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Hammarskjold Asks U.N. Assembly
For Broad Powers in Middle East
UNITED NATIONS, NY., UK—<
Secretary General Dag Hammar
skjold today asked the General
Assembly to give him broad pow
ers to work out with Egypt agree
ments on the deployment of the
Middle East police force.
He told the Assembly he and
President Nasser had worked out
certain broad principles on the
use of the force, but his report
left unanswered the big question
whether any of the U.N. troops
would police the Suez Canal area
after the withdrawal of British
and French forces.
The negotiations, Hammarskjold
said, would be based on two ma
jor principles:
1. Egypt’s sovereignty will be
recognized in matters concerning
the presence and functioning of
the UNEF (United Nations Emer
gency Forces).
2. The U.N. will maintain the
force in Egypt until it has com
pleted its task of supervising the
cease-fire and the withdrawal of
troops
Hammarskjold told the Assem
bly the functioning of the force
had been hampered by the fact
that "as yet no withdrawals have
taken place in compliance with
the resolutions of the General
Assembly” adopted Nov. 2 and 7.
There was no immediate com
ment from the British, French or
Israeli delegations.
The secretary general, in a sep
arate report, asked the Assembly
to give him authority to make ar
rangements with private salvage
firms to clear the wreckage of
vessels and bridges from the Suez
Canal.
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Army Issues Draft Call
For 17,000 in January
WASHINGTON, UB—The Army
today issued a draft call for 17,000
men in January.
This is the same number as the
quota for each of the last three
months of this year.
The January call will bring to
2,152,430 the number tapped for
induction since the resumption of
selective service in Sept. 1950.
Nasser Vows He’ll
Never Be Pawn
Of Any Power
CAIRO, I*—President Nasser
vowed today he never will be
come the pawn of any power. He
said Egypt is determined to main
tain both political and ideological
independence.
“I vow I will not become the
stooge or satellite or pawn or
hireling of anybody,” Nasser said
Egypt will remain free of all
foreign ideologies “such as Marx
ism, Fascism, racism, colonialism,
imperialism and atheism, all of
which, incidentally, are European
in origin,” he wrote.
At the same timeNasser pledged
himself to international coopera
tion and proposed expanding the
scope of international law to meet
the needs of “the complex modern
world."
Denying he is trying to create
an Arab empire or trying to dom
inate such an empire, Nasser said:
"The concept of Arab imperial
ism is foreign fiction or foreign
propaganda.”
YOU ARE INVITED TO WORSHIP
ON
Thanksgiving Day
AT A UNION SERVICE
AT THE
COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH
The Protestant churches of Nome will worship
together at the Community Methodist Auditorium
on Thanksgiving morning. Choirs and individuals
from the various churches will present a program
of Thanksgiving music and the ministers will
share in conducting the service.
TIME—10:00 A. M.
ORGAN PRELUDE STARTS AT 9:45 A M.
SHORT SERMON BY THE REV. EDGAR BIBB
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U.N. TROOPS
ARRIVE AT
SUEZ TERMINAL
PORT SAID, Egypt, Ufi—•United
Nations troops were greeted here
today by a cheering crowd of
Egyptians shouting, “Nasser, Nas
ser!”
The Norwegian infantry com
pany of ISM) men equipped with
American rifles, light machine
guns and antitank weapons, en
tered the Suez Canal port after a
slow ride over shaky railroad
tracks from the cease-fire line
below El Cap.
A defiant crowd of about 300
broke thru the ranks of Port Said
police at the station and were
forced back by British troops.
The six-car train, decked with
blue and white U.N. banners, was
met at the cease-fire line 30 miles
from the port by cheering British
soldiers. They rushed from their
front line positions and shook the
hands of the Norwegians leaning
out of the windows.
‘Glad you’re here, bud. Glad
your here,” a British soldier
shouted.
Marshal Field III Estate
Leaves Over $30 Million
For Charity Purposes
NEW YORK, —Marshal Field
III, who died here Nov. 8 at the
age of 63, has bequeathed more
than $30 million to the Field
Foundation Inc. for philanthropic
purposes.
The residuary estate, the value
of which was not announced, will
go to Field's only son, Marshal
Field Jr., who is an executor of
the estate. The son is editor and
publisher of the Chicago Sun
Times, which his father founded.
Mrs. Ruth Pruyn Field, his wid
ow, will receive $1,100,000 in cash
and the family homes on Long
Island, on Park Avenue in Man
hattan and in South Carolina.
Eleven grandchildren will get
$100,000 each.
