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Evening star., 1952-03-04
French Crisis Threatens NATO
Congress Will Be Cool to New Foreien-Aid Requests
Unless Poris Con Find Woy to Political StobIitx
Constantine Brown:

Unless the French political
parties can get together and
agree on a national union gov
eminent which should last for
more than the traditional av-'
erage" Of six months, President
Truman seems likely to meet
serious resistance in Congress
for the SO billion foreign aid he
is asking this week.
The NATO powers made def
mite agreements last week aimed
at quickening the organization
pace Of their military forces.
These were hailed by President
Truman and Secretary of State
Acheson as the most important
forward step in many years. The
American people were told about
the harmony which prevailed at
the Lisbon Conference and also
that at the END Of this year
the defensive coalition would
have some so battle-ready divi-
sions. All that was necessary
now was for Congress to appfe-
pirate the needed billions for the
coming fiscal year.
The French crisis provided an
anti-climax and showed once
more that the signature of trea-
ties by the heads Of govern
ments in Europe is dubious.
The French crisis is Of para
mount Importance because Paris
sets the pace for the other con-
tinental members Of NATO. It
is also important because France
is supposed to provide the ma
jority Of ground forces. It ap-
pears that Mr.. Acheson. when
he made his optimistic report
to the Nation about the mo-
mentous results at Lisbon, did
not realize that the French rep
resentatives. Premier Faure and
Foreign Minister Schuman,
signed the documents with their
fingers crossed. And no sooner
did they return to Paris to face
the National Assembly than the
cabinet was overthrown. The
light hearted French Parliament
voted enthusiastically one day
for the new budget and the
next it refused to vote appropri-
ations to implement that budget.
Frances President Vincent
Auriol is now in quest Of a Pre-
mier who can muster q stable
majority in a highly unstable
Parliament. There are, Of course,
many patriotic and responsible
Evening star., 1952-03-04

politicians who would like to
get on with the work set forth
at Lisbon. But they cannot rely
on a majority which would keep
them in Office for more than a
few months. And in the mean
while there is runaway inf1a-
tion which threatens the foun-
dations of the republic. The
73-year-old Paul Reynaud who
became Premier in 1910, too late
to save the country from MILL
tary disaster. is one of them. He
started the usual negotiations
to organize a national unity
cabinet by including the power
full Gaullist party. He failed
because the moderate Socialists
on whom he had to rely to or
ganize q stable administration
refused to share a political bed
with the followers of Gen.
Charles de Gaulle.
AS things stand now, there
seems little chance that Mr..
Auriol will be able to get any
one to form more than a make
shift cabinet with q life span
Of more than q few weeks.
Reynaud abandoned his at
tempts by declaring that until
the new constitution is replaced,
or at least drastically amended,
no lasting government can exist
in France. This means that re-
gardless of how many more bill
lions we may spend on that
country we cannot be sure of
steady progress toward rearma-
ment. And at the same time the
French will Stubbornly bar the
Evening star., 1952-03-04

In their first flush of anger
Northern Democrats were
promising tidelands some Of
that "protracted debate com
monty known as filibuster--
which the South practices on
civil rights.
Their principal wrath was di-
rected at Senator Mcfarland,
even to the point of ACCUSE
tions of bad faith. It wasfre-
called he had held no caucus Of
all the majority this year. =
> Senators strongly opposed to
the abandonment to the States
of the coptinentsI shelf oil in
this period Of national emer-
gency feel it necessary to fight
for still another reason.
9 They have lost some of their
confidence that President Tru-
man will veto q new :tidelands
bill. Their points:
He vetoed Bob Kerr's gas bill
but appointed to the Federal
Power Commission members
who accomplished its aims ad-
ministratively. The Presidents
former counsel, Clark Clifford,
who still advises him, has many
powerful oil and gas clients.
Senator Kerr claims White
House support for his candidacy
If Mr.. Truman does not run,
and Senator Kerr heads one of
the major oil companies.
Evening star., 1952-03-04

center of a whirlwind of ques-
tions relating to the contro-
versy over so-called 'socialized
medicine or compulsory Fed
eral health insurance.
Surprisingly enough, those
who had been most active in
decrying the dangers of the
welfare state as it applied to
labor and race relations, those
who had cried socialism the
loudest. those who were opposed
to the Rural Identification ,
Administration and a Fair
Employment Practices Commits
sion and Federal housing,
joined with the majority in
condemning the stand taken by
the medical profession, and the
ANA as its spokesman, on pro-
Evening star., 1952-03-04
David Lawrence:

The so-called "stretchout" Of
Americas defense program is
due in no small extent to the
fact that the machine tool pro-
gram was bungled. That is
why America has not realized
her goals in aircraft. in tanks,
or in other major items of the
armament program. But it is
the long range impact of Gov
ernment action-itS ultimate
effect on industry as whole
that gives the machine tool
builders Of today basis for anx-
iety.
1t Is interesting to note the
comments made by Charles j.
Stilwell. president of the Warner
G. Swasey Co. Of Cleveland
not the largest but one of the
important machine tool COM
panies Of the country. He says
in his report to stockholders
just released:
"On the basis Of present
trends, the machine tool indus
try is rapidly becoming a cap
tive Of Government.
THE Government dictates
from whom orders may be
taken and to whom the finished
machines may be shipped. The
Government controls the mate
rials that may be purchased,
and even specifies the finish Of
the product. The Government
dictates what wages and Sala-
ries may be paid. The Govern
ment sets the prices and so de-
cides how much profit can be
made. After the profit has been
figured, excess profits taxes take
their toll. Then. from what is
left, renegotiation finally de-
termines arbitrarily what the
company may retain.
Every one will agree that
some of these controls are nee
eSsary in a period such as this.
Much Of the situation making
some Of the controls necessary
Evening star., 1952-03-04

posals to tighten the financial
burden Of health costs.
Medical fees, all agreed, are
too high and there were many
references to the failure of
physicians to provide adequate
medical care at reasonable cost
for the middle class population
of the United States.
Several spoke of the lying
propaganda fed to the news
papers and magazines by the
ANA. If I am any Judge of
the mass mind, the most COM
plete agreement of the entire
meeting was reached in this
section. There was an almost
angry demand that medical
men take some action or let the
Government take it for them"
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
Republicans Lead For 3rd Division House Seats

ANCHORAGE, (P)-Early leg islative returns from 19 Third Division precincts today showed the Republicans running strongly in the division that sent solid seven-Democrat delegation to the Territorial House in the 1850 cleo ton.
 Returns were too scanty to be conclusive.
 It lined up this way after the overnight reports:
 Senate e to be nameO: Speak CT of the House Bill Egan Demo- crat, barely ahead, with 668; John F. Gorsuch, Republican, 662; Sen. Steve McCutcheon CD, 609; Mar shall H0ppin R), 591.
 For Senate short term: Jack Conright CD 694; Paul Robison R) 591.
 For the 10 House seats for the Division in the next Legislature, seven Republicans were leading, two Democrats were among the top 10, and the 10th spot was even-Stephen between a candidate of each party.
 The House leaders: Prior RO 5O8; Rutherford R) 491; Dimock R0 488; Pollack R ATT; Olsen R) 447; Rep. Kay CD Al; String CT R) 436; Ryan CD 428; Rent schler R 427; Rep. Pollard CD and Mckinley R), both 412.
 That made Rep. Wendell Kay the only Democrat in the leading seven.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
Bartlett Ahead Of Reeve 4366-3523 In 75 of 237 Precincts
tBY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

Alaska's Democratic Delegate to Congress pulled ahead of his Republican challenger early today in mounting returns from the vast territory's "weathervane" general election but the contest was much closer than in many years.
 On the basis of 75 precinct reports, some complete and some partial, out of Alaska 237, Dele gate Bartlett had 4366 votes to 3523 for Robert c. Reeve, the Republican nominee.
 In the Auditor race, incumbent Moore CD is leading Anita Gar nick D 1929 to 2694.
 For Highway Engineer, Irving Reed R) 4O07; Frank Metcalf CD 3532.
 Some Alaska political observers claim that Alaska, which swung from Republican to Democrat ahead Of the nation in 1882, has been barometer since 1912.
 Although only fraction of the widely scattered precincts had been heard from, Stanley J. Mo Cutcheon, Democratic national committeeman, claimed at An chorage that Bartlett was "al- ready victorious"
 Reeve conceded Bartlett held modest lead" but said "my peo- pie in the interior haven't been heard from yet"
 However, the first reports from the interior city of Fairbanks, a Republican stronghold but once the home town of Bartlett, ran nearly two to one in favor of the Democrat.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
Japanese Soothsayer
 Predicts Ike Will Win

