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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-11-26

From the files of The Phoenix
Jewish News.
Rochelle Chalip, staff member
of the B'nai Birth Youth Organl-
zation in Los Angeles, was prln-
cipal speaker at the sixth semi
annual joint regional convention of
AZA and B'nai Birth Girls in
Phoenix.
Meir Grabowsky, member of the
Israeli parliament, will speak at
a meeting sponsored by the Jewish
Community Council and the Phoe-
nix Histadrut Committee.
Congregation Beth EPs new
rabbi, Harry z. Schectman, was
formally installed in ceremonies
held at the synagogue. The in
stalIing officer was Rabbi Mar
Gus Breger of Tucson.
Five PhoenicianS have been
named to the executive committee
of the Western states region of the
Joint Distribution Committee. They
are Rabbi A. l.. Krohn, Saul
Mintz, Allen Rosenberg, Harry Ro-
senzweig and Albert l. Whitefield.
Rev. Martin Siegelstein and
his wife, Fumes, recently moved
to Phoenix from Los Angeles
and plan to open private He
brew school.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
GRACE MAZERIs HERE

Grace Mazeris has returned to Wrangell after spending the win ter in San Pedro and Kennewick and Pasco Wash.
 She has taken the brick house formerly owned by Fred Hanford.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
GOVERNOR HEINTZLEMAN HOME AFTER THREE
 MONTHS IN WASHINGTON

JUNEAU - Governor B. Frank Heintzleman arrived here this week fter more than three months in he nations capital on legislative matters and Territorial problems.
 Gov. Heintzleman left Juneau for Washington near the end of last January and has been in the capi- lal since in connection with Alaska matters of legislation before Con yress.
 Much of Heintzlemar's time has been directed toward the statehood bill and he appeared before the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs committee in connection with the pill. The statehood bill for Alaska was reported out of the committee iayorably as an amendment to the Hawaiian statehood bill.
 The combined bill passed the Senate by a sizeable majority. the first Alaska statehood bill to pass the Senate.
 Conferred with President
 Coy. Heintzeman conferred with President Eisenhower on numerous Alaska matters, including state
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
zLEPH0NE RATES 70 STATES GOING UP J JULY 1. 1854

SEATTLE - The spiraling cost al commodities and services which Has prevailed in recent year has necessitated an increase in rates for telephone calls between Alaska and the United States, Colonel NJ. l. Kunitz, commanding officer of the Alaska Communication System. announced this week The new rates. which will be effective July l, 1854. will be the first increase since 1945.
 The rate adjustment will amount to a 25 cent per minute increase. However. the present maximum rate of $500 for a three-minute call will not be changed.
 Col Kunitz further stated that since 1915 the price of most every thing people buy in Alaska has gone up over 33 per cent. whereas this telephone rate increase will amount 10 an average of about II per cent to the using customer - far lower than the increased cost of most other products and services Alaska residents buy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
MRS. JOHN COULTER
 TO TALK AT MEETING FCIVIC GLIB JUNE 6

Mrs. John Coulter. proprietor of The CHt Shop. will give a talk at the June 6. meeting of the Wran- geu Women.s Civic Club on "selee- tion and Care of Glass and China
 On Tuesday evening, June l. at eight o'clock. the executive board of the club meets at the home of Mrs. Donald House.
 The third of series of parties for the children of Wrangell Insti- ute Was a beach party on May Il. of the younger group. These par ties were the Civic Clubs Christmas gift to the schooIchildren at the Institute. The committee in charge was Miss Eunice Logan, Mrs Rich ard Moore. and Mrs. Jack Krepps, with the assistance of the staff of the Institute.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28

hood. Immediately after a confer euee with the President. the gov ernor launched tbe proposal that statehood be granted only the more populous portion of the Territory.
 The bill as passed by the Senate is still bottled up in the House rules committee. No amendment to the bin has been offered in the House.
 Gov Heintzleman testified twice in support of the Alaska Mental Health biii.
 His stay in Washington has been marked by the release of several large tracts of land previously held in reserve by the Department of Interior. including one at Haines. one at Harding Lake. and two In dian reservations in the Panama Valley.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
ANOTHER BOY

