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The Nome nugget., 1953-06-08
Last Stumbling Block to Korea Peace Swept Aside

Korea Peace Swept Aside
 Continued from Page OneJ ure was revised downward from a 48,500 total:,
 BOX Required" Accept Terms
 A last minute message from President Eisenhower to Rhee said he felt the JUN. and South Korea were required" to accept the present terms and warned Rhee against any "reckless adven- ture" by South Korea's armed might.
 The news of the prisoner agree ment spread swiftly to Allied troops in the trenches and fox holes along the 155-mile front.
 Their immediate reaction: ''When do we go home?" U. N. troops won't be leaving Korea, however, until peace comes to this land-months, maybe years away.
 Cease-Fire Only Prelude 10 Peace
 Only minor administrative mat terS now stand in the way of an armistice and there was little doubt at Panmunjom that an his toric truce would be reached shortly. However, that's only a cease-fire prelude to peace-nego- tiations which. may take many months, or years.
 Under the agreement, a neutral nation commission of India, Po- land CzechoSlovakia, Sweden and Switzerland would take custody of the 46,38O captives in Allied hands who refuse to return to their Communist homelands.
 Red agents will be permitted to make explanations" to those pri- soners about returning home.
 Captives who still refuse repat- riation after 90 days of explana- tions will be turned over to a political conference of belligerent nations.
 After 30 days discussion by the conference, those who still spurn Communism will then be given civilian status and opportunity to go to a neutral nation.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-08

velopment to take up slack fol- lowing completion of military construction.
 Inferior Needs Roads
 He stressed cheaper transpor- tation as the key to Alaskan de- velopment, citing the possibility of railcar, barge and ferry service with a return haul of timber pro- ducts.
 ''The interior cannot develop without roads," Heintzleman told the members of the chamber in pointing to the need for additional gasoline tax revenues and four to eight million in federal funds.
 The recent legislative session failed to pass the gas tax bill.
 President Wells said the legis- lature also had failed to provide tax incentives that would lure in vestment capital to the territory. Transportation is needed before industry can be attracted. This, he said, calls for unified action which the chamber is fitted particularly to provide
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-08
Italian General Election Ends Without Disorder

ROME, P-Balloting in Italy's crucial general elections ended to- day without major disorders. Most areas reported a big turn out expected to favor Prime Min ister Alcide de Gasperi's Center Coalition.
 Just as the polls closed Interior Minister Mario Scelba issued a telegraphic order to police thru out the country, banning public meetings or demonstrations.
 The voters had turned out yes terday and today to choose be- tween de Gasperi's bloc of four middle of -the-road parties, Com munism and right-wing National ism.
 First returns are not expected until later today with no signifi- cant trends developing before to- morrow.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-08
Streetcar Conductor Killed At Controls In Collision with Truck

LOS ANGELES, R-A street. car with a dead man at the con- trols carried terrified passengers a block yesterday after violent collision with a heavy truck.
 The impact killed the conduc- tor-motorman, P E. Sederquist, A, of South San Gabriel. He slumped to the floor but the car continued for block before his foot fell from the control pedal, automatically braking the car.
 The truck driver, Pete Shubin, 42, of Monticello, was booked on suspicion of manslaughter. Nine streetcar passengers were injured, none seriously.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-08
STATUE HAS TOUGH WAR

KALISPELL, Mont, R - It's still rough war for a battered Kalispell doughboy.
 A statue of a World War I sol dier with steel helmet, rifle and bayonet was knocked over for the fourth time by a reckless driver. Legal Blanks at The Nome Nuqqet
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-08
Gov. Heintzleman Boosts Roads For Interior Alaska

CORDOVA, R-The All-AlaSka Chamber of Commerce, given a boost Friday by Gov. B. Frank HeintZleman, was expected to of ficially become a going concern" here this weekend.
 Fourteen of the 19 Alaska city chambers of commerce were rep resented either by delegations or proxy at the opening morning ses- sion of the All-Alaska Chambers s two day semi-annuaI meeting.
 President Cecil Wells of Fair banks said the main order of bus mess would be to ratify the All Alaska Chambers incorporation and bylaws.
 He said that Alaska as whole "from Ketchikan to Kotzebue" will be able to give Congress an integrated picture of the terri tory's needs through the All-Al- aska Chamber.
 Fills Long-Felt Need
 Gov. Heintzleman told delegates the territorial chamber would fill a long-felt need for a central or ganization representing all of AL aska. As an example of territorial problems the chamber could help solve, he cited what he called the need for gas tax legislation to help bring four to eight million dollars in federal matching funds for AL aska road development:
 He appealed for cooperation be- tween the individual chambers of commerce and various govern ment agencies and legislative groups in attaining desired goals. Heintzleman pointed out the need for such organizations in present ing one Alaskan viewpoint to Con- gressional committees. The gov ernor said much needs to be done in the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions by way of economic de-
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The New "Mr. Housing

