Sen. Gruening’s
Measure Would
Bolster Ailing Gold
Mining Industry
WASHINGTON — Legislation to
bolster the nation’s ailing gold
mining industry was introduced
last week by Sen. Ernest Gruen
ing, chairman of the Minerals, Ma
terials and Fuels Subcommittee of
the Senate Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee. Co-sponsors of
the proposal which would estab
lish a gold procurement and sales
agency in the Department of the
Interior are Sens. George Mc
Govern, (D-SJD.), E. L. Bartlett,
Thomas Kuchel, (R-Cal.), and Karl
Mundt, (R-S.D.).
Under Sen. Gruening’s proposal,
newly-mined domestic gold would
be purchased by the agency at a
price which could run as much as
$105 per troy ounce. The price
paid would be set by the Dept, of
the Interior to achieve maximum
production of gold from U.S.
mines. Gold for defense, industrial,
professional, artistic and other
non-monetary uses would be sold
at a price equivalent to that paid
the miner. Any domestically
mined gold not sold for such uses
would be resold to the Dept, of
the Treasury for $35 per troy
ounce. Identical legislation has
been introduced by Rep. Harold
Johnson, (D-Cal.), in the House
of Representatives.
Sen. Gruening said a number of
crucial problems face the 88th
Congress and the nation which can
be corrected if the mining industry
is strengthened. He listed as prob
lems: (1) declining gold reserves;
(2) a fixed gold price “which does
not pay for the production let
alone provide a profit;’’ (3) daily
closing of mines; (4) decrease of
dredging operations; (5) inadequate
federal assistance for miners or
mines; (6) continuing waste of a
great industry coupled with the
expeditious need to find new
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mining needs; (7) re-education of
miners in an age of automation;
(8) inadequate supply of gold for
national defense and space efforts.
Alaska Has YCC Potential
Facilities exist in Alaska to ac
commodate 200 Youth Conserva
tion Corps enrollees on a year
round basis without substantial
additional construction being re
quired, it was reported in the Sen
ate last week by Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey, (D-Minn.), the assist
ant majority leader, as he dis
cussed S. 1, his YCC bill, of which
Sen. Gruening is a co-sponsor.
Camps would be provided by the
Bureau of Land Management for
100 YCC enrollees near Anchorage
and 100 near Fairbanks.
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Sympathetic with Cuba Raids 1
Sen. Gruening engaged in a col
loquy with Sen. Wayne Morse, (D
Ore.), on the Senate floor last week
on the subject of raids by Cuban
refugees on Castro’s Cuba. Sen.
Gruening expressed the view that
we should not discourage “people
who have a burning conviction,
people who are frustrated here,
and are waiting on a policy of
liberation which does not seem
to eventuate.” He noted that “his
tory is full of the exploits of brave
people who have been ready to
die in fighting tyranny—tyranny
of the kind that exists in Cuba.”
Alaskans io Attend Conference
Charles DeWitt Brower, an Es
kimo student from Barrow enroll
ed at Mt. Edgecumbe School, and
Mrs. Teresa Riley, teacher from
the same school at Sitka, will be
in Washington for a conference on
history and government sponsored
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Scientists Differ
Over Likelihood of
Sea Contamination
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. UD—Scien
tists differed today over the like
lihood of ocean contamination
from the loss of the nuclear sub
marine Thresher in 8,400-feet deep
water 220 miles off the New Eng
land coast.
A famous biologist, an authority
on marine life and radiation ef
fects, said radioactive contamina
tion ultimately will result, but that
its extent may not be measurable
for a substantial time — perhaps
years.
He concurred in the opinion of
naval officials that there would be
no explosion but differed from the
opinions of Admiral George W.
Anderson, Chief of Naval Opera
tions, and a Navy officer at the
Portsmouth, N. H., base of the
Thresher that there was no chance
of ocean contamination.
Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover,
often called the “father of the
atomic submarine,” said in Wash
ington:
“I can assure you there is no
radioactive hazard as a result of
this unfortunate accident.”
