Senate Tables
Hospital Program
Transfer Memorial
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, <#■—The Senate yes
terday tabled a memorial calling
for the territory to negotiate with
the federal government to take
over administration of all hospital
programs which have been oper
ated by the Alaska Native Service
and which are to be transferred to
the U.S. Public Health Service.
The memorial included a pro
viso that such a contract should
be entered into only after an iron
bound contract was signed to as
sure that the federal government
would continue to bear the costs
and territorial expenses would not
be increased at a later date.
The Senate vote to kill it was
10 to 4 after Dr. W. M. Whitehead
of /uneau took the stand in the
Senate to ask:' “Why the big
hurry?”
He said the Public Health Ser
vice has made no move toward
offering the responsibility to the
Territorial Department of Health.
The memorial stated that the Par
rara field team, wrhich studied Al
aska’s health programs and over
lapping programs, had recom
mended a unified administration.
Dr. Whitehead suggested that
the move for the Territorial De
partment of Health to take over
springs from the personal interest
of the territorial health director,
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, in trying to I
assure continuance of his position.
Dr. Whitehead has been a sharp
public critic of the health director
previously. Dr. Albrecht was in
the chamber yesterday when Dr.
W’hitehead was expressing his
opinions but he was not called on
to testify.
Roosevelt Stattie Defiled
In Grosvenor Square
LONDON, (jP—“Traitor of Yal
,ta” was scrawled in red paint
across the base of a statue of
President Roosevelt in London’s
Grosvenor Square early yester
day. The defacement was believed
the work of an Englishman an
gered by the disclosure in the
Yalta conference papers released
in Washington last week that
Roosevelt suggested handing over
Hong Kong to China.
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66 Die in Crash
Of Navy Plane on
Hawaii Mountain
HONOLULU, (tfi—A U.S. Navy
transport plane with 66 aboard
crashed into a Hawaii mountain
Tuesday and the Navy announced
there were no survivors.
The huge plane crashed and ex
ploded into flame inside the Lua
lualei Naval Ammunition Depot
on the west coast of Oahu 29 miles
from Honolulu.
At the time of the crash, there
was a low overcast and it was
raining heavily.
AP correspondent Roy Essoyan
said from the Naval depot that the
plane crashed about halfway up
the side of the mountain.
Essoyan said the wreckage still
was glowing about three hours
after the crash, which came at
2 a.m.
The plane carried 57 passengers
and a crew of 9, the Navy said.
The big transport took off from
Hickam Field here late Monday
and was four hours 26 minutes
eastbound when it turned back
the Navy reported.
The Navy in San Francisco said
the plane turned back on a flight
to the mainland because of radio
trouble.
The transport, a four-engine
RD-6, was loaded to its full cap
acity. All aboard were military
personnel and dependents except
for two civilians.
It was bound for Travis Air
Force Base, 50 miles northeast of
San Francisco.
„ William Joest, a resident of the
area, said he heard the plane pass
over his house ‘“too low for com
fort.” Then came the crash.
Police Officer Philo Owen, five
miles from the scene, described
the crash as ‘‘one big explosion
like a thunderclap. He reported
the whole sky was red for more
than two hours.
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Eisenhower Still Opposed
To Top-Level Meeting
Of West With Russia
WASHINGTON, Uft—Republican
congressional leaders said Tues
day President Eisenhower is op
posed to a top-level conference of
the western powers with Russia
at this time.
After the regular weekly meet
ing of GOP leaders with the Pres
ident, Sen. Knowland (R-Calif)
told newsmen Eisenhower still
feels:
1. There must be some specific
evidence of Soviet good faith be
fore he would be willing to meet
with Russia’s Premier Bulganin.
2. Such a conference should not
take place in any event until after
the Paris agreements have been
ratified. The agreements provide
for arming West Germany.
Knowland, the Senate GOP
floor leader, and House Republi
can leader Martin (Mass) reported
the President is opposed on these
grounds to the proposal by Sen.
George <D-Ga>, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, for a top-level conference of
the major powers as soon as pos
sible.
Eisenhower has made it clear
repeatedly, Knowland aaded, he
feels there should be no meeting
of the heads of state of the major
powers until the Soviet govern
ment shows “by deeds rather than
words” that it is sincere about
trying to ease international ten
sions.
Motor Fuels Tax Hike Will Become
Law Without Governor’s Signature
JUNEAU, uP!—Alaska’s new mo-i
tor fuels tax increase law, jump-'
ing the levy from two to five cents i
a gallon, will become effective j
July 1, but without Governor
Heintzleman’s signature.
The governor notified the legis
lature Monday afternoon that he
would let the law go on the stat
ute books unsigned. It also jumps
the levy on aviation gas one cent.
As one criticism, Gov. Heint
zleman said he objected to the re
quirement that non-highway us
ers, such as commercial fisher
men, small trollers and gillnetters,
“Below Standard” GIs
Returned From Europe
HEIDELBERG, Germany, (jPI—
The U.S. Army announced it is
sending 5,360 soldiers home from
Europe for discharge because they
scored “below standard” in men
tal and aptitude tests. They are
“ineligible for reenlistment^due to
higher standards.”
ALASKA'S MENTALLY ILL
WOULD GET HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, OPI—Rep. Edith
Green <D-Ore> introduced a bill
Monday providing for establish
ment of a hospital for the mental
ly ill of Alaska.
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must pay the full tax and then
apply later for a refund. It will
put an unfair burden on them, he
argued, but added:
“However, I believe that most
of the people in Alaska realize
that some increase is necessary if
we are to make any substantial
progress in meeting our needs.”
He said that despite his criti
cisms “an increase in revenues
for highway construction and
maintenance is of such impor
tance to the development of the
territory” that he was letting it
become law.
He said the added gas tax rev
enues should also help persuade
Congress to continue substantial
federal appropriations for Alas
ka’s highways, now that military
spending for them is approaching
completion.
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