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VOL. LV No. 140 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1953 Per Copy—15^
Appeals Judge In
Germany Fired But
He Will Not Quit
FRANKFURT, Germany, UP) —
Chief Justice William Clark of
the U.S. Court of Appeals in Ger
many said today he had been fired
by the State Department lor “fail
ing to take orders.” However, the
jurist declared he would ignore
the dismissal notice and continue
to hold court.
The U.S. High Commission at
Bonn issued a statement saying
the State Department decided
against reappointing Clark due
to a decline in court business and
for economy reasons. The Com
mission refused to comment now
on Clark’s statement that he was
fired for failing to take orders,
and that he would continue to
hold court.
“They ordered me back to the
United States for ‘consultations’
within the next 10 days,” he said.
“But I am not going to go. This
is an attempt to discipline some
body who won’t take orders. The
shocking thing is that judges are
not supposed to take orders. I am
the chief justice of an independent
court.”
Charging that the State De
partment regarded the chief jus
tice as “a State Department clerk”
Clark asserted it “would take
much more than locking the door”
to keep him from the bench,
Clark made public a letter to
the State Department in which
he blasted his designation as sur
plus. Clark said his court has 142
appeals pending, requiring six
months work, and “you would
have to appoint someone in my
place.”
More Than Million RR
Workers Approve Strike
WASHINGTON, UP)—More than
a million non-operating rail work
ers are giving “overwhelming”
approval to a strike vote on the
nation’s failroads, a union official
said today.
George Leighty, president of
the Railroad Telegraphers Union
and chairman of the 15 - union
group, said that with “at least
two-thirds of the ballot in more
than 98 per cent of the votes
favor strike action.”
The unions have served de
mands on the carriers for longer
vacations, more holidays, Sunday
work premiums, health and wel
fare benefits and unlimited free
transportation for all rail work
ers and their families.
The final count of the strike
ballots will be made on Dec. 1.
Well I Swan—This
Goose Will Be Tough Eating
NORWALK, Calif., UR — That
fowl stolen from Pete Hettings’
ranch is no Thanksgiving bird, he
announced today. Hettings said its
a young swan, not a goose, and
would make a pretty tough holi
day dish.
The rancher, who values the
swan at $125, says he’ll give the
thief a goose, however, and will
ask no questions if the swan is
returned.
THANKGIVING
PROCLAMATION
Whereas the President of the
United States, Dwight D. Eisen
hower, has issued the following
proclamation: ,
“As a nation much blessed, we
feel impelled at harvest time to
follow the tradition handed down
by our Pilgrim fathers of pausing
from our labors for one day to
render thanks to almighty God for
his bounties. It is fitting that we
incline our thoughts to His mer
cies and offer to Him our special
prayers of gratitude.
“For the courage and vision of
our forebears who settled a wil
derness and moulded a nation . . .
which the framers of our Consti
tution sought to secure for them
selves and for their posterity and
which are so abundantly realized
in our land today: for the unity of
spirit which has made our country
strong: and for the continuing
faith under His guidance that has
kept us a religious people . . . we
should kneel in humble thanks
giving.
“Especially are we grateful this
year for the truce in battle-weary
Korea which gives to anxious men
and women throughout the world
the hope that there may be an
enduring peace.
“Now, therefore, I, Dwight D.
Eisenhower ... in consonance
with the joint resolution of Con
gress approved Dec. 26, 1941, do
hereby call upon our people to ob
serve Thursday, the 26th day of
November, 1953, as a day of na
tional Thanksgiving. On that day
let all of us . . . forgather in our
respective places of worship and
bow before God in contrition for
our sins, in suppliance for wisdom
in our striving for a better world,
and in gratitude for the manifold
blessings He had bestowed upon
us and upon our fellow men.”
Now, therefore, I, B. Frank
Heintzleman, governor of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, do hereby urge
appropriate observance of Thanks
giving Day throughout Alaska.
