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Stevenson Calls
Alaska "Fortress
And Watchtower”
SEATTLE, iJP) — Gov. Adlai
Stevenson told a Seattle audience
Monday night that Alaska will
have statehood soon if he has his
way because Alaska is a “watch
tower and fortress against the
Communist threat.”
The Democratic presidential
nominee’s reference to the terri
tory came during a section of his
..speech in which he claimed that
a great part of development of
the Pacific Northwest has been
due to “what my opponents are
fond of calling a centralized, des
potic bureaucracy, the federal
government.”
“Year after year we have been
told how this ogre has been wast
ing the taxpayers’ money in the
Northwest on a series of fantastic
projects.”
Stevenson recalled the criticism
which accompanied U.S. purchase
of Alaska from Russia in 1867,
and then said:
“The development of Alaska
has meant traffic, commerce, pro
fits, and population for the North
west.”
He then made his reference to
Alaska as a “watchtower • and
fortress against the Communist
threat.”
“Think how close to the heart
of our economy that threat would
be if it had remained in Russian
hands,” he said.
McCarthy Wins
GOP Nomination
In Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, (JP) — Jubilant
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy was the
landslide winner today of Wis
consin’s GOP senatorial nomina
tion. He called his victory an en
dorsement by the people of “my
campaign to rid the government
of subversive forces that would
destroy it.”
He promised that “all-out sup
port” to Republican presidential
nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower
and pledged to the voters he
would continue his Communists
in-government charges, which
some people regard as the act of
a patriot and others see as smear
tactics.
But there was no truce between
McCarthy and Len Schmitt—the
man he defeated in yesterday’s
primary election for the senator
ial nomination.
Schmitt charged McCarthy had
won through “an amazing and
fraudulent hoax” perpetrated cm
the voters. And he added:
“The result of this election is
an appalling thing . . . when the
full truth dawns, many people
will recall their support of Joseph
R. McCarthy in this election with
shame.”
The 42-year-old senator, seek
ing his second term, brushed this
attack aside by saying:
“The people of Wisconsin have
spoken for me. They have given
full endorsement to my campaign
to rid the government of sub
versive forces that would destroy
it.”
Japanese To Replace U.S.
1st Cavalry As Guardians
*Gf Northernmost Islands
TOKYO, (JP)—Japan intends to
shoulder a greater burden of the
defense of Hokkaido, the north
ernmost island separated only by
a narrow strait from the glower
ing power of Russia on Sakhalin.
The veteran U.S First Cavalry
Division now stands guard on
Hokkaido, in whose coastal waters
the Russians rattle the saber by
seizing Japanese fishing boats.
The Japanese press is full of
accounts of plans to put more
muscle into the National Police
Reserve — American muscle of
tanks and howitzers.
The National Security Board
says that a regional corps of
25,000 men will be organized and
mechanized and sent to Hokkaido.
Some press reports say that
under this plan, the Japanese
gradually will replace the U.S.
Cavalrymen as a defense force on
that northern outpost. The Japa
nese defense force for Hokkaido
will be laid out along the lines
of the U.S. Army, which has been
training the National Police Re
serve.
Republic of Korea Troops
Secure Capitol Hill
SEOUL, -(/P) — Battle-hardened
South Korean infantrymen re
captured Capitol Hill in a wild
night bayonet charge and then
threw back counterattacking Chi
nese at daybreak today.
A U.S. Eighth Army staff of
ficer said “the ROK troops are
on that hill to stay.”
In five days of vicious close-in
flighting for the central front hill,
troops of the crack Capitol Divi
sion have killed or wounded at
least 2,300 Chinese, the Eighth
Army estimated. That is nearly
the equivalent of a Red regiment.
Fighting for the hill has pro
duced the heaviest Communist ar
tillery barrages of the war.
Gen. James Van Fleet, Eighth
Army commander, said at the
front the shelling amazed him and
“indicates the Reds have enough
supplies and ammunition at the
front.”
