THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,982
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1951
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Budget Plans
143-Wing Air
Force in 1952
BUDGET PLAIES KKKWK
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—W—De
fense Secretary Albert Lovvett said
today the budget plans for next
year call for an Air Force of 143
wings. The present force is about
93 wings.
Of the new force, 126 would be
combat units (bombers, fighters,
reconnaisance and other types) and
17, would be troop earlier wings
for airlifting ground combat and
paratroop units.
In answer to news conference
questions, Lovett said that purely
as a basis for preliminary estimates,
the National Security council and
the Defense Department had used
a $45,000,000,000 figure as a starting
point for working on the 1953 fis
cal year budget.
But he emphasized that actually
there is yet no fixed floor or ceiling
on the military budget request to
Congress, which still must have fin
al approval by the White House and
Budget Bureau.
Optimistic
For GOP
Victory
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 — OP) — Four
leading Republicans, divided over
possible GOP presidential candi
dates in 1952, were united Monday
in their optimism for a party vic
tory next year.
The quartet, three governors and
a Senator, lashed the Truman Ad
ministration in speeches at a $100
plate Republican fund-raising din
ner.
But they carefully avoided taking
sides, at least for the evening, in
the race for the GOP presidential
nomination. Th® four were:
Govs. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York and John Lodge of Connecti
cut, who are supporting the candi
dacy of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower.
Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill)
who is Illinois director for the move
ment behind Sen. Robert A. Taft
(R-Ohio).
And Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll of
New Jersey, who has maintained
silence on the nomination fight.
Dewey, who was host, said “al
most the sole hope of survival of
freedom on the earth” lies in a GOP
victory in 1952.
In his address, Dirksen described
the Truman administration’s record
as “one of plundering our moral
resources, countenancing pale loy
alties, liquidating our vitality at
home through spending and taxing
policies which destroy incentive and
the release of human energies.”
About 1,500 persons attended the
dinner.
Republicans to
Enter Floats
Jan. 1 Parade
PASADENA, Dec. 5—OH—The City
of South Pasadena has entered a
float in the New Year’s Day parade
titled “Rosy Dream.”
It shows a Republican elephant
entering the White House.
TheWashingion
Merry-Go-Round
•Conyrlcbt, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
rr ASHINGTON — The Senate
hearings have barely scratched the
surface of the scandals in the Ohio
election in which Senator Taft de
feated Jumpin’ Joe Ferguson in
1950. The inside story is that Senate
investigators uncovered shocking
law violations on both sides.
Believing that honest elections
are the backbone of democracy, this
column has obtained a copy of the
Senate investigators’ secret report.
It shows a wholesale winking at
the laws, and should be published
as a warning to the voters in 1952.
Here are some blunt statements
which conscientious Senate inves
tigators wrote of the Ohio cam
paign:
“It was found that the policy of
the Ohio Republican Finance com
mittee was against filing reports
of contributions received before May
I and after election day. This policy
appears to constitute a serious ev
asion of state law. Our evidence
also indicates that the Ohio Taft
(Continued an page 4)
If Your Hat
Tinkles—
It's Sus's
Gus Schmitz'doesn’t know if his
happens to be a popular size or his
choice of hats is irresistible . . . but
he’s lost three hats within two
months — in all the best places, too.
Somebody walked off with his hat
at the Elks Club two months ago.
He lias his name in it, he said. The
next disappeared at the Country
Club, and the third vanished lost
Saturday night at the Moose Club.
Sunday Gus had to have Cec
easier let him in the men’s shop
to buy a new hat for his Sunday
dinner date. Gus is thinking of
putting a bell on this hat so the
next guy will at least tinkle as
he walks away with it.
Local Employment
Record Now Above
Thai of Last Year
Lou Dvorak, manager of the Ju
r.eau office of the Alaska Territor
ial Employment Service, advises
that total employment for this area
is above last year's total during the
same period.
