Daily Sitka Sentinel
Home-Owned Newspaper
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
10c a Copy
VOLUME xvn
Friday, December 16, 1955
NUMBER 5
Syria demands sanctions
against Israel by U. N. today
Suggests Israel
j>e expelled from
world organization
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (IP)
Syria -today called on the U. N.
to apply “economic sanctions’’
against Israeli and further sug
gested that Israel be expelled
from the world organization.
AJhmed Shugairy, chairman
Deadlock over
security council
seat continues
UNITED NATIONS (IP) A
new round oif voting failed to
day Ito break the deadlock be
tween the Philippines and Yu
goslavia for a seat in tihe U. N.
security council.
With 11 of the 16 newly ad
mitted members voting, the
Philippines at one point re
ceived 40 votes to Yugoslavia’s
28. But on the next ballot the
score was 37-32, and the result
remained indecisive.
A two-thirds majority of
those voting in the general as
sembly was required to elect—
in this case 46 votes.
After Ifiive ballots (this morn
ing — the 30th to 35th ballots
since October — the session ad
journed until later in .he day
to permit delegates to seek a
compromise.
The assembly was scheduled
to end its ld5o session tonight,
President Jose Maza of Chile
said he would keep the deleg
ates in session until the coun
cil seat was filled. He pleaded
“I beg you. gentlemen, both
candidates and other delegates,
to endeavor in the interim to
come to some agreement, for it
does not enhance the prestige
of the United Nations to con
tinue these (ballots indefinite
ly”
The United States backed
the Philippines in 'the voting
while -Britain supported Yugo
slavia.
V eatchcombing
• Now I’m satisfied — the
Democratic nomination will go
to the “peejpul’s cherce.”
—I—t—
4 A technical team w-ill be
in Sitkia Ithis afternoon to in
spect the pulp mill site. One
a£ the party 'is our old friend
Jim Keyona — who was here
with the first group to inspect
Sitka. No Jim. salmon fishing
Senlt'
year
some
at its best this time of
though we do pull in
ones in the summer.
M
0 Bill Knight will hold hear
intgs on the proposed constitu
tion of the State of Alaska in
the school auditorium on Tues
day Dec. 271 h. If you have any
Objections, proposals or “pats
on the back” he will want to
hear them at this meeting.
-++
• A week from today and
jts mighty dose to Christmas.
of the Syrian delegation, also
said in a prepared speech 'before
the 11-nation security council
that a warning from Egypt a
gainst further Israeli attacks
makes the issue one of “war or
no war.”
After suggesting the expul
sion of Israel, he said:
“We resped fully urge the se
curity council to decide econ
omic sanctions provided for in
the charter. This becomes more
imperative since Israel is rece
iving loans, financial assistance
and grants in aid from national
and international sources.”
The U. N. charter gives the
council authority to impose ec
onomic penalties against na
tions which threaten or break
the peace.
Shukairy said the time had
come for vhe council to take
“effective action.”
He noted that Egyptian pre- ■
mier Gamal Abdel Nasser stat
ed in a letter to the U. N. last
night that the council had not
prevented the recurrence of Is
raeli attacks on Arab states.
“The Egypt fan government
has declared herself hound to
deal with the situation herself
including the use oi her armed
forces to maintain peace and
safety in the area,” he said.
“The issue, therefore, is crystal
clear. It is war or no war.”
Cold spell holds
fast across nation
by The Associated Press
A mid-December cold spell
held fast over must of the na
tion today.
Temperatures pluniged be
low freezinlg this morning into
the southeast coastal states and
parts of the gulf region. It was
| a frosty 30 in San Antonio,
Texas, and 31 in Mobile, Ala.
The Arctic air which has
cooled the mid-continent this
week spread across the entire
eastern area and much of the
south yesterday.
