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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07
Western Powers May Give
Reds Assurances Against
More German Aggression

WASHINGTON, R- Secretary
Of State Dulles said Tuesday the
United States is discussing with
Britain, France and West Ger
many the possibility of giving
Russia assurances against revival
Of German aggression.
Dulles also told a news confer
ence that the United States, in it's
search for solutions to East-West
conflicts in the atomic age, would
be glad to give Russia assurances
that it would not use either Korea
or Austria for aggressive purposes.
In response to other questions,
Dulles told reporters that recent
evidences of the Kremlin attitude
toward getting along with the rest
Of the world have not been en-
oouraging.
He cited in this respect Russia's
negative response to Western pro-
posals for an Oct. Is meeting on
Germany and Austria, as we'll as
He'd China's refusal to reply to
American proposals for setting UP
Korean political conferences.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07
WHY VOTE THIS TEAR?

This is the last ar that Alas
kan communities c. take advan-
tage Of this APW loa1 at 2 percent
to be paid back y period Of
20 years.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07
ADDITIONAL HEATING?

The present nea ing system is
more than adeqL--.t to take care
Of the new bull.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07
ARCHITECTS Fl.

The architect NV " 1e paid $1,000
regardless of VIII r the voters
accept or reject +t-e new school,
for the work he haS done on the
plans which have met with APW
approval.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07

A problem child was becoming
too well-acquainted with the prin-
cipaTs office. One day the princi-
pal showed his annoyance. "This
makes the fifth time I have pun
ished you this week. What have
sou to say for yourself?''
Pm glad it's Friday,
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07
Why School Bond
Must Be Approved

Continued from Page One)
two shifts daily. One group of
children would go to school from
8 am. until noon and a second
shift from l until pm.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07
ADDITIONAL, MAINTENANCE?

Because the maintenance of a
school in Alaska is paid with rs
percent territorial money and only
IS percent by, the city, a study in
statistics prepared by Ben Young
shows only about $4,000 increase
in the city budget for the new
addition.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07

Personal and Legal Size File
Folders on Sale at the Nugget.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-10-07
COST TO TAXPAYER?

COST TO TAXPAYER!
The proposed school addition
will not cost the taxpayer any
more than he is paying today, as
it will be paid by the tobacco tax
which now brings into the school
about $4,000 year.
The tobacco tax cannot be used
for maintenance. If we do not
build, the community loses it's
share Of this tax money which the
territory provides. AS put by Bob
Baldwin, Whether we build or
not, we still pay the tax"
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Justice Clark Declines

The House judiciary subcommittee invi-
tation to Justice Clark to testify regarding
certain phases of his service as Attorney Cen
eral under the Truman administration was
perfectly proper one. Justice Clark was entitled
to have such an opportunity, since matters
tending to reflect on his administration Of the
Department of Justice were under inquiry. 1t
IS even possible that he might have been able
to enlighten the subcommittee on some Of the
questions raised by Chairman Keating or other
members Of the group.
But Justice Clark also was entitled to de-
cline the invitation, as he has done. It Is true
that the cases about which the subcommittee
planned to question him were in no way con-
cerned with his Supreme Court activities. AL
of the subjects under study had to do with
Department Of Justice cases handled during
the Clark regime as Attorney General. Some
of the cases, however have taken on the aspect
of political footballs and Justice Clark should
be excused from having to play this game;
even in the role of star attraction. Certainly
any attempt to force Supreme Court justice
to become an unwilling witness before legisla-
tive committee would conflict with what Justice
Clark calls the clear duty Of the judges to
maintain "a dignified retirement from the
strife of public affairs and partisan politics"
Even II the subpoenaing Of Justice Clark were
legally feasible, which is subject to question,
the idea ought TO be dropped.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Safeguarding FBI Reports

