THE
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 23
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1963
Per Copy 150
Kennedy Lays Down Warning: U.S.
Will Blast Cuban-Based Warships or
Planes That Attack American Craft
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy has laid down on unmis
takeable warning that U.S. fire
power will blast any Cuban-based
warships or planes that dare at
tack American vessels or aircraft.
But Kennedy indicated Thurs
day that, for the time being at
least, American jet fighters and
Navy craft will be restrained from
chasing attackers back to Cuba to
punish them.
If Wednesday’s Mig strafing of
a wallowing shrimp boat develops
into a pattern of attacks, the Pres
ident may then give the signal for
“hot pursuit.”
Several hours after Kennedy ut
tered the warning at a news con
ference, the Cuban government
“rejected and denied categorically”
the charge that its jets poured
rocket fire near the disabled
shrimp boat Ala in the Florida
Straits Wednesday afternoon.
And Prime Minister Fidel Castro
was expected to have something
to say about it in a televised ad
dress tonight.
Once before, when a U-2 was
shot down at the peak of the Cuban
crisis last fall, a stern U.S. warn
ing apparently deterred any more
anti-aircraft missile firings on U.S.
reconnaissance planes operating
over Cuba.
If George Washington
Were President Today
WASHINGTON UP) — If George
Washington were President today
“I don’t believe he would be faced
with Cuba now,” said Sen. Win
ston Prouty, (R-Vt.).
“As a military man he would
never have authorized the Bay of
Pigs invasion without knowning it
would be successful,” he said. “If
he had had doubts, he would not
have authorized it. A man like
Khrushchev could not understand
why a nation as strong as ours
would permit that sort of thing
to fail.”
Prouty has been reading over
the President’s farewell address.
Washington himself never de
livered that address written back
in 1796.
But, according to a 1901 order
of the U.S. Senate, the address is
to be read in the Senate “on the
22nd day of February in each year,
or if that shall be on Sunday, then
on the day following.”
Prouty was the man to read it
today.
The House has no such order,
but picked it up as a tradition in
1912.
The House isn’t in session to
day, so it was read Thursday by
Rep. Laurence Burton, (R-Utah).
Both Burton and Prouty read
the address several times to them
selves and at least one time out
loud before delivering it on the
floor.
Both said they thought that
times had changed since Wash
ington exhorted the people against
foreign alliances.
“I don’t think it’s possible to
disengage ourselves today — it
may have been then,” Burton said.
Prouty said he believed, if
Washington were here today, “he
would recognize that the policy of
isolationism would probably not be
practicable because of the great
scientific progress that has been
made."
Congressional critics were not
stilled by Kennedy’s orders that
“all necessary action” be taken by
the military forces to prevent any
more attacks like the strafing of
the helpless shrimp boat.
Several suggested the incident
discredited the administration’s
contention that the Soviet-built
Migs are in Cuba for defensive,
rather than offensive operations
against the United States. Kennedy
said he saw no reason to change
his view.
Kennedy said he had instructed
the Pentagon to make “any neces
sary revisions in standing orders
so as to insure that action will be
taken against any vessel or air
craft” which strikes at an Ameri
can ship or plane over Caribbean
international waters.
Navy and Marine Phantom jets
are poised at all times at the Key
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U.S. Warned:
Attack Against
Cuba Means a
Third World War
MOSCOW UP)—Defense Minister
Rodion Malinovsky warned the
United States today that an at
tack against Cuba would mean a
third world war. He said the So
viet Union will be in the first ranks
ranks of those who come to Cuba’s
aid.
Malinovsky spoke at a Kremlin
meeting marking the 45th anni
versary of the Soviet armed forces.
Seatted near him was Premier
Khrushchev, making a rare appear
ance in uniform. He wore the uni
form of a lieutenant general with
several rows of decorations on his
chest. The uniform was pale blue
with gold shoulder boards and
wide gold stripes down the sides
of his trousers.
“We would like to warn the ag
gressive circles of the United States
that an attack on the Cuban Re
public would mean a third world
war. If such an attack is made, the
peace-loving forces of the world
will not confine themselves to pro
tests and demonstrations.
They will rise in defense of the
victim of aggression and the So
viet Union will be the first ranks
to those who will come to its
assistance,” Malinovsky said.
