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Evening star., 1955-06-30
Trdnsit Economics

IL is encouraging 20 note the empna-
sis now being placed on the economic
aspects of the threatened transit strike.
For it is a fact, with or without strike,
that any settlement, II it is to last, must
rest on q sound economic base.
The milking tactics of the Wolfson
interests have left heritage Of Ill win
which is not going to vanish overnight.
But this cannot alter the fact that the
melon cutting spree Is water over the
dam, and should not be taken into ac-
count in the search for realistic solu-
ton of the current controversy. There is
nothing complicated about the basic facts.
The transit union is demanding wage
increase and other benefits. But the
company has refused to consider any In
crease, contending that its financial po-
sition is such that it cannot afford higher
pay.
Here, it would seem, is question Of
fact Statistics made available by the
company, assuming their validity, indi-
cate that both patronage and revenues
are declining sharply. Operating income
for 1855 evidently is going to be sub
stantially below that for 1854. So per-
haps the company really cannot afford
pay increase in its present profit position.
The Public Utilities Commission, which
now has an application for fare increase
under consideration, ought to know
whether or not this is the case, and 1t
ought to make this information available
to the public.
Assuming for the moment, however,
that 1t is true that the company with its
present revenues cannot afford a pay in
crease, and also assuming that some II
not all of the union demands are justi-
ned, the next step seems perfectly obvi-
Gus. Ways must be found to increase rev.
snues, to reduce company costs, or both.
This is the direction in which the
Commissioners are moving with their
proposals, and this is the essence OF both
the company's application for fare in
crease and the suggestions it has submit
ted to the Senate District Committee.
It does not necessarily follow that
these suggestions are desirable In their
entirety or that they add up to the best
answer. But they certainly are looking
In the right direction. Irritation over the
Wolfson business tactics should not serve
to obscure the fact that the transit sys-
TEN must receive enough income from all
sources to meet expenses, including
wage increase. And this would apply
whether the system is operated privately
or publicly. There should be no great
difficulty in establishing the facts with
respect to the companys ability to pay,
or in takingssuch action as may be indi-
Gated by those facts. Meanwhile, the
union should see the wisdom Of deferring
q strike until the officials striving for
solution have had reasonable time to
complete their efforts.
Evening star., 1955-06-30

There is a fly in the book
lovers ointment that is sell
dom spoken about.
It is, that as one grows
older ones mind begins to
give out.
There Is still plenty Of gray
matter left, but it does not
function quite as well as it
did.
That is all, but it is plenty.
The same reader who once
remained awake until 2 and
3 O'Clock in the morning to
finish a book. now finds it
difficult to finish them at all.
He has q dozen, maybe two
dozen, Of which he has read
only a part.
Here is one with q mark at
page 40, here another with q
neat paper wedge at page 154.
and still a third marked at
page 240.
On regarding his books-in-
reading candidly. the reader
cannot find any fault with
them.
The fault, if any, lies solely
and squarely in himself.
It is good to face it.
Nothing in life holds up any
better than reading. with the
true booklover. but even this
begins to fade.
It is something one must
face.
Reading is not all mental.
or all Intellectual. Part OF 1t
is done with the muscles. That
is why writing a book is a
physical task as well as an
intellectual one.
4 4 \ 4
The book reader, as differ
entiated from the other read
ers, is he who loves the feel Of
a book in the hand.
Paddy Chayefsky, super
fash TV writer. and author Of
Marty" wrote one play about
an old printer who resented
the intrusion Of the linotype
into his immediate scene.
The old man loved to scout
the secondhand book stall to
find some volume he had set
in the past.
He would bring 1t in, and
display it with reverence to
the apprentice.
Look at It," he would say,
''but don't touch It,"
One wonders just how young
MIR. Chayefsky knows so much.
Every true booklover has felt
that way about his books, but
usually 1t is not a gift but a
growth.
One does not necessarily love
books after that fashion. Not
all honest readers finch when
someone dogears a corner, or
spills water on a page, or gets
cracker crumbs embedded
between two pages.
There will always be a few
who find each book an en-
crossing thing, in itself. utter
Evening star., 1955-06-30
Error of Omission

In Sundays paper, June rs,
you have q news article on
American Legion Awards given
to students Of all schools. I
am a graduate Of Whittier
Elementary School and re-
ceived the American Legion
Award Of my class. but you
have overlooked printing my
name in your column. I would
appreciate II you could make q
correction In your paper.
Paul KOvalsky.
Evening star., 1955-06-30

