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impaired If our deficits and the accom-
panying drain on our gold reserves con-
tinue indefinitely. AS Mr.. Kennedy told
his news conference, this is matter
which should concern all free men,"
We have had in recent days, incident
ally, demonstration of genuinely CO.
operative spirit in the reaching Of broad
new tariff accords-expected to be help
full to the economy of all parties in
volved. A similar updating Of the Joint
effort on defense and development could
benefit and strengthen all concerned.
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Sharing for Strength

There was timely coincidence in the
suggestions Of both President Kennedy
and the bipartisan Joint Economic Com
mittee of Congress that other financially
able nations Of the free world should
assume greater share of the interna-
tional defense and development costs
which we have been carrying in such
large measure through most of the World
War II period.
For while recent statistics on our
continuing balance-of-paymentS deficit
showed that the unfavorable margin had
been reduced from $50 billion in 1860
to $2.4 billion in 1861, they showed also
turn for the worse in the final quarter
of last year. And for the first week of
March, the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York reported a $60-million drain on
gold reServes-the largest for a single
week Of 1862. Although these figures are
not interpreted as indicating a return
to the near-crisiS rates of 1860, they do
provide reminder that the problem is
still real one.
Our normal trade balance has, Of
course, consistently been on the favor
able side and we continue to register
Sizeable and important profits on capital
investments overseas. These and other
plus factors, however, are not enough to
offset the approximately So billion an
nually we are spending to keep our mill
tary forces abroad in the interest of
mutual security and the 81 billion spent
on foreign economic and military aid.
Although some Of our West European
allies, for example, stepped up their own
contributions to the overall effort last
year, their economic recovery and cur
rent resources are fully adequate to
justify significantly greater participa-
ton.
When American officials urge this
they are not asking charity" for the
United States. In this complex of the
free world economy, the soundness of
the American dollar is essential to
others as well as to ourselves. 1t will be
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interested in overcoming
comm unism rather than
making q lot of noise in an
effort to scare it away, will
want to read this booklet,
regardless Of his politics or
religion. Catharine Gould.
Many Americans must be
appalled, at Father Cronin's
statement that Communist
influence among Americans
Is virtually nonresident.
Unfortunately, as j. Edgar
Hoover and other duly con-
stituted authorities of our
national security have
warned and revealed to us
for years, it is not member
ship in the Communist Party
which is the telling factor,
but the philosophy that is
promoted by dupes within a
nations own people.
The enemies of our indi-
vidual free enterprise system
are doing their work through
spies, dupes and diplomats.
Our strength in our motto
I'm God We Trust" is being
changed through dialectics to
I'm the state we trust" and
I'm the organization we
trust" Geraldine BerryhilI.
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Man and the Moon

Mans present efforts to 60
to the moon are sometimes
compared with Columbus ef-
forts to find a shorter route
from Europe to the East In
dies. But then, it is to be
wondered that if Columbus
efforts had been as long
drawn out and expensive as
are present moon-reaching
efforts, would Queen Isabella
still have persuaded her hus-
band to foot the bill?
And while on the moon
going subject, it might be
suggested that if going to the
moon is now a certainty, as
space authorities contend,
then why not let private en-
terprise take over and handle
the project from now on2
This would take a big bur-
den off the taxpayers. AS the
most Of us know, the Govern
ment Is no great shakes as
an economizer. This is evil
denced by the $500 billion it
now owes. j. J. Sperry.
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to be pulled over to the side
and arrested as a disciplin-
airy example for the rest, Ger
tain aspects of infringement
upon the rights and freedoms
OF the individual begin to en-
ter in. In all fairness to the
authorities such apprehend-
1ngs are not quite so apt to
occur nowadays except where
precise radar equipment is in
operation. Yet how is the ar
rested person (who should
have been well aware of the
overall speed rules) to have
known under some conceiv-
able circumstances but what
a policeman up ahead was
urging the traffic on-unless
he had a radar detector in
his car to advise him en-
phatically to slow down?
1t is in fact highly advis-
able that every car be
required to have such auto
matte warning devices, SIM
liar to present manually set
speedometer buzzers, if only
to maintain the constitution
al balance of power in our
society! Just as public Off
Gals can, if need be, tap or
trace some private call lines
for the collective benefit Of
all people, so should all in
dividuals be able to benefit
by awareness of any occa-
sional activity along tax
supported communication
channels that directly con-
Germs their own personal well
fare. To ban radar detectors
here in the Nations Capital
is like banning Of short-wave
radios in dictatorship coun-
tries. I am sure that the Com
misSioners and the police
would not want to feel re-
Sponsible for subjecting their
own families and descendants
to an insidious step toward
big Brother watching" but
that they do want the Gov
eminent of our public affairs
to remain open and above
board
Albert B. Wing.
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Beware, Speeders! Big Brother Is WATCHING!