Temperatures dropped more
j than 20 degrees in many sec
j tfcms of the east. Similar drops
were reported in the southern
; plains and nort heastward from
j Texas over the middle and
| lower Mississippi valley, the i
| Ohio valley and lower Michi
gan.
The coldest weather contin
ued in the upper Mississippi j
■ valley. Temperatures again to- j
day were below or around ze
ro in many midwest cities.
They didn’t gel: much above
zero in some northern areas yes
terday.
Rain fell on the coastal areas
of the Pacific Northwest and
| extended southward in central
California. Rainfall ranged up.
‘o about Vz inch along parts of
the Oregon coast.
It was cloudy and misting in
Seattle this morning.
Crab fleet strikes
EUREKA, Calif. CP) Crab
season is open a-t this northern
California fishing port hut the
crab fleet isn’t.
More than 100 'boa! s are sit
ting idle 'in a price dispute.
Fishermen wanft 15 cents a
pound; dealers offered 13.
Ehrendreich gets
auditor's post
ANCHORAGE f/P) €. J. Ehr
endreich of Juneau, a certified
ipulbilic accountant and one of
several applicants for tlhe posi
tion, has ibeen appointed legis
lative auditor, chairman Ken
C. Johnson announced here yes
terday.
Ehrendreich, who wtifld re
ceive a $12,000 (per yeaT salary
wtiill make audits for the legis
lature as provided by the 1955
legislature.
Htis appointment to the new
.position will 'be effective Jan. 1
The legislative auditor will
ibe independent of any other
territorial department. He will
he working out of Juneau but
will make arrangements to au
dit departments in outlying
areas.
Ehrendreich was one of a
number of stateside and Al
aska applicants for the post.
He has been in Alaska since
1947. He is 56 years old. mar
ried and has been a OPA since
1940, moving to the territory
from Wisconsin.
At ,presen), he is operating
his own business in Juneau
but plans to sell in order to
assume the auditor post.
Rules debate
occupies delegates
yesterday
FAIRBANKS iJP) The Alas
ka constitutional convention
engaged An an hour-long de
bate on rules yesterday and
observers said it was fresh ev
idence delegates want to keep
the door of decision open until
they return from the forth
coming 15-day recess.
The debate started when an
attempt was made to set aside
the rules to allow the judiciary
article in the future constitu
tion to be amended by a sim
ple majority until after the
convention reconvenes Jan. 4.
The judiciary report already
has passed out of second read
inlg, enroute to the committee
on engrossment and style,
when delegates asked wheth
er the report, while still in
second reading, could be a
mended by a simple majority
after it had left the floor .
The rules committee held it
could not.
Anchorage delegate Barrie
White proposed keeping ithe re
port open to simple amend
ment until after -the recess.
This way, 'he said, the -public
would have a chance to change
the delegates’ minds.
However, George Sundborg
of Juneau, reminded the con
vention his committee on
styles needs all the time pos
sible to work over the propos
al. The reminder and the need
for a two-thirds majority on
White’s proposal spelled de
feat for the move. The vote
was 32-19. A majority is 37.
Most of the delegates appear
ed to agree with Sundborg
when he told the convention:
“After Ithe recess, I will vote
to put bade into second read
ing anything that coomes with
in 10 mates feeinig reasonable.
But let’s not stop things dead
now' by holding back the ju
diciary report.”
Once in third reading, a re
port will need a two-thirds ma
(continued on page four)
Kefauver will enter primary
elections against Stevenson
Will conduct a
vigorous campaign
for nomination
Iby Jack Bell
WASHINGTON (JP) Sen. Ke
fauver (D-Tenn) plunged into
the Democratic presidential
nomination todlay, and announc
ed he will enter as many state
primaries as time and money
permit.
Kelftauver, who led in the
early '■balloting at the 1952 par
ty convention but lost the nom
ination lio Adlai E. Stevenson,
said he plans a vigorous cam
paign.
