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Evening star., 1961-08-19
Know Your Enemy

personally issuing the orders
resulting in the murder-I
said murder-of more than
5 million persons. Mao Tse-
tung and company have GER
tainly been guilty of their
share. One of Fidel CaStro's
first acts of government"
was to liquidate all who
might successfully oppose
him. Of them all, Yugoslav-
las Tito seems to be clean
est"-but make no mistake
about it; had all these lead
erS" been United States resi-
dents, they would long ago
be in their graves as just
another John Dillinger,
Baby Face" Nelson, or AL
Capone.
Suppose that Dillinger had
been able to collect 100000
like-minded. thugs to him
self, and led his "conquering
army" into carving an empire
out of Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa. Do you suppose that.
today, John Dillinger might
be an honored, respected
head of government"
But this represents exactly
the treatment we are giving
Communist leaders.
There has been ample evi-
dence to prove that no
Communist" nation is 100
per cent Red-indeed, in
Russia itself, Communists
comprise certainly no more
than 20 per cent of the peo-
pie. Yet our Government de-
liberately avoids any foreign
policy that might take ad-
vantage of this fact-and our
press never alludeS to it.
Gilbert ]. BrOckman.
ColumniSt David Lawrence
wrote that the Russian as
tronautS' flights could have
been the hoax of all time.
For the honest and candid
American it is hard to believe
that Russians could lie SO
ShamelesSly. But men who
have lived under the Com
muniSt regime-like myself
know very well that the
Communist system is based
on terrorism, fraud and end
less lies. After many years
it may be revealed that Ga
garin and Titov, like good
sons" of the Communist
Party, were exemplary liars.
but the real "astronauts" in
the space ships Vostok I and
II, we're taper corders,
which gave the right answers
at the right time.
AdOlfs BlakiS.
Madison, Wis.
Evening star., 1961-08-19

Con gratula tions and
thanks to DR.. Melchoir Sa-
varese for a rather masterful
compilation of facts on the
nature Of communism, and
to The Star for having
printed it. Although much of
DR.. Savarese's expression is
merely quotation from Slo-
bodan Draskovich's book, he
nonetheless has done a real
public service in digging out
those thoughts; to most of
us, the time for study of such
a text-or the text iSelf-iS
unavailable.
A highly regrettable fact,
however, is that at this late
date a campaign to educate
the United States public to
the dangers of communism,
must still even be considered
necessary. Admittedly, it is
but it represents laXity to
the point of criminal negli-
gence, somewhere along the
line. The guilt may rest on all
our people themselves; after
all that has been spoken and
written about communism,
any American who can hon.
estly say that he Doesn't
know" must face a charge
of civic responsibility.
But simultaneously, the
American press, TV and radio
must share the onus Of the
laxity charge. The good doc
tors own letter serves as
example. Any military leader
will tell you that the first
essential step in any cam
paign is: Know your enemy.
And, when has the United
States press ever printed true
interpretive knowledge Of our
enemy where it counts: On
the front pages, in the head
lines, where all readers will
see it?
We are in a war. We have
been at war, ever since the
Reds first came to power
they themselves have so as
Sured us. The American pub
lies lack of knowledge of the
enemy, at this stage Of the
war, is appalling.
Why don't we read more
allusion to the true nature
of our enemy? To those who
are informed, not only is
communism global imperial
ism, but there is solid evi-
dence that its central cast
of characters indeed form a
Worldwide Crime Syndicate,
Inc.
There is no Communist
leader in the world who does
not have a criminal back
ground of some sort. Khru-
shchev has been accused Of
Evening star., 1961-08-19

doubts. The July figures, broadly based
as they are, not only tend to eliminate
grounds for questioning indicate
that the actual recovery has been faster
and healthier than expected, perhaps
more SO than any other recovery phase
since World War II.
Evening star., 1961-08-19