I wish to breach the issue
Of individual rights versus
public interests in the mat
ter Of devices designed only
to detect definitely not to
counterfeit or jam) police
radar. Without questioning at
all the legality, propriety or
necessity of the use. Of micro
waves by the police for sup
pressing speeders, 1t would
seem that the personal pos
session and use of detectors
should fall within somewhat
the same juridical domain as
the use of telephone wire
tapping devices.
The primary object of po-
lice radar should be to pro-
vide for the safety and bene-
fit OF the common people by
establishing court-admiSsible
evidence for the conviction
and penalizing Of dangerous
speed violators. That it is
clearly not intended to pro-
vide an undemocratic source
of revenue nor to threaten
unwary drivers with speed
traps" is shown by the re-
quirement that signs indicat-
ing radar monitoring be dis
played in the particular areas
where such controls are COM
monty used.
The secondary object of the
whole radar setup conse-
quently should be that of a
special deterrent to excess
sively fast traffic flow.
Whether a general warning is
given by a sign permanently
posted on the same street or
whether warnings can be eff
fected in specific instances
along nearly unlabeled street
sections by detectors in indi-
vidual cars is a moot point.
With regard to carrying out
just the secondary deterrent
mission, it is not necessarily
advocated that sufficient
quantities of radar equip
ment be purchased at COM
munity expense to enable the
covering of all hazardous or
congested areas by teams of
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officers, since an efficient al
tentative is the single police
man who employs fluorescent
vests and flashlights, etc., to
warn oncoming motorists to
exercise caution from COM
parable distances Of ap-
proach.
Moreover, it is a fact rec
ognized by even the police
themselves, who often DELHI
erately (and sensibly) hasten
rush-hour traffic faster than
the maximum posted speed,
that many lawful limits are
at times unrealiStic for COM
mon conditions; sometimes
the roadside signs are suit
ably altered in keeping with
changing traffic patterns and
automotive developments and
sometimes they are not. We
do not have to go to the ex-
IRENE of condoning the pre-
vailing tendency for laxity in
observing local regulations,
nor on the other hand decry
the public morals in the sit
uation. but merely adjust to
the actualities of more and
more rapid transportation in
modern life. 1t is recon-
mended, therefore, that the
police radar be used as Pc
riodic reminders wherever ad-
herence to safe speeds needs
to be strictly enforced and
that the installation of de-
tectors in cars be actually
encouraged so as to aid in
carrying out this safety
measure and give everyone a
fair shake"
The foremost purpose Of
police radar is therefore to
apprehend the abnormal
driver who does not respond
to cautions and who flouts
speed regulations so as to
menace other persons and
property.
For the average motor
list who is just keeping up
with a regular albeit fast
moving stream of autos, but
who is still technically liable
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Bus Driver Assault

