Conservative Coalition
Loses Every Test So
Far In Present Congress
WASHINGTON W — The once
powerful conservative coalition in
the House has lost every test so
far in the present Congress.
Leaders of both parties agreed,
in separate interviews, that the
combination of Republicans and
southern Democrats that dominated
the House for nearly a generation
just isn’t what it used to be.
A review of the four major test
votes that have taken place in the
House since the new Congress
convened in January bears them
out.
What has happened is this: The
Republican ranks are as firm as
ever, but more and more south
ern Democrats are voting like
northern and western Democrats.
For the purposes of the analysis
the votes of the 95 Democrats from
the 11 states that made up the old
Confederacy were examined. The
total party division in the House
is 257 Democrats and 177 Re
publicans, witn one vacancy.
Here is the pro and anti-ad
ministration split among the south
ern Democrats on the four votes:
Jan. 9. To keep the Rules Com
mittee membership at 15, aimed
at making it easier to get adminis
tration bills to the House floor.
Southerners voted 50-44 with the
administration.
April 10. To restore $450 mil
lion for emergency public works.
The split was 60-28.
April 24. Against removing a
$30-million student loan provision
from the doctor-dentist training
bill. Southerners 52-28.
April 25. Against killing the ad
ministration’s feed grains bill.
Southerners 67-18.
On all these votes Republican
leader Charles Halleck held his
party members in a virtually solid
block.
But, Halleck said, “we can’t do
anything for fiscal responsibility
without some support for the other
side. And that support just hasn’t
been there.”
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Malaspina Slated to Make
Westward Trip This Year
JUNEAU W) — Gov. William A.
Egan said yesterday the state still
plans to send the ferry Malaspina
to the westward this year, to give
residents of that area a look at
the new ship.
The Malaspina was scheduled to
visit Cordova, Valdez, Seward,
Homer and Anchorage late this
month, but the trip was postponed
after the Taku was damaged near
Petersburg last week.
“We haven’t given up on the
westward trip for the Malaspina,”
Egan said. “We’re hoping we will
be able to arrange a week’s trip
before fall, while all three of the
ferries to be used on the southeast
system are still in service.”
During the winter months, each
of the three ferries, the Malaspina,
Taku and Matanuska, will receive
a month of maintenance work in
Seattle.
“Terrible Swift Sword”
Is Book of the Month
Terrible Swift Sword, second
volume of Bruce Catton’s great
“Centennial History of the Civil
War,” is the Book of the Month
Club selection for June.
With Terrible Swift Sword, the
pace of the narrative quickens, as
the “small war” intended only to
preserve the Union—or to assert
State’s Rights—passed out of con
trol and became that “remorseless
revolutionary struggle” that Lin
coln had feared. The period cover -
is 1861-1862. from just after First
Bull Run to Antietam and its after
math.
Born in Michigan and now in
his early 60s, Bruce Catton is the
best known and probably the mos'
widely admired historian of th<
Civil War. Yet he is a newspaper
man and editor by profession, am
had passed the age of 50 befon
his first Civil War book appeared
NOTICE
Dog licenses for year endin
March 3L 1964, are now availabl
at the City Clerk's Office.
Male Dogs $2.00
Female Dogs $3.00
All dogs over 10 months of ag<
must be licensed.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Pub: April 26, 29, May 1, 3, 1963
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Gov. Rockefeller Believes
U.S. Could Make Swap
With Kremlin Over Cuba
ALBANY, N.Y. M — Gov. Nel
son Rockefeller says he believes
the United States could make a
profitable swap with the Soviet
Union on Cuba—the Soviets to
stop training saboteurs there in
exchange for the American re
straints placed on anti-Castro
“freedom fighters.”
He said President Kennedy
should advise Premier Khrushchev,
“if you continue this, we will be
forced to take drastic action.”
Rockefeller set forth his views
on Cuba in a speech before a Re
publican fund-raising dinner in
Cincinnati. He spoke to an audi
ence of 1,500 who paid $100 a
ticket.