Salmon Industry
Ends Contracts
With Unions
SEATTLE, UP — The Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc., has noti
fied 11 unions which represent its
employes that it is terminating
contracts with them.
The move, apparently in anti
cipation of a drive to reduce
wages and fish prices for 1954,
was met with one union’s state
ment it will push for new terms—
presumably higher.
The industry letter to the union
said “This step is taken in an
attempt to avert complete econ
omic disaster brought about as a
result of the ruinous 1953 season
and to try to bring production
costs in line with the downward
market trend.”
I. A. Sandvigen of the AFL
Machinists’ Union, said members
of that group working in the
Alaska salmon industry would
meet Monday night to “formulate
their plans on such matters as
wages, living conditions, housing
and other contract terms” for
1954.
McCarthy Makes
Formal Rebuttal of
Truman’s Charges
NEW YORK, UP)—Sen. Joseph
McCarthy says the Truman ad
ministration was “crawling with
Communists.”
In his formal rebuttal to former
President Harry S. Truman, Mc
Carthy charges that Truman —
while a U.S. Senator and Vice
Presidential candidate — inter
vened against the dismissal from
government s e r v ic e of George
Shaw Wheeler, who later desert
ed to Communism.
McCarthy says that after Tru
man became president, Wheeler
was reinstated, although he had
been dismissed as a Communist.
The senator gives this descrip
tion of what he calls “Truman
ism”:
“The placing of your political
party above the interest Of the
country, regardless of how much
the country is damaged thereby.”
Looking to the 1954 Senate and
House elections, McCarthy said:
“If the American people agree
with Truman that what he calls
‘McCarthyism’ is bad, that it is
wrong to dig out and expose trait
ors, they have a chance to get rid
of me as chairman of the Investi
gating Committee next fall by de
feating any Republican up for
election.”
The senator said Truman’s de
finition of “McCarthyism” was
“identical word for word . . . with
the definition adopted by the
Communist Daily Worker which
originated the term.”
McCarthy said of Truman:
“As an individual, he is of no
more importance than any other
individual who has been repudi
ated by an overwhelming vote of
the American people. Trumanism,
however, becomes an issue inso
far as it is embraced by the Demo
cratic party.”
Cost-of-Living Index Up
Again 5th Straight Month
WASHINGTON, UP) — The gov
ernment reported today that liv
ing costs edged up a bit in the
month ending in October—assur
ing a million CIO auto workers
of a two-cents-an-hour wage in
crease.
The increase, of two-tenths of
one per cent during the month,
brought the index of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics to another rec
ord high for the fifth month in
a row. It stood at 115.5 per cent
of the 1947-49 average, or 1.1
per cent above a year ago.
Despite the new living cost in
crease, Commission Ewan Clague
of the Bureau said that lower
food prices are likely in the com
ing winter months and may bring
the overall living cost levels
down from their present peak.
Fairbanks Hi Coming
To Play Nome Hoopsters
Word has just been received that
the Fairbanks High School Bas
ketball Team will play the Nome
team here this Friday and Satur
day. A group of about 30 is ex
pected to arrive from Fairbanks
Friday. 1
Voters Approve Purchase
Of Light and Power Co.
By City of Nome 214-65
The people of Nome cast 279
votes yesterday in the special
bond election with 214 voters in
favor of the purchase of the
Northern Light and Power Co.
from O. S. Weaver, and 65 voters
opposed to the purchase.
Bill Winn of the Grande Co. of
Seattle is remaining here until
Friday to work out the details of
the business arrangements for the
loan of $230,000 with Mayor Steve
Andersen and the Nome City
Council. No council meeting was
held Moday evening due to illness
of members of that body.
Diane Wells’ Attorneys
To Ask For Dismissal Of
1st Degree Murder Charge
FAIRBANKS, (fl — Attorneys
for Mrs. Diane Wells, 31, planned
to ask a Federal judge Wednes
day to dismiss first degree mur
der charges filed after the fatal
shooting of her businessman hus
band.