The 30-odd bus riders who
refused to aid the driver have
proven that the animal in
stincts still exist in man. If
they had not remained anon
ymous, we could have held
them up as the paragon Of
degradation. william DOdsOn.
Germans and Poles
The letter from Stefan
Korbonski, chairman Of the
Polish Delegation to the As
sembly Of Captive European
Nations, employs the dis
credited technique Of paint
ing an image Of resurgent
German militarism as an
excuse for Poland's confisca-
ton Of German territory
and property to which it has
no justifiable claim. Not only
is Germany a NATO ally
tied to the West, but Poland
itself is an outright Com
munist satellite under the
heel of Moscow!
The second article Of the
Atlantic Charter signed by
President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill in
1941 states that at the con-
clusion Of World War II:
"They desire to see no ter
ritorial changes that do not
accord with the freely ex-
pressed wishes Of the people
concerned"
Both Of them repudiated
this principle in 1945 when
Stain won his many conces-
sions at the infamous Yalta
Conference. Later that year,
President Truman made good
on the promised concessions
when he, agreed to the sign
ing OF the Potsdam Pact.
That portion of Germany ly-
ing to the east of the Oder
Neisse Rivers was simply
handed over to Poland,
whereupon the Polish gov
eminent, acting with the
support Of the U.S.S.R., pro-
ceeded to forcibly expel the
millions Of native Germans
who had lived there for ages.
The Federation of Ameri-
can Citizens Of German De-
scent has long been working
for a just peace in Europe
based on the principles Of the
Atlantic Charter. Mr.. Korbor-
ski may consider the present
situation realistic" but the
expellees from the Oder
.NeisSe lands have yet to see
the justice in it. Neither the
Red Polish government nor
anyone else should expect
Germany to accept today's
frontiers as permanent.
Ronald III. Harner.
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A BOOK FOR TODAY
Study of Early Canadian Rebellion
By DONALD MINTZ

THE REVOLT OF FRENCH
CANADA 18OO-1S35; A
Chapter in the History of
the British Commonwealth.
By Helen Taft Manning.
426pp., illus, endpaper map.
(St. Martins Press; $10O
In 1878, rebellion flared
In Canada. At the time, there
were actually two Canadas:
Lower Canada, the area in
which the majority spoke
French, and Upper Canada,
where English was the Gus
tomary language. The border
between them was essentially
today's Quebec Ontario line.
Each of the two Canadas
had it's own Governor Gen
eral and assembly, and each
was a distinct political entity.
The present Maritime Prov
inces were also separate po-
litical units; from the most
narrowly technical point of
view, each has it's own his
tory until the British North
America Act of 1867 which
created the present Dominion
of Canada.
1.-THE Revolt of French
Canada 18O0-1835," by Helen
Taft Manning, Emeritus Pro-
fessor Of History at Bryn
Mawr College, is a detailed,
scholarly study, based on
primary sources, of the events
leading to the armed rebel
lion of 1897; as the title
shows, the violence itself and
its aftermath are not treated.
The specifically Canadian
history, however, is another
matter. The Quebec Act of
1774 and the Canadian Con-
stitutional Act Of 1891, both
essential preliminaries Of
Prof. Manning's story, are
treated rather briefly. Be-
yond this, we are assumed to
have a reasonably firm grip
on the main events in
Canada during the period
actually under discussion.
ITS ORGANIZATION re-
fleets this assumption. Prof.
Manning seizes on a particu-
lar thread of the historical
fabric, follows it for a num-
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Der of years, returns to the
chronological starting point
to pick up another thread,
follows it along, and so on.
Thus there is a section Of
some length detailing the aca
tivities of a number of Cow
ernors-General. Only then do
we come to a discussion Of
the issues about which these
activities conferred. And then
we cross the Atlantic to view
events from the British per-
spective.
For all this, there is much
in 1.-THE Revolt of French
Canada" that goes beyond the
material under direct con-
Sideration. Many laymen who
might well be unwilling to
undertake the struggle for
the sake of the Canadian
history alone will be sus-
tanned by its wider implica-
tions. e.
FROM ONE POINT Of
view, the violence of 1878
was a temporary alteration
rather than a turning point.
Within a few years after its
end, some of its leaders were
among the Governor-Gen-
erals confidential advisers.
For even then, Blackstone's
Commentaries" were a wea-
pom against colonialism and
the British Constitution was
more of a model than were
the British themselves.
1t is easy to look on the
Canadian problems of the
period as the result of q
clash between two language
groups with mutually ex-
elusive religions and customs.
And indeed, there is much
truth in this as one sees
from the clashes over educa-
ton and the widely varying
British and French land
tenure principles. aa
But the French-speaking
population had allies in Eng
disappearing Upper Canada
and many of its leaders were
anti-clerical. There were
horizontal ties between Ian
guage groups as well as the
obvious vertical ties within
them.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Allies Miss French at Geneva
Foreign Correspondent Of The Ssor

