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VOL. LIV No. «8 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1952_Per Copy—15*
Ike Rejects
Truman Offer Of
Internat’l Briefing
DENVER, (JPh^Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, the GOP presidential
nominee, Wednesday rejected an
invitation from President Truman
to go to Washington for a confi
dential “briefing” on the inter
national situation.
The general sent a telegram to
the President saying “It is my
duty to remain free” to analyze
Truman administration policies
publicly, and that it would be
“unwise and result in confusion
in the public mind” if he accepted
the bid.
Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois,
the Democratic candidate for the
presidency, was given a briefing
on international affairs at the
White House Tuesday. He met
with Truman and his cabinet, and
with defense and intelligence of
ficials.
The some day. Eisenhower
sharply criticized the move. He
said it signified “the present ad
ministration is determined to nail
down through its hand-picked
successors every detail of the doc
trines and policies that have
brought us to the present situa
tion of bewilderment, indecision
. an<J |ear for the future.”
In his telegram to Truman, Eis
enhower said:
“As you know, the problems
which you suggest for discussion
■are those with which I have lived
for many years. In spite of this,
I would instantly change this de
cision [not to accept the presi
dent’s invitation] in the event
there should arise a grave nation
al emergency.
“There is nothing in your mess
age to indicate that this is pres
ently the case.”
In Washington, Truman’s press
secretary, Joseph Short, told re
porters “The emergency question
was never considered. It never
entered into the invitation at all.”
Short said both Stevenson and
Eisenhower will receive weekly
reports on the international situa
tion from the central intelligence
agency.
Truman included the offer of
these reports in his telegram Wed
nesday to Eisenhower and the
general accepted that offer.
But Eisenhower said he wanted
it understood that except in cases
where U.S. security is involved,
“possession of these reports will
in no way limit my freedom to
discuss or analyze foreign pro
grams as my judgment dictates.”
F-94 JET CRASHES NEAR
ANCHORAGE, TWO DEAD
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — An F-94
jet interceptor fighter crashed
shortly after taking off from El
mendorf Air Force Base Thurs
day, killing two airmen.
The Air Force said the crash
occurred in rugged mountainous
terrain near Eagle River.
Another fighter pilot reported
the crash and circled over the
spot until 10th Air Force rescue
planes arrived. The airmen were
members of the 57th Fighter
Group at Elmendorf.
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U.S. Reserves Right
To Use A-Bomb
And Germ Warfare
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., {&)
—The United States warned Fri
day that it reserves the right to
use the A-bomb and germ war
fare to suppress aggression until
such weapons are eliminated by
an iron-clad system of interna
tional safeguards.
The warning was made by U.S.
delegate Benjamin V. Cohen be
fore the U.N. Disarmament Com
mission where Russia has repeat
edly demanded that the U.N. ban
atomic weapons and germ war
fare.
Cohen made it clear, however,
that the United States does not
intend to use such weapons at
any time contrary to the terms
of the United Nations charter,
that it would reserve them for the
suppression of aggression forbid
den by the charter.
Cohen told Soviet delegate Ja
cob A. Malik that the U.S. would
never accept a mere paper dec
laration prohibiting the use of
these weapons.
Cohen said: “We are issuing no
ultimatums. We are making no
threats.”
He went on to say that, until
there is an effective international
system of inspection to make sure
agreements are not being violated
the United States does not intend
“to invite aggression by inform
ing, or committing ourselves to,
would-be aggressors and charter
breakers that we will not use cer
tain weapons to suppress aggres
sion.”
Utah Mother of Three
Heads Women’s Division
GOP National Committee
WASHINGTON, (*P>—Mrs. Roy
F. Priest of Bountiful, Utah, a
miner’s daughter and mother of
three children, Friday got the job
of mobilizing women voters in the
Republican drive to put Dwight
Eisenhower in the White House.
Her appointment as assistant in
charge of the women’s division of
the Republican national commit
tee was announced by National
Chairman Arthur Summerfield.
