Communist Assault In
Laos Raises Question
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy said today the Communist
assault in Laos “raises the ques
tion of whether the Geneva ac
cords (for a neutral, independent
Laos) are about to be destroyed.
“In the next few days,” Kennedy
told the American Society of News
paper Editors, “ we will have a
chance to see whether the Soviet
Union and other parties to the in
ternational agreement will let the
international agreement be de
stroyed.
“This is “a matter of greatest
concern for us now,” he said.
Works Starts on Jetties
Work started today on the jetties
of the Nome Harbor which are
to be repaired this season.
Bulldozers are at present re
moving snow from the west jetty.
The east jetty is under tons of
ice from a pressure ridge which
built up there in January.
The contract for the repairs
was given to Fairbanks Builders
by the UJ5. Engineers for the job.
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U.S. Concerned at Increased Number
Of Free-World Ships in Cuba Trade
WASHINGTON Of) — Secretary
of State Dean Rusk said Thursday
the United States is concerned
about an increase in the number
of free-world flag ships in the
Cuba trade, and is “taking up that
question with the governments
invloved.”
Rusk also told the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors that
the United States is making a
“serious, sustained, and effective
effort” to deal with what he call
ed the Marxist-Leninist threat in
Cuba.
This country, he said, has made
a “major commitment” of military
power to keep Cuba under sur
veillance, to maintain the free use
of water and air space around the
island, and to make sure that Com
munist arms are not shipped from
Cuba to other Latin-American
countries.
Furthermore this country, he
said, does not intend to see a
“Hungarian-type revolution” in
Cuba, a reference to the use of
Soviet military force in Hungary
in 1956 to crush a popular uprising.
On another front, Rusk reported,
the United States is doing every
thing possible, through measures of
economic isolation, to demonstrate
that Communism in Cuba is not
profitable.
Sen. Kenneth Keating, (R-N.Y.),
in an earlier address to the editors,
asserted there has been “no sub
stantial reduction” of Russian
military forces in Cuba since mid
November.
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In effect taking issue with Pres
ident Kennedy, Keating said he has
information that new Soviet arri
vals have about matched the de
partures.
“There were and are in the
neighborhood of 17,000 men there,”
said the senator. “No functional
units have been withdrawn.”
Kennedy told his April 3 news
conference that some 4,000 Soviet
troops had left in the preceding
month, in addition to the 5,000
pulled out in November.
At the height of last fall’s crisis
over Soviet missile bases in Cuba,
there were an estimated 21,000 to
22.000 Soviet troops on the island.
So the President’s report indi
cated a remaining total of only
12.000 or 13,000.
Keating — resuming with relish
his role as a foremost Republican
critic of Kennedy’s Cuban policies I
—drew afresh on the undisclosed
intelligence sources with which
he has been challenging the ad
ministration for months.
“Several thousand personnel have
left Cuba, several thousand more
have arrived,” he said.
“Furthermore, they should not
be called troops when they are
on their way out and technicians
when they are on their way in.
“There is no reliable evidence
whatsoever of a decline in Soviet
military strength or capability
since those first withdrawls in
November.”
He charged also that some U.S.
Navy ships have specific orders
not to searchlight the small ves
sels which he said constantly ply
Cuban and Caribbean waters at
night. He mentioned “Navy per
sonnel” as his source of this in
formation.
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Comment from the Capital —
STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT AUTOMATION
by Vant Neff
Think of the changes in the
way we live since the turn of
the century. Wonder drugs
save and prolong life. Jets
circle the earth in 65 hours —
astronauts in a little less than
90 minutes. Electronic teach
ers help children learn. Almost
any civilized point on the
globe is just a telephone call
away. Climate can be con
trolled with air conditioners
and humidifiers.
Is this bad? A lot of people
seem to think so. Pick up an
article about new machinery
ard production methods. Most
of them never fail to mention
the number of people forced
out of jobs by advancing
technology. One Gallup poll
showed that people feared
automation just a little less
than Russia.
Labor leaders, reaching for
another cold beer from a
gleaming refrigerator, blame
autpmation for the unemploy
ment rate of 5%. Many union
contracts place job security
over wage demands. The union
leader forgets that automation
changed his old icebox into
the new mechanical refriger
ator. Only automation was
called technology in the ice
box days.
Automation is the effort to
reduce human drudgery by
machines and to get the most
out of money invested in new
plants and new machinery.
Individual initiative and in
vestment is what brings us all
the boons of modem life. Does
it make sense to junk this
system in favor of feather
bedding, restriction, obsolete
methods and welfare hand
outs? The answer is no!
Automation was new in this
country in 1784 when a con
tinuous-process flour mill was
invented by Oliver Evans. It
was new in 1788 when James
Watt made a flyball governor
to regulate the steam from his
engine. Had there been labor
unions when the wheel was
invented, I suppose they would
have objected. The only thing
new about automation today
is its name.
Do you know who has been
building the largest computer
and how long its been in the
building process ? The _ tele
phone companies. They intro
duced the dial phone back in
1920. About 96% of their 59
million phones are dial oper
ated today.
In 1920 a cross country call
cost $16.50. Today it’s $2.25.