common allied policy" that
emerges from allied meet
ings Is usually very close to
what the Americans wanted
to begin with. ...
With only two to work with
the problem is harder. It is
harder still in that Her Maj
esty's governments attitude
is colored by the fact that
this is an election year and
the color is definitely rosy.
Normal British optimism in
East West affairs is now
sharpened by the sharp pangs
of Prime Minister Macmil-
lan'S obvious hunger for an
other round at the summit.
Not all British experts be-
lieve the Russians are really
reformed characters waiting
for the opportunity Of getting
along with their Western
friends. But if there is any
chance at all of extracting,
even the smallest measure of
agreement from Mr.. Gromyko
here the British can be count
ed on to move heaven and
earth to bring it about.
Mr.. Macmillan, of course,
has said that he would go
to the summit either to c.
ment an agreement or else,
if necessary, to break a dead
lock. But quite clearly the
kind of deadlock he has in
mind is not one which starts
at zero and stays there. Even
for him, justification for q
summit meeting must hold
some promise Of useful &C.
complishment. And it is most
definitely a part Of British
policy at Geneva to nurture
this promise as tenderly as
possible.
In the light Of this ma
jor preoccupation, some Of
the concerns of the Ameri-
can side seem trivial If not
downright obstructive. Espec-
tally so is President Ken
nedy'S new contention -
raised during a recent press
conference-that some means
have to be devised to insure
against Russian preparation
for tests as well as possible
tests themselves.
A British View
On the official level, the
experts have devoted them
selves to pointing out that
effective guarantees in this
field are virtually impossible
to devise. The unofficial re-
action is somewhat stronger.
Mr.. Kennedy's proposal, ac-
cording to last Sundays Lon
don Observer, "can only mean
one of two things. Either
the United States has chosen
this issue to block an agree
ment because she is deter
mined to hold her own at
mospheric tests, come what
may, or she will not halt her
nuclear development unless
she gets not merely an eff
fective test ban but also
something more in the way
Of inspection inside Russia.
On this point the British gov
eminent should make itself
more clearly heard. -"
Whatever may be done
about this specific disagree
ment, the basic differences
are likely to remain between
the British and American ap-
proach to dealing with Rus
STA over the next few months.
AS long as the French re-
main absent and European
interests are basically I'M
represented here in Geneva,
the United States will be
forced to take the sterner-
or possibly more realistic
line. For the Russians this
represents a rather unusual
opportunity for mischief. But
Mr.. Gromyko'S uncompromis-
ing attitude seems more like
ly to resolve any Allied diff
ferences at this point than
to exploit them.
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GENEVA.

newspaper reports and q good
'eal Of anguish on the part
press officers have been de-
voted to the question of a
split, gap or general differ
ence Of opinion that has
developed between the British
ard the Americans during the
preliminaries of this disarm-
ament conference.
To judge from some of
these reports, one might sus-
pect that the delegates have
been snarling at each other
across luncheon tables on
such questions as inspection
of nuclear tests and methods
Of detecting secret prepara-
tions for same. The basic
disagreement between the
Western allies on these points
has been suggested as the
reason there was no three
power meeting on nuclear
tests during the first three
days of talks here.
One explanation of these
reports is that, newswise, it's
been a pretty dull story so
far. Apart from some early
table pounding on Berlin, this
much-heralded three-power
huddle has yielded little solid
fare. Private talks between
Russian Foreign Minister
Gromyko and Secretary of
State Rusk - which have
dominated the action so far
have remained relatively pri-
vate.
No Change in Soviet Line
The basic results Of the
contacts with Mr.. Gromyko,
however, are only too clear:
On Berlin there has been no
change whatever in the Rus
sian line since the unprofit-
able probes in New York and
Moscow over the last year.
On the question of a nuclear
test ban the West is still up
against a firm Russian re-
fusal to allow any form of
international inspection on
their territory, which makes
any discussion fruitless.
Western spokesman admit
they have failed in their pre-
liminary efforts to come to
grips with the "other side"
here in Geneva. Which has
tended to encourage the idea
that they have instead come
to grips with each other.
Reports Of dissension, Of
course, have not received
much encouragement at Of
fetal levels. 1.-THE United
States and the United King
dom are going into this meet
ing in accord" say American
sources, while denying re-
ports that the United States
has dropped its demands for
some means Of detecting Sc
cret preparations for tests.
There is no split between
Washington and London on
this ISSUE" insists Her Maj
esty's spokesman stoutly,
while the details of what may
or may not be proposed re-
main shrouded in secrecy.
Exaggerated or not, there
is enough substance to the
differences between the Brit
ish and the Americans, both
in their general approach to
dealing with Russians and on
specific points being made
here, to deserve some atten-
ton. It is, perhaps, in this
aspect of the conference that
the absence of the French
is being most keenly felt.
Traditionally, the French and
British represent opposite
poles at these affairs - the
British holding ultra Liberal
views and the French hewing
to a hard-noSed, German-ac-
cented line. In these cases,
the United States has found
itself in the agreeable posi-
ton Of playing a balancing
role-w with the result that the
The Nome nugget., 1962-05-14
S4EILA O'BRTEN AND
 VzM. ERWIN REPEAT VOWS

