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Nome, Alaska, Monday, October 23, 1950
FREEDOM CRUSADE NEEDED
Former General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of
Columbia University, now leading the Freedom Cru
sade, points out that the people in the United States;
are privileged to have many sources of information, toj
check one against the other, and to believe what they!
think happens to be right. j
The General points out that individuals have the
right to form their opinions according to personal in-!
terpretations of information rather than “as slaves to!
the point of view of their government.” This, of course, |
is an important point but, nevertheless, it would be just
as well for the General, and those who work for intel
lectual freedom, to conduct a crusade to relieve the j
minds of men from the shackles of organizations to i
which they belong. j
It is quite the habit for Americans, who are quick to'
join anything that sounds right, to take their opinions
from the ukases delivered by the leaders of the organ
ization. This, of course, stultifies the intellectual proc
ess and makes the man an automaton. This is true whe
ther the individual follows the decree of political, eco
nomic, social, historical or religious leaders.
If the mind of man is to be free to pursue the discov
ery of truth, it must not be tied down by loyalty to any
particular organization. The intellect must be free to
pursue its study, to think its problem out and to arrive
at a conclusion, based exclusively upon the experience,
the intelligence and the wisdom of the individual.
No individual who accepts without question the
statement of others deserves to consider himself an in
tellectually free individual. The sooner the rank and
file of humanity become educated to the degree that
they think for themselves, upon all questions, the
greater the progress of mankind will be.
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BRADLEY THINKS AGGRESSORS MAY HESITATE
General Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joints
Chiefs of Staff, says that the members of the Atlantic
Alliance have an emergency plan for the defense of
Western Europe that could and would be put into play
tomorrow if war begins.
General Bradley admits that the present plan is based
upon forces now in being which are admittedly insuffi
cient to breast for long the shock of any Soviet assault.
However, a far greater plan is being mapped with the
idea that a show of force may deter Communist leaders
BLOOD RELATIVES
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
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civilian relief at $146,500,000 up
to June 30, 1951. The army de
partment has taken over from the
Economic Cooperation Adminis
tration (ECA) the task of succor
ing South Korea’s war-torn pop
ulation.
In the other troubled spot in the
Far East, French troops evacuated
their frontier headquarters fort
ress of Langson, which guarded
the main invasion gateway into
Indo-China from communist Chi
na.
Langson was the sixth frontier
post the French have given up
within a month in the mountain
ous stronghold of the Moscow
trained Ho Chi Minh. The French
had occupied the town for 78
years. The control of Langson
swings the frontier door wide
open foT Ho’s troops but the
French have dug in with heavy
armor along the Red River delta
while reinforcements are being
mobilized to bolster the new posi
tions against the Vietminh forces.
At Lake Success, Russia stood
ready to start informal talks with
the United States on a Japanese
peace treaty, which has been de
layed for five years because of
the Soviet refusal to help write it.
The 60-nation political commit
tee of the U. N. was scheduled to
vote on a Syrian-Iran proposal
calling for Big Five Peace con
sultations.
Russia, following her warning
she will not tolerate rearming of
West Germany, met with her sat
ellites in Prague to discuss the
explosive question. An official
announcement said the discussions
arose in connection with the Sep
tember conference of the U. S.,
Britain and French foreign minis
ters which had discussed the re
militarization of West Germany.
Informed Allied sources in
Frank viewed the Soviet bloc for
eign ministers meeting in Prague
as a device for offsetting the com
munist loss of face in Korea.
Monday, October 23, 1950
South Korean forces sweep to
within 50 miles of Manchurian
border in cleanup of Korean cam
paign. No real organized resist
ance has been met in the past 24
hours. South Korean Sixth Divi
sion pursues Reda up the new es
cape route toward Kanggye,
mountain hideout used by Korean
guerrillas in World War II, now
believed to be the last-stand head
ciuarters of Red Premier Kim II
Sung.
South Korean Preident Syng
man Rhee advocates his govern
ment take over all of Korea and
opposes elections in the north un
der United Nations supervision.
When the war is over, he said, the
country will then “automatically
be united and the United Nations
has no reason to insist on con
trolling North Korea until the
elections.”
Diplomats said the Kremlin is
genuinely worried over the turn
ofevents in Korea and is anxious
to convince the world—especially
Asia — that the Soviet Union
stands for peace. President Tru
man has said the Soviet Union
can best convince the world of her
Russ Claim They j
Can Get Electricity
From A-Energy
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MOSCOW, (^P)—A Soviet pro- j
fessor declared today that Russia’s
scientists already hove discovered
; a means of transforming atomic
i energy directly into electricity.
Atomic energy specialist V. Gol
1 dubstov claimed in the Literary
' Gazette the Soviet science is far j
1 ahead of the United States in the <
] development of peaceful uses for
I atomic energy.
