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Four Have Inside Track to New Federal
Judgeship to Be Established In Alaska
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP — A Superior
Court judge and three attorneys
apparently have the inside track
to the new federal judgeship to
be established in Alaska, sources
in the capital indicated Thursday.
Raymond E. Plummer, an An
chorage attorney and former
Democratic National Committee
man for Alaska, appears to be the
leading candidate at this point.
Plummer also served in the
Territorial Legislature and as
U. S. Attorney in Anchorage.
At the present time, he is a
member of the Alaska Judicial
Council, which recommends state
bench appointments to the gover
nor.
The other three top candidates,
according to informed sources
here, are presiding Judge Edward
V. Davis of Third District Su
perior Court in Anchorage;
Charles J. Clasby, a prominent
Fairbanks attorney; and Thomas
B. Stewart, a prominent Juneau
attorney.
Clasby and Davis are both past
presidents of the Alaska Bar
Assn.
Stewart is a former member of
the Alaska Legislature. He served
in the Senate during the first
two years of statehood.
Other names mentioned in the
capita] include Anchorage attor
ney John S. Hellenthal, a mem
ber of the State House of Repre
sentatives and State Democratic
Chairman; and Walter Sczudlo,
another Fairbanks attorney.
It is possible, of course, but
not probable, that the new Fed
eral Judge for Alaska could come
from out of state.
But Alaska’s two U. S. Sen
ators, E. L. Bartlett and Ernest
Gruening, would almost be sure
to fight such a move and the
Senate Judiciary Committee has
always made it a practice to string
along with the senators from the
state where the judgeship is lo
cated.
The new federal judge probably
won’t be named until late fall.
Federal District Judge Walter
Hodge, the lone federal judge for
Alaska at the present time, who
is stationed in Anchorage, will
become presiding judge of the
Federal Bench in Alaska, if past
practice is followed.
Judge Hodge is believed to
favor Fairbanks as the location
for the second judgeship, with
the new judge handling cases in
Nome, Fairbanks, and Juneau
while Hodge handles the Anchor
age area, where the bulk of Alas
ka’s federal cases are filed.
Reports were circulating here,
too, that Hodge will recommend
that after the new federal judge
clears the federal calendar in
Fairbanks and Nome, he be moved
to Anchorage, which would be
come home base for both federal
judges.
The U. S. Justice Department,
on the other hand, is reported to
favor Juneau as headquarters for
the new federal judge.
Under this plan, he would
handle all of Southeast Alaska’s
federal cases and fill in on the
federal bench in other West
Coast states while Hodge assumed
the full federal calendar for
westward Alaska.
The reasoning for this plan ap
parently is that there are not
enough federal cases arising with
in Alaska to keep two judges
busy on a full-time basis.
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GOP Leaders
Pledge Complete
Support to JFK
WASHINGTON UP — Republi
can congressional leaders Thurs
day formally pledged their “com
plete support” of President Ken
nedy in the Berlin crisis. But
they demanded cuts in domestic
spending to offset the military
buildup.
This stand was announced by
Sen. Everett Dirksen, Senate
Minority Leader, and Rep. Charles
Halleck, House Minority Leader,
at a news conference that fol
lowed a meeting of top GOP
members of Senate and House.
They warned Soviet Premier
Khrushchev against falling into
the “mistaken belief” that the
United States will not go “all the
way,” including resort to nuclear
warfare, to meet its commitments
in Europe.
They also cautioned him not
to get the mistaken notion that
because Democrats and Republi
cans criticize each other “there
is no real will to defend freedom
so far as America is concerned.”
Dirksen read a Republian-ap
proved statement asserting that
the bulk of Kennedy’s $3,454,
000,000 request for additional de
fense spending was for expanded
ground forces and a plane and
sea lifts.
“Little was said about the need
for more money for our total
strategic strike force — our su
personic planes, our missiles and
our nuclear warheads,” he said.
Then, he added pointedly:
“This meaning is plain. In that
vital segment of our defense, we
are ready.”
In a separate statement Halleck
declared that in the 54 days
since Khrushchev gave Kennedy
his ultimatum on Berlin, “the ad
ministration has not lifted one
finger to halt the vastly-increased
domestic spending program on
the New Frontier.”
Halleck said that “a new Pres
idential message to the Congress
proposing cutbacks on domestic
spending would be most appro
priate.”
White House Issues
Code of Conduct for
Government Employes
WASHINGTON UPi — The
White House has issued a code of
conduct for government employes
from cabinet officers down. It
forbids them to use their jobs for
private gain.
The code, ratified by the Civil
Service Commission and released
Wednesday follows up President
Kennedy’s April 27 message to
Congress in which he asked for
a streamlining of conflict of in
terest laws.
The code prohibits gifts, pay
ments and loans to federal civil
ian employes where “a reason
able question of conflict with his
public duties and responsibilities”
is raised.
Ths conflict, says the code, “is
of concern whether it is real or
only apparent.”
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ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
New arrivals in town by way
of Fairbanks and Wien Airlines
are John Ritter, who heads the
construction of the Community
Methodist Church, Colin Clark,
A1 Goodwin, Duncan McLeod,
Joan Carran, Joe Lincoln, Wil
liam Bowen, Ralph Sayre, and
Lt. Baumgartner.
Arrivals from Kotzebue were
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Trelease.
Sister Rosalie and Sister So
lange Marie of the Little Sisters
of Jesus left for Fairbanks. Also
leaving were Miles Scarborough
and H. E. Schene.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Campbell, Mr.
and Mrs. M. Markle and the fol
lowing were Kotzebue bound
passengers: E. Shumm, O. Jen
sen, Miss V. Kelly, E. Muench.
H. Heiss, J. Mahlsted, L. Warsan,
L. Whitaker, Ernie Pearson, Tom
Balone, Dick Able, Miss M. Som
mers and Miss H. Horn.
HAIRCUTS FOR CHOMPERS
KANSAS CITY UP> — Dale Gas
per, 24, needs an upper dental
plate and he wants to make a
deal with some dentist.
He’ll give a dentist two years
of barber service in return for
the chompers.
Gasper said a dentist placed the
cost of a plate at $150. He figures
52 haircuts, 52 tonic massages and
26 shampoos are worth $171.
“I’ve got four sons to feed,” j
Gasper said Wednesday. “They’re
good eaters. The way our food
bills run, it wouldn’t be easy to I
scrape up $150. And I need those '
teeth now.”
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President Kennedy
Compliments Italian
Mountaineers’ Feat
ANCHORAGE UP) — President
Kennedy termed the recent Ital
ian conquest of the south face of
Mt. McKinley a “splendid moun
taineering feat.”
Kennedy’s wire was addressed
to Riccardo Cassin, the leader of
the party, who is now currently
a guest in an Anchorage home.
The Italian consulate in New
York informed Cassin by tele
phone that Kennedy wanted to
meet him at the White House.
Cassin plans to be in Washington
on Aug. 10.
Three of the six Italian moun
taineers who climbed McKinley—
Gian Canali, Romano Perego and
Luigi Arroldi — suffered frost
bitten feet and are undergoing
treatment at Providence Hospital
here.
Two members of the party —
Luigi Alippi and Annibale Zuc
chi — remain at Talkeetna pack
ing the expedition’s equipment.
They are expected here tomor
row.
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