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Nome, Alaska, Monday, January 21, 1952
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VETERAN GROUPS — STRONGER OR WEAKER?
Membership in the country’s veterans organiza
tions has dropped to a post - war low, the latest polls
show. The four major veteran organizations — Ameri
can Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled Am
erican Veterans, and Americans of World War II —
have, however, experienced different membership
trends in 1951.
The Legion and the VFW have both experienced
drops in enrollment, while the DAV and AMVETS
claim their membership has been increasing. Two
reasons have been advanced for the dip in membership
totals in the Legion and the VFW.
Some officials say these veteran organizations have
dabbled too deeply into politics, rather than confining
interests to the field of veterans’ problems. This has
led to some dissension and some drop in membership
totals, according to one school of thought. Another
reason advanced is the customary post-war drop in
veteran - interest. This may be partly due to an atti
tude, by some veterans, that they have realized all or
most of the benefits Congress is going to grant veterans
of World War II and, therefore, have little need for
connection with a veterans group.
SMALL BUSINESSES NEED PROTECTION
In the past, the small business committee of the
United States Senate has warned the executive branch
of our Government that small businesses must be pro
tected during the mobilization program. Shortages of
vital raw materials and a scarcity of workers are im
posing difficult problems for the small industries of
the nation.
In 1952, with even less steel, copper and other
vital materials allocated to industries which do not
produce goods on government orders, with the defense
program picking up speed, taking more and more work
ers away from small plants, small businesses will be
squeezed even more.
It is important that business and industrial organi
zations give more thought to measures that may keep
the little factories running so that when this armament
race is over, these small factories can pick up again
their important share of the nation’s total production.
Small industries are the backbone of our nation
• and, consequently, it s vital that they are not drowned
in the current of our mobilization nroErram.
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Eskimo National
Guardsmen Train
At Ft. Richardson
FORT RICHARDSON, Alaska
— Eskimo National Guardsmen,
250 strong, picked representatives
of two crack northern scout bat
talions, enthusiastically entered
he fourth day of their two week
training cmcampmcnt at Fort
Richardson Saturday.
By ski, sled and snovvshoe they
trekked out of the north rendez
vousing at bush country airstrips
to be ferried by bush pilots and
military aircraft to the encamp
ment at Fort Richardson.
For many of the Guardsmen na
tives of the territory’s thinly pop
ulated northland the encampment
provides their first glimpse of any
community larger than Bethel.
With their first encampment
established at this sprawling
Army post Sunday the scouts, un
der the provisional command of
Captain Frank R. Clayton of
Bethel, Alaska, plunged into a
tightly scheduled training pro
r a m of weapons instruction,
drilling, and routine military sub
jects.
Unit officers among them—1st
Lieut. Daniel A. Jones, command
ing officer of the 1st Scout Bat
talion of Nome; 2nd Lieut. Floyd
Wheeler, also of Nome and com
manding officer of the 1st Bat
talion’s Company A; and 2nd
Lieut. Harvey Samuelson of Dill
ingham, commanding officer of
the 2nd Scout Battalion, Company
B—launched a carefully planned
program of training Tuesday.
Most popular activity on the
training schedule is rifle firing,
and the Eskimo Guardsmen are
blistering the ranges with new
record scores, according to regu
lar Army observers on the scene.
Alaska’s citizen soldiers are tack
ling the oldest military art with
gram zeal, delivering devastating
volleys of fire despite bitter cold
and howling winds on Fort Rich
ardson’s snow-covered ranges.
Though 250 strong at their Fort
Richardson encampment, the
Guardsmen are only part of two
larger battalions with headquar
ters at Nome and Bethel. Picked
volunteers were selected for the
intensified two-week training per
iod and they will pass on the
knowledge gained here in later
training sessions in their o*wn vil
lages.
Restoration of Carey,
Acquitted of Bribe Charge,
Remains A Question
SHREVEPORT, L a., (JP) —
Whether suspended U.S. Attorney
Harvey L. Carey, acquitted on
bribe-asking charges, will be al
lowed to resume his duties re
mains a question that only U.S.