Although several contractors have
released workers and further re
ductions can be expected during the
winter, 200 more men are employed
locally in construction over last
year, Dvorak stated. ,
During the October-November
period 2,040 people visited the local
office of which 131 were new ap
plications. A total of 1,100 persons
were interviewed for jobs, with 402
referrals to employers. Of that to
,tal 194 accepted jobs-with employ
I ers and 221 persons are currently
| registered at the local office and
[are actively seeking work.
Dvorak also pointed out that
| eight proficiency and vocational
tests were given to applicants, and
of the total, two young future ent
I v-ptaco of tho General Altitude
j’Test Battery, which is' available to
| determine their highest occupation
al aptitudes which will assist them
in choice of college courses and
planning for their vocational future.
In conclusion Dvorak advised that
there is a local demand for typists,
especially for qualified persons for
[.short time positions ranging from
’ 30 to 90 days for employers during
! heavy work periods. Any qualified
typists are urged to contact the Em
' ployment Service, 124 Marine Way,
' or call 713.
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Blood Donor
Recruitment
Program Set
Tomorrow, Thursday, December
16, Juneau will participate all day
in a blood donor recruitment pro
gram which will be broadcast on
' K3NY, and the local Red Cross
| office will receive pledges from 9
! to 12 in the morning, 1 to 5 in the
afternoon and from 7 to 9 in the
evening. The phone number is 883.
All Red Cross chapters have been
asked to have telephone coverage
during the day set for its local
program, and the day set for Ju
neau is tomorrow. It is the day
set for pledging cooperation and
willingness to give blood if another
blood program is instituted here.
The blood „ typing program held
in Juneau last year successful. The
blood bank, when 750 pints of blood
were obtained in a single day, was
outstanding and a matter of pride
in the local chapter. The present
drive is for pledges.
Simply call the chapter office to
morrow. As briefly as possible,
state your name, telephone number
and post office box number, and
say that you are willing to give
blood if Juneau has another blood
program. With only one telephone
in use, long conversations ' cannot
be held, so please be brief.
The need for blood and blood
plasma is urgent. The job is to
build and maintain a steady supply
of blood. The need arises from
three main sources: (1) Korean
combat casualties. (2) Replenishing
reserve supplies. (3) Concurrent civ
ilian hospital needs.
Two Alaskans Due
Back from Far East
SEATTLE, Dec. 5—Ut—Two Al
aska soldiers are among 2,914 army
rotation troops due here tomorrow
from the far east on a Navy trans
port.
They are Cpl. Verne M. Clark,
Box 2056, Ketchikan, and Pfc. Ray
mond A. Ritchey Jr., Egegik.
Northwest
Storms
Subsiding
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 5—(iP)—
j Gusty winds tapered off along the
Pacific northwest coast today af
; ter claiming four lives yesterday.
(A freighter with cracked plating
i was heading for port, a Korean
troop transport set back its arrival
time by a day and a search was
1 started for a possibly crashed plane.
The southwest Oregon coast
still was all but isolated and the
Weather Bureaj said it wasn’t
ceitain ju. t how hard the wind
blew yesterday. One report to
the W'eather Bureau from north
of Coos Bay said 100 miles an
hour. A forecaster said 70 to
75 miles an hour was authentic
and maybe the velocity was even
greater.
Today’s gusts were down to 50
miles an hour with winds expect
ed to fall to 15 to 30 by tonight.
Falling trees and an overturned
1 car caused yesterday’s deaths. The
missing plane report, being investi
gated from McChord Air Force
i base, came from near Eugene, Ore.
A man reported seeing the plane
spin into the mountains during the
storm. The freighter S. S. Sierra,
en route from Grays Harbor, Wash.,
to Coos Bay, Ore., reported cracked
plating but it was heading for
Coos Bay and said help was not
needed.
Heavy rains—and snow in the
mountains—which accompanied yes
terday’s storm tapered off to show
I ers today.
