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JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1950 ***»
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Election New
Councilman to
Be Thursday
Juneau City Council action on
electing a new councilman to re
place A1 Zenger, whose resignation
becomes effective January 1, came
up at a regular meeting last night,
and was postponed to a special
meeting to be held next Thurs
day night.
Another matter to be taken up
at the special meeting will be the
matter of repairing the approach
to the small boat harbor or build
ing a new, more centrally located
approach. The trollers had asked
for this meeting and will meet with
the council.
City Attorney Howard ■ Stabler
read the Territorial law which
said that “any qualified person"
could be elected by a city council
to fill a vacancy between elections.
Councilman George Jorgenson said
that he had been led to believe that
it was mandatory that the next
highest runner-up be chosen and
felt that the matter should be given
more consideration.
Alter much discussion a motion
was passed to publish the city
budget and a summary audit.
Applications for 34 liquor li
censes were approved with the pro
vision that immediate police action
would be taken on violations oi
ordinances in regard to closing
horns.
Harbor Police Asked
The police and small boat harbor
committees agreed to investigate
a request by the trollers for a
patrolman at the harbor iroin 11
p.m. to 7 a.m. until the fleet goes
out May 1. B. H. Manery, repre
senting the trollers, pointed out
that there were 220 boats, 150 of
them trollers, in the harbor and
that there had been some stealing
and pilfering. He said that 40 peo
ple were living on boats, that 70
stalls were rented which brought
from $36 to $40 a year each in
rental to the city. He brought up
that a patrolman on duty would
be of value in case of a fire break
ing out. .
Inspect Fire Hazards
Police Chief Minard Mill report
ed that firemen had been working
in groups inspecting buildings for
fire hazards and asked ior the
backing of the Council in taking
action on building owners who do
not comply with changes to reduce
the hazards.
Joregenson pointed out that this
was the first personal report the
Council had had from the Chief
in five years and was willing to
throw his support behind the de
partment on taking any action nec
essary. He also asked that the Fire
Department make a monthly report
to the Council in order that they
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
OopTrlcbt. i*ac. br BeU BrbolcMe> ine.k
By DKfcvV I't AHSON
U'ASHINGTON — When Gen.
George Marshall was appointed Se
cretary of Defense, criticism was
raised that he would instinctively
break down civilian safeguards.
Traditionally, civilians have com
manded the Army, Navy and Air
Force, so it was argued that putting
a military man in charge of all
three services was dangerous.
One phase of this criticism now
appears justified. .Though he has
been in office three months, Gen
eral Marshall has not yet called a
formal meeting of the Secretaries
of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
These three civilians—all able
men—are supposed to be the real
bosses at the Army, Navy and Air
Force. Under Louey Johnson they
met almost every week—sometimes
oftener. But under Marshall they
have not met at all. Instead he, a
military man, leans almost entirely
on the Joint Chiefs' of Staff.
In fact, the Joint Chiefs of Staff
today have become about the most
important governing factor in
Washington.
With broad-minded Gen. Omar
Bradley as Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs, this is not dangerous. Fur
thermore, the other Joint Chiefs—
Gen. Joe Collins, Adm. Forrest
Sherman, and Gen. Hoyt Vanden*
berg for Air—are also civilian
minded officers. However, the pre
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might work more closely together.
Mill mentioned two places in
particular that were dangerous. Ohe
was the City Cafe where the stove
adn grease chute were very dirty
and definite hazard. The other was
the Gastineau Grocery Building
with a meeting hall upstairs that
had but one entrance and that by
an oil stove and a chimney. The
rear entrances were unsafe and one
was nailed shut. "Judging by the
size of the chairs, children meet
there for Sunday School. In case
of fire with the oil stove by the
only exit, there would be panic
and the situation is dangerous," he
said.
Inspections are continuing.
Traffic Blockades
Mill brought up the problem of
traffic blockades when a fire alarm
is sounded and suggested a series of
alarm bells at strategic intersec
tions to assure that drivers would
be alerted and pull over to the
curb to let the fire equipment and
firemen pass. Mayor Waino Hend
rickson reminded Mill that the fire
men had police authority to ar
rest persons blocking the traffic
at such a time.
Police Chief Bernard Hulk sug
gested that firemen be equipped
with small red spotlights on theii
cars to identify them when rush
ing to a lire.
New Alarm System
Th alarm system of signals should
be revamped, Mill declared, and a
relay box installed at the boat
harbor.
