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Evening star., 1954-10-17

cause they knew they were guilty
of misdeedS and soon would be fired?
How many resigned not knowing
their file contained adverse informa-
ton?
How many. If they had known
about the information, could have
proved the informants liars-as did
Abraham Chasanow this summer?
And final question of Importance
to the 100000 Government workers
who left Uncle Sans service during
the 13 months covered, who were
the $4,000 good guys and who were
the almost 1000 bad ones? Obvi-
ously the odds against the former
G-girl in the next apartment being
a cashiered Mata Hari were at least
a hundred to one. But the security
risk" stigma was enough to give a
good many ex-Government workers
an uncomfortable feeling.
Political Reaction
In the world of politics, of course,
no one was in doubt. G. 0. P.
Chairman Leonard w. Hall said:
THE elimination of 6,926 subversives
and security risks from the Federal
Government demonstrates dramat-
ically the difference between the
Eisenhower and Truman administra-
tions. This administration is clean
ing up instead of covering up"
Democratic Chairman Stephen A.
Mitchell retorted that the report
was a "hoax" and another chapter
in the numbers racket" Senator
Olin D. Johnston, ranking Democrat
on the Senate Civil Service Commit
tee, demanded his group be called
into session Immediately to investi-
gate the Republican report.
There was one welcome improve
ment in the political climate over
that which existed the last time such
a security report had been issued.
This time no important official tried
to claim publicly that all the cases
involved Communists, fellow trav-
elers or traitors-as had been done
previously.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

You see, oetuolIy its smart to put
work where there's plenty Of workmen.
But this defense business Of the country
is too serious q business to look at it as
though it was mode work" and just
something to dish out to keep somebody
busy. It's too serious business for that.
And it's got to be placed where people
con get it done.
I'D like to tell you story thot hop
poned to me-on incident thot hoppened
to me down in Woshinston--o group Of
people come in like you're tolkine obout
from a distressed oreo-so- -colled labor
surplus oreo-ond they pointed out thot
it wos so classified. And one Of them
mode the complaint, this is little over
q yeor oso, in addition, he sold, "You
know you've reduced the droft. In our
district there ore ITO more young men
thot won't hove to go to the Koreon
fight now and thot'II odd to our unem-
pIoyment." And the ideo thot 49,
yeor-oId boy could be drafted and sent
to korea to be shot at and he didn't
have enough eumption to go 100 miles
and get himself job don't go for
thot.
And I've got lot Of sympothy for
people where sudden change eotches
'em-but I've oIwoys liked bird dogs
better thon kennel fed dogs myself. You
know. one who'll get out and hunt for
food rother thon sit on his fanny and
yell. I'm getting out Of the press con-
ference orea now, think.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Politics
Defense Secretary Lives
To Recoll Wry Anecdote
He Once Told on Himself

1t seems that Charlie Wilson,
former head OF General Motors,
had Dice president friend in the
company aDho once 1DGS asked
about the best bug in a 1tetD car.
The GIN official said all the ne,0
cars 1Uere good, but advised plr-
chase OF one tOith an automatic
Transmission.
The prospect had to hare the
automatic transmission explained
to him. and then asked:
"It there's no clutch pedal, tDhGt
do ! do ,Dith my left toot?"
The GIN Dice president replied:
"Put it in your mouth like
Charlie Wilson does"
Secretary of Defense Charles
Erwin Wilson told this story on him
self last year at the National Press
Club. Last week, Mr.. Wilson had
reason to recall the anecdote. Off
.handedly, in answer to q question
in Detroit Tuesday. he put his foot
in his mouth almost all the way
up to the knee.
Mr.. Wilson's blooper came in a
discussion Of unemployment. when
a reporter asked whether it is ''pos-
sible actually to put defense con-
tracts into a distressed areal like
Toledo" His answer, as transcribed
from tape recording, is reproduced
in full in box on this page.
AS one analyst later explained it,
Mr.. Wilson was simply preaching,
in his answer, the doctrine of in
dividual self-reliance that had made
America great. But he drove home
his point in the most unfortunate.
way imaginable:
"a. I've always liked bird dogs
better than kennel-fed dogs myself.
You know, one who'll get out and
hunt for food rather than sit on his
fanny and YELL"
Practicable Reaction ],
Reaction was immediate - and
predictable. Labors leaders. (who
nave been banging away at the ad-
ministration's attitude toward the
unemployment problem) pulled on
their hob-nailed boots and jumped
all over the Defense Secretary.
Democratic spokesmen had field
day criticizing Cd Mr.. Wilson's re-
mark and (2) the meaning they
read into it. Republicans with re-
election and/or unemployment prob
lens of their own tried to shy away
from any association with the Sec
retary's statement. And G. O. p.
leaders blamed the controversy on
"left-wing" opponents Of, the Eisen-
hover administration. 49,
BY the weeks end, the worst
seemed to be over, and some Repub-
lican leaders Qike Vice President
Nixon) were even processing opti-
mism about the probable effect of
the. statement. Democrats were
continuing to play the hassle for
what it was worth (plenty, they
hoped, but there seemed to be con-
siderable doubt that the full shock
effect of Mr.. Wilson'S dog" crack
would last until election day.
For his own part, Charlie Wilson
was in Washington-with both feet
back on the ground-and deter
mined not to make any more politi-
cal statements before November 2.
No one with any pretense to
objectivity could seriously contend
that in his remark, Secretary VIII
son was revealing personal con-
viction that working people are no
better than dogs. Even his own
worst enemies in the current hassle
Walter Reuther's CIO United Auto
Evening star., 1954-10-17

