Two Top Officials
Sav Economy
Trend Is Rising
WASHINGTON (.V — Two top
officials of the Kennedy Adminis
tration told the nation’s News
paper Editors Saturday the econ
omy may be snapping out of the
recession.
But they cautioned that it is
too early to say the economy is
entirely out of the woods.
These estimates came from Sec
retary of Commerce Luther H.
Hodges and Secretary of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg in addresses
prepared for the annual meeting
of the American Society of News
paper Editors.
The two cabinet officers stab
bed warning fingers at unemploy
ment. They asked the editors to
support President Kennedy’s long
range economic program aimed
at cutting jobless rolls — now
about 6.9 of the labor force — to
a level consistent with growth
and prosperity.
Hodges cited March gains in
retail sales, factory production
and workers’ income but told the
editors:
“Although these signs are prom
ising, there is no guarantee that
the recovery will be rapid or
adequate.
“The administration . . . seeks to
promote a favorable climate for
business opportunity and advance
ment, but Congress has not yet
acted on much of the President’s
anti-recession program.
“We cannot afford to wait-and
see attitude when opportunities
for employment and progress may
hang in the balance.”
Goldberg also repeated signs
of an improving economy — an
increased work week, a halt to
production decline, a drop in the
number of workers drawing un
employment benefits, among
others — but he cautioned:
“Let me say, however, that
while these indications are wel
come, it is too early to say that
we are entirely out of the woods.
“And certainly no one can
argue that we are near that rate
of economic growth we so badly
need.”
Study of Salmon and Crabs
Will Cost $300,000 in North Pacific
SEATTLE (/PI — Two studies of
salmon and crabs in the North
Pacific will require more than
$300,000 of Interior Department
and Saltonstall-Kennedy funds,
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson was in
formed Wednesday by Interior
Secretary Udall.
Udall said $261,000 is being
spent in salmon-tagging operations
in the Aleutian-Bering Sea area.
The Seattle Biological Labor
atory is studying the abundance
and distribution of crabs in the
Bering Sea.
j ?'AA Revokes Transport
Rating of Alaska Airlines’
Capt. James R. Long
WASHINGTON UP — The Fed
eral Aviation Agency has ordered
revocation of the air transport
rating of Alaska Airlines Capt.
James R. Long. Spenard for vio
lating flight regulations Feb. 22,
1960.
The FAA said Friday Long,
piloting a DC-6 plane on instru
ments on a ferry flight from An
chorage, was judged by air traf
fic control to be approaching E1
mendorf Air Force Base at too
low an altitude. He was ordered
to execute a “missed approach”
and come around again for another
try.
The agency said that when Long
failed these instructions, the
plane hit trees 2,380 feet from
the approach end of the runway,
struck the ground 1,900 feet short
of the runway, and skidded to a
stop 1,200 feet from the runway.
The FAA said Long’s airline
pilot rating would be revoked for
“careless and reckless” flying. It
said he would not be granted an
months.
BRITISH ORDER FRIGATE
ROTHESAY TO BERMUDA
LONDON (Ji — The naval fri
gate Rothesay was ordered to Ber
muda tonight in case she is need
ed to protect British interests in
Cuba, the admiralty reported.
The 2,150-ton Rothesay had been
scheduled to make courtesy calls
at ports on the U. S. Eastern Sea
board, including Norfolk, Balti
more, and Brunswick, Ga. These
have been canceled, said the ad
miralty.
Four Biritish nationals are still
under arrest in Cuba, a foreign
office spokesman said.
Bandit Nets $35,000 —
But Not for Long
ALAMO, Tex., W — An agile,
death - threatening gunman of 53
I cut a hole in the First State Bank
j roof, dropped through, patiently
tied up the employes as they ar
rived for work and escaped with
$35,000 Saturday. Officers arrest
ed him shortly thereafter.
Sheriff E. E. Vickers identified
him as Jesse Bobo of Fort Worth,
and said Bobo admitted the rob
bery. A bag stuffed with cash
was found in Bobo’s motel room.
Vickers said Bobo refused to
say why he held up the bank, the
only one in this town of 3,000.
The sheriff said Bobo made no
resistance when deputies arrested
him.
