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Nixon Tells Soviets1
No Nation Can Win
Bv Starting War
MOSCOW, dPt — Vice President
Nixon told an audience of Rus
sians and Americans here tonight
“no nation in the world is strong
enough to isspe an ultimatum to
another without running the risk
of self-destruction.”
In a speech at ceremonies open
ing the U. S. exhibition here, Nix
on said the United States wants
“not peace by ultimatum but peace
by negotiation.”
Nixon’s speech was a point-by
point catalogue of how Americans
live and an explanation to the
Russians of the things they would
see in the fair.
He dealt with questions raised
in the Soviet press about unem
ployment, strikes and racial dis
crimination in the United States
and argued that the United States,
as the world’s largest capitalist
country, has come closest to the
Marxist idea of prosperity for all
in a classless society.
Nixon told his audience the
United States has true popular
government, that Soviet radio
broadcasts can be heard daily
■without American jamming and
that the United States is not at
tempting to force its form of gov
ernment on anyone else.
“We cannot and should not gloss
over that fact that we have some
great differences,” he said. “We
must consistently strive to see
those differences discussed and
settled at the conference table and
not on the battlefield.
“Our leaders must eexrcise the
greatest restraint, patience and
understanding in their actions and
their statements. They must do
nothing that might provoke a war
that no one wants.”
One or another country may
have better weapons at a particu
lar time, Nixon continued, but
that is no advantage because “the
nation which starts war today will
destroy itself.”
Indian Health Department
Center Transferred To
Denver for Better Contact
WASHINGTON, UP — Transfer
to Denver of the headquarters
staff of the Public Health Service’s
Division of Indian Health was an
nounced yesterday.
Surgeon General Leroy E. Bur
ney said the transfer from here is
expected to take place by Octo
ber 1.
The primary purpose of the
transfer, Burney explained, is to
improve operations of the Indian
health program.
Denver is centrally located in
relation to the majority of Indian
hospitals, clinics and other instal
lations, he said.
“The transfer will be of material
value in our long-range plans for
greater inclusion in Indian health
service in state and local health
programs.”
The service took over Indian
health responsibilities July 1, 1955,
when they were transferred from
the Interior Department’s Indian
Bureau by law. It serves 385,000
' Indians and Alaska natives.
KHRUSHCHEV WANTS IKE
TO VISIT RUSSIA
MOSCOW, UR — Premier Nikita
Khrushchev told the audience at
the opening of the U. S. exhibition
today he would like President
Eisenhower to visit Russia.
Ike's Foreign Aid
Gets Chopped in
House Committee
By WILLIAM F. ABROGAST
WASHINGTON, (#)—1The House
Appropriations Committee today
cut an additional $390,195,000 from
President Eisenhower’s pet pro
ject, the foreign aid program. It
was a final bid for a deep slash
in 1960 government spending.
The committee recommended
$3rl86,5G0,t)00 in new foreign aid
money, adding its own cut to that
already voted by Congress in the
authorization bill which sets ceil
ings on the program. The combi
nation cut more than 740 million
dollars from Eisenhower’s original
$3,930,000,000 request.
The authorization bill had put
a limit of $3,576,694,000 on the
year’s program to help friendly
nations.
The committee’s recommenda
tions are subject to House approv
al — which appeared likely —
next week.
Should the committee’s action
be sustained, the net cut in all
appropriation bills passed this
year by Congress for all agencies
of the government will be in the
neighborhood of 500 million dol
lars — the minimum target of
Democratic leaders striving to
squelch Republican charges that
Democrats are “big spenders.”
Ike Asks Additional
Money for Interior Dept.
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower yesterday asked Con
gress for an additional $4,700,000
for the Interior Department for the
year which started July 1.
The White House said the re
quest would be charged against
the President’s contingency fund.
The Interior Department said
the request would provide:
$400,000 for the Indian Bureau
to use for additional welfare assist
ance in the Bristol Bay area of
Alaska. Additional welfare ex
penditures are anticipated in that
area because of curtailment of the
usual salmon fishery. It is esti
mated possibly 1,000 persons will
have to be aided.
Woman Teacher - Anthropologist Will
Return to Arctic and Eskimo Friends
By STANTON PATTY
Seattle Times Staff Writer
SEATTLE, UP) — Frances A.
