entinel
Home-Owned Newspaper
VOLUME XVI
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 23, 1955
10c o Copy
NUMBER 243
Foreign policy, forms, big
businessenter political arena
Benson appeals to
public for ideas on
farm problems
by The Associated Press
'Foreign [policy, farm prob
lems, the relation of govern
ment to big business — and
plain politics without any spe;
cial label — (featured today’s
political bill of fare.
The menu:
IFAlRlM — Secretary of agri
culture Benson, under fire
from Democrats and some oth
ers who center criticism on the
administration’s flexible farm
price support policy, appealed
to the public for ideas on how
ito solve the riddles of over
production, surpluses and fall
mg grower income.
In a speech prepared for the
annual convention of the Na
tional Grange in Cleveland,
Benson said anything will be
considered — except a return
to the old fixed; 'high-level
suinDorts. He said the adinini
stration has made progress to-!
ward a solution but conceded
flexible supports alone will
not do the job. \
Benson went to Cleveland
with new White House back
ing in the form of a statement
by press secretary Jaimes C.
Hagerty that President Eisen
hower never has entertained
any suggestion to let him out
of the cabinet. j
BIG BUSINESS — Gov.
Averell Harriman of New
York, speaking in Milwaukie,
Ore., yesterday, denounced the
Eisenhower administration for
what he called a “partnership
with big business.” The New
Yorker, who says he is not an
V eatchcombing
• That “small” turkey the
boss picked out. to save my
“waste” line dosen’t appear to
be smaller than,in past years
— or has my eyesight gone
back on me since I started
wearing glasses?
—I—I
• Tomorrow won’t seem just
right as lihere is no football
game in the morning before the
big bird comes out of the oven.
No breakfast, the morning in
the open watching THE game,
and then talking he game over
afterwards — for the older gen
eration MADE Thasksgiving
l-l
• Sou h American countries
do have the darndest times.
• Bet the delegates at Fair
banks would have scheduled
the convention at some other
(time than the Thanksgiving and
Christmas holidays if they had
had their way.
• We feel a Taku blowing in
Juneau — aren’t you glad you
are in Sitka?
!
active candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination,
called for the return of Sen.
Morse (D-Ore) to the senate to
help brealk up the relationship.
Harriman said the result of
business-government “partner”
ship” has been “plowing farm
ers under at a time when cor
orations are making record pro
fits.”
FOREIGN — Sen. Clifford
P. Case (R-NJ) in a statement
cautioned Democrats not to de
stroy bipartisanship in foreign'
policy by “negative criticism.” j
Sen. Bridjges (R-NH) chair-j
man of the senate Republican
policy committee, disputed
Democratic contentions that
the west failed at the Geneva
Bi)g Four conference. He con
tended instead, that the Rus
sians “failed in foisting on the
world a phony peace offens-!
ive.”
Adlai E. Stevenson, the on
ly avowed candidate for the
Democratic presidential nom
ination, Sen. Kefauver (D
Tenn) wrho is expected to an
nounce as a candidate soon,
and Harriman all have hit at
Eisenhower administration op
erations in the foreign field in
recent days. s
The Republican national com
mituee said ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr., U. S. dele
gate to the United Nations,
will speak on “accomplish
ments” in foreign policy at a
national committee dinner in
Chicago Nov. 30. A spokesman
said the address will be in ef
fect a reply to “growing at
tacks” from the Democrats.
JUST POLITICS — Kefauv
er conferred with senate Dem
ocra ic leader Johnson of Tex
as, at Johnson’s ranch home
near Austin. Kefauver said in
advance that he was going “to
talk politics.” He said he was
“not necessarily” seeking the
Texan’s support for the nom
ination !but would “certainly
welcome” it.
Hatoyama wins
TOKYO (/P) Prime minister
Hatoyama won overwhelming
reelection today, formed a new
right-of-center administration
with his newly merged Liberal
Democrats.
The program he immediately
announced hints at closer rela
tions with communist nations
and perhaps dropping some Am
erican occupation reforms, but
it is expected Hatoyama’s new
administration will in reality
be even friendlier to the Unit
ed States than this two previous
governments since last Decem
ber.
| At his first press conference
Hatoyama said he was deter
| mined to seek normal relations
| with the Soviet Union.
! Japan’s dominant lower ho
use divided on a straight 277
1159 party vote with 29 absent
| or abstaining to retain Hato
yama over his only rival, soc
ialist party president Mosaburo
I Suzuki.
| NO SITKA SENTINEL
| THANKSGIVING DAY
! Tomorrow being a day of
meditation and holiday gather
ings, the Daily Sitka Sentinel
will not be published — as it
is the fourth Thursday in Nov
ember, Thanksgiving Day.
Friday the Daily Sitka Sen
tinel will publish as usual.
A sound conclusion
SAN FRANCISCO (/P) Fed
eral judge George B. Harris to
1 day fined a tavern owner $1000
; for diluting whiskey and re
marked:
j ‘I have no sympathy for you.
A man’s entitled to a good drink
I of whiskey.”
Manuel Iasr.ro, 25, of Oakland
who operates the Park Club in
1 Alameda, has pleaded guilty to
| diluting drinks.
,Srazii approaches
.state of seige by
(deputies' vote
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (/P)
Congressmen supporting a de
claration of a state of seige won
a test vo e in the (Chamber of de
puties today.
Final action on the measure
to give the president Nereu Ra
mos wide powers in coping with
political strife was expected in
late afternoon.
