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Evening star., 1950-02-09
On the Record
Real Red Herring In Hiss Case Called
Postwar Policy of Foolish Men

Far Eastern war with Chinese ter
ritory; as ''compensating" Poland
for the loss of Polish territory
taken by Russia in combination
with Hitler by handing her unde-
fined amounts of German terri
tory; as abandoning governments
in-exile with pro- Western orienta-
tions in favor of others set up by
the Soviets: as agreeing to the
partition of Germany into four
zones, the dismemberment of the
nation, and the deportation of
German speaking populations;
as demobilizing our forces before
anything was settled; as resting
American security on a United Ma
tions without power to maintain
collective security.
We are where we are because
of a concept of internationalism
which actually made the world the
booty of two great powers. with
one of them given by the other a
powerful head start. And this
policy was not made by Commu-
nists but by foolish men-many
of them large capitalists. Nor was
it made by Alger Hiss. though he
helped implement it.
One cannot prosecute the pol
icy by prosecuting Hiss. He can
be found guilty as charged; but
the real guilty, the gfeat guilty,
will not go to Jail. In that sense
the case is really a "red herring" !"
taking the public mind off the
scent-and off the crime.
Evening star., 1950-02-09
This Changing World
Air Force Strength Being Weakened
By Deactivation of Experienced Pilots

idly. 1t would be useless expendi-
ture, it was said i'll the Pentagon,
to proceed with 70 groups of GER
tain types of planes when within
a year they may be considered
obsolete.
The argument may be sound
from the long range point of view
and as long as top Government
officials have sufficiently strong
reasons to believe that the Rus
slams will stick to war of nerves
for more or less indefinite time.
But it is unsound If the fears of
some high-ranking persons that
the Russians will attack in the
near future have any real foun-
dation.
Pilot Slash Hazardous.
While We may rely on the abil-
ity of American manufacturers to
deliver large quantities of planes
on short notice-as they did be-
tween 1912 and 1944-it is haz-
ardous to reduce the number of
pilots to point where the mir
acleS" of our aviation assembly
lines cannot be manned.
A pilot with between 1000 and
5000 flying hours who has been
deactivated for say six months will
require between three and six
months of intensive training be-
fore he can take off to fight
enemy planes. At present we
have less than 200 B-36s. It takes
a particular kind of training to
operate them.
For instance, recently when
four B-36s were ready to be tested
it required four days and 900 men
before they could be gotten off
the ground. According to reli-
able reports, only S per cent of
the total number of Air Force
pilots can fly the new Jets.
Flying has become not only a
highly specialized profession but
it also demands continuous train
ing. Once a prototype has been
developed and built, it is rela-
lively easy to produce it in large
numbers. Not so with pilots, par
ticularly when we may not have
the necessary time to train them
for the task of heavy lombard
ment and fighting in wartime.
We may save about ,000, ,0OC
by reducing Air Force personnel
and training those who remain on
active service. This is equal to
| the amount the Government
spends on support of egg and po-
tato prices. Such economies
might be justified In peacetime
but they are very risky when we
live in condition of threatened
war and have assumed world
iwide military responsibilities
Evening star., 1950-02-09
Judgeship Clears Way
Another Young Liberal Representativ
To Challenge Conservative Senator

eign Commerce, played in the
defeat of Leland Olds for chair
man of the Federal Power Com
mission.
The two men apparently played
a little poker with one another
when Senator, johnson called at
the White House to plead for Gov.
Knous. one of his old political
partners back home. The Senator
said Gov. Knous did not want to
run for the Senate but preferred
the judgeship for which he was
amply qualified. The President said
he thought just as much of Gov.
Knous probably as the Senator
did.
S64 Question Evaded.
Senator johnson did not refer
to the $64 question which is
whether he will give his valuable
support to Representative Carroll.
The President made no mention
of the fact that his caller had not
done him any favors lately.
The general opinion is that Gov.
Knous' abilities and popularity
plus the attraction of Representa-
tive Carroll's candidacy will carry
the day with the President.
Senator johnson will have to be
taken on faith. He goes only so
far as to say he has never bolted
"a Democrat though he did sit on
his hands when Roosevelt ran for
a third term. Perhaps his lack of
enthusiasm for a young and we'll
advertised Junior colleague is only
natural. He is 66. Representative
Carroll 40.
Representative Carroll is the
fourth young Democratic Repre-
sentative to seek a Senate seat
this fall. The others have their
troubles too. All three face primary
fights. In California, Representa-
tive Helen Gahagan Douglas has
IA tough opponent in incumbent
Senator Sheridan Downey. Repre-
sentative Mike Monroney of Okla
homa Is tackling Senator Elmer
Thomas and a ! spellbinding
preacher. In Florida, Representa-
tive George Smathers Is after
Senator Peppers scalp. Only the
Florida primary victor can relax:
the others can be sure of hard
election race against a Republican.
Evening star., 1950-02-09

