Duck,” de
picts Donald reaching a new high
of furious exasperation in his
many mis-adventures.
In order to win the master of
ceremonies role, Donald ingenious
ly installs a microphone under
his shirt and utilizes a recorded
voice from a nearby phonograph,
thus providing himself with a
creamy new pear-shaped tone for
the job. Though Disney is not
deceived by the trick, he gives the
role to Donald for his efforts.
Donald begins by offering his
viewers a “super-duper colossal”
show which incorporates cartoons
from Adventureland, Frontier
land, Tomorrowland and Fantasy
land instead of the usual visit
to just one “land” within a single
program!
The feathered hero has a trip
in a model jet plane and a skir
mish with Chip ’n’ Dale, the two
chipmunks. Donald’s hilarious es
capades conclude with a logger
felling trees who turns to chasing
Donald after the duck fails at a
logging task assigned to him.
Despite his unusual experiences.
Donald manages to recover his
equilibrium and wind up as cheer
ful a chappie as ever.
ANS MAINTENANCE MAN TO
RESUME WORK IN THIS AREA
John Osborne, maintenance su
pervisor for the ANS who was
stationed here a couple of years
ago, has returned to resume his
work here in this area. His wife
and family are expected to arrive
soon.
McCARTHYS TO VISIT KIN
AND FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. W. McCarthy left
for the States together on a visit
to see their two grandchildren
and other relatives and friends.
They plan to go to California
and stop several places enroute.
They will return some time late
in the spring.
Alaska Arts and Crafts
Show to be Held at Juneau
The 13th annual Alaskan Arts
and Crafts Show will be held
April 5, 6, 7 at Juneau, Alaska.
Exhibits from out-of-town crafts
men are to mailed this year to
E. L. Keithahn, Territorial Mu
seum, Juneau, Alaska, with money
enclosed for return postage.
Exhibits must qualify as to or
iginality, meet established stan
dards and must never have been
entered in a previous exhibit.
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