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Dulles Warns
Red China Not
To Start Anything
WASHINGTON, t#> — Secretary
of State Dulles’ trip to the Far
East apparently convinced him
the United States and Commun
ist China are heading toward a
military showdown — probably
over Formosa.
In a nation-wide broadcast last
night, Dulles issued two solemn
warnings:
1. To the Chinese Reds he said
U.S. naval and air forces in the
area are “now equipped with new
and powerful weapons of pre
cision, which can utterly destroy
military targets without endan
gering cilivian centers.”
2. To the American people he
said the whole defense-system for
free Asia will fail unless they are
willing to use their “greater
force” in response to a military
challenge from Communist China.
Dulles’ tone was grim although
he reported progress on strength
ening the Southeast Asia Alliance
whose conference at Bangkok
took him abroad.
He returned Sunday after stops
at Qthe'r capital including that of
Nationalist China on Formosa.
Qne theme dominated Dulles’
talk. It was that the free, friendly
peoples of Asia are mainly de
pendent for their security on
“mobile allied power” spearhead
ed by U.S. sea and air power.
And he said if they think that
the United States will not fight
if trouble comes then they will
lose confidence and free Asia will
fall apart.
Dulles did not say specifically
that the showdown which he fore
sees will come over Formosa.
* Dulles said that the Chinese
Reds, by claiming great victories
in Korea and in the recent Ta
chen Islands evacuation, as well
as in Indochina last summer, at
tempt to portray the United
States as a “paper tiger” on
whose strength small nations can
not rely.
“We must, if occasion offers,
make it clear that we are pre
pared to stand firm and, if neces
. sary, meet hostile force with a
greater force that we possess,”
the secretary said.
Red Troops Mass For
Assault of Matsu Islands
TAIPEH, Formosa, (jP—An of
ficial Nationalist Chinese news
agency said today the Chinese
Reds were preparing for the ar
rival of military reinforcements
at Foochow, ^capital of Fukien
province, which could be used
against the nearby Matsu Islands.
The news agency said the Reds
were requisitioning Foochow
homes, schools and other build
ings for billets.
The agency, which claims un
derground contacts on the main
land, said Reds were organizing a
“popular” welcome for the troops.
The Communist Youth Corps was
reported collecting funds to buy
“comforts” for the troops.
BAA BAA BALD SHEEP
HASN'T ANY WOOL
WHITTIER, Iowa, UP—A lamb
on the Herschel Tedder farm near
here has to wear a sweater be
cause it hasn’t any wool.
The lamb was born the last
week in February — normal in
every way except that it’s bald
as a billiard ball.
The Tedders fitted the lamb
with the wool sweater and they
report he’s doing well — except
that he isn’t growing any wool.
Another $200,000,0000
Super Carrier To Be
Built By The Navy
WASHINGTON, (A»)—’The House
Armed Services Committee today
vot^d 34-0 for a fifth super
carrier and a billion-dollar Navy
ship-building program for the
year ending in mid-1956.
The vote climaxed two days of
hearings during which top Navy
officials called the giant flattops
“indispensable” to a modern fleet.
Some congressmen have called
them too vulnerable to atomic at
tack.
Chairman Vinson said he will
send the $1,317,000,000 measure
to Congress as soon as possible.
It calls for construction of the
new 60,000 super-carrier, at an
estimated cost of 200 million dol
lars, and 33 other vessels, includ
ing three atom-powered subma
rines.
The measure also provides for
conversion and modernization of
28 ships, including six carriers to
be fitted with canted decks, and
a light cruiser and destroyer to
be made into guided missile ships.
The committee overwhelming
ly voted down a proposed Navy
amendment which would specif
ically authorize the Navy to con
struct in Pacific Coast shipyards
“such vessels as the President
may determine to be necessary
in order to maintain shipyard
facilities upon the Pacific Coast
adequate to ifieet the require
ments of national security.”
Associated Press Gives
On-The-Spot Coverage
Of 1955 Legislature
JUNEAU, (iP—This is an ex
planation, in response to inquir
ies, of how the Associated Press
has been able to increase greatly
its news coverage of the 1955 leg
islature for member newspapers
and radio stations in Alaska.
This is the first time the A.P.
or any other news organization
has had its own news circuit out
out the territorial capital. It has
made possible the doubling, and
sometimes trebling, of the amount
of news that can be filed by the
Associated Press correspondent at
the legislature.
