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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-03-16
Points Out Duties
Judge Henderson
of Grand Jurors

Certain tendencies of rackctcerS,
the apparent close association of
liquor and gambling, and the re-
sponsibility Of the law enforcement
officers to carry out their prescribed
duties, were some of the things
brought out to the Grand Jurors by
Associate Judge George Henderson,
in his charge to them Monday morn
ing
Pointing out that a real response
bility rested on the members Of that
body, Judge Henderson recounted a
number of personal observations
which he had made since being on the
bench, and also called attention to
the investigating body Of the acts OF
lawless vandalism reported in mining
towns. He declared the right of a
man to work is just as inviolable as
his right not to work" and told the
jurors it was their duty to find true
bills to the end that the guilty may
be punished.
Following the charge to the grand
jury which is printed in full below.
the members adjourned to the grand
jury room to begin their investiga-
tions.
CHARGE TO GRAND JURY
GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND
JURY:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-03-16

Judith Coplon was given 15-year
prison term for plotting to spy for
Russia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-03-16
For Mayor

There was not one write-in vote
and only one person failed to vote for
mayor.
r. C. Townshend, James Kerins and
Wilbur Davis served as judges of
election, while Miss Floss Shaffer
and Miss Elizabeth West served as
clerks.
The council will reorganize at its
regular April meeting. Hold-over
members who have another year to
serve are Emeric Dusic, DR.. E. l.
Baumgartner and Prentice DeBerry.
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Gavshon
Continued From Page CID

arctic territory; when uncom-
promising Chinese Communists
fired British gunboats cruis-
ing up the Yangtze River.
In international conferences
British spokesmen frequently
echo the declaration of Amer
lean representatives.
Often this is the result Of
free agreement on policies.
But often, as British officials
sometimes confess privately, it
is the result Of having to make
concessions against their will,
because of a weakened bar
gaining position.
Plain fact of the matter is
that the United States has
taken over Britain's sea, air
and land supremacy and her
dominating position in world
trade.
Britain has had to open up
her empire, which she tradi-
tionally monopolized, to Amer
ican business.
All this suggests that the
10th century British Empire
had died, as Napoleon fore
shadowed, "of Indigestion"
Over-indulgence - admitted
now-helped cause the i'm
perial bellyache.
ALI these things raise the
question:
Can Britain struggle back to
solvency and power with the
aid Of her colonies, in the COM
ing half-century?
Her official spokesmen say
eyes, If ;"
Their two big IFS:
Given world peace.
Given more American aid.
They argue Britons simply
could not stand the cost of an
other war without selling their
empire lock, stock and barrel.
They need peace to try out
new concepts of, empire man
agement-to keep the empire
family together and to make
ends meet.
Distributed bs the Associated Prsss.)
Evening star., 1950-01-15

"the State Department official
most directly concerned with the
development and presentation Of
the program, in the words of an
official statement on him, and
Served as the State Department
member Of the correlation COM
mittee which was top interde-
partmental co-ordinating body
for the program"
Mr.. Mites task in directing
the Policy Planning Staff is es-
sentially much like those he per-
formed in planning ERP and
conducting the Strategic Bombing
Survey, as he himself sees 1t.
Already Has Organization
First, he says, you must identify
and define the problem that
needs to be dealt with, and you
must formulate the questions that
need to be answered in order to
deal with it. :.
Next you must determine what
the facts are which are required
to answer your questions. For this,
you must have "a sense of evil
dence"; you must "be able to rec
ognize fact when you see one"
Third, you must conceive and
create-and staf-an organiza-
ton for collecting the facts you
require, and you must supervise
its operations.
Fourth you must organize and
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ciates say, Is less articulate and
less spectacular than Mr.. Kennan.
He is more a listener and less an
expounder, more a judge and less
a pleader. He Is less sanguine
and ardent of disposition. He Is
also more methodical. His feet
are fixed firmly on the ground.
He is discriminating, analytical
and dispassionate.
"Kennan's leadership of the
Policy Planning Staff was a little
like a gallant cavalry charge, with
George brandishing saber in the
lead. astride the most spirited
horse in the regiment" says a
friend and admirer of both men
"Nitze operates more like a chief
of staff-or like the editor of
a great research project. He pre-.
sides. listens and suggests. He
organizes, deputies and SUPER
vises. He weighs, balances,
analyzes and sums up"
Mr.. Nltze Is, in fact, an out
standing organizer of big intel
lectual operations" one of his
fellow workers says, and he has
proven his capacities in this role
in two tasks he has performed
in Government-those in the
Strategic Bombing Survey and
in the European Recovery Pro-
gram.
Mr.. Nitze was one Of the prin-
cipal planners of ERP. He was
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Americas New Policy Planner
Kennun's Successor
Good Organizer
of Big Jobs