One important effect of the Supreme Courts
decision in the Nugent and Packer conscien-
tiouS-objector cases is to protect the integrity
of Federal Bureau Of Investigation files. Actu-
ally, however, the majority opinion, delivered
by Chief Justice VinSon, was based on the
courts Interpretation of the selective service
law rather than on considerations relating to
the confidential nature of FBI data.
The majority reversed lower court de-
cision that the rights Of two drafteeS listed as
conscientious objectors were violated when the
Department of Justice refused to disclose the
names Of FBI informants, so that they could
be crosS-examined in draft appeal board
hearing Justices Frankfurter, Douglas and
Black diSSented. Justice Jackson abStained
from taking part in the decision. The dis
senters concurred with the appellate court that
"any fair construction" Of the draft law re-
quired production of FBI reports at the hearing.
r But the majority pointed out that the role
of the FBI in such cases Is only adviSory-"to
render an auxiliary service to the appeal board
In this difacult class Of cases" The law grants
no right to hearing before the Department OF
Justice. The court added: Accordingly, the
standards Of procedure to which the depart
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ment must adhere are simply standards which
win enable 1t to discharge It's duty to forward
sound advice as expeditiously as possible, to the
appeal board. Certainly this Is an important
and delicate responsibility, but we do not think
the statute requires the department to enter
tain an all-out collateral attack at the hearing.
on testimony obtained in its prehearing investi-
CATION"
In a separate additional dissent Justices
Douglas and Black strongly denounced the
whole system Of using confidential informants.,
They said: "The use of statements by informers
who need not confront the person under in.
vestigatiorf or accusation has such an infamous
history that it should be rooted out from our
procedure" But the security of the, Nation
would be imperiled If the FBI and our other
intelligence agencies could not safeguard their
sources Of information Certainly there is
nothing infamous about the history Of the FBI's
use Of informers. On the contrary, the country
owes great deal to what Justices Douglas and
Black call the "faceless people" who have aided
SO effectively in exposing ffth-column elements
in our midst.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

the congressional action Of May 81.
1862.
On March 8. 1865. Congress enacted
legislation requiring the railroad COM
panies operating streetcars to accept
Negro passengers on an equal basis
with whites.
On January 8, 1867 Congress specif-
ically gave Negroes the right to vote
in any election in the District.
Meanwhile, machinery had been set
in motion for the 18th and 14th amend
ments to the Constitution. On Febru-
ary l, 1865, Congress proposed the 18th
amendment abolishing slavery through
out the United States. This was finally
ratified by the States December 18,
1865.
The 14th amendment, intended to
establish beyond doubt the full citizen
ship rights of Negroes, was proposed
June 16, 1866, and was finally ratified
July %, 1868.
With these actions ringing in their
ears, members of the council then gov
erning Washington passed two ordi-
nances designed to further strengthen
Negro rights.
On June 10, 1869, the council adopted
an ordinance regulating admission to
places Of public amusement and enter
tainment" Under It's terms, it became
unlawful for any licensed place of pub
Evening star., 1953-06-19
By Charles E. TroceweN

is the proper food. They still feed from
the dropper. too. What kind Of pets
will they be, or should they be turned
loose at a park later on.
How I got the babies was tree men
cut down the tree their nest was in. and
the mother never came back TO them.
There were three, but I lost one."
And insects:
H. F.. of Seventh street writes:
II do not think I need be formal and
salute you, since regard you as a
friend whose column my wife and I
have followed for 40 years. e..
I'VE learned much about birds from
you and thus you have had broaden
ing effect. Getting to the point, want
inhabit my basement. There are three
kinds, a large black cockroach-like
run-around, large long multilegged
creature and another multilegged
creature roundshaped. Where do they
come from, and should I kill them?
They are inoffensive and they seem to
like embedding themselves in the news
papers l throw down the cellar, pre-
paratory to bundling them. hate to
kill an inoffensive animal. for it must
serve some purpose. even as rat does.
Approximately yours, ETC."
Mr.. F. has centipedes, probably milli-
pedes, and one of the larger beetles in
his basement. They should be killed off
with DDT spray. provided there are no
pet ANIMALS to be harmed.
Young squirrels. once out Of the baby
stage, should be given broken nuts. then
whole ones, and sunflower seed. They
do best when released into their native
habitat, the great outdoors, IS it Is
nallarl a0waHava
Evening star., 1953-06-19
by Johnv. Hornsr