@. How can q blindfolded
person play chess?-E. w. s.
A. There have been many
blindfolded players--from the
Greek Tchelebi who astounded
the populace of the Near East
as long ago as AID. 970. up to
the present-and each one
seemed to have had Q method
Of his own. Some are able to
nemorize all the moves as they
are made In o game. while
others have q Photographic
mind. Usually the blindfold
Evening star., 1955-06-30

patience" However. in this
case it took the patience Of
Job to wait until all this
worked out.
Freedom Loving Citizen.
i 4 \ 4
Senator McCarthy's resolu-
ton to put the Senate in favor
of President Eisenhower dis
cussing the satellite IRON
Evening star., 1955-06-30

never had the opportunity to defend
himself Of the charges that he lied under
oath, no one can contend that the
Government lacked opportunity to make
them stick as basis for trial-and failed.
Evening star., 1955-06-30

LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry ,criters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
Evening star., 1955-06-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE


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player sits with his back to the
others and confides his moves
to q teller. who makes the
moves for him and also re-
ports the moves Of his oppo-
nents.
@. What does the Govern
ment do with its worn-out
paper money!. L. C.
A. For the past 20 years It
has been burned. Prior TO that
1t was converted into Q paper
pulp and sold.
Evening star., 1955-05-08

ne gTaOS Ian Oy tne arm
again. 81 should have called the
cops then," he means. But
was too scared. ! kept thinking
about going to prison for five
years. | went to the kitchen and
found a hammer and smashed
the glass in the back door, SO
people would think they broke
in that way. Then I went to bed.
But ! couldn't sleep. haven't
slept much since"
Dan pats the kids shoulder.
Thanks, sonny, - he says gently.
Il have a feeling one Of your
friends was murdered yesterday
in a motel on Sunshine High
way"
"lknow he was, - the kid says.
His pictures in this mornings
paper. There's two columns all
about the murder."
|]AND maybe you'd recognize
the other guy if you saw his pic
ture?'' Dan says eagerly
You bet ] would" the kid
says. 81 keep seeing his face in
front of me when I try to 60 to
Sleep"
well 60 to Headquarters,
Dan says. I'VE got a lot Of inter
esting photos down there" "
1t takes the kid no more than
ten minutes to put the finger on
the guy. Dan mods happily.
"Lunk Lowenstein," he says.
"Robber, mobster, and gambler.
Well send out a ten-state alarm.
It'll be on the teletype within five
minutes. He hasn't a chance"
He slaps the kid on the shoulder.
Feel better now?" he says.
The kid grins. ''And howl" he
says. Il sure am glad that little
dame talks me into coming clean
with you"
Dan StiffenS. 'Dame? he
SAYS. what dame?
Continued on next page
Evening star., 1955-05-08

five-year stretch for this easy.
"You left the scene of anacci-
dent the other guy says Its
a tough rap to beat"
Il didn't want to leave." the
kid says. You made me-"
Who'd believe that, says the
number-one guy, IF we tipped
the cops off to your license num-
Der and said we saw the whole
thing? And there's a dent in your
left fender where you hit the old
man"
'"WHERE do you live, kid?" the
other guy asks, and when the
kid says he lives in Roselle Park
with his GRANDMOTHER, the two
thugs look at each other again.
"A lot Of rich people live in
Roselle Park. - one of them says.
well take you hons"
They make him park the car
in the driveway and they go with
him to the front door. He opens
it with his key and Pixie, the
Doberman, comes rushing out
of his corner for the opening
round. But he recognizes the kid
and the kid pats his head, and
back he goes to his bed in the
kitchen as meek as a dachShund.
And then the guys say they would
like to take a few souvenirs with
them, and what does his grand
mother have that is interesting
and where does she keep it.
AT THIS point the kid can't tell
Dan any more. He is sobbing too
hard. But finally he goes on. Il
panicked," he says. Il couldn't
help it. I told them about my
grandmother's jewelry and one
of them went upstairs while the
other held the gun on me. Then
the guy comes back with the
jewel box. They both threatened
me some more and finally they
left"
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Court Decision Holds
Insurance Co. Liable for
$11,6OO Fine Paid Ecuador