Gary Valentine, second son. ar rived al Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle this morning for Mr. and Mrs. Val Ferguson. He was born at 9.30 a. m. Mother and son (and the proud new father) are reported doing nicely. They expect to be in Nrangell the middle of June for a visit with their sons grandparents. Mrs Mary Ferguson and MT. and Mrs. Lew M. Williams.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28

Chief of Police
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
ID RIFLE ISLAND

Miss Helen Angerman flew to Belle Island yesterday to visit her finance, Charles Berg, who is en- ployed by a logging company own ed by L. M owens and the Lowell Marshes. While there Miss Anger man will be a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, who were former Wrangell neighbors of the Anger mans.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
NOTICE 70 BIKE RIDERS

Bicycle riders are warned to ride on the proper side of the street or road and to keep off of sidewalks Bicycle riders should always be on the right side of the road the same as any other vehicle and not more than two abreast Near acei- dents have been reported.
 Your cooperation in observ- ing the rules of the road is requested.
 ROBERT GILLESPIE
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
HOME FROM IATEER,S FuNERAL

Ned LenseT, deputy collector Of customs here. returned to his post Tuesday after attending the funer- al of his father, Alfred Zenger, ST, Monday in Juneau Mrs. Zenger and the children, who also flew up for the services. remained over in Juneau for q few days
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
FILM WILL BE SHOWN AZ PRESBYTERIAN CHuRe.

AA 4k4o0 A A14AAA4a N1l O 4Il
 Mr. William Sexton, who is in charge of services at the local Presbyterian Church in the absence of the Rev. Paul Evans. announces that on Sunday. May 90, al 7.30 p. m, a film entitled aOut of the Night.s will be shown at the church. N1r Sexton explained that the film is about the famous Skid Row" In Chicago.
 Admission is free but a collec- ton will be taken to cover the film rental cost.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28

The 652 cancer clinics in the U. S. are double the number existing 10 years ago but many more are needed. Help fight cancer by sup porting the American Cancer So- ciety Crusade.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
ATTENDING SALVATION ARMY RALLY. SITKA

Lieut. Thelma Woodwork and Agophia Kozeroff left Monday for sitka where they are attending a corps cadet rally being held there for Salvation Army young people from all sections of Alaska. They expect to be gone about a week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28

Cancer eventually will strike one of every five Americans according to present rates. Strike back by supporting the American Cancer Society.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28
CUBS TO HOLD LAST MEETING UNTIL AUGUST

The local Cub Scout Pack will hold it's last meeting until August tonight in the Fire Hall at 7:3O.
 Acting Cub Master Jim Rhodes will preside.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-05-28

The American Cancer Society Crusade goal this year is $20,OO0,- GOO.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Europe
U. N. Closes Session;
Atom Defense OK'd
BY Western Countries

New York, Paris and Bonn we're
the focal points for other foreign
news last week.
In Neiu York, the United Nations
wound up its session in jig time once
it had disposed of the case Of the
IL American airmen. Anti-colonial
powers no doubt suffered from the
delegates eagernesS to quit and get
home for Christmas.
How the French are treating Mo-
roccans and Tunisians. the q. N. de-
cided. should continue to be an in
ternal matter for the time being.
The q. N. should postpone indefl-
nitely consideration Of Greece's bid
for Cyprus plebiscite on union with
the Athens government. it was de-
cided. Earlier the Dutch had won
postponement of consideration for
Indonesia's claim TO West New
Guinea.
Soviet Russia's charges that the
United States was engaging in
piracy of the China coast and In
aggression" on Formosa were
brushed aside. Adjournment came
Friday night.
In Paris, foreign ministers Of the
14-nation North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization agreed belatedly to de-
fend Western Europe with atomic
weapons. Some European countries
had been worried about military
leaders getting trigger-happy. It was
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Chinese Motives

Red China probably has three
main objectives In making such
public spectacle Of the II Jailed air
men and two American civilians
(also sentenced to prison as spies
but not properly q concern Of the
United Nations). Two objectives are
for external effect. the other for
internal consumption.
First. Peiping is still trying to
make its exclusion from the United
Nations look ridiculous to the
world. Every time Red China forces
the U. N. to negotiate through a
third party Russia), she feels she
is impressing the world with the
logic of her demand for admission.
Second, Red China is showing the
United States that Washington must
deal with the Peiping outlaws"
like it or not.
Third, China apparently has a
need to stoke up its internal Hate
America" campaign again. The Reds
ambitious industrialization program
demands incredible austerity on the
part of the Chinese people. One way
of shifting the blame for the pain
Is to accuse those foreign devils"
the Americans, of aggressive inten-
tions.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

