Two Men Who Gained Greatness
By James Marlow
WASHINGTON UP> — Two men
alive at the same time, Sir Win
ston Churchill and Woodrow Wil
son, believed from their early
years they were meant for great
ness. Both were right.
Both were almost obsessed by
belief in their power to sway
men’s minds. So both practiced
oratory by the hour in their for
mative years, in their rooms and
in fields. In this both were right
only part of the time.
Yet, it was in their use of the
language of persuasion that Chur
chill and Wilson revealed the dif
ference between them—in their
nature and in their image in his
tory.
They sought their fulfillment in
politics. Wilson did it in eight
years, Churchill in five, Wilson
in World War I, Churchill in
World War II.
Churchill, 88, feeble, in a wheel
chair, announced Wednesday he
would not seek re-election to the
British Parliament wdiere he had
held a seat 61 years. He had act
ually been in politics every year
of this century but for two years
failed to get elected.
But because of his mistakes,
temperment and bad judgment he
was a political has-been until in
1940 he was made Prime Minister.
In the five years of the war he
became one of the great figures
in history.
The years afterwards were sec
ondary.
He will be remembered as a
warm, down-to-earth, very human
man who, through his indestruc
tible will and the sunlit imagery
of his language, expressed what
millions felt but few could express.
Wilson died at 67 in 1924. He
left the presidency of Princeton to
become the governor of New Jer
sey from 1910 to 1912. From 1913
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to 1921 he was President.
He did so well that last year
a poll of 75 American historians
listed him as one of the five great
Presidents. The others were Lin
coln, Washington, Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Jefferson.
When he died, he had been out
of the White House three years.
He, too, was feeble, wrecked by
a stroke that hit him near the end
of his Presidency.
He will be remembered as an
idealist whose dream of a League
of Nations, which his country did
not accept until more than two
decades after his death, might have
averted World War II, if it had
been accepted in his lifetime.
But he had none of Churchill’s
warmth. He was cold. As one of
his biographers, John Morton
Blum, says, “Men mad, seldom
loved him.” He was to self
righteous to be loved, too much
a moralizer to be easily understood.
The great influences of Churchill
and Wilson ended with their wars.
When World War II ended, the
British people threw Chruchill
out, and for an understandable
reason. He was so taken up with
the war, he had given no thought
to postwar problems at home and
therefore had no program. The
people chose the Laborites who
did.
Wilson, taken up with his
League of Nations, thought little
of the postwar problems, too. He
toured the country and impressed
the people with his oratory but
he didn’t impress his enemies in
the Senate which wrecked his
League idea.
The Treasury reports that close
to seven million school children
have the opportunity to purchase
U.S. Savings Stamps or Savings
Bonds through the School Savings
or School Bank Plan. About $18
million in Savings Stamps are sole
every year.
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Exploding Rockets
Destroy 13 Tons
Of Alaska Mail
FORT NELSON, B.C. UP) —Traf
fic was moving again on the Al
aska Highway, closed after a fire
and a cargo of rockets demolished
a truck early Tuesday.
The highway was closed early
Tuesday when a semi-trailer truck
from Seattle carrying U.S. Army
rockets overturned and caught fire
at Mile 230.
Drivers Lloyd McFaul and Doug
Hartnell, both of Dawson Creek,
escaped injury as the rockets ex
ploded and zipped around them.
A Canadian Army demolitions
expert said it will take two or
three days to clear the rockets
from the trailer and area around.
The rockets, used in bazookas,
were being taken to the Anchor
age area.
umciais said tne shipment was
scheduled for delivery at Elrnen
dorf Air Force Base.
At Anchorage, acting Postmas
ter Tony Schwamm said the truck
carried about 13 tons of mail, in
cluding 18,000 pounds destined for
Anchorage and 8,000 pounds for
Fairbanks.
He said no first class mail was
aboard. The mail shipment, he
said, consisted mostly of third and
fourth class items.
An Alaska spokesman for Gar
rison Fast Freight of Seattle,
which operated the truck, con
firmed that mail was part of the
cargo.
At Seattle, James J. Symbol, re
gional director for the U.S. Post
Office, said the truck carried
26,180 pounds of parcel post, all of
which was a total loss.
Symbol said the Post Office was
continuing its investigation, but
a preliminary report indicated thal
“an unusually hot fire destroyed
the entire contents.”
He said special authorizatior
was given to the carrier to hau
mail with freight “because of thi
unusual circumstances” involved ir
Alaska runs. Symbol said the firrr
did have permission to carry ex
plosives.
Symbol said because of the dis
tance involved it was difficult to
make mail runs pay for them
selves.
A spokesman for the firm in
Seattle declined comment, saying
he would prefer to withhold a
statement pending receipt of a full
report.
NOTICE
Dog licenses for year ending
March 31. 1964, are now available
at the City Clerk's Office.
Male Dogs $2.00
Female Dogs $3.00
All dogs over 10 months of age
must be licensed.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Pub: April 26, 29, May 1, 3, 1963.
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Nixon Moves to New York
NEW YORK (jfl — Former Vice
President Richard M. Nixon said
he is joining a New York law firm
and will change his residence from
California to New York City on
June 1.
The Republican announced his
plans in a statement issued from
his suite in the Waldorf Astoria
hotel.
He did not meet the press per
sonally and there was no elabora
tion.
The statement gave no indica
tion of whether Nixon has any
plans for a political career in New
York.
The law firm Nixon is joining
specializes in corporation law.
COMIN' and GOIN'
From Fairbanks: Jeanette Kelly,
Gisela Truestad, Gary Hendrick
son, Duane Sockpick, Billy Trigg,
H. Wright, Paul Jensen, D. Meyer,
E. Williams, Dick Able, Mr. Truan,
Howard Glidden, Joe Britch.
From Kotzebue: J. Cleveland,
E. Havey, Mr. Witt.
To Kotzebue: Repolge and May
Barr, Joe Arie, James Cleveland,
Chuck Volkheimer.
To Fairbanks: Robert Witt, B.
Austin, H. Gaugh, Ray Rider, B.
Bezona, Virgil Vochoska, Owen
Rye, H. Wright, J. Gallietto, K.
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Sen. Robert Blodgett on
Ten Days Active Duty
At Fort Richardson
FORT RICHARDSON — Capt.
Robert Blodgett, soldier, lawmaker,
merchant and geologist, is at Fort
Richardson for 10 days active duty
with the 4th Battle Group, 23rd
Infantry.
Capt. Blodgett is serving with
the Operations Section of the bat
tle group. As a member of the
Alaska Army National Guard, he
is Operations Officer of the 1st
Scout Bn., 297th Infantry.
In civilian life he is owner
operator of the Teller Commercial
Co. in Teller.
Capt. Blodgett is a member of
the Alaska State House of Repre
sentatives, having represented the
Teller region since Alaska became
a state.
An Alaskan for 17 years, Capt.
Blodgett attended the University
of Alaska, and worked at petro
leum exploration for the Navy at
Pt. Barrow before moving to
Teller.
He is married and has one son.
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