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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
BACK FROM THE WARS
Our Wandering Silver Comes Home Again

226 million ounce obligation, but
has as yet returned none. A Gov
eminent refinery is being built in
India and it will refine the melted
coin to United States standards.
With the political separation Of
Pakistan from India, the latter's
lend-lease obligation was shared by
the two countries.
April 28 Deodline
Much of the silver still outstand-
ing is due to be returned from
abroad by April %. 1857. Part Of
midas silver is due then. India and
some other countries are entitled
to arrange with the United States
for two-year extension of the
delivery date. however, so that part
of the lend-leaSed silver may not
come back before 1859.
The return of lend-leased silver is
proving most welcome. Whereas in
1912 the Treasury had 1853 ,000. 900
ounces of the metal over and above
the amount needed as backing for
silver certificates. by 1855 this got
down to 1881 900 ounces. partly
because the mint has had to meet
occasional demands for silver bull
lion from United States industrial
firms. For a while it seemed likely
that the mint would have to go
into the world market to buy silver
for its coinage needs, since all cur
rent mine production was finding
customers In industry at above the
subsidy price at which the mint is
required to take domestic newly
mined silver. Since 1855, however,
free silver in the Treasury avail
able for mint coinage has risen to
83 million ounces.
Although the Silver Purchase Act
Of 1884 is still on the statue books
by tacit consent pursuit of its goals
long since has been Abandoned But
the hundreds of millions of silver
certificates added TO our circulating
currency as a result OF that act
can be withdrawn from use only
over the dead body OF the Senate
silver bloc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

Britain, Europe, India and else
where. Only the United States
Treasury had enough idle silver to
meet these demands. and this it
did as a lend-lease operation. But
there was very specific proviso.
written into the lend-lease con-
tracts on the insistence Of the
congressional silver bloc-that the
silver be returned to the Treasury
after the war.
In addition aluminium factories
and the atom-bomb project. the
latter a war secret known only to
the United States defense authori-
ties and Russia's spies. called for
large quantities of silver to be used
in heavy duty conductors of cleo
triclty. Silver for this use, too. was
found in the Treasury
Eight foreign countries received
lend-lease silver from us during the
war, in round figures as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

How vast this treasure trove sup
piled to our allies was may be
envisaged when we reflect that II
it all had been put on railway fiat
cars, each carrying 80 tons of the
metal, 1t would have taken train
Of 466 cars to move it. And this does
not include what was lent to defense
plants.
Apart from the atom bomb
plants. Treasury silver was used
for bus bars in aluminium plants.
Since there was not enough free
silver in the Treasury for all these
uses. once the consent Of the Con-
gress could be obtained. silver be-
ing held as backing for circulating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

people. We cannot fight them for
ever. Besides. we ourselves are in
creasingly becoming, ethnically
speaking, an Oriental nation with a
Western social structure. We have
got to learn to live in the Orient,
because however Western we may
look we are becoming more Eastern
every day as refugees come from
Yemen, Iran, Iraq, North Africa
and, now, Egypt itself. Our mis-
sion should be to help this part of
the world emerge socially. economi-
cally and politically from the Mid
die Ages. :"
Their elders try to dismiss such
arguments as "idealistic nonsense
as unreal as the Arabian dream"
Most big problems" said one noted
Hebrew scholar in one of the sew
eral such informal debates which
attended, ARE healed by time or
never solved. and I'm afraid we
have just such problem on our
hands"
Neglected Technique
One Of the younger men in the
group, an up-and-coming civil serv-
ant who had fought in the 1899
war of liberation and the Sinai
campaign. retorted that persuasion
had not really been tried. 1--WE
have utterly neglected" he said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
Rx FRANK GERYASI