In the past, the legislative news
had to be sent from Juneau to
the A.P. office in Seattle as a
telegram. Then it was filed back
to Alaska newspapers and radio
stations during special periods on
the news wire.
But the Associated Press and
its Alaska members instituted an
around - the - clock news wire in
.1954, over ACS facilities. For the
legislative session, the circuit was
extended to a teletype in a special
room right next to the Senate.
Within minutes after a noon
adjournment or after a major
bill is passed or vetoed, the.news
begins to flow simultaneously into
all the daily newspapers and radio
stations on the A.P. circuit from
Seattle to Fairbanks. It has made
'possible to give faster coverage
on legislative activities as well as
more complete reports, on almost
1 the same basis on which the A.P.
covers state legislatures and Con
gress.
ROSE FESTIVAL QUEEN
COMING TO FAIRBANKS
PORTLAND, i£) — Jan IViark
staller, queen of the 1954 rose
festival will leave today for Fair
banks, where she will represent
Oregon in the 1955 Winter Car
nival.
Miss Markstaller now is a
freshman at Oregon State Col
lege.
Both Houses Go
Into Overtime
Passing Legislation
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, UP—Laboring to re
duce bulging calendars, Alaska
legislators worked overtime yes
terday with both houses passing
key legislation before ending one
of the longest meetings of the
1955 session.
The House passed 14 bills be
fore calling it quits at 7 p.m.
The Senate session ended after 6.
Statehood bills were on the cal
endars in both chambers before
adjournment.
The Senate completed legisla
tive action on a resolution from
the House to provide for the ter- j
ritorial auditor to remain as in
surance commissioner until a new
commissioner is named under a
bill signed into law last week by
the governor.
The emergency resolution was
required because the “repeal” of
the auditor as insurance commis
sioner left the office vacant and
no prospect of it being filled until
a commission is appointed by the
governor.
In the House, members voted
for a new $100,000 appropriation
for the Alaska Statehood Com
mittee created by the 1949 legis
lature to coordinate activities in
behalf of statehood.
Other bills passed by the
House included:
An act to ban the general use
of fireworks in the territory. Any
banning of them by present law
is in cities only by ordinance.
A new and comprehensive
military code for Alaska, which
sets up the organization plans for
militia and National Guard in de
tail, provides for such things as
court martial procedures and al
lows the governor to call out the
National Guard in emergency.
A bill to remove the present
limit of $15,000 on damage claims
for a death by a wrongful act of
another person. It provoked a
lively argument in the House,
with most of the attorneys favor
ing it and contending the $15,000
long has been outdated as a rea
sonable settlement for a death
claim. Rep. Ken Johnson, an An
chorage insurance man, was a
leading opponent with the conten
tion the change would raise in
surance rates and he raised the
question: “Why not just call this
bill what it is — an act to in
crease the fees for attorneys?”
Hungarian Premier Nagy
Denounced By The Party
For His “Deviationalism
BUDAPEST, Hungary, (/P —
Leaders of the Hungarian Com
munist party today accused Pre
mier Imre Nagy of “rightist de
viationism” and of supporting
mistaken “rightist ideas’’ in
speeches and articles.
• Western observers in Vienna
said Nagy’s dismissal from office
appeared imminent. He had been
his country’s chief mouthpiece for
Soviet ex-premier Georgi Malen
kov’s policy of more consumer
goods. His downfall had been ex
pected since the Soviet Union and
Hungary early this year returned
to policies emphasizing heavy in
dustrial production, which in
cludes war materials.)
A statement by the Hungarian
Workers Party’s central commit
tee accused Nagy of encouraging
elements who tried to frustrate
industrialization and deny the
necessity of heavy industry de
velopment.
House Deadlock Foreseen On
Constitutional Amendment Bill
Over Delegate Electing Method
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Controversial Employment
Security Measures Before
The Legislature Again
JUNEAU, (£) — Employment
Security legislation came back to
a controversial front seat again in
the legislature today.
The latest activity on the bill,
on which the Senate and House
are at loggerheads, came after a
wire from regional headquarters
of the Employment Security Bu
reau in Seattle that the Washing
ton office had raised a question
about several points in the re
strictive bill which has passed the
Senate.
The revived controversy over
whether the Senate bill might not
be in conformity with federal reg
ulations first came into the open
in the House, where Rep. Harry
Palmer < D-Anchorage* reported
flatly that "the wire said SB-56
“is not in conformity.”
