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Evening star., 1951-09-07

national security and can be
trusted to be most discreet. They
demonstrated this during the
Second World War under the
voluntary censorship system they
accepted in the national interest
and with which they cooper
ated fully.
But they are aware, as are
experienced reporters and cor
respondents here, of the threat
to free and open dissemination
of news about Government in.
herent in broad, vague regula-
tions that give latitude to officials
to hold back news of legitimate
public interest.
For example, it is necessary to
go back only a few years, back
to 1947, after the end of the war,
when a restrictive policy was in
stituted. 1t was abandoned when
it was exposed by Nat Finney.
then a Washington correspond
ent for the Cowles publications,
now editor Of the Minneapolis
Star Journals editorial page,
who showed how it was being
stretched to suppress news with
no security impact. Newspapers
generally rallied to check this
tendency. For his public serv-
ice Mr.. Finney won twin jour-
nalisrn awards - the Pulitzer
Prize for Reporting and the
Raymond Clapper Award for
Washington correspondents.
A restrictive policy offers an
excuse both to timid officials
and to those who want to sup
press anything that might re-
fleet on their stewardship or
their particular agencies-and
some Of both are found in our
vast Government structure.
In any operation as NAM
moth as our defense program, in
which $50 billions is to be spent
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Constantine Brown
NATO Honpered by Politics
Eisenhower Has Made Little Tangible Progress Development
Of Actual Fighting Forces for Western Europe Defense

cause the French deputies are
confident that if they find
themselves in a financial mess
they will receive support from
the United States.
When it comes to a matter Of
increasing the period Of mill
tary service. however. they are
afraid of an unfavorable re-
action from their constituents
and would prefer to overthrow
the present government than
vote such legislation.
Gen. Eisenhower's headquar-
terS admits frankly that unless
the number of Frenchmen in
the armed services is substan-
TALLY increased. there is no
hope of Frances fulfilling its
quota Of Is divisions by 1858.
AS things stand today. the
French ground forces are not
Up to the strength promised
for the present year. And
there is nothing much Mr..
Pleven can do about it. If he
pushes the issue too strongly,
he will be out of a job in a
few nours.
Britain also is marking time.
The Labor government has only
a flimsy majority in the House
of Commons. Since the break
with the left wing. headed by
former Health Minister Aneurin
Bevan, Prime Minister Attlee
must be careful not to offend
his party any further.
By abstaining from a vote
in the House, the left wing
groups can cause his downfall.
Hence, Mr.. Attlee is walking a
political tightrope and is afraid
to take any drastic steps toward
a genuine rearmament effort,
lest he be faced with another
general election this year.
Italy's rearmament is ham
strung by the peace treaty of
1916 The Allied delegates at
the Paris Conference had COM
piled WITH Moscow'S requests to
limit drastically the Italian de-
fense forces. The representa-
tlves Of Great Britain, France
and Italy will meet shortly in
Washington to discuss elimina-
Evening star., 1951-09-07

tion Of the military clauses Of
the unfortunate Italian peace
treaty. But for the time being
Italy is bound by 1t and cannot
put into effect the plans of
Gen. Eisenhower's staff, which
require substantial increase
and modernization of all her
forces.
The prospects Of including q
German force in the Western
European defense system are
still light. The people of West
ern Germany, regardless Of
what the Bonn government may
say, insist that they recover
their full sovereignty before
agreeing to take UP arms to
fight for the common defense Of
Europe.
Whatever promises the Bonn
government makes will not be
carried out unless they are
backed by the rank and file Of
the 40 million Western Ger
mans. Germany no longer is q
totalitarian state. It's govern
ment must abide by the de-
cision of the majority. And it
is clear that the majority wants
its sovereignty re-establiShed
before it is willing to shoulder
arms again.
The other members Of the
North Atlantic coalition are too
small to be Of any Importance.
unless their more powerful al
lies are really strong militarily.
When Gen. Eisenhower ac-
cepted the burdensome job as
commander of NATO forces, he
sincerely believed. after short
personal survey Of the situation
in Europe, that he would be
able to get things rolling at
full speed within a year. Now
his most optimistic estimate il
that the starting job" will take
longer because Of the instability
Of the governments Of our prin-
cipal allies,
Their promises were made in
good faith. but political condi-
tionS inherent in European
democracies are such that the
commitments of their govern
ments cannot be accepted lit
orally.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Speech for All History to Read
Moral Force of America in the Free World Expressed
BY Truman in Words on Peace Treoty With Japan