The problem of an underground
creek or broken water pipe that
was flooding the basements of
buildings along Seward Street was
taken up with Mill, who said that
tiie water company was planning
to do something about it next year.
C. J. Ehrendreich, city account
ant, reported on his investigation
of the material submitted by the
Juneau Douglas Telephone Com
pany for a rate, hearing. He said
that not enough evidence had been
submitted at this time to war
rant a hearing, that the council
could only act on raies within the
City and that no breakdown had
been made for Juneau only. The
Mayor was directed to contact the
Telephone Company to that effect.
Only one bid was received for
fire insurance on three pieces of
city equipment, a snowloader and a
new truck. It was submitted by
bhattuck Agency for $133.93 on 7a
percent of the value or a $50 de
ductible policy on the grader and
snow loader with no deductible on
the truck for $110.48. The Mayor
was directed to negotiate for a
$250 deductible policy if possible.
It was decided to purchase two
used tires and tubes for the grader
from G. R. Churchill for $60, after
it was learned that the high bidder
for new ones would be unable to
furnish them because the military
was taking them all at the factory.
The City Clerk was directed not
to issue vehicle licenses unless all
taxes are paid up.
Authorization to pay $21 monthly
to the CAA for the use of water
at the Juneau airport was given.
There was much discussian about
the enforcement of a city ordinance
requiring $5 car license stickers
for out-of-towners regularly using
the city streeets. This does not
apply to occasional or casual driv
ers. Councilman - Ed Nielson and
Bert Caro objected to the ordin
ance.
A letter was read from Gladys
Stabler, executrix of the estate
of Wanda Myhre offering for sale
to the City, a 50 by 149 foot lot
with improvements, rear of and
adjoining the city dock property,
the assessed value being $850 for
i he lot and $7,240 for improvements.
Five thousand dollars is the least
that will be considered.
It was decided to investigate the
harbormasters request for the City
to pay his oil and light bill. He was
recently granted a $50 raise and is
furnished with living quarters.
Police Car Radio
At the request of the Council,
Frank Metcalf, head of the High
way Patrol, appeared at the meet
ing to explain the working of radio
communications in the Patrol’s po
lice cars and how it might work in
with the Juneau City Police here.
He stated that it had been effective
in the Fairbanks and Anchorage
areas citing a case where a stolen
car at Fairbanks had been recov
ered within 15 minutes. The thief
had complained that “with car
radios now a thief didn’t stand a
chance any more.” He also told
of a case at Anchorage where the
Highway Patrol had been notified
of a shooting accident, sped to the
scene and took the man to the hos
(Continued cn Page Two)
FRANK A. BOYLE,
LONG AUDITOR OF
ALASKA, IS DEAD
The death yesterday of Territorial
Auditor Frank A. Boyle left a va
cancy in the ranks of the Territorial
government and in his party that
will be difficult to fill.
One of the stalwarts of the Demo
cratic party and four times elected
auditor of Alaska, Mr. Boyle died
at his home in the Assembly Apart
ments Friday afternoon.
Coming after an illness that had
kept him home from his office for
the last two weeks, his death
shocked friends who had called
earlier in the week and found him
up and about his apartment, cheer
ful and interested in his visitors.
News of Mr. Boyle’s death reached
the Empire yesterday Just at press
time.
Mr. Boyle was born in Mt. Plea
sant, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,
on June 1, 1877, the son of John D.
and Nora Brannan- Boyle. He at
tended the public schools of Penn
sylvania and took the degree of
LL.B. at Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C.
As a boy of eleven, he went to
work as a slate picker in a Penn
sylvania coal mine. Later, he taught
school for a short time and followed
this wijh a period of quartz and
: placer mining in the Rocky Moun
i tains. From 1906 to 1909 he was a
student at Georgetown University.
: During this period, he also worked
j as a clerk in the United States Land
; Office in Washington, D.C.. where
his duties extended particularly to
public land laws.
Mr. Boyle first came to Alaska as
a receiver in the United States
Land Office at Juneau, continuing
in this service until 1924 under suc
cessive appointments by Presidents
; Taft, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge.
From 1925 until 1929, he served as
United States Commissioner and
practiced law here from 1930 until
1933. when he was elected to the
office of Auditor. He was re-elected
to that office in 1936. 1940, 1944,
and 1948.