pendent and three vacancies.
And the very next congress
sional elections in 1854 saw
the Democrats back in con-
troll, Democrats in the Sen
ate numbering 48, the Re
publicans AZ and one inde-
pendent, (Senator Morse of
Oregon, who was later to
turn Democrat, and Demo-
Gratis in the House totaled
232 to 203 Republicans. And
in the next two congreSsion-
al elections, the Democrats
continued to increase their
hold on Congress, particu-
larly in the devastating rout
of the G. o. P. in 1858 with
the Democrats holding "a
Senate seats and the Repub-
licans "a, and in the House
262 seats to l52 and two va
cancieS.
Hope for House Control
Strangely enough, how
ever, the Republicans i'm
proved their congressional
situation somewhat in the
1860 elections, although Pres
ident Kennedy was winning
over former Vice President
Nixon. They increased their
house membership by 81, and
held their own in Senate
seats. This has given the
Republican leaders hope that
next year they will be able
to gain in both houses Of
Congress. They are even talk
ing of carrying the House.
Mathematically they have no
chance of winning the Sen
ate.
While Senator Hartke
holds that all Is Republican
Senators up for election are
vulnerable, he singles out
eight for the Democratic AK.
They are Senators Bennett
of Utah, Bush of Connecti-
cut, Butler of Maryland,
Capehart of Indiana, Case Of
South Dakota and Dirksen
of Illinois, Morton of Ken
lucky and Wiley Of Wiscon-
sin. Republican leaders reply
that the Democratic chair
man is pipe-dreaming. They
admit that Senators Butler
and Morton both hail from
border States" usually
Democratic. but by no means
accept defeat for them. Al
ready there are signs OF a
bitter battle in Maryland for
the Democratic nominations
for Governor and Senator.
and in Kentucky, Senator
Morton has shown himself
very popular.
The Republicans, for their
part, hope to lift the politi-
cal Scalps of Senators Church
of Idaho, Carroll of Colo
rado, Clark of Pennsylvania,
Hickey of Wyoming, Morse
of Oregon and Smith Of
Massachusetts. There are
others among the 81 Demo-
Gratis who must stand for
election whom they hope
they may defeat.
How these Senate and
House elections go next year
doubtless will depend in part
on the candidates and per-
sonalities and on the affec-
ton or lack of affection in
which the Kennedy admins
tration is held by the voters.
The Republicans have been
engaged in organizing on a
large scale for the contests.
The Kennedy administration
and Democratic National
Chairman John Bailey are
using all the power Of Fed
eral patronage-as we'll as
money spending on the part
of the Federal government
to strengthen their party,
Evening star., 1961-08-19
THE POLITICAL MILL
Hortke Sees Democratic Victory
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Twenty one Democratic
and Is eRpublican Senators
are up for reelection next
year. The present makeup of
the Senate is IS Democrats
and 35 Republicans. More
than a year in advance of the
congressional elections of
1862, it is a bold man who
predicts the political makeup
Of the Senate in the 88th
Congress. Senator Vance
Hartke of Indiana, chairman
of the Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee, how
ever, has STEPPED out with a
firm statement that he ex-
poets the Democrats to add
to their total Senate strength
in the coming elections. If
the elections were held this
year, Senator Hartke pre-
dicted his party would re-
tain all 81 Senate seats and
would gain some of the Is
now held by Republicans.
The Indiana Senator is a
freshman" Senator elected
last November and he is full
of enthusiasm. He admits
that it will be no easy task"
to overcome the usual trend
in which the party in the
White House drops seats in
Congress in an off-year elec-
ton. Only once in recent
years has this trend been
overcome in the elections of
1884 in President Franklin
D. RooSevelt's day.
The Democrats in recent
years have come to believe
that they are invincible in
congressional elections; that
they can control the Con-
gress, whether they control
the White House or not. And
they have, indeed, had cause
and the facts to back up
such a belief. Probably the
fact that they have won in
the congressional elections,
controlling the House of
Representatives since the
1880 elections with the ex-
ception of four years, or two
CongreSseS) and have been
able to control the Senate
almost as long, has had it's
effect on Senator Hartke'S
thinking.
A Look at the Record
Take a look at what the
congressional contests show
since and including 1948,
when former President Tru-
man won his unexpected vic
tory over former Gov. Dewey
of New York. The congress
sional elections of l94S
wound up with the Demo-
Gratis having 81 Senate seats
to AZ for the Republicans,
263 House seats to I'll for
the Republicans and one va
cancy. In 1850, the Repub-
licans made substantial a
gains, and the Senate was
divided 49 Democrats to Al
Republicans, and the House
234 Democrats, the Republi-
cans 1879, independents one
and one vacancy.
We entered the Korean
War in June 1850, an unpop-
ular war which may have
been in part responsible for
losses the Democrats suf-
fered in the congressional
elections that year. Then
came 1852, when Eisenhower
swept the country. the Korean
war having a definitely ad-
verse effect on Democratic
hopes. Despite Mr.. Eisenhow-
er'S tremendous victory, the
Republicans were able only
to hold the Senate with 48,
to Al for the Democrats, and
one independent. and the
House 221 to 210, one inde-
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06
Chamber Meetiag Notes