TEL AVN, Israel.-Thoughtful
IsraeliS, however proud they may
be Of having nodded a nation out
of rock and sand and sweat, are
becoming increasingly aware of
failure in at least one important
respect. In eight years Of national
existence they have not succeeded
in changing, or even mitigating.
the antagonism Of their Arab
neighborS.
Why this should be so is de-
tated nightly-and hotly-in the
modest living rooms of writer's. pro-
fessors, civil servants and politi-
clans whenever they gather for
after-dinner coffee and their ia
vorite form of entertainment: Dis
cussion. The subject takes prece-
dence over the threat Of theocracy,
the monopolistic tendencies Of Is
rael's giant trade union movement.
or the attitude Of European Jews
toward q growing community of
darker skinned Oriental co-relig-
ionists.
The participants in parlor de-
bates centering on the unpleasant
truth Of continued Arab rejection
of the State of Israel usually split
along age rather than political
lines. The oldsters, mostly old
time European immigrants, support
the contention that only de
cisive. conclusive military victory"
of the Jews over the Arabs will
ever solve the problem. Their argu-
ment runs somewhat as follows:
THE Arabs seek escape from pow
erty, disease and backwardness in
q dream. It is part of that dream
that the world belongs to them. 1t
was given to them by Allah and
stolen from them by the West.
Hence their antagonism to Israel.
which is the West in their midst.
Their inferiority complex translates
itself into hatred and this cannot be
changed except. perhaps. by force"
'Sobros' Reject Force
The younger generation or Sab
ras," born and bred in the country
men and women in their late twen-
ties or early thirties. who have had
their fill Of fighting-believe instead
that the Arab can be won over in
time by example and persuasion.
The sabraS, for the most part, re-
ject force as solution" and would
use it only in self-defense. The
sabras look upon the Arabs less as
an enemy" to be beaten into ac-
ceptance Of the Jewish presence
than as exploited victims of the hate
propaganda of sheiks. pashas and
jingo-leadership. Their position is
roughly this:
I'VE have got to live with these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
SoIk Vaccine Is a Drug on the Market
Although Polio Is Far From Conquered

as of November 80 had nearly %
million doses of unShipped vaccine
in stock. Millions more were in
the hands of doctors and in trade
channels, awaiting call.
Is it because polio is not preva-
lent in winter, and people procras-
innate in this as In many things,
don't get excited until summer and
epidemicS come? But now is the
time to start shots, to build UP top
protection by summer.
Cost Con Be q Foctor
Is it because of cost?
Costs of vaccination vary widely
in different localities and among
different physicians. Costs can GER
tainly be big factor in w-income
families especially, and particular
by families with many children.
On the other hand, only six
States have used up all their FEEDER
al funds in the program for free
vaccinations in school and other
clinics. This aid was for vaccina-
tons for children under 20 and for
pregnant women.
Is it because many people are
still afraid of the vaccine, either
because of the bad patches in the
spring Of 1855, or because they fear
peculiar reactions?
Safety of the vaccine has been
assured for a year and a half. No
serious or negative reactions have
been reported.
Is it because many people doubt
the effectiveness?
In 1856 as in 1885, all signs indi-
cate the vaccine is proving more
than rs per cent effective in pre-
venting paralysis and death, says
DR.. Burney.
Only two deaths has been re-
ported among children who have
received the full three shots.
The polio foundation says the
evidence all indicates the vaccine
could reduce paralytic polio by 30
per cent among persons who take
the three shots properly spaced.
Is it because some people haven't
heard about the vaccine?
This is possible, but the numbers
are not large. 1t may be a case of
assuming that polio is down and
out just because vaccine is avail
able Some persons have religious
or other objections to vaccines.
Achieving 100 per cent vaccina-
ton of the American public is too
much to hope for. says founda-
ton official. Some medical experts
say that probably no more than rs
per cent of the population has been
vaccinated against any disease.
But most experts feel paralytic
polio could be virtually eliminated
through widespread and complete
vaccinations.
THE Associated Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
TO HELP FRAME POLICY
BY EARL H. VOSS

The first stage of a significant
Transformation in the North At
lantic Treaty Organization is now
under way. It has gone largely
unreported on this side of the At
lantic, probably because attention
here has been centered on Hungary
and Egypt.
AS a result of decisions taken by
NATOs Council of Ministers in
Paris last month:
Q Policy-making bodies in the
State Department, and presumably
in other foreign offices of the NATO
powers. are now planning new pro-
cedures for discussing their poll
cies with NATO allies collectively,
in the early stages of policy forma-
ton, and before national positions
become fixed" This has seldom
been done in the past. and was
not considered practical by many
statesmen.
OThe NATO secretary generals
position has been greatly enhanced.
His new authority includes the
right to try to settle disputes among
members. The incoming secretary
general, former Belgian Foreign
Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, could
become a figure at least as i'm
portant as United Nations Secre-
tary General Dag Hammarskjold in
international affairs if the recon-
mendations of a special NATO
committee are followed.
. A NATO-sponsored program for
disseminating anti Communist
propaganda worldwide has been
launched. If supplemented, 1t could
greatly increase the impact of anti
Communist propaganda throughout
the world. The United States wants
to raise the combined cultural
information budget of NATO from
100000 to 81 million.
Q European governments are being
stimulated to increase exchanges of
military personnel. in an effort to
encourage Standardization and
break down language and other
barriers now plaguing NATO forces.
. A NATO Science Council is now
being set up to help scientists ex-
change views and discoveries
quickly. The science exchange pro-
gram could become the basis for a
pooling Of military and economic
information which could greatly in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
SICK OF
Young sroe|is Would Try Persuasion on the Arabs