Bipartisan Keynote
Is Heard as President
Shapes IS Program

If the, architects who remodeled
the White House a few years ago
had installed revolving doors, last
weeks executive Legislative confer
ences would have been expedited no
little. For the comings and goings
at 1900 Pennsylvania avenue were
something to see.
Almost every important man on
Capitol Hill. most of the cabinet
and scores Of their assistants were
in and out Of the White House last
week.
It was all TO accomplish two
things:
. Work up an outline for the Pres
ident's official messages to Congress
in January.
. Put Q Bipartisan" stamp on the
whole project.
Apparently the weeks meetings
were q rousing success. The broad
outlines of q 1855 legislative pro-
gram emerged from the sessions.
And both Democrats and Republi-
cans worked in harmony with the
President.
AZ Senator Eugene Millikin, Re-
publican, Of Colorado put Il after
one session: 1T was an like the
cooing Of doves"
Bipartisanship obviously seemed
Evening star., 1954-12-19

quiet approach that produced re-
suits. In the glare of publicity,
Peiping "froze up" without excep-
ton. The Geneva negotiations,
carried on almost unnoticed, had
Whitfield down the backlog of Amer
leans in. China, and softened the
United States attitude ; toward
Chinese students here. s ].
But State Department llegotiators;
emphasized that there was never
any qtlestion of trading hostages.
Individual cases were always de-
cided on their merits. they claimed.
That the merits often changed,
simultaneously on both sides was
mere coincidence, they insisted. q
It was suggested by some officials.
that the United States might occa-
sionally release q group Of Chinese
students to "thaw OUT frozen nego-
tiations. But this put America in
the light of suppliant. which was
just as Objectionable as looking like
a trader In human flesh.
Bosis for Trading
If a swap really were in the max
ing. however, look at the trading
properties of the two sides gave little
reason for optimism about the II
American flyers.
The United States has no Chinese
servicemen to release in trade for
the Is or more American service
men held in Red China.
Nor are there any Chinese civilians
in jails here who could be traded
for the % American civilians Peiping
has in prison.
The most likely swap would in
volve the 35 Chinese students denied
exit permits here. and the II Ameri-
can civilians denied exit permits
from China. Possibly the three
United States priests held under
house arrest could also be sprung.
That would be swap of 35 Chi
nese for IA Americans, however.
Perhaps there is even hope that
35-42 trade could be arranged-all
35 Chinese civilians for all AZ Amer
= lean civilians the Reds admit they
hold.
But it would seem that q lot more
pressure will have to be brought
~before the Red Chinese can be per-
suaded to release the. servicemen-
particularly the IL convicted as
''spies."
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Red Chino issues
Grudging Invitation
To HummurskioId

New hope spread last week that
Red China might be persuaded to
release the II American airmen she
has convicted and jailed as spies.
But there was very little that
was substantial to back UP the hope.
Chou En-lai, the Communist Chi
nese foreign minister, broadcast q
grudging, surly invitation Friday
to the United Nations Secretary
General to come to Peiping. But it
was not at all clear whether the
Chinese would even discuss the case
Of the II flyers. whose release the
United Nations has instructed Sec
retary Dag Hammarskjold TO seek.
Mr.. Chou merely said he would
talk over pertinent questions" From
the tone of a second message. re-
leased at the same time, 1t could
only be deduced that he intended
to stand by the conviction Of the
"spies" as an internal affair. No
doubt the principal pertinent ques-
ton" that interests Chou is the ad-
mission Of Red China to the q. N.
But the opportunity for face-to-
face meeting was one Mr.. Hammar-
skiold could not pass up. He - In
Stockholm this week end. making
preliminary arrangements for the
Peiping visit through the Red chi
nese ambassador there.
He probably will 90 TO Peiping
soon after Christmas.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