During his one-day visit, the
New York governor also said
President Kennedy has made a
“clear faiure of leadership in
Washington.” He said Kennedy has
not lived up to the “lavish prom
ises” made during the I960 Presi
dential campaign.
“The American people are being
short-changed—in jobs, in security,
in living standards, and in social
advance,” he said.
The governor drew his biggest
round of applause when he dis
cussed Cuba and said “perhaps we
can get some reciprocity from Mr.
Khrushchev.”
Gen. Accounting Office
Gives Up Trying to Sort
Out TFX Planes Figures
WASHINGTON UP) — The Gen
eral Accounting Office, the ex
perts who advise Congress on whe
ther things add up, has reported
ly given up trying to sort out th<
’ figures in the TFX warplan
’ award.
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Sources said that GAO found a
confusing host of figures which
defied its efforts to get at the
basis for the disputed award of
the contract to the General Dyna
mics Corp. of Fort Worth, Tex.
Military boards had recommend
ed a design by the Boeing Co. of
Seattle and the Senate Investiga
tions subcommitte has been hold
ing hearings to learn why Secre
tary of Defense Robert McNamara
over-ruled them. The Boeing bid
was lower.
The subcommittee asked the
GAO to analyze the figures Mc
Namara based his decision on.
Egan Signs Bill Creating
Centennial Commission
JUNEAU UR — Gov. William A.
Egan signed three more bills into
law Tuesday, including companion
measures providing for the cre
ation of an Alaska Centennial
Commission and for financing its
activities.
The commission, which would
consist of 16 members appointed
by the governor, is authorized by
CSHB164. A $50,000 appropriation
for its operation in fiscal 1964 is
provided for in HB238.
The third bill signed by Egan,
HB233, provides for the admission
to the Alaska bar of out of state
attorneys who graduated from a
law school prior to 1950 and start
ed studies prior to 1940.
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Business and Kennedy
Approach New Harmony
WASHINGTON UV) — A con
siderable thawing of the chill be
tween business and President
Kennedy was discernible yester
day among the 4,000 delegates to
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Convention.
A random poll indicated at least
two out of three members feel re
lations between industry and the
government have improved in the
past year.
Eight of those interviewed were
vice presidents or directors of the
country’s biggest business organi
zations, and these split along much
the same lines as rank-and-ifle
delegates.
Five of the leaders said relations
have improved, two said “no,” and
one said “possibly.” All agreed
with Kennedy that the country
needs tax reduction but none liked
the plan he favors.
Suspicion obviously lingers. But
it is much less prevalent than at
last year’s Chamber convention,
which happened to fall midway
Brad Phillips Named
Divisional Sales Manager
For Alaska Airlines
The appointment of Brad Phil
lips as Alaska Division Sales Man
ager for Alaska Airlines was an
nounced recently by Charles Wil
lis Jr., president and general man
ager of Alaska Airlines. Willis said
Phillips will be based at the air
line’s sales office in the Anchorage
Westward Hotel.
In his new position Phillips will
be in charge of all Alaska Airlines
sales functions within the state,
including ticketing, reservations,
airline sales offices, passenger
services and public relations.
He was formerly owner of the
Travel Center and manager of
Westours Inc.
Pillips has been a member of
the Alaska State Senate since
I960. He served on the Anchorage
City Council from 1956 to the fall
of 1961. A World War II veteran
of the Air Force, he was graduated
from the University of Miami with
a degree in business administra
tinn
Deiween j\.enneciy s cracKaown on
the steel industry’s price increase
and the “Black Monday” stock
market collapse of May 28.
The manufacturer who said re
lations have “possibly” improved
—Robert Ingersoll, chairman of the
Borg-Warner Corp., Chicago, and
a member of the Chamber’s Board
of Directors, added this comment:
“I think the White House has
made an effort to cultivate better
■ relations with business community.
“The trouble is that business
- doesn’t know when the clout maj
? come again. It has happened be
2 fore; it could come again.”
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Phillips also has taught educa
tion classes in management at Alas
Methodist University. He is pre
sently a member of the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce and
is the former chairman of the
President’s Civil Rights Advisory
Committee for Alaska.
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