As Auditor, Mr. Boyle's duties
i were many. In addition to the elec
tive post of Auditor, he was Com
missioner of Corporations, Commis
sioner of Insurance, member of the
Board of Administration, secretary
of the Banking Board, member of
the Board of Budfet, authorized to
contract for and furnish legislative
supplies, custodian of Compiled
Laws of Alaska, Session Laws, Jour
nals and other property of the le
gislature, custodian of Territorial
inventories and Secretary of the
Compilation Commission. During
World War II, he acted as a member
of the Selective Service Board.
Always interested and active in
community affairs, Mr. Boyle was
a member of the American Bar
Association, the B.P.O. Elks, a
staunch Democrat and a devout
Catholic.
Surviving are his widow, Jane
Morris Boyle and two sisters, Mrs.
Catherine Killoy of Butte, Montana,
and Mrs. Ella O’Donnell who lives
in Hazelton, Pa.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been made, though Mrs. Boyle
has requested that friends plan to
send no flowers.
52 ARRIVE AND
DEPART ON PNA
Seventeen arrived and 35 de
parted via Pacific Northern Airlines
yesterday.
From Anchorage: W. H. Schwind,
Phillip Gray, Gerald Bennett, David
Cleveland, Ernest Lincdln, H. V. An
derson, William Wagner, Marty
Fleihlner, J. Ray Kennedy, Jack C.
Halderman, Fr. Toner, Dr. R. Smith,
B. G. Cotts, Philip Wheeler, and
Bill Hammar.
From Cordova: M. White and A.
Wilson.
To Yakutat: Mrs. Oksendal, Rich
ard Booth, James Defalo, Albert
Brown, Ben Benson, Ernest Francis,
Leigh Robinson.
To Cordova: Anna Leak.
To Anchorage: Carl William
Smith, George Williams, Ken Van
derweele. Fair Snodderly, Samuel
Thomas, August Avoian, R. Mc
Cormick, Dale Thomas, Don Van
Burean, George Abadie, Severn
Swanson, Jr., Ira Kerchner, Frank
Marshall, Hal Fairhurst, Dr. B,
Michaelson, Lois Gentes, Lucy
Krautter, Elsa Lundgren, Floyd
; Guertin, K. K. and Jane Kelly and
the five Webers—Albert, Caryl, Lee
I Anne, and Albert Jr.
I
NEW OFFICE
IS CREATED
BY TRUMAN
Charles E. Wilson Named
Chief of All Mobili
zation Activities
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — —
President Truman today created a
new office of defense mobilization
to “direct, control and coordinate
all mobilization activities.”
Its director will be Charles E.
Wilson, President of General Elec
tric Co.
Mr. Truman gave the new mobili
zation chief authority over all the
powers contained in the Defense
Production Act of 1950.
Mr. Truman’s executive order
said the activities directed by the
new agency will include but not be
limited to production, procurement,
manpower, stabilization and trans
port activities.
Duties in these fields will be per
formed by the various agencies and
officials to whom they were pre
viously assigned, Mr. Truman speci
fied, but they now are “subject to
the direction and control of the di
rector.”
Powerful Agency
The President handed Mr. Wilson
a virtual blank check to abolish,
create and reshape the defense
agencies, and merge most of them
into a single powerful mobilization
agency when and if he chooses.
The Presidential order followed by
only a few minutes Mr. Truman’s
proclamation of a national emer
gency. •
Wilson, former executive vice
chairman of the War Production
Board, is leaving the $175,000 a year
Presidency of General Electric to
take the $22,500 gvoernment post.
To Issue Directives
His powers probably exceed those
ever granted any other mobilization
official. Besides production and
priorities, he will direct the course
of price and wage stabilization,
plant expansion, curtailment of
civilian goods, military buying, and
such 'manpower regulation as is
permitted under the defense pro
duction law.
Mr. Truman’s order instructed
him to issue any necessary directives
concerning policy and operations to
the federal departments and agen
cies.
The President decreed:
Agencies to Cooperate
“It shall be the duty of all such
agencies and departments to exe
cute these directives and make to
the director such progress and other
reports as may be required."
This means that Wilson not only
will have authority over special de
fense agencies set up in the Com
merce, Interior, Agriculture and
other departments — including the
powerful National Production
Authority — but also will direct
the defense activities of any and
all the old line agencies and de
partments of the government.
Wilson’s appointment is subject
to Senate confirmation.