President Don Hoover, at the regular Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon, called attention to the recognition by the military re- gently for northern Alaska de- fense needs. He noted that recent articles released parallel what the Chamber has been fighting for these past several years, and voiced the opinion that action might result.
 He also called attention to the McNees resolution in the State Legislature which calls for the Board of Education to pick the site for the vocational school which was voted upon by the people of Alaska at the last cleo tion. Nome has made a strong bid for this school as the ideal location.
 Other communities are also seeking to have the school, the most recent being Panama, which has even organized a Chamber of Commerce to back their efforts.
 Welcomed back to Chamber were MT. and Mrs Sig Krogstad
 The Choir of the North re- quested financial support from the chamber for it's stateside tour insomuch that two students from Nome are inthe choir. They are Diane Lee and Harry Johnsen Jr.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06
LIONS STAGE BOWLING
 CONTEST SUNDAY MORNING

Following the Charter Banquet of the Lions Club, the local or ganization challenged the Fair banks visitors to a bowling con- test.
 Four games were played Sun day morning at Aukruk Lanes with two games being won by the Boring Sea Lions and two games by the Fairbanks Lions.
 A large roofing section kept a lively audience.
 Playing on the local team were Jack Carpenter, Don Foster, Jim Muir, George Lienard, and Dennis Marquiss.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06
Alaskan Cities Will Get
 $55,000 In Refunds From 1857 Liquor License Fees

JUNEAU, R-Alaska cities will receive refunds totaling about $55,000 from a 1857 increase in state liquor license fees, Gov. Egan said today.
 Egan said the refunds would be made as a result of an opinion issued by Atty Gen. Ralph Moody, reversing an earlier ruling which held that the cities were not en- titled to share in the increased fees.
 Moody ruled that such refunds would not be contrary to the state constitutions prohibition aganist earmarking state reve- nueS.
 Robert D. Stevenson, deputy commissioner of revenue, said $55,45 was withheld from the cities under the previous ruling for the fiscal year which ended last June 30
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06

This week, starting tonight at seven o'clock, the Little League tournament will be held in the School Gyro. Two games will be played on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday in a single elimina- tion tournament.
 Tonight's games match the Northern Commercials against the North Stars at ' o'clock, and the Nome Druggists against the Der ing Sea Enterprisers at 7:45. On Wednesday, the Nome Nuggets and Bronson's Deliverers will play the winners of tonight's games.
 Parents and friends are invited to attend and watch the boys show their skills. No admission will be charged
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06
Senate Censure Motion Against CoghiIl Withdrawn, Aviation Audit Flap Ends