agreed that military plans should be
based ON atomic defense, but that
actual use of A-weapons would re-
quire political approval
Premier Pierre Mences-France,
meanwhile, was having trouble with
the unruly French National Assem-
bly,. Friday afternoon the deputies
voted. 301 to 291. to reject his budget
for Indo- China. Many charged M.
Mendes-France, had allowed too
much American say in running
Southern Wet Man,
The rebuke by ballot brought the
9French Premier running from the
NATo meeting. Defiantiy, he made
q slightly revised Indo- China budget
a matter of life or death for his
cabinet. A vote of confidence is set
for Monday. 1t will delay the debate
on the Paris Agreements.
It was said that the Premier's
enemies didn't think the time was
ripe for ousting him. Their reported
intention is to push off onto him
the blame for rearming Germany.
In Bonn, Chancellor Konrad Ade-
nauer won an easy victory in the
first of three readings on ratifica-
tion of the Paris Agreements in the
Bundestag, or lower house. The vote
was 236-153. Ninety-five govern
ment coalition members were absent,
however, and 1t was obvious that
later readings wouldn't clear so
easily. Chancellor Adenauer himself
showed traces of worry for the first
time. The thing that ranked was
that many Germans, including poll
ticians In Herr Adenauer's own CO.
alition, honestly thought he had
given away the Saar to France. This
they judged to be too high a price
for German sovereignty and men,
bership in NATO. -
In Rome, there was continuing
concern for Pope Plus XII. Doctors
worried because he was not gaining
strength. X-rays showed he had
a hernia of the esophagus. Hiccups
returned late in the week.
From Austria and Hungary, mean
while, came rumors that Joseph
Cardinal Mindszenty had been re-
leased by the Hungarian Communist
regime. He had been sentenced to
life imprisonment for treason and
sabotage In 1949. There was no con-
firmation Of the rumor.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

Mr.. Hammarskjold's motive, of
course, Is simple: To get these un-
Justly accused airmen out of Jail.
CThat the Communist case
against the II flyers was fiimsy
became clear a fortnight ago in
the United Nations debate which
preceded the ATS vote of censure
against Red China. Soviet Foreign
Minister Jacob Malik, representing
Peiping. all but admitted that the
II men were not spies. Nor could
he justify China's holding them
after the prisoner exchange, in
violation of the Korean armistice.)
But simplicity of motive made for
anything but simplicity in negotia-
tion for their release.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
World Security

When the Eisenhower team of
'hard-hearteds businessmen" moved
into Washington almost two years
ago 1t was eager to whip the military
and foreign aid programs into shape.
After two years of struggle, how
ever, the team seemed to be q
sadder but wiser group of men.
They found savings. all right, but
they were relatively small compared
with the multibillion-dollar cost of
security. And as water was squeezed
out Of the budget, the price Of weap-
ons went up. Consequently the ad-
ministration Is faced in the next
fiscal year with this dilemma: Re-
duce defense below safe minimums
and balance the budget; or keep the
Nation strong and 60 further into
debt. The second alternative OBJ
viously has been chosen.
The administration still Is making
q heroic effort. however, to get its
bigger bang for a buck.
President Eisenhower said last
week the country had to plan de-
fense that could be maintained for
so years, if necessary. To do that, he
said, the Nation must keep a smaller
standing army. but build a bigger
and better mobilization base with
which to handle emergencies.
The policy would mean two things:
First. the armed services would be
cut Thy almost 500, 900 men between
now and June. 1882. and some
troops would be recalled from the
Far East.
Second, reserves would be increased
and strengthened and more materiel
and productive capacity would be
"stockpiled."
At the same time. 1t was indicated
last week. foreign aid will dwindIe
drastically in the coming year.
Military
Reserve Plan. Pentagon officials
unveiled the new reserve program
last week with an unspoken prayer
that it might not stumble over the
same obstacles that have wrecked
previous plans.
The new enc would provide a we'll
trained. Immediately available re-
serve Of about, million men with
another 2 million standing by for
call In case Of all-out mobilization.
Almost every able bodied young man
would At into the program some
where. Each would get Q variety Of
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Domestic