The aItt-Segregataon laws under
which Negroes are assured the right to.
eat In WashingtOnss public restaurants
were enacted In the l870s as q part OF
long-range program begun at the out
break Of the Civil War.
!. In the opinion Of some authorities,
on segregation, these so-called "lost"
laws were not nearly so important as
acts Of Congress that preceded them by
10 years.
But. the two. ''loSt" laws, which were
passed by the Districts old Legislative
Assembly in 1872 and 1873. provided the
principal issue in the long legal con-
test that ended last week. BY an 8-to-0
vote. the Supreme Court ruled them
valid and thereby opened the doors of
all public eating places In Washington
to Negro diners.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Ches-
ter H. Gray, the man who argued the
District governments case against seq
regation In restaurants, is among those
lost. He comedies they had not been
enforced for many years but points out
that copies Of the acts were on file in
every important law library in Wash
ington. ~~
In studying the history of the anti
segregation movement, Mr.. Gray COM
piled an interesting summary OF the
steps taken to give Negroes full rights
of citizenship. In chronological order.
these steps were as follows:
+ On April 16, 1862, Congress abolished
slavery in the District Of Columbia.
On May 81, 1862, Congress passed
an act making Negroes amenable to all
laws of the District. This was Of tre-
mendous importance.
The legislation smashed the so-called
'Black Code" which had developed in
Virginia and Maryland during the
years Of slavery.
The "Black Code" was a group of
restrictive measures applied not only
to slaves but also to free Negroes and
mulattoes. It was enforced in the
District Of Columbia because, at the
outset, the State laws Of Virginia and
Of Maryland were applicable in the
territory that each ceded to the Ma
tional Government for the formation
of the District.
Under the agreement, the State laws
remained in effect until such time as
Congress acted to modify them. Thus,
Negroes were kept subservient until
Evening star., 1953-06-19
This and That

by perching on his shoulder or on the
mirror, but she had suddenly flown to
the floor and he had stepped back
upon her leg.
when Susan was we'll again, it was
too late in the fall to release her, and
so she spent most of the winter in the
greenhouse, testing her bill on the
new growth of my orchids and other
wise disporting herself.
when she was released, her own
mother chased her so viciously that
Susan either had to leave US or be
killed. Two years before, an uncle of
Susan's had been treated in the same
way by his father after we had nursed
him back to- health. After he was re-
leased he tried to get to me for food
while ! whiStled, but his father stood
guard all day and would swoop down
upon him and within a few days the
haraSsed little fellow fell victim to
a hawk.
"If any one sees Susan, binoculars
will be necessary to note the slight
crook in her left leg where it did not
knit together properly.
Very truly yours, A. B. B."
The above letter is a good example
of a pleasant perturbation people get
into about birds.
Here Is one about squirrels:
II have been reading your column"
writes N. G.. K CT Mayo. Md. land
was wondering If you would give me
some information on baby squirrels. We
have had them now eight weeks. Had
them three weeks before their eyes
were open. Fed them milk in dropper.
Now I give them nuts, alfalfa pellets.
crackers and cereal, but wonder what
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Reorqunized Traffic Bureau

In the interest Of more effective
government for the District, we wish
to register our comments in view Of
the present status of reorganization as
it affects the functions Of the Traffic
Bureau. It is apparent that the prin-
cipal evils besetting the city stem
from conflicting aims and policies
existing under the present set-up.
It is abundantly evident that there
are overlapping and duplication, and of
necessity conflict in end-result, be-
tween the Traffic Bureau as it now
functions, and the District Highway
Department. Because Washington is
plagued by an influx Of motorists ex-
ceeding the city's capacity and fa-
cilities, it is understandable that
traffic management policies should be
greatly concerned with the convent
ence Of the lnotorist. However, we
feel that the convenience Of the
motorist in many instances has been
the prime policy motivating the over,
all handling of trafic problems by the
Traffic Bureau. It is felt that the
facilitating Of so called. "free-ways"
for the use Of the. motoriSt has not
been properly counterbalanced by
proper consideration for other factors
involved in the overall traffic picture;
safety Of pedestrians, safeguarding Of
commercial interests, and adequate
channelling of traffic flows.
For instance. at 18th and M Streets
NV, approximately so feet from
Connecticut avenue to the east, and IS
feet from Connecticut avenue to the
north, there is traffic light, the
prime purpose of which appears to
be the prevention of blocking the Con-
necticut avenue intersection. While
there may be some justification for
such placement of lights, it is certainly
not included among the recognized
warrants, and such placement is Ger
tainly less important to the overall
picture than placement for the pre-
vention of accidents and the safe
guarding Of commercial interests.
Further, this aspect Of traffic prob
lens is easily solved by enforcement
Of the existing rule prohibiting, motor
ist from entering any intersection un-
less he can clear it before the light
changes. Thus the aim of saving life
and safeguarding commercial interests
is placed secondary to facilitating the
rapid movement of vehicles.
It appears that Washington is
merry -go-around in more ways than
one: A poor transit system demand
ing q large influx of vehicles, and the
large influx adversely affecting an
Evening star., 1953-06-19
"FoRTY-sEcoND STREET.