- .
Yugoslavia
Reds Release
Archbishop
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec. 5
,—(/IV Communist Yugoslavia today
gave MSGR. Alojzicj Stepinac his
i conditional freedom, making it clear
: he could not with government ap
proval resume his duties as Roman
j Catholic Primate of Yugoslavia.
Tlie official news agency Tanjug
announced the spiritual leader of
Yugoslavia’s seven million Catho
lics would live in a parish house at
his native village of Krasic, near
the Croatian capital of Zagreb.
MSGR. Stepinac was sentenced
five years ago to 16 years in pri
son. He denied the charges of
wartime collaboration with the
Axis and postwar plotting to
overthrow the regime of Premier
Marshal Tito.
The 53-year-old Archbishop had
spent the five years in a small two
room cell in Crotia’s Lepoglava
prison.
The official statement referred
to him as the “former archbishop".
At his trial, the archbishop re
peatedly told the three-man Com
munist court "my conscience is
clear.” In denying all the charges
against him he condemned Com
munism and pointed an accusing
finger at the court, saying the trial
was against the Roman Catholic
Church.
The Tito regime often has said it
would gladly release MSGR. Stepin
ac if he would leave the country,
never to take the archbishop’s post
in Yugoslavia. There has been in
creasing pressure in the United
States and elsewhere for the church
man’s release, since the Tito re
gime began moving closer to the
west in matters of defense. Sever
al U. S. Conigressmen had pleaded
with Tito to release the cleric.
The arrest and trial aroused
Catholic indication throughout the
world.
VISITOR FROM ANCHORAGE
Howard Robinson of Anchorage
is at the Baranof Hotel.
WEATHER REPORT
(U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
At Airport: Maximum, 31;
Minimum, 28.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Considerable cloudiness with
an occasional snow shower to
| night and Thursday. Lowest
i temperature tonight around 30
i degrees. Highest Thursday
i around 35.
( PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
At Airport — 0.24 inches;
since July 1—18.06 inches.
Hundreds Dead
In Eruption
Of Volcano
Over 500 Bodies Report
ed Recovered Already
in Philippine Disaster
MANILA, Dec. 5—(*■>—1The Philip
pine News Service tonight said more
than 500 bodies had been recover
ed from the ash-strewn slopes of
Hibok Hibok volcano on Cami
guin Island in the southern Philip
pines.
The volcano erupted twice yes
terday. It still spouted smoke and
flames today.
Gov. Parieneo Ysalina of eastern
Misamis Province, who came from
nearby Mindanao Island to take
charge of rescue and evacuation,
estimated that 2,000 may have
died In yesterday’s first eruption,
which witnesses have called an
atomic-like blast.
Neither the governor’s estimate
nor the news service’s figure had
confirmation.
Red Cross director of distaster
relief, Dr. Joaquin Canuto, radioed
headquarters that the dead were
being cremated or buried as fast
as they were found.
He said injured were being sent
from the stricken northern section
of Camiguln to Mahinog on the
southeast coast of the island for
treatment for scalds and burns.
Volcanic heat began subsiding
and rescue workers were able to
penetrate deeper into the ash and
lava area.
The Philippine News Service said
10.000 of Camiguin's 45,000 residents
had been evacuated to safer areas.
Constabulary and volunteers stood
guard in the very hard hit area
to maintain order and prevent loot
ing.
Philippines Air Force Capt. Pedro
Los Banos says smoke is still rising
from the fissures and gray soil in
a nine square mile area on the vol
capo slopes.
Annual Drive for
Pioneers' Christmas
Fund Started Here
The annual drive for Christmas
cheer for the pioneers at the Sitka
! home has started in Juneau and
contributions however small, are
Gladly accepted.