President Eisenhower's proposed
domestic program indicated there
will be no drastic economizing
through curtailment Of Government
functions. In fact the federal role
in public welfare would be extended
q bit by the new program.
At the same time, high tax rates
would be continued for at least
another year. AS the domestic func-
tiohs Of the Federal Government
usually account for only 10 or Is
: per cent Of the budget, most blame
for high taxes still could be put on
the cost Of maintaining world
security.
Fiscal Policy
Taxes. One Of the most important
pieces Of the weeks news came at
the Presidents press conference
when he confirmed that he would
ask for an extension of excise and
corporation taxes at Korean-war
levels. These taxes automatically
will drop April /. 1855, unless Con-
gress extends them.
Corporate taxes will go to Al per
cent, down from the present So per
cent. Excise taxes win drop vary
ing amounts on such things as auto
mobiles. gasoline. cigarettes and
liquor.
The President said Federal expen.
ditures already have been cut to
the safe minimum Outgo is still
high, he said. so the tax rate will
have to be held at the wartime
level. Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey expects a deficit of about
SAT- billion in the current fiscal
year and SO billion in the next year.
The government would lose about
s1.8 billion a year IL the corporate
tax rate were permitted to drop,
and about 81 billion II the excise
taxes were reduced.l
So Congress win be asked to ex-
tend the tax laws for at least an.
other year. And the President in-
dicated Secretary Humphrey may
want more than Q year.
The tax bin may turn out 10 be
Continued on Page A-3s3
Evening star., 1954-12-19
New Numbers Game

Before Mr.. Hammarskjold could
get his feet under the table with
Chou, the United States and Red
China got themselves involved in
negotiations by propaganda broad
cast. The result, in Washington at
least, was a new and confusing
numbers game"
To understand the numbers,
little history helps.
Red China has been playing fast
and loose with American citizens
under her control since Mao TIE
tung came to power in 1949.
The United States, for its part,
has kept some Chinese from going
home too-since late in 1850, after
Peiping sent its fvolunteers" to the
rescue of Communist North Korea.
Here Is a resume Of incidents in
which the United States has tried
to get American nationals out of
Red China:
After two years in Red China fol-
lowing the downing of their plane,
two United States airmen were re-
leased by Peiping. =
1852.
On April 81, the State Depart
ment charged Red China was hold
ing 81 United States citizens, among
them 20 Catholic and 13 Protestant
missionaries, five businessmen, three
students and one attorney. Three
others. it was said, had died in
China. Negotiations for their re-
lease were carried on in secret, 1t
was explained, to avoid upsetting
the talks with the touchy Com
munists.
The Secretary Of the Treasury
admitted that the United States
had permitted IL business Arms and
two missionary groups to pay $780,
900 in ransom for IL Americans.
The National Council of Churches
Of Christ In the U. s. A. said "at
least 40" Protestant United States
missionaries were being held In Red
China against their viii.
1853.
Senator Joseph Mccarthy of Wis
consin charged that the Red Chinese
were holding more than 900 military
technicians. in violation of Korean
armistice terms.
On September II the United
Nations asked Communist repre-
sentatives on the Joint Military Ar
mistice Commission in Korea for in
formation about GIT United States
soldiers unaccounted for In the
prisoner exchange.
1854.
United States and Red Chinese
Evening star., 1954-12-19
The Program

The picture of the coming legis-
lative year which emerged from the
meetings indicated President Eisen-
hover wanted 1855 to look like
continuation of-and improvement
on-l953-54. Apparently there will
be some new elements in his foreign
and military program, but domestic
legislation will consist principally of
holdover proposals from the 83d
Congress.
On the whole, a Congressman who
had sat through the 83d Congress
would frequently get the feeling
next year that he had been through
it all before.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

essential to the President. He will
have to deal with Democratic Con-
gress. led by Democratic policy COM
mittees and controlled by Demo-
cratic committee chairmen. For his
program to get to first base, he will
have to have at least their acquies-
cence; for home run to be scored,
he will need their corporation.
To show he was in earnest, the
President made an unprecedented
public announcement. He said he
had ordered all cabinet heads deal
ing with foreign and military policy
and with appropriations to confer,
with Democratic leaders before fix
ing policy on legislation. Democrats,
in other words, were to help shape
the programs, not merely be in
formed of their shaping.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Conclusions

Red China has had revolving
fund" of IS or 80 Americans shut
Ting in and out of her jails con-
tinuously since 1850. Over that
period the State Department has,
by devious methods, obtained the
release Of at least 500 United States
citizens.
But almost always it has been the