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Foreign Attache
Fights to Keep
Agriculture Job
WASHINGTON, WV-Wolf Lade
jinsky fought Thursday to retain
his foreign attache post under the
Agriculture Dept, despite indica
tions the State Department was
willing to keep him on its own
payroll in a different job. ,
It was understood Ladejinsky
supporters were preparing to car
ry the unusual case to President
Eisenhower himself.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
has ruled Ladejinsky, a Russian
born American citizen, is not qual
ified, technically and security
wise, to continue in the $ll,000-a
year post which is being trans
ferred from State to Agriculture
Dept, jurisdiction.
But Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn>,
calling for a “frank and open air
ing” of the incident, questioned
whether it Wasn’t more a matter
of giving the job to a “person of
more obvious political persua
sion.”
Rep. Judd (R-Minn criticized
the method of Ladejinsky’s ouster
and said the attache’s abilities in
land reform measures were need
ed to help save free Viet Nam.
The 55-year-old Ladejinsky,
who was naturalized in 1928, was
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s chief
land reform official in occupied
Japan and has served as an agri
culture attache under the State
Dept, there for the last four years.
The Agriculture Dept, said late
Wednesday a review of Ladejin
sky’s records in connection with
the transfer of jurisdiction had
raised questions concerning his
fitness under security rules to
. continue in the job. In addition, it
said it wanted a man with more
American agriculture experience.
State Dept, officials said they
intended to keep Ladejinsky on
the payroll unless new evidence
is discovered showing him to be a
security risk. The department,
however, withheld formal com
ment.
WACO, Texas, Uft—On Christ
mas Eve City Judge Valentine re
leased 25 men held on drunken
ness charges.
Yesterday 10 of them were back
in jail on the same charge.
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Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
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Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
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Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
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10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
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Meets 1st and 3r* Thursday each month.