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Atom Powered Sub
May Operate
Under Polar Ice
WASHINGTON, (^P) — The
leagues of thick polar ice which
stand between the northern rims
of the western hemisphere and
Eurasia may be no barrier to the
atomic submarines the U. S. is
now building.
That was made evident Friday
by replies from the Navy to ques
tions about the nuclear engined
submarine it is developing—sub
mersibles in which the crew as
well as the boat can remain deep
down for days, weeks or possibly
months.
An article written for Collier’s
magazine by Rear Adm. Homer
Wallin, chief of the Bureau of
Ships, spoke cryptically of the
ability of atomic submarines to
launch guided missiles with atom
ic warheads and then slide silent
ly beneath the waves “or ice”
to reappear at another point to
launch another attack.
A reporter who asked Navy of
ficials about it was told:
“It is possible for even conven
tional submarines to operate un
der ice. Since a conventional sub
marine’s submerged endurance is
limited by its batteries,' and it
must have air for operating its
engines to recharge its batteries,
it has a limited endurance for
under ice operations.
“The Nautilus (first of the atom
powered boats to be started)
which will be independent of the
earth’s atmosphere, will, there
fore, be able to operate under ice
for longer periods of time. It
makes no difference whether the
ice is solid or mushy as long as
there is sufficient depth of water
beneath the ice to permit sub
marine operation.”
The atomic power plant will
require no air in creating the
superheat to produce steam .for
the propulsion turbine, and thus
can remain under water as long
as the fuel lasts. This can be a
long time — the fission of one
pound of uranium releases ener
gy equal to the combustion of
2,600,000 tons of coal.
That left the question of how
long the crew of an atomic sub
mersible could stay down, out of
the earth’s atmosphere. The Bu
reau of Ships is working on a
gadget to take oxygen from the
water, and this may be ready for
use in the Nautilus.
SUGAR RAY WILL DEFEND
WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP IN BRITAIN
LONDON, (/P)—Promoter Jack
Solomons said Thursday Sugar
Ray Robinson has “definitely
agreed” to defend his World Mid
dleweight Championship against
Britain’s Randy Turpin on June 9
in either London or Dublin.
Truman Rejects
Meeting with Ike
And MacArthur
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Senator
Hunt (D-Wyo) proposed an im
mediate extraordinary session of
tiie Senate Armed Services Com
mitee Friday to look into Gen.
Douglas MacArthut’s views on
ending the Korean war.
President Truman, with some
barbed remarks about both Mac
Arthur and fhresident-elect Eisen
hower, rejected a senator’s sug
gestion Thursday that he call the
two men to the White House to
discuss Korea.
Truman said, among other
things, he doubts MncArthur has
hit upon any new way to peace,
and that he still thinks Eisen
hower’s campaign announcement
that he would go to the Korean
war zone was demagoguery.
Truman’s words drew some
GOP cries of “arrogant” and
“slanderous” on Capitol Hill.
Hunt, taking no part in that row,
told a reporter:
“I would like to see Sen. Rus
sell call either or both the gen
erals to Capitol Hill to brief the
Armed Services Committee.
Hunt, a member of Russell’s
committee, said he thought Con
gress should be “informed and
consulted” at once if there is any
new plan to end the war.
Eisenhower, now enroute back
from Korea, has disclosed he in
tends to meet MacArthur in New
York soon to discuss what lies
behind the latter’s declaration of
Dec. 5 that “I am confident there
is a clear and definite solution to
the Korean conflict” without un
duly heavy Allied casualties.
Chinese Reds Recapture
Two Hills from ROKs
SEOUL, UP) — About 750 Chi
nese Reds smashed back to the
peaks of big and little Nori hills
on the flaming western front Fri
day, only 19 hours after rugged
South Koreans captured the strat
egic heights in a bloody hand-to
hand battle.
Fiercely fighting Chinese swept
up the slope of the two hills in
a two-pronged drive shielded by
cover of darkness and a devastat
ing Communist artillery and mor
tar barrage.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U. S.
Eighth Army commander, today
reported a new South Korean div
ision of about 14,000 men is near
ly ready for combat duty. He said
the unit “could replace an Ameri
can division on the battlefront.”
Van Fleet said a second new
ROK division would follow the
first into battle “soon thereafter.”
He added there are “easily 100,000
South Korean recruits” in train
ing as replacements for the ROK
army.
U.S. Threatens
Remove Financial
Support of U.N.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (Jf)
—Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis)
threatened the United Nations
last night with a loss of its big
gest chunk of financial support—
that from the United States —
unless something is done to keep
subversives and spies out of the
U.N. secretariat.
But in making his threat, Wiley
who is slated to head the power
ful Senate Foreign Relations
Committee in the new Congress
— made it clear he thinks a
major part of the blame for al
leged subversives still on the U.
N. payrolls lies with the Ameri
can State Department.
Wiley said in a statement that
congressional sentiment is build
ing up to cut off UJS. money for
the international organization
“unless adequate security proced
ures have been worked out to
guarantee that the U.N. and its
organs do' not remain a base for
espionage and subversion.”
The U.S. pays a little more than
one-third of the U.N. bills and has
contributed 560 million dollars to
it since 1946.
Terr. Defense Dept. Wants
Alaska Enter Mutual Aid
Pact with N.W. States
JUNEAU, (A3)—The Territorial
Defense Department wants Alas
ka to enter a mutual aid pact
with Washington, Oregon, Calif
ornia and bordering Canadian
provinces.
