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THE CALCULATED RISK
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Summing up the decision of the United States
entering the Korean trouble, one eastern newspaper
editorially says that after consultation with military
and foreign policy officials and with leaders of both
parties—and after weighing the risks deliberately—
President TrUman has determined upon a momentous
course of policy. The United States will use its mili
tary forces, including bomber aircraft, to help the
Korean Republic defend itjelf. And the United States
also will use its naval forces in Far Eastern waters
to prevent a Communist attack on Formosa.
There can be no mistaking the grave risk this
entails. We shall'deceive ourselves if we pretend there
is no such risk of a gigantic Russo-American conflict.
But it is demonstrably better to take that risk, with
eyes open and A-bombs ready, than to allow the Soviet
Union to use its Communist puppets in Korea und
China and Indo-China to keep on chipping away seg
ments of the free world in defiance of treaty obliga
tions and UN commitments.
Just as Hitier nearly conquered the world by
bludgeoning one victim nation after another, so a
new despotism has been advancing over Eurasia by
[
lawless infiltration and aggression. In the 1980s, the
United States stood aloof as Nazi Germany extended
its despotic power. We paid for that indifference when
war came home to us.
Seeking peace, we have tried in the last five
years to counter Soviet expansion by loans, by treaties
of alliance, by arming various nations subject to Com
munist pressure. Those measures have helped might
ily. But they were not enough to prevent the spread
of Communist rule to one-third of the people of the
earth. The challenge in Korea is even more flagrant,,
more directly aimed at the United States, than any
previous aggressive move the Politburo has made. It
called for a new strategy at Washington and the use,
for the first time since World War II, of our military
forces.
There is a fair chance, at least, that the Soviet
Union will either repudiate the aggression committed
by the North Korean forces or else simply acquiesce
'in America's intervention. Certainly the . one hope
| 1 inducing Russia to abandon its bid for control of
I nil Korea lay in an American move so vigorous as to
prove to the Kremlin that the United States is ready
i for any test rather than accept a new defeat in the
Far East.
Fortunes of War
(O’ncinnati Enquirer)
Quite aside from the more important national
, and world-wide issues involved, the sudden crisis in
Korea and the sudden revision of American policy
have strong repercussions in party politics. Both
Democrats and Republicans will find some advantages
and some drawbacks in the swift turn of events. Al
I though secondary to the enormous stakes of national
■security, they are not without importance.
After the administration's decision to include For
masa in the areas protected, Senators Taft and Know
land and others have every right to say “I told you
feo." And they were prompt to say it. Republican
leaders also find new fuel for their criticism of the
I past policy of the administration in the Far East. ...
' On the other hand, tne ’unman aamimstrauon.
(has accomplised a number of things which have their
I political utility. It has made 'a mcve which at the
jvery least indicates that an affection for Communism
j does not permeate current American foreign policy
I it has been able to utilize the crisis to close ranks in
] Congress and further rebuild its bipartisan foreign
; policy. And it has also used the opportunity to re
store cordial relations and close cooperation with the
UN, after monthi' of strained dealings.
Until the crisis is over, it will be impossible" tc
appraise the net results, in political terms or any
other. But at least it is clear that both major parties
will share in the fortunes of war. It is also clear that
while both parties have made some capital of the
emergency, neither has taken undue advantage. Neither
has subordinated the overriding interest of the nation
I to any purely partisan advantage it might uncover.
JULY 14
Dr. C. C. Carter
Linda Florence Worgum
Martha Osborne
Fred Anderson
Chancy R. Willard
Mrs. Frank Carlson
Caroline Fowler
Margaret Ludlow
MENDENHALL 4-H CLUB
GREETS OLDROYD;PLAN
FOR SEPTEMBER FAIR
L. T. Oldroyd, Director of the
Territorial Department of Agricul
ture, was pleasantly surprised on
his arrival at the Juneau Airport
Monday, July 10, when a delegation
of Mendenhall 4-H Club for boys
i met him, carrying the club’s ban
ner and wearing club badges.
From the airport, accompanied by
Mrs. Edythe Walker of the Exten
sion Service, who was also there
to meet Mr. Oldroyd, he was taken
directly to the Minfield School to
attend regular 4-H Club meeting.
His congratulatory speech upon
our $200 check won for our float
j in the Fourth of July parade and
|hi‘$ Encouraging comments, concern
ring our promising -club projects,
were happily applauded by the en
tire group of enthusiastic boys.
Projects will be ready for the
September fair.
A motion was made and carried
to put the $200 jilt a savings ac
count, and Joe^ Pedersen of the
Minfield was Eledt^d tuypol^
the new office 'of treasurer for our
club.
