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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1952-01-25
COL. classy ave
SINGING SERG6ANTS
TO APPEAR HERE

Ed Sni tn, cha irman Of
the Va Hey Hospital
fund raj sing comm toe
announced las t week that
Colonel Vim. s. lasby,
chaplain for the lila ska
Air Command has con-
scented to come to Pal
mer Sunday evening, jan
uary 27, with Is Nom
bers Of his famous choir
to put on q program for
the people Of tho Valley
The singing SO rgoants
are all due for rota-
ton, so the choir is
to be dis banded and
this ill be their last
public appearance.
Hero, colonel Z Las by
and the Sc rgeants Will
present q full tWo-hom
program. Colonel Clas-
by wi IL first deliver
a Commute lee ture and
the choir wi IL take up
the roma indor of the
program with their sons
and ski is.
No ADM S s ion will be
charged for this pro-
gram although an offer
ing will be taken. The
entire col lection will
be turned over to the
cont inued on ;
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1952-01-25

which prevai led in tho
Valley ct that time.
Services arc to be hold
at two O'Clock at the
Unitod Protos tant Church
wi tn Fa thor 1.1bort Say
ors, rector Of the III
Saints Episcopal Church
Of 4.nchoroGo, officiat-
inG.
continued on pago8
JUNEAU--A C ont ribution
Of $4,000 from the Il
laska Cripp lod Chi ID
ren's ASS oc iation has
just boon received by
the Alaska Department d
Hea 18th. 4ais amount is
Of &C tual double va lue
bocaus OF federal
ma itching funds for aid
Of Alaska s crippled
chi ldron, according to
DR.. C Earl Utrecht,
C ornli s i oner Of hoa 18th.
He said that during
the past yoar $l5, 900
have boon received by
the Health Department
from the ACCA for
matching purposes in
the program for aid Of
crippled chi ldron.
"If it wore not for
the hundreds Of 4.CCA
members all ovor ALASKA
doing hours Of hard
work in order to raise
those funds many worth
y. handicapp od children
would not DO hospital
ized, DR.. Elizabeth
Bishop said in comment
ing on tho torri tory
wide work Of tho ACCA
volunteers. DR.. Bish-
op is director Of Mat
ernal md Child Hea lth
and Crippled Chi ldren's
Services for tho Alaslm
continued on )
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1952-01-25

NEW FERTILIZER REC ON
MENDATIONS AVAILABLE
Dr.. Nick in conjunc t.
ion with DR.. Babb and
DR.. HodGson Of the A
laska Experiment Staff on
have prepared q new re-
vised copy Of Ferti lizer
Rec olmmendat lions for A
laska. This Giro ular
has a new section on
homo mixing Of ferti L
izers and which C ombin-
alton Will give you the
best buy in avail liable
fort lizer ma terials.
This pamphlet is one of
the bost sources Of in
f orma til on on rferti liners
the farmer can obtain
and most Of the rec ON
mendat ons are based on
experience wi tn Ala skan
crops grown in Alaska.
Copies can be obtained
from the Extension Serv-
ice off ice, or Will be
mai Led on request. Now
is the time to line up
your fertilizer supple s
for the oming year. We
may have to subs t itute
for Ammonium nitrate
this year, but there
still may be some hope.
Tt is unders TODD Dir
ector Irwin is working
on this problem in Wa sh-
inGtons
WASILLA FARMER BURNS OUT
Harold Harris, WE'LL
known Wa s i LA ia rmer,
stuff cred one of Ala ska S
most dreaded hazards
when he lost his home
most Of his pers onal
posse ons, plus about
20 tons Of potatoes to
fire. Everyone Will
sympa thize with Harold
for the threat of fire
hangs over most Ala ska
continued on !
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1952-01-25
IRVING MELVILLE, VALLEY FARMER.
DIES OF HEART ATTACK

Funeral services wi II
be he Id on Friday Of
this week for the late
Irving Nowvi lie who
sue C umb cd Of q hoart
at tack on January IL.
Service s wero postponed
La st week due tho high
winds and hoavy snow
Evening star., 1952-04-22
EisenhoWer's Unseen Influence
Slowing Down Of Military Effort by NATO Governments Likely
With Appointment of Name Officer to SHAPE Post
Constantine Brown:

The appointment Of a sue
cessor to Gen. Eisenhower
poses a far more serious prob
lem than appears on the sur
face. Because of the prepon-
derant role of this country in
the defense of the West, our
Allies have recognized that an
American must be entrusted
with that responsible job.
There are many competent
American officers who could
take over the command at
SHAPE successfully. It is no
particular military problem for
a man such as Gen. Matthew
Ridgway, to mention one of
the several eligible four star
officers. to command ably a
force composed at this time of
less than 20 divisions. But the
problem of the supreme COM
mander is political rather than
military.
It was only after Gen. Eisen-
hover became the head of the
Western coalition and after the
arrival of four additional Ameri-
can divisions in Germany that
our Allies began to make some
moves toward rearmament. His
enormous prestige with the
European governments is re-
sponsible for our Allies efforts,
however limited. The fact.
that in the last eight months
Britain, France and Belgium
have replaced their labor and
mixed socialist governments
with conservatives has helped
Eisenhower's task. These new
regimes have been more respon-
sive to our urgings to move
faster.
There are good reasons to be-
lieve that although Gen. Eisen-
hover kept himself strictly neu-
trail insofar as political diver
gences in Europe are concerned,
there was some kind of "un-
seen influence" which he exer-
cised. because of the popularity
he enjoyed with some of the
political groups. to make or un-
make cabinets in continental
Europe. According to reports
from Paris, the break in the
ranks of the Gaullist parlia-
mentarians, a break which en-
abled Premier Antoine Pinay to
remain in power more than a
few weeks, was due to this "un-
seen influence" Of Gen. Eisen-
hover.
The departure of the supreme
commander for the United
States in advance of the Repub-
lican convention is regarded by
a number of serious observers as
a possible blow to the rearm-
ment of Western Europe.
In the last few weeks the
Kremlin has started another
vil'ulent. phony peace offensive.
Our wishfully thinking Allies are
grabbing at the straw despite
the GOODNESS of their govern
ments toward these moves. The
protracted armiStice negotia-
tions in Korea have led those
Western powers which sent
small contingents in 1850 to
urge US to wipe the slate clean
and give up the police action"
The imminent conclusion Of
q peace treaty with Germany
Evening star., 1952-04-22
Doris FIeeson:
Document Becomes Political
Gen. Eisenhower and Some Of His Chief Supporters
On CED, Fother of Tax and Spending Statement

Because Gen. Eisenhower and
many of his principal support
ers are influential members Of
the Committee for Economic
Development, the CEDs new
statement on taxes and SPEND
ing for fiscal 1853 becomes a
significant political document.
Generally speaking, CED
takes the middle way. 1t asserts
that the country can have Sc
curity without new taxes by
cutting waste. duplication and
inefhciency. Coupled with this
Is a firm statement that "for-
eign assistance is as necessary
to our own security as is our
own military program"
The left will object to it's
contention that if savings will
not balance the budget, a retail
sales tax on all but housing,
food and necessities is prefer
able to any further rise in cor
porate and personal income
taxes. The right-especially the
Republican right-will equally
deplore it's support of Secretary
of State Dean Acheson's call for
eradication Of the Buy Ameri-
cNn" laws so that defense con-
tracts can be let to the lowest
competent bidder.
These and other CED posi-
tionS are by no means Gen.
Eisenhower's handiwork. The
report is before him as a men,
ber of the committee: he did
not participate in writing it,
Evening star., 1952-04-22
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Prisoners seize most of Michigan prison-operang course
under their inherent emergency powers.
Fifteen hundred soldiers
bomb blast Nevada We people of genius After
$40 billion finally learned explode
out hurting anybody
Taft Ike forces battle the big
York delegations The 1keTaft fight is growing that
before the votes counted State the losing
with another warmed-over alibi.
President Truman deporeS Congress effort
Government operation of the steel mills
phone tolls Secretary Sawyer
constant touch with the
do next
Stanley Andrews Arkansas editor named chief of the Point
-Four foreign spending This We
count to ten before the other fellow deserved
Now we just count to four and give him
Senator Kefauver opening his Florida
tor Russell the
it. At 49, fellow has about
certainly gives him worry than Kefauver has.
ST. Louis businessman testified he
plus deal to lawyer he'd
ghost writer's everything Washington getting
the invisible taxes guaranteed of wits
Evening star., 1952-04-22
COP. Outlook Still Confused
Neither Taft Nor Eisenhower Assured of Nomination Yet
Gov Stevenson Now Strongest Democratic Possibility