Mrs. Priest, a committee mem
ber for Utah since 1944, succeeds
a fellow westerner, Mrs. Gilford
Mayes of Kellog, Ida., also a na
tional committeewoman.
Her opposite number in the
Democratic camp is Mrs. India
Edwards of Harwood, Md., who
in addition to spearheading the
women’s onslaught for the Demo
crats, has the added title of vice
chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee.
TALMADGE KIDS GET
TOWN'S ICE CREAM SUPPLY
TALMADGE, Nebr., (JP) — Tal
madge kids know all about the
old saying, “It’s an ill wind that
blows nobody good.”
A 100-mile-an-hour wind,
which did an estimated $250,000
damage here Wednesday night,
knocked out the city’s power and
left food merchants without re
frigeration.
The town^s entire supply of ice
cream went to the kids, all for
free, Thursday.
Billion-Do liar Tax
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Decision Awaits
Next President
WASHINGTON, (£>)—'The next
President faces an urgent five
billion-dollar tax decision as soon
as he takes his oath of office.
The rather vague talk about
possible future tax reduction,
coming out of both the Eisenhow
er and Stevenson presidential
campaign camps, strikes practical
tax men here as interesting but
somewhat beside the point.
That’s because a lot of taxes
are due to go down sharply, start
ing at the end of next year, un
less the President and the 83rd
Congress act affirmatively to keep
them up. It will be up to the
new Chief Executive to tell the
lawmakers what he wants —
which may or may not be what he
gets.
It will be to the President’s ad
vantage to submit his tax recom
mendations promptly, because it
takes a long time to grind a tax
bill through the congressional
mill. The last one required almost
nine months.
In drafting that increase, which
went into effect last fall, Con
gress set definite cut-off dates for
the increased rates.
The veterans o*n the tax-writ
ing committees recognize that a
tax without an expiration date is,
in practical effect, a permanent
levy.
In the absence of positive leg
islative action next year, taxes
are due to go down $5,280,000,000.
There would be a cut of $2,280,
000,000 in individual income tax
es, $2,200,000,000 in corporation
taxes, and some 800 million in ex
cise levies.
Individual income taxes are
scheduled to revert to the last
previous rates on Dec. 31, 1953.
Washington tax experts frank
ly doubt whether either Gov. Ad
lai Stevenson or Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower has been thoroughly
briefed on the national tax prob
lem.
Wilson Brothers Get
4th Stay of Execution
OLYMPIA, (/P)—Utah and Tur
man Wilson received their fourth
stay of execution Thursday, and
once more the reprieve came only
hours before the brothers were to
mount state penitentiary gallows
at Walla Walla.
The Camas, Wash., brothers
were under sentence to hang at
midnight for the 1950 slaying of
Jo Ann Dewey at Vancouver,
Wash.
Governor Langley said he was
postponing the execution and re
questing the American Bar Asso
ciation to assign a committee to
make a detailed study of the case.
Utah and Turman were convict
ed in June 1950 of the kidnap
slaying of Miss Dewey, and sen
tenced to the gallows. The Wil
sons maintained they were inno
cent of the crime. Three pre
vious stays were granted by fed
eral courts.
The governor approved the
fourth stay only 24 hours after
the Wilsons had taken a truth
serum test at the state peniten
tiary. •
Delegate Bartlett, Speaking At Nome,
Predicts Demo Victory In November
Democrat Leaders
Speak At Season’s
1st Election Rally
Two veteran Alaskan Demo
crats and two new Democratic
candidates spoke last evening at
the School Auditorium in the first
public election rally of the season.
Speakers were Delegate Bart
lett, Sen. Howard Lyng, Ted Duf
field and Charley Fagerstrom.
The meeting was called honor
ing Delegate Bob Bartlett, who is
campaigning in the Second Divi
sion.
Ted Duffield, Democratic can
didate for the House and Second
Division Democratic Committee
chairman, opened the meeting,
stating his earnest desire to know
what people want and to try to
accomplish those things most
needed in this division.