America and want to own your own home or improve the one you've got, the federal govern ment is developing plan to pro vide more help toward making your dream come true.
 If you are a tenant and your yearning is merely for better housing, plans are afoot in Wash ington that will help you too, through the promotion of more and better rental housing through out the nation.
 But the Big Idea of the federal government becoming MT. Land lord" for substantial portion of the population is whitening on the vine.
 These facts were gathered in talks I've just had with officials in charge of federal housing ac- tiVitieS for the Eisenhower admin istration. The key interview was with Albert M. Cole, administra- tor of the Housing and Home Fi- nance Agency, in which the prin- cipal housing aid programs are centered. He is the new "Mr. Housing" in Washington. He seems to be a man with vision but with his feet on the ground.
 A New Concept
 The biggest news MT. Cole gave me concerns a thorough-going study which his agency is making at the request of President Eisen- hover. The study is for the pur- pose of developing plan through which the government can pro- mote the building of more homes land better rental housing without upsetting basic governmental and economic principles that have made our people free and our na- tion the most prosperous in the world. The plan will be submitted to MT. Eisenhower within few months and likely will become his administrations conception of the governments proper role in the field of housing
 There is a great job to be done," said MT. Cole with enthusi- asm. T believe that not enough people have been assisted in the housing activities of the past. think we can develop a compre-- hensive program through this in tensive study we're making, which will give more people better hous- ing than if we limit it to a few privileged people who gain access through political consideration or the like. All of us engaged in this study are tremendously interested in establishing a progressive hous- ing policy which will promote decent housing without restricting kthe personal liberties of our citi- zens."
 No "Bureaucrat"
 MT. Cole is from Kansas. He has a background of legislative and Congressional experience, having served several terms in the House of Representatives. He thus has a healthy respect for the preroga- tives of Congress. as representing the rightful power of the people.
 "Our basic job," he said, lis to carry out such housing policies as Congress decrees." Top housing authorities of Congress will be r,o o,.fi 1i,aa%iro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06

Some time ago this column gave
general dissertation on the benefits OF
sunshine for older persons.
1t was pointed out that not only
was there physical stimulus through
the vitamin route, but that there was
a distinct benefit by way OF the cos
metic approach.
Above all, there was popping up of
the mind in the happiness direction.
This last, surely. would make sun
ming of great benefit to any one, and
no doubt is the least recognized of its
good effects, even among the young.
Further direct experiment, however
convinces us that only the last, or
happiness result, is really worthwhile
for the elderly person.
And this is because it takes. for them,
too long to get real cosmetic benefit,
also of dubious value because the tan
ming is not even.
BY the time one reaches so years,
the skin no longer can give an even
tan, but one blotched and spotted.
Since oldSterS in most caSeS-not all.
by any means-have given over the
direct appeal of prettiness. they do not
much value exposure to sunlight for
cosmetic reasons.
Even these. however. will feel dis
appointment at their uneven tans. and
some envy of younger persons, whose
skins tan so evenly and so perfectly.
AS for the vitamin approach, it is
questionable whether the older person
vAAadS the famous S,InShine vitamjn n
and whether exposure to direct sunlight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06
This and That . .

is not the worst method Of getting it,
if he does.
A little cod liver OIL or it's tablet or
capsul vitamin equivalent, will give him
all he needs.
The number of blotched old parties
going on and off golf courses every
day would take no prizes at beauty
contests
Their hands are notified, some al
most black, with large veins not adding
anything, cosmetically speaking.
The more they tan, the worse they
look, but here, it is true, it is not
looks" that counts.
If they are doing what comes nat
urally, and enjoying their game. it is
no onlooker's business to criticize them
as if they were pretty young girls at
Atlantic City.
To get good suntan, an older per-
son, even one who has done it all his
life, must be prepared to spend at
least two or three hours every day in
the sun, until he gets a good dose
thereof, and then put in at least an
hour every day to keep it.
The question then comes up, is it
worth it?
In Washington's breezeless. humid
air, such exposure to the direct rays
of the sun results in much plain sweat
ing, along with q vast amount of dis
comfort.
This latter is scarcely alleviated by
copious cold drinks, or recourse to the
shade at intervals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06
By Charles E. TroceweN