Several years ago W. D. Gross
started the Christmas cheer fund
for the pioneers and it has been
,one of the big things the pioneers
I look forward to. This year Zalmain
Gross is again the hustler for the
fund and he is calling on all to
help out in any amount possible
The fund raised is sent to the
Home at Sitka and distributed on
equal shares to the pioneers and
one ought to see smiles of content
ment as they have a real jingle of
their own in their pockets.
Zalmain is anxious that contrib
utions be made as soon as possible
and although he is making caMs
there are many perhaps he will
miss and those missed may call on
him or mail their donations to
him at the 20th Century Theatre.
Freighter Collides
With Fish Parker
Oft Canadian Coast
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Dec. 5
--The 416-ton coastal freighter
Island Prince collided early today
with the fishpacker Chilco Lake
in the narrow Grenville Channel, 60
miles south of here.
The 14-man crew of the Island
Prince was taken off by another
fishpacker, the North Isle, while
the eight-man crew of the Chilco
Lake was taken aboard the fish
packer Hesquiath. No one was in
jured.
The Chilco Lake was beached to
prevent her sinking. The Island
Prince, with a jagged gash in her
port eide, was still afloat. Other
I boats kept watch on her.
Cause of the collision was not
immediately known.
The rescue boats headed for
Prince Rupert.
GETS 6-MONTH SENTENCE
FOR SHORT FUND CHECK
Fred Milligan was sentenced to
six .months in the federal jail here
yesterday by U.S. District Court
Judge George -W. Folta for passing
an insufficient fund check.
The check was for $55 on a local
bank. Milligan was convicted under
the new Territorial law making the
passing of such a check a misde
meanor.
Cily Can Pay Off
Bends in fO Years,
Hendrickson Says
Tomorrow qualified Juneau voters
will go to the polls to decide the
fate of three bond issues: (1) $290,
000 for constructfon of a city hall;
(2) $287,000 for street improve
ments; (3) and $88,000 for improve
ments to the fire station and re
building the fire alarm system.
The polls will be open from 8 a.m,
to 7 p.m. at the Juneau Memorial
Library and the Juneau Dairies.
Any resident who has paid real,
personal or auto taxes in Juneau is
eligible to vote.
Mayor Waino Hendrickson to
day explained that the existing and
proposed bonds can be retired over
a 10-year period from the revenue
acquired from the city sales and
service tax. This estimate is based
on an annual return of $129,000.
The accumulated surplus," Hen
drickson said, “will, by the end of
1952, be sufficient to meet any con
tingency and by 1955 the surplus
based on present returns will en
able the city to retire all outstand
ing bonds remaining in the 1948
street improvement issue which are
a 20-year issue, but callable seven
years from 1948. The savings in in
terest alone on this one issue will
amount to $31,885.”
He went on to add that the early
retirement of the 1948 bond issue
j will reflect an annual saving of
| $10,000 which can be added to the
accumulative surplus to be used to
retire additional outstanding bonds
* as they become callable.
Local Demos Active;
$5 Dinner Tomorrow,
Meeting Tonight
I Tickets for the Democratic dinner
. Thursday night in honor of E. L.
i Bartlett, Alaska’s delegate, are re
j porte 1 to be moving fast now with
I over half of them sold,
i There were 100 places available
fc>- $5 a plate dinner accord
ing to Democratic party members.
A sell-out is expected for the din
ner at Mike’s in Douglas. Bartlett
will speak on an unannounced sub
ject opening the 1952 election race
lok- First Division Democrats.
In another party activity, 55
delegates elected at last week’s
caucus to represent Juneau at the
divisional convention of the Demo
cratic party at Sitka, December 13,
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at
the Moose hall. Tonight’s meeting
| is to certify the caucus and to name
I proxies for those delegates unable
J to go to Sitka next week.
—
NW Fish Group
| Protests Army
Fish Contracts
SEATTLE, Dec. 5—A second mili
tary contract for salmon and hali
but has been awarded a California
packing firm which is already un
der investigation for the alleged
delivery of spoiled low-grade fish
to the army, the Times said to
day.
