THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
LET S HELP THE PRESIDENT
By GEORGE S. BENSON
The election of a new president is only a beginning
step by the citizenry. If we are to secure the greatest
good from the new administration, citizens will have
to make participation in government one of their major
responsibilities. At no time in my memory has there
been a more universal interest in political affairs or
a more active participaton by so many citizens. This
is a highly encouraging fact. But it will not bring last
ing benefit for the nation unless it carries over into
the weeks and months ahead.
We could be assured of the best possible operation
of our government, and the greatest degree of security,
if we could apply the Biblical admonition, “It is more
blessed to give than to receive,” in our basic relation
ship to our government at the local, state and federal
levels. I’m hot thinking of taxes in the sense of giving;
but of personal intellect, personal interest, personal
action, personal know-how; and above all, the making >
of personal sacrifices for the common good..
The people who founded this nation and gave us
the great government documents, the Declaration of
Independence and the U. S. Constitution, did so
through the making of personal sacrifices. Our new
president has asked for and needs the intelligent help
of every American. There has never been such an over
whelming accumulation of grave problems confronting
the leadership of our nation.
None of these problems has been solved merely
by the election of General Eisenhower to the presiden
cy. They will require the combined best wisdom and
farsightedness of the American people: Wisdom is based
on logic, which is based on truth or facts, which are
based on study. The challenge then, as our new presi
dent prepares to take over, is to become better informed
on the problems and then to make whatever sacrifice
is necessary of time and effort to help find the right
solution for them.
Here are some problems toward which our best
minds, and all our minds, should be directed daily:
How much socialism can our way of life contain and
still give individual freedom and the opportunity for
progress to all citizens? Where and how can the ex
pense of government be cut, so that our tax burden
will be reduced? What’s the best way to root out cor
ruption and keep it out of public life? How can a
closer, mutually beneficial harmony be achieved be
tween American employers and employees?
This is one way we can help the new president
in his terribly important job.
A DEPUTY PRESIDENT?
(Christian Science Monitor)
Senator Lodge’s post-election statement that he
did not want a cabinet post—so in conflict with popu
lar expectations—'had a good explanation. For, as it
now appears, General Eisenhower’s plans included a
larger, more interesting job. The full development of
the senator’s current task as liaison for the President
designate in discussions with the Truman administra
tion on all questions except the budget is not yet clear.
But the responsibilities now vested in Mr. Lodge,
together with General Eisenhower’s training in the use
of a staff system, strongly suggest that the senator may
become something like a chief of staff. This is not an
entirely new concept in Washington. For the last 30
years presidential duties have so multiplied that vari
ous organizational devices have been tried to ease the
load and increase efficiency of administration.
President Roosevelt tried various official and un
official “coordinators”—not too successfully. But dur
ing the war he eventually passed on to James F. Byrnes
a tremendous load of power and responsibility in sev
eral fields. Mr. Byrnes became known as “Deputy
President.” This arrangement might be approximated
by an adaptation of the Army staff system.
8-Year-Old Survivor Of
McChord Crash Amazes
Nurses In Rapid Recovery
TACOMA, (A5)—Eight-year-old
Joseph Iacovitti, one of two sur
vivors of a military transport
plane crash that killed 37 persons
said yesterday he and his family
knew they were going to crash.
The boy’s parents, two brothers
and a sister were killed in the
crash of the C-54 near McChord
Field.
Now orphaned, Joseph is visit
ed regularly by his aunt, Mrs.
Helen Iacovitti. She said the boy
brings up the subject of the acci
dent frequently and told her he
knew there was going to be a
crash before it happened.
The boy’s mother placed her
arms around the children as
though to protect them, Joseph
said. There was a “big bang” and
Joseph remembered nothing metre
until he awakened in Pierce
County hospital.
Nurses at the hospital say they
are amazed at the speed of .Jos
eph's recovery. He is cheerful and
gay despite severe burns about
his face and a dislocated verte
brae.
I Acheson Asserts Purges
j Designed To Compel
Greater Exertions
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Secre
tary of State Acheson said today
the Communist purge trials in
Czechoslovakia were designed by
Moscow to terrorize satellite re
gimes and compel them to greater
exertions.