SAN DIEGI, Calf, "a court
decision holding an insurance
company liable for a fine owners
of an American tuna fishing YES
sci paid Ecuador was on file today
The vessel, the clipper Sun Pa
cific, is one of eight American
ships seized and held by Ecuador
or Peru until fines were paid.
State Superior Court Judge c.
M. Munroe held the Glen Falls
Insurance Co., New York, was liza
BILE for the $11, 500 fine under its
policy.
Both Peru and Ecuador claim
sovereignty over the ocean for 200
miles offshore, and the fines were
assessed against the fishing YES
sells for operating without permits
within that area.
The US. State Department has
protested the seizures and it and
Congress have reaffirmed this
country'S position that Inc seas
are free beyond three miles from
shore
Congress has also directed fed
eral officials to seek return of the
fines.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Revolt Bloodied Argentina Under
Military Control; Peron In Seclusion

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Up
-Argentina's new armed forces
chief, Gen. Franklin Lucero, today
pressed grimly ahead with efforts
to return revolt-bloodied Argen-
tina to normal.
The 57-year-old army minister,
who vaulted into the spotlight
after his troops rescued President
Juan Peron's government from
Thursdays navy revolt, called on
the nation last night to stamp out
false alarms" disturbing efforts
to restore peace.
He signed his communique as
commander in chief of the forces
of repression"
Lucero and other military lead
ers were to take part today in a
ceremony in bomb-blasted Plazo
de Mayo commemorating Gen.
Manuel Belgrano who created the
Argentine flag. The prominence
given the military in advance an
nouncements of the observance
underscored the army control of
the country.
News dispatches from Argen-
tina are subject to censorship i'm
posed after the revolt. But an
Associated Press dispatch from
Montevideo said Argentine refu-
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Drama Critic, 70, and
Actress, As, Married
After 9-Year Engagement

NEW YORK, RADrama critic
George Jean Nathan, 70, and &C
tress Julie Hayden, As, have been
married after nine year engage
ment and II years following their
first meeting
The wedding was performed by
Capt. Frank Siwik aboard the
cruise ship Santa Rosa. The skip
per yesterday notified Grace Lines
officials here that the ceremony
was performed when the vessel
was about 215 miles east Of Cape
HatteraS.
The Nathans plan a honeymoon
on the island of Curacao and
later will visit South America.
Neither had been married be-
fore.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Highway Commissioner
Sees Much Progress for
Nome Roads This Season

Irving Reed, territorial highway
commissioner, is making a survey
Of road conditions in this area and
states, the Nome-F Fairbanks Road
pected in this area this summer
by the Alaska Road Commission.
If conditions are favorable, he
states, the Some-Fairbanks Road
should be all the way to Salmon
Lake by fall and the Nome Teller
Road well under way.
He states that the Teller Road
will follow the original plan by
way of Sunset Road, which takes
it through rich mining country,
now undeveloped because of lack
of transportation. This road will
eventually tie into Lost River
roads.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20

gees in the Uruguayan capital had
learned in telephone calls to Bue-
nos Aires that army leaders were
negotiating with Peron and the
navy in an effort to set up a
three-man ruling junta consisting
of Peron, Lucero and Rear Adm
Alberto Teisaire, the vice presi-
dent.)
Evidencing his new importance,
Lucero spent a crowded Sunday
morning inspecting security en-
placements and troop positions in
the capital Later he went to the
army ministry where he worked
the rest of the day on plans and
orders for the country.
In contrast, Peron remained in
seclusion in his residence. He did
not visit his temporary office n
the army ministry, where he had
moved after Thursdays revolt de-
stroyed his office in Government
House.
Lucero branded as completely
false reports that rebelious army
units were marching on Buenos
Aires from outlying regions, and
that there had been naval bonn
bardmentS and garrison upris:ngs
in the interior.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Nimble Collegians May
Give US. Best Olympic
Track Team i'm History

LOS ANGELES IA bunch Of
record-breaking collegians have
shown that the United States next
year could have its best Olympic
track and field team in history.
From the standpoint of per-
Torrance, 1 think it'll be the
greatest we've ever had," said
Minnesota's Jim Kelly, chairman
of this nations Olympic Track
Committee.
He had watched five NCAA
records broken and one tied in the
meet ending Saturday. This week
he goes to Boulder, Colo, to see
many of these same college stars
and other amateurs compete in
the national AAU event.
The University of Southern
California won the NCAA but not
as easily as expected. 1t wasn't
until two Trojan pole vaulters
collected 10 points by finishing in
a four-way tie for second place in
that final event that the meet was
decided.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
RCAF Plane Completes
3,8OO-Mile Mercy Flight
To Far North Station