"FORTY.SECOND STREET.
"Dear Sir:
II wonder If you would be so kind as
to ask in your column if any one in the
vicinity Of Tenley Circle has suddenly
come upon a tame catbird?
For several years she has been COM
ing back to us in the spring. This year
she was four days late, but heard her
calling outside my bedroom window in
the early morning of April 26. and
when ran to pull up the shade she
hoped onto the sill and waited for
raisins as though she had never gone.
Throughout that day she came five
times. taking only one raiSin each time,
instead Of her usual three or four. and
after two more days she did not come
at all. ;
81 am hoping that she has gone to
some one else in the neighborhood.
And while you are about it, will
you please ask If any one in this vi
cinity knows Of q more or less tame
cardinal?
"Three years ago she and her broth
er were blown to the ground with
their nest, and when their mother re-
fused to have anything further to do
with the replaced nest, took them in.
1.-The brother escaped while still
dangerously young. The mother had
brought food to them daily, and fed
them through the wires of the cage.
but when one escaped she completely
ignored the other.
=
when her bill had hardened enough
to crack sunflower seed and We were
about to. release her, she had her leg
broken. It had been her habit to super
wise my husbaIi's shaving operations
Evening star., 1953-06-19
ReIief-RoLLs Issue Revived

Congress again is to have an opportunity
to decide whether the Commissioners should
have authority to open local relief rolls for
public inspection. The Senate went on record
last year as favoring this grant of discretion,
but the House let the legislation die. But the
issue involved is an important one that deserves
to be revived at this session. Senator Case has
paved the way for reconsideration by introduc-
Ing welfare codi1cation bill with the proposed
discretionary power in it.
The Welfare Department favors all of the
bill except the provision which might lead to
lifting OF the curtain of secrecy now guarding
public-aSSiStance rolls in the District. The
chief argument against open rolls is the old one
about protecting relief clients from embarrassing
publicity. But there is no evidence that the
opening of relief lists in Virginia and other
Jurisdictions has been attended by the pre-
dicted evils Of newspaper exploitation of the
deserving poor or morbid prying into the
affairs OF neighborS. If any one has been en-
barraSsed, 1t has been the few chiselers who have
taken advantage of the cloak of secrecy around
relief operations.
Congress has wisely left to the discretion
Of the local authorities in the States the deci-
sion on relief roll secrecy. The Case bill would
provide the means for extending this discretion
to the Commissioners The problem is purely
local one that the Commissioners should be
empowered to solve in the best interests of
the CITY, And the public interest requires that
the taxpayers should not be excluded from
knowing how their money is being spent by
public servants, even If they are welfare
workers.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Abandoned Homestead

