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Brayton Says Election
Code Could Force Main
Parties Off State Ballot
FAIRBANKS — Lawrence1
Brayton, candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for U. S. Sen
ator, is circulating petitions to
place a referendum measure on
the November ballot to rescind
the 1960 election code.
He needs 5,035 signatures of
bona fide residents in at least 16
of the state’s 24 election districts
by the June 27 filing deadline. If
the petitions are then certified by
Secretary of State Hugh Wade, j
the referendum proposal will ap
pear on the November 8 ballot.
The elecion code was passed by
the State Legislature this year as
an act to “codify and revise the
law relating to state elections.”
But in Brayton’s opinion, it is
more than that.
"This law, for example, elimi
nated a political party from the
ballot. It has made the filing of
independents difficult and this
year there are none running for
election to public office in the
state,” Brayton pointed out.
The candidate speaks from ex
perience, for he had attempted to
file as the Alaska Party candidate
lor the Senate. His papers were
not acceptable to Wade, who fol
lowed the election code’s defini
tion of “political party.” Bray
ton later filed as a Republican.
Under the code, “politcial party”
means “a group of organized
voters which represents a poli
tical program and which nomi
nated a candidate for Governor
who received at least 10 per cent
of the total vote cast at the last
preceding general election for
Governor.”
Brayton said the “real danger
lies in the possibility that an in
dependent candidate for Gover
nor could, through tremendous
popularity, eliminate either the
Republican or Democratic parties
or both, if they failed to win the
necessary 10 per cent.”
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Foreign Relations !
Group Okays
Antarctic Treaty
WASHINGTON, UR — The Sen- J
ate Foreign Relations Committee
yesterday approved the 12-nation
Antarctic Treaty setting aside the
frozen continent for peaceful pur
poses under an inspection system.
The pact now goes to the Sen
ate for ratification.
Committee Chairman J. W.
Fulbright (D-Arki said the treaty
was approved without opposition
in the committee.
There had been vigorous oppo
sition earlier in public hearings
from two Western Senators —
Clair Engle (D-Calif) and Senator
Ernest Gruening.
Engle contended the treaty
would give the Soviet Union, one
of the 12 signators “a position of
equality which it does not de
serve and poses a danger to the
security of the U. S. and its allies
in the Southern Hemisphere.”
Gruening also objected to Soviet
participation and claimed it
would open the door to other
Communist bloc countries to gain
a foothold in the Antarctic.
Besides the United States and
Russia, other nations that signed
the treaty at a conference here
last December were Argentina,
Chile, Britain, France, Australia,
Belgium, South Africa, Norway,
New Zealan and Japan.
W. Va. State Vehicles
Dept. Looted of Vi-Million
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Of) —
An estimated quarter of a million
dollars worth of cash and checks
was stolen from the vault of the
State Motor Vehicle Department
early Monday.
Motor Vehicles Commissioner J.
Marshall Holcomb made this esti
mate about 5V& hours after the
break-in was discovered. Al
though they looted about a dozen
cash lockers in the vault, the
thieves did not get ino the main
safe, which contained more than
a quarter of a million dollars.
President Shaking
Off Strain On
Hawaii Golf Links
HONOLULU, UP) — Balmy wea
ther and a rousing reception
proved a refreshing tonic Mon
day to President Eisenhower, who
arrived here weary after his Far
Eastern tour.
More than 100,000 Hawaiians,
the men in short-sleeved sports
shirts and the women in gay print
dresses, welcomed the President
as he stpeped from his big jet
airliner.
Eisenhower grinned as Mrs.
William Quinn, wife of Hawaii's
Governor, placed a lei of bright
red carnations around his shoul
ders. He was admittedly ex
hausted when he arrived from
Korea in this new 50th State at
mid-day Monday. Nevertheless,
he lost little time in turning to his
favorite outdoor recreation.
The President took a brief nap
and then played nine holes of
golf on a sunny, breeze-cooled
course at the edge of the blue
Pacifc. The temperature was in
the mid-8Gs but there was none
of the mugginess he had encoun
tered almost everywhere on his
tour to the Philippines, Nationalist
China, Okinawa and Korea.
A top aide reported Eisenhower,
cheered by some 100,000 Hawai
ians on his arrival, was bouncing
back from the weariness caused
by his fast-moving 16,000-mile
journey. Diplomatic officials with
him meanwhile urgently scanned
cabled confidential reports on
world-wide repercussions to the
blow-up of his scheduled visit to
Tokyo.