Upon h ring of our intention to
purchase a hand tractor with a
horsepower motor to plow gar
den projects next spring, Mr. Ofd
royd heartily agreed and encour
aged us to go ahead and buy such
a machine with the necessary at
tachments. He referred to the
coming fair as an ideal means to
increase our treasury to meet the
The Washington
MernMSMtnuad j
(Con from Page One) j
•-[?u'r; 1 / 11
the corhiUny now involved In the
recent ■ wire-tapping report being
investigated by the Justice Depart
ment. in which Washington police
tapped he%tMcn.(PA'WWVrd.>ft«biiietit
head of TWA. at the time he was
being t investigated by Sentaor
Brewster. The wire-tapping was
done on the orders, of Senator
Brewster, noted as the Senate
spokesman for Pah Am.
This . wire-tapping scandal did
not fortn a part of CAB's deliber
ations, -though it)—is- interesting to
note that.dhe.. issue _involved.. was
the same—namely, whether there
should be only one monopoly air
line operated by the United States
Overseas.
O'Connell Strongly
Against Monopoly
Finally, the CAB voted 3 to 2
against the merger. The majority
—Chairman O'Connell, Harold
Jones and Russell Adams—wrote
a strong opinion, finding that the
American system of free competi
tion nfust be preserved and that
monopoly would hurt the best in
terests of the nation. Two mem
bers—Josh Lee and Oswald Ryan
long known as Pan Ain’s besi
friend on the CAB—dissented. This
finding was sent to the White
House. *
On June 30, the White House
wrote back over the signature of
Budget Director Frederick J. Law
ton that President Truman had
ok'd the majority's findings and
was against the Pan American mer
ger. But Lawton, w'ho, incidentally,
personally favored Pan Am's posi
tion, added that it was felt the
CAB should leave the door open
for further consideration of over
seas routes.
When Chairman O'Connell re
ceived this note, he expressed some
mystification at Lawton's addend
um. Nevertheless, the board start
ed to announce its findings to the
public. By this time, however, it
was late in the afternoon, and
Oswald Ryan, friend of Pan Am
erican, argued that it was too late
in the day, and suggested that die
public •announcement couia go over
until later. . '
Next morning, it became known
that Ryan had paid a secret visit
to the President and had person
ally urged Pan American's case.
At 9:45 a.m., the CAE received a
phone call from the White House
to hold up the 11 a.m. scheduled
announcement turning down the
Pan Am merger. And immediately
thereafter, Ryan appeared before
his CAB colleagues to tell them
that President Truman had asked
him to carry the oral message that
he wanted the entire question of
the merger reversed, and that Pan
American should be permitted to
consolidate with American Over
seas.
“Shabby Treatment"
This caused Chairman O'Connell1
to hit the ceiling.
“Why didn't I know about this?"
he asked other CAB menibejs. "I;
consider this the shabbiest treat
ment I have had since I became
chairman of the board”.
O'Connell went even further and
wrote a hot personal letter to the
President in which in effect he
said!
“I respect your authority as Pres
ident to review decisions of the
Civil Aeronautics Board in mat
ters affecting overseas air travel.
“Of quite another stripe, how
[\er,vvsras 'the' tu^hlt' meetffhg of
! you and your advisers with the
Vice Chairman of the board, Os
wald Ryan, without at least show
ing me the courtesy of inviting me
to participate. Consequently, I can
only ask that my resignation, which
X recently submitted to you'effect
ive July 1, be made effective im
mediately."
O'Connell had seen the President
on June 13, and in a very friendly
conversation had asked permission
to resign because of financial rea
sons. Truman at that time, how
ever, had refused to accept the
resignation and begged him to re
main.
After receiving O'Connell's curt
j note, however, the President wrote
i back a one-paragraph letter stating
| he had given instructions that
O’Connell be invited to the meet
ing with Ryan, but apparently
there had been a slip-up by his
statf.
Truman then abruptly announced
O'Connell's resignation.
Whv Truman Reversal :
Following this, Truman wrote an
other letter to the CAB, confirming
the oral message sent by Oswald
Ryan, stating that he had reversed
himself and now favored the Pan
American Airways merger.
Furthermore, believe it or not,
he awarded Pan Am more than it
even asked. He actually gave Pan
Am a new route to Pans, thereby
cutting in on TWA. and also gave
Pan Am a route to Rome, further
infringing on TWA.
As a sop, TWA got the right
to stop at London, and the highly
dubious privilege of going to Frank
fort, Germany.