PllOUo.
The separation of these expe-
rienced flyers was necessitated by
reasons of economy. Defense
Secretary johnson ia determined
to make a good record saving
money for the taxpayer While
achieving this - some instances
without impairing the country's
defense, there are certain cuts
which weaken our defense poten-
tial.
Training Hours Cut.
Training hours for Air Force
.pilocs have been cut from 20 a
month-considered by experts as
a minimum to keep a man in good
flying trim-to only 8 hours a
month. Only pilots of the Stra-
tegic Air Command are given the
opportunity to put in the full
training time.
Economies in personnel pay,
gasoline, oil and maintenance are
said to be responsible for these
drastic curtailments, which seri-
ously affect our defense and may
jeopardize Mr.. Johnson's own
plan to be ready "any day at
4 am" to answer a sneak attack
from Russian bases either in the
East or the West.
Until the end of last year we
did have an almost adequate
number of pilots to man the air.
craft coming off the assembly
lines. Our principal advantage
over the Russians is the ability of
American industry to produce in
struments OF war quickly.
The showdown in air prepared
ness, as Illustrated in the decision
to reduce the 10 air groups pro-
vided in last years congressional
appropriations, was prompted, It
is said, by the fact that the de-
signs of planes ale changing rap
Evening star., 1950-02-09

close 10 QlSaS- Dorothy thompson.
ter. Therefore, prejudice or
championship of him is colored by
prejudice or championship of this
policy. and everybody connected
with it correctly feels involved.
During the war, and in every
decision made during it, after the
quiet dropping of the Atlantic
Charter. American policy, con-
sciously or unconsciously, favored
communism. Hiss was a servant
and a very able servant, of this
policy. He was of value to Russia
and communism as competent
and sincere aid and supporter of
this policy.
COP In Weak Position.
And Republicans, such as John
Foster Dulles and others, are in
a weak position, too. Alger Hiss
certainly was not appointed to be
president of the Carnegie Foun-
dation at $40, 900 a year, when the
chairman of the board was Mr..
Dulles, because he was a Com
munist. But he would not have
been appointed had the Carnegie
Foundation been in opposition to
the policies he had served.
1t was these policies-many Of
them held secret from the Ameri-
can people-that have put the
Russians where they are, In a
position to advance and advance
without effective resistance. From
the historical point of view, Cairo,
Teheran. Yalta, Potsdam and San
Francisco. were greater services
to Russia and greater crimes
against American security-and
international morality-than the
transfer to Russian agents of doc
uments from the State Depart
ment.
Policy of Foolish Men.
The papers involved could not
possibly be of such decisive his
torical service to Russia as the
formula Of unconditional surren-
der" which guaranteed that the
enemy states would be without
any internal authority at the
end of the war; as transferring
japanese possessions to Nationalist
China. in advance. Of a peace
treaty; as bribing Russia into the
Evening star., 1950-02-09

was guilty or
not of giving
away state doc
uments to Rus
sian agents
and this column
reserves judg-
ment pending
a p p e a ! he
himself was a
central. though
minor, figure in
an epoch and
policy W h ic h
has brou 6 ht
this coun try
cloSe tn diSaS-
Evening star., 1950-02-09

for Gov. Lee
Knous of Colo
RADIO has cleared
party channels
here and Is on
President Tru-
mans desk. Ma
tional Chair
man Boyle and
S e n a tor Ed
johnson of
Colorado, one
of the powerful
senior Demo-
Gratis of the
Congress, have
asked the Pres
Evening star., 1950-02-09