analyze the facts your staff COL
lects, and see what they mean.
Finally, you must draw the con-
clusions which your analysis of
the facts juStifies-and you must
draw no conclusions which the
facts do not justify.
In his work in the Strategic
Bombing Survey and ERP Mr..
Nitze had to do all these things.
In the State Department, the Or
ganization he requires already
exists-the Policy Planning Staff
and, in a larger sense, the whole
department and the foreign
service abroad. Otherwise, how
ever. his new job is, in essence,
much like the two he did with
much distinction before.
Distinguished Father
Most Of the problems he will
now face may be new to him, but
SO were the problems of the Stra-
tegic Bombing Survey and ERP.
The intellectual methods which
were successful before will, he
hopes and believes, be successful
now.
Mr.. Nitze grew up in an atmos-
phere of intellectual achievement.
His father is the distinguished
philologist, William Albert Nitze,
who has occupied chairs of the
romance languages at Columbia,
Amherst, the University Of Chi
cago. University Of California and
Princeton.
The new chief planner also ac-
quired a certain familiarity with
finance fairly early In life. A
sister, Elizabeth, Is the wife of
Walter Paepcke, chairman of the
board Of the Container Corp. of
America, and Mr.. Mites own
wife Is the FORMER Phyllis Pratt,
daughter of the late John T. Pratt.
a leading New York f1nancier and
oil man. Mrs. Mites mother,
Ruth Pratt. was a Republican
member of Congress from New
York for two terms in 1929-1933.
The Mites have four children:
Heidi, IS; Peter, IA; William, q;
and ANNA, 2.
Paul G. l.. Hilken, an uncle of
Nitze's, became national figure
at the time Of World War when
it was revealed that, although
an American citizen by origin,
he was the paymaster for the
German saboteurs who blew up
the Black Tom and Kingsland
plants in 1867, the most serious
acts of sabotage perpetrated by
the German government in the
United States" according to the
Society for the Prevention of
World War III.
Hilken's nephew now will be
planning policies for Germany
(among other places, where they
will be carried out by the man
who brought the Black Tom
saboteurs to justice-John j.
McCloy, American High Commits
sioner in the Reich.
tBy Special Advancement With the st
Louis Post-Dispatch)
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Coast Guard No. 2 Man Moves Up
Saw Action in Pacific
and Atlantic in
Recent War

