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President Gives Go-Ahead to Hard and
Fast Answers to Kremlin Propaganda
By JOHN SCALI
WASHINGTON, W*— President
Eisenhower was reported today to
be all for a policy of American
officials hitting back hard and
fast at Kremlin propaganda on
slaughts against the United States.
Word from the summer White
House at Newport, R.I., was that
the President had given a per
sonal go-ahead on this at a con
ference Tuesday with Secretary
of State Christian Herter and
other key foreign policy advisers.
Much of the hitting back re
portedly will be done through the
United Nations, where U.S. and
Soviet delegates have been spar
ring verbally this week over the
Cuban situation.
But Herter made it apparent on
leaving the Newport meeting that
not all of the return fire will or
iginate in the U.N.
He promptly accused the Soviet
Union of waging “a very provo
cative type” of anti - American
campaign. “We take this attitude
seriously and regard it as one we
should give serious consideration
to.”
Further evidence of the policy
of replying to Soviet charges came
late yesterday when the State De
partment rejected a Soviet de
mand made only a few hours ear
lier that 20 armed Americans be
withdrawn from the Congo.
Lincoln White, State Depart
ment press officer, termed the
Moscow demand a “desperate and
almost frantic effort” to obstruct
U.N. efforts to restore order in
the riot-torn Congo. He said the
Americans were there to help the
U.N. land troops from other
countries as well as supplies for
j U.N. units.
House Candidate
Calls for Rejection
(>f Initiative No. 1
JUNEAU, OP)—'Ron Rettig, Re
publican candidate for the United
States House of Representatives,
came out emphatically against In
itiative No. One to move Alaska’s
capital in a radio and television
speech here.
The Anchorage candidate term
ed the initiative as being “not a
step made in good faith” and
called on Alaskan voters to re
ject the proposal.
Rettig defined the issue in
broad terms as he discussed the
constitutionality of Initiative No.
1 by saying a “majority vote
against the measure will mean
the people of Alaska will have to
rely on a safer means of chang
ing their laws.”
Publicallv raising the question
of payments for injury to Juneau
if the move should take place, he
queried, “Can we afford to in
dulge in the luxury of satisfying
our pride at the expense of the
people of Juneau?”
He challenged his opponents,
the ones advocating a capital
move in the interests of better
government, but wondering if
there “could be a clearer admis
sion that they themselves have
defaulted.”
Definitely stating that “I can
not avoid the conclusion that a
change in the location of the cap
ital can be accomplished only by
changing or amending the Consti
tution under procedures clearly
set forth in the document itself,”
Rettig pointed out the cost—in
terms of dollars resulting from
legal battles and bitterness in the
state—of a majority approval of
the move.
Russians Explain How
Rocket Hit Powers' U2
LONDON, M*—The Red paper
Pravda reported that Francis G.
Powers survived the downing of
his U2 spy plane because the mis
sile that brought it down hit the
plane in the tail section.
The paper said Powers was so
stunned by the rocket explosion
that he was unable to blow up the
rest of the plane as instructed
and commit suicide. It said he
bailed out, his parachute opened
at 49,000 feet, and he then lost
consciousness.
Barrow’s Former “Most
Lost’’ Man Does it Again,
This Time In Washington
SEATTLE, M—A former Alas
ka flying missionary, once known
as the continent’s “most lost” man
did it again—only this time in a
boat.
The Rev. William Wartes, 38;
his son, Mark, 15, and Mike Bro
mell, 13, all of Sequim, were
missing overnight in a 16-foot out
board boat in the Strait of Juan
de Fuca.
The Coast Guard here said a
search plane sighted the three
this morning paddling for shore
and in no danger. A patrol boat
was sent out from Port Townsend
to give them a tow.
The Presbyterian cleric and the
boys were fishing in the Strait
yesterday when their motor quit.
They spent the night in the lee
of Protection Island, just west of
Port Townsend and began rowing
shoreward after daylight.
The Rev. Mr. Wartes, now pas
tor of the Sequim Presbyterian
Church, was a missionary for his
church for half a dozen years at
Point Barrow.
He frequently was overdue or
missing briefly in the plane he
used to cover his vast parish, but
always turned up all right.