decent international relations,
they will find in the people Of
the United States ready and
willing partners in supporting
those aims.
America did not receive 4
single dollar Of governmental
indemnity out of World War !
or World War II. Nor did
America annex a single acre
Of territory from either war.
Mr.. Truman'S address at the
San Francisco gathering of ma
tions will be read with even
more intense interest outside
America than inside. It will
rank as one of the great state
papers of all timeS-not because
Of its simple phrases but be-
cause it recites eloquently the
record Of American postwar be-
havior and challenges the rest
Of the world to adopt the letter
and the spirit of that behavior.
The implications as to the fu-
ture, so far as they relate to an
ultimate settlement with the
people Of Russia and the Iron
Curtain countries-and, indeed,
as they may relate to the Chi
nese people once the Korean
aggression can be dealt with in
similar fashion-will not, it is
hoped, be lost on the people of
those countries which are still
in the grip of totalitarianism,
even as Japan once was. Unfor-
tunately, the Korean war has
not gone to the point of de.
feating on the battlefield the
forces Of aggression. There has
been no effective contact as yet
with the peoples of those coun-
tries where troops are being
employed against us.
Military force must go hand
in hand with moral force in
making peace, and the consum-
nation Of the Japanese treaty
is an excellent example of what
can be done once evil govern
ments are removed from power.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1951-09-07

Keeping open the channels Of
information about our Govern
ment requires constant vigi-
lance.
The temptation to censorship
always exists in one or another
quarter. This is true especially
in times Of emergency such as
the present. when the problem
of what should and should not
be revealed publicly is compli-
cated-and can be confused
by the necessity of national Sc
curity, that is, to protect mili-
tary secrets which, in these
days, cover a wide range.
The danger is that this ne
cessity can be capitalized, if Of
f1cials are so minded, to cover
also a range of information
about Government affairs to
which the public is entitled,
which has no relation to mill
tary secrets. Past experience
has demonstrated that.
The press, radio and other
media, as we'll as the public
which it is their obligation to
inform, should be alerted that
an interdepartmental commit
tee on internal security now is
working out general and COM
prehensive policy on what news
can be released to the public.
Though officials are reticent
about its nature and scope,
going no further than to con-
firm the fact, developments need
to be closely watched. It is
significant that Government
publicity officials, who are
charged with release of news,
have been resisting efforts of
security officers to restrict
news. seeking instead to expand
it. These men, most of them
ex-newspapermen, are aware of
the dangers of restrictive pol
icy.
Our newspapers and other
media Of information do not
want to publish anything that
might conceivably endanger
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Dovid LoWrence:

America and the free world
can be proud of the statement
that a President of the United
States was able to make on the
occasion of the signing of a
treaty of peace between the VIC
tor and the defeated.
Nowhere in the technical
phrases of the treaty itself, quite
naturally, are to be found the
phrases of Interpretation which
a magnificent speech by Presi-
dent Truman bequeathed to all
history to read. There are two
sentences Of that speech which
tell the story of an achievement
unparalleled in modern times,
indeed, of a document un-
matched anywhere in the trea-
ties of peace of the past. Those
two memorable sentences read
as follows:
1T (the treaty with Japan
does not contain the seeds of
another war. It is a treaty Of
reconciliation, which looks to
the future, and not the past"
To be able to make that state
ment persuasively. to be able
to point to the deeds that ac-
tually prove its truth in the
records of our army of occupa-
ion, to be able not only to say
that there was no spirit of
revenge but to be able to peint
to acts that corroborate it, is
to express the moral force of
America in the free world.
This moral force is not the
attribute alone of the Ameri-
can Government of today. It
springs from a long line OF
precedentS expressed in public
pronouncements since World
War I began. 1t is the re-
flection. moreover, of the view
point not of just one political
party but of all parties in the
United States, not of just the
spirit of American ideals but
OF the ideals that free men
hold everywhere. All this has
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Constantine Brown:

Friends of Gen. Eisenhower
who have advocated his nomi-
nation for the presidency in
1952-either on the Republican
or Democratic ticket, or a
package ticket" OF both parties
may have their hopes
thwarted by outside considera-
tions which they have over
looked.
Gen. Eisenhower has his
hands full in Europe, and un-
less he decides to leave his task
less than half finished he will
be unavailable. Since he took
over the job as Supreme Allied
Commander in Europe he has
worked hard, but has made little
tangible progress in development
of actual fighting forces.
He and his staff, composed of
able American and Western
European generals and admirals.
have established a very con.
structive plan which. if and
when it is put into effect, should
provide the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization with an
adequate defense force.
Unfortunately, despite the
support he received from the
Allied governments. progress
has been slower, so far, than
anticipated, because Of internal
political complications in West
ern Europe.
The French government,
headed by Premier Rene Pleven,
a staunch supporter of the
present Western coalition, is
compelled to move slowly. 1t has
a narrow majority In the Ma
tional Assembly and may be
overthrown at any time. 1t was
defeated last week on an issue
of little consequence. It was a
test vote to determine how the
wind was blowing.
After that setback Mr.. Pleven
feels he must be very careful
about presenting to the French
Legislature bills for extension of
military service by at least six
months. He will be able to OBJ
tain appropriations for addi-
.ional military expenditures be-
Evening star., 1951-09-07

next year. there is q big field
Of activity which requires pub
lie scrutiny that has no rela-
ton to military secrets-includ-
ing the letting Of contracts and
whether and how this is prop
eriy safeguarded, loans, and the
like. This ramifies into many
agencies. 1t is in this field,
which affects most of us as
taxpayers and all Of us as citi-
zens. that abuses occur-if not
open scandals occasionally.
In recent weeks there has
been lots of public excitement
about the RFC exposures by
Senate committees. It is worth
noting that the first act of the
new RFC administrator, w.
Stuart Symington, was to order
complete publicity Of its day
by-day operations, q consider
able part Of which now relates
to defense business Of various
sorts. That should have been
done long ago. This important
agency had maintained q most
restrictive information policy
for years, going back to its ad-
ministration by Jesse Jones.
some Of whose underlings
seemed to consider that RFC
business was none of the pub
lies business, as this reporter
learned in several encounters.
The RFC is just one agency
of a multitude scattered in
every nook and Granny about
this city that conduct billions
Of dollars of business with tax
payer money. It is the public's
concern to see that no excuse is
given through any restrictive
news policy to keep back infor-
nation about it's Government
which has no relation to ma
tional defense and which it is
its right to have.
Evening star., 1951-09-07

not come to fruition hereto
fore in such concrete facts Of
international relationships as
are evidenced in the treaty be-
tween the japanese and those
who fought victoriously against
them.
The kind Of peace outlined
in the treaty with Japan is the
kind that men of all religions
have hoped and prayed for, and
particularly the kind of peace
urged for Europe, too, by Pres
ident Wilson after World War !
and by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt after World War II.
1t is the kind of peace Pope
Plus XII has been petitioning
for in his public addresses since
1914.
President Truman in his San
Francisco address to the as
sembled nations rightly pays
tribute to the outstanding
leadership Of General Of the
Army Douglas Macarthur" for
''the way in which the allied oc-
cupation has been carried out"
And the President also points
with pride to Gen. Ridgway as
MacArthur's liable successor"
and to the splendid work of
John Foster Dulles, who worked
so patiently and intelligently in
negotiating the treaty itself.
Rising above party and CO.
mestic controversy, the Presi-
dent recognized that, in writ
ing this speech, he was writing
for future history a chapter
of accomplishment which can
prove an inspiration to those
who will be custodians of Amer
lean world policy in the years
to come.
For in a sense the treaty,
while not mitigating the evils
Of war or condoning the aggres-
sion which started it, does show
that, when peoples put aside
misguided leaders and take into
their own hands the cause Of
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Fletcher Knebel:
Potomac Fever