Maj. A. R. Benke, aide to Col. J.
C. Troy, chief of the army’s mar
ket center here, refused to confirm
or deny that a contract had been
awarded the Romeo Packing Co., of
San Francisco.
But the Times said the new
award specifies delivery to the
nearby Auburn General Depot of
5,000 pounds of salmon steaks
and 15,000 .pounds of halibut
steaks.
Some 125,000 pounds of the Cal
ifornia packer’s fish v/as seized un
der a federal order late last month
on grounds that much of it was
contaminated and unfit for human
consumption. It was also reportedly
dog salmon, a much cheaper grade
than the specified silver salmon.
Much of the shipment was destined
for Korea.
The seizure followed investigation
by the Food and Drug Administra
tion. Samples have been flown to
Washington, D. C„ for further
checks.
The second award was protested
today by the Northwest Fisheries
Association, composed of mhJor
northwest firms which are quali
fied to bid on army fish contracts.
• DECEMBER 6
•
• Low tide 1:37 a.m., 1.9 ft.
• High tide 8:17 a m., 15.5 ft.
• Low tide 2:33 p.m., 4.2 ft.
• High tide 8:33 p.m., 13.5 ft.
Down 5 MIGS
In 10fh Day
Of Jef Baffle
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 5—<-B—U.S
pilots today reported shooting down
five Red MIGs and damaging five
in the tenth straight day of jel
warfare over North Korea.
The US. Fifth Air Force said
no U.S. jets were lost or damaged
The Wednesday bag raised the
U.S. toll of Red jets in 10 consecu
tive days to 64—32 shot down, one
probably shot down, and 31 dam
aged. Announced Allied losses arc
six jets.
The 10-day run of daily Jet war
fare is the longest of the Korean
war.
Five Russian-type Jets were
shot down in a 35-minute clash
between F-86 Sabres and 80 MIG
158 over Sinanju Wednesday. An
other MIG was damaged. The
time equalled the longest jet bat
tle in history.
The Communists put about 230
MIGs into the air Wednesday.
They far outnumbered U. S.
planes.
U.S. F-84 Thunderjets damaged
three MIGs and dll F-80 Shooting
Star accounted for the fifth MIG
damaged in other fights.
Ground action Wednesday was
minor. United Nations forces threw,
back squad and platoon-sized Red
probes on the central sector, an
Eighth Army communique said. No
significant activity was reportec
from the western and eastern fronts
An Allied announcement said a
U.N. raiding party stormed ashore
deep behind Red lines on the east
coast Monday in the second hit
and-run raid in two nights.
Black-faced American Marines
and British Commandos scaled a
cliff and attacked a vital Commun
ist rail line south of Songjin, about
185 miles north of parallel 38.
Shells from the U.S. destroyer
Tingey pounded the rail line farther
north,.
Allied Naval headquarters In Ko
rea said the night raiders left an
unknown number of Communist
dead. The Allies suffered only two
casualties.
Eskimo Girl io
Tour Stales; Will
Call on Truman
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 5—OB
—A six-year-old Eskimo girl leaves
Fairbanks by plane today on the
first leg of a 6,000-mile tour of the
United States.
The girl, Pearl Ittigiah of the vil
lage of Minto near the Arctic Cir
cle, will be seeing the tlnited Stat
es for the first time, Air .Transport
Associates, the flight sponsor, re
ported.
ATA officials said Pearl will visit
President Truman and present him
a scroll signed by 2,560 Alaskans
protesting a recent Civil Aeronau
tics Board order directing ATA, a
“non sked” airline, to end its ser
vice to Alaska.
Pearl will be accompanied by her
mother who also will be seeing the
“outside” for the first time.