help in Illinois and to whom
he has made the promise to
run again for the governorship
should change their minds and
petition him to accept-thus
releasing him from the obliga-
ton to serve in the State house
because of the higher call of
duty-wouldn't such a plea
suffice, especially if the Ma
tional Democratic Convention
presented it's claim as having
priority over the Illinois race?
Merely to ask the question is to
indicate the flexibility which
the situation surrounding Gov.
Stevenson still possesses. and
this need not imply the slight
est doubt of his sincerity or
forthrightness of his statement
on the matter.
So far as the Democratic
convention, which meets on
July 81, is concerned. it can
we'll be imagined what the
pressure will be on Stevenson
if the Republican convention
on July Z turns down Gen. Eli
senhower. Are not many Of
those Republicans Of inde-
pendent mind likely to be will
ing to vote for Gov. Stevenson?
There is much talk of Steven
Son-RuSseu ticket. The idea
is being discussed widely on the
theory that Senator Russell
would make an excellent sec
ond man on the ticket if there
could be a compromise worked
out on the civil rights issue.
The Democratic Party gen.
orally is somewhat dispirited
and depressed about the kind of
standard bearer it can have for
1852 and the fundamental urge
of the delegates is to pick some
one who can win. The talk of
a Stevenson-Russell ticket comes
largely from those quarters
which feel that, despite all
Evening star., 1952-04-22
Generals Question Period Beqins
Taft Forces Circulate Remarkable Petition Demanding
Eisenhower Stond on Some Devious Propositions

tives are bound to be suspect
by many people no matter what
answer he offers. If he says,
"Sure, Id have fired him.
Soldiers are supposed to take
ORDERS" he'll be charged with
spite toward his five-starred
brother in arms. If he says,
mo. I wouldn't have fired him."
his position will be truly ironical.
He will be supporting MacAr-
thurs thesis-aS of today, at
least - that a military man
should not be President.
Referring to Gen. Eisenhower,
not to himself of course. Gen.
Macarthur says in the current
issue of Look Magazine: I'm
afraid it would be possible for
them to put over a military
state under him. The first
thing you know the military is
going to take over the country.
A great many of these half
baked civilians, where they are
quickly in and out Of uniform,
don't know what they're doing.
They get an authoritarian
complex. .-..
Il am really concerned. i.
You are going to get a military
state. .. History has shown
that in the last 1000 years no
country has overthrown a mill
tary state"
Evening star., 1952-04-22

nor has he commented on its
conclusions.
A whole set of circumstances,
however, bear out the inside tip
around Washington that those
eager to discover what kind of
fiscal and budgetary policies
appeal to the general should
study the CED. -...
A founder and first chairman
of CED is Paul G. Hoffman,
head of the Citizens for Eisen-
hover movement. Mr.. Hoffman
was one of the movers and
shakers who produced the re-
cent Eisenhower resignation.
CED's second chairman was
Walter Williams. who runs the
Eisenhower headquarters here.
Supporters of other Republi-
can candidates, especially, Sen
ator Taft and including the Sem
ator's brother, Charles, are also
in the CED fold. So are DEM
ocrats, but the voice of modera-
tion which almost invariably
issues from its inner counsels
closely reflects the views Of Mr..
Hoffman and the other Ike-men.
In accepting membership on
the committee several years ago,
Gen. Eisenhower wrote that he
did not usually join such organ
izations, but that CED took
middle-road positions with
which he could agree. It was, he
wrote, doing good work he
could support.
CED comments on the de-
Evening star., 1952-04-22