Senate subcommittee adds IS billion the $50 billion mill
bill for expansion of Taxpayers will be taken
10000 feet given masks and left for themselves
top of the deficit
Gen. Macarthur speaks Cleveland after
Macs fading much these days. can't tell him from
dark horse.
Comptroller General Warren President Truman win ded
cate his agencys $2 building week Warren the
watchdog Of the Treasury He loves much he's built
a brand-new doghorse for it,
British Chancellor Gatske
minutes with Treasury
We'll probably all feel indebted to them for years.
The New York Federal Reserve Board starts raonng ncke
because Of shortage Of them It's Of imitation
getting these days. got to give nickel for his
thoughts
Defense Mbizer Wilson says big pinch" civilian
goods about here He that time the
tell wife to pinch herself she
dreaming.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
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Thomas L. Stokes:
Thonos [. Stokes:
Censorship Peril Ever Present

ePotlon to Suppress News Rises in Defense Emergency
NewspoPen1en Recognize Dangers of Restrictive PoIicy
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving yesterday were Paul. inc Maxwell, Vincent Modors, Ethel Apok, Edith Monroe, MT. and Mrs. Robert Lyle, and R. P. Armstrong.
 Departing were Ralph Lomen, Walter Heisel, MT. and Mrs. C.. Waldhelm, MT. and Mrs. Sam Ailak, Alonzo Stokes, Jack Earp, John Brock, Marcus Greenhouse, Harold Moore, and Ray Smith.
 Pan American department heads were round trip passengers. They included H. F. Milley, Pacific Div ision Traffic Sales Manager; and C. E. Young, Division Traffic Manager, who was on his first trip to Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
WIEN AIRLINES

Passengers to Fairbanks: MT. and Mrs. James Porter, C. Cham pion, E. w. McMurray, Frank Sedlechek, CIV. Curry, Peter Nc Cartin, John Cousins, C. T. Rob- erts, A. O. Shields, MT. and Mrs. M. Stirns, Lawrence LeTourneau, Ed Wilson, E.. R. Mueller, Robert w. Barger, J. w. Hannebrink, w. Dickman, John Vogt, Robert Hob son, George Fielder.
 Passengers arriving Nome: Jos. Egelak, Daniel Oxereok, Robert Tocktoo, Aaron Adams, Martin Aupunguk, Gilbert Clark.
 To Kotzebue: H. Vandermeer, Bill Peterson, Frank Norton, Her bert Foster, John Oktollik, Alvin Gaske, Harry Carle, MT. and Mrs. Wm. Evans, Albert Heinrich, R. Atoruk.
 To Galena: Charles Rogers, Sid Cole, Lester Barlow, Art Asplund.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
Seattle Grocer Is Nominee Of
 Creenback Party

SEATTLE, (P) - A Seattle neighborhood grocer is the na- tion'S first nominee for the 1852 presidential race.
 But, he declared modestly from behind his campaign counter, he doesn't really expect to win.
 The Greenback party announ- ced in Indianapolis yesterday the nomination of Fred C. Proehl of Seattle for the White House.
 The party platform, in brief, is: Lets have more of the green stuff"
 It advocates issuance of green backs by the government direct ly to the people for services and supplies"
 Proehl said he was mildly sur prised" at the nomination. His wife started right off joshing him about what she would wear when we get to the White House."
 The neighborhood grocery will be the presidential campaign headquarters.
 "T've been making speeches about banking and money reform for 30 years," he declared. "I don't intend to stop now"
 Proehl became interested in the party 10 years ago after 10 years banking experience.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
BETA SIGMA PHYS DISCUSS PHASES OF BEAUTY

Beta Sigma Phi members of Alaska Kappa Chapter delved into the origins and history of skin makeup and hairdresses at their regular meeting last Thurs day evening at the home of Miss Eileen Uttech.
 Mrs. Grant Jackson and Mrs. James Mclean, speakers during the program period, gave anus ing, yet factual presentations on the subject, complete with in structive illustrations and dem onstrations.
 Mrs. Charles Reader won the monthly gift drawing "a timely box of lovely Christmas cards. Mrs. Readers sorority sisters also took the opportunity to present her with another gift-a tiny gold baby ring.
 Later Miss Uttech and Miss Ellen Waldhelm, hostesses, served homemade cookies, ice cream, and coffee, during the social hour which completed the evening.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
Just a Poor Photographer