in the wind was last weeks election
in Alaska?
In 1852 Democrats were swept out
of Office in the Alaskan Legislature,
and Republicans took firm control.
The same thing happened, of course.
in Congress. Last week, however.
the Republicans were soundly
trounced, and, as the returns came
in from the far Northern precincts,
it was clear the new Legislature
would be overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic.
G. o. p. Chairman Leonard w.
Hall said, "No inference can be
drawn from the results of the Alas
kan elections. The issues in that
campaign had nothing to do with
our congressional campaign"
Other observers, however, pointed
out that Alaskan returns had ac-
curately forecast national elections
for 80 years.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Oops!

Vice President Nixon, meanwhile.
was politicking out West. In South
ern California on Wednesday night,
he had just finished making tele-
vised speech when a table micro
phone toppled over. A voice doomed
out across the air:
"Who the hell did that?"
Listeners jammed the switchboard
of television Station KTTV with
calls demanding to know whether
the voice was that Of the Vice
President. Mr.. Nixon denied say
ing it, but station officials pinned
the blame on the Vice President
who, they said, apparently didn't
know when he was off-camera."
On Thursday the mystery still
was unsolved, and by then Mr..
Nixon was on his way to Texas for
another speech. Curious listeners
probably never would know who the
hell did do it.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Review Of The Week
Hazel Gives ,. c. a Going Over

tried to minimize the damage done
by the Secretary's remark. But one
of their tactics seemed rather odd
almost as if the Republicans
thought the Objectionable part of
the statement was the indelicacy of
it's terminology. In an "officiaI
text released at Denver. the White
House changed the word fanny"
to "haunches"-a bowdlerization
made all the more laughable by the
fact that q tape recording of the
Secretary's voice had been widely
used on radio.
Noturol forget
It was, perhaps. inevitable that
Charlie Wilson should sooner or
later give the Democrats something
to gloat over. As a big-business man,
he has long been Democratic tar
get. And in his public utterances
since coming to Washington, he has
shown symptoms of foot-in-mouth
disease on numerous occasions.
But the brutal, simple truth
as Mr. Reuther put twas that
Democratic reaction to the Wilson
statement about bird dogs and KEN
mel dogs hardly revealed that party
as solicitous Of the common mans
well-being. At Democratic National
Committee headquarters here last
Wednesday there was no sign Of
righteous indignation over an un-
thinkable insult to labor. The single
emotion in evidence was that Of
glee. AS Committee Chairman Ste
phen Mitchell put it Tuesday night,
in discussing the advantages pos
sessed by the Republican Party:
We're getting some breaks, too.
We have Secretary Wilson"
Evening star., 1954-10-17
The WEU

Horrified, apparently, by the news
papers shorthand reference to the
enlarged Brussels treaty organiza-
tion as BRUTO, representatives of
the seven prospective member ma
tions rushed into print last week
with new name. for their alliance:
Western European Union. News
papers reasonably could be expected
TO adopt the initials "WEU," sup
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Security

