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VOL. LX No. 82 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1958 Per Copy—15*
Canadian Parliament Applauds Ike
OTTAWA, UP) — President
Eisenhower told a warmly ap
plauding parliament today that
Canadian - American bickering
must not stand in the way of
“winning of the global struggle”
against Communist imperialism.
Members of the • Senate and
House of Commons, many 6f
whom have been critical of U. S.
policies, especially in the econom
. ic field, beat their hands and
desks.
Both Eisenhower and Prime
Minister John Diefenbaker, who
introduced him, agreed that the
Soviet economic and political
menace is as great as the Russian
military threat.
Diefenbaker called for a free
world offensive, “as new and
challenging policy in the economic
field designed to extend a mea
sure of prosperity everywhere.”
He presented the chief execu
tive as “a good neighbor and
friend.”
The President conceded that
there are frictions between the
two neighbors. He got a big
hand when he expressed a belief
that “we will find acceptable
solutions.”
He said it will take understand
ing, common sense and “a will
ingness to give and take on both
our parts.”
Ten times Parliament inter
rupted the Eisenhower address
with applause and the traditional
desk thumping.
The house chamber and its
galleries were filled. Mrs. Eisen
hower looked down from one
gallery.
The setting for the Presidential
address was the great oak and
stone chamber of the House of
Commons in towering Parliament
Building—a spot which has re
sounded more and more with
criticism of the United States and
its policies.
In awareness of such criticism,
Eisenhower came to the Canadian
capital yesterday to attempt to
strengthen ties of friendship
which have been slipping.
Canadians Want
Access Through
Alaska Panhandle
VANCOUVER, B.C., 0?) — Brit
ish Columbia and Yukon mining
men have asked Prime Minister
Diefenbaker to discuss with
President Eisenhower the ques
tion of Canadian accessways
through the Alaska Panhandle.
- The request was made in a wire
sent Tuesday night to Diefenbak
er by the B.C. and Yukon Cham
ber of Mines.
The chamber’s message asked
that the matter be placed on the
agenda of the two leaders’ talks
in Ottawa.
* The chamber’s message said:
“Existence of the panhandle in
present form covering approxi
mately one-half British Colum
bia’s coastline is retarding min
ing development in the northern
section of this province.
“Problem will become more
serious during future years and
may have a detrimental effect on
normal friendly relations be
tween the two countries.”
The message continued by say
ing the creation of accessways
will lay “solid and permanent
foundation for future mining and
industrial development” of Nor
thern British Columbia, Yukon
and Alaska.
Bartlett Against
Proposals To
Legalize Gambling
WASHINGTON, UPi — Delegate
Bartlett says he’s against any pro
posal to legalize gambling in
Alaska now or in the future.
He said he believes his feel
ings are shared by a majority of
Alaskans.
“The proposal has never been
taken seriously,” Bartlett said in
a radio broadcast.
The suggestion that Alaska
might resort to legalized gamb
ling, including parimutuel betting
on dogsled racing, has been made
in newspaper stories.
Several senators have protested
publicly in Senate speeches against
any such proposal. The latest
came Monday from Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore). He said
it .would be an abysmal mistake.
Committee Probes
Goldfine -Adams,
Case Drags On
WASHINGTON, UFi — House
investigators developed today that
Bernard Goldfine was entertain
ing a group of business asso
ciates at New York’s Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in 1954 when Sher
man Adams was also his guest
there.
Goldfine, who was in trouble
with the Federal Trade Commis
sion at the time, swore that Adams
did not come to New York by pre
arrangement to meet with him
and and his business associates.
He said Adams, his close, friend
and No. 1 aide to President Eisen
hower, just happened to' be in
New York and accepted his hos
pitality at the hotel.
The Boston textile man was
under questioning by the special
House subcommittee exploring the
kind of treatment he has received
from federal regulatory agencies
and the question of whether the
agencies have been influenced by
his friendship with Adams.
Both Goldfine and Adams have
denied there 'was ever any at
tempt at influence or that Gold
fine got preferred treatment.
