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The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-05-24
RETURN TO OHIO
SOLDOTNA - Wellington

SOLDOTNA - Wellington and Lois Wilson left Soldotna Satur- day to return to their former home at Montpelier, Ohio. They had been in Alaska since August last year where they made the. trip up the highway in.one of the new school buses. Wilson was en1- ployed here as a school bus driver and Mrs. Wilson was instructor of the sixth grade in the Soldotna School system this past term. Their plans when they left the state this weekend did not in- clude returning to Alaska nexs fall.
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SUCCESSFUL PROJECT

The most popular attraction at the recent Moose Pass Communi- ty Bazaar seems to have been the jewelry project undertaken by Mrs. Harvey Ainsworth, Mrs. Merle Reed, Mrs. William Mason, Mrs. Wayne Simonds and Mrs. Robert Woods. The women used Alaska jade and crystallized mar
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HAVE DINNER OUT

MT. and Mrs. Merle Reed and MT. and Mrs. William Mason, all of Moose Pass, and MT. and Mrs. Lyle Reed, Anchorage, observed Mothers Day by having dinner at Riverside House in Soldotna. Mr. and Mrs. Ricel Keith and chil- dren went to Seward for Mothers Day dinner. All the women report ed it was treat to eat someone else's cooking.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-05-24
RETURN TO AREA

Two young men who grew up the community were back this week greeting friends and rela- tives and getting ready for the 1863 fishing season. They are Kent Saxton of Sacramento, Calf. and Frank Sanders of Falls Church, Va. Both men are now married and each has a little girl. Franks daughter is the youngest April Lynn born this past April 1.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-05-24
News E rom Moose Pass :.

Sunday School and MYF ses- sions will recess for the summer to resume in September following the opening of school. Church services will continue to be held at 7:30 pm. each Sunday evening.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-05-24

bles to make bolo ties, tie tacs, pendants and ear rings and were so successful that they will clear about $500 for the Moose Pass Homemakers contribution to the Community Bazaar.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-05-24
BACK FROM HOSPITAL

George Lindsey is back from the veterans hospital in Anchor age and is looking and feeling much better. George is not fully recovered but he reports he is cer- tainly improved.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-05-24

ceived an Alaska Methodist Un- iversity Scholarship of $425 and a work scholarship for $500.
 The Benediction was given by Rev. Mir. Fred Crozier, pastor of the kenai Bible Church.
 The recessional was then played by the band and the graduates formed a line to receive their well-deserved congratulations.
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Reaction Abroad

In many other lands. the Free
dom March-televised by the Tel
star communications satellite -
drew favorable comment. per
feet discipline" was the frequent
ly heard phrase In Western Eu-
rope.
Sympathy demonstrations took
place in Berlin, Munich, London,
Amsterdam and other cities
abroad. To-day, without ques-
ton, the clock jumped and his
tory changed" said the British
Daily Herald.
Curiously, several African ma
tons showed little interest in the
parade. In Nigeria, for example,
most populous country on that
continent. only one Of the five
daily newspapers in Lagos gave'
it page-one play. In South At
RIGA, where racial policies are
among the most oppressive in the
world, the press gave 1t brief
notice.
But elsewhere the event drew
praise, particularly in Arab coun-
tries. On balance, the willingness
of Washington to permit the
march and televise 1t to the
world demonstrated that United
States democracy was still
healthy, calm and strong, and
able to listen without anger to q
reproach manifested from 20 mil
lion American Negroes.
For the Nation, as for the DEM
onstrators themselves, it was al
ready one victory for freedom.
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. To topple Mr.. Diem without
an effective replacement might
put the campaign against the Red
guerrillas in worse jeopardy and
even bring on a civil war in South
Wet Nam.
Last week, Washington APP
parently thought it had found q
way out Of its dilemma. In state
ments which were widely in
terpreted as an open invitation to
the South Wet Nam army to take
over the government:
/. The Voice Of America broad
cast a story which asserted that
Washington was ready TO cut off
financial aid to South Wet Nam
unless the Diem regime dismissed
police officials the United States
accuses of carrying out the recent
attacks on Buddhist pagodas.
2. The State Department abb
solved the South Wet Nam army
leadership from responsibility for
the raids on the pagodas.
BY the end of the week, so far
as could be determined amid the
many speculative reports emanat-
ing from Sagion, there was nothing
TO indicate that the Washington
bid to the army was taking hold.
The Diem regime, in fact,
showed a political shrewdness
which could not be lost on Wash
ington policymakers. 1t began TO
relax the restrictions OF the
martial law it imposed about two
weeks ago. 1t released some 1900
students 1t had rounded up TO bar
new anti-government demonstra-
tons and freed many Buddhist
priests and nuns seized in the
strikes against the pagodas.
Then, in what was a direct slap
at the State Department. which
1t accused Of acting on false and
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Folk Heroes