Coghill said the Department of Public Works also apparently de- fled legislative intent because he said IT airport projects which the Legislature had directed be built were not shown on the worksheet. Asked 10 Comment
 Asked to comment on Coghill's Senate statement, Downing said the Nenana Republican made a serious error in using the work sheet as the source of his figures
 "This Worksheet does not pur- port to show those projects which have already been completed. It shows only those projects which were still active for some reason as of Nov. 30, 1960."
 Downing said Coghill further erred in deciding that the federal government automatically paid 75 per cent of the cost of projects constructed under FAAP. In many instances, Downing said, the federal participation percent age is much lower.
 After presenting his analysis of the Aviation Division worksheet to the Senate, Coghill pounded hic docly onI coiI.
 q can assure you, MT. Presi- dent, that as long as this censure motion is before us, I will not quit fighting for my life.''
 McNealy then took the floor and asked unanimous permission to withdraw his cenSure resolu- tion, which had been introduced when the whole fuss started a week ago.
 McNealy's request was granted and, moving quickly, the Senate then decided against further in- vestigation of Legislative Audit Committee reports and adjourned for the weekend.
 No senator in the history of Alaska has ever been censured, an action which would permit the Senate to strip member of his committee assignments.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06
Louis J. Chase Is Married Tn Fairbanks

In quiet afternoon ceremony on Jan. 29 before a gathering of friends and relatives of the bride and groom, GenevieVe L. Fields and Louis J. Chase, formerly of Nome, were united in marriage by Rev. John Stokes in Fairbanks.
 The bride was given in mar riage by her son-in-laW, William B. Emmal
 Matron of Honor was Mrs. Will liam B. Emmal, daughter of the bride and Robert Giersdorf, son of the bride, was chosen by the groom to be best man.
 Special guests included Judge and Mrs Hubert Gilbert and Dr. and Mrs. Henry Storrs.
 Guests were greeted at a recep- ton at the home of MT. and Mrs. Robert Giersdorf immediately following the wedding service.
 MT. Chase is an RIGA employe and the couple will make their home in the NorthWard Building.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06

Dick Strom. former linotype operator for the Nugget, who has been seaman on Foss ocean, going tug since leaving Nome, re- turned over the weekend for a short visit. He is- now employed by Jessen's Weekly in Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06
By Ward Sims
.ociated Press Staff Writer


 JUNEAU tR - A censure motion which had been hanging over Sen. John Coghill of Nenan was withdrawn dramatically Friday night and harmony - at least outward harmony settled over the upper chamber.
 Withdrawal of the censure mo- tion was urged by it's sponsor, Sen. R. J. McNealy of Fairbanks.
 Coghill had told the Senate he had checked the figures on Di- vision of Aviation worksheet and was unable to locate $2,305,000 he said should be there.
 The State Department of Pub lie Works, through Commissioner Richard Downing, replied that "Coghill has his figures mixed up."
 The argument started a week ago, when Coghill was quoted as saying the Legislative Audit Com mittee which he heads was unable to find the Airport Construction Revolving Fund in the Aviation Divisions books.
 The figure of $2 million was used. Coghill has since denied ever using a figure to state the amount of money in the fund.
 Coghill took the floor late Fri day on point of personal pri vilege and told the Senate he had checked the Division of Aviation's cash fund balances Worksheet for Nov. 30, 1860.
 "A Maze of Figures Shown
 Leading the Senate through maze of figures covering 1857 Legislative appropriations and pre-1959 airport construction proj- ect figures, Coghill eventually came up with the $2,305,0O0 fig ure.
 Coghill told the Senate the Leg islature had appropriated total of S1,716,OOO to finance airport construction during 1857, 1858 and 1859
 With federal funds and $141,- 637 additional in state funds he said were available, the total amount which should have been available for airport construction under the federal aid to airports program during that period should have been $7,431 ,552 Coghill said.
 But, the Nenana Republican told the Senate, the Division of Aviation's worksheets show that only $5,125,939 was available dur ing the 1957-1959 construction period.
 There should be $2.305,612 floating around in the fund some place." Coghill said, Tor that money was used for projects in which federal matching funds from FAAP were not available.
 ''With the state share of the cost of construction of those air fields begged at 25 per cent of the total cost, certainly we've lost millions in federal matching
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-06
Little League Plays Tournament This Week

