Sen. Proxmire Says Pentagon
Has One Armed Forces Lobbyist
For Every Member of Congress
PRINCETON, N.J. UPV—Sen. Wm.
Proxmire, (D-Wis.), said Saturday
the Pentagon maintains one armed
force lobbyist for every member of
Congress.
In a speech prepared for a
Princeton University world affairs
symposium, Proxmire said, “the
biggest gap in Congress today is
the lack of any disposition too
challenge military spending, no
matter how vast or how patently
unjustified.”
Assailing what he called the any
thing-for-defense attitude of most
members, the Wisconsin senator
said it resulted from a “devastat
ingly effective lobby” directed by
defense industries toward both the
legislative and executive branch.”
“The Army, Navy and Air Force
quietly and skillfully lobby con
gressmen daily in what must be
the most all-ecompassing lobby
operation in history, with more than
500 Pentagon lobbyists, euphon
iously called legislative liaison
men, attending members of Con
gress,” he said.
JFK Asks One-Year Extension
For Unemployment Benefits
WASHINGTON Ufi — President
Kennedy asked Congress yesterday
for a one-year extension of an act
granting longer unemployment
benefits to jobless workers.
The act providing extra payments
expired April 1.
In a letter to Vice President
Lyndon Johnson and House Speak
er John McCormack, Kennedy said
Secretary of Labor Arthur Gold
berg estimates that 1.5 million
long-term unemployed workers
would be benefited by a one-year
extension.
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SENATE OKEHS THREE
GO BONDING PROPOSALS
TO TUNE OF $15,125,000
JUNEAU UP) — Three general
obligation bonding proposals total
ing $15,125,000, were okehed by
the Senate Tuesday.
The first calls for a GO bond
issue of $5,950,000 for capital im
provements at the University of
Alaska. The vote was 19-1, with
Sen. Brad Phillips voting against
the measure.
The second proposes a bond is
sue of $5,000,000 for constructing
and equipping secondary and ele
mentary schools throughout the
state. The vote was 18-2, with Sen.
Vance Phillips, joining Brad Phil
lips on the losing side.
The third bill calls for a bond
issue of $4,175,000 for constructing
and equipping trunk airports
throughout the state.
Before passing the trunk airport
measure, the Senate amended it to
eliminate references to the specific
airports on which the bond monies
would be spent.
As the measure came over from
the House, it made specific refer
ence to trunk airports at Lower
Yukon, Sand Point, Barrow, Sitka
and Savoonga.
One of the two sponsors of the
amendment, Sen. John Coghill said
mention of specific airports might
harm the salability of the bonds.
The university and school bond
I ing proposals now go to Gov. Egan
for his signature. The airport bond
ing proposal goes back to the House
: for action on the Senate amend
ment.
Maj. Gan. John Michaelis Named
Commander of 5ih Army Corps
WASHINGTON UP) — Maj. Gen.
John M. Michaelis, Army Com
manding General in Alaska, was
picked by President Kennedy Tues
day as Commanding General of the
5th Army Corps in Europe.
Michaelis, 49, will replace Lt.
| Gen. John K. Waters.
L Waters will succeed Lt. Gen.
Emerson L. Cummings, who is re
tiring as Commanding General of
the 5th Army.
House Completes
Action on Election
JUNEAU UP) — The House com
pleted legislative fiction yesterday
oh, SB297, which”" wouid put
amendments to the State’s Election
Code, which were passed by the
session of the legislature, into effect
on April 15. One of those amend
ments sets the deadline for filing
of candidacy for the coming elec
tions at 5 pm., Alaska Standard
Time, on May 1, which would close
down the filings at the same time
throughout the State.
Legislative
Code Bill
DEPRESSED AREA PROGRAM
GETS MIXED REACTION
JUNEAU UD — A bill calling
for a supplemental appropriation
for the state’s depressed area pro
gram got a mixed reaction from
the House Finance Committee yes
terday.