Recess Appoinfment
For U. 5, Attorney,
Second Division
KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 5—MP>—
President Truman gave a recess
appointment yesterday to James A
Von De Heidt as United States At
torney for Alaska's Second Division
'Nome l.
Von Der Heidt, 32, has been liv
ing in the Cape Nome precinct
where he is serving as U. S. Com
missioner-ex-officio, Justice of the
Peace, Probate Juage, Coroner and
Recorded
He was born in Miles City, Mont
Sleek Quotations
NEW YORK, Dec. 5—OPi—Closins
quotation of Alaska Juneau mini
stock today is 3. American Car
109%, American Tel. and Tel. 157%
Anaconda 50%, Douglas Aircraft
59, Oeneral Electric 56%, Genera
Motors 50% Goodyear 43%, Kenne
cott 88%, Libby McNeill and Libb;
8%, Northern Pacific 68%, Standarc
Oil of California 49%, Twentietl
Century Fox 20%, U.S. Steel 39%
Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchangi
96.50.
Sales today were 1,330,000 shares
Averages today were as follows
industrials 263.72 rails 81.81, util
lties 46.39.
Bartlett Tells
NFFE He'll Fight
For Differential
Speaking to a group of federal
employees this noon at the Bara
nof Hotel, E. L. Bartlett, Alaska’s
delegate to Congress, left no doubt
that the fight on to change the pay
[ differential status of federal em
. ployees is a serious one, and told
the group that he will continue tc
work against any further move tc
I lower pay standards.
Delegate Bartlett addressed the
. end of the year meeting of the
. National Federation of Federal
. Employees. He told how amend
. ments to an act of 1949 threatened
. to discriminate between persons
living in the Territory and those
hired outside and sent to the Terri
i tory. Those amendments, Bartlett
explained, would have given the 25
percent differential to those hirec.
outside, but would have withheld it
from those living in the Territory
when hired for federal employment
Shows Up Twice
This originally showed up, Bart
lett said on the Department of
Interior appropriations clause. A
fight led ' by Bartlett and others
stopped this, but it showed up again
in a Department of Agriculture
clause. This, Bartlett told, would
have had great effect on federal
employees in Hawaii and elsewhere.
Bartlett said that temporary victory
has been won. but declared he
would fight it wherever it appeared.
"We all know that the cost-of
living difference must be paid if
federal activities are to continue
in Alaska—otherwise, there will be
chaos,” Bartlett declared.
Bartlett said that he was satisfied
that Congress has recognized the
strategic importance of Alaska, and
spoke about the millions of dollars
now being spent in the Territory for
j defense.
Fortunate in Commands
He said that Alaska has been
j fortunate in the choice of military
j commanders in the past and especi
' ally praised Lt. Gen. William E.
j Kepner, commander-in-chief of the
Alaska Command.
’ We are extremely fortunate to
have a man of the ‘terrific’ capac
ities possessed by Lt. Gen. Kepner,”
Bartlett said. "Our defenses are in
I able hands.”
j The local NFFE elected officers
| for the coming year. They are:
Mrs. Katherine Alexander, presi
| dent; Ray Nevin, first vice-presi
dent; Marvin Ripke, second vice
| president; Perry Hobbs, third vicc
I president; and Wallace Sharpies,
secretary-treasurer.
The new board of trustees is com
prised of: three-year term—J. T.
Petrich, Robert Leise, Norbert
| Ottke, Helen Scudder; one-year
j term—Samuel Troutman, Arnold
I Francis, Matt Gormley.
National Guardsmen
To Hold War Games
Winding Up Camp
Alaska National Guardsmen have
scheduled small-scale war games to
wind up their two weeks encamp
ment on Montana Creek.
A simulated attack, withdrawal,
counter-attack and tactical move
ments will take place at the winter
camp Thursday and Friday. A
demonstration team from the 196th
Infantry Regiment stationed at Ft.
Richardson will show the technique
and firing of 75 and 57 mm. re
coiless rifles and the 81 mm. mortar
on the firing range Thursday.
