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“DOWN” COULD MEAN “UP”
In spite of Administration opposition, you may
expect a cut April 1st in the U.S. excise tax on such*
“luxuries” as local and long-distance telephone calls,
railroad and airline tickets, women’s handbags, electric
light bulbs, luggage, safety deposit boxes—also on
jewelry, furs, cosmetic and toilet preparations, cameras
and equipment, theater and sports admissions.
The general tax reform bill, now in the House,
wi'll cut all these taxes to 10 percent, but will retain
present rates on liquor, beer, wine, tobacco, gasoline,
automobiles, trucks, auto parts and accessories.
Treasury Secretary Humphrey has protested that
the Government can’t afford to lose the $912,000,000
he says the cuts will cost. But, if there is anything
to the theory of diminishing returns, and the fact of
public resentment of these ridiculous imposts, the re
sulting spurt in business could give Mr. Humphrey
more money, rather than less.
And such a demonstration could usher in a new
tax era!
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Cook Inlet Area
Seen as Site of
Uranium Deposits
ANCHORAGE, UP!—Within the
last two years, three active speci
mens of uranium ore have turned
up in the Cook Inlet area, Terri
torial Mines Commissioner Paul
Holdsworth disclosed Friday.
Holdsworth said all three of the
samples wfere carnotite, the most
common uranium mineral—t h e
same type found and being pro
duced in the Colorado Plateau
area.
According to Holdsworth, the
source of the three specimens ap
peared to have been within a 100
mile radius of this city.
He said during an interview
that the trace elements group of
the U.S. Geological Survey worked
for two seasons trying to run
down the source of the mineral.
They have not been successful,
Holdsworth said.
The Mining Commission ex
plained that the specimens were
apparently old ones, passed from
hand to hand, perhaps by natives
and others who didn’t realize what
it was. While the three specimens
could have come from the same
piece, Holdsworth said, it is not
believed they did.
And, he cautioned, it is possible
the samples were imported into
the Cook Inlet area, but'the com
missioner added he didn’t think so.
Two recent strikes reported on
Seward Peninsula looked good, ac
cording to the commissioner. But
:he extent of the find must be
determined yet, he said, and no
announcement will be made as to
where the two are located, except
the notation that the strikes were
made in widely separated areas
Hawaii Statehood
Would Aid Reds,
Senator Believes
WASHINGTON, Lffl—Sen. Rob
ertson <D-Va) said Friday the
Hawaiian Islands should not be
granted U.S. statehood until “more
definite progress has been made
in dealing writh Communist efforts
to use Hawaii as a base for as
saults on our democratic way of
Life.”
Robertson told the Senate that
admitting Hawaii to the Union
now would turn loose Communis
tic aliens in the Hawaiian Islands
who can flood our West Coast and
permeate the entire nation.”
The Virginian spoke out after
the administration lost a fight
against combining Hawaii with
Alaska in a single statehood bill.
The Senate voted 46-43 late
Thursday against treating the two
territories separately.
Sen. Knowland of California,
the Republican Senate leader, said
he would continue to press never
theless for a vote on the issue. He
conceded, however, that “there’s
no percentage in trying to' get an
agreement until some of the
speeches are out of the way.”
President Eisenhower favors
statehood for Hawaii but has said
he does not believe Alaska is
ready for i this time.
rsday’s Senate vote
K, that combining the
He bills would jeop
arc les of either terri
tor. t itehood this year.
E that if Hawaii
wer iw, Alaska would
be i in the Union in
two Alaska support
ers, itend that their
best 1 combining the
two 1
New Look Defense
Has Slimmer Army
More Air Power
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secretary
of Defense Wilson gave Congress
today some details of the military
“new look” — continued “rapid
buildup of air strength” and an
army slimmed down by three of
its present 20 divisions.
Wilson outlined these plans for
the year starting next July 1 in
testimony prepared for the Arm
ed Services subcommittee of the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee, considering the military bud
get.
He said the new military plans,
evolving from “the crash (emer
gency) program that was adopted
following the beginning erf hostil
ities in Korea” are “geared to im
proving our state of preparedness
over an extended period of time.”
He also said'
“The military programs evolv
ing from the ‘new look’ provide
for the rapid integration of new
weapons as they are proven and
become available.”
And at another point he said:
“Various new weapons have be
come available in increasing
quantity and still newer ones are
in the offing.”
He did not elaborate. His com
ment could have referred to both
new applications o'f atomic weap
ons and to various types of guid
ed missiles, in use or still in test.
On Saturday, a high govern
ment source who would not be
quoted by name indicated U. S.
nuclear specialists set off a few
days ago at the Eniwetock test
area the biggest hydrogen blast
they have yet attempted.
Wilson said “the creation, main
tenance and full exploitation of
modern airpower” is in accord
with “the ‘economy in forces’
principle.”
“You will see in this budget,
therefore, some greater emphasis
on both air force and naval air
power,” the secretary continued.
TIN PROBE
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interior under Truman, had
looked into the Alaska situation
as early as 1948 and agreed with
former Gov. Ernest Gruening at
that time that it would not be
wise to’ make an investigation.
The senator said Wame is now
in Iran, working for the FOA
(Foreign Operations Administra
tion), and that he would be re
called to Washington to explain
why he and Gruening decided
against an investigation.
“We’re going to expose the whole
matter as much as we can,” Mc
Carthy said. He stated the inquiry
might get started within the next
j few days.
W. L. Gibbon, secretary and
general counsel for the United
States Tin Company, Saturday de
nounced McCarthy’s proposal to
inquire into his firm’s activities
in Alaska.
“McCarthy can investigate for
29 years and will find nothing
wrong with the U.S. Tin Com
pany,” Gibbon, an attorney, said.
The first shipment of ore from
the lode mining will come south
by ship after the Bering Sea ice
breaks up this summer, he said.
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