Stevenson already has an
nounced he will enter five pri
maries. Kefauver is expected
to meet Stevenson in some of
these. Gov. Frank Lausche of
Ohio has announced as a (fav
orite son candidate. Gov. Av
erell Harriman of New York
says he is an “(inactive” candi
date.
Kefauver said in a statement
handed out at news conference
that he thinks “it is a good 1
thing for the Democratic party
to have a choice of candidates
for ithe presidential nomina
tion.”
“The Republican party to
day suffers from lack of alter
native candidates broadly rep
resentative of their party,” Ke
fauver said. j
“It would not be a healthy
thing for the Democratic par
ty to be placed in such a posi
tion.” !
In Cbicalgo, Stevenson said
of Kefauver’s candidacy, “ I say
‘Come on in. The water's fine’.”
“I am iglad to hear that he
wants to increase the unity
and strengl h of our party. Cer
tainly we shall need unity and
strength next November, for
the important contest.”
The Tennessee senator said
NATO coordinates
policy in secret
session today
PARIS (/P) Fifteen foreign
ministers of the Atlantic alli
ance sought in secret session
today to coordinate their ipolicy
for dealing with danger spots
ail over the glofoe.
Eacih attended the meeting,
which laster three hours, ac
companied by only two I; op ad
visors. Spokesmen would only
say afterwards that the talk
ranged all around the world,
whereever there were problems
directly or indirectly affecting
the Noitih Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization.
U. S. secretary of state Dul
les warned yesterday Russia
has opened two dangerous new
fronts in the cold war — the
Middle East and southern Asia
The ministers concentrated
their attention on the explosive
Middle Eastern situation, espec
rally.the effect on other NATO
members of Turkish and Brit
ish participation in the Bagh
dad pact. PortuJgal also raised
the issue of her dispute with
India over the status of Goa.
he would contest in a “num
ber” of stale (primaries.
“I am a firm (believer in the
place of presidential primaries
in our democracy,” he said
“Beyond the limiting /factor of
my work in the senate, the a
mount of money available for
campaigns, and the possibility
of conflicting dates, I will
•hope to enter as many as I
can.”
Kefauver already had an
nounced that if he ran lie
would enter the June 5 Cali
fornia primary where a silate
for Stevenson is expected to
go on the ballot. Stevenson &1
so will be entered in Minne
sota, Illinois, Pennsylvania
and Florida.
Heavy mailings
reported by post
offices generally
WASHINGTON </P) The
post office department estima
ted today it will handle some
thing more tlxan 17 billion
pieces of mail in the final quar
ter of this year.
The (figure, about a (billion
pieces (higher 'than that for the
last three months of 1954, a
mounts l.o an average of more
than 300 pieces for every fam
ily in America.
This month’s deliveries et
lone, refledtinig the holiday
rush, are expected to reach a
record of about 7,330,000,000
pieces, or 2Vi billion above the
normal 1955 month. The De
cember handle last year total
ed 6,900,000,000 (pieces.
Postmaster general Summer
field urged in a statement that
return addresses be put on
Christmas cards.
“For some obscure reason,”
he said, “many ^persons seem
to feel It is bad taste to put a
return address on Christmiis
cards. Actually, it is in the
best of taste. It saves friends
and acquaintances much time
and effort keeping ( heir mail
ing lists up to date and assures
the sender, if he uses three
cent postage, that he will
know if a greeting is not de
liverable.”
Summerifield also not ed that
extra deliveries are now un
derway in many city and sub
urban neighborhoods, and that
the usual heavy seasonal mail
ings are underway through
Santa Claus, Ind., North Pole,
N. Y., North Pole, Alaska,
Christmas, Fla., and Bethle
hem, Fa.
The postman er at Santa
Claus reported this week that
mailings there are running a
round 85.000 pieces a day and
will reach a peak of 125,000.
Marine forecast from Friday
to Saturlay.
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Yakutat northeast to
east winds 10 to 20 rraph.
FAIR with little change in
temperatures,