laboriously scanned and clipped by
hordes OF censors. The LebaneSe,
like the overwhelming majority Of
Jordanians. Syrians and Egyptians
all but the ruling classes, in fact
actually believe that Tel Aviv and
Haifa are smouldering ruins as a
result Of Egyptian air raids and
that the Jews are starving as a
consequence of the Arab boycott.
How to reach Arab public opin-
ion is, of course, a problem. Obvi-
ously, printed material would be
ineffective: Arab illiteracy is in
the 80'S and COS in the percentage
tables.
But the difficulties constitute a
challenge and not an insurmount-
able barrier. the proponents of
peaceful persuasion" maintain.
They point out that no matter how
illiterate an Arab may be, he does
listen to the radio. The Arab cafe
does not exist which does not have
receiving set that constitutes the
only contact the felaheen has with
the outside world and with his own
government The Arab can be
reached and the proof lies in the
effectiveness Of NasSer's propa-
ganda, most of which reaches his
audiences by radio.
The oldsters may be right. There
may be no solution to the Arab
Israeli struggle. except one writ
ten in bloodshed. 1t is significant.
however. that younger Jewish
leaders are debating the possibilities
Of q new approach to a problem as
old as the Jews and the Egyptians
themselves.
Cworldwide Press eervieO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

dren haven't had a single shot.
Many have had only two. Few adults
have taken shots
Polio felled nearly 10000 Amer
leans in 1856. Although the Incl
dence was the lowest since 1947,
nearly 1000 children and adults
had paralytic polio Tin 1855. first
year of partial use of the vaccine,
there were 28.587 reported cases,
with 1926 paralytic).
Health officials, nationally, in
cities and States. are aiming at two
goals:
. Complete the series Of three shots
for youngsters under 20.
. Vaccinate adults up to age 40.
Their reasons:
One shot confers some protection,
but it is not complete. Three shots
are needed to bring paralytic polio
down to the vanishing point.
Adult Polio Is Dangerous
About one-fourth of reported
polio victims are adults aged 20 to
so. When adults fall i'll, the disease
often is more severe than among
children. Some 10 per cent of pa
tients who need respiratory aid are
adults over 20.
How is vaccination progressing
over the country? Here is a recent
estimate from the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis:
Given one shot: "A million per-
sons, almost all children.
Two shots: 26 million.
Three shots: Only million.
But" says DR.. Leroy E. Burney,
Surgeon General Of the United
States Public Health Service "it is
the third shot that achieves the
real protection, that has the dra-
matte effect"
There are some SIS million
Americans under age 20-in the
most susceptible age groups-and
about as many up to age 40.
This sharp downhill step in
numbers of vaccinated is one of
the worrisome and curious aspects,
polio foundation spokesman says.
The recommended schedule is
two shots given two to six weeks
apart, and a third given at least
seven months after the second.
That long time lag could par~y
account for the sharp difference in
numbers who have received second
compared with third shots
Health and polio officials can only
guess at other reasons for the
slowness of vaccination.
1t isn't lack of supply.
A year ago there was tremendous
demand for vaccine, a demand
which couldn't be met. But by early
last summer, the botleneck was
broken and vaccine poured forth.
Now the vaccine is literally
drug on the market. Manufacturers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
BY ALTON BLAKESLEE