EDMONTON, Alta. Rl-A Royal
Canadian Air Force plane today
completed 3,800-mile mercy
flight bringing an ailing weather
station employee back to civiliza-
ton from his lonely post near the
North Pole.
The RCAF CAT yesterday picked
up James Ashley, 80, who is be-
lieved suffering appendicitis, at
Isachsen, halfway between the
Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
1t landed there on a crude strip
marked on the melting ice of the
Gustav Adolph Sea.
The return flight of 1900 miles
was made with only two reducing
stops. The round trip is one Of the
longest ever made by the RCAF
Tactical Commands search and
rescue unit.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
27 Cars, Trucks
On Square Knot

The Square Knot anchored in
the fog Saturday evening and has
been discharging freight. Walter
Sipprell arrived from Bethel,
where he has been assisting in the
discharging of freight from the
SuSitna.
He states that q cars and
trucks arrived on the ship as well
as supplies for the new school adj
dition.
Most of the general cargo is
packed in cribs, over $50 of them,
as they proved to be very success
full last year.
The ship is discharging slower
than expected although the
weather is perfect, due to short
age Of longshoremen. More long
shoremen are needed and those
interested may apply at the dock
office.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Is Patients Trapped In
Fire i'm Mental Hospital

TOKYO, "a pre-dawn fire
in mental hospital at Ichikawa
Saturday killed 18 male patients
who had been locked in their
wards for the night.
Police said the fire was caused
by a short circuit. Within minutes
it raced through four wings of the
rambling wooden structure, 80
miles east of Tokyo in Chiba pre-
lecture.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
MAN FALLS OUT OF BED.
DIES OF RESULTING CUTS

SEATTLE, R-John Nelson, "a,
fell out of bed in his room Friday,
striking a broken bottle and cut
ting his throat with fatal results,
Coroner John Brill reported.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Eisenhower Speech Touches Off 10th
Anniversary Of U.N.; Big 4 Foreign
Ministers Plan for Meeting Tonight

tons today to strive anew for "a
glorious way of life" in which
1.-The atom, dedicated once as
mans slayer, will become his
most productive servant"
His major address at the U.N.'s
10th anniversary ceremonies in
San Francisco included a pledge
that the US. will do everything in
its power to help the world move
toward that goal of peace at the
Big Four conference.
The President said this is the
season of high hope for the
world"
But Eisenhower maintained MS
cautious attitude about the Big
Four conference with these words:
Whether or not we shall reach
the initial decisions that will start
dismantling the terrible apparatus
of fear and mistrust and weapons
erected since the end of World
War III, do not know"
He said the basis for success of
the meeting next month in Geneva
could be simply put this way:
''It is that every Individual at
that meeting be loyal to the spirit
of the United Nations and dedi-
Gated to the principle Of its char
ter" He said that would be the
us. attitude.
Commenting on the objective of
peace, the President said: ''Ir can
not be mere sitting Of the guns
it must be a glorious way of
life. In that life the atom, dedi-
Gated once as mans slayer, will
become his most productive SER
want.
ut will be a peace to inspire
confidence and faith so that all
peoples will be released from the
dread Of war. Scientists will be
liberated to work always for men,
never against them"
Eisenhower said he was confin-
ing his remarks to the U.N and
the U.S.'s answering loyalty" to 1t
because Secretary of State Dulles
would discuss the nations foreign
policy later this week. He SAID
Dulles will speak with my full
confidence and concurrence"
The Big Four foreign ministers
are preparing for private huddle
tonight to plan the meeting of
their chiefs of government in
Geneva July Is.
The first direct contact between
Soviet Foreign Minister ". M.
Molotov and the western leaders
was established last night at a
dinner given by Colombian Am
bassador Eduardo Angel. There is
no information as TO whether any
serious discussions were held, but
the two sides did have chance to
sense the atmosphere which will
prevail tonight.
1t was said Molotov believed
the meeting should not end with
ont the TT NJ takiro\ Gland nor
haps in the form of a resolution
for peace The 10th birthday meet
ing, under rules adopted by the
General Assembly, is supposed
merely to hear speeches on the
U-N. record and make no de-
cisions of any kind.
Eisenhower will leave for the
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The Nome nugget., 1955-06-20
Frank Degnan Candidacy Challenged;
liz Others In Race for Convention