was named technical adviser to
the United States delegation at
the International Whaling Con-
ference in London in 1887, which
was inaugurated primarily to reg
ulate killing of the mammals.
In October, 1912, Admiral
ONeill became commander of the
U. S. s. Leonard Wood, an assault
transport, and until May, 1914, his
ship took part in amphibious op-
erations in the Gilbert and Mar
shall Islands. in Sicily and North
Africa.
Once he took aboard 300 prison.
ers from the German Afrika
Corps.
For his work during this period,
the admiral was awarded the
Legion of Merit and his vessel re-
ceived the Navy Unit Commenda-
tion.
Was there any special incident
responsible for awarding the merit
decoration?
Nothing special" the admiral
commented. I'VE just had one
hell of a time"
Bartered With Natives
Possessor of a wry sense OF
humor, he likes to tell how the
Leonard Wood was five minutes
late in completing a 3,000-mile,
12-day trip from Norfolk, Va, to
CaSablanca. loaded with war ma
teriel for the North African inva-
sion.
Il guess we hit an adverse cur
rent after reversing the engines
for the unloading" the new COM
mandant laughed.
Illustrating the ingenuity ali
Coast Guardsmen ought to have.
he explained how he instituted q
barter system for unloading the
ship:
after long negotiations we got
the native stevedores to do the iot
Tor two cigarettes each day, which
was worth plenty then. We got the
cigarettes from the ships stores"
Toward the end of the war, Ad-
miral O'Neill served as command
er Of Coast Guard amphibious
training at Camp LIE Jeune, New
River, N. c., and as chief of the
Baltimore Section, 5th District
a tough job encompassing the
port captaincy, marine inspection,
training, recruiting and other
duties.
Additional service at head
quarters, In finance and supply.
and a tour Of duty at Norfolk as
district commander Immediately
preceded his rise to assistant COM
mandant with the rank of rear
admiral.
Somewhere along the line Ad-
miral O'Neill became very public
relations minded. He feels that
the taxpayer has every right to
know how the Coast Guard func-
tions, and how it can help him
when the need arises.
There Is nothing spectacular
about Admiral O'Neill's future
plans for the service. He says it is
doing all right now. There will be
continued efforts to maintain the
already high morale and efficiency
OF the organization, with elimina-
ton OF any threats to this attain
ment.
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Bureau Of Marine Inspection and
Navigation on February %, 1912.
This was wartime measure and
was made permanent by the Re-
organization Act of 1945.
Admiral O'Neill, who lives at the
Westchester Apartments, has his
desk at Washington headquarters
but he likes to get around to the
various bases at intervals to see
that everything is going as it
should. Shortly after his nomina-
ton was confirmed he made a
trip to Honolulu and Japan, stop
ping to inspect stations on Guam,
Two Jima, at Attu in the AIeutians
and elsewhere along his route to
obtain an up-to-date insight into
Pacific operations. And he got it
quicker than he had hoped for.
His plane skirted a typhoon
which hit with full fury in the
Guam area. On arrival there
shortly afterward he actually saw
Coast Guardsmen in action amid
the heavy damage which particu-
larly hit at nearby Cocos Island
where the LORAN station was
completely demolished.
After a survey at Cocos, an i'm
portant installation for the men
who sail or fly over the Pacific,
Admiral O'Neill decided that the
long-range navigation equipment
would have to be moved to Guam,
which Is on higher land and there
fore not so subject to typhoon
damage. The unit meanwhile is in
operation again.
Commissioned in 1921
In Tokyo he had lunch with
Gen. Macarthur and obtained
from the supreme commander a
kudo: "The Coast Guard has done
a good job in Japan"
The record which brought Ad-
miral O'Neill his term as COM
mandant is an impressive one,
both in peace and war.
Starting as a cadet, he was COM
n1issioned an ensign in March,
1921. His rise through the various
officer grades saw assignments on
half a dozen cutters and destroy
|ers. He made three Bering Sea
cruises, and as q result Of his
experience ct whaling stations he
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Commandments Stund-in
Sets Precedent by
Tokine Over
By Harry Lever

Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neill,
new commandant of the United
States Coast Guard, can lay claim
to an unusual distinction.
Records show that he may be
the first man in the 160-year-old
history of the service to Jump di-
rectly from second in command
to the top position.
Admiral O'Neill's last assign
ment was as assistant comman-
dant, the official "understudy" to
Admiral Joseph F. Farley, now
retired, whom he succeeded on
January /.
The title of assistant COM
mandant was officially established
after World War I. The records
indicate. however. that before the
conflict ended and possibly even
as far back as the birth of the
service, there always was some
officer who acted in an assistant
capacity without formal rank.
Appointment Popular
But none of the assistants. as
far as is known, ever got to be
chief. until Admiral O'Neill was
named last October II by Presi-
dent Truman, with the Senate
quickly confirming the nomina-
ton. Previously, commandants
had come from sea commands or
other administrative positions.
High-ranking Coast Guard Of
ficers like the appointment. They
say Admiral O'Neill's ''know-how, !"
ability. and popularity among the
men were important factors when
Admiral Farley and Secretary of
the Treasury Snyder. whose Or
ganiZation controls the Coast
Guard, recommended him to the
President.
Having served as assistant COM
mandant since February Is. 1916.
as well as in most other top posi-
tions, the tall methodical Ohioan
appears to have a special advan-
tage on entering upon his 4-year
term as commandant. He has been
in on the policy making" end for
some time and he certainly has to
know what it is all about because
his command comprises $4,000
men. including 1000 commissioned
officers, 800 warrant officers and
400 cadets, and a good-sized
naval and air force"
Under his direction are several
hundred vessels, from small boats
to 327-foot cutters; 70 sairplanes;
several hundred shore units in
cooperating lifeboat, radio and
long-range navigation GORAN)
equipment; nine air stations; two
supply bases, with more to come;
a large maintenance depot; multi
tudes of buoys and lighthouses,
and the Coast Guard Academy at
New London. Conn.
Made Pacific Survey
The large array of life-saving
units extends throughout the
United States to Alaska, through
the Caribbean and across the long
stretches Of the Pacific to Japan.
Furthermore, the 51-year- old
admiral has the nominal RESPONSE
bility for maintaining the ever
| important safety-at-sea standards.
a duty fully acquired by the Coast
Guard when 1t took over the
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Mr.. Kennan has soaring, vivid.
imaginative, creative and often
spectacular mind, not always free
of emotional inducements but in
variably enriched by a deep knowl-
edge of histories, cultures and
diplomacy and Illuminated by bril-
liant insights into national and
individual psychologists and beha-
vior patterns. He is notably ar
ticulate, with a fine feeling for the
exact weight, force and color Of
words.
Mr.. Mite is primarily a stu
dent, not of political history and
diplomacy, but of economies and
finance-a qualification of par
ticular relevance in an era when
budgets, trade, dollar gaps" and
recovery programs are among the
most notable aspects of "diplo-
macy"
The new chief policy planner
differs from his predecessor in his
qualities of mind and tempera-
ment. as well as in his special
knowledge.
Mr.. Nitze. his friends and asso-
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Tries to Be Neighborly

