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MIRACLES NEVER CEASE
"DEAR JOHN” . . .
BOSTON rn — National House
Speaker John W. McCormack, CD
Mass.), has received a “Dear John”
letter from his nephew asking him
to stay out of the Massachusetts
McCormack-Kennedy political
fight.
McCormack’s nephew, State Atty,
Gen. Edward J. McCormack Jr.,
is opposing the President’s broth
er’s nomination for the U.S. Sen
ate.
Kennedy was endorsed for the
nomination over McCormack at
the Democratic State Convention
June 9.
The younger McCormack said
he will oppose Kennedy in the
open primary Sept. 18.
The President and his brother,
U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken
nedy, have said they will take
no direct part in Ted’s campaign.
Atty. Gen. McCormack wrote a
letter to his unde Friday asking
the Speaker to stand clear of the
state campaign because of the
"critical importance of your posi
tion as Speaker. .
MARINE ADOPTS 10 YEAR
OLD JAPANESE ORPHAN
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. UR Last January a Ma
rine master sergeant fell in love
with a 10-year-old orphan in
Japan and said he wanted to adopt
her.
Friday little Yukie Fuji rushed
into the arms of brawny M/Sgt.
Stanley Baker after landing at
Travis Air Force Base on a flight
from Tokyo.
Then Yukie met her foster
mother-to-be, Baker’s Japanese
wife There were tears all around
and Yukie made a hit with every
body.
The long delay since Baker, 39,
of Buena Park, Calif., picked the
little girl out of a Japanese orphan
age was caused by federal and
state regulations on adoption.
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RED CHINA CHARGES
INVASION PLANS MADE
TOKYO —Red China charged
Saturday the Chinese Nationalists
are preparing to invade the main
land “with the support and en
couragement of U.S. imperialism.”
Without mentioning Washington
reports of a big Red Chinese mill
tary buildup on the coast opposite
the Nationalist island of Formosa*
radio Peiping declared:
“Military men and civilians in
the provinces along the southeast
coast and in their rear areas
especially must heighten their vi
gilance and be fully prepared in
every way to smash an invasion
of the Chiang Kai-Shek gang at
any time.”
The correspondent quoted Mao
Tze-Tung, leader of Red China, as
saying: “Wherever Chiang Kai
Shek bandits dare to make their
adventuring invasion, destroy them
resolutely, thoroughly, wholly and
House Okehs Bill to Simplyify
Rules on Freight Shipments
WASHINGTON UR — A bill to
simplify rules on Alaska freight
shipments was passed by the House
Friday and sent to the Senate.
The bill, by Rep. Ralph Rivers,
would allow carriers to offer
through routes and joint rates on
Alaska freight.
Under present law, shippers
often must deal with both land
and water carriers. The measure
would enable a shipper to make
one contract with the first carrier
on behalf of all earners involved
in getting a shipment to its desti
nation.
Rivers said this would not only
simplify procedure but also cut
costs by eliminating paper work.
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Cut In Nation’s
Defense Budget
WASHINGTON IKI — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower stunned Re
publicans as well as Democrats
Friday night with a call for sub
stantial cuts in the nation’s $51.6
billion defense budget.
The former Presidents unex
pected assertion that current mili
tary spending reflects “unjustified
fears, plus a reluctance in some
quarters to relinquish outmoded
concepts” caught Republican lead
ers short.
Eisenhower did not elaborate.
He did not say where he would
cut the defense spending which
has been regarded by both parties
as sacrosanct and above the de
bate over balancing the budget.
The former President bluntly put
it this way at a $100-a-plate Re
publican party dinner.
“On the military side, we Re
publicans will continue to work
across the political aisle for
strength unencumbered by waste,
and strength not loaded by hys
teria.
“Here I must record my personal
belief that substantial amounts in
our current defense budget reflect
| unjustified fears, plus a reluctance
| in some quarters to relinquish out
| moded concepts.
"Accordingly, I personally be
lieve — with I am sure very little
company in either party — the
the defense budget should be sub
stantially reduced.”
Democrats have contended in al
most every instance that President
Kennedy’s increased defense spend
ing, aimed largely at beefing up
conventional ground forces, was
completely justified. Republicans
have not objected to the more than
$2-billion increase Kennedy made
in the budget.
Rep. Charles Halleck, the House
Republican leader, swallowed a bit
and said he was not really to sur
prised by Eisenhower’s statement.
“Gen. Eisenhower remains the
best authority in the country on
the defense budget,” Halleck said.