NOME SANITARY
SERVICE
Phone Main 1
P.O. Box 460
li Costs $1.6 Million
To Run Pentagon's
Public Relations
Bv Ellon C. Fay
WASHINGTON (J’l — It’s tak
ing about 460 men and $1.6 mil
lion to handle the Pentagon’s
public relations this year.
A lot of money in everyday
terms, although the outlay has
been diminishing slowly for sev
eral years.
Whether the flow of informa
tion from the Pentagon has also
diminished is a matter that is
being debated.
The Freedom on Information
Committee of the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors
<ASNE' has submitted a critical
report and aimed mostly at t’ <
State and Defense Departments.
Involved is the Kennedy Ad
ministration’s Freedom of I ■ "
mation policies. Newsmen also
had complained of restrict4 re
policies under the administration
of Eisenhower.
The Newspapers Editors’ Com
mittee contended Tuesday that
Kennedy was on record “as be
lieving in freedom of information
and in his duty to see that the
people are informed.”
But, the report said, “neither
he nor his administration has
lived up to his promises.”
The White House, in a letter
from News Secretary Pierre Sal
inger, said the committee’s state
ment was inaccurate.
The President, he said, expects
only information bearing on na
tional security to be withheld
“and would welcome reports of
any violations of that policy.”
Much of the information bear
ing on national security, of course,
develops in the Pentagon.
The Pentagon public relations
| budget has been diminishing
! slowly for several years—chiefly
as the result of ceilings put on
expenditures by Congress. The
pending budget for next fiscal
year will trim the figure a little
more.
The $1.6 million being spent
during the fiscal year ending next
June 30 isn’t all the military
j spends for public relations. It
1 covers the operations at head
quarters in Washington. It does
not include public relations oper
ation carried on by the services
outside Washington. This could
bring the total “PR” bill near the
$2 million mark.
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James Melton, Noted
Opera Star Passes
NEW YORK UP) — James Mel
ton, noted concert, radio and tele
vision singer, died Friday. He was
57.
Melton died at Roosevelt Hos
pital.
He 'began his career as a mem
ber of the Roxy Gang, an enter
tainment group which appeared
at the Roxy Theater here. His
singing talent eventually led him
to the Metropolitan Opera where
he was a leading tenor.
Melton, a handsome, six-foot
three man with dark curly hair,
got his start in the musical world
when he played the saxaphone in
the college bard at the University
of Florida.
After appearing in many of the
country’s leading radio programs,
he went to Hollywood in 19.37
and appeared in “Stars Over
Broadway,” “Sing Me a Love
Song.” “Melody for Two,” and
MG M’s “Ziegfield Follies.”
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
Goldberg Plans to Enforce
Labor-Management
Corruption Controls
WASHINGTON OT — Major
employer and union organizations
have received personal notice from
Secretary of Labor Arthur J.
Goldberg that, he intends to en
force labor-management corrup
tion controls.
At the same time there were
indications the government may
soon disclose a major union em
bezzlment case, along with some
civil actions against employers
and labor consultants for failure
to file required reports.
Goldberg, a labor union lawyer
until he was named to President
Kennedy’s Cabinet, said Satur
day he recently sent letters to
presidents of all international
unions and major management
associations telling them of his
enforcement plans.
“Let there be no question that
we will deal with corruption
through vigorous enforcement of
the law,” the letters said.
INCREASED FIREPOWER FOR INFANTRY BATTLE GROUPS...
DAVY CROCKETT is on atomic
weapon syste.-i designed for
tactical use by the Army In
fantry battle group. Both the
light (200 pounds) and heavy
(400 pounds) versions fire a
gg» • low-yield atomic warhead, and
W j can be mounted on their own
tripods (left) or on various
tactical vehicles, such as the
’A-ton truck (right). The pro
jectiles fired by DAVY CROCK
ETT are larger in diameter
than the gun tubes, and are
therefore fastened to the end
of the tubes. When in the
hands of the troops, DAVY
CROCKETT will increase tre
5 mendously the firepower of In
fantry battle groups. DAVY
$|!|j CROCKETT is under develop
ment by the U. S. Army Ord
|m| nance Corps.