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\ SECOND VICE PRESIDENT FOR U.S.
As is frequently the case with suggestions of for
mer President Herbert Hoover, his idea of a second Vice
President of the United States has stirred up wide
spread comment and discussion.
In a recent TV appearance on “Meet the Press,”
Mr. Hoover was asked if he though the Vice President
should have greater powers. He replied that this job
had been expanding in recent years and now covers
about many duties as it could. “My suggestion is that
what we need is a new Administrative Vice President
to be selected by the President and assigned such duties
as he may wish. It could be done by legislation.”
Most commentators seem to agree, as we do, with
the Hoover idea. We would go even further and say that
his suggestion was implemented some time ago—in the
person of Sherman Adams.. But Mr. Hoover says “As
sistant President” Adams lacks legal authority in much
of the area in which an Administrative Vice President
might function.
If this is so, we are sure it has never occurred to
Mr. Adams—or to Attorney General Browned
But we still think that when the President is unable
to perform the duties of his office, the elected Vice Pres
ident should be the replacement. _
Commerce Giving
Senate Probers
‘A Runaround
WASHINGTON, dPt—Sen. Mon
roney (D-Okla) asserted today the
Commerce Department is giving
Senate investigators “a runaround
if I ever have seen one” in their
investigation of the ouster of
Frederick B. Lee as head of the
Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Monroney is chairman of a Sen
ate aviation subcommittee which
is examining Monroney’s allega
tion that Secretary of Commerce
Weeks and Undersecretary Louis
Rothschild usurped presidential
powers in firing Lee. He said the
act was in keeping with their
“ground-minded” program tc con
trol aviation through the CAA.
Two Republican members of the
committee took issue with Mon
roney’s references to Commerce
Department “refusal” to povide
the senators with a copy of a man
agement study of CAA made un
der Commerce Department orders
Monroney said Weeks was try
ing to cover up a blunder in the
hiring of the consulting firm by
“wrapping a phony cloak of se
crecy” around the report.
A new meeting is planned for
the Nome Gospel Home, to be held
regularly every Saturday morning
at 10:30 a.m.
It will be known as Gospel Mu
sic Time and w’ill be class music
instruction with Glenn Dean as
the leader.
A HUNGRY WATCHDOG
ASHLAND, Ky„ The pooch
took the chow’ and thieves took
the dough.
Police said burglars gave dog
food to a watch dog at the Ash
land Scrap Material Co. Wednes
day, broke into an office while it
was eating, and made of with
$1 ,252 from a safe.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Allegations of ‘Gross
Juvenile Delinquency’
At Mt. Edgecumbe School
WASHINGTON UP—A represen
tative of the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs will look into allegations of
“gross juvenile delinquency” at
the Mt. Edgecumbe school for na
tives near Sitka, Alaska.
Mrs. Hildegarde Thompson, ed
ucation director for the bureau,
said the check would be made by
her assistant, Wayne Pratt, who
is now enroute to Juneau on an
other matter. She said Pratt was
scheduled to reach Alaska Sunday.
Both Pratt and representatives
from the area office in Juneau
will be asked, she said, to look
into the allegations which were
made in a telegram received from
U.S. Commissioner Frank Rich
ards of Sitka.
“We’ll give them whatever help
we can,” she declared, “but first
I have to find out what it’s all
about. The gentleman’s telegram
gives no facts or information to
what the situation is.”
George Bayer returned from
Santa Mondca, where he spent the
holidays with .his family, who are
wintering Stateside. He reports
seeing Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mozee,
who were also in California, and
George Goshaw, who is recuperat
ing at the Veterans Hospital in
Vancouver, Wash. All send greet
ings to their friends in Nome.
MMM HOSPITAL
Discharged: Bert Sockpick,
Jane Foster, Arne Castel, Rebecca
Eben and son, and Lorraine Kost
and daughter.
Lester Bronson, delegate to the
Democratic Convention in Fair
banks from the Nome Club, left
yesterday via Anchorage.
Mrs. Andrew Nerland, Second
Division member of the Territorial
Department of Health, left via
Alaska Airlines for Juneau.
Skirmishing on
In Congress Today
After Ike's Message
WASHINGTON, UP>—'The politi
cal skirmishing was on iri Con
gress today with Democrats chal
lenging President Eisenhower on
foreign, farm, tax and other major
election year issues.
Senate Democratic Leader Lyn
don B. Johnson of Texas signaled
the attack, saying the state of the
Union and the world is not nearly
so rosy as Eisenhower pictured it
in his annual message to Congress.