The big question in Washington
is—what made the President change
his mind and rule in favor of a
company which has tried to cut
his throat politically, and which
is now under investigation for
wire-tapping?
Here are some clues to the an
swer.
On July 2, right after the White
House letter of June 30, opposing
the merger. Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson, who formerly Was
retained by Pan American, visited
the President on the yacht Wil
liamsburg. Johnson’s law firm re
! eeived $18,000 in lobbying fees from
Pan Am in 1948, and another $18,
000 in 1949.
Johnson is also the intimate
friend of Sam Pryor. Pan American
vice president, and recently took
Pryor to Puerto Rico on Johnson's
de luxe Air Force plane, the Dew
drop.
In addition to Johnson, Pan Am
erican has other friends among the
palace guard, including White
House Secretary Matt Connelly and
John Steelman, They in turn were
opposed by ex-White House counsel
Clark Clifford, who was hired by
Howard Hughes. But the palace
guard argued to Truman that thi
$50,000 Hughes paid to Clifford
would make it look as if this' money
had influenced Truman’s decision |
against the merger, and this wat
one of the factors causing Trumar
to reverse himself.
Note—American Overseas Air
lines also retains the ex-law firm
of Secretary of State Dean Ache
son.
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DR. DEISCHER JOINS
MT. EDGECUMBE STAFF
Dr. Joseph B. Deischer, Jr„ form
erly in private practice in Wind
sor, Colo., has joined the staff ol
the Mt. Edgecumbe Orthopedic
Hospital, according to the Alaska
Department of Health.
Dr. Deischer was a flight sur
geon for three years with the Air
Force during the war. He will be
associate physician with Dr. Philip
Moore, orthopedic surgeon.
The addition of Dr. Deischer to
the Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital staff
is part of the cooperative program
of the Alaska Native Service and
the Alaska Department of Health
to build up the staff in order to
give more adequate services, Dr.
James Googe, health department
local health administration, chief, j
said today, . v
TIDE TABLE
Jt’LY 15^
High tide 1:36 a m., 16.7 ft.
Low tide 8:19 a.m., -2.0 ft.
High tide 14:44 p.m., 14.8 ft.
Low tide 20:20 p.m., 3.7 ft.
cost of such an investment.
Mrs. Edythe Walker, Mrs. Joe
Kenaler and Mrs. Howard Gaines,
but club leadei's,1 ‘frill agai'n inspect
our projects n,ext week.
Henry Allen Jenkins, Reporter
'
n 1RAVEL WITH
PAC. NORTHERN
I i
Fourteen persons arrived from the
westward yesterday via Pacific
Northern Airlines, which carried 25
outbound. ,
From Anchorage were Col. John
R. Noyes, A. J. Alter, Roy Sumpter,
Mr. and Mrs. F- A. Grimsdale, L.
W. Smith, A. G. Randall. John H.
Carter Jr., and Corporal Heisel.
Boarding at Cordova were Andrew
Hegg, Harold Olsen, Mr. Wylten,
Joe Greenspun and Robert Mc
Cracken.
These persons went to Anchorage:
Ralph Noerenberg, L. Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. Winn Ervin, Max Lanke.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rathjens, Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Allen, W. C. Ar
nold, Virgil Dingman, Tom Apple
ton and Buell Nesbitt.
Tom Dyer and Phyllis Hurst and
infant went to Yakutat; J. K. John
son, Josephine Edwards, John Nel
son, Julius Hall and John Simp
son to Cordova. Passengers for Ko
diak were Dianne Fitzgerald with
Gwen and Craig, and Bill Cassel.
FROM ANCHORAGE
E. B. Crittenden of Anchorage
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM WRANGELL
Arne L. Bulkley of Wrangell is
a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
ACROSS
L Assert
positively
6. By
9. Snowshoe
12. Cover the
Inside
12. Eagle
14. Relatives
15. For fear that
16. Shakespearean
king
17. Annoy
18. Solid water
20. Mischievous
tricks
22 Marked with
an asteliSk
26. Pronoun
27. Region beyond
Jordan •
; 28. Tendered \
! 33. lilac* bird
34. Kaid
36. So. American
river
87. Scare
suddenly
39. Deduce
41. Three-toed
sloth
42. Legislative
bodies
44. Part of the
eye
48. Darning
utensil
49. Metal-bearing
rock
60. At any time
52k Ancient
European 68.
country 69.
56. Season
£7. Spore cluster* 60.
! -• on fern* 61.