In explanation of a $1,600 bill
he got from the Waldorf Astoria,
part of it for entertaining Adams,
Goldfine told the House group:
“I had invited about seven or
eight people that I do business
with . . . They were not in polit
ical life.”
“They were my guests, and
Gov. Adams and his wife hap
pened to be in New York, and I
invited them to be my guests for
dinner.”
Bartlett Undecided
As To Which Office
He Will Seek
WASHINGTON, (#> — Delegate
Bob Bartlett said Tuesday he has
accepted an invitation to attend
the Washington State Democratic
Convention in Yakima this Sat
urday.
A voteless delegate to Congress
for the last 14 years, Bartlett
now is undecided whether to
seek election as Alaska’s first
state governor or to run for one
of its two senate seats.
Admission of
Alaska Upsets
Abstract Statistics
i WASHINGTON, Iff* — If Alaska
comes in as the 49th state, the
geographic heart of the United
States may no longer be in the
United States at all.
It may be in Southwestern
Canada—or even in the Pacific
Ocean, somewhere off the coast
of Washington State.
These were preliminary guesses
today of officials of the U. S.
Geological SuiVey and the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
One thing is certain: the geo
graphic center would shift from
its present position somewhere
near Lebanon, Kan.
The geographic center is de
fined as “the spot at which the
United States would balance if
it were all the same thickness.
and were suspended on a pin
point.”
One way of figuring it is sim
ply to take a map of the United
States, paste it on a cardboard
and then find the center of grav
ity by placing your map on a
pinpoint.
Sounds easy, but Alaska pre
sents complications for such a
stunt, because there is no con
tinuous land connection between
Alaska and the rest of the United
States. A portion of Canada
pops up in between.
A government expert told a
reporter “you can figure it out
mathematically by taking what we
call coordinates of points all
along various coastlines but that
would take a long time by ordinary
mathematical methods, and might
even take days and cost thou
sands of dollars even with modern
high-speed computing machines.”
Some observers said that per
haps the easiest thing to do would
be to settle -for the present geo
graphic center of the entire North
American continent. This lies in
Pierce County, North Dakota, a
few miles west of Devil’s Lake.
Geographers stress that the
geographic center either of the
United States as a whole or of
separate states is not an exact
point, just an approximation.
Admission of Alaska would
also cause a switch in the pres
ent population center of the
United States. This center is
calculated after the general cen
sus is made each 10 years.
As of 1950, the Census Bureau
located it at approximately eight
miles north-northwest of Olney
in Richland County, Illinois.
Would Ban Import
Of Japanese Salmon
Caught In North Pacific
WASHINGTON, UR—'The House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee today reported favor
ably on a bill to ban importation
of certain North Pacific salmon
caught by Japanese fishermen.
The measure was presented by
Congressman Thomas M. Pelly,
Republican, Washington.
The bill is aimed at extensive
Japanese fishing operations which
catch immature salmon spawned
in Alaskan streams, Pelly said.
“With Alaska now a state,” the
congressman said, “it is doubley
important to prevent the destruc
tion of its main industry.”
Pelly noted trade figures re
porting a Japanese catch of more
than 41,000,000 pounds—equal to
600,000 cases—of salmon as of
June 10. Japanese fishermen,
Pelly said, use nets not allowed
American fishermen.
Admission As State Will Not Greatly
Change Effect of Jones Act On
Transportation Costs To Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaska’s
admission isn’t expected tp make
any great change in the trans
portation picture to and from the
aspiring state.
That’s the opinion of spokesmen
for government regulatory agen
cies. It’s also the view shared
by Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
This despite a section in the
statehood act repealing, in effect,
a provision of the 1920 Jones Act
which prohibited the use of
Canadian vessels in the movement
of cargoes from the United States
to Alaska.
Bartlett said he believes the
effect of the revision in itself
will be minor—“it’s not been the
effect but the discrimination to
which I’ve objected.’’
But he does see in the change
a chance for some reduction in
transportation and wharfage costs
as a result of the threat of Cana
dian competition.
Under the 1920 act, it wasn’t
possible for example to ship a
cargo of flour from Minneapolis
through Canada by rail and then
on to Alaska by Canadian vessel.