In initial legal skirmishes in
U. S. District Court here, the
attorneys also planned to ask for a
trial in another city, if the dis
missal action failed, and for sep
aration of Mrs. Wells’ case from
that of Negro drummer Johnny
Warren.
Warren was brought here Tues
day from Oakland, Calif., where
he was arrested three weeks ago
on an Alaska warrant. He was
lodged in jail here.
Suggest Armed Forces
Make Net Cut Of
230,000 In Manpower
WASHINGTON, UP) — Assistant
Secretary of Defense John A.
Hannah said today the armed
forces have been asked to see if
they can make a net cut of about
230,000 in manpower during the
year beginning next July 1.
Suggested cutbacks were as fol
lows:
Army—142,000 to a new figure
of 1,281,000.
Navy—75,000 to 670,000.
Marine Corps—23,000 to 207,000
The Air Force would increase
by about 10,000 to a new strength
of 970,000 to provide for an in
crease in the number of combat
wings.
Hannah advised that there cur
rently is no flat order to cut man
power. He said he had only sug
gested to the three services that
“You see what you can do within”
the figures he proposed, and if
that cannot be done the services
can make new proposals.
U.S. Opposes U.N. Debate
As Long As Dean Is
Carrying on Discussions
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP) —
The United States will oppose U.
N. debate on the Korean problem
as long as special ambassador Ar
thur Dean is carrying on discus
sions at Panmunjom, it was an
nounced today.
Chief U. S. delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr., told reporters
the United States does not think
it wise to undertake . a general
Korean debate unless the Dean
alks break down.
Sen. Butler Will
Move to Separate
Statehood Bills
ANCHORAGE, MB—Members of
'the Alaska Statehood Committee
were told Tuesday that Sen. But
ler, chairman of the Senate Inter
ior and Insular Affairs Commit
tee, will move to separate the
Alaska-Hawaii Statehood bills as
soon as Congress reconvenes.
Two other members of the
Senate group, the committee was
to'ld, will oppose the move. They
are Sens. Jackson (D-Wash) and
Anderson (D-NM).
The information was relayed to
the Statehood Committee by its
chairman, Robert Atwood, and
Delegate Bartlett.
Atwood visited Butler in Omaha
last week.
“He asked me to report he is
for statehood, but that he can
not push for enactment of a bill
that doesn’t give the state enough
of its natural resources,’’ Atwood
said.
The present bill, Bartlett said,
grants the new state a hundred
million acres of land to be select
ed from the public domain over
a 25-year period.
He presented figures showing
that at the time of its admission
the Federal government owned 97
per cent of the land in California
but that holdings have now drop
ped to 46 per cent.
He said California residents, as
well as other states were able to
acquire more land from the gov
ernment after admission through
homesteading and mining loca
tions that went to patent.
It was pointed out the present
Alaska statehood bill would leave
about 75 per cent of the land area
to the Federal government.
Considerable Reduction
Possible Next Year In
U. S. Aid to Europe
WASHINGTON, UFi — Foreign
aid director Harold Stassen has
informed Congress it will be pos
sible to make “a considerable re
duction” in American military
aid to Western Europe next year.
He said that ecenomic aid, with
a few exceptions, can be ended.
Stassen set out these conclu
sions in a special report he sent
to four congressional committees
on Nov. 16. A summary of his
letter was made public today by
the Foreign Operations Adminis
tration.
By “next year,” Stassen had
reference to the next government
fiscal year—the 12 months be
ginning next July 1.
Israel Presses For Quick
Peace With Jordan
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (5V
Stung by the first vote of censure
from the U. N. Security Council
against her, Israel pressed hard
today for the U. N. to arrange
quickly a forced peace conference
with Jordan.
t
The Security Council voted 9-0
last night despite Israeli protests
for a Western Big Three resolu
tion rebuking the Jewish state for
the killing of 53 Arabs in Jordan’s
Kibya Village. The Council also
called on Israel to see that this
does not happen again.