Without automation, many of
us would not be able to afford
phones today, let alone make
calls. If the telephone com
pany had not begun installing
automatic switchboards in the
early 1920’s, it would take
every woman between 18 and
30 in this country to handle
the 90 billion calls we make
a year.
Most of us are too quick to
count the jobs lost when auto
mation arrives. We forget the
new jobs created. Automation
builds new equipment and
maintains it. It creates new
markets through lower costs
and prices.
Automation is just another
word for progress. Economists
have proven over and over
again that most of our unem
ployment comes from individ
uals mismanaging money; not
from newer and quicker wajrs
of doing things.
27.5 million Americans were
employed in 1900. Today, we
can produce that 1900 national
income with only 11 million
workers. Our population has
increased 140%. We have
many more people to support.
71 million people are em
ployed today. The per cent of
people actually working now
has increased from 36% in
1900 to 39% in 1962. Yet, the
average work week has de
creased from 53 hours to un
der 40.
Only selfish men with puny
minds will think they can
halt the march of progress
and invention. Such resist
ance to better ways of doing
things may delay and handi
cap our national progress and
our competitive position in the
western world; but progress
will not be stopped, and we
would all be wise to recognize
this fact.
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Kennedy Denies . . .
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“there is today more widespread
assurance that both peace and
assurance can prevail.”
He added that, while vigilance
cannot be relaxed, there is a tend
ency among many newspaper read
ers and writers to devote mere at
tention to the domestic scene.
In toto, the speech added up to
a massive plea for the program
he has submitted to Congress, in
cluding his proposed S10 billion
net tax cut, spread over three
years.
As for the average family man
in “Random Village,” Kennedy
said, the cut would reduce his
federal taxes about 20 per cent.
The whole community, he said,
“will benefit even more from the
stimulation in jobs and personal
income that the tax cut will give
to the nation.”
“The federal government is the
the people — and the budget is
a reflection of their needs,” Ken
nedy said. He said that to cut a
dollar of expenditures for every
dollar cut in taxes would remove
with one hand the stimulus given
with the other.
“Let us understand, then,” the
President said, “that every dol.ar
cut in federal expenditures cuts
even more from our gross national
product. A cut of $5 billion now
from the proposed federal budget,
as many have suggested, would
cause one million fewer jobs by
the end of the fiscal year. It would
offset all the benefits whch the!
tax cut would have brought by
then.
“And if that lower level of ex
penditures were maintained there
after, it would eventually cause,
not only a recession, but an even
greater budgetary loss in revenue
than the amount supposedly saved.”
Kennedy was repeating here
familiar arguments he has laid
down before.
A $15 billion budget cut, Ken
nedy repeated, would cripple the
nation’s defenses, make it perman
ently second-best in space, and
“virtually turn the clock back in
every American community.”
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Whaling Season Begins
Active whaling for this season
began on April 13 at Point Hope.
On that date, Allen Rock and his
crew took their boat out on the ice.
They have a tent erected and spend
the nights on the ice, too.
John Oktollik and his crew went
out on April 14. Other crews are
ready to go, too.
Several whales and belugas have
been sighted, but none have been
taken yet.
While Men on Whaling Crews
Photographer Jim Allen of
Homer is a member of the whale
hunting crew of Jimmy Killig
vuk’s boat. A regular member of
John Oktollik’s crew is Rev. Keith
Lawton, Episcopal missionary at
Point Hope.
Movie Photographer in Pi. Hope
Mr. Jim Allen of Homer, is
making another documentary
movie of Point Hope. He has been
to Point Hope on many occasions
in recent years. He flies his own
plane.
31 Polar Bears Killed
As of April 14, there have been
31 polar bears killed by hunters
at Point Hope. The polar bear
hunting season will be over May
10. All but two of the 31 bears
were killed by hunters using air
planes.
Whaling Biggest Event of Year
Whale meat is still being eaten
from last year’s six whales at Pt.
Hope. Whale blubber is used for
fuel in many homes when it is
available. Whale meat is kept fresh
in underground caches.
Mrs. Koranda to Visit Pt. Hope
Mrs. Lorraine Koranda of San
Bruno, Calif., may come to Pt.
Hope in May. She is studying Es
kimo music and folklore for a non
profit organization, the Alaska
; Festival of Music, which has plans
for publication and recordings.
The tapes she records will be
placed in the Loussac Library at
Anchorage and the University of
Alaska. She worked a number of
hours with Jimmy Killigvuk last
summer while he was in Anchor
age.
Anchorage Bond Election
ANCHORAGE UPi — City voters
approved two bond issue proposals
and rejected another Tuesday in a
light turnout at the polls.
Approved were a $5 million gen
eral obligation bond issue for sani
tary sewer improvements.
A proposed $1.5 million revenue
bond to purchase a new 15,000-kw
gas turbine generator was rejected.
TROOP S3 NEWS
Thomas Lee lead the opening ex
ercise. We had a short election
for our new Senior Patrol Leader.
Douglas Doyle was elected.
The First Class Scouts are
scheduled to go on a hike Satur
day.
We then formed the Scout circle
and the meeting was adjourned.
Erwin Tucker, Scribe
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