Acheson termed the trial, fol
lowed by the execution of 11 one
time Czech Communist leaders,
“an elaborate pretense with in
numerable false charges, forced
testimony and induced confes
sions.”
The Secretary, in a statement,
predicted other such trials would
follow behind the Soviet Iron
Curtain.
“We may expect it to recur in
the Soviet empire wherever it is
deemed necessary to teach the
lessons of utter, unquestioning
dependence upon the Kremlin
and unswerving and successful
compliance with its purposes,” he
said.
WIEN AIRLINES
Mrs. J. S. and Kathy and Dar
lene Jenkins, rs. D. L. and Donna,
Susan and Stephen Reilly, Lieut.
Sullivan, Mrs. J. Martin, and Don
Sulz, all from Fairbanks.
From Galena: Norton E. Law
son, Richard L. Segars, Wm. R.
Petraitis.
To Kotzebue: Clarence Jackson,
Jacob Light, Sara Scott.
MacARTHUR TO STAY EAST
NEW YORK, (A1)—An aide said
today Gen. Douglas MacArthur
does not contemplate going west
for a conference with President
elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on
the war in Korea.
Hear Corporal Roberi Scoll,
noted tenor, %ing "Summertime"
at the Roof Garden.
NOTICE
A meeting of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars past and present
members will be hpld at the Al
aska National Guard rifle range
Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. All
eligible persons interested in re
activating the VFW post at Nome
are requested to attend. Let's all
get together and build us a good
and a well respected post.
—Bud Dodge
NOTICE
Ed's Barber Shop will be closed
this week and next during the
Youth for Christ services. 148
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Rules for ihe Christmas season of 1952 were established last
week at a meeting of the League of Alaskan Santa Clauses and
Helpers. This year each Santa is entitled to one charming helper,
as here demonstrated by Helen Koprek, switchboard operator at
the Anchorage N. C. Co. store.
There will be no chimney descents this season and the ap
proved entry will be by window. Sam Browning recently of
Memphis is Mr. Claus and with the help of Glen Wilder of the
Alaska Housing Authority is demonstrating that each window
must be 30 inches wide to meet the minimum requirements of
the "double entry" system to be used this season.
Court Hearings On Seattle
Waterfront Dispute Hears
Bridges’ Man Testify
SEATTLE, (JP) — A superior
court hearing on Seattle’s crip
pling waterfront dispute entered
its third day today after Bill
Gettings testified that he is not
a Communist.
Gettings, regional director of
Harry Bridges’ International
Longshoremen and Warehouse
men’s Union, has been a spokes
man for the Independent Ship &
Dock Foremen’s Association. A
dispute between the longshore
men and the foremen precipitated
the shipping tieup Nov. 11.
Out of court, Gettings said he
had been eager to “get into the
record” that he is not a Commun
ist because he expects an investi
gation of un-American activities
here next year.
Gettings’ testimony followed
day - long questioning of Charles
M. Peabody, president of the in
dependent foremen’s union.
Peabody said the crux of the
dispute is that 90 member of
Local 38-114 organized the inde
pendent group Oct. 23 and the
I.L.A. demands that they “get
back into the I.L.A. to go back
to work.”
Legal Blanks ai The Nugget office
Revised Standard Version
Of Bible Denounced As
“The Work of Satan”
DENVER, (#*) — An approving
crowd of 1,200 last night heard
the new revised standard version
of the Bible denounced as the
work of “Satan and his agents.”
Rev. Carl Mclntire, of Collings
wood, N.J., said the new Bible is
“an unholy book” produced by >
“liberalists and modernists” who
“do not believe in the diety of
Christ.”
' Thirty - four times during the
speech, the crowd chorused
“amen.” And the people shouted
“No” repeatedly when Mclntire
asked if they could accept the
new Bible.
He assailed the National Coun- ,,
cil of Churches of Christ in the
U.S.A., which sponsored the re
vision, and said the “radical pro
Communist ideas in these very
churches are at the bottom” of
the Bible project.
Mclntire is president of the In
ternational Council of Christian
Churches and a founder of the
American Council of Christian *’
Churches, which sponsored the
rally./
Five dollars worth of fun for
only $1.25 at the Roof Garden!
Only three more days.
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