The massed humanity, spread
out like an amoeba around the
Lincoln shrine and rejecting
pool, heard announcement from
its folk heroes. living embodi-
ments Of social protest.
It is incomprehensible, cried
the NAACP's Roy wilkins, that
the United States. which can reg
ulate the contents Of a pill, seems
"powerless to prevent the physi-
cal abuse Of citizens within its
own borders"
A. Philip Randolph, organizer
Of this and two smaller marches
on the capital, broadened the
theme. The march Is mot the
climax to our struggle" he said,
but q new beginning not only
for the Negro but for all Ameri-
cans.
I'VE are not a pressure group,
we are not an organization
we are not a mob" he insisted.
I'VE are the advance guard Of
a massive moral revolution for
jobs and freedom"
It remained for the Rev. Mar
tin Luther King to cap the day
with his poetic and Biblical
rhythmS. (See Page B-3 for par
tial text HE sent the crowd
away" said one writer feeling
that the long journey had been
worthwhile.
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erroneous information" the gov
eminent released a communique
issued by the Joint General Staff
of the Army in which the Army
leadership announced that 1t had
taken the initiative in proclaiming
martial law and in moving against
the Buddhists and their pagodas.
Other American officials indi-
Gated strongly that Mr.. Nhu, who
heads the 10,000-man Special
Forces organization. was the man
responsible for the breakdown on
the Buddhists. He was pictured as
the "Rasputin" Of the regime,
who. along with his wife, must
definitely go.
There is no indication, however,
that Mr.. Diem is at all inclined to
dump his brother, who is his chief
political adviser, or that the Presi-
dent could do so If he wanted to.
While the sharp struggle be-
tween Washington and Saigon
intensified, a new irritant (for u.s.
was introduced into the situation.
President de Gaulle issued a state
ment in Paris In which he offered
TO cooperate with the people Of
Wet Nam, North and South, in
an effort to unity their country in
dependent Of exterior influences"
Washington officialdoms an
noyance with Gen. de Gaulle,
who has caused a great deal Of
woe to American policymakers by
his determination to disengage
from NATO and build a Europe
less dependent upon the United
States, was deep.
Actually, the De Gaulle view
that a unified, neutral Wet Nam
is the only solution for what now
is a critical problem has been
Continued on Page b.
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As History

Among those who took part in
the event, and about rs legislators
joined formal ceremonies at the
Lincoln Memorial, a frequent
comment was that a momentous
piece of history had taken place
IF 1t affected no one else" "
said one clergyman, "the effect
of this gathering on the morale
of the people who marched today
was worth 1t ALL"
To psychologists attending a
convention of the American Psy-
Geological Association last week
in Philadelphia, the Freedom
March signaled several new as
poets of the rights movement.
One was the presence Of many
unemployed Negroes, a sign that
the campaign had shifted from
middle class goals" such as in
tegration of golf courses and
luxury restaurants to basic
matters, i.e., vocational training
and jobs.
Another view, by DR.. j. S.
Bruner of Harvard College, found
the Negroes image Of himself i'm
proved and his self-respect i'm
mensely bolstered by the march.
The fact that 100000 persons
could give the world a picture of
a peaceful Sunday school outing,
others agreed, suggested an inner
control, an orderly process at
work to solve the complex racial
problem.
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The Human Side