RUSSIANS KILLING ESCAPING HUNGARIANS
VIENNA, UF>—Russian soldiers
are shooting down Hungarian ref
ugees in efforts to prevent them
from escaping into Austria, a U.N.
agency reported today.
A statement issued in Geneva
by a spokesman for the Office of
U.N. High Commissioner for refu
gees reported nearly 52,000 Hun
garians have fled to Austria since
the rebellion began, including
8,000 who arrived in the Eisen
standt area during the past few
days.
“Among these latest arrivals,
there are many wounded, because
Soviet infantry has arrived at the
border and has opened fire on the
refugees,” the spokesman said.
U.S Rep. Francis Walter <D-Pa>
here to survey the U.S. aid pro
gram for Hungarian refugees, told i
newsmen he saw Russian soldiers
shoot down a refugee on Hungar
ian soil near the Austrian frontier
today.
Walter's account coincided with
statements by refugees of train
loads of countrymen being deport
ed to Russia. This was made in
the face of protestations from the
Soviet-controlled Budapest radio
that there have been no deporta
tion? and promises of trials for
all arrested Hungarians.
Rep. Walter, accompanied by
Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Ewing, U.S.
commissioner of immigration and
naturalization, and John V. Lind
say, executive assistant to the U.S.
attorney general, motored from
Vienna to a region where the bor
der seemed still open.
Many of the refugees came
across a narrow bridge spanning
a canal which forms the border
there. A few rifle shots and the
rattling of tanks were heard.
For 30 minutes, Hungarian sol
diers stopped refugees on the
bridge and checked their papers.
They told youngsters among them
to “go back to Budapest.” But
after 30 minutes the soldiers gave
up and the stream across the bor
der resumed.
Last night, refugees—men, wom
en and children—jumped into the
water of the canal covered partly
by thin ice when passage over the
bridge seemed too slow. They
were sped on to warm shelter by
helpful Austrians.
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Del. Bartlett Asks Interior Secretary
Seaton to Recommend Extension and
Enlargement of Alaska Public Works
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Home Arts Sale Nets
$125 for School Lunches
The Home Arts Club has an
nounced that $125 was taken in
at the Food Sale last Saturday
for the Hot Lunch Program which
starts in January.
Recipient of the turkey given
away was Joan Jacobs of Alaska
Airlines.
India Leads Appeal
For Hungary io
Admit Observers
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP>—
India’s V. K. Krishna Menon led
a concerted drive by neutral Asia
today to get Hungary to throw
open its borders to U.N. observ
ers.
Menon appealed directly to the
Hungarian authorities to invite
Secretary Dag Hammarskjold to
Budapest and discuss with him
the question of admitting on-the
spot investigators.
He called on all nations, “with
out a dissenting vote,” to support
a resolution insisting on immedi
ate entry of an observer team. A
high Russian source indicated yes
terday the resolution was unac
ceptable.
Representatives of Ceylon and
Indonesia also voiced the same
demand. They were part of a ris
ing tide of indignation over depor
tation of Hungarian patriots.
Addressing the Assembly, Men
on said: “Soviet forces must be
withdrawn immediately from
Hungary. I urge the Hungarian
government to help clear up this |
matter. The people must have a '
right to decide on their own gov
ernment and order their own af
fairs without interference.”
WASHINGTON, (*—Secretary
of the Interior Seaton has been
asked to recommend extension
and enlargement of the Alaska
Public Works program.
The program, set up in 1949, is
scheduled to expire June 30, 1959.
About 11 million dollars of the
70 million dollar authorized ex
penditure remains unappropri
ated.
Delegate Bartlett said he has
written Seaton urging that the
Secretary seek appropriation of
the remaining money for the year
beginning next July 1.
Asks Indefinite Extension
At the same time, he said, he
has asked Seaton to recommend
Congress approve an indefinite
extension of the program and
authorize further appropriations.
Bartlett said he understood
there is a backlog of "realistic”
projects with an estimated cost
of 20 to 30 million dollars more
than remains in the existing
authorization.
The Delegate told Seaton he
considers the Public Works pro
gram “one of the most useful ever
sponsored” by the federal govern
ment in Alaska.
Alaska vs. Foreign Aid
Much of the need for Public
Works projects in Alaska, parti
cularly in the Anchorage and
Fairbanks areas, Bartlett said, re
sults from the impact of the
federal defense program.
At the same time, the Alaskan
cited expenditures to meet the en
tire cost of various projects in
the overseas aid program and said
he felt the government has a
greater responsibility to Alaska.
Particularly is this true where
territorial residents will reim
burse the government for half
the project cost.
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