BANNERMAN OUT
OF ACADEMY INTO
ARMSjOF BRIDE
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ Dec. 16——
Ex-midshipman Dave Bannerman,
five months short of an Ensign’s
stripe, walked out of the shadow of
the Naval Academy today and into
the arms of his pretty young bride.
Dave didn’t leave of his own ac
cord. The husky football star who
couldn’t be stopped by the Army
football team was tripped up by a
paragraph.
That paragraph, in Navy regula
tions, states simply that a midship
man “found to be married shall be
recommended for discharge."
The news leaked out this week
that Bannerman and Monette J.
Chaney, daughter of an Annapolis
professor, were married last Satur
day in Frederick, Md.
The Academy took official cog
nizance of the report and investi
gated. The necessary steps for the
automatic dismissal were taken by
the office of Vice Adm. Harry W.
Hill, Academy superintendent.
NEIL MOORE
APPOINTED
AS AUDITOR
Announcement Is Made by
Acting Gov. Williams
-Tribute to Boyle
Neil F. Moore, deputy auditor,
has been appointed Auditor of
Alaska, to succeed Frank A. Boyle,
who died yesterday, it was announ
ced today by Acting Governor Lew
M. Williams. The action was taken
by the appointment board consis
ting of the Governor, the Attorney
General and the Treasurer to f‘11
the interim until the convening of
the Legislature, which, under Ter
ritorial law, has the authority to
fill the vacancy.
"The board deeply regrets the
passing of Mr. Boyle, a fine man
and an outstanding public servant,
and has full confidence that Mr.
Moore, who has served under Mr.
Boyle for years, will carry out the
duties of the Auditor's office in an
efficient manner,” the Acting Gov
ernor said.
“Mr. Boyle’s death Is a distinct
loss to Alaska. His many years with
the general land office, his four
year tenure as U.S. Commissioner in
Juneau and his 18 years as Auditor
of Alaska reveal a record of public
iervice of the highest order.”
Mr. Moore was sworn in as Audi
tor late yesterday afternoon, im
mediately upon notification of Mr.
Boyle’s death, and just prior to tak
ing the plane with Mrs. Moore for
the South.
Mrs. Helen Cassell will be in
charge of the Auditor’s office dur
ing Mr. Moore’s absence.
UN FORCES
FIGHT OFF
ASSAULTS
Reds in Great Numbers
Make Furious Atlacks
Smash at Beachhead
(By the Associated Press)
United Nations forces abandoned
Hamhung today and pulled their
northeast Korea beachhead into a
tight semi-circle ringing Hungnam,
port of the Sea of Japan six miles
southeast of Hamhung.
The Allied defenders stood off
furious Red Chinese assaults, de
scribed as “sea wave” attacks,
against their shrinking toehold. The
Reds blew bugles and whistles as
they struck ferociously in great
numbers.
Terror and destruction were ap
parent as the still withdrawing UJS.
10th Corps pulled out of Hamhung
into- the crescent-shaped perimeter
around Hungnam. The dull thunder
of demolition charges was accom
panied by huge smoke plumes as the
strategic heart of Hamhung was
blown up by army engineers.
Army staff officers said the big
Chinese Red offensive aimed to
knock out the 10th Corps may come
within the next 48 hours. While
Doughboys fought off the Com
munist probing thrusts to find a
weak spot, the Navy’s big guns off
shore pounded Red troops swarming
along coastal roads converging on
Hungnam.
The warships rpoved up and down
the coast, hurling steel at the
enemy. Carrier-based warplanes
buzzed out in murky weather and
hit fropt waves of 112,000 Chinese
massed against the beachhead.
A 10th Corps spokesman said the
Chinese attacks were being "con
tained” and described the situa
tion as “not disastrous.” Army en
' gineers destroyed great stores of
supplies to keep them from falling
into Communist hands.
The two-week lull on the US.
Eighth Army front in west Korea
continued, but there was light ac
tion between South Koreans and
North Koreans 45 miles northeast
1 of Seoul. The South Koreans re
j ported their line stabilized five miles
j south of the 38th parallel.
PLANS UNDERWAY
FOR CONSTRUCTION
NEW GRADE SCHOOL
Juneau will have a new grade
school building next year, despite
the fact that the General Services
Administration has advised the
School Board that funds from its
program will defintely not be
available until the 1952 fiscal year,
if then. This is disclosed by Sterl
ing Sears, Superintendent of
Schools.
