Democrat Senators Say Reduction
Of Armed Forces Is Security Risk
By Edwin B. Haakinson
WASHINGTON UP>—Sen. Mans
field (D-Mont) said Saturday the
Eisenhower Administration may
be “placing economy ahead of our
security” in reducing the strength
of the armed forces.
Sen. Jackson (D-Wash) said at
the same time the Pentagon’s or
ders to reduce military manpower
by 200,000 men “would reduce
our armed forces below levels ap
proved by Congress.”
“This has been done strictly by
the Administration without con
sultation with Congress,” Jackson
said in a telephone interview
from Washington State.
The critical comments of the
two Democratic senators were
aimed at a new order requiring
the Army, Air Force, Navy and
Marine Corps to reduce their
forces by another 100,000 men by
next June 30.
This order comes on top of a
directive last July under which
a 100,000-man cut must be com
pleted by Dec. 31.
Taken together, the two cuts
would lower total American
armed strength to 2,600,000 men
instead of the 2,800,000 authorized
for the fiscal year which began
last July 1.
“I hope the Defense Depart
ment knows what it is doing,”
Mansfield said. “Frankly, I am
very much disturbed by this cut
back in our air power. It means
a reduction of from 133 to around
123 wings.”
In discussing the new order,
Secretary Wilson said it means
the Air Force will have to drop at
least four wings, that the Army
will have to deactivate one more
division, and the Navy will have
to take more ships out of service.
Jackson said the economy cut
! backs ignore the danger of local
ized or small wars.
Alaska Salmon Industry
Faces Dwindling Catch
In Congressional Hearing
SEATTLE, UPl—Representatives
of the salmon fishing industry
and a congressional subcommittee
met here today for a discussion
on Alaska’s dwindling salmon
catch.
Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash) says
the Japanese, fishing legally on
the high seas, have. secured a
sharp increase in their salmon
catch while the American haul of
Alaska salmon has declined.
The subcommittee is on its way
to Alaska where a series of for
mal hearings are scheduled.
Woman Falls to Death
From Eiffel Tower
PARIS, UP—A French woman
plunged to her death from the
Eiffel Tower today.
Tower girders snagged her
dress 90 feet above the ground
after she had fallen more than
250 feet. She hung there for an
hour before firemen could free
her.
Police said the woman, whom
they did not identify by name,
was dead when the firemen
reached her.
She jumped or fell from the
tower’s second platform, 345 feet
above the ground.
BATH AND DINNER
PARTIES LATEST THING
HAMPTON, Conn., UP—Bath
and dinner parties are the latest
thing in the social life of this
small eastern Connecticut town.
Guests come as they are, but
bathe in the host’s bathtub before
dinner.
The party givers are those
whose spring-fed wells still re
tain an ample water supply after J
the summer’s drought. Owners of |
waterless wells are eager guests. |
About half the ^yells in Hamp
ton (pop. 700) are dry.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Increasing cloudiness tonight.
Occasional snow flurries Tuesday.
Lowest temperature expected
tonight 24 to 29. High tomorrow
42 to 47.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: high temperature
44, low 25. Max. wind 10 mph.
from the WSW. Sunrise at 5:47
a.m., sunset at 5:59 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 46, low 36. Extremes for this
date since 1907: high 38 in 1929,
low 18 in 1948.
More Court Help
Recommended (or
3rd, 4th Divisions
WASHINGTON, Additional
help to meet growing dockets in
Alaska’s Third and Fourth Judi
cial Divisions was recommended
yesterday in the annual report of
the administrative officer for U.S.
courts.
“The need for the additional
judgeship for the Third Division
of Alaska, first recommended by
the Judicial Conference of the
U.S. eight years ago, is still ap
parent,” the report said, “and has
become more acute each year...”
“Assistance also is needed in
the Fourth Division, where, as the
result of more business, the back
logs of pending civil and criminal
cases have increased for the sev
enth consecutive year.
Double-Duly Judge
“To relieve this situation, the
Judicial Conference has recom
mended that the judge of the Sec
ond Division, where the caseloads
are light, be assigned to both the
Second and Fourth Divisions with
the right to reside in either di
vision.”
Tables in the report show there
were 1,628 civil cases pending in
the Third and 752 in the Fourth
Division last June 30.
Both divisions also showed
slight increases in criminal docket
backlogs, with 112 cases hanging
in the Fourth and 82 in the Third.
In the Second Division, where
43 civil lases and 33 criminal cas
es were terminated, the civil
backlog dropped from 40 to 22
cases, and one criminal case was
carried over in contrast to none
the previous year.
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