Col. James Crockett, director of
the department, said in a letter
to Governor Gruening Thursday
that such a compact would, in
effect, be a contract for providing
mutual aid in meeting emergency
or disaster from enemy attacks.
He said it would permit the ex
change of professional services
normally restricted by licensing
laws and expedite the inter
change of emergency resources.
House Labor Committee
Asked To Investigate
Seattle Waterfront Tieup
WASHINGTON, (£>) — Two
Pacific Northwest Congressmen
and Alaska Delegate Bartlett ask
ed the House Labor Committee
Thursday to investigate the Seat
tle waterfront tieup.
The Northwest congressmen
asked that a subcommittee be
named to hold hearings in the
Puget Sound area immediately.
They said early settlement of
the dispute, which has locked up
the waterfront since Nov. 11, is
essential to the economy of the
Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Joining in the request were
Republican Reps. Tollefson and
Mack of Washington State.
Witness Sees Communist Influence
Behind Split in Longshoremen’s Local
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Release of Alaska Vessels
Not Been Made Officially
To Alaska S.S. Company
SEATTLE, (JP) — A1 Shyman,
head of the Alaska Lifeline Com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce, said today the AFL union
leader in the current tie - up of
Seattle’s port had expressed a
willingness to release all the Al
aska Line ships from Seattle.
An Alaska Steamship Co.,
spokesman said the firm had not
received any such assurance.
Shyman said Maxie Weisbarth,
leader of the AFL Maritime
Trades section, remarked between
sessions of a court hearing on the
tieup that the company “can get
them all out as far as I’m con
cerned.”
D. E. Skinner, general manager
of the Alaska Steamship Co., said
today “Weisbarth han’t said that
to us, but I hope it’s true.”
Weisbarth could not be reached
immediately for direct comment.
Letter Reveals Eisenhower
Says We Will Not Leave
Our Boys In Red Prisons
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., {JP) —
Basil Brewer, publisher of the
New Bedford Standard - Times
quoted President - elect Eisen
hower Friday as saying on Oct.
24 “We are not going to with
draw from Korea and leave our
boys in Communist prison
camps.”
. Brewer said he delayed making
public what he called Eisenhow
er’s “long range views toward
ending the Korean conflict” until
the President-elect had completed
the visit to Korea he promised
during the campaign.
Brewer said Eisenhower’s let
ter was evoked by a telegram he
sent the then presidential candi
date on Oct. 23 “as a result of
remarks by the general and others
speaking in his behalf which
were interpreted widely as offer
ing hope for an early solution to
the Korean war.”
\
Anchorage City Tax Assessor
Recommends Sales Tax or Hike
In Territorial Income Tax
ANCHORAGE, (#•)—The acting
Anchorage City Assessor has re
commended either a territorial
sales tax or a one per cent in
crease in the income tax. Assessor
Richard Tuff proposed the alter
natives as a substitute for the
Municipal Tax on personal pro
perty.
He said the present tax on per
sonal property is uncollectible.”
He told the League of Women
Voters the territory could collect
the extra income tax and turn it
over to the cities.
SEATTLE, {JP)—Taking of tes
timony in the request for an in
junction against picketing on the
Seattle waterfront was concluded
late yesterday and the presiding
judge indicated he may make a
decision on the matter by tonight.
Final witness for the picketing
AFL longshoremen’s union was
Ed Weston, president of the State
Federation of Labor. He said his
organization is supporting the
picketing union because the fed
eration’s executive council saw
Communist influence behind the
split in the longshoremen’s local.
“We were in agreement,” Wes
ton testified, “that this was part
of a subversive plan by top-flight
ILU leaders which was finally to
result in complete Communist
control, of waterborne shipping
on the Pacific coast.”
The intervening Territory of
Alaska presented only one wit
ness, Ketchikan banker William
A. Bates, and affidavits from the
mayor of Juneau and the territor
ial tax commissioner on effects of
the tieups.
Bates described Alaska as a ter
ritory whose economic promise is
being strangled by periodic Pac
ific coast maritime work stop
pages.
At the conclusion of the bank
er’s testimony Judge Hodson com
mented: “I not only know but am
acutely conscious of everything
Mr. Bates has said, and I shall
take judicial notice. It is 100 per
cent true.”
Superior Judge James Hodson
told attorneys Wednesday even
ing:
“I look at the calendar on the
wall and see that two weeks from
today is Christmas Eve. I want to
get this thing settled so the fel
lows can get back to work and
earn a couple of paychecks before
then.”
Independent foremen and their
wives, who comprised most off
the audience, broke into applause.
Judge Hodson told attorneys he
will accept no compromise settle
ment now.
“At this time the matter rests
with a court of law,” he said.
“This issue is a matter of policy—
(Continued on Page Two)
Taft Forces Refuse To Give Up
In Fight For Senate Floor Leader
WASHINGTON, <(JP) —Friends
of Sen. Taft refused Friday to
count him out of the race for
Republican floor leader in the
new Senate.
But it still seemed likely that
Sen. Bridges (R-NH) would re
tain the job in a move for har
mony. Both men kept their own
counsel on the subject.
The floor leader in effect will
be the right hand man of Presi
dent-elect Eisenhower in the Sen
ate.
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