Sears said that at a conference
with School Board members it has
been decided that although the
original estimates must necessarily
be curtailed for lack of sufficient
funds, plans are now underway for
the construction of a new school
building to provide classrooms and
an assembly room on the recently
purchased site near the end of
Twelfth Street and Glacier High
way.
Funds From Bond Issue
The new grade school building
will be financed by funds from the
$750,000 bond issue authorized by
taxpayers of the Juneau Indepen
dent School District in the city
general election last spring. Of this
amount $150,000 has already been
expended for the purchase of the
property and for a fill and readying
of the site for the construction
work. The Independent School Dis
trict recently acquired clear title to
the property.
Sears said he is assured there will
be no difficulty in disposing of the
rest of the bonds.
The local architect firm of Mal
colm, Foss & Olsen has been asked
to tlraw up plans for the building
and as soon as these are completed
about the end of January or in the
first part of February, bids for con
struction will be let in order that
the work may start in the spring.
The new plans for the grade
school building provide for 14 class
i rooms and an assembly room.
! The original plans, when it was
: anticipated funds would be avail
able from the General Services Ad
ministration provided for an ex
penditure of $1,095,248. The build
ing was to have provided 10 class
rooms and a large auditorium and
gymnasium combined, to include a
stage and all stage equipment and
furnishings.
NATION'S CAPITAL
CONSIDERS THREAT
OF WAR SERIOUS
“In the many years I have known
Washington, D.C., I have never
witnessed so law a morale as is
shown there at the present time
concerning the possibility of the na
tion being thrown into another
war,” declared Hugh J. Wade, Area
Director of the Alaska Native Serv
ice, who returned to Juneau today
by Pan American Clipper after a
several weeks visit in the capital on
business of his office.
Wade said the present situation
regarding a war threat is considered
in Washington to be very grave.
Chief business of the ANS Area
Director in the capital was to dis
cuss the rebuilding of a hospital
to replace the one recently destroyed
by fire in Bethel. Wade said a
70-bed hospital has been recom
mended to be built on the site of
the former building and the re
commendations have been turned
over to the Bureau of the Budget
for approval.
With Wade in Washington was
Ralph Mize, Chief Area Engineer
for the Alaska Native Service, who
also returned on today’s plane.
KATE FLOOD LEAVING
Miss Catherine Flood of The Em
pire staff will leave tomorrow on
the steamer Denali for Seattle, to
be with her family for an indefinite
time. News of serious illness in the
family is the cause of her decision
to leave Juneau at this time.
Miss Flood has made many
friends during her two years with
The Empire, first as a reporter and
more recently in the advertising
department, and she takes with
her their best wishes and their
hopes for an early return to Juneau.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive at 7 tonight and
sails for Skagway at 11:30 o’clock.
Baranof from Seattle scheduled
to arrive Monday night or Tuesday i
morning.
Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday
110 a.m., going south.
NATION SUMMONED TO
MARSHAL STRENGTH TO
FIGHT COMMIE THREAT
FOUR-POINT
PLAN GIVEN
BY TRUMAN
President Maps Out Pro
posal tor Preserving
Freedom-Aims ot Nation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — OH —
An hour of "grave danger" con
fronts the nation, President Truman
told the American people last night.
He outlined this four-point plan
as one to help preserve freedom:
1. This country will uphold and
defend with arms, if necessary, the
principles of the United Nations.
The U.S. believes in settling dis
putes by peaceful means, the Presi
dent said, but cannot yield to ag
gression: will not engage in ap
peasement.
Korean Situation
If negotiations are possible, the
U.S. will try for a settlement to
make Korea a united, independent
and Democratic country.
2. The United States will continue
I to work with other free nations to
strengthen joint defenses.
By working together, the Presi
dent said, free nations can offer a
common front, backed by strength
and that is necessary if America is
to be in a position to negotiate
successfully with the Kremlin for
peaceful settlements.
Military Power
3. The Armed Forces of the
United States will be built up. The
U.S, will make more weapons for
itself and its allies. Mr. Truman
said expansion of American mili
tary power is going ahead very
rapidly.
The country will expand training
and production facilities to make
possible a very quick expansion to
full mobilization if that becomes
necessary.
Economy Expanded
4. Mr. Truman said the economy
will be expanded, too, and kept
on an even keel. This, he said,
means very high production tar
gets and the willingness to make
an all-out effort to reach them.
