Ray Jenkins, New Counsel
In McCarthy-Army Case,
Prepares for April 21
WASHINGTON, UP—Trial law
yer Ray H. Jenkins had orders
Thursday to be ready to launch
13 days from now public Senate
hearings aimed at finding the
truth in the McCarthy-Army row.
Jenkins, a 57-year-old grand
father from Knoxville, Term.,
took the job of special counsel
yesterday with a public pledge to
fulfill it with “no prejudice, no
bias.”
As special counsel to the Sen
ate Investigations Subcommittee,
he said, he intends to dig for and
present the facts in the bitter
charges involving McCarthy and
high Army officials “without any
favoritism, in as fair and impar
tial a manner as I know how.”
Jenkins succeeds Samuel P.
Sears, a Boston lawyer, who
stepped out Tuesday.
Jenkins got the appointment at
a closed door meeting of the sub
committee which also ordered the
televised hearings to start on
April 21, instead of the old target
date of sometime next week.
Co-op Canneries Close
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dicate that only one of five co
operative canneries in southeast
Alaska will operate this season.
Most of the co-op canneries j
suffered setbacks in the poor 1953
season.
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Terr. Dept, of Mines Bulletin
April, 1954
Two more non-metallic indus
trial minerals which warrant the
prospector’s attention in Alaska
are vermiculite and perlite. These
minerals are characterized by the
property of expanding greatly
when heated. After expansion,
they are excellently suited for in
sulating buildings against the cold,
and for making light-weight con
crete with an increased insulating
value. There are also numerous
other uses.
As they occur in nature, vermi
culite is a mica mineral, and per
lite is a type of volcanic glass, or
obsidian. A simple field test may
be made by heating suspected
specimens in a very hot fire. Good
vermiculite expands into long,
worm-like forms, while perlite
puffs up like popcorn and becomes
white.
A good deposit of one of these
minerals, favorably situated, might
be a real money-maker for some
one. Is there any place that needs
insulation more than Alaska?
It is reported that the Small
Business Administration is setting
up a special division to deal with
mine loans. Under their present
loan policies, however, it is hard
to see how mines can get favor
able treatment, and it is expected
that western congressmen and
senators will have to press for a
special amendment to correct the
situation.
Many Alaskan placer miners
are claiming only $100 worth of
assessment work for association
claims consisting of more than 20
acres. The law states specifically
that “not less than $100 worth of
labor shall be performed or im
provements made during each (as
sessment) year for each and every
20 acres or excess fraction con
tained therein.”
H. R. 8300, the tax revision bill
of 1954, has passed the House
and now goes to the Senate. One
interesting provision contained in
it is a measure to take mineral
exploration expense losses from
the “hobby” loss classification.
This would eliminate the present
limit on deductions of such losses
from other income.
The upper platform of Berlin’s
450-foot radio tower is used as a
health center for children with
whooping cough, the altitude hav
ing been found beneficial for
them.
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Senators Speak of
Sending U.S. Air
Units to Indochina
WASHINGTON, OF'—Two sena
tors Thursday spoke of the send
ing of U.S. naval and air units
into the Indochinese fighting as
a possibility and one said, “it
looks to me as if we are on the
edge of war there.”
Sen. McCarran <D-Nev), who
made this estimate in an inter
view, said, “If we should send in
naval and air forces now, it
would only bring the Chinese
Communists in force and then "i
don’t see how we could avoid
sending troops.”
The sober comment in Con
gress followed renewed expres
sions by President Eisenhower
and Secretary of State Dulles of
the administration’s determina
tion that Indochina must not fall
to the Communists, and indica
tions from abroad that U.S. allies
are not moving as fast as U.S.
officials might wish in forming a
coalition on defense of southeast
Asia.
Dispatches from London and
Paris indicated both British and
French leaders might consider the
time inopportune and want more
details on the “united will” and
“united action” Dulles has advo
cated.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R
NJ) said he sees no need to use
U.S. troops in Indochina, but he
added in an interview:
“In case of a crisis there, we
may need to use naval power and
undoubtedly airpower. I don’t
think anything we are doing now
contemplates employing Ameri
can manpower in Asia but quite
conceivably it calls for air and
naval power.”
Appeals Court Upholds
Conviction of Earl Young
WASHINGTON, (tfV—'The U. S.
Court off Appeals Thursday af
firmed the perjury conviction of
E. Merl Young, a key figure in
the Senate’s headline-making in
vestigation of Reconstruction Fi
nance Corp. operations.
At the same time the court
overturned the perjury conviction
of Young’s older brother, Hershel
Young.
The brothers, tried separately,
each received a sentence of four
months to two years. Both have
been at liberty on bond pending
the outcome of their appeals.
The appeals court dealt with
the charge involving Merl Young’s
denial that while employed by the
RFC he ever had anything to do
with loan applications made by
the Lustron Corp., an ill-fated
prefabricated housing venture. It
held his conviction on that count
to be “clearly valid.”
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