TOKYO, (P) - A Japanese soothsayer who predicted Presi- dent Truman's election in 1948 Wednesday picked Dwight D. Ei- senhower to win this years US. presidential race by a small mar gin.
 Prof. Donsho Kodama a jour neyman soothsayer for 38 years, said he based his prediction on an ancient book of oracles. He said he saw Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson as two horses gallop- ing neck to neck. As the thorough bred approach the goal, the Eisen- hover horse will run over smooth sand but his rival will encounter gravel trough going).
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
Soviets Pledge Party Support To Foreign Cells

MOSCOW, (P) Leading Com muniStS of 40 nations headed home from the 18th all Soviet Communist party congress today, assured by Joseph Stalin himself they have the Soviet party's sup port in their flight for libera- tion and preparation of peace"
 Chief interest now shifted to the party's new central committee elected as the congress- final act. It must name a presidium replac- ing the present politburo and secretariat to direct the party's dayto-day work.
 The new committee of 125 mem bers with 110 alternates is the biggest in history. The last com mittee totaled only Fl members and 69 alternates. The roster of members reads like a Who's Who of the Soviet Union. It includes Stalin and a glittering array of all politburo members, top diplo- mats and military leaders.
 CThe Moscow announcement made no mention of whether Stalin is continuing as Secretary General of the central committee, the most important post in the Communist world, or whether he is stepping aside for the man he may have designated as his heir to power. Western observers thus awaited this still to come an- nouncement as the most import ant probably to come out of the Congress-.
 Stalin's speech last night was his first address before a large major gathering since Feb. g, 1946 when he spoke on Russia's war achievements and post war pol icy. The Moscow radio, which broadcast the speech said the 1,200 delegates repeatedly cheered. the Soviet premier.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
Democrats Trail In 4th Division
 For Senate Seats

FAIRBANKS, (P- Rep. Mike Stepovitch was ahead of Sen Frank Barr, Democratic incum- bent, in the race for one of the Fourth Divisions Senate seats, on the basis of early returns today.
 For the five Division seats in the House, four Republicans were running ahead, with Democrat in fifth spot. Rep. Glen Franklin was trailing in sixth, narrowly.
 Sen. John Butrovich, Repubi- can leader, had the top total for the Senate-1166. Stepovich, Re publican, had 1O5O and Barr 8O5. J. A. Boulet, the other Democrat, trailed with 677.
 Early standings in the House contest were: Coghill R) 1128; Rep. Miscovich CR 1O64; Rep. Wilbur R) 1041; Hurle CR) 992; Greuel O) 942.
 Franklin had 9O7.
 Two former Democratic repre- sentativeS, seeking comebacks, were trailing. Essie Dale was in eighth with 807 and Warren Fay Tor in ninth with 71O.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
Diphtheria or Food Poisoning Takes 6 Lives Bethel Area

ANCHORAGE, (P-Diphtheria or food poisoning has claimed six lives in the Bethel area 400 miles west of here, the Alaska Health Department reported Tuesday.
 The Department said IA of A cases in the area have been con- firmed as diphtheria. But whether the deaths are due to diphtheria or an epidemic of food poisoning reported at the same time has not been determined.
 The Health Department said it is sending all available diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Bethel and additional supplies are being obtained in Seattle and New York.
 The Alaska Native Service hos pital at Bethel reported the first five cases arrived last Wednesday. Cultures flown to Anchorage con- firmed they were diphtheria,
 Six of the deaths occurred in one village where 16 persons were stricken, the department said.
 Bethel's hospital was destroyed by fire last year and patients are being cared for in temporary quarters set up in a quonset hut.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
EisenhOWer's Financial Statement Discloses His 1O-Year Gross at $888.3O3