There is nothing for the old boy or
girl to do but tough it out" and to
hope for better things in the fall and
winter.
Nobody is compelling him to be I'M
comfortable, it is true. At last he may
come to the same opinion himself:
"All this bother, all this sweating,
all this suntanning business is for the
young. not for me-"
Right there we believe. he would be
making great mistake, for the happi-
ness effect is paramount.
1t means that no amount of mental
action, of good resolutions, of determi-
nation, will power or whatever any one
wants to call it, will take the place OF
the action of the suns rays in creating
a happy mind and heart.
This will be disputed by various per-
sons, of course, for a variety of reasons
that seem good to them. We would
not dispute with them about it.
The fact remains that for many, the
happy mind and heart come from the
sun, and one gets the most sun in
summer. therefore the most stored up
happiness.
According to this theory, then, there
ought to be no old grouches among the
tanned Alas, alas! No theory ever
works out so completely. All any one
can do with theory is to state it and
try to make it work out. Even the
suns rays cannot make kindly per-
son out of a mean one, or a sunny
disposition out Of a grouchy one. But
they can help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06
Mr.. Humphreys Philosophy

Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey de-
livered homely little lecture on money to the
Governors Conference in Seattle. 1t was the
kind of ruminative talk that one might expect
from country banker the self-made type who
has known all the village troubles and has been
sympathetically available with supply of lend
ing cash whenever a neighbor needed new
fishing boat, an extra room on the house or
new truck for the farm.
For Mr. Humphrey was talking the coun-
try bankers gospel when he talked the value
of savings" and the part which this philosophy
of setting some dollars aside has played in the
development of America. 1t has been savings,
the Secretary of the Treasury thinks. that have
made America. Because somebody saved
there were funds available which attracted
expert management to invent, design and build
efficient machinery, factories, mills, explore for
and develop mines and oil wells provide trans
portation, and power plants. Not only the pros
perity in this country, not only the creation Of
more jobs, but the military security as we'll as
the economic security are all inextricably tied
into stimulating and not lettering the simple
fact that somebody saves"
Mr.. Humphrey believes that the preserva-
ton of this philosophy of saving depends upon
the maintenance of honest money-money
that will buy as much next week, next month
and next year as it will today" He believes
that Federal Reserve policies of letting the law
of supply and demand apply to money rates
and Treasury policies of extending the length
of it's maturitieS will contribute to the achieve
ment of this end
There are other factors involved of course,
in the overall problem of keeping a lid on
further imitation Government spending, en-
tirely apart from it's debt-hnancing policies, is
one of the major elements and the Eisenhower
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tangible progress to-
ward economy-has found that the public
spending momentum is hard to slow down. The
philosophy of orthodoxy and conservatism in
money matters of the current administration
and Mr.. Humphrey has been its spokesman
before-haS not yet had its real test. Heavy
commitments were inherited from the previous
administration and time has been too short for
solution of all the problems. There was a
quality of old-fashioned sense about the Secre-
tary of the TreasuryS attitude toward the
value of dollar, however, and in his discussion
Of 1t with the Governors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06
A Good Record in Rent Control

For more than II years-beginning in
January, 1912, and ending this week-rent con-
troll was efficiently administered in Washington
with minimum of complaint.
That is a good record rejecting credit on
the administrator, Robert F. Cogswell, who
organized the rent control Office in the begin
ming and presided over the wndup of its
affairs. 1t also reflects credit on the wisdom of
Washington men and women who, knowing that
wartime rent control was inevitable. prepared
their own law and persuaded Congress to enact
1t as local law. under a local administrator
separate and distinct from the legislation later
approved for the Nation as whole
Thew learned this lesson in the First World
War. Should some other pressing emergency
develop in years to come, which requires rein
stltution of rent control, the same procedure
should be followed. Washington, under the
constant supervision of Congress, and with no
representation of it's own in Congress- presents
unusual problems in rent control. If it is to
work without constant friction the law should
have the initial support of landlords as well as
tenants, and the administrator should be a
man who knows the city.
In the II years of rent control here, more
than 10000 cases, representing petitions for
rent adjustments, were filed with the local
administration-and practically all of them had
been settled when rent control ended. Until
1949 the law contained a criminal provision,
under which violators could be sentenced to
prison or fined. In those years the criminal
provision was invoked only Is times-and each
time successfully prosecuted-out of more
than $4,000 rent cases presented for adjustment.
Less than so cases reached the Court of Appeals
on appeal from decisions of the rent admins
traitor
This statistical record. however, tells only
a part of the story. One reason for Mr. Cogs-
wells success as administrator was that he was
known and respected in the community. and
he leaves his office without having impaired
that reputation. The records accumulated dur
Ing rent control should be carefully preserved
at the District Building They contain more
information on Washington rental properties
and rents than has ever been compiled. In
these troubled times there is no telling when
they may be needed again, though the sooner
rent levels are adjusted by the law of supply
and demand-instead of by an act of Congress
the better it will be for both tenants and
landlords.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06
Yes or NO?

