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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVII No. 32NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1955Per Copy—15^
Ike Says U.S. Will
Use A-Weapons In
Any Future Wars
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WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Eisenhower said today he sees no
reason why atomic weapons
should not be used in any conflict
where they can be directed
against strictly military targets.
With the news conference state
ment Eisenhower backed up Sec
retary of State Dulles who said
yesterday he thought tactical
atomic weapons would be em
ployed in any major military ac
tion involving the United States.
By law, only President Eisen
hower can make a decision on
use of atomic weapons.
The significance of Dulles’
statement and of the President’s
comment appeared to be that any
future war, big or little, in which
the United States engages will be
an atomic war to some extent.
Eisenhower also dealt with
these other topics:
Polilics—The President said he
agrees with Vice President Nixon
that the Republican party needs
strengthening. But Eisenhower
ducked a fresh attempt to find
out whether he will run again
ne<xt year.
Taxes—Hurrah! That was the
President’s one word reaction
when asked to comment on Sen
ate defeat yesterday of Demo
cratic proposals to cut income
taxes. The House has voted a $20
income tax cut for everybody, so
differences between that measure
and the Senate bill must now be
reconciled.
Immigration Law —Eisenhowei
repeated that he has recommend
ed revision of the McCarran-Wal
ter Immigration Act, but made no
specific reply to a question as to
whether he would ask Atty. Gen.
Brownell to draft revision legis
lation.
Snow and Cold Delays
Mail Snowmobile In
Northern B. C.
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C., IJ’l —
Snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom
of night may not have stayed
Herodotus when he wrote those
lines in 431 B.C. about the post
office boys but, by golly, he never
had to contend with this British
Columbia climate.
D.L. Jones, a mail carrier for
the northern B.C. area, now is
preparing for his fifth try at
snowmobiling the 140 - mile mail
run to Manson Creek and Ger
mansen Landing.
On his last attempt, Jones
fought his way through deep
powder snow and 25-below-zero
temperature for 72 hours, aver
aging slightly pver one mile an
hour. He had to give up and come
back.
At times his snowmobile, a ski
equipped vehicle, sank so deep in
the powdery snow that it stalled
and Jones was forced to pack
the trail ahead with snowshoes
and skis.
Fort St. James is 330 miles
north of Vancouver, B.C.
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Arctic Club Desires As
Many Teams As Possible
Run In April 3rd Race
The Arctic Club which is spon
| soring a dog race on April 3, is
i interested in having those who
wish to participate, get their en
tries in as soon as possible al
though the deadline is March 26.
They wish to make it clear
I that they are not looking for
record - breaking teams or speed
demons of any kind. They are
sponsoring the race just for fun
and hoping to revive interest in
the -sport which originated here
in Nome 55 years ago.
Five dogs are all that are need
ed states the committee and as
there are no racing teams in town
it’s anybody’s chance to win $50.
It is not necessary to own all
five dogs as teams may be made
up of any kind of dogs.
Senate-House Differences
On ESC Legislation Must
Be Resolved by Conference |
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, UPi—The long-expect
ed House-Senate collision on Un
employment Security legislation !
has -occurred but without fire
works.
As anticipated neither branch
agreed to accept the other’s ver
sion at the showdown yesterday
and the issue must now be re
solved by a conference committee.
The House asked the Senate to
name such a group ,with the pow- j
er of free conference which
means that the redraft the con
ferees finally decide upon must be
accepted or rejected in toto, with
no changes.
House Speaker Wendell Kay
and Senate President James No
lan were thus put on the spot as
they must name the two com
mittees.
In other activity, the House
completed legislative work on 16
Senate bills during the day.
The liveliest controversy arose
over a measure that was finally
sent back to committee. It would
allow cities to class sewer systems
the same as utilities and make a
charge for their use. Opponents
said it might be an unfair burden
on the public and supporters
argued it was a way for cities to
pay the cost of extending such
systems.
Heintzleman Signs Bill
Creating Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission
JUNEAU, Wi — Gov. Heintzle
man has signed the measure to
create an Alaskan oil and gas
conservation commission.
Sponsors said it would permit
orderly handling of the new re
sources if present exploratory
work results in commercial op
erations.
They described it as an act to
prevent the confusion that result
ed from oil booms in Canada and
some of the states.
It also includes a tax schedule
for oil and gas. The bill was
introduced by the House Commit
tee on resources.
The governor also signed an act
to provide for reciprocity with
states on tax collection cases.
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Crew Refuses Sail
Finnish Tanker
To Red China
HELSINKI, Finland, IjP — The
Finnish Seamen’s Union announ
ced today the crew of the tanker
Aruba will strike rather than sail
the ship and its cargo of jet
fuel to Communist China.
The union said as a result of
Nationalist China threats and the
U.N. ban on strategic materials to
the Chinese Reds “the ship finds
itself in danger of getting in
volved in actions of war.”
It called on the tanker’s Fin
nish owners to “direct the ship
to a safe port.” The union an
nouncement said the crew has re
fused to sail the ship to Singapore.
The east-bound ship is believed to
be somewhere in the Indian
Ocean.
Finnish shipping circles sug
gested the owners, the Re-Be
Shipping Co., might divert the
Aruba to Indonesia for reloading
of the 13,000-ton cargo on to other
China-destined ships.
A spokesman for the shipping
company said no action could be
taken yet to divert the ship be
cause no strike warning had been
received from the crew.
The Aruba picked up its load of
jet fuel from the Romanian port
of Constanza, on the Black Sea.
When it sailed for Red China
early this month, U.S. congress
men launched a series of protests
and the Chinese Nationalists on
Formosa said they would inter
cept the tanker.