Ross is returning to her Eskimos.
Miss Ross, a tacher-anthropolo
gist, who was graduated from the
University of Washington in 1935,
will spend the next year teaching
Eskimo children in Barrow.
Miss Ross is a daughter of Mrs.
Charlotte Ross, Seattle. Her
father, the late Thomas A. Ross, a
veteran Coast Chtard officer, es
tablished the life-saving station
in Nome.
Nome was Miss Ross’ birthplace
— and on her way to Barrow she
will make a sentimental journey
to the old Bering Sea gold camp.
In 1932, when she was a co-ed
at the University, Miss Ross lived
among the cliff-dwelling Eskimos
of King Island for nine months.
She was the only white woman
there.
“It’s been so long since I was
in Alaska, that I’ll be going back
as a tourist,” Miss Ross said. “But
I’ll be back with my Eskimos
again.”
Miss Ross went on from Wash
ington to Stamford University
where she earned a master’s de
gree in anthropology. Her thesis
subjct was about th Eskimo com
munity houses on tiny King Is
land.
“There is nobody in the world
like the Eskimos — they’re really
the happy people,” Miss Ross said.
“I like their honesty, their flexi-^
ibility and everything about
them.”
During the second World War,
Miss Ross served as a Women’s
Army Corps staff sergeant in
Europe.
Barrow will be Miss Ross’ first
teaching assignment.
And after class hours each day
she will be shifting her attention
to her favorite subject: the chang
ing culture of the Eskimos.
Miss Ross had a head start in
her research. She speaks the Es
kimo language.
“Like any other Alaskan, I’m
eager to return,” she said. “I
guess Alaskans are Alaskans for
life.”
Emergency Plane
Landings Multiply
From Faulty Gear
(By The Associated Press>
Several airliners managed suc
cessful emergency landings at var
ious airports across the country
Thursday after developing
troubles that could have caused
serious accidents.
Two of the incidents were at
New York’s Idlewild Airport. An
other involved a plane with smok
ing engines at Indianapolis, and
the other was a plane with dam
aged landing gear at Denver.
Landing gears seemed to pre
sent the most frequent difficul
ties.
An American Airliner Boeing
707 jetliner, with landing gear
trouble, made an emergency land
ing at Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday
night. Another Boeing jetliner had
been' involved in a landing gear
mishap at Idlewild Saturday night.
It' was Idlewild’s third mishap
in two days when a four-engine
TWA Super Constellation with 51
persons aboard came in with one
engine out of operation. Earlier
in the day, an Air Force cargo
plane made an emergency landing
after the pilot reported possible
fire and smoke.
In Indianapolis, another TWA
plane landed safely with two en
gines smoking from an oil leak.
In Denver, a chartered plane of
’Miami Airlines was badly dam
aged when a portion of the land
ing gear gave way in landing at
Lowry Air Force Base.
No one was injured in any of
the landings.
THURSDAY BASEBALL SCORES
(By The Associated Press')
Pacific Coast League
Spokane 2, San Diego 0.
Phoenix 6, Portland 3.
Salt Lake City 4, Seattle 1.
Sacramento 5, Vancouver 2.
National League
San Francisco 5, St. Louis 1.
Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 2.
Los Angles 5, Chicago 3.
American League
Kansas City 9, Baltimore 3.
Cleveland 8, New York 5.
Detroit 11, Washington 2.
Nixon, Khrushchev Slug Out Foreign
Policy Dogma Before Exhibit Crowd
MOSCOW, UP)—U. S. Vice Pres
ident Richard Nixon told Soviet
Premier Khrushchev face to face
today, in a rough and tumble
public debate, it would “be a great
blow to peace” if the Geneva con
ference were allowed to fail.
Nixon traded barbed comments
with the Soviet leader while es
corting him through the American
exhibition in Moscow’s Sokolniki
Park.
At one point, Khrushchev ac
cused Nixon indignantly of
threatening him. Nixon denied
this, but said:
“I don’t believe the cause of
peace is helped by your reiterating
the point you just made — that
you have more strength than we
have, because that is a threat, too.”