Belgium Still Sending
Troops Into Congo
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Mft — A
plane crash in the Congo killed
34 Belgian soldiers today and dis
closed that the Belgians still are
sending troops to that country.
The government said a Cl 19
Flying Boxcar hit a volcanic peak
near Goma in the Congo. Seven
soldiers were injured.
The United Nations Security
Council has called for withdraw
al of Belgian soldiers, but a
spokesman for the Belgian gov
ernment said men still are being
sent in, either as replacements or
to reinforce the Belgian forces
there.
The spokesman said the gov
ernment will continue doing this
as long as Belgian soldiers are
needed to restore order and to
protect lives of Belgians. He as
serted all soldiers will be with
drawn as soon as U.N. forces are
available to handle the tasks now
performed by Belgians.
Polaris Missile
Is Fired From
Nuclear Sub
CAPE CANAVERAL, i/Pi—A Po
laris missile was launched today
from a submerged submarine for
the first time. It streaked 1,100
miles over the Atlantic and hit
successfully in the planned tar
get area.
The missile was fired from the
nuclear - power George Washing
ton as the submarine cruised un
derwater about 30 miles off Cape
Canaveral.
Breaking through the waves,
the stubby rocket ignited almost I
instantly and sped down the At- I
lantic Missile Range toward its
impact area.
The successful flight put the
United States a step closer to
possession of one of the most
powerful and elusive war deter
rent systems so far devised.
It was regarded as a signifi
cant advance in the field of mis
sile operations in which the U.S.
is believed to hold a big edge over
the Soviet Union.
The countdown reached zero as
the George Washington, a 380-foot
sea monster, glided at about two
knots its keel about 90 feet be
low the surface.
Compressed air ejected the 28
foot Polaris from one of 16 ver
tical launching chambers that
stand in pairs along the spine of
the submarine.
The 14-ton missile popped from
the tube like a cork from a cham
pagne bottle.
The Polaris seemed to hang mo
tionless for an instant several
feet above the water. Then its
first-stage engine ignited with a
blinding flash.
Draft-Rockefeller
Backers Say He
Will be Nominated
CHICAGO, UP—The head of the
Draft Rockefeller Committee said
today he is absolutely confident
the name of Gov. Nelson Rocke
feller will be placed in nomina
tion for President at next week’s
Republican National Convention.
William Brinton, chairman of
the group, also told newsmen that
a recent survey by a polling or
ganization shows Vice President
Nixon—the apparent GOP nomi
nee-to-be—is running far behind
Sen. Kennedy, the Democratic
nominee, in five key states.
Brinton, 40, a crop-haired, be
spectacled San Francisco lawyer,
thus tried to derail the Nixon
bandwagon at a news conference.
News headquartes for Nixon
opened about the same time but
the whole attitude there was that
the draft - Rockefeller movement
was a minor matter.
Brinton talked with newsmen
after Rockefeller backers differed
on whether there were solid plans
to offer the New York governor’s
name.
But Brinton didn’t bring any
word from Rockefeller himself on
the subject—and, in fact, said his
organization was operating on its
own without direct or financial
aid from the Rockefeller camp.
LANCASTER, Calif., UP — You
think things are bad? The Ante
lope Valley Press ran this want
ad:
“ ’2S Model A Ford. Take over
payments.”
Eleven Navv Men Killed In Collision of
Two Destroyers Off Lon«* Beach, Calif.
LONG BEACH, Calif., UP)—Pat
rick Medeiros, bow lookout aboard
the freshly refitted destroyer Col
lett, peered anxiously into fog as
thick as cotton candy. His ship
seemed to be gliding blindly thru
a cloud.
Suddenly Medeiros screamed
into his microphone: “Ship dead
ahead.”
An instant later the newly
painted bow of the Collett smash
ed into the destroyer Ammen, a
kamikaze-scarred veteran on its
way to the boneyard.
Pat Medeiros, 19, of Honolulu,
heard the awesome sounds of dis
aster at sea—frantic shouts, the
clanging of bells, death screams,
the hiss of steam, and the rip
and tear of steel.
Medeiros escaped with a bruised
thigh, but 11 other Navy men
died in the collision Tuesday. At
least 20 others were hurt, but only
six were hospitalized.
The Ammen, heading for San
Diego and deactivation, had just
unloaded her explosives at near
by Seal Beach. Otherwise both
ships could have been blown out
of the water.