Malinovsky warned also that a
war involving Cuba “will not be
waged only in the territory of
Cuba but in the territory of the
United States, too.”
Touching on a recent speech by
his American opposite number, De
fense Secretary Robert McNamara,
Malinovsky said:
“I maintain emphatically that in
retaliation to 344 missiles with
which Mr. McNamara is threaten
ing us, we shall deal a simultan
eous blow of several times more
missiles and of such a tremendous
nuclear yield that it will wipe off
the earth all targets, industrial
and administrative-political centers
of the United States, will destroy
completely the countries which
have made available their terri
tories for American war bases.”
The audience of 6,000 included
military attaches of many nations
of East and West.
UJS. Wants Castro
And Communism
Out of Cuba
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rich
ard Russell, (D.Ga.), said today that
Secretary of Defense Robert Mc
Namara had assured the Senate
Armed Services Committee that
this government is pursuing a
policy to “eliminate Castroism and
Communism from Cuba.”
Russell, chairman of the com
mittee, said McNamara also as
sured it that any Cuban-based
Migs will be shot down if they
attack American ships or installa
tions.
Russell’s comments to newsmen
came as McNamara concluded four
consecutive days of closed-door
testimony on the administration’s
$55 billion defense budget.
McNamara gave detailed intelli
gence reports on the attack by
Cuban-based Migs Wednesday on
a U.S. shrimp boat between Cuba
and Florida.
In response to questions, Russell
brushed aside as unimportant a
threat by Soviet Defense Minister
Rodion Malinovsky that any U.S.
attack on Cuba would mean a
third world war.
“If we are going to be guided
in our defense and foreign policies
by some Soviet marshall’s pro
paganda then we are going to be
a second-rate power,” Russell said
Before his session with the com
mittee, McNamara had told news
men that U.S. pilots had exercisec
prudent caution in not firing or
the Migs which attacked the
shrimp boat.
He noted the boat was not dis
playing an American flag, leaving
an implication that neither the
Migs nor U.S. pilots knew it was
an American boat.
“We avoid any trigger-happy
incidents,” McNamara said.
Not Hard to Fire . . .
SPARTANBURG, S.C. W —
“There’s a story about how I got
this job but a lot of people don’t
believe it,” Peace Corps Director
Sargent Shriver said here Thurs
day.
Shriver, President Kennedy’s
brother-in-law, said he received
a telephone call in Chicago from
the President.
Kennedy wanted Shriver to head
the Peace Corps.
Shriver said he replied he knew
nothing about the organization and
suggested that the President pick
a political friend.
The President insisted, related
Shriver, on the grounds that “if
the Peace Corps blows up, it will
be easier to fire a relative than a
political friend.”
IT IS COLD "OUTSIDE"
Freezing weather covered most
of the nation today, forcing tem
peratures to record lows for the
date in many cities.
Only Florida, southern Texas,
the southwestern border area and
the far west escaped the big freeze.
The mercury dropped to -35 at
Pelston, Mich., -30 in Old Town,
Maine, -26 at the Stillwater Re
servoir in the Adirondacks and -20
in Burlington, Vt.
Pittsburgh’s -8 shattered a low
mark for Feb. 22 that had stood
for 78 years.
Chicago, with -7, endured its
23rd day this winter with subzero
readings.
In all, at least 15 states reported
zero or below.
Atlantans watched the mercury
sink from 49 yesterday to a record
8 above today—a difference of 41
degrees.
New Pay Bill Would Set
Legislators’ Salary At
$5,000 Annually
JUNEAU — A bill which
would double the annual salary of
legislators, but eliminate the $35
per diem allowances for those days
the legislature is in session and the
$300 incidental allowance was in
troduced in the House today.
The bill, submitted by Rep. Earl
Hillstrand, D-Anch., would set the
annual salary at $5,000, payable in
five equal installments, with the
first installment to be paid 10
days after the legislature convenes,
and every 10 days thereafter un
til the balance is paid.
The President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House, under
the bill, would get an additional
$500 a year.
Most Disliked Teacher . . .
PHOENIX, Ariz. l/P*—A Phoenix
disc jockey’s attempt to find the
city’s must disliked teacher ended
abruptly.
Frank Flynn, general manager
for station KRIZ, said Thursday he
ordered the program off the air as
soon as it was brought to his
attention.