The Finnish government said it
was powerless to stop the Aruba.
Members of Commons
Expel Aneurin Bevan
From Labor Party
LONDON, (JPi — Laborite mem
bers of parliament kicked left
winger Aneurin Bevan out of
their ranks today on charges of
disloyalty. This isolates him as
an independent in the House of
Commons.
The 57-year-old Welsh orator,
a former coal miner, was deported
to have told a secret meeting of
Labor members of parliament he
would never ask for reinstate
ment.
The action came on a motion
to “withdraw the whip” from
Bevan, meaning to remove the
party label.
This disciplinary move was
sponsored by the moderate sup
porters of former Prime Minister
Clement Attlee, the party’s 72
year-old official leader. He has
been subject to repeated attacks
from Bevan and his followers in
the last three years.
Attlee’s supporters rejected a
last minute attempt to get Bevan
off with a reprimand.
The outcome was a triumph for
Attlee, but it may prove a costly
victory. Observers believed the
split would dash the Labor party’s
hope of defeating Prime Minister
Churchill’s Conservatives in the
next general election, which
Churchill must call before Octo
ber 1956 and perhaps will call
this year.
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Railroads Requested To Reduce Rates
On Alaska - Bound Freight To Parity
With Rates to Hawaii and Foreign Ports
Eisenhower Says National
Defense Reasons Preclude
Statehood For Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP*— President
Eisenhower reiterated at his news
conference today he believes
there are certain reasons why Al
aska should not become a state
now.
The President was told that in
September 1950 he was quoted as
favoring statehood for Alaska. A
reporter wanted to know why the
President now has changed his
mind about bringing Alaska into
the union at this time.
Eisenhower recalled that since
taking office he has said several
times that he believes there are
certain reasons why Alaska
should not become a state now.
Nothing has occurred to change
his thinking on that, he added.
In 1950, Eisenhower said, he
was not responsible for security
of the United States, as he is now.
He said there are national secur
ity reasons which would have to
be removed before he wduld favor
statehood for the territory.
Eleven Rare Penguins
From South Polar Regions
Enroute Washington Zoo
MIAMI, Fla., UP! — Eleven rare
Emperor Penguins from the South
Polar regions arrived here today
enroute to Washington to become
the only known members of their
species in captivity.
The rare birds were picked up
by crewmen of the U.S.S. Atka, a
Navy icebreaker, on its expedi
tion to the Antarctic.
The Atka brought the penguins
to Buenos Aires where they were
transferred to a Pan American
cargo clipper for the 4,600-mile
flight to Miami.
Malcomb Davis, curator of
birds at the National Zoological
Park of the Smithsonian Institute
in Washington met the birds here.
“The real hazard to their sur
vival is contaminated air in tem
perate climates,” Davis said.
“They quickly develop respira
tory diseases and die unless kept
in air-conditioned cages.”
Feeding *is a problem only for
the first few weeks during which
they must be forcibly fed only
until they learn to eat without
diving deep in the sea for food.
The Emperor, smaller than his
cousin, the King Penguin, weighs
about 60 pounds and stands about
three feet. They are. believed to
live as long as 50 years in their
native habitat.
FLORENCE, S.C., Ufi — An Air
Force B - 47 bomber crashed in
flames near North, S.C., early to
day but its three crewmen para
chuted to safety.
The men were rescued several
hours apart in a wooded and
swampy area between St. George
and Rowesville, S.C. They had
scratches, cuts and minor bruises
but were not seriously injured.
4TS IN C
BRING A MISSIOr
. WASHINGTON, UH—The Gen
eral Service's Administration ask
ed the Interstate Commerce Com
mission yesterday to require rail
roads to reduce their rates on
freight bound for Alaska to parity
with transcontinental rates on
freight shipped through Pacific
Northwest ports to Hawaii and
foreign ports.
GSA said some rates for trans
continental movement of freight
are more than twice as much as
the export-import rate on Ha
wiian and foreign shipments.
Administrator Edmund Man
sure said potential savings have
been figured as high as one mil
lion dollars a year on the gov
ernment’s heavy shipments if the
railroads are required to treat
Alaskan freight the same as Ha
wiian and foreign freight ship
ped through the northwest ports.
GSA cited higher rates requir
ed on shipments to Seward in
comparison with similar ship
ments to Honolulu and Yoko
hama, Japan.
Rail movement within the
United States of northbound
freight was said to cost 43 per
cent more on preserved food
stuffs, 53 per cent more on classi
fication freight (all kinds), and
120 per cent more on machinery.
Controversial School Bus
Measure To Become Law
Without Gov.'s Signature
JUNEAU, liP — Alaska school
buses will be required to pick up
students attending private schools
under a measure to become terri
torial law in 90 days.
Gov. Heintzleman notified both
House and Senate yesterday he
would allow the controversial bill
passed by both branches to be
come law without his signature.
In most cases the private
schools involved will be paro
chial institutions. It has also been
an issue in most of the states.
The governor acted after re
ceiving an opinion from Atty.
Gen. J. Gerald Williams, which
concluded:
“It is my recommendation to
you to permit House Bill 40 to
become law and thereby institute
the means whereby the Alaskan
courts may be given the oppor
tunity to pass upon the constitu
tional issue. The ultimate judicial
decision in this matter, whether
it strikes down or upholds the
statute, will clear the air of the
existing confusion that has sur
rounding this perplexing problem
in the territory for the past sev
eral years.”
The attorney general said the .
Organic Act prohibits the terri
tory from taking action for the
benefit of private schools, but
there is no prohibition against it if
it is judged to be for the benefit
of the children instead.
The attorney general cited de
isions by supreme courts of states
that have held directly opposing
views on whether the benefit is
for the schools or the children.
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