Legislators disclosed that a
joint meeting of labor committees
of the two houses had started ex
ploring a compromise plan, but
labor union leaders declared
Tuesday night that they would
oppose it as one which they con
tend would still fall far short of
giving adequate unemployment
insurance coverage.
I
Battle In Senate Forseen
On Appointment Of
Harlan To Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, (*>-—'The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee today
approved the nomination of
Judge John Marshall Harlan for
the Supreme Court.
Harlan, the grandson of a Sup
reme Court justice, was nominat
ed by President Eisenhower last
November to fill a vacancy on the
court left by the death last Oct
ober of Justice Robert R. Jackson.
Dirksen said he thought there
would be “a bit of a floor fight”
when the nomination is brought
up in the Senate, in view of the
four adverse votes in the commit
tee.
Harlan now is a judge of the
2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Crashed Mexican Airliner
Starts Raging Forest Fire
MEXICO CITY, UP) — Rescue
workers battled a raging forest
fire today in an effort to reach
the bodies of 26 persons killed in
Mexico’s worst plane crash. The
dead included four Californians.
The ill-fated airliner, a two
engined DC-3 of the Compania
Mexicana de Aviacion, crashed
into a wooded mountain yester
day shortly after taking off from
Puerta Vallarta, on the Pacific
Coast. It burst into flames, touch
ing off the forest fire.
A rancher who reached the
scene before the surrounding
trees caught fire said there were
no survivors among the 23 pas
sengers and three crewmen. The
passengers included two children.
Ike Has Slight Cold;
Mamie in Bed With Flu
WASHINGTON, UP—President
Eisenhower stayed away from his
office for a while yesterday morn
ing because of “slight symptoms
of a cold” but later decided to
keep most of his engagements.
Mrs. Eisenhower was ill with the
flu and confined to bed.
> By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, (/P>—The Senate pass
ed 13-2 the bill calling for a
November convention at the Uni
versity of Alaska after a'mending
it to provide for election of dele
gates from districts throughout
the territory. The two “no” votes
were by Republicans Doris
Barnes and Wrangell and Charles
Jones of Nome.
The bill was returned to the
House where a deadlock is pos
sible over the principal amend
ment, for the election by dis
tricts. It was rejected by the
House earlier.
In restoring the district election
plan to the statehood convention
bill, the Senate made some re
visions in the district allotment
of delegates. An additional dele
gate was added to Nome to raise
the Second Division total to six
and the convention delegate total
to 61.
Then three proposed southeast
ern Alaska districts were consoli
dated into one. They are the
Wrangell, Petersburg and Sitka
recording districts.
The original House committee
bill version, which was rejected
in the House, and the amendment
as it came from the Senate State
hood Committee, proposed one
delegate each from Wrangell and
Petersburg and two for Sitka. It
would have had the effect of
eliminating one of the two sena
tors from Wrangell, Mrs. Barnes
and Senate president James No
lan, from a chance of represent
ing their home district.
The revised plan of consolidat
ing the Sitka, Wrangell and
Petersburg districts will give it a
total of four delegates—the same
total they would have had in
dividually.
Before final passage of the bill,
senators of southeast Alaska fail
ed in a move to try to have the
convention site shifted from the
university to Juneau.
Memorial Requests Funds
For Schools at Kotzebue
To Meet Changing Needs
JUNEAU, (iP) — Memorials sub
mitted to the Legislature today
included:
Twin measures in each house,
by all the legislators from the
Second Division, asking the U.S.
to provide funds for new grade
and high schools at Kotzebue “to
meet the needs of the rapidly
changing Arctic native culture
and economy.”
Urging Congress to stimulae tin
mining exploration and develop
ment on Seward Peninsula by
putting tin in the strategic metal
category, by Sen. Lyng.
SEWARD CITY MANAGER
RESIGNS AFTER DISPUTE
SEWARD, (#>—The city council
accepted the resignation of city
manager Raymond F. O’Hara last
night and named Hans R. Autor
as acting city manager.
Autor, whose home is in An
chorage, recently opened the
Kenai Company in Seward, a ser
vice firm dealing with business
management, tax work and ac
counting.
In his resignation, O’Hora said
his action came in the interests
of harmony.” Controversy had
developed over a proposed cut in
his salary and the general conduct
of his office.