The Arizona Education Associa
tion filed a complaint with the
Federal Communications Commis
sion.
School officials said the names
of at least three teachers were
aired Wednesday on the radio sta
tion.
Win. Zahradnicek
Is Appointed
Commissioner
Of Education
party, in voicing criticism of Ken
nedy policies.
The decision — after thorough
debate, the details of which are
yet unknown — is that the AFL
CIO has prepared statements for
weekend release that will hit only
mildly at Kennedy tax and general
economic policies.
The statements will not men
tion, however, that George Meany,
AFL-CIO president, and other top
federation leaders, including Wal
ter Reuther, United Auto Workers
president, have agreed to convey
personally much stronger objec
tions to the White House.
From talking with union chiefs,
it is obvious they are disappointed
at the domestic economic results
during the first half of Kennedy’s
administration. Acutely aware of
the President’s troubles with a
balky Congress, they nevertheless
feel he could have done more.
On the other hand, they de
cided not to say as much publicly.
Reuther wanted to hit much hard
er at Kennedy personally in state
j uiNii/AU i/r)—william T. Zahrad
nicek, Superintendent of Schools at
Palmer, today was named State
Commissioner of Education by Gov.
Wm. Egan
He will succeed Dr. Theo Norby,
who resigned the post last June.
Robert P. Isaac has been serving
j as acting commissioner since that
time.
The appointment is subject to
confirmation by the state legisla
ture, now in session.
Egan described Zahradnicke as
“one of the most able and respected
school administrators in Alaska.”
He has served as Superintendent
of the Palmer Schools for 13 years,
and also taught one year in the
Anchorage School system and was
Superintendent of the On-Base
Schools at Fort Richardson for one
year.
He received his BA degree in
1934 from Wayne State Teachers
College, and his Masters Degree
in 1947 at the University of Ne
braska.
His educational background prior
to coming to Alaska in 1947 in
cludes 25 years experience as a
teacher, high school principal, and
superintendent of schools in Ne
braska and Colorado.
The appointment brought an im
mediate response from the chair
men of the Senate and House
Health, Welfare and Education
Committees.
Sen. Nicholas Begich, (D-Spen
ard), of the Senate group called
the nomination a “terrific choice.”
Rep. Jim Parsons, (R-Anch.),
said:
“Mr. Zahradnicke has a consid
erable history of service in educa
tion in Alaska, but I am not pre
pared to comment further on his
qualifications for Commissioner of
Education at this time.”
ments dratted lor public consump
tion outlining labor economic
views. Reuther proposed language
that was bitter and caustic against
Kennedy, it was learned.
M e a n y, however, reportedly
urged a more diplomatic approach.
He was said to have told Reuther
he agreed with every word Reu
ther wanted to say but questioned
the wisdom of saying it publicly.
Alaska to Get $3,417,321
From Receipts From
Public Lands In State
WASHINGTON UP)—A check for
$3,417,321 is being issued by the
U S. Treasury to pay Alaska its 90
per cent share of receipts from oil,
gas and coal leases and other rev
enues from public lands in the
state.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett said that sum
is for receipts from July-December
1962. It brings to $25,572,050 the
total Alaska has received in such
payments since July 1957.
BELEM, Brazil UP) — The hi
jacked Venezuelan freighter An
zoategui left for home today. A
Venezuelan destroyer escorted her
to ensure that the return trip is
more peaceful than her forced run
to Brazil.
The nine pro - Communist ter
rorists, who seized the freighter at
sea Feb. 12 and sailed her to Bra
zil, were held incommunicado at a
naval base here, with free run of
the officers’ quarters.
The hijackers have requested
political asylum in Brazil.
The hijackers, members of a
Venezuelan terrorist organization,
seized the ship to discredit Presi
dent Romulo Betancourt’s anti
communist government.
Labor Reported
Bitter Over JFK’s
Economic Policies
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Top
labor leaders, it was learned today,
have decided after much soul
searching to file a bitter protest
direct with President Kennedy on
his domestic economic policies.
The biggest development yet at
AFL-CIO winter meetings here is
a secret session held on the Ken
nedy economic program. The labor
leaders felt the President’s pro
posals, including his tax reduc
tion plan, are too feeble even if
enacted by Congress to effectively
curb unemployment.
The question was how far labor
wanted to go, as a political ally of
the President and the Democratic