Charlie Fagerstrom called to
mind the fact that when the
Democratic Party took over the
financial condition of the terri
tory was in a critical condition—
so critical that it was necessary
to cut down on welfare and even
the budget of the schools.
Fagerstrom praised Bartlett and
Gov. Gruening, who, with the aid
of the other Democrats, have put
the territory on a sound financial
basis.
Howard Lyng was introduced
as the “'Dean of the Alaska Leg
islature,” its oldest member ' in
terms of service, and praised for
his ability to introduce good bills
for the Second Divsion and see
them through.
In his address, Lyng noted the
lack of attendance of the native
population, stating that it was a
slight to the delegate who had
done so much for the natives of
this area.
He prophesied that Bartlett
would be re-elected because of
his wonderful record in Washing
ton as well as in-Alaska.
Lyng pledged to carry on for
the Second Division in the same
thorough way he has done in the
past 12 years, stating his cam
paign in the outlying districts
would start soon.
Delegate Bartlett, in an address
prophesizing Democratic victory
in November, gave examples of
the party’s pa£t accomplishments
and said the party intends to con
tinue to live up to promises made
to the people.
Territory-Wide Carpenters
Strike Delayed Five Days
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—A five-day
delay in the start of a territory
wide strike of AFL carpenters,
scheduled for Friday, was an
nounced Thursday by Frank Mar
shall, general representative of
the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners.
Carpenters called the walkout in
an effort to force the Associated
General Contractors to withdraw
a $5 million damage suit brought
against the Brotherhood, Alaska
Locals, and their business agents
and secretaries.
Bartlett, in an hour-long ad
dress at Nome School auditorium
Wednesday night, stated he was
glad to be able to start his cam
paign in this division and spend a
little time in this area, as there
was “more flavor of old-time Al
aska here than any other place
in the territory.”
Bartlett called attention to the
fact that his father had followed
every gold stampede in the terri
tory and was on the beach in
Nome in .1900, showing that his
background of schooling, journal
ism career and political career
are all Alaskan.
He denied emphatically the in
ference that he was a pageboy of
the Interior Department or Gov.
Gruening’s handyman, stating,
“Your delegate and the Interior
Dept, are not now on friendly
terms due to the fisheries bill
which they do not like.”
“I am the man of the people of
Alaska,” he declared.
Bartlett emphasized that Demo
crats are not custodians of a lost
cause—on the contrary, that the
Democratic Party was going out
to win both in the territory and
in the national elections in Nov
ember.
Predicts Democratic Victory
He predicted that the Demo
crats will win by a larger margin
in 1952 than in 1948 and based
his prediction on three reasons:
First, because deep wounds
were made at the Republican con
vention in Chicago and Taft sup
porters will stay by Taft and not
support Eisenhower. “Wendell
Wilkie lost for them and so did
Thomas Dewey,” he said.
Second, because the Democrats
had elected a great team for the
presidency who are “unbeatable.”
Third, because of the simple
mathematical fact that there are
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Italian Deep Sea Diving Champ
Drowned When Apparatus Fails
NAPLES, Italy, (JP)—Guiseppe
Giuliano, who held the unofficial
Italian deep sea diving champion
ship, drowned in Naples Bay
Thursday when his diving appa
ratus failed.
The Naples diver won his title
by diving 64 meters (about 210
feet) off the shore of Ischia Island a
to help float an American Flying
Fortress shot down during World
War II.
Eleven Congresmen Tour
Pacific Military Facilites
WASHINGTON, (IP) — Eleven
congressmen left Friday for «a
four weeks’ tour of Pacific mili
tary installations, including Ko
rea. Members said they intended
making a thorough inquiry of all
phases of the American position
in the Pacific, from cost of mili
tary construction to future strat
egy in the Korean war.
The party, travelling by special
plane, will visit Hawaii, Johnston
and Kwajalein Islands, Guam,
Manila, Okinawa, Tokyo, Korea
and Alaska. They will return here
September 14.
Hep. Brooks (D-La) is chairman
of the group.