THE NOME NUGGET
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THE LIVING MEMORIAL WE ALL WANT
THEIR WAR IS OVER
Albert Woolson, 106, last, surviving member of
the GAR, talked over the phone the other day with
John Sailing, 107, one of four remaining Confederate
veterans.- Third man on the line was National Com
mander Lewis K. Gough, of the American Legion,
who had arranged the long-distance meeting between
Duluth, Minn., and Kingsport, Tenn., and who intro
duced the old soldiers to each other. Woolson suggested
to his late enemy that “all differences be forgotten by
the boys in blue and the boys in gray,” and concluded,
“God bless you.”
“God bless you,” responded Sailing, who was
talking over a telephone for the first time in his life.
«. I am mighty proud to be able to speak with you.”
The graphic, detailed acount of this historic “re
union” is told in the May 24 issue of The American
Weekly, and constitutes, we believe the Memorial Day
story of the year. It is one you will want to read, and
remember and paste in your scrap-book.
But it is not quite all of the 1953 Memorial Day
story. The rest of it is less nostalgic and more grim.
And it should cause some soul-searching. Reduction
of the 1953 operating budget of the Veterans’ Admin
istration’s Department of Medicine and Surgery threat
en the performance of our minimum duty to those who
have suffered that we may be safe, and those who are
falling in Korea while you read this, and those who
will be maimed and wounded and blinded tomorrow,
and tomorrow and tomorrow.
We want economy in our government, and we
should have it. We do not want waste, and we should
not put up with it. The pledge we have made to those
who have defended us in the past and who defend us
now is a poor token of what we owe them. We cannot
speak of compensation where none is possible. But
neither can we invite the charge of neglect, nor wear
the badge of shame—for thirty pieces of silver.
On this Memorial Day . . . Lest We Forget.
Authors find it difficult to believe that there are
persons who do not read books.
Most of us can always find an excellent reason for
doing what we want to do when we want to do it.
Mundt Calls for British
Action .to Curb “Blood
Traffic” With China Reds
WASHINGTON, Iff) — Senator
Mundt (R-SD) called today for
“some tough British action to curb
blood traffic with the enemy” in
Red China by ships listed as Brit
ish-owned.
Mundt spoke as temporary
chairman of the Senate Investiga
tions subcommittee which yester
day made public a State Depart
ment report that two ships of
firms in British Hong Kong were
used to transport Chinese Com
munist troops during the Korean
war.
The report left in dispute, how
ever, whether the vessels at the
time actually were under control
of the firms recorded as owners.
Mundt’s statement comes on the
heels of one by Sir Roger Makins,
British ambassador to the United
States, that the incidents are “a
matter which threatens to stir up
further Anglo-American discord.”
Mundt said he agreed, and that
he hoped “some swift and drastic”
official British action would be
forthcoming.
Financial Expert Named
To Form French Cabinet
PARIS, (ffi — Pierre Mendes
France, a middle of the road
financial and economic expert,
agreed today to try to form a new
French cabinet.
The 46-year-old Radical Social
ist is the fourth candidate for the
office chosen by President Vin
cent Auriol. Mendes-France told
newsmen he would not hold for
mal consultations with other poli
tical parties before going before
the national assembly to ask ap
proval. This was the same unor
thodox approach followed by for
mer Premier Paul Reynaud, when
he made his unsuccessful try ear
lier this week.
Only yesterday, in a finance
committee session, the new can
didate commented, “The situation
is graver than we have been told
up to now” and demanded that
the nation be told in full of the
financial crisis.
Senators Vote No Funds
For U.N. If Red China
Gets Security Council Seat
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senators
.who hold government purse
strings have indicated plainly they
believe the United States should
quit the United Nations if Red
China is admitted.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee voted late Wednesday to
shut off American contributions
to the U.N. if Communist China
ever takes a seat On the U.N. Sec
urity Council.
The rider was put on a $1,104,
000,000 bill carrying funds to run
the State, Commerce and Justice
Department in fiscal 1954.
NOTICE
To All Residents of Nome Area
There will be weapons firing
from Submarine beach area west
of Army dump, out into Bering
Sea from 28 May through 10
June, 1953. All persons are re
quested to pay particular atten
tion to this notice as some firing
will be with large caliber wea
pons.
James E. Fulton,
Captain, USAF,
Commanding
WARNING
Game law violations have been
reported. Anyone caught shooting
game now out of season will be
prosecuted.
Helen Bockman,
Licensing Officer
Eisenhower Refutes Taft, Backs U.N.
As Agent For Achieving Korea Peace
WASHINGTON, WPI— President
Eisenhower said Thursday he dis
agrees with Sen. Taft’s statement
that this country “might as well
forget the United Nations as far
as the Korean War is concerned.”
The President also told a news
conference that the forthcoming
Big Three meeting in Bermuda
may not necessarily lead to a Big
Four session with Russia.
Developments would have to
justify a conference with Soviet
leaders, he said.
The Big Three session is a
planned meeting of Eisenhower,
British Prime Minister Churchill
and the French premier, to be
held at Bermuda in the latter part
of next month. Churchill has said
he hopes it will be followed by a
top-level meeting with the Rus
sians on East-West tensions.
Biggest Split with Taft
Eisenhower’s declaration that he
disagrees with Taft was in re
sponse to a question. It is the
widest divergence of opinion that
has developed between the Presi
dent and the Senate Republican
leader since the new new admin
istration took office.
Eisenhower emphasized, howev
er, that he believes Taft has a
right to his convictions.
Taft made the statement in a
speech read for him in Cincinnati
Tuesday night. He also said at the
time:
“I think we should do our best
now to negotiate this truce [in
Korea] and if we fail, then let
England and our other allies know
that we are withdrawing from all
further peace negotiations in Kor
ea.”
Position Explained
Eisenhower, after replying with
a single negative to the question,
said he wanted to explain his pos
ition a bit.
He wenNon to say he has had a
great deal of experience in deal
ing with coalitions and that it is
always a difficult task.
He said it might be easier in
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certain cases for any one nation to
act by itself. t
But, Eisenhower added, you
can’t have cooperative action in
these great matters only in iso
lated cases.
He said that if you gcr it alone in
one place, you, of course, have to
go it alone elsewhere.
Compromise Necessary
Instead of taking that kind of
course, Eisenhower said, there
must be compromises which will
serve the good of all of us.
Those compromises, he added,
must be between local conflicting
considerations.
He said no single free nation
can live alone in the world, but
must have friends.
Eisenhower said he realizes that
every man is faced with irrita
tions and frustrations in the bus
iness of trying to win world peace,
and that men find themselves
balked.
Eisenhower said then with much
feeling that only patience, optim
ism and a very deep faith can
carry America forward.
California Congressman
Criticizes Wilson for
Military Spending Policy
WASHINGTON, UFi—Rep. Yorty
(D-Calif) Thursday accused Sec
retary of Defense Wilson of pro
posing cutbacks in military spend
ing without knowing what effect
they would have.
Yorty, who1 has called for Wil
son’s resignation, said he has
sought in vain for an explanation
he could accept as to why the
Eisenhower administration re
duced defense spending requests
of former President Truman.
The only “logical reason” he
could find, Yorty said, was what
he called the Republicans’ “now
embarrassing campaign promises
of something for nothing—tax re
ductions, a balanced budget, and
a better defense, all* at the same
time.”
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