On the other hand, Finland is
In the Soviet sphere Of influence.
This is felt mainly through Fin
nish-S treaties, Soviet diplo-
matte notes which come from time
TO time, unofficial" comments
and accusations in the Soviet
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Congress May Not Scratch
Truman Program S Surface
Even Presidents Capitol Lieutenonts See No
Chance Of Putting Through Labor, Farm
or Compulsory Health Measures
By Gould Lincoln

seen everything President
added group
busneto those whom promises milk and honeyabo farmers
minority he told
they would along with him and his
would be tremendous.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
East and West Awoitinq
Finnish Election Outcome
Finland Only One of Russia's Prewar European
Neighbors With Any independence Left;
Still Not in Iron Curtuin Family
By PiItti Heiskonen

After peace Finland who had deserted the Finnish
Army during the gven-at the nsence
munists for the time they had hiding
In national reunion of these forest guardians they
called of the lights of
suggested greetings be sent the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-18
pNA PUTS ON
 DC-4F0R ADDED
 TRAFFIC TO WEST

Pacific Northern Airlines yester- day pulled its DC-3 and substituted one of its larger DC-4 planes to ammommodate the large passenger list leaving Juneau for the Vest ward.
 Going to Anchorage from Juneau were: Wesley Rhodes, L. F. West, William H. Wick, Lynn Forrest Elliot Robertson, Mrs. Robertson Dick Chamberlain and infant, Mrs Chamberlain and infant, Susan Chamberlain, E. J. Hudson, William Swink.
 To Cordova: Arden Buck, And rev Mclean, Arthur Anderson Reinhold Vieroutz, Mrs. Cora Vie routz, Charles Fry, Roy Lefevere Lloyd Summers, Roy Shaffer, Pete Gaylinaas, Tom Anderson, Mrs. Irene Haugen, Kenneth Fletcher.
 Coming in from Anchorage to Juneau: Dr. J. Holdman, D. G. Cott, M. R. Meslund, Bethel Cro- well, H. Davidson, A. s. Morsman.
 Emharking at Cordova for Ju- neau were: Ed Garnick, Henry Benson, Ira Rothwell and K. L. Johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-18
YOUNG BURGLARS ADMIT PREVIOUS
 CRIMES IN JUNEAU

Several burglaries of commercial Establishments which have plagued Juneau police for several months were cleared up today with confess sions obtained from Charlie Jimmy and Albin Frederickson, both IT years old, by Deputy Marshal Sid Thompson.
 The youths were arrested with 2 third boy, 16-year-old Raymond Dennis, after they had burglarized Quilico's Sports Center of more than $500 in guns and other items.
 U. s. Commissioner Gordon Gray waived juvenile jurisdiction in the cases of Jimmy and Frederickson and Dennis was remanded to care of the juvenile division of the pub lie welfare department, under whose jurisdiction he has been.
 Both lads were charged with burg lary and grand larceny. Before be- ing placed in jail to await action by the grand jury, Thompson ques- toned both and from Jimmy ob- tained written confession that he had burglarized the Juno Dollar Store March IT by lifting out & small window and taking S75 in cash.
 On April 6, he admitted entering the Gus George grocery store by prying open a night latch with a pocket knife, and taking bag con- taining $90
 Frederickson told the deputy marshal that prior to Christmas, he entered the H. s. Graves Clothing Store by breaking glass in the rear and took a mackinaw, shirt and other clothing, but no money. Thompson turned the informa- ton over to District Attorney Pat rick J. Gilmore, Jr.
 The boys are at present under | S3,500 bail each.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-18
FLOOD CONTROL SUM
 UppED; CONFERENCE TO DECIDE AMOUNT