everything straight. If the beach
being advertised is only nine feet
wide they tell you so. The Brit
ish have never exaggerated, and
exaggeration happens to be a
common trait in this country.
They Tell You Exactly.
For number two, let me repeat
again, they don't know how to
advertise. When they make a
car they tell you exactly what it
consists of and they don't pit
speedometer in it that reads up
to one hundred and twenty miles
an hour. All American cars have
that sort of speedometer an6
there isn't one of them tnat will
make ninety miles an hour over
a clocked course.
When England makes a bread
that is good for a person it calls
the bread exactly what it is. If
sawdust is good for you the Eng
lish call the bread "sawdust
bread" If they make a liver pill
they call it just that liver pill.
If they make a lawnmoWer you
can be darned sure it will NOW o
lawn.
The English, may we always
have them with us, are sometimes
just a bit nicer than we are. This
is the terth or eleventh year that
the English people have taken
things which this country would
never take. American women
still talk about standing in line
to get beefsteak during the war.
1t makes me laugh. How many
American women would stand in
queue for eleven years?
Let us forget for the moment
that England is filled with kings
and queens and earls and dukes.
For every title that came back
from Dunkirk. a nice guy, the likes
of you and me, came back seven
hundred fold.
Let's don't have any more dip
lomatic messages between Wash
ington and 10 Downing Street.
Let's make it plain friendly. What
would be wrong with America S
telling England and England's
telling America that 'in the world
as it exists today I count on you
and you count on me?'
England Doesn't Lie.
Speaking as an American, and
just plain voter, the only coun-
try that I have complete faith
in outside of my own is England.
France switches from right to
left. China goes up and down.
The Balkan states hop on one foot
and then the other. England, be
it under the welfare state of Mr..
Attlee or the never-pared nails
of the lion claw of Mr.. Churchill,
Is made up of Englishmen. That's
quite enough for me. If they fail,
the world will lose something that
the world has few chances ever to
recapture. Let me say right out
loud that when England goes, this
country can't be far behind it.
Day in and day out England
doesn't lie. Day in and day out
this country doesn't lie. Try to
name two other countries that
have the same reputation!
want to say one thing to Eng
land-I have yet to NEE, an Eng
lishman who wasn't proud of being
an Englishman. The little island
has Solidity, and we Americans
could learn lot from looking at
England.
America is blessed at the mo-
ment. England was blessed not
too many years ago. Let us try
to see that tomorrow is blessed,
and the only two countries in the
world who can see to that are
England and America.
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Evening star., 1950-02-09

brains OF the
r e p u b lie a n
party. met in
Washington to
draft a State
ment of Prin-
ciples and OBJ
] e C t i e S. All
t h ro ug h the
past year there
had been de-
m a n d S from
C e + t in ele-
mentS in the
party for such
a S t a tement.
Tkaco IoIL 4l.a4
Evening star., 1950-02-09

there, but the
solid result will
be-nothing.
1t may come
as a blow to us
Americans to
have to admit
one thing-the
English are
honest. An d
t h ey don t
know how to
advertise.
That's due to
either one or
two r e a S o n S
Evening star., 1950-02-09

{ n r o u G n the
Pentagon.
Only recently
about 5000 ex-
perienced pilots
were deactivat-
ed. Most of
them had be-
tween 1000 and
3 900 flying
hours. About
h a l f of the
number W ere
prestige boys, "
t h e nickname
given to the
B erlin airlift
Evening star., 1950-02-09

THESE heId That LoweH Mehett.
the platform adopted in Phila-
delphia wasn't good enough and
offered the results of the 1948
election as their proof. There
were Others. such as Senator Taft
OF Ohio. who could see no point
in drafting a new platform at
Evening star., 1950-02-09
By Doris HeeSon

The way is opening for another
young New Deal Congressman to
challenge a conservative Senator
next fall.
A federal judges commission
Evening star., 1950-02-09
BY LoweH MeHeft

The mountain labored and
brought forth. not a mouse, but
a mouse trap. At least, it hopes
it did.
The mountain was the massed
Evening star., 1950-02-09
Mclemore
British Are Honest
Even in Advertising
By Henry McLemore

England will never have an
American market. Paul Hoffman
can yell his head off, and millions
of dollars can pour from here to
Evening star., 1950-02-09
By Constantine Brozcn

The Air Force, which today has
become our f1rst-line of defense.
is being weakened gradually by
the economy wave now sweeping
Evening star., 1950-02-09
By Dorothy Thompson

Dy DUT UFWy WUWpSUW
The Hiss case cannot be downed,
because it occurred in a political
framework which demands con-
tlnued analysis. Whether Hiss
Evening star., 1950-09-10

TAPANS two-year sport of professional bike racing
sD offers betting fans chance to pick up fast yen
and outdraws, at Tokyo's Korakuen Velodrome, any
American track While the government sponsors the
sport raise welfare funds the best cyclists om Is to
So years of age) under contract to bicycle manuac
turers and make incomes in the top tax brackets Now
women are beginning to part in amateur events
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
II O'CLOCK HIGH"
IS Big FEATURE AT
10th CENTURY SAT.