He said reactors of the type
used by all atomic submarines, as
well as surface ships, ‘‘can re
main submerged indefinitely in sea
water without creating any haz
ard.”
Dr. Bostwick Ketchum, associate
director of the world-famous |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti
tution on Cape Cod, interviewed
at Harvard University, said that
in time there would be contami
nation.
‘‘I think it is certain that they
have arranged things so that there
will not be an explosion,” he said
‘‘But it also seems certain that
j there will be high-level radio
! activity added to the ocean in that
area.
“I would not expect it to reach
Georges Bank or other fishing
grounds in the near future. There
would be some isolation at the lo
cation indicated. It would be di
luted in deep waters before reach
ing the surface.
“It could take a good number of
years to reach the surface in any
detectable quantity.”
ADENAUER CONFIRMS
HE WILL RETIRE THIS YEAR
BONN, Germany t/P>—Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer has confirmed
publicly a promise he made four
months ago to leaders of his Chris
tion Democratic party — that he
will retire from office this fall.
The statesman, 87, said in a
television interview at the Italian
resort of Cadenabria that he will
step down in October or Novem
ber from the post he has held for
nearly 14 years.
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U.S. Senate .Holds
First Secret Session
In Twenty Years
WASHINGTON Ut) — The Sen
ate has authorized the purchase
of $15 billion worth of military
hardware after clearing the gal
leries of visitors and holding its
first secret session in 20 years.
Guards stood at the doors of the
Senate for four hours and 19 min
utes yesterday and newsmen wait
ed in the corridors as, within,
senators debated the merits of
tacking on $196 million to speed
the Nike-Zeus anti-missile system.
The verdict of no, was a lop
sided 58-16 vote. Then the doors
were thrown open and by voice
vote the Senate authorized the
expenditure of $14,951,491,000 be
ginning July 1 on missiles, aircraft,
navy ships and research and de
velopment for them.
The figure approved by the Sen
ate is $904.9 million below the
House’s procurement authorization
and $407.2 million below the ad
ministration’s request. Included in
the Senate bill is $363.7 million
to begin building two more huge
jet RS-70 aircraft sought by the
Air Force — funds the administra
tion did not request and has indi
cated it would not spend.
The secret session — first since
1943 when a group of senators re
ported on a tour of World War II
fronts — was forced by Sen. Strom
Thurmond, (D-S.C.). He wanted to
use secret military data to argue
that failure to start production on
Nike-Zeus parts might pave the
way for a Soviet Sputnik-like sur
prise.
Thurmond’s effort on behalf of
the anti-missile was turned back
after the chairman of the Armed
Services Committee, Sen. Richard
Russell, <D-Ga.>, supported Secre
tary of Defense Robert McNa
mara’s view the production shoulc
be delayed until an improvec
weapon, Nike-X is tested.
John F. Kennedy is the only
major naval hero to serve in the
White House. Despite our sea heri
tage, no admiral was ever nomi
nated for the U.S. presidency. On
the other hand, 16 men with army
rank of general were nominated,
and 12 were elected.
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Loaded with Postage
HUTCHINSON, Kan. Ufl — Some
Hutchinson resident discovered yes
terday that the envelopes their
telephone bills came in were top
heavy with postage.
Apparently someone in the
Wichita office of the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co. had set an
automatic postage meter on 15
cents, instead of the required 5
cents.
An official of the Hutchinson
branch of the company estimated
7,000 to 8,000 subscribers were
billed. If each of these were sent
bills in envelopes with 15-cent
postage, that would mean the com
pany is out about $750 in Hutchin
son alone.
A SPECIAL HONOR
HONOLULU (iP — Twelve hun
dred troops of the 25th Infantry
Division paraded for a sergeant
major at Schofield Barracks yes
terday.
The review, always laid on for
departing generals but rarely for
enlisted men, was for Howard A.
Brosseau who was leaving Scho
field for assignment to the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point,
N.Y.
A veteran of 23 years Army
service, Brosseau, 41, was the top
NCO with the 25th Division.
He is the son of Yolanda Ken
nedy of Fairbanks, Alaska, and
was born in Revere, Mass.
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