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U.S. AIRBASES ABROAD
Probably the one concession Russia will press
hardest for, at the Geneva Conference this month, will
be U.S. agreement to abandon the ring of airbases that
now encircle the U.S.S.R.
It might be that the Reds will offer “concessions”
to the United States for abandonment of these bases.
Certainly, after reading over V. M. Molotov’s speech at
San Francisco, one cannot fail to realize that Russia is
seriously concerned about this network of airbases.
The United States is faced with no such dreaded
strategic position. Only from Russia, over Canada or
the oceans, can the Reds’ bombers fly into and over
the U.S. But U.S. planes can enter Russia from almost
any direction.
The Russian high command never loses sight of
this steady U.S. activity, which is intended to avoid a
war, but which must obviously be a source of discom
fort to the Russians. Yet the Reds can consult history
and know the U.S. will never begin a war.
Under our democratic form of government this
would be impossible. But what must aggravate Russian
expansionists is the knowledge that if they overstep
the bounds of justice too far, the United States will
resist that aggression, as it did in Korea.
Treaties the U.S. has signed with European, Middle
East and Asian countries insure this country’s partici
pation in the defense of vast areas of the world. This
means, indirectly, that every time the Russians step on
the toes of a country aligned with the United States,
they are risking attack from all these bases, built up
so carefully and at such expense in the last seven or
eight years.
The U.S. theme should be that these bases have
saved the free world from Russian domination, that
they continue to save it, and that their continued exis
tence is vital to the safety of free peoples everywhere.
And it is hoped that we will sell this argument to
the world as effectively as the Russians are sure to try
to sell their “encircled country” line.
“Some after ninner speakers are like those long
horned steers they have down in Texas. There’s a point
here and a point there, and in between a heck of a
lot of bull.” —Will Rogers
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NEWS LETTER
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L, Bartlett.
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
INTERIOR COMMITTEE
TO VISIT ALASKA
It is likely that members of the
territories subcommittee of the
House Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee will travel to Alaska
later in the summer.
Chairman Engle has authorized
such a trip and schedules are to
be arranged soon. The committee,
which has more to do with Alaska
legislative matters than any other,
will inquire into matters under its
jurisdiction. Formal hearings will
probably be held at a number of
points. It is believed the party
will reach Alaska about the first
of September of shortly before
then.
HEARING SET FOR MONDAY
ON GUARANTEED TIN PRICE
July 18 has been tentatively set
as the date for further hearings
on a guaranteed price for Alaska
tin by the territories subcommit
tee of the House Interior and In
sular Affairs Committee.
Late in May of this year, the
subcommittee at Delegate Bart
lett’s request took testimony from
a number of witnesses, including
Ralph Lomen of the Zenda Gold
Mining Co. and A. W. Ramstad
of the Northern Tin Company, re
garding the desirability of pro
viding an incentive for the ex
ploration and production of Al
aska tin.
When an amendment to another
measure regarding incentives for
strategic minerals to include tin
failed of approval last week, Del
egate Bartlett introduced a sep
erate bill which would direct the
General Services Administration
to establish a domestic tin pur
chase program.
Delivery points within the con
tinental U.S., to include Seattle,
would be established for accept
ing the delivery of not more than
10,000 long ton units of metallic
tin in concentrates produced in
the States, its territories or pos
sessions. A base price of $1.25
per pound would be set up by the
bill, the present market price be
ing in the neighborhood of 91
cents a pound. The major portion
of tin now comes from Malaya
and Bolivia. *
In testifying earlier this year,
Mr. Lomen and Mr. Ramstad,
who have mined in the Seward
I Peninsula for tin, stated that a
j minimum price of $1.25 a pound
I would provide the stable price
| needed to encourage exploration
i and development in new fileds to
I provide a domestic tin source
j should world conditions cut off
I the foreign supply.
] Since 1902, close to 2,000 tons
of tin have been produced in Al
| aska at the approximate value of
j $2,700,000.
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN'S
TRIP TO ALASKA
It has been announced that Mrs.
Paul Butler, wife of the chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, will probably accompany
her husband when he travels to
Alaska next month. The Butlers
will be in the territory for about
two weeks and Chairman Butler
is slated to make several speeches.
2-Year-Old Girl Found
Slain and Raped After
Being Tucked in for Night
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, UP)—A
chubby 2-vear-old girl, plucked
from her crib by an apparent sex
degenerate, was found raped and
slain in a farm field Monday.
Police said they were without
clues in the abduction-slaying of
curly-haired Donna Sue Davis,
described by neighbors as “the
darling of the neighborhood.”
The pajama-clad daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Davis was
lifted from her crib within min
utes after her mother had tucked
her in for the night Sunday.
All Bids Rejected
SEATTLE, UP)—'The Alaska of
fice of Army Engineers has an
nounced the rejection of all bids
opened in Seattle June 28 for new
Air Force facilities at Sparrevohn
and Indian Mountain, Alaska. The
lowest bids were nearly $300,000
above the government estimate, it
is explained.
A call for new bids will be is
sued with the bid opening sched
uled for July 29 in the Alaska
district’s Seattle branch office.
A wedding shower symbolizes
the beginning of a reign.
Uranium Prospector Hikes
60 Miles From Marooned
Plane to Seek Aid for Pal
STEWART, B.C., (J^Battered
and near-starved, a uranium pros
pector stumbled into this northern
British Columbia mining and lum
bering town late Monday to gasp
that his partner was marooned on
a remote wilderness lake, 35 air
miles north of here.
A few hours later, a successful
air mission from Prince Rupert
had reunited the two men here,
although one was confined to a
hospital bed.
Roland E. Legg, 52, of Vancou
ver, estimated he had hiked close
to 60 miles out of Bowser Lake,
more than half of it over a cre
vass-riven glacier and snowfields,
the rest a combination of dense
willows and muskeg, to seek help
for his companion.
From his hospital bed, Legg
said he and Howard Fowler of
Seattle ran their small plane out
of gas in several unsuccessful
takeoff attempts.
They had been without food
since then, except for one tin of
canned meat which they had
saved. That was all Legg had to
eat during his rescue hike.
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