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Tuesday, October 11, 1955
VOLUME XVI
NU MBER 213
Dulles spends 25 minutes
talking with Eisenhower
Write reply to
Bulganin on
disarmament
DENVER (JP) President Ei
senhower and Secretary of
State Dulles today drew up an
“interim reply” to Russian
prime minister 'Bulganin's dis
armament proposals.
The letter was drafted dur
ing a 25 minute conference in i
Eisenhower's hospital room i
and was signed almost immed-|
iatly toy the president.
Dulles told a news confer
ence it would be made public
as soon as it has been received
in Moscow.
Dulles said the president gave
his approval to the address he
made to the American Legion
Monday in Miami in which he
said there will be no overall
reduction in American military
power until we can toe sure
others are following the same
course.
The president's 25 minutes
with Dulles was spent with the
full approval of the presidents
doctors after an examination of
the president this morning. Af
ter the conference a new ex
amination Was made and it
showed:
“The president’s condition to
toe satisfactory with pulse and
V eafchcombing
• Well, well — now they
tell me that the Alaska Day
celebration has finally found
a place to hold the events —
On Sunday afternoon it will (be
in the Multi-Puppose -Room of
tlhe new grade school.
On Monday evening at the
National Guard Armory.
And finally on Tuesday it
will ibe an afternoon and even
ing affair in the Multi-Purpose
Room of the grade school.
For complete information on
the celebration see tomorrow’s
DailV Sitka Sentinel.
-l-i—
• That man is still in Juneau
— not because he’s afraid to
fly — but because a stomach
upset. Oh, yeah. Bubble Room
• If we allowed the presid
ent to have one week a month
to himself — we bet that their
hearts would last a great deal
longer.
• Half the daily newspapers
in Southeastern are engaged in
law suits this term of court.
It makes for money for those
non-advertisers — lawyers.
• Won’t be long until all the
newspapers and radio stations
use “*bv The Associated Press”
for national news in Alaska.
All Radios and all but one news
paiper are now members or as
sociate members of the famous
world wide news gathering or
ganization.
blood pressure continuing nor
mal.”
Dulles told reporters, he dis
cussed eight separate matters
with the president, including:
1. Preparations for the forth
comisg foreign ministers con
ference at Geneva, Oct. 27.
2. The acknowledgement that
will be given premier Bulgan
in’s letter to the president with
reference to Eisenhower’s pro
posal for blue-printing an aer
ial inspection in a (broad pro- ;
gram of disarmament.
Dulles said the letter to go
forward tomorrow or Thursday
is in the nature of an “interim
reply” rather than a detailed
answer.
The lengthy Bulganin note,
sent to the president under the
date of Sept. 17, Dulles said,
raised a “(great many intricate
points” and the reply he and
the president drafted did not
cover everything but might be j
considered an “acknowledge-:
ment — plus.”
Dulles said there would be
a more detailed reply to Bul
ganin later.
The secretary said the ques
tion of France’s partial with
drawal from the United Nations
did not come up.
Among other things, Dulles
said in response to a question
that he bad discussed with the
president Russia’s “recent ac
tivities in the Near East” but
Dulles would not elaborate.
“I had a Very satisfactory
talk indeed with the president”
he said. “He was interested,
alert and helpful with respect
to all the matters we discuss
ed”
“The meeting was precisely
like hundreds of meetings we
have had since I lhave been se
cretary of state and if it had
not been that he was in bed I
would not have detected any
difference.”
tconunued on page f.our) i
Empire libel suit
moved on change
of venue
JUNEAU {JP) Judge Walter'
H. Hodge yesterday transferred
hearing of the lilbel suit against
the Emoire Printing Co. to Ket
| dhikan Nov. 14.
The Empire Printing Co.
(Alaska Empire) is defendant
in a $100,000 suit brought by
three former high territorial
i officials who allege they were
! libled in a story Sept. 25. 1952
Plaintiffs are former govern
or Ernest Gruening, former
treasurer Henry Roden and for
mer highway engineer Frank
• Metcalf.
! Hodges action was to protect
against possible prejudicial in
fluence on the jury.
“I think justice would better
be served if the trial were held
in Ketchikan where thre is less
chance for prejudice,” he said.
Change of venue was on a
motion by counsel for the plain
> tiffs.
One infured in fire
at Seward
; SEWARD (/P) One fireman
, was injured and telephone
lines were knocked out in a
I fire which gutted four business
‘ establishments in downtown
Seward Saturday afternoon.
Fire chief Fred Short said a
tentative estimate of the dam
age was between $25,000 and
$30,000.
Oliver Amond, volunteer
fireman, received a bad burn
on the lelg when struck by a
live wire carrying 240 volts
of electricity.
Russia proposes
peace atoms be
under U. N.
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.
The Soviet Union said today
that the proposed international!
atoms-for-peace agency should
be placed under the U. N. se
curity council where the big
power veto applies. -
Deputy Soviet foreign min
ister V. V. Juznetsov announc
ed tlhis stand to the general as
sembly’s political committee.
The United States and its wes
tern allies have opposed sub
jecting the agency’s work to
the veto.
Britain, Canada, France and
the United States favor having
a self-governing U. N. special
ized agency, reporting to the
IB-nation economic and social
council.
