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WE HOPE IT’S JUST THE TIME CF YEAH_
THE VICE-PRESIDENCY
By GEORGE PECK
There is one thing which we Americans know for
sure: Vice-Presidents do sometimes move up to the
Presidency. It has happened several times in our his
tory; the most recent when Harry Truman took over
in 1945 after the untimely passing of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt.
Faced with the knowledge that there is always a
possibility of a Vice-President stepping into the White
House, it has long puzzled me as to why the office of
Vice-President of the United States has been treated
as such a trivial position. It is recorded that Vice-Presi
dent Truman, shortly before fate propelled him into
the world’s biggest and toughest job, expressed a feel
ing of inadequacy and utter futility, adding that he
missed his activity as a Senator, on which job he had
felt he really had been accomplishing something.
It is my sincere belief that the moment he takes
office, the Vice-President should be groomed against
the day when, he may be called on to take over. When
ever feasible, he should sit in on Presidential confer
ences and he should be taken into the complete con
fidence of the President on national and international
affairs. Sound and common sense should dictate such
procedures. Surely, if such a man has been entrusted
vo hold an office which may evolve into the Presidency,
it follows as day the night, that he should be trusted
to know every detail of the Administration’s activities
and plans.
In fact, the Vice-President is chosen as understudy
to the President, ready to step onto the stage if illness
or death overtakes the star. But, in the past, the manner
in which a Vice-President has been treated has been
comparable to the understudy of the star of a theatrical
•company, who, while expected to step into the breach
when an emergency arises, has not been given a script
cf the lines he is to say, nor had a rehearsal in the role.
President Eisenhower has shown many evidences
*bst he believes the Vice-President should be in the
know. In the event of some mishap to himself, Vice
President Richard M. Nixon will not take over the
reins under such unhappy circumstances as attended
the Truman ascendancy to the Presidency. For that
' President is to be warmly commended and the
Vice-President heartily congratulated.
34 Die In Blast
And Fire Aboard
Carrier Leyte
BOSTON, Iff)—An explosion and
flash fire turned below-deck com
partments of the aircraft carrier
Leyte into a death-dealing infer
no Friday.
At least 35 men died and 40
were injured, many critically.
The blast occurred forward on
the port side of the big, 27,500-ton
carrier that cost 90 million dollars
when she was launched at New
port News, Va., in 1945. Unofficial
reports said 1,400 officers and men
were on board wren tragedy
struck.
It was the worst Navy explosion
in peacetime since 48 men died
aboard the battleship Mississippi
of the California coast June 12,
1924.
The 856-foot-long Leyte, docked
for overhaul after combat action
off Korea in October-December,
1950, came here last December
and was almost ready to go to sea
again. She had been out for a
trial run only Wednesday.
The cause of the blast was not
known. The Leyte’s skipper, Capt.
Thomas A. Ahroon, 46, of Nor
folk, Va., in command of the ship
less than three weeks, said the
fire may have started on the deck
immediately below the hangar
deck. But he could not be sure, it
happened so fast. I
In his cabin when the blast
shook the ship—“a dull rumble
like a subway train going
through” —Ahroon found the sec
ond deck cut off by smoke and
climbed through an escape hatch
to the hangar deck.
Virtually every available ambu
lance in Boston—about 75—con
verged on the area as officials dis
covered the extent of the disaster.
Asst. Air Secretary Says
Americas Defense Must
Be In Srong Air Force
(Continued from Page One)
to strike back if the Soviets at
tack.
“Strategic air warfare has a
particular significance for Alaska,
situated as it is only 56 miles
from the Soviet Union and astride
many of the polar routes that
would be utilized by the Russians
if they were to decide that their
best interests would be served by
an all-out atomic war against the
North American continent,” Lewis
said.
The Red air force, Lewis esti
mated, contains more than 20,000
active aircraft and its medium
bombers “are carbon copies of
our B-29s, a few of which they
interned during the war an$ con
veniently neglected to return.”
Five-Alarm Fire Destroys
3 Block-Long Buildings
On Oakland Waterfront
OAKLAND, Calif., WP)—A roar
ing five-alarm fire destroyed three
huge block-long buildings on the
Oakland waterfront Friday night,
including one said to contain 10
million dollars worth of govern
ment property bound for Korea
and the Far East.'.
Robert J. Cooney, owner of Al
lied Enterprises, said a razed
warehouse owned by his firm
contained 10 million dollars worth
of food for Korea and post ex
change items for American troops
stationed in the Pacific. Other
damage was estimated as at least
$2,000,000.
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Tuesday
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11:00—Curt Massey
11:15—Music- from S. A.
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11:45—the Bob & Ray Show
12:00—This I Believe
12:05—Bob Hope Show
12:15—Way Back Home
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Paulena Carter
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—News
2:15—Charleen Hawks
2:30—©ne Old One New
3:00—Americ’n Music Hall
3:30—Meet the Band
4:00—Sports Forum
4:15—Spotlight on a Star
4:30—Behind the Story
4:45—You and the World
5:00—Ozzie and Harriet
New Station Manager Gordon McLeod
Announces A.F.R.S. Winter Schedule
The new winter AFRS program <
schedule went into effect Sunday,
it was _ announced Saturday by
Gordon McLeod, station manager.
He explained that due to termi
nation of many summer radio1 pro
grams, and the return of the usual
winter shows, a slight reshuffle in
programming would be necessary.
However, he pointed out that
wherever possible, night time pro
grams would remain on their
normal nights.
“The ideal situatioh,” he said,
“is to have the same type of show
scheduled each night of the week
at the same time. Our listeners
will now find that at 5:00 p.m.
each evening there will be a show
that kids, as well as grownups,
will enjoy.”
“Other types of programs,” he
continued, “are musicals at eight
o’clock, comedies at 8:30 p.m., tal
ent and quiz shows at 9:00 p.m.,
and mystery or drama at 9:30
p.m.”
Gordon McLeod said that the
morning request show, “You
Name It,” has been replaced by
“Coffee Concert,” a program (jf
relaxing music designed for peo
ple who like to take a coffee
break at that time. The Saturday
night “Requestfully Yours” pro
gram at 10 o’clock has been re
placed by “The AFRS Parade of
Hits,” an hour program of the top
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ten popular tunes across the na
tion. Also included on this show
will be extras of the newest tunes
received from Los Angeles.
“We sincerely hope that every
one will benefit from the new
schedule,” said McLeod, “and of
course we’d like to remind every
one to listen to “Platter Parade”
each day at 12:30 p.m. for details
of evening listening.”
Gen. Clay Says Russian
Planes Must Be Violating
Canada’s Arctic Borders
VANCOUVER, B.C.,lff)— Russian
reconnaisance aircraft must be
violating Canada’s arctic borders,
Gen. Lucius D. Clay said last
week.
Questioned during a press con
ference here on recent reports that
Russian planes are flying over
northern Canada, the former mili
tary governor of the United States
o"f Germany hesitated noticeably
before answering, then said:
“It would be inconceivable to
believe that in view of the strained
international conditions Russia,,
with her capabilities, was not
making such flights.”
He said he did not feel that he
should say anything more specific
on the situation.
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