1t is easy to understand why the State
Department Is considerably puzzled by the
Kremlin'S reply to the Angle French American
proposal for an autumn meeting of the Big
Four foreign ministers The reply seems to
say eyes," but it does so With too many am
biguitieS and propagandiStic embellishments
for anybody to be sure that that is what it
really says.
The Western proposal as set forth on July
IS in formal notes from France, Britain and
the United States, is relatively very clear and
very simple. 1t invites the Soviet Union to
join in a conference, at the level of foreign
ministers. in an effort to seek agreement on
free elections and other first steps needed to
reunite partitioned Germany under a single
and genuinely independent government. 1t
also suggests that the conference, when and
If held, should discuss the conclusion of an
Austrian treaty.
But the Soviet response contained in
Identical notes to the Big Three, is anything
but clear and simple. Although it appears to
accept the invitation, it rambles far afield with
a great deal of vague language that never quite
gets to the point. 1t suggests, for one thing,
that the Kremlin wants to discuss Germany'S
reunihcation without reference to such first
steps as free elections Moreover, in a thor
oughly non-germane way, it proposes that there
should be an additional conference to deal with
international tensions in general-a conference
at which it declares Red China must be
represented.
Similarly, continuing in an extraneouS vein,
the Soviet reply-While asserting that the
Kremlin is in favor of the proposed meeting
indicates that that meeting should not be
limited merely to Germany and Austria, but
should be broadened to take up "the question
of reduction of ornaments and the banning
of foreign military bases on territories of alien
countries" In other words, it seems to say
that the get-together should have an agenda
permitting unreStrained verbal attacks on such
things as the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton and our airfieldS in allied nations.
Plainly enough-coupled with its propa-
ganda content beratng the Western Big Three
for holding a conference here before making
the July Is proposal and coupled also with its
reference to foreign hirelings and criminal
elements" behind the East German riots of
June 17-thiS is a reply that is much less than
satisfactory. Maybe it means yes" but further
Qualification will certainly be needed from the
Kremln to determine whether it might not
actually mean no"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06

of Agriculture and q "sizable number Of the
old Wallace crowd of 1888"
This, in its way, may mark turn for the
better Perhaps the Wisconsin legislator senses
that people are getting little bored with the
"old Acheson crowd" line. II so, it would not
be surprising if he were looking for a new
hunting ground, and the fact that the "old
Wallace crowd" dates back some 20 years
would hardly deter him. But this, nevertheless,
may be hopeful development in the
sense that the day may be approaching when
people will get tired of listening to Senator
Mccarthy, no matter what other "old crowd"
he may turn his attention to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-06
Man Who Rated Six-Button Phone

says Private" in big letters, and in
little letters Men" Here is an anomaly.
If it were private enough, all who
should know would know it's for men.
The Men" is a subtle invitation to in
terloperS and social climbers. I'm think
ing of sending memorandum through
channels about this.
My social position is reinforced by
the fact that at the moment I have
red seal Office. These Offices are
impressively few and command the
highest security measures. If you open
the door at an odd hour, even with the
proper keys, gongS ring and people
come running with drawn guns. This
is adequate protection for the pipe
cleaners, timetables and old dinner invi-
tations that repose in my desk, and for
the travel vouchers that lie loneSomely
in the vast interior of my two-combina-
ton safe.
Somehow all this seems rather re-
mote from the homesick boys puking
over the rails of tin cans wallowing of
the Aleutians. It seems remote from
the shaken lads on the 38th Parallel
who watch the yellow hordes stumble
forward to the blare of their crazy
bugles. Remote and very comfortable.
I am thinking about these wonders
of the Pentagon as my pretty secretary
is in her outer Office busy with her files
mail files, that isl and as lean back
in my Superlatively upholstered leather
chair staring busily at the fine old
sailing ship paintings had her steal
out of the Navy museum.
My eye falls on the six-button phone
the buttons to the three outside lines,
the button to my secretary, the button
marked, Blank" and that mysterious
Button 6.
Curiosity overwhelms me. It's against
all regulations and rules Of decency, but
I hold the receiver to my ear and gently
press the last button.
Some one is ordering groceries.