[ua R a^llA 1 III
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
Additional
Portuguese
title
Large knife
Act
DOWN
1. Every on*
2. Comend
3. Existence
4. Withdraw
b. Martinique
volcano
6. Exist'
7. Crisp cookie
8. Appalling
9. Hide
10. Scotch church
11. Writing fluid*
19. Wiliness
21. peveured
22. Mineral
springs
23. Canvas shelter
24. Operatic solo
25. Wall-eyed
pikes
29. Note of the
30. Log float
scale
31. Fencing sword
32. Oriental
dwelling*
35. Oil: suttix
38. Siamese land
measure
40. Scolded
persistently
43. Uncanny
44. Highway
45. Therefore
46. Be abundant
47. English river
51. Before
53. Beverage . \
54. Employ ' if ■ i |
55. Guided
20 YEARS AGO tiTe empire
JULY 14, 1930
Miss Venetia Pugh, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Venetia Reed,
left on the Aleutian for Ketchikan to relieve Mrs. L. O. Gore in the
office of the United States Commissioner and Deputy Clerk of Court.
She was to be there about two weeks.
With J. C. Dort, Forest Service hydro-electric expert, Assistant Re
gional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman left for a field examination of
Long, Crater and Dorothy lakes regarding the Cameron application for
a final waterpower development license. Wendell Dawson was to Join
them from Ketchikan, along with Bill Fromholtz.
Doris Cahill, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cahill,
was taken to St. Ann's Hospital for treatment the evening before and
able to go home in the morning.
W. S. Hamilton, lighthouse keeper at Five Fingers Island, was a
passenger on the Pacific, stopping over in Juneau on his Way to Warm
Springs Bay for a vacation.
Ken Talmage, captain of the Fisheries boat Seal, had returned from
Tebenoff, where he spent his vacation.
Mrs. John Feusi of Douglas suffered severe burns In a home acci
dent when burning paraffin was accidentally spilled over her hands
and one foot.
L M. Carrigan, traveling salesman, left on the Dorothy Alexander
for Wrangell.
Weather: High, 76; low, 53; rain.
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Daily Lessons in English & L. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The plumber welded the
two pipes together." TOGETHER is redundant. WELD means to unite,
or bring together.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cholera. Pronounce first syllable KOL,
;0 as in DOLL, and not as itt COAL.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Intelligent (having keen mental perception).
Intelligible (capable of being understood).
SYNONYMS: Blame (verb), accuse, censure, reproach, find fault
with. "3
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
NASCENT; coming into existence; beginning to develop. “He was aware
of a certain nascent admiration on the part of John.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee
Q. When a man is engaged to a girl, does each call the other
"fiance"? . > i;
A. There are two forms of the word. Fiance is the masculine and
fiancee the feminine form. They are both pronounced the same—“fee
ahn-say.”
Q. Should the letters in the abbreviation R.s.v.p. be capitalized?
A. Correctly written, only the first letter of the abbreviation is
capitalized.
Q. Is it correct to tell weekend guests when they are expected to
leave?
A. Yes, the hostess has the privilege.
LOOK and LEARN A. c. GORDON
1- In what State is the most famous Natural Bridge?
2. What is the superstition regarding the kissing of the Blarney
Stone?
3. By what name do sailors call ropes?
4. What is the great vein of the neck called?
5. The adventures of a shipwrecked sailor named Alexander Selkirk
provided the theme of what famous story?
ANSWERS:
1. Virginia.
2. It induces proficiency in the art of flattery.
3. Lines. ' - "•
4. Jugular vein.
5. “Robinson Crusoe.”
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Anchorage 55—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island 51—Cloudy
Barrow . 32—Fog
Bethel .... 53—Cloudy
Cordova ... 49—Partly Cloudy
Dawson .53—Partly Cloudy
■Edmonton . 56—Cloudy
Fairbanks ..... 52—Fog
Haines (Missing)
Havre 60—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport 47—Cloudy
Kodiak ..-. 48—Rain
Kotzebue . 56—Cloudy
McGrath 48—Partly Cloudy
Nome . 50—Fog
Northway . 51—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg 48—Clouc/y
Portland . 48—Cloudy
Prince George 46—Partly Cloudy
Seattle. 57—Partly Cloudy
Sitka . 48—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 45—Clear
Yakutat . 49—Rain
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7 p.m.—Soap Box Derby trial
spins on 11th street hill.
At 8 p.m.—Legion of the Moose
meets Moose hall.
At 8 p.m—Special meeting of City
Council.
July 15
At 8:30 p.m.—Square Dance Associ
ation summer dance, Parish Hall.
July 16
At 2:30 p.m.—Baseball game be
tween Elks and Coast Guard.
July 17
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug
out.
July 18
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
July 19
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
July 20
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose meet
ing, Moose Hall.
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