In the test vote, the chamb
er voted 162 ito 69 to have a
standing vote on a final passage
instead of the usual roll call,
which would put each deputy
on record. {
After tinal passage the mea
sure would have to go to i.he '
senate. *
Chief aim of the s ate of seige l
asked by Ramos is to block any
supreme court action to rein
state Joao Cafe Filho, who took
sick leave from the presidency
two weeks a(go.
Opponents of Cafe fear he
would permit a coup or other
action which would prevent
president elect Juscelino Kub
itschek from being inaugurated
on Jan. 31.
Th<? chamber of deputies and
senate already have rejected
^Cafe’s bid to resume his office
which he left on Nev. 8 after
suffering a heart attack. He has
been under virtual house arrest!
but army troops and tanks sur
rounding his apartment were
removed today, leaving only a
50 man federal police guard.
Iden would like to
visit U. S. and !
review policies !
LONDON f/P) Prime minist
i er Eden was reported tonight
! eager to visir iPresident Eisen
j hower for a thorough review of
I allied policies in Europe, the
! Middle East and Asia.
• An aide said the British lead
j er told a group of American
| congressmen visiting England
j that he would "be delighted i'o
; make the trip if an early chance
•presents itself. So far, the in
j formant stressed, no official ac
! tion of any kind has been raken
• to arrange such a visit either
by the United States or British
governments.
Council opens x-ray bids;
hires engineer; raises wages
Lowell Rathbun
offered city
engineers post
Bids from three companies
to provide the new x-ray e
quipment at the Sitka Com
munity Hospital were opened
by, the cilty council last eve
ning.
Bids were submitted as fol
lows: Western X-ray Co. x-ray
and accessories $14,928.72, sup
plies $432.27; Picker X-ray
Co.: x-ray and accessories. $14,
761.20, supplies $409.34; Gen
eral Electric Conp.: x-ray and
accessories $18,398.70. supplies
$444.18.
These ibids will be checked
with the specifications today
by physicians experienced
with x-ray equipment, after
which the contract will be a
warded.
In other action at last
night’s meetinlg,
COUNCIL APPROVED:
Offer of che position of city
engineer to Lowell Rathbun at
a salary of $7,200 with the re
quest that he advise what trans
port ation he would require to
Sitka.
Request of the Postmaster
to set up a mail collection box
on the sidewalk in front of
Claim GM forcing
dealers to 'brink
of disaster'
WASHINGTON (JP) Sen. O’
Mahoney (D-Wyo) said today
many aui-omobile dealers com
plain “they are on the brink of
disaster” because they are 'be
ing forced to handle “more cars
than they can sell on a sound
financial basis.”
He said the senate judicary
anti-trust and m'onopoly sufocom
mittee is “being flooded with
letters” from dealers who com
plain of “pressures placed on
them by the General Motors
high command.”
He said these dealers are for
ced ito jgrant long terms for re
payment on new cars “and ex
aggerated exchange values” on
old cars that are traded in.
O’’Mahoney said most of these
dealers and many independent
manufacturers and distributors
of au o parts and supplies com
plain they “are toeing squeez
ed by_ General Motors policy
but at the same time asked the
senate igroup “not to mention
my name.”
O'Mahoney, who has been
condce ing several weeks of
public testimony on what he
calls a study of General Mo
tors, said senators will take ev
ery effort “to see that inhere
will be no reprisals against any
dealers or mart manufacturers
by General Motors.”
He said that top GM execu
tives will be called for public
testimony aifter the subcommit
tee has assembled “the facts.”
‘the Post Office.
A codifying session for next
Tuesday.
Filing of suit against Fred
Easley of Indian River En
tenprizes for collection of de^
linquent sales taxes. Revoca
tion of the taxi license issued
/to C. E. Pearl, inasmuch as he
is not the owner or operator
of ia taxicab.
Purchase of a new 4-drawer
filing cabinet for the city of
fices, with the understanding
the smaller cabinet now on
hand will be turned over to
the Planning Council for their
use.
Liquor license applications
for: Keith Snowden, whole
sale beverages; Columbia Li
quor Store and Bar, Fisher
men’s Liquor Store, Anchor
Liquor Store and Bar, Baran
of Liquor Store, Pioneer Li
quor St ore and Bar, Sitka Li
quor Store, Ernie’s Liquor
Store and Bar; and club lic
enses for the Moose Club, Elks
Club, American Legion Club
and VFW Club.
Ordinance 168 setting salar
ies for department heads in
city employ as follows: chief
of police $525; city clerk $435;
fire chief $50; city attorney
$90; city health officer $75
and city magistrate $5 for each
case tried. (Only increases
were: chief of police from
$450 to $525; city clerk from
$390 to $435; and city magis
trate from $4 to $5 a case
tried.) *
Recommendation of the plan
ninlg commission to make a
formal application to ithe Alas
ka Housing Authority for a
rural rehabilitation survey
here.
COUNCIL CONSIDERED:
Feasibility survey proposal
of Beck & Associates, which
had been referred to the SPU
for recommenda ion; no action
taken.
Report I'Jhat the mayors of
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Jun
eau and Hoonsah would attend
the Sou heastern Alaska May
ors Conference here the first
part of next month.
by The Associated Press
Western and Midwest areas
appeared in line for a fresh
snap of cold weather today.
The cold air from western
Canada continued to fliter
south and southeastward, drop
ping temperatures in the cen
tral and southern plains, the
central and southern Rockies
and as far south as the Texas
panhandle and Oklahoma.
Readings were from 10 ito 20
degrees lower this morning
than 24 hours algo.
Marine forecast (from Wed
nesday to Thursday.
Outside watery Dixon En
trance to Cape Spencer east to
northeast winds 15 to 30 mph
with occasional strong gusts.
Partly cloudy.