“Soviet scientists,” he stated, j
I “have found other technological j
schemes and other technical pos- I
sibilities for the peaceful use of
atomic energy—transforming it
into heat or electricity. j
“Soviet science has progressed
by a great margin ahead of for- j
j eign science in the field of atomic j
energy.”
(Direct conversion of atomic
energy into electrical po w e r j
would be one of the greatest de-.
velopments in harnessing the
atom for commercial use.
But Goldubstov doesn’t give
| any hint of how the Soviets sup
I posedly are doing it, and the tone j
! of his article follows the usual!
! Soviet line of attacking the United ,
1 I
States program.
(The Atomic Energy Commis
sion is working on the problem of
developing power from atomic re
actors.
I 1
They are based on taking the
j heat from atomic ovens and using
; it to operate turbines or other de
! dice to get electrical power, said
! Corbin Allardyce, director of the
1 AEC’s information service in New
York). i
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TONY ROLANDO PASSES
ON IN STATES
Word was received today of the
j death of Tony Rolando at the
i Veterans Hospital in Portland.
Tony Rolando and his brother
were associated with their father
in mining at American Creek for
many years. His father passed
away last year. He also was em
ployed by the Road Commission
fo rseveral years. Known surviv
ors include his mother, younger
brother and a sister.
“Old Ironsides” still holds a
commission as a U. S. warship.
intentions by deeds rather than
words. Russia's communist party
organ, Pravda. said it is not Rus
sia, but the United States, which
must change to prevent another
world war.
Pravda also demanded adop
tion of a four-point program for
Germany’s future in another
phase of the present peace offen
sive which coincides with defeat
of North Korean communist arm
ies. I
The plan, adopted Saturday by
( representatives of Soviet bloc na
i tions at Prague, Czechoslovakia,
i calls for a proclamation by Rus
; sia, Britain, France and the United
States that they will not allow re
; militarization of Germany and
will build a peaceful United Ger
man economv. Wester nobservers
i
; in Germany said the plan smack
i ed more of propaganda than di
; plomacy and said it didn’t have a
chance.
from initiating an aggressive war.
Pointing out that twice before, the soldiers and air
men of the United States have fought in Europe, Gen
eral Bradley made it plain*that “this time we intend to
be there with our friends before it starts, in the hope
that our obvious determination may deter aggressors
; and keep them from starting it at all.”
Coast Guard Cadet
Examination Soon
United States Coast Guard
Headquarters said recently that
more applicants may be compet
ing for the next cadet appoint
ments to the Coast Guard Acad
emy than in any other year since
World War II. Competitive en
trance examinations will be held
February 19 and 20, 1951.
The1 list of cities for the coming
examinations has been expanded
to 109 throughout the United
States and U. S. Territories, as
compared with 64 cities in 1950.
Applications show an increase
over last year, with four months
remaining before the January 15
deadline.
The Coast Guard Academy,.
New London, Conn, is the only
Service academy where appoint
ments are made strictly on the
basis of competitive examinations.
Grades and ranks in the Coast
Guard are comparable to those in
all other armed forces; pay, al
lowances, and benefits and iden
tical with the Army, Navy, Ma
rine Corps, and Air Force.
Young unmarried men between
17 and 22 who are high school
graduates or who will have grad- •
uated next June are eligible to t
apply. Applications and general
information booklets may be ob
tained by writing to the Com
mandant, U. S. Coast Guard,
Washington 25, D. C.
Upon successful completion of
the four-year course at New Lon
don, graduates are awarded a
commission as ensign in the U. S.
Coast Guard and a bachelor of
science degree.
Peace!
(By Lois Travis>
They looked at me with fire red
eyes
And screamed, like thunder from
the skies,
PEACE! PEACE! there is no peace
Kneel down slaves to be fleeced.
K the butcher won’t take you
The baker will
The candlestick maker
Sleeps by his till,
All ready to take you
The minute you show
A bit of your wages,
Yeah! I mean dough.
The fury of hunger hangs over'
head
With ever a grin and a smirk,
Waiting for the food to disappear
So your stomach will quiver and
jerk.
The fury of cold rides the fire
wood in
Ano gives not a jot of space.
Till the wood is put in a red hot
stove
And the lid shuts it up in his face.
But worst of them all is the fury
FEAR
Why he seems to thrive in the
dark
And when you are cold and hun
gry too
Why fear will never depart.
Again they look with a baleful eye
And gibber and smirk while they
continue to cry
Work, Slave, Work to keep us
from the door.
Work, Slave, Work tOvkeep from
getting poor.
Peace, Peace, so that’s your cry,
You’ll get that, slave, when you
die.
Young man—Your daughter has
promised to be my wife, Mr.
Smith.
Mr. Smith—It was your own
fault. What else did you expect,
hanging around here every night.