The Nome Little League fin ished it's regular season play last Saturday morning with the Bron- son Deliverers capturing first place.
 The scores for the final games. Northern Comercial ............. 13 Nome Druggists ...................... 8 David Pullock had II points for the winners.
 Bronson Deliverers .............. 21 NShtOr S..."......rat .... -. .... North Stars .............................. Is Willie Curran had 10 points for Bronson.
 Nome Nuggets ....................... 23 Boring Sea Enterprisers ...... 6 Peter Kunnuck had IS points for the Nuggets.
 The final team standings are:
 w L Bronson Deliverers ........ 5 0 Northern Commercials ....4 Nome Nuggets .............. 3 2 North Stars ...................... 2 3 Boring Sea Enterprisers l Nome Druggists ............. 0 5
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pigs knuckles and a pitcher of beer. And all
the time, he'd be smoking big, black cigars.
Next day, he'd hit two or three homers
and trot around the bases, complaining all
the way of gas pains and a bellyache.
And now Ito return to my opening re-
marks it was close to 20 years later, and
was sitting in Babes apartment, as his guest,
and we were enjoying drink and some small
talk. We drank from diversified tumblers, and
Babes wife, Claire, kept them filed. After
an hour or so, Babe got around to challeng-
ing me to the charity golf match.
Nothing happened just then, but short
time later, was playing in the amateur
division of the Oakland Open when l ran
across Fred Corcoran, who then directed
operations for the Professional Golfers Asso-
citation. We were in a smoke-6lled locker
room and was chatting with friends when
Corcoran said, ''Say, do you think you can
beat Babe Ruth at golf? He claims ne can
trim you with no trouble"
Tell you what l want you to do" re-
Piled. "You challenge Ruth for me. Ill play
him any time, anywhere, for any amount"
My reply appeared in the newspapers
with the twist that I'd said, II can beat Ruth
at anything" The big publicity build-up was
started. Each of US was quoted on fire
breathing statements that made what was
just a joust between two aging ballPlayers
who played golf for hobby sound like the
battle Of the century. From New York, Babe
was quoted as saying, For years Cobb has
been broadcasting that he could beat me at
any game, anywhere. I've never seen him
play, and I'm not Boosting about my ability.
But tell him to stop talking and come on East
and settle this
NEXT, A TELEGRAM ARRIVED at my
Anterior, Calf home reading: IF YOU WANT
TO COME HERE AND GET YOUR BRAINS
KNOCKED OUT, COME RIGHT AHEAD. RUTH.
The ballyhoo boys didn't fool me, but
was beginning to get interested in meeting
Babe with different type Of weapon in our
hands. We were both southpaws, and al
though he figured to outdrive me, l hoped
that my short iron and putting game would
even things out. The -eO"'i"Usd o" pOUo 10
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CObb'S answer:
Get RuM'S goat

to walk the man who batted ahead OF him
for fear Ruth would drive him home. That
meant the pitcher had to work hard and
worry excessively about that man. Then by
the time he was through that ordeal, up came
Ruth, and the pitcher went through another
exhausting few minutes. By then he was apt
to let up when the next hitter stepped up.
Not much is remembered Of Ruth, the
nitcher. but As or so times at bat against him,
never touched him for more than single.
HE SEASON AFTER Babe became a
Yankee 1920, became manager Of the
Tigers, and it was necessary for me to stop
his batting rampages against Detroit. The
solution seemed to be to distract him to
get his goat.
Whenever I'd pass him on the field, I'd
make some little remark, such as, DO any
Of YOU fellows smell something? Seems to
me there's polecat around here" Ruth's
neck would swell and he'd roar back an
insult at me.
Another sensitive point was his large
belly and thin legs - if you mentioned that
he looked like an egg on stills or a beer key
balanced on two straws, he'd turn purple.
Babe could be distracted, all right.
Pitchers around the American League
cherished the hope that the big guy would
eat and drink himself into a stupor and be
unable to get the bat around his stomach, but
it was false dream. He absorbed enough
punishment from plates of food and out of
bottles to have killed an ordinary man. I've
never seen such an appetite. He'd start
shoveling down victuals in the morning and
never stop. I've seen him at midnight, prop
ped up in bed, order six huge club sandwiches
and put them away, along with platter Of
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