Attorney General J. Howard Mc
Grath can answer.
Carey, accused of soliciting a
$60,000 bribe from Texas oilman
Lewis Hart, was acquitted Thurs
day by a federal district court
jury.
McGrath suspended Carey from
office in December, 1950, after an
investigation by the Justice De
partment.
Carey was indicted by a federal
grand jury in March on charges
he asked a $60,000 bribe from
Hart to “settle” 30 perjury counts
pending against Hart and four of
his employes.
Oarey denied that he suggested
a bribe. He testified that he
“strung Hart along in hopes of
catching a briber” and to see if
the Federal Petroleum Board was
involved.
Churchill Leaves Capitol
After Give-and-Take
Conferences with U.S.
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Prime
Minister Churchill left Washing
ton Saturday after a series of con
ferences believed to have brought
closer understanding between the
United States and Britain on the
part each will play in their part
nership against communist ag
gression.
The aging apostle of British
naval prestige withdrew his ob
jections to appointment of an Am
erican commander of western sea
power in the Atlantic as his final
official act here. It was a major
concession, even though he re
served the right to propose “mod
ifications” later.
But Churchill apparently gained
as much or more than he yielded
in his two week visit. For one
thing, he had the pledge of one
million tons of U.S. steel in ex
change for British tin and alumi
num. And even in the matter of
the Atlantic command he won
concessions from this country.
New Head Alaska Division
Seattle Chamber To
Seek New Industry
SEATTLE, Wash.—Glenn Car
rington, Alaska and Seattle busi
nessman, has accepted chairman
ship of'the Alaska Division of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Carrington, well known in
Alaska as well as in Seattle and
the Pacific Northwest, said his
group would give considerable
study to post-defense era program
for Alaska, strategic mineral de
velopment, lumber and fishing
industry expansion and other in
dustries.
He said the division would sup
port all feasible programs
strengthening the defense of Al
aska, expansion and protection of
the territory’s existing industries,
development of the pulp and lum
ber industry, and continued coop
eration with Alaskan chambers of
commerce, governmental and pri
v a t e agencies working toward
general territorial development.
Frank J. Beaver of Seattle is
secretary for the Alaska Division.
Other members include many for
mer* Alasksns.
Agriculture Dept.
Airing Predicted
By Senators
By Edwin B. Haakinson
WASHINGTON, (£>)—Senators
Saturday predicted quick appro
val of a full-scale investigation of
multi-million dollar activities in
the Department of Agriculture.
“We should be able to make sin
a little less tempting to people,
either in government or dealing
with the government,” Senator
Aiken Ql-Vt) told a reporter.
Chairman Ellender, (D-La) of
the Senate Agriculture Committee
which unanimously approved the
investigation late Friday, said he
expects quick Senate approval
and $50,000 to finance it.
“A lot of people have been ac
cused of various things,” Ellender
said. “We hope to give them a
chance to tell their story.”
The committee acted after hear
i n g Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan and Comptroller General
Lindsay C. Warren testify about
several million dollars of short
ages in government-owned grain •
and other commodities.
Ellender said the probe vote
was not a decision for or against
either Brannan or Warren.
It is estimated that between
four and seven million dollars
worth of government-owned grain
has been sold by elevator and
warehousemen, who are not agri
culture or government employes.
This, Brannan said, “ in effect
i amounts to stealing,” but he add
ed: “We have reason to hope that
all except a million or less will
be recovered from bonding com
panies and receivership act.”
Former Pilot For
MacArthur Resigns
NEW YORK, (/P) —- Lt. Col.
Anthony Story, for nearly seven
! years Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s
pilot, has resigned from the U.S.
Air Force to take a position with
a distilling company.
Story, a reserve officer who
also served MacArthur is an aide,
disclosed he had resigned last
Tuesday. Story flew the general
home from Tokyo last spring.
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