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Nome, Alaska, Friday, December 21, 1951
CONGRESS — 1952
There are many indications that the next session
of Congress, beginning in January, will be one of the
shortest in years. Both Democratic and Republican
leaders in Washington say they want the second ses
sion of the 82nd Congress to end in June, 1952. This
theme is often heard in November and December, it is
true, but with the political situation what it is today,
there is a real chance this time that the next session
may be a short one.
The Republicans traditionally meet first in politi
cal convention, and meet in June of 1952. The idea of
many leaders in Congress at present is to get Congress
adjourned in time for GOP members who are going to j
Chicago to get there free from congressional demands, j
Certainly, the strong Taft forces in Congress are going j
to press hard for such adjournment. i
The Democrats meet a couple of weeks after the'
Republicans, also in Chicago. If the Democratic picture j
isn't any clearer than it appears right now, many Dem
ocratic Congressmen and Senators will be eager to get
away from Washington by June also. Yet, in spite of
all this valid reasoning, if Congress adjourns in June,
1952, it will surprise most of Washington’s veteran
newspaper corps—who have heard this song before,
and worked the Capitol corridors all through the sum
mer months. j
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STEAKS TO BE PLENTIFUL j
After many months of dire predictions of the I
availability of beef and threats from both the meat in- j
dustry and the Office of Price Stabilization, the pros-'
pect today is for lower prices and an abundant supply,
of beef in the coming months. The reason for this fa
vorable outlook are several. Neither the OPS nor the
meat industry can take full credit.
Actually, this is the fourth year in which cattle
herds have increased, the latest estimates on cattle
population being 90 million. Add to this the fact that
there is an abundant supply of pork and you have the
makings of a decline in meat prices. The supply of pork
has already forced pork prices down.
Herds are large, feed supplies large, the feed and
beef prices ratio favorable, and other factors also
favorable. Beef being in ample supply, there seems
to be nothing to prevent adequate supplies of those
choice steaks from reaching the market at better prices.
To the American housewife, this is a long-awaited
development.
Greece Wins Seat In U.N.
Replacing Red Yugoslavia
PARIS, (TP) — American-backed
Greece won a seat on the United
Nations Security Council Thurs
day, beating out White Russia on
the 19th ballot.
Greece thus will replace Yugo
slavia on the Security Council
Jan. 1. Chile and Pakistan were
elected two weeks ago to fill va
cancies caused by the expiration
of terms of India and Ecuador.
White Russia, one of the con
stituent republics of the U.S.S.R.
was made a member of the United
Nations, along with the Ukraine,
under the Yalta agreement which
guaranteed Russia three member
ships. Britain and others had
backed White Russia for the Se
curity Council under a “gentle
man’s agreement” of 1946 which
gave one seat to the Eastern Eu
ropean bloc of countries under
Russia’s wing. The United States
U.S. Accepts Icebreakers
Several Years Overdue
BREMERHAVEN, Germany, (/P)
—A group of stiff-backed, poker
faced Russian naval officers here
handed back to the U.S. Navy
Wednesday two large American
ice-breakers loaned to the Soviet
Union during the war.
In a brief ceremony, the Rus
sians hauled down the Red flag
on the 6,500-ton Northwind and
Westwind. Then they boarded a
Russian freighter and sailed for
home.
U.S. naval troops filed on board
and hoisted the Stars and Stripes.
The return of these two ships
is several years behind schedule.
contended the agreement was for
only a year.
The U.S. view was that since
the new member will also sit on
the U.N. Disarmament Commis
sion, it was vital to have a friend
ly country.
Community Xmas
Tree Tonight At 8
Tonight the traditional Com
munity Christmas Tree entertain
ment will be held in the Nome
School, starting at eight o’clock.
The teachers of Nome School
have been busy for weeks perfect
ing another entertainment in
which all the children are taking
part, and according to reports, it
will be entirely different from
any other tree program given
heretofore.
The native women from choir
groups of two churches, Methodist
and Covenant, are singing Christ
mas carols in their native tongue
as they have done since the com
munity Christmas Tree celebra
tion has been held.
A beautiful tree has been dec
orated by the school children
under the direction of Olaf Hal
verson and a date has been made
with Santa by chairman Yenney.
The following donations have
been added to the long list of
contributions, to make this Christ
mas a festive one for the children
of Nome.
$1.00 Subscribers
Geo. F. Gerbstedt, Paulos, W.
E. Shea, Chas. D. Prat, Bill Lenz,
Jr., Robt. McKenzie.
$2.00 Subscribers
Pearse Walsh, a Laborer.
Charles Fagerstrom—$2.50.
C. J. Philips—$3.00.
$5.00 Subscribers
Nome Cab and Garage, Gordon
Osborne, Dream Theater, Nome
Machine Works, Quianna Club.
$10.00 Subscribers
George Hite, Nome Sanitary
Service, Breakers Bar, Lee Bros.
Dredging Co., and family.
Wien Airlines Inc., donated the
Christmas tree.
Food items from Leslies
Candy bars from Wallace Hotel.
Two Congressmen
Lead Attack
On Vishinsky
PARIS, (/P)—Two congressmen
today spearheaded the U.S. coun
terattack against Soviet spy
charges. One pictured the whole
Soviet-dominated world as in the
grip of “spy mania.” The other
called Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Vishinsky “a venomous
old goat.”
Rep. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont)
told the United Nations Political
Committee that four American
airmen whose unarmed transport
plane was forced down in Hun-*
gary Nov. 19 are victims of the
spy mania. Vishinsky, Wednes
day expressed, in a violent
speech, the hope that the four
would be tried by “our military
and justice authorities.”
Rep. John M. Vorys (RrOhio)
accused the Soviet delegate of
trying to wreck “the two great
forward steps taken by the United
Nations this week.”
Vorys, like Mansfield a member
of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee and a delegate to the
U.N. General Assembly session
here, delivered a stinging attack
on Vishinsky’s speech in the
U.N. Political Committee Wed
nesday. He called it “a match
less, putrid stream of vitupera
tion.”
‘‘You often wonder how to
compete with the venomous old
goat, but you realize that there
are certain kinds at contests you
do not enter with a skunk,” Vorys
said.
He who laughs last is the one
who intended to tell the story
himself a little hater.
Russian Charges
Of U.S. Subversion
Termed Baseless
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
United States, in a note to Mos
cow, has denied it is trying to
promote subversion against the
Soviet government.
Furthermore, the note said,
such “false charges” of American
interference in Soviet areas
“come with singular ill-grace”
from a regime which has for
many years “supported subver
sive activities” against the Am
erican government.
Specifically, the United States
rejected as baseless Russian
charges, made Nov. 21, that $100
million appropriation in the Mu
tual Security Act of last October
to help the victims of communist
rule, constitutes subversion
against the Soviet government.
The United States said that
what Russia is clearly doing by
charging subversion is to try to
disrupt the defense effort of the
North Atlantic Organization “by
falsely charging for propaganda
purposes that specific facet (help
for communism’s victims) of
United States support for the ob
jects of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, is aimed with ag
gressive intent against the USSR.”
NOTICE
Sunday School students of the
Community Methodist Church
who are in the Sunday pageant
will practice on Saturday after
noon at 1:30 p.m.
DON'T TAKE CHANCES...
Use a good step ladder when
trimming the tree and avoid
a holiday casualty.
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