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Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
Asociated Press News Analyst
There’s been a good bit of
talk lately of the danger that
'France, frying to Iget some or
der into her government, might
turn to some form of totalar
ianisnfc
Most observers don’t put
much stock in it. They expect
France to go right an rocking
allong just about the way she
has, with, as the sayirig goes
one political party for eacl
Frenchman.
The present crisis, however
emphasizes the straits to which
republican government can be
brought, by all this individual
ism.
Finding it impossible, as al
ways, to get the national as
sembly to settle down on either
domestic or foreign policy while
the country staggers around
like a weak old man, premier
Faure decided new elections
held the only hope of solidify
ing enough right-of-center str
ength to make rfeal government
possible.
The deputies, however, did
not want to face the voters, and
refused to approve on a point
of confidence, requiring Faure
to resign. Faure now retaliates
by dissolving parliament, which
he has a constitutional right to
do under a provision designed
to keep the assembly from kick
ing out (governments too often.
So Faure can get his election
anyway. A system originally de
signed to prevent concentration
of power in individual hands
finally moves full circle to the
point where the premier can
overrule parliament.
Underlying the whole busi
ness are two things.
'Faure and former premier
Mendes-France are fighting for
control of the center forces ,to
which they both belong, with
Faure slightly on the right and
Mendes-France slightly on the
left. Even when joined, their
forces are effective only in
coalition governments.
This makes for rule down
the center, while France is ac
ually leftist and the commun
ists form the largest party. But
nobody will join with (the com
munists to give them a control
ling coalition.
Just why Faure thinks new
elections might produce suffi
cient centralization of power l:c
permit effective (government is
not too clear. They never have
since the republic was .formed
78 years ago.
If, instead,- elections should
further disperse political powei
as seems possible, I he fear tha!
a ‘‘strong man” government
could move in would be en
hanced.
The communists seem to see
something in the situation that
Faure does not. Most observers
believe they are weaker (than
at the time of the last elections
Yet they have given evidence
of welcoming the new ones,
j Perhaps just for the sake of the
chaos I.hey love so well. Per
haps not.
i
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COLLEGE: Alaskans will
have an opportunity Dec. 9 (to
tour their growing University
of Alaska and learn from fac
ulty, students and exhibits
how the institui ion is both pro
gressing with the territory and
i taking a lead in its develop
ment.
1 “From 10 a. m. until 10 p. m.
the University will be host at
an Open House which will
prove to be larger and more
informative than those of past
years which drew hundreds of
visitors to the canapes,” Earl
H. Beistline. dean of the school
of mines and chairman of the
open house ?i ated. in urging
Alaskans everywhere to at
tend
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[955 CHRISTMAS
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; GREETINGS 1955
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- In and Around Sitka -
FRANK CROSBY HAS
NEW PUBLICITY JOB
Frank L. Crosby, former
manager of the retail store for
Columbia Lumber Co. here
and later public reltions direc
tor for that firm and Alaska
Plywood Corporation at Jun
eau, 'has a new position.
He has been appointed direc
tor of public relations for
Kaiser Gypsum Company, it
has been announced by Claude
E. Harper, vice president and
general manager.
Crosby, 35, has been handl
ing the company’s public re
lations in the Pacific North-,
west for the past eighteen
months.
Mr. Crosby attended Seat
tle University and the Univer
sity of Washington and is a
i graduate of the national train
! ing school for professional
Boy Scout executives at Mend
i ham, N. Y. During World War
1 II he iwas an air force instruc
tor a: Boeing Field.
He and his wife, Lois, and
their four sons are making
their home now at Pleasant
Hill, Calif.
MORE VISITORS ARRIVE
FOR MAYOR'S PARLEY
Mr. and Mrs. William E.
| Boehl of Douglas and James
1 Austin, Jr. of Anlgoon arrived
j yesterday to participate in the
' Southeastern Alaska Mayor’s
| Conference.
Mr. Boehl is mayor of Doufg
J las, while Mr. Austin is ciliy
; clerk at Angoon.
Sports Trail
j he was certain to receive wide
j acclaim, maybe be an All-Am
| erican choice.
As a quarteriback. hesitant,;
: t umbling, awkward, without
j the adroit ball handling ability
j that comes usually with years
| of practice, he was just as cer
tain to be regarded with open
scorn by those same critics who
would laud him for his end:
play.
There must have been 'limes '
when he was downright dis- j
couralged, particularly when his !
efforts to pass the ball verged
on the pathetic.
i The Cadets stumbled and
fumbled their way through the
season, losing to Michigan, and
to Syracuse, and to Yale, They
; showed flashes of greatness,
; and their defense was for the
, most part superb. But there
! was little consistency in their
| offensive play.
But In.tie toy little, game by
j game, Holleder was picking uip
the finer points of quarterback
ing. His passing didn’t improve
much, but he was handling off
the ball well on the power
plays, cleverly concealing it,
and occasionally packing it a
gainst his hip to (go roaring wide
around the end.
Blaik taught thim patiently,
and probably told Ihim to ignore
anything he might read or hear
concerninlg his performance.
They had a goal, and if they
could achieve that everything
that went before would dwin
dle into nothing.
Thai: goal was victory over
Navy, and the manner in which
it was achieved now is glorious
history at the Point.
And behind it all is a man
who knew he was right, and a
cadet who was willing to sac
rifice personal glory for the
common cause. The team vic
tory cannot hide the personal
triumph of Earl Blaik and Don
Holleder.
MBS. WILLIAM THOMAS
WRITES FROM WYOMING
Mrs. iWillim A. Thomas,
former iSitkan now residing al:
Jackson, Wyoming, has writ
ten the Sentinel to convey her
Holiday good wishes to all
friends 'here.
Since the family’s departure
some years ajgo, Mrs. Thomas
has visited Sitka on several
occasions.
She writes she has been
grealily impressed with the ac
counts of (the new Grade School
and Sitka Community Hospi
tal which she has read in the
Sentinel — feeling both these
were “a wonderful dream
come true.”
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Thursday:
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Boehl, Er
nie Haugen, Nick and Eliza
beth Lindquist, Jim Austin,
Hugh Smith, Bishop A. Mere
jko and Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Paxton from Juneau.
Leaving Thursday:
John Van Horn, Lloyd, Bet
ty and Vickie Dyson, Richard
Crueger, John O’Connell, E
Ridley, John Bonebrake, Jay
Coon, George Baggen, Bud
Whiteside, Bruce, Barbara, Pa
tricia, Jimmy and Claudu
Black, Mr. Hackeniberg. Peh
Haugen to Juneau.
Vern Joyer to Pelican.
All Americans
ity campaigns.
For that reason, players like
Michigan end Ron Kramer,
UCLA guard Hardiman Cure
ton, Notre Dame quarterback
Paul Horninlg, Auburn fullback
Joe Childress and Mississippi
State halfback Art Davis did
nol: make the grade.
That’s not a reflection on the
future potential of these fine
players, but an honest apprais
al of comoarative performances
in the 1955 college season.
NICK LINDQUIST’S HOME
FROM STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lindquist
returned home yesterday from
a month’s vacation in |:he
states, durinjg which time
they traveled as far south as
California.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Alfred Stevens of !the (boys
dorm, Frank Beans of Moun
tain Village, Dennis Hix of Ket
chikan, John Moses of Ghevak
and Josephine Wiseman of Chi
fornak were admitted Wednes
day to Mt. Edjgecumibe hospital
Discharged that day were Ade
line Peters to Fort Yukon, Ir
ene Jimmy Co Sitka and Bessie
See and William Hammond to
Juneau.
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