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said
fighter - bomber pilots last night
knocked out 100 Communist sup
ply trucks, the highest score since
early June.
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Two Freighters Collide
In Fog Off Seattle
SEATTLE, (/P)—Two sea-going
freighters collided slightly in the
fog heading for Seattle’s harbor
Wednesday morning.
The Coast Guard reported the
vessels as the Motorship Square
Sinnet of the Alaska Steamship
Col, inbound from Bellingham,
and the Cavoldi, of Panamanian
registry, inbound from Kobe,
Japan.
The Coast Guard reported “not
much damage.” However, two
Coast Guard vessels stood by the
Square Sinnet at Pier 56 because
of reports the Square Sinnet may
have had a hole stove in her side.
Another Coast Guard ship stood
by the Cavoldi near Todd Dry
dock. /
Eisenhower Says
He is Impressed by
Desire for Change
WASHINGTON, (^P) — General
Dwight Eisenhower told cheering
Republican campaign workers to
day that “one thing underlines all
the enthusiasm that I have en
countered — the desire for a
change.”
The General flew into Wash
ington for a brief visit and ad
dressed the staffs of the various
national GOP campaign organiz
ations ^t their l^ptel headquarters.
He spoke of the big “crowds
which have greeted him in the
South, in Philadelphia and yester
day at Indianapolis, and said that
everywhere there appeared to be
a demand for new faces in Wash
ington.
Eisenhower went on to say
there is no question but that “the
overriding issue of our time is
peace — a demonstration of the
way that the world may be led
to abjure war.”
“But that subject is not as
uppermost in the minds of our
j>eople as the desire for a change.”
Wrapped up in this issue, he
said, is many things—a desire for
a government that can find the
way to peace, a hope for lower
taxes and lower prices and a
strong demand for “restoration of
pride in our government.”
Eisenhower’s Washington visit
was scheduled only as a two-hour
stopoff between his Mid-Western
tour and New York City where he
has his personal compaign head
quarters.
Texas Democratic Party
Puts Stevenson on Ballot
But Are For Eisenhower
AMARILLO, Tex., {IP) — The
organized Democratic party of
Texas has gone for Republican
Dwight Eisenhower — except on
its ballot heading.
It will campaign for Eisen
hower but list Adlai Stevenson
as its presidential nominee.
There are a lot of Texas Demo
crats who traditionally “vote ’er
straight” and don’t go to conven
tion. Whether they will follow the
convention’s lead or go along
with such party loyalists as Sen.
Lyndon Johnson and U. S. Rep.
Sam Rayburn can’t be determined
until the votes are cast Nov. 4.
The state convention yesterday
adopted a resolution supporting
Republican Eisenhower and urg
ing Gov. Allan Shivers and other
party leaders to boost him.
, But first the Democrats put
Stevenson down to head the only
Democratic column on the general
election ballot. That was a matter
of form and, as the governor put
it, “political morality.”
Thus the Democrats—\yho hol
lered themselves hoarse catcalling
and hooting Stevenson, President
Truman and administration poli
cies—fulfilled the pledge made by
their leader to win seats in the
national convention at Chicago.
Shivers had promised to do all
in his power to put Stevenson’s
name on the ballot as a Demo
crat. He did and succeeded.
Bridges’ Union Votes
Work Stoppage Protest
Of Perjury Conviction
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—Harry
B r i d g e s’ longshoremen, in a
stormy meeting Monday night
voted a 24-hour work stoppage in
protest against the U.S. Appeals
Court’s affirmation of Bridges’
conviction of perjury.
The stoppage involves 6,000
members of the San Ftancisco
local of the International Long
shoreman and Warehousemen’s
Union. It was to begin at 9 a.m.
Wednesday. At that time the
membership is scheduled to vote
on a resolution criticizing the ac
tion of the appeals court.
Longshoremen refused to vote
Monday night on the motion.
Police were called to the heated
session when fighting broke out,
but the disturbance was over be
fore they arrived. Union men de
scribed the meeting as “a little
turbulent, but mainly a clash of
nerves.”
