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Helj i From ^Iinin«r Congress
(Daily Alaska Empire)
THE AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS, at its re
cent session in El Paso, attended by secretary of the in
terior Julius A. Krug, adopted a resolution which may
help this Territory in clearing up the reservation by
proclamation problem.
Lhe section pertaining to Alaska reads as follows:
“We earnestly urge an immediate review by Congress
of all laws under which numerous, extensive, and un
warranted reservations have been established in the
United States and Alaska by executive order during the
past ten years, to the end that the potentially valuable
mineralized areas embraced in these reservations be re
stored to the public domain.
“The vast Territory 0/ Alaska is of great importance
to the nation for its minerals, fish and timber. We are
deeply concerned over the present policy of the interior
department of creating huge reservations there for
small groups of Indians; reservations which make pros
pecting and mineral exploration prohibitive.
“We are persuaded that these vast reservations in
stead of benefiting the Indians and Eskimos, are actual
ly detrimental to them. We urge that the reservations
already created by executive order be abolished, and
that those under contemplation be not established.”
Attorney H. L. Faulkner, who attended the Mining
Congress session, was a member of the resolutions com
mittee and it is apparent that the foregoing is the result
of his work.
While in El Paso Mr. Faulkner was able to secure an
unscheduled interview with Secretary Krug to specifi
cally discuss the Hydaburg proposed reservation.
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Palestine Partition
(Rocky Mountain News)
MAJORITY RECOMMENDATIONS of the United,
Nations Committee on Palestine contain no ideal solu-i
tion. 0
But in general, they probably represent as fair a com
promise of that “insoluble” problem as could be ex
pected. |
The Zionists, under this plan, would get the separate
state they want; and, though less than they ask, more
territory than some other experts would grant them.
They also would get recognition of the immigration
principle, though a lower immediate quota than de
manded. Naturally the Arab majority in Palestine and
the Arab nations are opposed.
Partition of Palestine is the opposite of an ideal solu
tion. Only unity can give the greatest strength and well
being to that small country and its mixed population.
But the bloody strife of late years, and especially of re
cent months, proves all too tragically that extreme par
tisans will not let normally peaceful Jewish and Arab
neighbors live together in amity. Partition might not
bring an immediate end to strife, but it seems to offer
more hope than a continuation of the present impossible
situation. The federal plan, proposed by the committee
minority, is better, theoretically, but probably unwork
able, because of the bad blood.
If there is to be partition, certainly Jerusalem—Holy
City of Jew, Moslem and Christian—should be interna
tionalized under United Nations trusteeship, as pro
posed.
As to the necessity for two-year interim administra
tion, in fairness to Britain as well as to the partisans who
make her the scapegoat, we think the majority recom
mendation for one or more nations to exercise the man
date is too indefinite. Britain should not carry this bur
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den alone. It is a joint international resposibility.
We express no opinion whether the exact boundaries
suggested by the committee majority are the fairest and
most workable. That is a matter for the experts, and for
final judgment and recommendation by the UN Gen
eral Assembly.
Italian R&ls Stir Chaos To Foil Aid Plan
(By Barnet Nover)
GUTSEPPE DI VITTORIO, the communist secretary
geheral of labor, has denied that the underlying purpose
of the strikes and demonstrations now convulsing Italy
is to bring about a revolution.
So far as the immediate objectives of the Italian com
munists are concerned, this is probably the case. To be
sure, Vittorio’s statement does not exactly jibe with the
statement recently made at Modena by Palmiro Togliat
ti, the man from whom he takes orders and who, in turn,
takes orders from the Kremlin.
Togliatti said:
“We have 30,000 well-armed Partisans at our dispos
al and if the government does not give us prompt proof
of its democratic spirit we shall have to fight because
only by fighting can we obtain any positive results.”
This was a bluff with a barb at its tip, but a bluff
nonetheless. Togliatti is perfectly well aware that at
this particular moment the chances are very much bet
ter than even that armed uprising would fail, possibly
destroying the Italian Communist party in the process.