He said the defense effort would
push prices up unless positive action
is taken to keep them down. Fur
ther taxes will be needed and non
military expenditures must be cut
to the bone.
The government, said the Presi
dent, is starting to impose price
controls at once on some materials
uid products and will also under
take to stabilize wage controls in
he same fields, as the law requires.
WASH. MINER'S
LIFE SAVED BY
MINING TIMBER
SELLECK, Wash., Dec. 16——
His life saved by the same huge
beam that held him prisoner 400
feet underground for 54 hours of
torture, John Wolti was brought to
freedom by rescue crews last night.
The miner, was weak, pain
wracked and near a state of shock
when he was brought to the surface
at 7;20 p.m.
His right arm was crushed and
his face.covered with a grimy, three
day growth of beard.
Wolti, 54, was caught in an ava
lanche of rock and timbers at 12:55
p.m. Wednesday when the coal mine
roof gave way.
ADOPT BABY GIRL
Mrs. Woodrow Trlplette has re
ceived word that Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Campbell of Seattle have
adopted a six-month-old baby girl.
Marlene Louise. Mrs. Campbell is
the former Eleanor Gruber of Ju
neau and her husband is a marine
man in Seattle where they have i
lived for the past nine years.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — HU —
President Truman today proclaimed
a state of national emergency, sum
moning the nation to marshal Its
strength against the threat of
"Communist world conquest."
The proclamation called all Amer
icans to a united effort to build up
the nation’s armed forces nnd throw
the “full moral and material
strength" of the country into the
protection of its freedom.
The White Hous% released a long
list of laws, carrying extra-ordinary
powers, which it said automatically
became effective upon signing of
the declaration.
But many of them were merely
re-assertions of powers already held
by Mr. Truman under “The Defense
Production Act and other post-war
'egislation.
Further It is uncertain whether
Mr. Truman will use some of the
■mergency powers.
Aimed at Russia
The proclamation is a part of
Mr. Truman’s effort to get produc
tion - speeding, inflation - curbing
machinery in motion behind a re
armament program aimed at forc
ing Russia to choose peace instead
'f wnr.
In n major address last night, Mr.
Truman heralded the proclamation
as intended to call on "every citizen
to put aside his personal interests
or the good of the country.”
He called It a first step toward
"rapid expansion to full mobiliza
ion, if that becomes necessary.”
Powers Available
The White House said powers
ivailable in an emergency include
authority to lengthen hours in
army arsenals, to requisition ships,
call the Coast Guard Reserve to
ictive duty, make temporary promo
tions in the Armed Forces, waive
competitive bids on defense con
tracts, and authorize war-risk in
surance.
”1 summon every person and every
community to make, with a spirit
of neighborliness, whatever sacri
fices are necessary for the welfare
of the nation,” President Trumap
mid in his proclamation.
Events in Korea and elsewhere, he
mid, constitute a “grave threat to
the peace of the world and imperil
he efforts of this country and those
of the U.N. to prevent aggression
and armed conflict.”
Goal of Aggression
The President added:
"World conquest by Communist
imperialism is the goal of the forces
of aggression that have been loosed
upon the world."
If this goal is achieved, he said,
Americans will forfeit the "full and
rich life" they have built, the bles
sings of freedom of worship, of
speech, and the “right to criticize
their government.”
Mr. Truman said Communist con
quest would cost the American peo
ple "the right to choose those who
conduct their government, the right
to engage freely in collective bar
gaining, the right to engage freely
in their own business enterprises,
and the many other freedoms and
rights which are a part of our way
of life.”
“The increasing menace of the
forces of Communist aggression re
quires that the national defense of
the U.S. be strengthened as speedily
as possible,” the proclamation said.
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WEATHER REPORT a
Temperature? (or 21-Hour Period •
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning g
In Juneau—Maximum, 35; a
minimum, 30. a
At Airport—Maximum, 33; a
minimum, 30. a
a
FORECAST a
lJuneau and Vicinity) •
Mostly cloudy with snow a
flurries tonight and Sunday, a
Lowest temperature tonight a
near 28 degrees, highest Sun- a
day about 30 degrees. a
PRECIPITATION a
(Past 24 hours ending 7 30 a m today •
City of Juneau—0.12 inches; a
since Dec. I — 2.52 inches; a
since July 1—35.76 niche* a
At Airport — 0 23 inches; a
since Dec. 1 — 179 inches; a
since July 1—24.91 inches. a
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