The oft heralded summary Of
United States Government "secur-
ity' cases was made public last week.
thereby advancing the cause Of pol
iticians on both Sides-or SO they
claimed-and thereby advancing the
knowledge of the general public not
too much.
The report did two things, &C
cording to the politicians: First,
it proved the Republican admins
tration was cleaning Communists,
fellow travellers and security risks
out of the Government at a COM
mendable clip. Second, it supported
the Democratic contention that the
Republicans were still playing the
old numbers game" with the pub
lie.
To the man on the street the
report also did two things: First,
it showed that a good many per-
sons who should never have been
working for the Government no
longer are working for it. Second.
it showed that the public needs a
great deal more information be-
fore it can tell exactly what the
new security program is doing.
The Facts Disclosed
Here were the facts in the re-
port:
Total number either fired under
the security program or resigned
while derogatory information was
in their files-6.926.
Cases of that total involving sub
version or at least reports of sub
version-1,743.
Cases involving other reported
misdeeds Sexual perversion, drunk
enness, criminal records, insanity,
etc.)-5,183.
Number of actual dismissals-
2,611.
Total resignations-4,315.
Agencies with greatest number of
security cases-Navy with 1851,
Veterans Administration with 1888,
Army with 791, Post Office with tbs
and Air Force with 618.
Total cases in the State Depart
ment-212.
The Facts UndiscIosed
Questions still unanswered by the
report were these:
How many Communists were
found?
How many espionage agents were
found? ..
How many persons resigned be-
Evening star., 1954-10-17
New Jersey

Former Representative Clifford p.
Case, Republican candidate for the
Senate in New Jersey, is a SELF
proclaimed liberal" and an oppo-
nent of McCarthyism. The right
wing of the States Republican
Party has been unhappy over his
stand and has even toyed with the
idea of putting a more conservative
candidate up against him. The
result of the split has been that
Democratic Candidate Charles r.
Howell is favored to win.
Last week, Mr.. Cases chances re-
ceived another blow. The Newark
Star-Ledger printed story quoting
former Communist Bella V. Dodd as
saying Mr.. Cases sister, Adelaide
Case, had been associated with sew
eral Communist-front organizations.
It turned out later that DR.. Dodd
knew an Adelaide Case, but probably
not the Adelaide Case in question.
The irate candidate prepared TO
answer the charge today.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

rolls Of toilet paper to provide faint
illumination In their stores.
Many housewives had major
problem in common with food mer-
chants-that Of preserving stocks
of frozen foods pending a restora-
tion Of current.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Alaska

AS Maine goes, so goes Alaska,
sneered Republicans last week. But,
as go Maine and Alaska, so goes
the Nation, crowed the Democrats.
And so another election issue was
drawn: How important as a straw
Evening star., 1954-10-17
What Wilson Sold

This is the UerbGtim tert of
Secretary Wilson's controDer-
Sial press conference state
ment as Transcribed from a
tape recording Immediately
after the conference Tuesday:
Evening star., 1954-10-17

mittee of the U. N. Disarmament
Commission. The Reds accepted
Thursday.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

In his speech, the President made
a major pitch for the election Of Q
Republican 84th Congress. This was
in line with earlier statements made
by the President, who about week
ago predicted "cold war" on Penn
sylvania avenue If the Democrats
take over the Hill.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
COLUMBIA LUMBER co. GETS LARGE ORDER

Eleven contracts for more than eight million board feet of Alaska cut lumber have been awarded to the Columbia Lumber Company by the Portland district office of the Corps of Engineers, according to word received by Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman, the governors office has reported.
 Four of the contracts cover 1,230,- 900 board feet of lumber to be de- Iivered to Fort Richardson. The other seven contracts for 6,800,O00 board feet. call for delivery to the Far East. Governor Heintzleman was also advised by Col. W. L. Vinegar, assistant district engin- ger, that Alaska spruce and hem lock are being specified as accept able materials for all construction projects in the Alaska district.
 The governor held a number of conferences with the U. S. En- gineers both in Portland and in Washington, D. c. last fall relative to having Alaska spruce and hem lock placed on the list of accept able materials
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
.Biq Timber And Pulp Development 'TO Go Ahead Promptly"