While 200 newsmen, photogra
phers and cameramen eaves
dropped the two men engaged in
a running foreign policy debate
while they looked over the exhi
bits of dolls, swimsuits and auto
mobiles.
Battle Recorded in Color
Part of the unscheduled fire
works was recorded while they
toured a color television studio.
Cameras ground away as they
argued.
Tourists, workmen and exhibi
tion officials looked on in amaze
ment.
Nixon promised Khrushchev this
portion of the debate would be
shown on an American television
network uncensored, with simul
taneous English translation of the
Soviet leader’s remarks.
Khrushchev, in answer to a re
quest by Nixon, agreed to allow
video tape to be shown on Soviet
television. The two men shook
hands on the deal.
After the spirited exchange at
the exhibition grounds, Nixon was
Khrushchev’s guest at a luncheon
in the Kremlin.
Nixon and Khrushchev had met
in the Kremlin earlier this morn
ing for the first time since Nixon’s
arrival Thursday. The atmosphere
was warm in contrast to the chilly
reception on Nixon’s arrival.
Apologizes for Starting Scrap
Nixon stood toe-to-toe with
Khrushchev batting back his ar
guments one by one. At the end
Nixon apologized for being “a
poor host” at the exposition and
allowing a ceremonial visit to
turn into hot foreign policy dis
cussions.
“My main point is that in to
day’s world,” Nixon said, “it is
immaterial which of these two
great countries at a particular
moment has an advantage. Any
advantage in the next war is
illusory.”
Khrushchev apologized for
speaking so frankly to Nixon. But
Nixon, recalling some of his poli
tical campaigns, told their inter- v
preter:
“Tell him I have been insulted
by experts.”
Photographrs and reporters
were allowed in for the first part
of the morning meeting between
Nixon and Khrushchev in the
Kremlin. Nixon handed the So
viet Premier a letter of greeting
from President Eisenhower.
Kremlin Rids U. S.
Exhibition of
Objectional Books
MOSCOW, (#> — A three-man
crew of Russians went through
the book exhibit at the American
exhibition today, removing books
right and left, only a few hours
before the exhibition was to open.
The action was taken after a
note was sent Thursday by the
Soviet government to Ambassador
Llewellyn Thompson saying “the
Soviet government will take meas
ures” unless certain books were
removed.
Harold McClellan, fair director,
said he conferred with Russian
officials and told them he felt
there were no objectionable books
in the collection.
But he told them that in a spirit
of mutual agreement he was will
ing to remove any books the Rus
sians considered objectionable.
The remainder of this dispatch
was delayed. It was not clear
whether it was being held up by
censorship in Moscow or because
of transmission difficulties. The
normal radio and cable facilities
between Moscow and the United
States are taxed by the presence
of extra reporters who went in
with Vice President Nixon.
SIGNS OF AFFLUENCE
MESA, Ariz., Wl — Howard
Godfrey of the City Planning and
Zoning Department nearly broke
up a meeting of the mayor’s traf
fic safety commission with this
crack: “I have the answer to the
traffic problem. Let’s allow on
the streets only cars which are
paid for.”
First Exchange on Berlin
Offers Slight Hope
For Geneva Progress
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
GENEVA, LTV—Soviet and West
ern foreign ministers began dis
cussing the terms of a possible
Berlin truce agreement in a secret
session of the Big Four confer
ence today but Western informants
said they made no progress.
This was the first time since
the second phase of the conference
started two weeks ago that the
Soviet Union’s Andrei Gromyko
had been willing to engage in an
exchange of views on the prob
lems directly involved in a truce,
instead of insisting on priority for
his proposal for creation of an all
German committee.
Nevertheless, American offi
cials said this progress in the pro
cedure of the conference does not
mean a thing, because Gromyko
still insists the West would have
to accept his committee proposal
in some form before he would
make a firm agreement to suspend
the Soviet threat to West Berlin.
House Committee Sends in
Measure Exempting News
From Broadcast Time Rule
WASHINGTON, UPC-’The House
Commerce Committee has ap
proved a bill that would exempt
radio-television newscasts from
the equal time rule.
The rule provides that a station
giving time to one political candi
date on a program must give the
same amount of time to all other
candidates. Under the bill, inter
view programs and coverage of
political conventions also would
be exempt.