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VOL. LX No. 25 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1958 Per Copy—150
Bipartisan Spirit Marks Beginning
Of Citizens’ Foreign Aid Movement
Billions for Arms But
Not One Cent for Peace
By WARREN ROGERS JR.
WASHINGTON, UPt—A citizens
for foreign aid movement took
root today, launched with an im
passioned plea by President Ei
senhower to combat ostrich - like
opponents who say “billions for
armament but not one cent for
peace!”
Movie czar "Eric Johnston un
dertook the task of setting up a
permanent nongovernment com
mittee. The group, with head
quarters in Washington, will seek
to build public support for mili
tary and economic aid programs
Abroad.
The movement is a direct out
growth of a conference yester
day, arranged by Johnston at
Eisenhower’s behest, of blue rib
bon citizens from throughout the
land.
Eisenhower addressed a dinner
attended by 2,000 persons last
night, clmaxing a day-long par
ade of leaders in just about every
walk of life.
An unusual spirit of bipartisan
ship marked the gathering, at
which Eisenhower and former
President Truman both spoke,
eight hours apart.
The unprecedented political
truce was emphasized when Ei
senhower posed chummily for
pictures with such Democratic
luminaries as Senate Democratic
leader Lyndon Johnson and
House Speaker Sam Rayburn, as
well as Adlai Stevenson.
Eisenhower, obviously moved,
asked indulgence to say a few
words "from my heart” in ad
vance of his formal half - hour
speech which was broadcast na
tionwide.
“I hope that from this meeting
will flow a great wave of knowl
edge and education so that the
American people will understand
how necessary foreign aid is to
the cause of peace.”
In his formal address Eisen
hower declared the U.S. foreign
aid program already has proved
its worth—to such an extent, he
said, that Russia is trying to
copy it.
Postal and Civil
Service Employes
Slated for Pay Hike
WASHINGTON, UPV-The House
Post Office and Civil Service
Committee Tuesday voted to give
pay boosts averaging 15 per cent
to postal workers and 11 per cent
to Civil Service workers.
The estimated annual cost of
the separate pay bills, if they
become law, is $969 million.
The 520,000 postal employes
would receive raises ranging from
about 14 to 16 per cent, while
the 950,000 classified employes
would get boosts frbm 10 to 12 Vi
per cent.
Included in the latter would be
10 per cent raises for legislative
employes and for employes of the
judiciary and government medi
cal services.
14 to 20 Million Dollars
Military Construction
Slated For Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, UR — Military
construction in the Anchorage
area is expected to cost between
14 and 20 million dollars during
1958, the U.S. Army Engineer
District Office, said today.
Placement figures for the An
chorage area installations, which
include money expected to be
spent in 1958 for both projects
currently underway and new
projects, show approximately
two-thirds will be for Army proj
ects "and the remaining one-third
for Air Force work.
The major' project planned at
Fort Richardson is the construc
tion of new family quarters. A
heliport installation is also in the
planning stage.
So far only a few minor proj
~ ects have been funded and ap
proved for Elmendorf AFB.
Secty. Seaton Expresses
Support For Two
Fairbanks Projects
WASHINGTON, UP> — An ex
pression of support by Secretary
of the Interior Seaton for two in
terior Alaska projects was re
ported today by Fairbanks
spokesmen.
The Alaskans, mining man
Wm. Waugaman and publisher C.
W. Snedden, met with Seaton yes
terday to discuss the possibility
of extending the government
owned Alaska Railroad from
Fairbanks to Big Delta, and back
ing for a mine-mouth power plant
in the Healy river area proposed
by the Golden Valley Electrical
Assn.
Seaton was reported to have
said both projects had merit and
would be looked into by his de
partment.
Stanford University Student Shoots
Girl Because He Had ‘Urge to Do It’
PALO ALTO, UP) —A Stanford
University sophomore shot to
death a 17-year-Old Palo Alto
high school girl “to satisfy an
urge” last night, he told police.
The victim was Deena Bonn,
only child of Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Bonn.
The police desk sergeant said
Thomas Wallace Cordry III acted
as if he were reporting a minor
traffic accident when he walked
into the Palo Alto police station
before midnight and said:
“I want to report a killing. I
shot a girl and she’s out in my
car.”
The girl’s body was in the seat
of Cordry’s 1957 convertible, a
single bullet wound in the head.
Capt. William Salt of the sher
iff’s office declared:
“The boy has told us an in
credible story. He said he bought
a .22 caliber rifle yesterday after
noon for the express purpose of
picking up a girl, killing her,
raping her, and leaving her body
in the foothills, in that order.”
Cordry, 19, told police he “just
had the urge to do this” and had
had the urge before, Salt said.
Salt quoted the goodlooking
crew-cut son of a San Francisco
insurance man as saying he tele
phoned Deena, told her he had
to take a trip and asked her if
she would drive him to the sta
tion and bring his car back home.
He told her he had to return a
rifle to the ROTC armory on the
Stanford campus first. She drove
the two miles and stopped in
front of the armory.
Cordry told officers he then
fired once point blank into the
girl’s head. He then got behind
the wheel and drove into the
Stanford foothills, but had a
change of heart and drove direct
ly to the police station after a
few minutes.
GRAND JURY ABOUT
TO WIND UP SESSION
The Grand Jury was busy to
day inspecting public buildings,
getting ready to wind up their
session.
On Monday the jury returned
a secret indictment and on Tues
day three true bills.
Oscar Sage and Esther Lieb of
Kivalina were indicted on a
charge of illegal cohabitation.
Sage was released on $700 bond
and Esther Lieb is also at liberty.
Robert Kolerok and Fred Spud
were both indicted on charges of
statutory rape. They are from
Nunivak island and are in cus
tody with bail set at $1,000.