PORTLAND -(AP)- An of ficial of Pacific Northern Timber Co.,. said the firm will go ahead promptly with plans for it's big timber and pulp development in the Wrangell Alaska area.
 C. Girard Davidson, company sec ratary. made this comment after the Forest Service at Juneau Wednes- day had accepted the firms check -er =o.903 as initial payment on rights to three billion board feet of timber
 Davidson said the company will pest an additional $40 GOO cash within a week as required by terms Of the contract which will put the bond al $50.000.a
 He said the directors probably will meet early next week to fur mulate detailed plans.
 Davidson said the firm showed $2,000.000 available for prelimin- ary work, and had agreed to post a further bond as soon as it starts cutting. Payments will ba made as the timber is cut, varying accord ing to species.
 At Juneau value of the timber involved in the transaction was es- timated at $6.744,000, with pay ment to be made as it is cut during a 50-year period
 Present stumpage rates are to apply for 10 years, with re-deter- mining of fees every five years thereafter. Initial stumpage rate per thousand feet for logs is: Sitka spruce, S3.20; western hemlock $200; cedar, S1.70.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
CITY COUNCIL
 APPROVES SCHOOL BUDGET FOR SPA. .692

City Council at it's regular meet ing Tuesday night approved the school budget for the coming year set by the Schoal Board at $24,- 692 Supt C. L. Anderson and mem bers of the Board met with the Council to explain the budget which is approximately the same as last year. only additional expense being the salary of one more teacher.
 The Council ordered reserved for the Forest seryie two lots in block 49 in response to a request from that agency for a site here on which it plans to build an office. Property is located back of the Joe Weaver property off south Church Street
 In response to a notice from the War Department that the Wrangell Plywood and Lumber Corporation had applied for permits for log storage in the upper harbor. the Council authorized a letter 10 the Army Engineers calling attention to it's potential dredging project in the harbor money for which has been approved by the Senate Fin anee committee and now awaits full congressional action.
 Request of the Fourth of July committee for an hours extension for it's Coronation dance July ? was granted.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
HAZEL HARRINGTON. PIONEER ALASKAN. TAKEN BY DEATH

Hazel Harrington, wife of Capt Sid Burlington. prominent river boat skipper of the gold rush days and still actively operating on the Stigine River, died this week in Seattle following an illness of sev- eral weeks. Funeral services were in Seattle.
 Mrs. Harrington came north this spring to be in Wrangel while Capt. Burlington operated the Judith Ann on the Stikine. Shortly after her arrival she was stricken ill and was taken south by Capt. Harrington last week. She failed to rally. 83
 Mrs. Burlington came north in the gold rush days when the Bar ringtons operated boats on the Yu- kon. Later when they transferred to the Stikine operation Mrs. Bar rington made her home here and took active part in the life of the community where she enjoyed a wide circle of friends. Tn more re- cent years, the Barringtons have made their home in Oak Harbor, Wash
 Among surviving relatives are Capt Sid, his brother, Capt. Hill Harrington and wife. Mildred Bar rington: nephew ". H. Barring ton. Jr., and family of Juneau where young Bill is Deputy Collec- tor of Customs.
 Capt. Harrington returned to Wrangell today by air to resume his work on the Stikine.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
PREsBYTERIANs DUE
 TOMORROW MORNING

Headed by pr. J. Earl Jackman of New York. head of the Presby- terian church work in Alaska, party of 200 Presbyterians from all parts of the United States will be aboard the Prince George, due here at o'eoek in the morning.
 William Sexton, in charge of lo- cal church work in the absence of the Rev. Paul Evans. returned from a brief trip to Ketchikan today and will be on hand with local Presby- terians to greet the visitors.
 A visit to Shakes sland where Tom Ukas will lecture on Totem lore, and a meeting at the Presby- terian church. oldest in the Terri tory, where Mrs. l. c. Biorge and Mrs. Julius Mason will tell the his- tory of the church, will be among the highlights of the stop here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
MRS. ADAMS GOES TO WASHINGTON. D. c.

Mrs. Vera Adams, Wrangell's public health nurse. flew to the states yesterday via Alaska Coastal and Pan American air lines. She was accompanied by Walter Coul- ter who is going to the Marine Hospital in Seattle for special eye surgery.
 Mrs. Adams is on her way to Washington, D. C.. to visit her peo- pie. Later, sine will go to Boston and New Work to visit former classmates who attended school with her in Boston.
 Mrs. Adams expects to return to Wrangell the last of July.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
CHAMBER MEETING TONIGHT TO HEAR PNT#IGIIL PLANS