WASHINGTON, April 18-R-It's now up to a Senate House confer ence committee to decide the exact total of a bill which will add mill lions to the federal government authorized program of flood con- trol and rivers and harbors pro- jects.
 As passed by the Senate last night, by vote of 53 to 19. the bill carried a total slightly less than $1 ,840,000000.
 When the House passed the bill nearly a year ago it carried ap- proximately $1,363, ,000,000.
 Anticipating that the House might be reluctant to go along on the amount the Senate added to the bill Chairman Chavez (D-NM) of the Senate Public Works Commit tee, who handled the bill, got the Senate to ask a conference.
 This means the bill will go di- rectly to the conference committee which will work out the differences.
 The bill carries no actual ap- propriations. It merely authorizes this and future Congresses to make appropriations for the projects in- volved.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-18
EAGLE RIVER BOY
 SCOUT CAMP WILL
 BEGIN ON MAY 2S

The Eagle River camp for Boy Scouts has been set to begin on Sunday afternoon, May 28. accord ing to F. M. Tyvoll, chairman of the camping and activities com mittee fer the district. Two meet ings of his committee have been held recently, Tyvoll reports, with outdoorsmen from each of the troops who are helping to formul- ate plans for this years camp pro- gram Sitka's Moose Lodge troop 641 has sent word that they will have a delegation of scouts at the Eagle River camp again this year, the chairman said, with the five Juneau-Douglas troops all expected to take part. Since capacity of the camp is limited to 60 boys, it
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-18

is advisable that parents register their sons through the scoutmast- CTS, in order that they will have a reservation for the two weeks per- iod. Some consideration has been given to offering a second two week period this year, Tyvoll said, to be determined by the advance registrations.
 The camping committe has drawn up a list of projects which they will accomplish during the next month, in order to ready the campsite for the summers use. Chief among these is the inaugur- ation of a mosquito control ex- pertinent, in cooperation with the Territorial Health Department. It is planned that a portable pump and spraying outfit will be in stalled, which should aid consider ably in reducing the mosquito pop ulation, Tyvoll said. In addition to the usual annual repairs to the buildings and property, his com- mittee is hoping to experiment. also with the building of small pool which can be used for teach ing beginning swimming.
 The camping and activities com mittee would welcome knowing about anyone interested in cooking for the boy scout camp They would prefer to have man who is interested in scouting, in addi- ton to being able to handle the food production job. "The pay is small, but the opportunities for an enjoyable outing with group of the finest boys in Alaska are un- limited,' the chairman said. In- terested persons should contact either Tyvoll or scout executive Maurice Powers in the Goldstein Building. Members of Tyvoll's committee include Harry DeLand, Sam Troutman, Joe Smith, Tony Thomas, Harold Brown, with other members to be appointed later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-18
7o-MILE PIECE OF ALA5kA HIGHWAY
 SHUT TO TRAFFIC

A 70-mile stretch of the main artery of the Alaska Highway sys- tenn was closed today to all traffic because of weather conditions, it was announced by A. F. Ghiglione, chief engineer of the Alaska Road Commission.
 The stretch, paved last year. eX- tends from Tok Junction to the Johnson River on the>road to Fair banks. The river is short distance south of Halfway House.
 Through traffic coming in from the states will not be blocked, how ever, he said, because two days ago road commission crews opened Isa- bella Pass on the Richardson High way. Trucks may thus turn south west and travel over the Tok High way to where it joins the Richard son road, and then go north over that road to Fairbanks.
 Opening of the pass, 3,310 feet high, means the entire length of the old highway is open from Val dez. Thompson Pass, just out of Valdez was kept open all winter.
 Another paved stretch north of Big Delta on the Alaska Highway has given no trouble so far, be- cause thawing has not begun there, Ghiglione said. Paved sections are the only portions which give road engineers much worry during the breakup" season.
 The detour means an extra 100 miles of highway to traverse to get into the Golden Heart from the south. The road will probably be closed from 10 days to two weeks, Ghiglione estimated.
 The Anchorage-Palmer road has been restricted, but trucks are still allowed over it. This section is also paved, but the breakup has not been severe in that area, he said, which means it probably will remain open during the thaw.