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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
oostoffice at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
GEORGE SAYS END EUROPE AID
Senator Walter F. George, of Georgia, who has
served longer on the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee than any other member of the Senafte, called
recently for an end to economic aid to Europe. Senator
George announced, during the Congressional debate on
foreign aid earlier this year, that, in supporting it at
that time, he was supporting an economic aid bill for
the last time.
Senator George’s remarks are sure to receive wide
spread support in all sections of the country. In the
last year there have been increasing signs that the
economy of most of the nations in western Europe has
recovered form the destitution which followed World
War II. In fact, in the case of businesses in many West
ern countries, such as Germany. European competition
has become so keen that American businessmen are
being pushed to hold their own in markets in the Middle
East and in other areas.
For the first time since World War II, the British
economy seems to be on a sound footing and the dollar
balances in London are increasing month by month.
Western Germany, without the burden of rearmament
and heavy defense spending, is thriving at present and
only France and one or two other nations are in an
uncertain economic position. For France, this is a
chronic condition, one which has existed since the end
of World War II and which will probably persist with
or without U.S. economic aid.
Therefore, Senator George’s proposal is likely to
receive bi-partisan support, and the economic aid pro
gram seems to be nearer an end at present than it has
been at any time since 1947, when then Secretary of
State George Marshall originated it.
PAKISTAN’S POSITION
(Christian Science Monitor)
Americans have suddenly become conscious of
Pakistan. That promising new state in the Middle East
now indicates it would be willing to offer the United
States the use of its bases in return for American mili
tary aid.
A quick look at the map should reveal to any in
terested person the significance of this development.
For Pakistani bases would lie Closer to the heart of the
Soviet Union than any at present available to the Uni
ted States. And that very fact, pleasing as it may be to
the military strategists, is diplomatic first cousin to an
atom bomb.
Americans have only to imagine the Russians ac
quiring military bases in Mexico to understand how
such a move of United States power into Pakistan
would be received in Moscow—and New Delhi.
If Pakistan—a friendly, moderate, and courageous
nation—crucially needs arms to defend itself against
possible Soviet aggression, then American help can be
justified—though the U.S. cannot arm the whole world.
But there are other areas of the world where the danger
of military aggression (as distinct from political infil
tration) seems considerably greater. Under the circum
stances it would seem that cPny arms aid to Pakistan
should be severely limited.
We would approve a legitimate strengthening of
the sturdy Moslem state and its integration into Middle
East defenses, but we would point out that the political
aspects of defense in that area are at least as important
as the military. The defection of India from the free
world would more than offset any strategic gain from
a militarily strengthened Pakistan. Hence the impor
tance of carrying out the latter aim in such a way that
India may be fully reassured as to both American and
Pakistani intentions.
The average citizen hears a lot more about budget
reduction at election time than he does when his tax
bills are due. —San Diego Union.
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Eisenhower Proposal For
Atomic Energy Pool Puts
Decision Up To Russia
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possible number of nations. For
example, the agency could estab
lish a plant to furnish atomic
power in some area without ade
quate power resources.
The apparent belief of Ameri
can officials is that if the free
nations and Russia could cooper
ate in such an undertaking, learn
ing to work together in so com
plicated and delicate a field, they
might gain mutual confidence
which would eventually lead to a
workable system of international
atomic energy control and aboli
tion of atomic weapons. Seven
years of negotiations on this is
sue in the United Nations have
produced no results.
Eisenhower made his proposal
after a somber warning that the
alternative to effective interna
tional action on the atom will be
the probable' destruction of civil
ization in an atomic war. He said
it was not enough for nations to
erect defenses, which can never
be adequate, against atomic at
tack and to amass terrible power
of retaliation against the attacker.
“To stop here would be to ac
cept hopelessly the probability of
civilization destroyed, the anni
hilation of the irreplaceable herit
age of mankind handed down to
to us from generation to genera
tion, and the condemnation of
mankind to begin all over again
the age-old struggle upwards from
savagery toward decency, justice
and right.
“Surely no sane member of the
human race could discover victory
in such desolation.”
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57 Rare Bald Eagles,
Emblem Of U.S., Seen
WEST GLACIER, Mont., UP) —
Fifty-seven bald eagles, emblem
of the United States, were report
ed counted Monday in Glacier Na
tional Park. Officials said this was
the largest concentration of the
rare birds in the U.S. during re
cent years.
Chief Ranger Elmer Gladmark
counted the 57 along McDonald
Creek, below Lake McDonald. A
run of sockeye salmon was at
tracting the hungry birds.
Egyptian* Dancing Girl,
Texas Playboy Divorced
HOUSTON, Tex., (ff)—Two years
of romance which had flowered in
desert sands, night clubs of two
continents, and beneath the pyra
mids was over Tuesday.
The marriage of Texas playboy
heir Shepherd (Abdullah) King
and Egyptian dancing girl Sarnia
Gamal ended Tuesday in divorce.
WIEN SCHEDULE CHANGE
Fairbanks to Nome to Kotzebue to Fairbanks
Monday --- Passengers
Thursday —- Freight Only
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Fairbanks to Kotzebue to Nome to Fairbanks
Wednseday — Passengers
Saturday — Passengers
DEPART NOME 12:20 P.M.
BUSH FLIGHTS
Kotzebue to Nome to Kotzebue
With stops at Candle and Deering
FRIDAY — Passengers and Freight
Alaskan Cited By
McKay for Bravery
At Whittier Fire
WASHINGTON, UP)—Andrew J.
Hedges, a yardmaster for the Al
aska Railroad, and Clinton G.
Harkins, park ranger at the Petri
fied National Monument in Ari
zona, Tuesday received citations
from Secretary of the Interior Mc
Kay for “heroic deeds involving
personal risk, beyond the call of
duty.”
McKay praised the high courage
and devotion to duty of the two
men.
Hedges and Harkins were pres
ent to hear McKay read their cita
tions. Hedges was quoted as hav
ing shown outstanding leadership
and courage by directing switch
crews who braved dense volumes
of smoke and flames in their ef
forts to move 35 railroad cars,
many loaded with valuable mili
tary freight, when fire swept the
Port Whittier docks in Alaska last
June. All but four of the cars
were moved without damage.
“Hedges risked his life by re
maining at his post between a
burning warehouse and face of
the dock, knowing that the flames
were cutting off his escape except
for a hazardous jump to the deck
of a fire boat,” the Interior De
partment said.
“Only when he and five sol
diers were trapped by the two
walls of flame did Hedges jump
to the boat, 35 feet below. He suf
fered serious injuries, including
fractures of both feet and broken •
ribs.”
Harkins’ citation said he was on
duty the night of April 9 at Petri
fied Forest and was called to the
scene when fire swept through
the Painted Desert Inn, a govern
ment building.
PALMER MAN TO HEAD
ALASKA SOIL CONSERVATION
WASHINGTON, UP)— Charles W.
Wilson of Palmer has been desig
nated by the Agriculture Depart
ment to head soil conservation
service work in Alaska.