In .by0one years this old home stood
Colossal In the neigtborhood.
The yide front door. the friendly hail.
Pink hollylocks By the susoke-house
o.. tUdH. -
I remember the sunny ,UindoU iDhere
Gold spilled through on the lotDest
stair
And the tempting smell of fresh baked
bread
In the uery heart of the old home
stead.
Time has gnatUed the roottree down
And this is the shGbbiest house near
tot0n.
No cherry pies on the shelf to cool
And no children rushing of to school.
No aproned mother wGves from the
door,
No kitten curls in the sun on the
floor.
But lean on the gate remembering:
And to me. there's porch tulere red
TnDlblerS cling
And a barefoot girl running do1Dn to
the spring! -.
Edno Homilton.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

pared for jail and economic ruin" as
well as "the sacrifice Of his personal
welfare" rather than admit to con-
gressional committee that he or she
has been willing or unwilling traitor
to America, he should look back 20
years.
When the German mathematician
was being bounded by the Nazis be-
cause he is Jew, he should have stayed
in Germany and been prepared for jail
and economic ruin rather than run
for his life and dollars to good old
America where he could safely do his
arithmetic problems and call the Ger
mans names in his spare time.
And these "intellectuals" he talks
about. Are they the same intellectuals
the dictionary describes or are they
the kind we have grown so used to in
the past 20 commies, socialists,
social medicinemen, birth controllers,
and the like?
Tom Coll.
Didn't DR.. Albert Einstein migrate
to America as European refugee?
BY urging all "intellectuals" to re-
fuse to answer questions propounded
by our congressional investigating COM
mittees, DR.. EinStein has betrayed his
complex. He should be deported to
whence he came.
We should stop all European immi-
grafton, and deport these aliens as
fast as Senator Mccarthy can uncover
them. No honest and patriotic citizen
has anything to fear from these con-
gressional inquiries. 1t is only the
guilty ones who dare not divulge their
unpatriotic practices. Why should those
who conspire to overthrow our Gov
ernment be shown any mercy or i'm
munity?
A. C. Narrower.
The time is far past due for the Con-
gress to pass a law dealing with those
persons who profess to be Americans,
but in reality are not. ~.
Take, for instance, the gang that has
been parading in front OF the White
House for several days in protest Of the
action taken in the Rosenberg case.
Those in that gang, if foreign born,
should be deported forthwith.
Another instance: Prof. Albert Elm
stein, according to the press, has ad-
vised "intellectuals" not to testify be-
fore any congressional committee. He
has forfeited his right to remain an
American citizen. and he should be
escorted to the first boat leaving our
shores and told to stay away.
r.. A. Barbee.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Tyranny Reacts in Panic

Russian occupation authorities and their
East German Communist puppets ara resorting
to the familiar devices of totalitarianiSm in
their reprisals for the anti Communist riotipg
in East Berlin
They are the devices of enraged counter
violence which do indeed, as the Big Three
have said in their note of protest, "shock the
conscience of the world"
Martial law and curfewS are making easier
the gruesome task Of police flying squads-led
by Communist informers-in raiding homes and
shops, hauling hundreds of workers off to
so-called trials, and standing men against the
walls to face firing squads. This is tyrannyS
orthodox manner of reacting to public express
sion when such expression reflects any yearning
for liberty or justice. But it is also tyrannyS
weakness and any thought by the Kremlin or
by communiSmS lowest functionary in East
Germany that arrests and executions will
cleanse the East German community of those
yearnings for liberty and justice is sadly
misguided.
For what happened in East Berlin on
Wednesday, June II, 1858, was purge in
itself-a purifying of emotions that will
never again feel themselves hopelessly and
permanently repressed. To both the native
Communists and their Russian masters, the
spontaneous and angry nature Of that short
revolt must indeed have told story Unarmed
men do not defy guns and tanks and destroy
with fury every symbol of a stronger force
unless their passions are deep and long-laSting.
1t Is not enough for the panicky Communist
authorities to blame western agents" and to
execute a scapegoat. The East Germans who
made so clear their fury on Wednesday and
who survive the reprisalS will live to fight again,
perhaps with greater hope and greater success,
against their oppreSSors.
The East Berlin riots have brought the
Moscow government face to face with genuine
problem. 1t may have known before that it's
grip over some of its satellite countries and
their people was an uncertain one. But OBJ
viously it did not know how uncertain or the
limited beginning Of that protest demonstration
would never have been permitted. It knows
more now, and so do other peoples and gov
ernments on both sides of the Iron Curtain who
have watched, wondered and waited to see
whether communism was really winning the
minds Of people and storing up an unbreakable
strength The answer seems clear that it is
doing neither.