What Togliatti is primarily after at this time is not
the seizure of power but the sharing of power. He wants
the reconstruction of the coalition that ran Italy from
the time of its liberation until some months ago, a coali
tion that included Communists and their allies.
Being inside the government had very real advant
ages to the Communists. It gave them a chance to exer
cise a veto power over the actions of the regime.
Early this year, Premier Alcide de Gasperi success
fully formed a government from which the Communists
were excluded. The result of this bold move was to give
the regime a freedom of movement it had not previous
ly enjoyed.
Ever since, however, the communists have had their
knives out for de Gasperi.
Their mischief-making capacity stems not only from
the fact that the Italian Communist party is, in number
of actual adherents, the largest in western Europe but
even more from the circumstance that they control of
Confederation of Labor which has 5 and one-half mil
lion members.
It would be a mistake to assume that the strikes
which the Communists have inspired and fomented
were solely political and had no basis in economic
grievances. In a country where inflation is rampant,
which lacks the means to finance essential imports of
food, fuel and raw materials, which has close to three
million unemployed, discontent is bound to be wide
spread. The communists are capitalizing this state of
affairs. But the method they have
employed to do so can only worsen
Italy’s plight.
There is method in their mad
ness. Despite fantastic obstacles.
Italy has managed to achieve a
surprising measure of recovery
from a war that hit her with par
ticularly devastating force.
Should the Marshall plan be
carried out. Italy will benefit.
The last thing in the world that
Russia wants is to have western
Europe, with American aid, pull
itself out of its present desperate
situation.
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Dissenting
Presidents
(The Denver Post)
•VETO” MIGHT WELL be
President Truman’s middle name.
Only two American presidents
have used the veto power more
frequently than he has, according
to a tabulation prepared in the re
search division of the Republican
national committee. They were
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Grover
Cleveland, both Democrats.
In less than three years and in
three sessions of Congress, Presi
dent Truman has vetoed 106 pub
lic and private bills. In twelve
years, Franklin D. Roosevelt ex
ercised the veto power 631 times.
In eight years, Cleveland used 5B4
vetoes.
Only one bill, the Taft-Hartley
act, was passed by Congress over
President Truman’s veto. Seven of
Cleveland’s vetoes were overrid
den. Nine of the measures disap
proved by Roosevelt were passed
over his veto.
When control of both Houses of
Congress changed hands in Mie
1946 election, there was wide
spread speculation on how a Dem
ocratic President would get along
with a Republican law-making
body. From President Thuman’s
veto record, it appears he has had
fewer differences with a Republi
can Congress than with a Congress
controlled by his own party.
In 1945 and 1946, with a Dome
cratic majority in both Houses, he
vetoed seventy-four bills. During
the first session of Congress this
year, with the Republicans in con
trol of both Houses, he used only
thirty-two vetoes.
The real test of the President's
ability to get along with a Repub
lican Congress—and vice versa—
is yet to come. Next year is elec
tion year.
One Man’s Opinion
(By Walter Kiarnan)
Hank Wallace says there will be
a third party if the race gets down
to Tweedledum and Tweedledee—
; there are two guys he could lick.
... It looks now as though candi
dates will be drawn by straws in
’48—the loser has to run. . . . Only
a few years ago Hoover was
promising two chickens in every
pot—these days it’s had to get one
in. . . . Senator ODaniel charges
that the government has concealed
280 million dozen eggs—Us chick
ens have a right to complain about
that. . . . The way it looks now we
are headed for a national omelette
—And it won’t be all eggs. . . . Not
that it will be new—In 1922 Fio
rello La Guardia was waving a
porkchop in the halls of Congress
and shouting: "What working man
can afforde to pay 30 cents for
one chop?” . . . U. N. Hall (such
excitement)—The suggestion for a
fifty-five-nation standing commit
tee has left fifty-four nations
standing—open-mouthed.