NEW YORK-The Salk vaccine
has knocked polio down-but far
from out.
Drop our guard and the crippler
can hit back hard again this sum-
mer or next, health officials warn.
And dropping our guard seems to be
just what the American public is
doing, they add.
Nearly Is million doses Of Sa,k
vaccine lie unused. Two firms have
cut back production because Of
slackened demand.
Yet only a comparative handful
OF children have received three full
shots. Millions Of susceptible chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

Jordan. Syria. Saudi Arabia or Le-
banon knows the extent of the rout
Of the Egyptian forces in Sinai.
The Arab governments take in
finite pains to prevent accurate in
formation from reaching their peo-
pie. In Beirut. for instance, all for
eign magazines and newspapers are
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-01-03
BURNELL BOOK MEMORIAL,
FUND REACHES $3.50

Contributions from all over Al
aska to the DR.. Charles e. Bun
nell Book Memorial fund today
reached $3.50, Mrs. Audrey Lof-
tus, executive secretary of the
University of Alaska Alumni AS
ISOLATION, disclosed today.
Friends of the university's late
president emeritus spontaneous
ly began sending funds to the
institution shortly after his death
last November /. The admins
tration decided that the books
would be a fitting memorial to
the longtime educator.
John Mehler, university libra
rian, said that special bookplates
concentrating DR.. BunneI will
be placed in all volumes purchas-
ed from the fund.
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Kiwanians Plan
installation
And Ladies Night

Lloyd Morley, president of the
Anchorage Kiwanis Club, and
former KiWanis Lieutenant Gov
ernor, will be installing officer
at the Palmer KiWanis installa-
ton ceremony to be conducted
Saturday evening, January 5.
The meeting which will begin
at Grange hall at 7:30 pm, will
combine the installation cere-
mony and the organizations
Ladies Night. All Kiwanians
planning to attend the dinner
and program which will follow
are requested to make reserva-
tons through Jim Wilson, pro-
gram chairman.
Following the dinner short
program will be held and attend
ance tabs will be awarded to
those members who have had
continued attendance at meet
ings during the past year.
Officers to be installed in
clude: Marvin Slaughter, presi-
dent; Clarence c. Bailey, vice
president; Charles Marsh, secre-
tary; and Herbert Lang, treasur-
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-01-03
NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOND
ELECTION

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
i'm accordance with the Laws OF
Alaska (ACLA 1949, Title 16,
Chapter 81 and pursuant to Or
dinance No. sc of the City of Pal
mer, Alaska duly enacted on the
18th day Of December 1856, that
a special election will be held in
the City of Palmer, Alaska, on
Tuesday, the 22nd day Of Janu-
airy, 1857 between the hours OF
800 o'clock "A. M. and TOO o.
clock P. M. on said day; that the
polling place for said election
shall be at coop Rec Hall. That
at said election the following
proposition shall be submitted to
the qualified electors:
Shall the City Of Palmer incur
indebtedness and to issue inter
est-bearing general obligation
bonds in an amount not to ex-
coed $500, 900, with interest there
on not to exceed SO per annum
to construct, improve, extend,
better, repair, reconstruct, or ac-
quire public works of a perman-
ent character to-wit: Paved
streets, with curbs, storm sewers
and drainage facilities wherever
local improvements are under
taken pursuant to title Is, ACLA
1949;
Qualification of Electors
To vote in the city in this cleo
ton, he or she must have the
qualification of an elector i'm a
general municipal election and
must be a taxpayer whose name
is on the last tax roll of the City.
This notice shall be published
in the Weekly Frontiersman, a
newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Palmer, Alaska on
December 20, and q, January 3,
10, and IL, 1857 and shall be post
ed in three public places in the
City of Palmer.
Witness my hand and official
seal of the City of Palmer, Alas
ga, this 18th day of December,
1856. (SeaD
L. c. STOCK,
City Clerk of the City of Palmer
Published December 20, and 27,
January 3, 10 and IL, 1857.
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CORRECTED - 1866
UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MAN
AGEMENT, LAND OFFICE,
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that
James P. Sherman has made ap-
plication for domestic under
the act of May Is, 1884 (48 Stat.
8O9;48 USC461) Anchorage Serial
No. 023825 for tract of land des-
cribed as Lot 8, Section %, r. rs
n, R. 5 W., Seward Meridian, CON
tanning 6.25 acres, and it is now
in the files of the Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any of the above men
toned land should file their adj
verse claims in the Land Office
within the period De publication
or thirty days thereafter, or thew
will be barred by the provisions
of the statutes.
VIRGIL D. SEISER. Manager
Published December l3. 90. IN.
January 8, 10, 1857.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-01-03