4 special meeting of the Wran- gel Chamber of Commerce has been called by President Joyce Hay for 7:3O tonight in the Fire Hall for the purpose of hearing from former Mayor Fred G. Hanford, re- presentatiye of Pacific Northern Timber Company. on the eompany's plans for this area.
 Hanford arrived in Wrangell yes terday from Juneau after attending the timber auction at which PINT was successful bidder on 335,000 acres of timber in this area.
 The President announced the meeting is not only for Chamber members but for all other residents of the community interested in hearing about the new develop ment.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11

Pictured above, in cap and gown is Mrs Alice Voorhies, wife of Tom Voorhies, city engineer who has been awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from South eastern State College in Durant, Oklahoma.
 Mrs. Voorhies attended South eastern State in the summer and fall of 1853, where she graduated.
 Coincidentally, Mrs. Voorhies' daughter, Miss Kay Zorn received her high school diploma the same week this month as her mother re- ceived her degree. Miss Zorn grad uated from Oklahoma High School in Broken Bow, Okla. She was in Wrangell in 1852 and attended the local high school during the spring term then returned to Oklahoma to finish her education.
 Mrs Voorhies will teach in the Wrangell High School starting in September.
 -Ketch. News Scana
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
THROUGH THE SENTINEL #PERISCOPE
 Saw Dust
Saw Dust

Through the haze of saw dust currently flying around this com munity the following facts of life appear to be discernible this week:
 In Juneau on Wednesday the Pacific Northern TimbeT Company of Wrangell, owner of the former Alaska Packers site at the north end of town, acquired by bid at public auction 335,00O acres of tim Der in the Wrangell area which is estimated to include about three billion board feet - which is a heck of a lot of board feet of any thing.
 The company laid $1O 900 on the line and furnished a performance bond of $40,O00 to meet require ments of the contract under which the U. 5. Forest Service put the timber up for auction.
 With this substantial source of raw material available for manu facture, Pacific Northern plans to go ahead with it's previously an- nounced plans for construction of a lumber plant on it's north end site estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $4,500,000 pulp mill of at least S0-ton daily capa city and currently giving consider ation to establishing a plywood factory. Preliminary work is ex- pected to get underway shortly probably after a meeting of the of ficials of the company which is scheduled in the near future for Wrangell.
 Aside from manufacturing lumber and lumber products, PINT is ex- pected to be in the housing busi- ness before too long, as means of having places for it's employees, perhaps around a couple of hund- red, to live. Last year it optioned from the City approximately 90 lots at S25 per lot, in the area be- tween the new Wrangell school building and the back channel, on which to erect it's houses. In con- trast with some so-calIed housing projects quickly thrown up in de- fense areas during war pressure days, the building program as out lined by PINT calls for modern, in dividual homes which will be built with the idea of being permanent homes rather than a place to park your baggage while on a wartime construction job. The project is es- timated for an outlay of around S200,000.
 Now if you are getting lost in zeros. think nothing of it. There's still billion board feet of timber which requires quite an invest ment to harvest over a period of half a century or so.
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
SENATOR NOLAN NORTH ON ELKS BUSINESS

Senator James Nolan. District Deputy for the Elks, Alaska east, flew to Juneau yesterday to meet a group of Alaska-touring visiting Elk dignitaries from the states. He plans to make a swing through the Interior with them and while i. Anchorage will confer with mem bers of the Legislative Investigating committee of which he is a member.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
DAUGHTER BORN TO CELEBRITIES

\ daughter Weighing seven pounds and 12 ounces was born on June to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cal- braith at Bishop Rowe General Hospital. The young lady has been named Elizabeth Irene. Receiving congratulations with the parents are grandparents, MT. and Mrs. Fred Lewis and grand-aunt, Mrs. Tillie Hammer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
THIRD LOGGING FATALITY REPORTED IN THIS AREA

Bob Reid, of the Robert Reid Logging camp at Beacher's Pass, was killed last Friday afternoon when struck by a falling tree, ac- eording to the Petersburg Press. Reid was a prominent Petersburg resident.
 This is the third logging acei- dent in this area in recent weeks two fatalities having oc- cured near here - Henry Brown at Anita Bay and Robert Adair at Hiebert's camp at Vank's Island.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-06-11
SENATOR BARNES
 TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Senator Doris M. Barnes flew to Juneau this week for a meeting Of the Legislative Council of which she is a member. Following the Juneau session she plans to go to Mckinley Park for the Territory wide convention of the Republican party next week.