Johnson told a news conference
the “political overtones” of the
President’s message "are the sub
ject of deep disappointment and
great regret” to those who* have
tried to cooperate with the admin
istration in the national interest.
Johnson said the administration
had . become “frantic about the
farm situation” and was rushing
out a program to appeal to the
voters—particularly those in the
Midwest—in this year’s elections.
Commenting on Eisenhower’s
call for payments on the national
debt before tax cuts, Johnson said
the Republicans had been brag
ging for months about reducing
taxes $7b2 billion in a period of
deficit spending.
But Chairman Byrd <D-Va> of
the Senate Finance Committee
backed Eisenhower’s statement
that in a time of prosperity the
nation could not afford to go fur
ther in debt to cut taxes.
He said also he is pleased by the
budget prospects Eisenhower out
lined, “but I am disturbed by tne
fact that *the message* indicates
proposal of additional expendi
tures in a half-dozen or more non
defense categories . . .”
Sen. George <D-Ga>, a Finance
Committee member, reiterated his
determination to push for a tax
reduction for those in the low and
middle income brackets as soon as
budget balancing is in sight.
Regardless of what finally is
done on individual tax relief,
quick congressional approval is
regarded likely for Eisenhower’s
request for another year’s exten
sion of existing excise and corpor
ation income tax rates, now due to
drop April 1 to pre-Korean War
levels.
Mawsynram, India Gets
46 Feet of Rain in 19'5
CALCUTTA, India, UP>—Maw
synram held on to its distinction
last year as the most rain-soaked
place on earth.
The village had 555.76 inches of
rain in 1955—more than 46 feet.
The figure is official, and came
from Shillong, capital of Assam,
northeastern Indian state, 35 miles
j from Mawsynram.
In 1954 the village first claimed
the world rain record. Before that,
Cherrapunji, also in Assam, held
the record. This year, Cherrapun
ji’s rainfall was a mere 446.41 in.
(GOOD THING IT'S NOT SNOW)
SON TO FLOYD WALLUKS
A baby boy was born at home
yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Walluk. Floyd is with the U.S.
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Eisenhower Asks‘Modest Reduction
Of Debt Before Any Cutting of Taxes
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By Ed Creagh and
William T. Peacock
WASHINGTON, i/P)—President
Eisenhower said Thursday gov
ernment financing is moving out
of the red. But he called for a
“modest” reduction of the national
debt before any cutting of taxes.
In his State of the Union mes
sage to Congress, where tax cut
ting sentiment is high in this elec
tion year, Eisenhower said present
levies unquestionably are burden
some, and should be reduced
“when we prudently can.”
But he declared obligations to
future Americans require reduc
ing the debt “whenever we can
appropriately do so.”
As to the state of government
income and outgo, Eisenhower
said:
“I expect the budget to be in
balance for the next fiscal year
ending June 30, 1957.”
In broad perspective, the Presi
dent’s message was an expression
of satisfaction with progress made
and of confidence in the future.
Domestically, it sounded a theme
of peace and prosperity—certain
to be echoed by Republicans in the
election campaigns—but it called
also for continued progress.
In foreign affairs, the tone was
optimistic even though, the Presi
dent said, “the Soviet leaders are
not yet willing to create the indis
pensable conditions for a secure
and lasting peace.”
“It is clear,” Eisenhower said,
“that the conflict between inter
national Communism and freedom
has taken on a new complexion . . .
tactics against the free nations
have shifted in emphasis from re
liance on violence and the threats
of violence to reliance on division,
enticement and duplicity.”
As to legislative requests, the
document set out nothing spectac
ular or unheralded.
Among major ones were pro
posals for a stepped up and long
term foreign aid program, to
counter Communist machinations,
j and a new farm program, to in
elude the “soil banking” principle.
Word of these had come out.
For the most part, the legisla
tive proposals were either (a) calls
for expansion and amendment of
such present laws and programs
as social security, wage-hour, and
Taft-Hartley, or <b) renewal of
earlier proposals, such as aid to
education, highway construction,
health insurance plans, and state
hood for Hawaii.
Eisenhower also expressed hope
progress would be made toward
statehood for Alaska in harmony
with provisions he communicated
last year to the Senate and House
Committees on Interior and Insul
ar Affairs.
Although the message ran 8,500
words, details of his various pro
posals were left for later special
messages. Thursday’s was simply
the broad outline. The first of the
major specials—that on the farm
program—is due Monday.
White House messengers deliv
ered the message to the Senate
and House, to be read by the
clerks of the two chambers. It was
the first time Eisenhower has not
delivered his State of the Union
message in person.
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