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“Brink of War”
Story Greeted By
Mixed Reactions
WASHINGTON, (ff> — Senator
Bridges <R-NH> said today Sec
retary of State Dulles deserves
praise for policies designed to
“keep us out of war.”
New criticism for Dulles came
yesterday from Adlai Stevenson,
a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination which he
won in 1952. Stevenson said
President Eisenhower should re
pudiate Dulles’ views or fire him
in the wake of a controversial
article in Life magazine.
Bridges said in an interview he
agrees with Dulles the United
States must take a “calculated
risk for peace” when its vital in
terests are challenged by a po
tential aggressor.
The senator, head of the Sen
ate Republican Policy Commit
tee, doesn’t always support Dul
les on international affairs, but
he said:
“Rather than being criticized
for ‘•brink of war’ policies, the
secretary should be commended
that his policy is to keep us out
of war.”
Dulles refrained at a news con
ference yesterday from giving full
endorsement to the Life magazine
article. He did not dispute the
statement attributed to him that
the “ability to get to the verge
(of war) without getting into the
war is the necessary art” of dip
lomacy, although he said it was
ambiguous.
Dulles said the article gave him
more credit than was his due, and
that it oversimplified and placed
special emphasis on some aspects
of foreign policy.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
was asked at a news conference
about the “brink of war” article.
“I must say,” Wilson replied,
“I never thought we were quite
that close—but there are all kinds
of brinks.”
Russia Has North Pole Post Office
LONDON, Iff) — Moscow radio
said today the Soviet Union can
now supply stamp collectors with
letters postmarked “The North
Pole.”
The broadcast said the world’s
most northerly postoffices have
been set up at two Soviet re
search stations floating on polar
ice islands known as “North Pole
IV” and “North Pole V.”>
Oldster Decides To Take
$32,000 on CBS TV Show
NEW YORK, UP) — Mrs. Mabel
Morris, a 75 - year - old retired
school teacher who has been re
ceiving city financial aid, took
her $32,000 winnings and quit
“The $64,000 Question” CBS tele
vision quiz show last night.
She said doctors had examined
her pulse and told her the excite
ment of trying for the grand prize
would be too great.
Mrs. Morris, an English - born
widow, had reached the $32,000
mark in four previous sessions of
the show by answering compli
cated questions about Charles
Dickens and his books — her
chosen category.
She has been a resident of the
home for aged and infirm Heb
rews for several years.
Mrs. Morris has said she would
repay $6,000 or $7,000 to the city
welfare department, which has
contributed to her upkeep at the
home. Approximately $14,000 in
federal taxes and $2,000 in state
taxes will have to be paid.
Even though she will have
about $9,000 or $10,000 left for
herself, an official at the home
said her desire to remain there
would be worked out somehow.
Gov. Long Mows Down
Pro-Eisenhower Opposition
In Louisiana Primary
NEW ORLEANS, l/P — Former
Gov. Earl Long stormed down the
comeback trail to landslide vic
tory in the Louisiana governor’s
race today, leaving the adminis
tration of pro - Eisenhower Gov.
Robert Kennon in the dust.
Mayor DeLesseps Morrison of
New Orleans, the only candidate
in the five - man field in the
Democratic primary who could
have forced the race into a Feb.
21 runoff, conceded.
Building his lead constantly as
late rural returns trickled in, the
60-year-old Long rolled toward
the majority vote needed to
avoid a runoff with the second
place candidate.
Long, uncle of Sen. Russell
Long (D-La) and brother of Rep.
George Long (D-La), drew 51.5
per cent of the votes counted
so far.
The Republicans did not hold
a primary to nominate a gover
nor. Thus Long’s victory assured
him an unprecedented third stay
in the 45 - room mansion built by
his brother, the late Kingfish
Huey P. Long.
Support Mental Health Bill
The Mental Health Bill comes up in Congress
today. Congresswoman Edith Green of Oregon, who
visited here last summer with the congressional party,
sponsors the bill and there is much optimism concern
ing the passage of the bill.
If the bill passes Alaska will take care of its own
instead of shipping them stateside and treat them as
sick people.
All local groups who have been supporting the
measure as well as individuals interested should follow
through with letters and messages to the following
addresses: Representative Joe Martin or Representa
tive Charles Halleek, House Office Building, Washing
ton, D.C.
Take part in this important step in humanizing the
treatment for the mentally ill of Alaska.
Public Support
Urged for Alaska
Mental Health Bill
ANCHORAGE—The Alaska
mental health bill is facing a new
crisis—one that will spell defeat
or victory for it.
According to word received
here from Rep. Edith Green <D
Ore>, a staunch champion of the
•bill, the hours between now and
Wednesday (today) are “most
critical.” A
“The bill stands a good chance
of passage if Rep. Miller’s (R
Neb) efforts to defeat it can be
prevented,” Rep. Green said in a
call from Washington to Byron
Gillam of Fairbanks.
Gillam promptly notified local
supporters of a plan to wage an
intensive campaign for its pas
sage.
Rep. Miller has stated he will
offer several amendments to the
bill. These amendments are so
“far out of line,” according to
Washington observers, that they
will result in killing the bill.
“If Alaskans overwhelm the
House Republican leaders with
telegrams, the bill has a good
chance of passage,” Rep. Green
said. She suggested telegrams be
sent by all organizations and in
dividuals interested in passing the
bill (HR 6376) to Rep. Joe Martin
(R-Mass), Rep. Charles Halleck
(R-Ind), and Rep. Sam Rayburn
(D-Tex), all at the House Office
Building, Washington D.C.
Gen. Ridgway Disclaims
He Participated In Cuts
Of Army’s Manpower
WASHINGTON, W—Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway’s contention he
did not join other members of the
joint chiefs of staff in approving
plans to cut Army strength has
been verified by Secretary of De
fense Wilson.
