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Observance of Flag Day . . .
THE STARS AND STRIPES were adopted as the
national flag on June 14, 1777 and Flag Day was
established as an annual celebration in 1916 by Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson. It is not an official national
holiday, but proclaimed as a public observance every
year.
Not even the President of the United States can
be saluted by dipping the national flag which can
however be dipped in courtesy to another nation.
The only place within the U. S. where any flag
is displayed in a higher prominence or honor than the
U. S. Flag is at the headquarters of the United Nations
in New York where the U. N. Flag is supreme.
The people of Alaska are asked by their governor,
William A. Egan to display the flag throughout the
community and the State on Wednesday, June 14th.
George Washington gave a dramatic explanation
of the flag when he said: ‘We take the stars and blue
union from Heaven, the red from our mother country,
separating it by white stripes, thus showing we have
separated from her, and the white stripes shall go
down to posterity representing liberty.”
Army
THE SKYLARC, amphibian experimental vehicle, being prepared
for its part in the demonstration before the Army Scientific
Advisory Panel, held recently at Ft. Eustis, Va. SKYLARC is a
research “test bed”, embodying desirable features which are
being studied for possible use in future Army amphibians. If was
constructed by Ingersol-Kalamazoo Division of Borg-Warner
Corporation.
Russia and Red China Compete for
Dominance In the Communist World
By Preston Grover
Associated Press Staff Writer
The question of Russia’s worry
over its conflict with China is
raised so persistently here in the
United States that it prompts a
counter question:
Whose problem with China is
greater — Russia's or the United
States?
The question is raised so often
you begin to suspect that Ameri
cans wish Russians would have
more trouble with China so the
United States wouldn’t have so
much.
Two years of living with this
and other Russian questions in
Moscow lead this correspondent
to believe that Russia’s immedi
ate danger from China is less than
half as great as many Americans
seem to think — and probably
not as great as that of the United
States. At least not right now.
In general this is the opinion
of a large body of diplomatic and
other trained observers who —
in the shadow of the Kremlin —
must make the best of estimates
they can.
American troubles with China
are acute enough. This country
is trying to build a retaining wall
to help keep Chinese Communism
from spreading its influence
elsewhere in Asia, particularly in
the southeast.
Russia’s problem starts on a
different level.
Compete for Dominance
China and Russia are compet
ing for dominance in the Com
j munist world. So far the Russians
are well ahead. But the going is
not easy.
Two regions of conflict already
have developed — Albania, lying
I across the Adriatic from Ilaly, and
Mongolia, high in the plateau
country of Central Asia.
There probably is a third. Rus
! sia has moved in to become the
big friend protector of the North
{Viet Nam’s victory over the
French.
To the north, Mongolia is an
underprivileged, underdeveloped
underdog in the Communist
world. Russia in a big brother
manner has been helping it for
a generation, sending money,
technicians and political teachers.
China began sending technicians
into Mongolia a few weeks ago,
and has offered material help as
well.
Albania is more painful for Rus
sia. This tiny country has been i
Russia’s only foothold on the
Mediterranean since R u s s i a’s j
quarrel with Tito.
The Albanian situation leads i
straight back to the ideological
clash between Khrushchev and
Mao Tze-Tung, Communis m’s
leader in China.
Ever since he came to power
Khrushchev has promoted the
theory that Communism could
absorb the Western World bit by
bit without resorting to war.
War an Inevitable Necessity
Mao Tze-Tung holds that war
is an inevitable necessity for j
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shaking down capitalist regimes.
At the big Communist conclave
in Moscow last November a
month-long debate brought en
dorsement of Khrushchev’s peace
ful coexistence approach to bring
ing down the capitalist world
without war.
Enver Hoxha, Communist party
chief in Albania, sided with China.
After a bitter exchange Khrush
chev' jumped on him so hard he
went home.
There is no formal break but
Hoxha has jailed a lot of Khrush
chev sympathizers, and even had
some shot, according to reports
coming out of the barren little
Red republic.
Immediately China stepped in
by sending technicians and money.
Yet this is just fringe fighting
between the two big Communist :
powers. To industrialize, China
needs Russian help. She is get
ting it, although there are signs j
the amount has been trimmed j
since the big party fight last j
November.
Russia and China are rivals,'
rather than antagonists. Each
will support the other against the
United States on any subject |
whatever. That likely will con- .
tinue to be true for a long time. !
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John H. Jemison
Retires as Major After
20 Years of Service
Announcement has been made
of the retirement of Maj. John
H. Jemison, U. S. Army Reserve,
effective May 31, 1061 after more
than 20 years active federal
service.
Maj. Jemison was stationed
here on the Army Advisory Group ,
to the National Guard and was
active in civic affairs as well as
a prominent soloist at the Metho
dist Church.
He plans to vacation this sum- i
mer and then return to the Wayne !
State University in the fall and |
start teaching the following year.
His military career reflect long
and faithful service to the United
States and his many friends here
extend best wishes to him on the ;
occasion of his retirement.
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Russian Groups
Beat the Drums for
Increased Tourism
WASHINGTON Wl — A group
of Chamber of Commerce types
from Soviet Russia were in town
Saturday, beating the drums for
increased tourism.
Headed by Sergei S. Niki+in,
vice president of the Board of
Intourist, the Russian Tourist
Agency, they treated newsmen to
vodka, peanuts and long-handled
Russian cigarettes and recited the
glories of Samarkand, the “Gold
en Gate” of the East, and of an
cient Kiev.
Prices are cheap, they said,
ranging from $2 a day for camp
ers to $25-35 for a deluxe treat
ment, including a car, guide, in
terpreter and menus a la carte.
Big jets can whisk a tourist
from Moscow to Sochi on the
Black Sea, a span of 1,500 miles,
in about two hours. Rubbernecks
preferring ground travel can rent
a car.
“We hope for a considerable
increase in the exchange of tour
ists between Russia and the Unit
ed States,” Nikitin said. He spoke
of the humanistic values of
people getting to know each
other.
V. N. Orfanitsky, tourist chief
of the All-Union Central Council
of Trade Unions, contributed a
proverb at this point:
“It is better to see once than
hear 1,000 times.”
Prosperity note: Uncle Sam
now prints about $35 million in
paper currency daily. What we’d
like to know is — who’s getting
our share?
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