Gregory Peck in "l2 O'Clock
High" is the spectacular Feature
coming to the Goth Century the
atre Saturday night and for three
day run.
The dramatic story tells, through
the eyes of a dozen colorful filters.
of aviation's part in the recent
ware, probably what is now tram
spring, and the rising prestige of
daylight bombing. The definitive
aviation film of the war, it contains
specially staged crash sequences
quite unlike any ever attempted
before
The picture stars Peck in the
role of General Frank Savage
commander of the fictional 918th
Bomb Group, which is repeatedly
based on the actual history of the
3O5th Bomb Group.
/ In the key part of Savage, whose
real life prototype is General
Frank Armstrong, Peck has his fin
est role
There is a big cast in this thriller
Twentieth Century-Fox movie
which had its triumphant worlc
premier on the west coast.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
KANSAS RAIDERS"
OPENING TONIGHT,
CAPITOL THEATRE

UNIVERSAL nternational's exciting
new Technicolor film, kansas
Raiders" opening tonight at the
Capitol Theatre, is dramatically
highlighted with William G. Guam
trill's infamous raid on Lawrence
Kansas.
The new action film casts Brian
Donlevy in the role of Quantrill and
also stars Audie Murphy, Scott
Brady and Marguerite Chapman.
kansas Raiders" is Murphy's
third consecutive Western film for
Universal international Studio and
the popular young actor is seen in
the role of the youthful Jesse James
Audie was cast as William Bon
ney, or Billy the Kid, in his first
screen role. The Kid From Texas.
According to history. Quantrill
posed as Colonel in the Confed-
crate Army and led his band OF
raiders on murderous plundering
attacks upon unprotected families
and cities. Donlevy gives the char
acterization a strange twist the
man of iron with the military
dreams of a child
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
FILIPINO LADIES
TO RAISE funds,
(HILDREN'S PARTY

The Filipino LADIES Auxiliary will
hold Turkey Shoot Sunday eve
ming, December 10. in the Parish
Hall to raise funds for the Filipino
ChildrenS' Christmas Party which
will take place December "a. The
Turkey Shoot will start at 7 o'clock
and the program will continue
through the evening.
A full evening of entertainment
is planned by the Auxiliary. The
Turkey Shoot will be followed by
dancing and refreshments at a
nominal charge will be served
Through the evening the Auxiliary
will sell needle work and prizes
will be awarded for events.
The committee from the Auxili-
airy in charge of the program is
as follows: Mesdames Edward Be-
lardi, Marcello Quinto, B. Sama-
niego, Vincent Isturis, Sam Con-
stantino, Andres Yumol, j. Guanzon,
M. Diaz, and T. Florendo, who will
be assisted by Auxiliary members.
The public is invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
JUNIOR RED CROSS
PROGRAM AIDING
ALASKA SCHOOLS

An interesting report on Junior
Red Cross activities affecting AL
aska was received here today by
Mrs. Kenneth Glen, executive Sc
cretary of the Juneau chapter OF
the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Wilma Mitchell, correspon-
dent for the Pacific Area at San
Francisco, said that most of the
native schools and small Territor-
ial rural schools had already re-
ceived Junior Red Cross gift box
es this year for nearly every child.
In addition, "a native schools, 40
rural schools and eight mission
schools in Alaska were furnished
with kits of educational and recre-
ational supplies, each valued at $50.
She said that the Alaska Native
Service and Territorial officials
were enthusiastic about the service
which comes through the National
Children's Fund.
/ MIS-. MllCIlcll lIluiCdICu Oiidc dh
appropriation from the National
Children's Fund for the transporta-
ton of Alaskan children to the Or
thopedic Hospital in Chicago had
been about exhausted Under CO.
operative arrangement with the
University of Chicago, the Public
Health Department in Alaska and
the American Red Cross. additional
funds were made possible. The
Children's Fund provided transport
tation averaging $365.43 per child
for % children from Alaska, six
of whom were still in the hospital
in Chicago last August
A Junior Red Cross drive for 1851
IS being launched soon all over the
country. Only one school in Juneau
participated in the activity last
year, Mrs. Glen said. She will soon
have pamphlets and information
on the program for any teachers
interested.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
20 IN, rs OUT ON
PRINCESS Louise