NEW YORK, (P)-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had gross income of $888,303 III including S635, ,00O from his book, Crusade in Eu- rope"-during the past 10 years, his headquarters says.
 A financial statement made public here late yesterday showed the Republican candidate paid $217,082 in taxes.
 Subtraction of these taxes and allowable deductions from the gross income the statement said, left Eisenhower with a net of $643, 148 for the 10 years. His net without the book was $166,898.
 EisenhoWer's executive assist and, Arthur Vandenburg, Jr., dis tributed copies of correspondence Eisenhower had with US. Trea- sury officials in 1947 and 1948. This correspondence resulted in an agreement whereby Eisen- hover qualified as a non-profes- sional writer and was allowed to list income from the book as capital gain.
 If Eisenhower had paid at the personal income tax rate rather than the capital gains rate, his tax on the proceeds from the book might possibly have been more than double the $158,75O he paid. His net on the book was $475,25O.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
Malaga Americans Like Ike
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya. {

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya, (P) The majority of Americans in Malaya favor Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to win the presiden- tial election, a survey conducted by the newspaper, The Straits Times, reveals.
 Some 200 Americans in Malaga are to vote under regulations gov erning absentee voting which. is permitted in AZ of the 48 states, the newspaper said.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
National Campaign Enters .Shoot-the- Works Stage
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to- day held out a promise of peace based on sound leadership as Gov. Adlai Stevenson, pledging to work for peace, said the nation faces "a long, tough, bitter struggle to pre- serve" world freedom.
 Stevenson, the Democratic nominee, said that as for Korea his Republican opponent knows full well, There is no trick that can end the Korean war" Push ing his campaign to the Pacific Northwest, he hit hard at Eisen- hower's stand on Korea, foreign and domestic policies.
 Eisenhower for the second straight day rampaged through his home state of Texas blasting the Truman administration for what he said was it's failure to provide a leadership able to win respect at home and abroad. And the respect of friends and foes, he said, is necessary if peace is to be won.
 Clear indication the campaign was entering the shoot-the- works stage with election less than three weeks away was today's stepped ed political schedule. The cam paign trails of candidates and their major supporters criss- crossed the nation like a spider web.
 But the spotlight centered on the presidential candidates them selves.
 Stevenson said at Spokane, Washington: Our men are fight ing in Korea so they will not have to fight in Alaska or Spo- kane or Omaha. They will come home from Korea just as soon as our national safety permits.
 On economy, he said in his speech prepared for Pendleton, Ore, that he would gladly match his own experience .along those lines with Eisenhower, adding:
 Until this campaign, I had not heard that generals were exactly celebrated for their devotion to economy"
 Texas born Eisenhower swept through his home state receiving virtual ''local-boy -makes-g good" re- captions everywhere he spoke.
 He said he was proud that Soviet leader launching an attack on America at the opening of the Russian congress had directed his fire not at Truman as head of the nation but at himself.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
U. s. and Korean Infantry Force Communists From Strategic Heights

SEOUL, P American infan- trymen smashed over the top of Triangle Hill on Korea'S central front Wednesday and fought a savage inch-by-inch battle down the northern slope.
 Two miles to the east, more than 1000 Reds counter-attacked troops of the South Korean Sec ond Division on Sniper Ridge.
 AP correspondent Milo Farneti said US. Seventh Division infan- trymen on Triangle were pushing single file down a Communist trench leading to towering Papa San mountain, immediately to the north.
 A front-line officer said they were fighting for every inch'' against fiercely resisting Chinese Reds.
 A hastily erected cable hoist sped food and ammunition to the top of Triangle where other Sev- enth Division soldiers dug in against an expected Chimes C counterattack.
 The Reds lashed out at South Korean soldiers on Sniper Ridge just after dusk. The South Ko- reans met their charge with with ering machine gun fire from the caves and Bunkers of Pinpoint hill, the center peak in the hill mass.
 The South Korean seized Pin point earlier Wednesday with flame throwers and hand gre nades.
 U. S. officers with the South Koreans said many of the dead Chinese found on Pinpoint had committed suicide.
 Seventeen miles to the west, South Korean Ninth Division troops blasted the Reds with high explosives from their last hold on blood soaked White Horse noun tain.
 Allied warplanes pounded the Reds with bombs, rockets and flaming gasoline. .L
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-15
MINISTER APPLIES FOR
 BETHEL RADIO STATION

WASHINGTON, (P) = An ap- plication for anew standard radio station was filed Tuesday with the Communications Commission by the Rev. Earl B. Shay, ST., Bethel, Alaska, 1490 kilocycles, 1O5 watts unlimited time.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-16
Lyng First To File In Second Division