and social pressures are on his
elders.
II he or she is not we'll up in the
class-at least in the top ten
parents bear down. Tf grades are
too good, or the pupil is too OBJ
viously brighter than the rest of
the class, his classmates bear
down. 1t is a wonder, say psychia-
trists, that so many youngsters are
able to meet the challenge Of
school.
Clinics, school offices and pri-
vate dream worlds are full of chill
dren who are not quite able to
cope with these problems. These
children suffer with restlessness,
nervous tics, irregular sleeping
habits, Nightmares, skin rash and
allergies. When these disturbances
persist, parents should consult
pediatrician, who may fortunately
now prescribe drug like Atarax
to relieve the symptoms of tension
and anxiety.
The stress signs may gradually
disappear by themselves as the
child learns to adapt to the class
room environment. The under
standing parent and teacher can
make things much easier. But the
burden Of adjustment is on the
child.
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UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE
MENT, LAND OFFICE, AN
CHORAGF. ALASKA
Notice for Publication

Notice is hereby given that
James P. Sherman entryman, to-
gether with his witnesses Harry
Carl Robb and Christine E.
Darch, all Of Talkeetna, Alaska,
has submitted final proof On his
homestead entry Anchorage Seri-
al No. 023825, for the Lot 9, Sec.
Is, r. Is North r. 5 West Seward
Meridian containing 6.25 acres,
and it is now in the files of the
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
and if no protest is filed in the
Land Office within the period of
publication or thirty days there
after, said final proof will be
accepted and final certificate is
sued.
VIRGIL O. SEISER, Manager
Published December 20, q, 1856;
January 3, 10, IL, 1857.
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UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE
MENT, LAND OFFICE, AN
CHORAGE, ALASKA
Notice for Publication

Notice is hereby given that AL
len Sylvester Schneider entry
man, together with his witnesses
Susie Kimbrell of Chugiak, and
Oran w. McMillin, of Wasilla,
Alaska, has submitted final proof
on his homestead entry, Anchor
age Serial No. O28325, for the E1s
NWA, NWANWA, and NWA
NE14, Sec. 50, +. IS North, r. 3
West Seward Meridian, contain
ing 1854 acres, and it is now
in the files of the Land Office,
Anchorage, Alaska, and if no pro-
test is filed in the Land Office
within the period of publication
or thirty days thereafter, said
final proof will be accepted and
final certificate issued.
VIRGIL o. SElSER, manager
Published December 20, 27, 1856
and. January 3, 10, LIZ, 1857
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UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE
MENT, LAND OFFICE, AN
CHORAGE. ALASKA
Notice for Publication

Notice is hereby given that
Francis S. Lee entryman, togeth-
or with his witnesses Victor @.
Falk, ST., and Frank Clark, all
of Palmer, Alaska, has submitted
final proof on his homestead en-
try, Anchorage Serial No. O2O554,
for the Lots !, 2, z and s, Sec. 3,
T. Is North r. 2 East Seward,
Meridian, containing 94.38 acres,
and it is now in the files Of the
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
and If no protest is filed in the
Land Office within the period of
publication or thirty days there
after, said final proof will be &C
copied and final certificate is
sued.
VIRGIL O, SEISER, Manager
Published December 6, Is, 20, 27,
1856 and January 3, 1857
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UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE
MENT, LAND OFFICE, AN
CHORAGE. ALASKA
Notice for Publication

Notice Tor PuDlIcatIOn
Notice is hereby given that
Rose Seller Palmquist entryman,
together with her witnesses Rob
ert II. Woman, Wasilla, Alaska
and Susie Ann Kimbrell, of Chu-
.siak, Alaska, has submitted final
proof on her homestead entry,
Anchorage Serial No. O28323, for
the W15NE14, E1sNWA, Sec. "a,
t. Is North, r. 3 West Seward
Meridian, containing 100 acres,
and it is now in the files Of the
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
and if no protest is filed in the
Land Office within the period of
publication or thirty days there
after, said final proof will be &C
copied and final certificate is
sued.
VIRGIL O. SE1EER, manager
Published December 20, ~, 1856
and January 3, 10, II, 1857