Nelson Walker and Warren
Thompson were indicted for
transportation and possession of
out-of-season geese and are to be
arraigned on March 7.
Monday, Ray Mendenhall plead
not guilty to two indictments for
burglary. Trial has been set for
March 26 and April 4.
Albert Martin pleaded guilty
to a charge of disorderly conduct
in a home and was fined $200
and sentenced to six months in
jail, suspended after 30 days.
Eisenhower Says Tax Cut
Is Not Entire Answer To
Our Economics Problems
WASHINGTON, UR— President
Eisenhower said today a tax cut
is a possibility if, as he put it,
there is a deepening of the busi
ness depression.
Eisenhower said a tax reduc
tion would not necessarily be the
administration’s last resort in
dealing with economic conditions.
He said a great deal of money
is going to be spent on public
works, flood control, defense and
other domestic budget items.
As Eisenhower phrased it, we
have got to get the money in the
purse to pay the bills. He in
dicated that for that reason he
would be reluctant now to sup
port any tax cut.
Eisenhower said he looks for
some in#ease in job opportuni
ties in March—a beginning of the
end of the present recession. He
said he is not expecting a quick
or even gradual upturn in March
but rather a leveling off.
Wall of Silence Surrounds Plan To
| Bring Statehood Bill Before Congress
I-<
Rep. Engle Will
jAct To Bring
Bill On Floor
WASHINGTON, UP)—Chairman
Engle (D-Calif) of the House In
terior Committee sought today to
put pressure on the House Rules
Committee for action on the Al
aska statehood bill.
He said if he didn’t have as
surance by March 15 that the
Rules Committee would act, he
would move to bypass that group.
Engle said he first asked the
Rules Committee for action last
June 26 but that it has not yet
set a hearing. The Rules Commit
tee usually has to approve legis
lation, and fix rules of debate, be
fore it can be considered in the
House.
Under the procedure which
permits privileged consideration
of statehood bills, each member
of the House could talk for one
hour. That could mean a total of
435 hours of debate.
Engle said he would prefer to
follow regular procedure and
take the bill to the floor under
a rule providing for more limited
debate.
There Will Now Be
“Hope” For Russia
NEW YORK, 3—Bob Hope is
off for Russia where he says he
wants to film one or two tele
vision shows.
The comedian left by plane for
London enroute to Moscow.
He did not have a Russian visa
but said he expected to obtain
the necessary Russian clearance
after reaching England.
Hope said he wanted to attend
a screening of one of his films
in Moscow March 4, arranged as
a cultural exchange program.
Paulette Goddard and
Erich Remarque Marry
BRANFORD, Conn., 3—Actress
Paulette Goddard and novelist
Erich Maria Remarque slipped
quietly into this Long Island
Sound community yesterday and
were married.
The five-minute civil ceremony
was the fourth marriage for the
42-year-old actress and the sec
ond for Remarque, 59.
Miss Goddard was married for
merly to Edgar James, comedian
Charles Chaplin and actor Bur
gess Meredith.
Remarque is a German - bom
naturalized American.
Robbery By Telephone
PRESTON, England, 3 — An
unidentified man telephoned Ar
thur Boyle’s clothing store and
said he was interested in buying
a raincoat. He specified the style,
color and chest size (42 inches),
and asked it be put in the win
| dow so he could take a look.
| The store complied. The only
i thing stolen in a window-smash
| ing raid two days later was the
I raincoat, chest size 42.
> WASHINGTON, UP» — State
hood advocates Tuesday probed
for a weak spot in the wall of
silence surrounding leadership
plans to bring Alaskan statehood
to the floor in the House or Sen
ate.
Unlike a month ago when in
formed sources had the bill ten
tatively scheduled for early con
sideration by the Senate, the past
two weeks have been marked by
a complete absence of such re
ports.
Neither Sen. Lyndon Johnson
or Speaker Rayburn, the Texas
Democrats who handle leadership
reins in the Senate and House,
has given formal or informal
notice as to their plans. Rayburn
said last summer he favored the
Alaskan bill; Johnson has taken
no position.
Smooth Road Turns Bumpy
Alaska’s apparently smooth
road toward Senate consideration
turned bumpy when Sen. Know
land of California, Senate Repub
lican leader, announced he had
advised Johnson the administra
tion favored consideration of both
Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood
bills.
Knowland went on to say he
believed the feeling in the Sen
ate was such that unless assur
ances could be given Hawaii
could be considered right after
Alaska, a move undoubtedly
would be made to combine the
Continued on Page Two
Eisenhower Will
Ignore Demands
He Fire Benson
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Ufl— President
Eisenhower, defying midwestern
Republican demands that he fire
Secretary of Agriculture Benson,
praised the cabinet officer today
as a man of courage and honesty.
The President told a news con
ference that people advocating
that Benson be ousted are badly
mistaken in taking that position.
Eisenhower left no doubt he
intends to ignore demands for
Benson’s resignation.
Some Midwestern Republicans
in Congress, sharply critical of
Benson farm policies, have con
tended that continuing him in of
fice would cost the Republicans
25 to 30 seats in the November
election.
A request was made by a re
porter for Eisenhower’s comment
on lack of action by Congress so
far on legislation to spell out
what to do in the case of presi
dential disability.
Eisenhower repeated he thinks
there should be a constitutional
amendment. The House Demo
cratic leadership thinks the mat
ter can be handled by simple
legislation.
So far as his own case is con
cerned, Eisenhower said, there is
such a clear understanding be
tween Nixon and himself, and
between certain others, that it is
inconceivable there would be any
misunderstanding regarding Nix
on’s role.