In Hawaii, 20,000 longshore,
sugar and pineapple workers
held a work-stoppage protest on
Monday. Saturday the court un
animously upheld Bridges’ 1950
conviction of perjury for swear
ing he had never been a member
of the Communist party.
Truman Leaves Sept. 27
On 10-12 Day “Whistle
Stop” Tour of the West
WASHINGTON, </P>—President
Truman set Sept. 27 as the de
parture date for a “whistle stop”
tour rivaling in intensity any
single trip of his own successful
campaign of 1948.
Seeking votes for Adlai Steven
son now, Truman will make a
major public power speech in
northwestern Montana October 1
dedicating the Hungry Horse
Dam.
Enroute west, aides said he will
lay down a barrage of rear plat
form attacks on the GOP at every
stop his special train makes dur
ing daylight hours. \
From Montana, tentative plans
now call for a swing into Wash
ington, Oregon and California.
And the President’s talks will
continue on the way back east.
The tour is expected to run from
10 to 12 days.
Joseph Kehoe Announces
Resignation From Post
Secretary of Alaska
JUNEAU, </P)—Joseph Kehoe
announced today he has resigned
as Secretary of Alaska ter enter
private law practice.
Kehoe released a statement say
ing he had tendered his resigna
tion to President Truman on Aug.
19 but would continue to serve
until a successor is appointed and
qualified.
No action ,on a successor has
been announced, and Governor
Gruening has made no statement
Kehoe, former U. S. District
Judge at Nome, was appointed to
the post last year to succeed Lew
Williams, Wrangell newspaper
publisher who was fired by Presi
dent Truman.
Williams has since repeatedly
criticized the Gruening adminis
tration in editorials.
Stevenson Backs
Truman Adm.
Foreign Policy
SAN FRANCISCO, {/¥)— Gov.
Adlai Stevenson ptood solidly to
day on the foreign policy of the
Truman administration and, with
a warning of peril, outlined a
program for action in Asia.
“America is threatened as never
before,” he said.
The way to avert it, he told a
nation-wide television and radio
audience from San Francisco, is
to give material aid to the new
nations of Asia, to recognize their
desire for independence, and to
show them that the United States
is not pursuing a policy of dom
ination.
Speaking with unusual serious
ness, the Democratic candidate for
the presidency made these points
last night:
1. “I dor not think war is an
inevitable part of the contest be
tween freedom and tyranny.”
2. “With 85 per cent of our
budget allocated to defense, it is
the Soviet Union which now fixes
the level of our defense expendi
tures and thus our tax rates.”
3. Republican nominee Dwight
D. Eisenhower’s “10 - point pro
gram does not contribute much to
our foreign policy discussion.”
4. “I believe we may in time
look back at Korea as a major
turning point in history—a turn
ing point which led not to another
war, but to the first historic dem
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Cuss Word Is Heard
By Radio Listeners In
Eisenhower’s Speech
INDIANAPOLIS, (JP) — Some
body used a cuss word during the
radio broadcast of Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower’s political speech
in Indianapolis last night. Mapy
listeners thought it was the gen
eral.
The audience in the Butler
Field House, including the press
row, didn’t hear the cuss word,
but many in the nation-wide radio
audience did. Listeners called
radio stations and newspaper of
fices to ask about it.
Eisenhower told newsmen Wed
nesday morning about the word—
“damn:”
“I don’t recall it. Did I say
that? If I did, it was purely in
advertent.”
Pan American Carries
Record 320 Passengers
Southbound In One Day
SEATTLE, (JP) — The bulk of
the southbound “fisherman air
lift” from Southeastern Alaska
has been completed, Pan Ameri
can World Airways said Wednes
day.
The airline said all records for
one day's traffic were broken
Sunday, Sept. 7, when 320 pas
sengers traveled to Seattle from
Ketchikan and Annette Island. It
required four extra sections of
the regular southbound flight to
carry the overload.
More than 1,550 passengers
were carried southbound over the
Ketchikan - Seattle route during
the first week of September.