But India has introduced a
resolution to have the assem
bly decide that the agency
should report directly to it.
Since this is now before the
committee ifor an early vote,
the informant said, the western
powers are obliged to decide
now on ithe agency’s links with
the U. N.
(Newspaper tax
suit heard by
district court
JUNEAU (/P) Right of -the
territory to collect taxes from
newspapers on their gross in
come was challenjged in district
court here yesterday by the
Journal Printing Company,
publishers of the Ketchikan
Chronicle.
The Chronicle contends the
tax is a violation of the first
amendment to the constitution
and that here is a question whe
ther the legislature intended
that the tax should apply to
newspapers.
Arguments were heard here
by Judge Walter H. Hodge on
opening day of the fall term of
First Division district court.
The territory is suing the news
paper to collect albout sixteen
hundred dollars in back taxes
on its gross income.
The Chronicle contends that
failure of the 1949 legislature
to specifically mention news
papers in the business license
act consitiutes proof that the
legislators did not intend news
(.continued on page four)
Baines boys ask jury trail
in Commissioner's court
Plead not quilty,
trial set Oct. 20th
jury drawn
Frank Baines, 21, and his
(brother, Joel, 19. were arraign
ed this afternoon in U. S. com
missioner's court on an assault
and battery chaifge. Complaint
was signed by B. E. Doucette,
chief of police.
The youths are charged with
striking Mr. and Mrs. William
Meachem with their fists and
feet on Oct. 8, 1966.
Represented by their attor
ney. Warren C. Christianson,
the two entered pleas of not
guilty and asked trial by jury.
A trial date of Oot. 20 at 10 a.
m. was set by the court, which
also placed bail at $500 each.
Regarding the suspended 60
day sentence Frank Baines re
ceived last January on a drunk
and disorderly conduct charge,
the court continued the mattr
j until the current trial is held.
Warns of surprise
attack on Europe
by Russia
PARIS (/P) Gen. Alfred M.
Gruentiher today urged the free
nations of Europe to integrate
their air forces to meet any
surprise attack by Russia.
Speaking to the defense min
isters otf 'the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
the supreme commander de
scribed the present air com
mand system as “archaic.”
The integrated air force
command he advocated would
allow the west to ibe alerted
and iget off the ground with
| much greater speed than now
j possible.
i Gruenther said the integrat
' ed command should be divid
! ed into four main areas: north
ern European, central Europe,
Mediterranean and Britain.
Under the present NATO
setup the various air forces
are under national control. Al
so this applies to civilian warn
ins systems.
A spokesman present at
Gruenther’s dosed meeting
with the ministers at his head
quarters 12 miles west of Pa
ris said the integrated plan has
not been presented to all coun
tries involved, but added:
“I imagine it will go forward
rather quickly.’.’
Gruenther told the ministers
that in quality and quantity
NATO was behind planned
schedules, (but added:
“If war should come today,
Oct. 11. we probably would
win, but I can’t guarantee this
| will always be the same in tihe
future.” ,
Gruenther said mutch new
j thinking is taking place in NA
TO concerning the greater dis
persion of airfields with small
er number of aircraft assigned
i to each field.
A 15 year old sophomore
student at Mt. Edgecumibe
school from Klaiwock, who had
been charged in city magist
rate’s court with the two
Baines youths, was questioned
at a closed juvenile hearing fol
lowing the arraignment. He
made a statement to the court
as to where he (got the liquor
he had consumed. According to
deputy U. S. marshal Charles
Johnstone, his investigation in
dieated the juvenile had been
intoxicated when taken • into
custody.
The court placed the lad on
probation, warning him the
next time he was in similar
trouble the consequence would
be grave, and asked the Rev.
Murlin Day to serve as parole
officer.
Drawn to a jury panel, from
which the first 24 available will
be summoned to serve as jur
ors, were:
Martha Carle, George Rbhr
er. James L. Roberts, Frank T. 0
Calvin, Mrs. Donald A. Cook,
;contih-jer* or nace four)
'Stevenson not out
of race, says
(Harry Truman
NEW YORK ffl Former pre
siderrt Harry S. Truiman said
today there is no basis for a
Repulbliioan charge the Demo
crats may drop Adlai Steven
son as a possible presidential 3
nominee even beifore next years
convention.
Republican national chair
man Leonard Hall had said yes
terdav Stevenson, defeated by
President Eisenhower 4 years
&po. “may be dumlped in mid
stream.”
He indicated he thought Tru
man, Gov. Averell Harriiman of
New York and Carmine De
tain ;o. a high Democratic oarty
leader in New York, might be
engineering such a plan.
Harriiman has been promin
ently mentioned as a possible
nominee, and iwas host to Tru
man over the weekend at Al
bany.
Asked today if there were a
“plot” to dump Stevenson, Tru
man replied:
“None whatsoever — both
are able men and friends of
mine. I am not trying to nun
tho Democratic convention. It
will take care of itsellf.”
Marine forecast from Tues
day to Wednesday.
STORM WARNING
Storm centered 500 smiles
west of Annette island moving
northeastward 15 mph to 100
I miles west of Cape Spencer by
4 p. m. Wednesday will cause
30 to 40 mph winds over out
side waters Dixon Entrance* to
Cape Spencer.
( Rain becoming
j tonight.
showery by