Eisenhower used a set of clubs
given him on his arrival by the
Kaneohe Klipper Marine Golf
Course which is on the grounds
of the secluded air station which
is his vacation headquarters.
Inscribed on the head of each j
club were the words, “Aloha from [
Kaneohe.”
Khrushchev Spurns Red
China’s Lead to Think
In Terms of War
LONDON, UP! — In an appar
ent rebuke to Red China’s lead
ers, Soviet Premier Khrushchev
said Tuesday the Kremlin has no
intention of giving up its policy j
of peaceful coexistence and re
laxation of tension.
“No world war is needed for
the triumph of Socialist ideas
throughout the world,” Khrush
chev said in a speech in .Bu
charest.
“These ideas will get the upper
hand in the peaceful competition
between the countries of social
ism and capitalism,” he declared.
Khrushchev did not mention
Red China, but his remarks were
an obvious reply to Peiping’s
sharpshooting at the Soviet Pre
mier's professed policy of seeking
better relations with the capitalist
nations. Chinese propaganda has
harped on Lenin's statement that
war between Communism and
capitalism is inevitable.
Trackers Expect to Lose
Pioneer V Next Week
WASHINGTON, W) — In • a
week, the earth may lose radio
contact with Pioneer V, now or
biting around the sun more than
20 million miles away.
The huge radio telescope in
Jodrell Bank, England, shot a sig
nal at Pioneer V Tuesday, the
five-watt radio in the 26-inch
space probe responded instantly.
At Jodrell Bank, a spokesman
said that Pioneer V’s batteries
were deteriorating, and the radio
telescope will probably be un
able to track it any longer than
another week.
Its designers had not expected
the space probe to send signals
from more than 20 million miles
out. It was launched in March.
Governor Names Trio to
State Personnel Board
JUNEAU, Wi — A Juneau bank
er, a Fairbanks merchant and an
Anchorage print shop operator
were named by Gov. Egan yes
terday to the three-man State
Personnel Board created by the
last Legislature.
Named to the board, subject to
legislative confirmation, were:
John Durney, vice president of
the B. M. Behrends Bank of Ju
neau, to a two-year term expiring
June 20, 1962.
Joe Franich, Fairbanks, for a
four-year erm expiring June 20,
1964.
C. R. Hafling, Anchorage, for
a six-year term expiring June 20,
1966.
The board members serve with
out pay. The state personnel pro
gram is under the direction of
John S. Beard, whose appoint
ment as Director of the Division
of Personnel was announced by
Egan May 3.
The personnel board adminis
ters provisions of the State Per
sonnel Act of 1960.
The members of the personnel
board automatically become mem
bers of the five man Public Em
ployes Retirement Board, which
administers the State Employe
Retirement'System.
NOTICE
Due lo conlinued vandalism,
theft, breaking into and entering
of buildings, all Company areas
and roads are closed to the general
public—no exceptions. Trespassers
are subject to police action. Par
ents will be held liable for dam
age caused by underage children.
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Rockefeller Plans National
GOP Stumping Tour
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, liB—Some Re
publicans viewed with mixed
leelings yesterday Governor Nel
son Rockefeller’s plans for a na
tional tour to help elect GOP
candidates in November.
The New York Governor's
statement Monday that he will
campaign not only for the na
tional ticket but for Senate and
House candidates drew an official
cheer from GOP Chairman Thrus
ton Morton.
But there were also evident
misgivings lest Rockefeller leave
home base uncovered while he
campaigns in other critical areas.
Almost without exception Re
publican strategists agree that if
Vice President Nixon is the party
nominee he is going to need New
York’s 45 electoral votes to win
the Presidency.
Morton evidently feels that to
accomplish this result an all-out
effort by Rockefeller in his home
state will be needed.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with fog, rain and
drizzle tonight and tomorrow.
Southwest winds, 12 to 18 mph.
Gusty tonight. Low tonight 35,
high tomorrow 50-55.
Nome data last 24 hours: Pre
cipitation—Trace. Temperatures—
highest 49, lowest 39. Maximum
wind 18 mph. from the West. Sun
rise at 1:18 a.m., sunset 10:50 p.m.
Comparative Data: Tempera
tures a year ago today—High 50,
low 38. Extremes on this date
since 1907 — Highest 77 in 1.924;
lowest 25 in 1949.
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