Howard Lyng, long time Nome resident, has filed for another term in Alaska's Senate from the Second Division on the Demo- cratic ticket.
 Senator is the dean of the AL aska Legislature, being its oldest member in years of service now active. He served 12 years in all -6 years in the House of Rep- resentatives, of which he was the speaker in the 1939-4O session, and 6 years in the Senate. His present term expires next Octo- Der.
 During his years of service to the Second Division and to the Territory, Senator Lyng has in- troduced and sponsored a great deal of constructive and beneficial legislation.
 Last session he was chairman of the powerful Rules Committee and one of the four members of the Senate Finance Committee, which did such an outstanding job in placing the Territory's if nanceS on a solid basis and within it's income for the present bi- ennium.
 MT. Lyng is Alaska born and raised, the owner of extensive mining property in the Nom e, Kougarok and Candle areas, a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Alaska Statehood Committee, and is just completing eight years as Democratic Nation al Committeeman for Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-16
36 Die in Airline Crash in East River

NEW YORK, R)-Fog, which may have caused the crash of a Northeast airliner Monday, halted efforts Tuesday to raise the two- engined plane from the treacher- 0us waters of the East River.
 The plane p1ummeted into the river while coming in to La Guardia Field for a radar landing in murky weather. All 36 persons on board, at least two of them seriously hurt, were rescued. The plane was bound for New York from Boston.
 After night-long operations diver succeeded in fixing two Slings under the aircraft and it had been raised half out of the water when the weather closed in.
 Investigators are waiting to view the wreckage to determine the cause of the crash.
 Investigators want to know why the planes image f1ickered off a radar screen at the field as it was being guided through a routine bad weather landing.
 Radar, considered one of avia- tion's top safety devices, is used by ground crew who watch an approaching plane on the screen and guide it's pilot by voice on his landing.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-16
Soviet Press Asserts US. To Establish 50 Military Bases In Japan

MOSCOW, (P) - The Soviet press reported Wednesday the United States will have 50 army, navy and air force bases in Japan.
 An article published in the major Russian papers said John Foster Dulles, during his recent visits to Japan obtained from Premier Shigeru Yoshida a writ ten authorization for that number of American bases in that coun- try.
 The article said that in the areas of the bases, all Japanese author ities and population would be under American jurisdiction and all port facilities, railway stations, roads and means of communica- ton would be at American dis poSal.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-16
AT THIRTY, YOU'RE AVERAGE

The Census Bureau reports that the average Am erican is thirty years od married and the father mother of two children The Bureau says that this average American owns his own home, in partnership with the mortgage company, automobile, a radio and telephone
 The fact that the average American today owns these convenences demonstrates the difference be- tween the Amrcan standard of living and the stand ard in other parts of the world and also the difference between the S. standard of 1850 and the US. stand ard of earlier decades.
 Although the Census Bureau has not completed it's study on education, there indications that the average American today has had at least year in high school-whch is somewhat higher than earlier educational averages. t-s
 The United States is still country in which mat erial possessions easily be increased by bonding increase in the educational standard While the two might not always go together, progress made in the field of education and in living standards nnrnnlanentarv achievements.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-16

Governor Ernest Gruening has proclaimed by pro- camtion 1852 Girl Scout Anniversary Year and ur ges all citizens to give the Girl Scouts and in the coming year the fullest cooperation and support in order that increasing numbers of girls may join the force for freedom
 He states in his proclamation that there are now almost million and half girls and 100000 adults pledged to do their duty to God and country, to help other people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout laws.
 Since their founding in 1912, the Girl Scouts have rendered continuous service to their country and munity. The people of Nome we'll aware of the fine work of the local group, which has steadily grown since it was started just few years ago.
 We also appreciative of the work of the Girl Scout leaders who give freely of their time that the young people may have proper guidance.
The Nome nugget., 1952-01-16
LIFE RAFT SURVIVOR
 IS CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE

BURLINGAME, Calf, P) - James C. Whitaker, who with Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker sur vived 21 days on life raft in the South Pacific in World War II, wants to go to Congress.
 The Burlingame contractor, a Republican, announced his candi- dacy Tuesday for the new San Mate0 County district.
 The life raft experience oc- cured in 1922, after their plane had to be ditched.