The committee reported the
measure back to the House with
an amendment which would lower
the proposed $200,000 appropria
tion to $150,000.
Recommending that the bill pass
with the committee amendment
were Democrats Frank Chapados,
Morgan Reed, and Jalmar Kert
tula.
Rep. Robert Blodgett signed “No
Recommendation.”
Recommending that the bill “Do
Not Pass” were Republicans Harold
Strandberg, Walter Kubley, and
Donald Harris.
SENATE PAVES WAY FOR
STATE EMPLOYE PAY HIKE
JUNEAU m — The Senate all
but completed legislative action yes
terday on companion bills which
will pave the way for a pay in
crease for state employes amount
ing to $956,000 a year.
The money will mean a pay
boost of about 5 per cent for em
ployes in pay ranges 2 through 20.
Employes in ranges 20 through 26
will receive pay increases through
reclassification.
The first measure in the two-bill
package authorizes the pay increase.
It will have to go back to the
House for concurrence in a Senate
amendment, a correction of a typo
graphical error.
The second measure, appropri
ates the money to the office of the
governor to pay for the increase.
That bill will be sent to Gov. Egan
for his approval.
TED STEVENS FILES
CANDIDACY FOR US. SENATE
JUNEAU UFi — Ted Stevens, an
Anchorage attorney and former
solicitor for the U.S. Interior De
partment, yesterday filed his dec
laration of candidacy for the U.S.
Senate as a Republican.
Stevens, who served as Interior
Department solicitor under Fred
Seaton during the Eisenhower Ad
ministration, thus becomes the first
declared candidate for the Senate
seat now held by Ernest Gruening,
a Democrat who
seek re-election.
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TwO EAST BERLIN MEN
RAM WAY THRU RED WALL
BERLIN OS’! — Two East Berlin
building workers rammed their way
through the Red Wall in a heavy
truck Monday and escaped to the
West in a hail of bullets, the West
Berlin government reported.
The escape was made at Boyen
strasse, in the French sector.
Neither man was injured.
The two men drove the heavy
truck full tilt at the wire barrier,
broke through and then slammed
the dump truck into the wall itself.
The truck smashed down about
15 feet of the wall and came to a
stop. The two men jumped out
and ran desperately across an open,
bombed space to a house about 50
yards on the West side of the bor
der.
While they were trying to open
the door of the house to get cover,
East German border guards opened
fire with submachine guns.
Neither man was hit before they
got into the house.
The East Germans towed the
truck away and posted armed
guards at the gap in the wall.
Operetta a Success , . . Opens
Door for Future Musical Treats
The sponsoring group for the
university chorus, Nome Chamber
of Commerce, reports that the
amount of $300 guaranteed the
university was raised in the ticket
sale. Chairman John Maakestad
expressed appreciation to the or
ganizations who cooperated with
the Chamber in the ticket sale,
housing and transportation which
were the Home Arts Club and Beta
Sigma Phi. Thanks were expressed
to the two news media as well as
Harry Lewis for transporting the
stage props to and from the field.
The success of the venture opens
the door for future musical treats
from the University of Alaska fron
time to time.
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Gov. Egan Signs College Bill
JUNEAU m — A rewrite of
Alaska’s Community College stat
ute, was signed into law by Gov.
Wm. Egan yesterday.
The Community College bill,
SB267, provides that academic sub
jects offered at the Community
Colleges will be under the sole jur
isdiction of the University of Alas
ka, while the communities partici
pating in the college will have
complete jurisdiction over other
courses.
The measure was designed to
protect the accreditation of the Uni
versity of Alaska.
Bright Lights on Buggies . . .
LANCASTER, Pa. UP> — The
Amish, plain people who want no
fuss or frills, have lost their fight
to keep bright lights off their
buggies.
The State Bureau of Traffic
Safety advised the Amish that their
old-fashioned buggies must be
equipped with bright red, flashing
lamps for night driving.
The Amish had asked for some
thing “less gaudy.”
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