“I think what he said was cor
rect,” Wilson told a news con
ference yesterday when asked for
comment on Ridgway’s assertion
in a Saturday Evening Post ar
ticle that he had “most emphatic
ally not concurred” in such plans.
President Eisenhower told Con
gress in his 1954 state of the
union message that the joint
chiefs — then including Ridgway
—had “unanimously recommend
ed” a new military program em
bodying reduced Army strength.
Ridgway, now retired, wrote he
was “nonplussed” to read of this.
But Wilson said “I don’t re
call any such business” when
newsmen mentioned that Ridg
way wrote of Wilson cautioning
him against voicing publicly his
objections to the then proposed
Army manpower cuts.
Senators Ask Probe
Into Japan Tuna Imports
WASHINGTON, UP>—Two West
Coast senators Monday asked an
investigation into increased im
ports of tuna from Japan.
Senators Magnuson and Kuchel
said the stepped up imports have
created a critical condition in the
West Coast fishing industry.
The senators made their request
in a resolution, introduced jointly
in the Senate, to have the Tariff
Commission inquire into the duty
free importation of tuna.
Juneau Proposed As Temporary
Capital of New State of Alaska
New Post Office
On Ground Floor
While in Nome Delegate Bart
lett received requests from indi
viduals for specific information
on many things. Among the re
quests was information about the
new Post Office building.
In a communication to the Nug
get, Delegate Bartlett states that
he conferred with Administrator
Mansure of the General Services
Administration, who stated that
when the new post office and
court house is completed, the post
office will be located on the first
floor. The courtroom and related
activities will be located on the
second floor.
10 Million Ford Shares
Will Be Offered At $64.50
WASHINGTON, MV-A price of
$64.50 a share was placed Tues
day on the vast public offering
of Ford Motor Company stock.
The Ford Foundation, Inc., will
reap $642,600,000 from the big
gest corporate equity financing in
history.
The price was reported to the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission as the final legal step
required before the 10,200,000
common shares are offered.
The underwriters — some 722
securities firms across the coun
try—have reported almost unpre
cedented investor interest in the
issue which admits the public into
co-ownership with the heirs of
the company founder, the late
Henry Ford.
The Ford Co. has said its direc
tors intend to declare a divi
dend of 60 cents a share in the
first quarter of this year. If this
dividend should be continued
quarterly a share of stock would
yield the investor $2.40 annually.
Based on a $2.40 annual yield,
the investor would receive a lit
tle more than 3.7 per cent on his
money put in Ford stock.
Two Fishing Boats Driven
Aground By High Winds
In Southeastern Alaska
ANCHORAGE, (fl-Two fish
ing vessels were driven aground
in a blinding wind and rainstoim
which buffeted the coastal islands
of southeast Alaska Monday and
Tuesday.
One of the two vessels, the
Deluxe, was freed by the Coast
Guard Cutter Kimball after being
trapped in shallow water for 24
hours. Four men were aboard
the Deluxe when it was grounded
near Bull Island in George Inlet.
The second vessel, the Pirate,
was snared on a reef in the Pen
insula Point area at the mouth of
Tongass Narrows. A Coast Guard
cutter was sent from Ketchikan
to give aid.
Mme Joffre, Widow of Marshal
Joffre of WWI Dies ai Age 93
PARIS, lift — Mme. Joseph
Joffre, widow’ of the marshal who
commanded all French land
forces from 1914 to 1916 in World
War I, died of a heart attack
last night. She was 93.
t> FAIRBANKS, JP — A proposi
tion which would make Juneau at
least the temporary capital of the
proposed state of Alaska has been
approved by the Constitutional
Convention committee on Ordin
ances and transitional measures.
Robert McNealy, chairman of
the committee, said yesterday his
group voted 6-3 to offer an or
dinance to be attached to the con
stitution designating Juneau as
the seat of government.
An ordinance, unlike the con
stitution, can be changed by the
legislature, McNealy said, per
mitting a relatively easy future
cha rffee of mind.
The three dissenters wanted
the proposition to be incorpor
ated in the constitution proper.
All the committee members were
agreed Juneau should be the cap
ital for the present.
The proposed ordinance, as
adopted by the committee and
likely to come up for convention
action in 19 days, merely states:
“The capital of the state of
Alaska shall be at Juneau.’’
McNealy said “we deliberately
avoided use of the phrase ‘seat
of government’ because we want
ed to leave the door open to
splintering off parts of the gov
ernment operation, such as the
supreme court, and locating them
elsewhere.”
“It was the committee’s feel
ing,” he said “the source of a
government operation should be
located where the greatest need
is if such central area exists.”
The convention already has
been presented three delegate
proposals and one resolution on
the subject. All called for a refer
endum but only one named any
possible choices. It asked the vot
ers to chose between the Mata
nuska Valley, Tanana Valley and
Juneau.
The ordinance committee also
voted to ask the convention to
adopt a plan calling for the im
mediate election by Alaska voters
of one representative and two
senators. They would ask for im
mediate seating in Congress.
This is called the “Tennessee
Plan.” It was adopted by several
territories during their bids for
statehood.
Eisenhower To Make
Appearance At GOP
Rally Friday Night
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower decided today to go in
person before a Republican rally
here Friday night and make a
brief address. His remarks will be
carried to similar rallies thruout
the country on closed circuit tele
vision and radio.
The GOP dinners are billed as
a “salute to Eisenhower” and are
designed to raise money for the
party. The charge for the dinner
here is $100 a plate.
It will be Eisenhower’s first
public appearance at a political
affair since his Sept. 24 heart
attack.
James C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, reported today
that the President does not plan
to disclose Friday night whether
he will seek re-election.