with clerks of court, 172 were GER
titled last week by Acting Gov.
Waino Henderson as candidates
for SIS delegate positions in the
Alaska Constitutional Convention
to be held in November.
The seven not certified included
two who withdrew, one who was
disqualified for filing too late,
three disqualified because their
nominating petitions included too
few names, and one whose certifi-
cation is being held in allegiance
pending a further check.
The last is Frank Degnan, for
mer member of the Territorial
House of Representatives from
Unalakleet, who was an employee
of the 22nd Legislature.
Degnan's nominating petition
and the accompanying certificate
of acceptance were altered, Hen
erickson said, by changing the
election district for which he
would be a candidate from ''7'' to
.'9". A check is being made to de-
termine whether the documents
were changed before or after they
were notarized.
Four other candidates have filed
from District z, the Cape Nome
Wade Hampton election district,
which will send only one delegate
to the conventions Four others
have filed also from District 9, the
Second Division at large, which
will send four delegates to the
convention.
A letter urging that Degnan be
disqualified from both races was
sent here by Maynard d. Lon
borg and Arthur D. Johnson, both
of Unalakleet and both candi-
dates. Johnson is running from
No. z and Lonborg from No. 9.
Fred D. Crane of Kotzebue was
disqualified as a candidate in
election district. No. 8, consisting
of the Fairhaven and Noatak-Ko-
buk recording districts. His &C.
ceptance of nomination was filed
long after the May 10 deadline,
Hendrickson said.
Two candidates are without OPP
position and thus certain of cleo
ton. They are John H. Rosswok
of Cordova from District 10, and
John Cross of Kotzebue in District
8. If Degnan is ruled out as can
-didate in District 9, as is consid-
cred here to be likely, the four
who have been certified in that
race will be without opposition,
as that district, the Second Divi-
sion at large, will send four to the
convention. The candidates are
Peter Reader, John McNees, and
Howard Lying, all of Nome, and
Maynard Lonborg of Unalakleet.
Six protests received here were
rejected after study, Hendrickson
said.
One, signed by Ludwig OSt, Eric
johnson, Margaret Johnson and
Aaron A. Johnson, all Of Fortuna
Ledge, challenged the candidacy
of the Rev. Paul j. O'Connor of
Andreafski in the Cape Nome
Wade Hampton district on the
grounds ditto marks were used on
his petition to show the place OF
residence of some signers and on
grounds that several of the sigma
lures were in the same handwrit-
ing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-05-19
Listen Americans!
BY GEORGE S. BENSON
President of Harding College

AT the end of World War II. the consprators who
by then manipulating propaganda in every field of American
life needed TO break down the American citizens love of
and their will safeguard it's system thus prepare
word used only by 'reactionares. Loyalty to the
world under world government became aspiration
ward which many school children directed World ct-
ZenShlp was a slogan many campuSes.
In cases loyal Americans confused they
lent their talents to formulating educational materials and
technlques subordnatng patriotism subordnang the value
OF national sovereignty Subordnatng the religious
aspects of character building and plugging for socastc
terprses and international government supersedng
own.
striking example of the beginning of what hope
fully to be educational swing back toward love Of God and
country and respect for American economic system is
be found the transformation wrought the controversial
high school cvcs textbook Nagruders american Govern
weeks column mentioned that the whole atmosphere of the
book had been changed during rewriting period begun when
heavy criticism voiced by parents the 1916 edition
Here is d paragraph from the opening chapter of the
1916 textbook when have definite international laws
and army enforce them should have international
For instance when atomic bombs made only by
a world government and used only by world army, who
could resist? The United Nations formed by the Allies IS
step in that direction emphasis added In champonlng
some Of national sovereignty the book
and make yourself sovereign and that self will to pieces
This is true of the individual and is true of the
nation"
the edition these passages do not appear Here
typical of the orenatiOn of the rewritten 1855
book A the leader of the free nations of the world the
United States is working for lasting peace all
tions. But at the time know that the only
guarantee peace todays streoln world lies in
strength and that Of allies. emphasis added) We OPP
pose the Soved communist relationships because love
liberty even more than we prize peace agree with
rick Henry that peace is not to be bought at the price of
chains and slavery