“If he thinks it should be cut, I
believe we can find places to do
it”
Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie,
had an autograph-signing good
time. Republicans of all shades of
opinion lined up to get the signa
tures that were still regarded as
valuable in GOP ranks.
When the amenities were over,
the former President tore into Ken
nedy’s administration on almost
every domestic issue.
Eisenhower said among other
things .that “our national economy
has become uncertain, fearful, ill
at ease.”
He said it was obvious that the
Kennedy administration “was
floundering, thrashing aimlessly
and a bit desperately abour — in
the surging financial, fiscal and
economic currents of our time.”
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“I have never considered a dif
ference of opinion in politics, in
religion, in philosophy, as cause
for withdrawing from a friend.”
—Thomas Jefferson
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OF RED CHINESE BUILDUP I
WASHINGTON W — The White
House acknowledged concern yes
terday over a buildup of Chinese
Communist forces on the mainland
opposite the Nationalist-held is
lands of Quemoy and Matsu.
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger
said: “The administration has been
watching with concern the buildup
of Red Chienese air and ground
troops.*^
Other officials had said earlier
that intelligence reports suggest
the massing of troops is on the
largest scale since the war in
Korea.
Government sources described
forces in the area as greater than
the buildup at the time of the 1958
crisis when Communist artillery
bombarded Quemoy and Matsu
day after day.
While it is possible that the
Chinese Reds are reassembling
forces for defensive purposes, these
sources said, the size and char
acter of the movement also indi
cates they could be used for of
fensive purposes.
President Kennedy, it was learn
ed, has not expressed a personal
opinion on the question of de
fense of the offshore islands — a
subject of debate between him
and former Vice President Richard
Nixon in the 1960 campaign. There
was no immediate indication as, to
whether the United States was
considering any moves as a result
of the buildup.
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ducing a revolutionary new
squeeze handle control on
deluxe transmission propelled
units of their 1962 line of power
mowers and powered garden
equipment. The new handle
design makes lawn mowing
not only safer but also as easy
as shaking hands. Aptly named
the “Squeez-N-Mow” handle,
the new control system makes
the clutch engaging mechanism
an integral part of the pistol
grip handle. When the operator
squeezes the handle, the trans
mission engages, when he re
leases his grip, it disengages.
This new, natural control han
dle puts the operator in posi
tive, instant command of the
unit at all times. It eliminates
all reaching and fumbling for
controls because the operator’s
hand never leaves the handle.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UP> —
The Soviet Union cast its 100th
Security Council veto Friday night,
killing off a move to bring India
and Pakistan together for new
talks on their 15-year-old Kashmir
dispute.
The 11-nation council adjourned
after U.S. delegate Adlai Steven
son denounced the veto — which
automatically defeated a resolution
introduced by Ireland — as a wil
ful abuse of the United Nations.
“What of the future?” Steven
son asked. “The council is a vital
and purposeful organization of
the United Nations in spite of the
veto. It provides vital and pur
poseful direction and leadership.
“As for the veto itself, we hope
that long before the Soviet Union
approaches its 200th veto, it will
realize that its own interests lie
not in national obstruction but an
international cooperation.”
15TH ANNIVERSARY
SEATTLE UP) — The 15th anni
versary of the Northwest Orient
Airlines’ inauguration of service
across the North Pacific to Tokyo
and other Orient points will be
reached July 15, Paul Benscoter,
transportation vice president, an
nounced Saturday.
"The DC-4s with which we be
gan scheduled service called for
a total time enroute of 36 hours,
35 minutes from Minneapolis-St.
Paul to Tokyo, with stops at Ed
monton, Anchorage and the Aleu
tians,” Benscoter said.
“Today, the total elapsed DC-8
jet time from New York to Tokyo,
with one stop at Anchorage, is 15
hours, 56 minutes. This is far less
than half the 1S47 time from the
Twin Cities.”
The Seattle-Tacoma to Tokyo,
one-stop, total elapsed time now
is 11 hours, 56 minutes.
C21 VISITORS
June 14 — Charlin Castle, Nome.
June 15 — Sandy Mazen, Nome;
Connie M. Bensten, formerly of
Nome, now living in Seattle.
June 16 — Ethel R. Parker,
Unapitchuk; Dr. and Mrs. Shel
don Ivers, Nome.
June 17 — Dr. George White,
formerly of Nome, now living in
Portland, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. Phil
Harris, Nome.
June 18 — Mr. and Mrs, R. W.
Roell, formerly of Nome, now liv
ing in Seattle.
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