The 376-foot Collett left her
bow anchor embedded in the Am
men’s twisted superstructure and
carried off a crushed Ammen sea
man in the fang-like wreckage of
her own bow.
The Collett struck the Ammen’s
port side below the waterline just
astern of midships, then slid up
and amashed into the superstruc
ture. Those killed were all aboard
the Ammen and had been work
ing in two offices above deck.
The Ammen looked sadder
than when a Japanese suicide
plane crashed into her during the
battle of Okinawa in 1945. She
listed 11 degrees to port but did
not sink.
Why did the ships collide? Both
captains said they had their radar
turned on. The Ammen’s skipper
said he had been tracking the
Collett for 20 minutes before the
crash. They refused to go into
details of the speed of their ships
or their maneuvers, pending an
official Navy inquiry.
j Maritime Board Rate
i Hearing Moves to
Anchorage Tomorrow
SEATTLE, Iff! — Testimony of
three witnesses Tuesday wound
up the first part of a Federal
Maritime Board hearing into the
10 per cent increase in steamship
rates between Alaska and Seattle
which were placed in effect last
January. The hearing resumes at
Anchorage at 10 a.m. Thursday.
An Alaska Steam spokesman
said it still has several other wit
I nesses to present when the hear
ing resumes here, on its return
J frm Anchorage.
The named respondents in the
case also include Coastwise Lines,
which have discontinued service
since the rate increase, the Puget
Sound Alaska Van Lines and
Alaska Freight Lines.
Topranking Heavyweights
To Fight in Seattle Sept. 7
PORTLAND, UP)—Sonny Liston
and Eddie Machen, two of the
world’s top ranking heavyweights,
will meet in a 10 - round fight
September 7 in Seattle, promoter
Tommy Moyer said Tuesday.
Liston, the No. 1 challenger,
earlier this week knocked out
second-ranked Zora Folley in
Denver.
Moyer said the bout between
the huge Philadelphia fighter and
Machen will be an outdoors bout
in Sick’s Stadium, and will be
televised nationally, with Seattle
and Portland blacked out.
Machen currently is in the top
10 of the ratings of both Ring
Magazine and the National Box
ing Assn.
NEPAL CHARGES CHINESE
AGAIN CROSS TIBET BORDER
NEW DELHI, UP) — Nepal has
charged Chinese government
troops with more trespassing ac
ross the Tibetan border in the
Mustang area, the Hindustan
Times reportel today.
The newspaper’s correpondent
in Katmandu, Nepal’s capital,
said the government had sent a
strong protest to Peiping.
Ike Announces
Billion Surplus
NEWPORT, R.I., UP)—President
Eisenhower today announced a
$1,100,000,000 budget surplus for
the fiscal year ended June 30.
The surplus is more than five
times as large as the figure the
President predicted last January.
“This demonstration of fiscal
responsibility not only reinforces
economic strength here at home,
but reaffirms to the world that
the United States intends to run
its financial affairs on a sound
basis,” Eisenhower said in a state
ment at the summer White House.
The announcement, coming just
a few days in advance of the
opening of the GOP National Con
vention, is sure to be seized on
with delight by Republicans in
their campaign to retain the
presidency and capture control of
Congress.
This was the Eisenhower ad
ministration’s third budget sur
plus in seven years.
At $77,300,000,000 government
outlays were $1.1 billion less than
the budget forecast. Government
income was down 200 million dol
lars from the $78,600,000,000 fore
cast in January.
AT HIS WORD
CHICAGO, UP)—Vice President
Nixon accepts Gov. Rockefeller’s
word that he will not take the
Republican vice presidential no
mination, Nixon’s press aide said
yesterday.
The subject came up at a news
conference with Herbert Klein of
the Nixon staff. A newsman
noted that Rockefeller had said
positively and absolutely that he
would not take second place on
the 1960 GOP ticket and asked
how Nixon reacted to that.
“The Vice President accepts
him at his word,” Klein replied.
MAYBE IT WAS ALI BABBA
; JACKSONVILLE, Fla., UP) —A
! surprise awaits the thief who stole
$168 worth of phonograph reeords
from a car Monday night.
All of the recordings are in
Arabic.