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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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WHERE SOME OF OUR TAX DOLLARS GO
The United States Government has lent or given
away in postwar foreign aid the amazing sum of about
$40 billion.
Foreign aid for the fiscal year beginning July 1
is set at 6V2 billion. And the end is not yet in sight.
Not in sight for the end of foreign aid or the end of high
taxes which are needed to pay for our foreign policy
of giving and lending in our fight against Communism.
For years now American dollars have flooded into
more than 90 nations and colonies in our effort to
strengthen the free world. Europe has received the
largest share of American aid, and Great Britain has
received more than any other single nation.
A NEW PROBE IN INTERNAL REVENUE?
Senator John J. Williams, Republican from Dela
ware, is demanding a new probe in the Internal Reve
nue Bureau. His story is that Federal tax agents
cracked down on a partly disabled night watchman
and threatened to sell his home if he failed to pay the
less than $4 owed to the government.
And at the same time, the Internal Revenue Bu
reau carried a $25,000 tax claim against Racketeer
Frank Costello for nearly 20 years, and marked off
a tax debt of more than $300,000 against one of the
czars of organized gambling in New Orleans, Phil
Kastel.
In an election year, it is difficult for us to tell
whether the Republican Senator is using isolated in
cidents which perhaps have already been corrected
in an effort to embarrass th§ Democratic administra
tion, or whether the examples that he gives are typical
of the way the Internal Revenue Bureau is operating.
PREPARATIONS FOR H-BOMB EXPLOSION
At the Eniwetok proving grounds in the Pacific
Ocean, history’s first hydrogen bomb may be exploded.
Both military and scientific men point out that with
a potential explosive force 10 to 1,000 times greater
than the A-bomb, the H-bomb is a new weapon,
creating new tactical and strategical problems.
Elaborate preparations are already underway.
Security measures including underwater, surface and
air patrols of the area have been ordered. Cargo planes
are already engaged in ferrying special equipment to
the Pacific testing ground. Under the direction of
Maj. Gen. Percy W. Clarkson, task force commander,
everything is being made ready for the important his
torical date of the first H-bomb explosion expected
some time this autumn.
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Libby Co. To Test
Validity Hydaberg
Indian Reservation
JUNEAU, {PP) — Judge George
Folta took the Hydaburg Indian
reservation trap site under advise
ment Thursday after a challenge
of the validity of a reservation
set up by the Secretary of the
Interior.
The challenge came from coun
sel for Libby, McNeil and Libby,
the canning company which is de
fendant in the action by the U.S.
government.
The firm based its case mainly
on the challenge of former Secre
tary Krug’s authority to create the
reservation.
As the arguments closed, Judge
Folta remarked that he does not
think Congress intended to give
the secretary authority to reserve
vast areas of Alaska.
The government is seeking to
exclude Libby from a trap site it
has held for many years. It also
is seeking payment for fish
caught there since the reserva
tion’s creation in 1950.
The case has been viewed as
one of far-reaching significance—
possibly a million dollar case —
because of numerous other trap
sites that fall into the same class.
An appeal to higher court is
expected regardless of how Judge
Folta rules. He gave both sides 15
days to submit briefs and 10 more
days for their answers.
Truman Signs GI Bill
Of Rights For 840,000
Korean War Veterans
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman has signed a bill to help
GI’s released since the start of
the Korean war to re - establish
themselves in civilian life.
The benefits are much the
same as those granted to veterans
after World War Two, but there
are some important differences.
The act provides the new vet
erans with money for education
and training, mustering out pay,
unemployment payments of $26 a
week up to a total of 26 weeks,
and financial support for home
and business loans.
The program is expected to cost
about one billion dollars a year.
The number of eligible veterans
on May 31 was 870,000 and the
Veterans Administration said the
total is growing daily.
Mossadegh Quits As
Premier of Iran
By NATE POLOWETZKY
TERHAN, Iran, </P) — Troops
and police cracked down on sup
porters of Mohammed Mossadegh
Friday and occupied the head
quarters of two political clubs
backing the emotional old Nation
alist chief less than a day after
he quit as premier.
Police reported several persons
were arrested when,they attempt
ed to demonstrate in the center
of the capital against Ahmed
Qavam, new premier designate.
They were members of the Iran
party and the Labor party.
Qavam, whose designation as
premier Thursday surprised
Mossadegh adherents and con
fronted them with an accomplish
ed fact, was expected to present
his new cabinet to the lower
house of parliament in a day or
two.
Qavam, who headed the gov
ernment in 1946 and 1947 and
brought the nation safely through
two dangerous disputes with Rus
sia, was nominated for premier by
the lower house Thursday.
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Eisenhower Pauses On
Vacation To See His Son,
John, Enroute to Korea
FRASER, Colo., (JP) — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Friday
raced into his first vacation since
coming home from his European
defense duties about a month and
a half ago.
Eisenhower and a Denver busi
nessman friend, Aksel Neilsen,
plan to get in plenty of fishing
and, as the general puts it, “do
nothing in a big way.”
Neilsen’s secluded ranch, com
plete with all modern convenien
ces, is their hideaway for the next
week. f
The general made the 72-mile
drive Thursday shortly after he
and his wife, Mamie, bade fare
well to their soldier son, Maj.
John Eisenhower, as he stopped
briefly in Denver enroute to Seat
tle and Korea.
When the big transport taxied
off enroute to Seattle, Mrs. Eisen
hower waved and then kissed the
general, who* had paced nervously
back and forth before going up
the plane’s stairs to have a final
word with his son.
New High Commissioner
For Germany is Named
WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman Friday named career dip
lomat Walter J. Donnelly as
United States High Commissioner
for Germany.
At the same time Llewellyn E.
Thompson, Jr., was appointed to
succeed Donnelly as American
ambassador and high commission
er for Austria.
Also a career diplomat, Thomp
son has been minister-counselor
at Rome for the past two years.
^Donnelly succeeds John J. Mc
Cloy, who is retiring for personal
reasons after three years service,
climaxed by the new peace con
tract and other treaties aimed at
lining up West Germany with the
West.
It is estimated that over half
the Eskimos of the world never
saw a snow house.
I Dewey Says Kai-Shek Is
Balance Between Freedom
And Slavery In The East
NEW YORK, </P) — Governor
Thomas E. Dewey, who made a
first-hand study of Far Eastern
affairs last year, blames insuf
ficient American aid for the
downfall of Chiang Kai - Shek’s
Nationalist government in China.
“Aid which we were committed
to give to the Nationalist govern
ment was not delivered,” Dewey
says, “and what was delivered
wasn’t adequate.”
But, the governor added, “I am
sure no one in the State Depart
ment, nor any individual in this
country caused the fall of Chiang
Kai-Shek’s government.
Dewey said Thursday night on
a television program, the General
issimo’s government was “far <
from perfect” but he expressed
the belief it could have saved
China from the Communists if
American had sent enough help.
The fallen Chinese leader, now
governing his Nationalist forces
on the island of Formosa, remains
“a symbol” to 10 million Chinese
in the free Pacific area, Dewey
said, and these people constitute
“a balance of power between
freedom and slavery.”
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