The public is again warned to
remain out of the range area dur
ing the firing. Guards will be posted
in the area.
Members of the Territorial Legis
lature will be visiting the camp and
firing range Thursday.
Naturalization Class
Held at High School
A naturalization class is being
conducted by the U. S. Immigra
tion and Naturalization Service two
evenings a week, it was announced
by the service today.
The class meets Monday and
Thursday nights, 7 to9 o’clock in
room 38 of the Juneau High School.
Teacher for the course is Herman
Kuhlmann of the high school staff.
Text books are furnished by the
service.
Ship Movmmmnbi
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle on Friday.
Baranof scheduled to arrive
southbound Sunday at 6 p.m.
Freighter Cassiar sails from Van
couver today.
Sen. Kefauver
Talks in Reply
To MacArthur
SEATTLE, Dec. 5—(jfl—In a talk
billed as a "reply" to General Mac
Arthur, Sen. Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee declared last night that
“a strong United Nations" is the
world's "only real chance of pre
serving peace.”
"The only way to win World War
III," he added, "is to prevent It.”
The crime-investigating Demo
cratic Senator addressed the West
ern Washington Jefferson-Jackson
Day dinner.
Turning to the domestic front,
he warned against the danger of
"the growth of crime and cor
ruption,” and asserted “honesty
in government is certainly not the
monopoly of any political party.”
Democratic party leaders had
listed the speech as a reply to
General MacArthur’s- bitter denun
ciation of Truman Administration
policies in his Nov. 13 address at
the opening of Seattle’s Centennial
celebration. The move for a “reply”
developed after some Democrats
ind labor leaders criticized the
political tone of the General’s ad
dress at the civic event, although
it had drawn enthusiastic applause
from the crowd that heard it.
MacArthur declared the Admin
istration’s foreign and domestic pol
icies are leading the country toward
j third world war and financial
ruin.
Kefauver, who may seek the
Democratic nomination for pre
sident, praised the administra
tion's policies In the Korean cri
sis. He told a press conference
yesterday that if he decides to
seek the nomination, he will do
so regardless of whether Presi
dent Truman decides to run
again. The Senator told reporters
he plans to “appraise the situa
1 tion" further and announce Ms
I decision early neat year.
The $25-a-plate Democratic crowd
of more than 600 last night gave
its fullest applause to the several
barbs the Senator tossed directly
at the former far eastern comman
der.*
Kefauver asserted:
“It Is Interesting to note that
your Centennial speaker did not
mention the United Nations once
in his speech—and yet he was the
firct commander of that great
army of the United Nations.
“To me this Indicates either
lack of understanding of the role
of the United Nations or a path
etic display of vanity.
“This is not MacArthur's war.
This is not the United States war.
This is free men everywhere say
ing to Joseph Stalin: Thou shalt
■ ot trespass again.”
Gamblin' Gents
Spring for New
$50 fax Stamp
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—(JV—The
government says some 7,706 gents
accustomed to more favorable odds
have offered to pay a "heads you
win, tails I lose" federal tax.
That many, Internal Revenue
Commissioner John B. Dunlap an
nounced yesterday, have applied lor
the (new $5d-a-year p* ofessional
gambler's stamp. The occupation
stamp does not legalize gambling
—that’s the rub, from the gambler’s
point of view—it Just puts the gam
bler In compliance with the stamp
tax law.
Officials have estimated at least
17,750 persons, probably more, are
subject to the gambler’s tax. Dun
lap said 2,300 special revenue agents
organized in 117 “racket squads*
throughout the coutnry have been
ordered to go out and collar the
delinquents. The deadline for fil
ing applications was Dec. 1.
SECURITY MAN 18 HERE
Earl M. Coop>er, regional research
consultant of the Federal Security
Agency at San Francisco, Calif.,
arrived here yesterday and is at
the Baranof Hotel.
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