DISSEMINATING from the Princess
Louise this morning on arrival
from Skagway were 20 passengers
with 26 embarking at sailing time
this afternoon. The next north
bound Canadian Pacific ship will be
the Princess Norah on Wednesday
December 10.
Discriminating from Skagway
were: Mrs. T. Jensen, Mr.. and Mrs
J. O'Daniels, Mrs. M. Steffens, Mrs
L. McQuane, Mrs. G. Budd, Mrs L.
Moe, Mrs. j. Stevenson, Mrs. T,
Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs. Bigham, Mrs.
G. Lamerieux, A. c. Blanchard, Mr..
and Mrs. E. Fairbanks, Mrs. Roy
Eagle, A. Harlin, L. Battrich, H.
Sawyer.
Embracing for Vancouver were:
Miss Rose Descorcy, Walter French,
r. Sturgeon, Miss Lorna Hartnett,
Miss Aileen Olson.
For Prince Rupert: G. Anderson,
H. Holland, w. ellis, A. Ambrock,
H. McEachen.
For Victoria: Mrs. George Ander-
son.
For Seattle: Harold Stratton.
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Mason, Miss Vir-
GINA MacLean, William F. Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Edgecomb and
child; Mr.. and Mrs. j. zauodnik,
DR.. and Mrs. H. Vance, James Crop
per. Ralph Pieren, Douglas Jones.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
COMMUNITY CHORUS
Presents MESSIAH
ON SUNDAY, DEC. Il

The Juneau Community Chorus
of over fifty voices will be singing
Handel's Messiah" Sunday after
noon, December IT at the Twent-
ieth Century Theatre, under the
direction of Mrs. Jane McMullin.
This is the second year this Christ
mas message will be sung in Ju-
neau and those who heard it last
year will welcome the opportunity
to hear the familiar music again.
Final rehearsals are keeping the
members of the Chorus busy and
the members are urged to attend
all sectional and complete rehears-
ais.
Sunday afternoon, December TO-
the sopranos will practice at 2:30
at the Methodist Church, the altos
at 800 and the complete chorus
at $3.50.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
ALASKA 2OTTERS
MAKE PLANS FOR
CERAMICS EXHIBIT

The Alaska Potters held their
monthly business meeting Wednes-
day evening. A new 16ls kiln has
been ordered, it was announced.
At the request of Mrs. Edith Will
lis, President of Arts and Crafts,
Inc, that chairman of the ceram-
les display for the exhibit be named
from the Pottery Club, Mrs. Flor
ence Holmquist was appointed to
that post. Assisting her on the COM
mittee are Mrs. Helen Hixson and
Mrs. Jean Rohrberg.
The exhibit is scheduled for the
third week in March and Mrs
Holmquist requests that non-mem-
bers as well as members will pro-
duce some new and interesting
pieces. The plans are for bigger
and better display this year.
The club membership has almost
doubled in size and much new talent
has been added.
Max Lewis was a guest and gave
the members information and adj
vice on their problems and his aid
was very much appreciated.
Instructions were given new
members on glazing, stacking and
firing.
The next meeting will be Wednes-
day, December IS at pm, when
q demonstration will be given on a
one piece mold.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertisingl
ALASKAN HEARTS AND
PURSES OPEN TO AID
HELVIG (HRl5TlMSON

Juneau fishermen and business
men have responded to worthy
cause in raising funds to aid Hell
Wig Christinson of Pelican whose
feet were amputated as result OF
three-day's freezing exposure on
Yakobi Rock, following the ship
wreck of the Dixie. Christinson is
still recovering in st. AIMS hos
pital here.
Over $4O0 has been raised locally
which will add to fund being
raised at Pelican, Andy Barlow,
executive secretary of the United
Trollers of Alaska, said today.
while Christinson is not a fish
erman, he was closely associated
with fishing groups in his boat en-
CINE shop at Pelican. Juneau fish
ermen and businessmen are synpa-
thetic to the situation in which he
finds himself facing hospital and
doctor bills Barlow stated.
Anyone interested in adding to
the sum already collected may send
their donation to L. j. Geiger, har-
bormaster, or to Andy Barlow. Room
6, Valentine Bldg. or Box 2199. Ju-
neau.
Christinson is the only survivor
of the wreck of the Dixie on Yakobi
Rock last month when Fred Wetche
and his son Fred were drowned.
Christinson succeeded in getting to
the Rock where he spent three days
and nights in freezing weather be-
fore being rescued. His feet, legs,
hands and back were badly frozen.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-08
FAIRS, ANS EMPLOYEES.
ENR0UTE TO WHITE MT.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Farr, Alaska
Native Service employees, are in
Juneau enroute from the Mt. Edge
cumbe School TO their new assign
ment at the White Mountain Board
ing School where Mr.. Farr will be
the boys adviser. Mrs. Farr will
be employed as a clerk.
During the school year of 1949-50,
Farr was a teacher at Point Lay on
Arctic coast, between Cape Lisburne
and Icy Cape. His wife was a spe-
cial assistant there. Farr has been
the assistant boys advisor at Mt.
Edgecumbe. They will leave on the
first available flight via Nome to
White Mountain.