Delivery in Alaska had to be
made by U.S. vessel.
In the eyes of many Alaskans,
this provision—.authored toy for
mer Sen. Wesley Jones of Seattle
—gave Seattle shipping interests
a built-in monopoly on the Alas
kan trade resulting high rates.
For the last several years, Con
gress has made a partial exemp
tion between points in southeast
Alaska and the states.
The revision in the statehood
act, however, would be perma
nent and would extend the author
ity for Canadian shipping to all
parts of’ Alaska.
While neither the Federal Mari
time Board nor the Interstate
Commerce Commission has had
time to assess the effects of the
statehood act, spokesmen are not
inclined to look for any great
change.
An ICC spokesman said: “A
railroad will not voluntarily es
tablish through routes and joint
rates which will result in short
hauling itself. And most of the
railroads which come into posses
sion of traffic for Alaska would
desire to retain their long haul
by transporting it to the west
of the United States, rather than
deliver it to Canadian railroad at
some intermediate point.”
Ol’ Case’s All
Stars Win Over
Nats 4 to 3
BALTIMORE, UF> — Billy
Pierce’s arm tightened up in the
bullpen so Billy O’Dell, another
southpaw, went in to pitch. Gil
McDougal had not made a hit in
his last 18 times at bat and man
ager Casey Stengel figured this
might be a good spot for him to
“get rid of the collar.”
Of such little things are All
Star games won—.and lost.
O’Dell, Baltimore’s first bonus
player, undoubtedly was the
pitching star although veteran
Early Wynn of Chicago was
credited with the American
League’s comeback 4-3 victory
over the Nationals.
McDougal hit a pinch single
with one out and two runners on
base in sixth inning, driving in
Boston’s Frank Malzone from
second with the run that snapped
a 3-3 tie. The Yankee in'fielder
was called off the bench by Sten
gle to bat for Wynn, who pitched
only one inning—a scoreless sixth.
It was the American League’s
second successive All-Star tri
umph and its 15th in 25 clashes.
For Casey, it was his third
summer success as compared to
five defeats. A crowd of 48,829
paid $183,253.21 into the players’
pension fund.
“It might have been a bad
omen,” the grizzled Yankee
skipper said afterward. “Every
time I win the All-Star Game, I
lose either the pennant or the
World Series. I win in 1954 and
lose the pennant to Cleveland.
I win again in 1957 and lose the
World Series to Milwaukee.”
TUESDAY BALL SCORES
ALL-STAR GAME
American League 4, National
League 3
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 3, Vancouver 2
Spokane 4, Phoenix 3
Salt Lake City 8, Portland 2
Soviet Attack
On U.S. Plane
Called Inhumane
WASHINGTON, - UP) — The
State Department expressed shock
today over what it called in
humane attacks by Soviet jet
fighters which forced down a U.S.
Air Force transport 22 days ago.
At the same time the depart
ment made public a note to Rus
sia accusing East German author
ities of seeking to “extort some
form of advantage” by holding
nine American soldiers. The nine
were aboard a helicopter which
lost its way and crossed into Com
munist territory June 7.
The note to Moscow demanded
“immediate release” of the men.
In regard to the plane downed
by Soviet fighters, a State De
partment spokesman said a de
cision will be made soon about
what further action to take in the
case.
The nine crewmen, who have
now been freed, reported on their
return to Wiesbaden, Germany,
that Soviet Migs shot down their
plane in flames after it wandered
across the border from Iran in
to Soviet Armenia.
Press officer Lincoln White said
the department is now collecting
and studying all facts involved
in the incident, including testi
mony from the Americans.
“In the meantime, however,”
he said, “the department shares
the shock which all Americans
have felt at the revelation of the
inhumane attacks made upon this
unarmed plane.”
WASHINGTON, UP) — Directors
of the Washington Senators base
ball club today decided to keep
the team in Washington. They
voted against even discussing a
shift in their American League
franchise.
Club president Calvin Griffith,
who two days ago talked with
other club owners aboi^t a pos
sible move, announced the direc
tors had met and abandoned any
idea of relocating.