Choila Tl,Rrinsa lenenxss.< 41z< L.s:<a of William Erwin last Friday eve ming at st. Joseph's Catholic Church with Father Lawrence Ne vue performing the double-ring ceremony.
 The bride, who was given in marriage by Paul Vaudeville, wore Ia pink silk shantung sheath, with pink hat and accessories and car- ried white orchid corSage on her missile. She was attended by Mary Jean Potter in white linen sheath with blue accents, who carried a pink rosebud corsage.
 The groom was attended by his brother, Robert Erwin, who came from Fairbanks for the occasion.
 Following the private ceremony the wedding party had dinner at the Seaview Room where Mrs. Paul Vaudeville cut the beautiful wedding cake, decorated in pink and topped by bell.
 The popular young couple plan to leave for Hawaii, where they will enroll in the university there for the summer Enroute they will visit in Seward, the home of the groom, and also in Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1962-05-14
JOHN CROSS NAMED NEW CAP SQUADRON COMMANDER

John Cross, manager of Wien Airlines in Kotzebue, who has a long and distinguished service rec ord as well as being a good civic leader has been named the new Cap Squadron Commander there.
 Cross, with the rank of lieu tenant colonel, retired in 1855 at the age of so and has had his pilots rating since 1918. He was a
 e.ss,a Der. Of Of the Alaska Alaska GoTistiittu- tional Convention and presently serves on the Governors Advisory Commission on Economic Develop ment.
The Nome nugget., 1962-05-14
Graduation ExeYcises WiH Be Held af 8:00 pm. Wednesday

Graduation exercises for Nome High School will be held at 500 pm. on Wednesday in the school gymnasium.
 Guest speaker will be William Erwin, former teacher and member of the state legislature.
 Valedictorian Is Curtis Chunn 1T. and Salutatorian is Gail Corell.
 Sixteen members of the gradua- tion class are:
 Curtis Chunn Jr., William Mul- Ter, Wayne Wittie, Ernest AilalS, Carole Carlson, David Grant, Gail McIver, Daphne Rylander, Allen Rylander, Pearl Johnson, Robert Baldwin IT., Beverly Bohrer, Ann Chambers, Lorena Mogg, Gail Croell and Larry Schmidt.
The Nome nugget., 1962-05-14
SCHOOL REGISTRATION

School registration for all chil- dren who will start to school this coming September will be held in the Multipurpose Room of the school on Tuesday, May Is. Regis tration will be held from eight o'clock until three o'clock Parents are requested to bring only be- gining pupils. All other children will enroll in August,
The Nome nugget., 1962-05-14
CONTEST WINNER

Nome had winner in the big give-aWay contest of Dodge cars, which started last January Mrs Lorena Gray received a Kodak camera outfit.
 Car owners who entered the con- test, giving the make and year of their cars may keep track of the winning numbers at the Nome s 2 i,ss-dvssI WIitTH Ifle WITIneTS are posted by make of car, stated Larry Calvin, owner and manager.
The Nome nugget., 1962-05-14
IGNORED AT TEA

Mrs. Conrad Potter, who is leav- ing to make her home in Kenai where she and her husband will teach school, was honored with a farewell tea Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ash Craft with Mrs. John Barrow as co-hostess. At this time she was presented with farewell gifts from both the Home Arts Club and the Kegoayah Kozga Club. being an officer in both or ganizations.