other considerations Of detail
in platform planks, it is more
important to assure another
Democratic victory.
The Republican race, on the
other hand, shows signs of
breaking up the Republican
strength. The kind of campaign
being waged by some of the
anti-Eisenhower groups is sure
to ALLEVIATE independent voters.
Here, curiously enough, the
urge to win is not yet strong
enough to take a broad view Of
the whole campaign. There are
some Republican politicians who
would rather lose another elec-
ton than give up their ultra
conservative position on many
issues or their stand on with
drawing from Europe. They are
miscalculating again as they did
in other presidential campaigns,
but they do not see it that way.
They honestly believe that there
are enough Democrats converted
to conservatism or quasi-isola-
ton policies to make a majority.
But. if they really believe this,
they are not making friends for
their cause by the type Of in
sidious attacks being made on
Gen. Eisenhower.
Senator Taft has had no
part in such tactics and probably
is much embarrassed by these
obviously unfair attacks spon-
sored by some of his supporters,
but the question in the next few
weeks will be to what extent the
Taft managers nevertheless are
going to make themselves re-
sponsible for the sort of CAM
paign that has begun already.
A split in the Republican Party
can be fatal for its chances in
November-but there are some
Republicans who evidently don't
count the cost Of friction till it
is too late.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1952-04-22

Gen. Eisenhower's personality
and reputation, particularly in
France, as the man who de-
feated Hitler gave him a pres
tige which helped the NATO
governments to do something
more tangible than in the past
toward creation of a defense
force in Western Europe. But
the last IL months were only
a beginning. 1t is highly doubt
full that the stern Gen. Ridgway
or the pleasant and smiling Gen.
Gruenther will be able to af-
feet psychologically the peoples
of the Western coalition as
much as Gen. Eisenhower.
The publicity organs of our
Allies are attempting to create
an atmosphere of optimism by
saying that the continuation Of
Americas policies Of unlimited
assistance can be best assured II
Gen. Eisenhower is elected Presi-
dent of the United States.
But to the incredulous Euro
peans these are empty words.
They believe that peace with
Russia is within their grasp
provided America does not con-
tinue. it's present stubborn"
attitude.
When another officer who Is
only a name" to these people
steps into Gen. Eisenhower's
shoes we may expect another
slowing down of the present
limited military effort.
Evening star., 1952-04-22

fense program are strikingly
close to positions taken by Gen.
Eisenhower'S chief of staff,
Gen. Gruenther. in his testi-
mony before the Senate and
House Committees on Foreign
Policy. For example. an econ
omy procedure is suggested that
would leave with the Defense
Department responsibility for
achieving most of the econo-
mics believed possible.
The CED conclusion that the
$10.4 billion cash deficit of
President Truman's budget
message can be eliminated
without more taxes or an i'm
paired defense was three
pronged. CED figures: Actua
military expenditures and for
eign; aid will lag at least. $3.5
billion behind the Presidents
estimate Of $50 billion. Another
81 billion can be saved by re-
ducing military waste and in
efficiency. About $2.8 billion can
be saved in the domestic estab-
lishment.
Should Congress reach a diff
ferent conclusion, the commit
tee recommended a temporary"
tax on retail sales, as LESS in
flationary and less injurious to
production than any other al
tentative" Labor especially can
be expected to fight such a
move by Congress or any ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1952-04-22

along the lines of Kremlin pro-
posals has had serious effect
on the thinking of our Euro
pean friends and on a large
number of people in Western
Germany. Also, the recent
trade" advances made by the
Russians and their satellites at
the Moscow economic confer
ence have made a real impress
sion not only among the Com
munist sympathizers and So
cialists in Western Europe but
also with many leading industri-
alists and businessmen.
The NATO governments are
keeping in close touch with
Washington and would like to
resist these tempting" offers
because they recognize the
Kremlin's duplicity. But the
rank and file Of the people in
Western Europe want to shut
their eyes and believe in the
Kremlin's honesty of purpose.
There is one thing these people
hate more than the loss of their
freedom. That is the prospect of
another war. And the masses in
Europe feel that military pre-
paredness is inviting an armed
clash rather than avoiding it.
For nearly two years they have
accused us of suffering from
an acute attack of war hysteria
in which Europe, not America,
will be the first target and suf-
ferer.
Evening star., 1952-04-22
David LoWrence:

With the Republican Ma
tional Convention II weeks
away, the situation in the two
major parties at the moment
may be sized up as follows:
/. Neither Senator Taft nor
Gen. Eisenhower is assured of
the Republican nomination.
Nor has the situation devel-
oped to the point where dead
lock or the selection of a COM
promise candidate is assured
either.
2. President Truman has
enough influence to pick the
Democratic nominee and will
exert that influence at the
proper time. He has said he
will not accept a draft but there
is a chance he may be nomi-
mated and given a formal
chance to decline or accept.
3. Gov. Adlai Stevenson of
Illinois is the strongest man on
the Democratic side and may
yet be drafted when Truman
declines and comes out in his
favor.
The statement issued by the
Illinois Governor was positive
and unequivocal so far as he
IS concerned, but it doesn't
foreclose the chances of a draft.
In that statement. Gov. Steven
son said:
II have repeatedly said that
I was a candidate for Governor
Of Illinois and had no other
ambition. To this I must now
add that in view of my prior
commitment to run for Cover
nor and my desire and the de-
sire of many who have given
me their help and confidence
in our unfinished work in Illi-
nois, I could not accept the
nomination for any other Office
this summer.
But supposing the many
who have given Mr.. Stevenson
Evening star., 1952-04-22

OF the 20 other questions,
some are fair enough. These
relate to the Taft-Hartley Act,
FEPC, "socialized medicine"
aid to education, the Brannan
farm plan and other familiar
issues. Others seem to ask
whether Ike would repudiate
everything Roosevelt or Truman
ever did, right or wrong, and
whether he is willing to make
as irresponsible a campaign as
the more vicious elements in the
party may desire. One is un-
pleasantly personal. It asks:
Was it he or FDR who pre-
vented Gen. Patton from taking
Prague and Gen. Simpson from
taking Berlin?
Evening star., 1952-04-22
Lowell MeHett:

It has been certain that sooner
or later Gen. Eisenhower would
have to address himself to the
multifariouS issues that are
supposed to distinguish the Re-
publican Party from the Demo-
cratic Party. His friends and
supporters naturally would have
preferred later, after he had
been nominated more or less by
acclamation, as at one stage
appeared to be possible. Then,
with the whole party united be-
hind. him, his great personal
popularity could have been re-
lied on to survive such questions
as the Democrats might pro-
pound.
Unfortunately for the general
and his hackers, however, it
has to be sooner. There is an
other Republican candidate in
the field, one determined not to
be denied in his third try for the
nomination and ready to wreck
any reputation that may stand
in his way-ready even to con-
Vict Eisenhower of being a Dem
ocrat. if it seems necessary. He
demands. that the general
answer a list Of loaded questions
right now.
The demand takes the form
Of remarkable petition pre-
pared by the Taft organization,
to be signed, it Is hoped. by
several million" voters, calling
on the general to give his an
SwerS. A lot Of serious thought
must have gone into the prepa-
ration Of the questions. Take
No. l.:
DO you approve Of the firing
Of Gen. Douglas Macarthur"
That no doubt is supposed
to embarrass Gen. Eisenhower.
Would he as Commander in
Chief have fred a subordinate
for insubordination? Generals
generally take a dim view Of
insubordination. But Gen. Mac
Arthur is his "old friend" and
also q pretty popular person in
his own right. 1t might be
difficult for Gen. Eisenhower to
say. as a number Of responsible
Republicans have said. II ap-
prove Of President Trumans
action. but I don't approve of
the manner in which he did it,"
This question hasn't been
made any easier by MacArthur'S
announcement this week that he
Is opposed to Eisenhower's NOM
ination. Now Eisenhower's mo-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-01-03

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