OAKLAND, Calif., tP)-A re- cluse who collected atomic and other defense data as a hobby faces a vagrancy charge today nothing more serious.
 The FBI accepted Otto Fred erick Maynard's story that he is just a shy amateur photographer beating high rent by living in a cardboard shack under the strat- egic San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
 Oakland police, Investigating a tip, found photographs of such things as naval installations, rail yards and the cyclotron at the University of California. Maynard said he took the pictures because they were easily photographed.
 Maynard works as a gardener.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
Historic Gold Rush Railway Is Sold

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., (PO - The historic White Pass and Yu- kon Railway, famous in the days of the gold rush of '98, has been purchased by Canadian interests.
 F. H. Brown of Vancouver an- nounced here Monday, while en- route north, that the newly formed White Pass and Yukon Corporation, Ltd, had purchased the transportation system, which includes river steamers and bus line. He placed the assets at up- wards of $1O,000,000.
 White Pass and Yukon route in cludes no miles of railway be- tween Skagway and Whitehorse, 700 miles of steamship lines from Whitehorse down the Yukon river to Dawson and on to Coal Creek, 50 miles into Alaska, and bus op- erations on 1,50O miles of high way between Dawson Creek, B.C., through the Yukon to the Alaska boundary.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
WEATHER FORECAST

Compiled by US. Dept of Commerce
 Weather Bureau
 Forecast Nome: Continued cloudy with snow showers tonight and tomorrow. Southwest winds tonight 10 to Is mph, switching to the north Thursday. Lowest temperature expected tonight g, highest tomorrow 27.
 Data for other selected stations IS of : am. today:
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
ALASKA AIRLINES

Passengers from Anchorage: s. Peck, w. Thornton, Raymond Gladiena, A. Healy, Willard Ste Wart, c. Owen, C. Foster and in- fant.
 To Anchorage: Al Bennett, R. G. Nichols, Alfred Evans, Donald Fox, Mrs. E. Milligrock, Frank Elasanga, J ack Kelly, Stanley Peck.
 To Kotzebue: Catherine Greene, Clifton Jackson, Steve Stephen son.
 To Moses Point: Samuel An Winona. Legal Blanks al The Nugget office
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
Longtime Juneau Doctor Passes On

JUNEAU, (P)-Dr. L.P. Dawes, 76, longtime Alaska physician, once member of the territorial legislature, died Tutsday. .
 Doctor Dawes came to Alaska in 1910, settling in Wrangell but moving later to Juneau. He was president of the Territorial Board of Medical Examiners and was a member of the American College of Surgeons.
 He served in the 1947 and 1929 sessions of the territorial senate but did not seek reelection in 1850.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-14
NM M HOSPITAL

Henry Saccheus of Film has been admitted to the hospital and Louise Topkok has been dis charged.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-09

The Protestant group known as
the American Council Of Chris
tian Churchcs has issued q new
manifesto about the National
Council Of Churches Of Christ
This time the American Council
charges the National Council Is
aiming for an lnclusiVist church,
"Inclusivist" is defined as tho
establishment of a MONOPOLY
The American Council wa,
established some wears ago, i'm
opposition to the old Federal
Council--and il has carried on a
campaign against the new Nation
al Council since the Nationals Or
ganization last fall The Amer
can Council is headed by Carl
Mcintyre, a former Presbyterian
minister who was read out Of tie
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
after protracted dispute His
group claims 10 represent Ii small
denominations and includes about
ono thousand ministers. The new
document IS called a Manifesto of
Protestant Faith and Freedom II
charges that the National CounciI
cndangers the basic principles OF
Professionalism by including liberal
or modernist doctrines, and even
the Greek Catholic Church.
The National Council says the
American Council represents only
ono half Of one per cent Of the
clergy in the United States. and
that the charges are nothing new
Otherwise the National Council
won't even comment II has, how
ever, prepared ii booklet dealing
with the Origins of the American
Council
The National Councils general
secretary, Or Samuel McCre;