We are a Nation Of immi-
grants. Somewhere in the dim
and distant past of each Of US,
there have been the sting Of
discrimination and the pain Of
prejudice. We should well be
able to put ourselves in the
shoes Of those who are discrim-
mated against today and view
the problem from their point Of
view. If we keep our hearts and
minds on the human side Of
this issue, I am confident that
the right solution will be found
- one in keeping with the finest
Of traditions of this republic.
Senator Moss, Democrat OF
Utah.
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Timetable Vague

There also is the feeling that
President Kennedy now has the
votes to get through some kind
of rights program. Just when 1t
will reach the floor for debate
and voting remained In doubt.
What did the Freedom March
achievep What will be its sequelP
To one rights official, the Rev.
Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Birming-
ham. Ala, minister, the event will
generate q series Of new demon
STATIONS throughout the South.
Certainly the march renewed the
faith of many Negroes in their
cause.
Many people who have wor-
ried about Negro violence had to
see for themselves that these
demonstrations are not designed
to create violence, but rather to
articulate our longing for free
DOM" said the Rev. King after
wards. 80 people seeing this at
first hand have, believe. devel-
oped new respect"
There was criticism from some
Southern lawmakers. Senator
Strom Thurmond of South Caro-
lima called the demonstration
totally unnecessary and uncalled
for" charging that it had dis
torted abroad the reality of free
dom here. He forecast a filibuster
to defeat the civil rights bill.
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influenced as 1t is by his severely
anti-Buddhist brother Ngo Dinh
Nhu and Madame Nhu, has lost
touch with the South Wet Ma
mese people and its unpopularity
will make more difficult, If not
impossible, the waging of q sue
ceSsful war against the infiltrat-
ing Wet Cong Communist guer-
rillas.
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The Program

What this singing. handicap
ping army asked as it strolled
from the Washington Monument
to the Lincoln Memorial was a
good deal more than anyone ex-
pected to happen in 1868. 1t
sought:
. Enactment of the civil rights
bill now before Congress, with
anti discrimination measures af-
fecting public places, schools, vot-
ing and housing;
Q A cutoff of Federal funds to
programs practicing discrimina-
ton;
o Reduction Of House seats for
States where Negroes cannot reg
lister to vote;
. A tougher executive order BAN
ming discrimination in federally
supported housing;
Q Federal job training and job
placement aid;
. A Federal minimum wage of
50 Tvs. SIPS going into effect
Tuesday,;
. Broadening Fair Labor Stand
ards Act and enactment Of new
Federal Fair Employment Prac-
tices Act banning all job discrimi-
nation.
March leaders knew there was
no likelihood that such a big
order could be filled; some Of it
probably would not come In this
decade, II ever. "Ah, but a mans
reach should exceed his grasp, or
what's a heaven for?" wrote Rob-
ert Browning a century ago, and
the 1868 rights movement seemed
TO have his sentiment in mind.
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. The obvious answer would be
to find a replacement for Mr..
Diem and ease him out, even
though we helped bring him to
power in 1854 and sustained him
and his country with about SO
billion in economic and military
aid since then. But there Is no
popular, anti-C Communist leader
in the country readily available.
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The FOREIGN SCENE
A Turning Point in South Wet Nam

The clash between Washing
ton and Saigon OvershadOwed
the war against the Communist
guerrillaS last week as the
United States appeared to be
trying to bring the South Wet
Nam Army TO power In place Of
President Diem's regime. Mean
while, President de GaulIe on
Thursday offered help TO the
Wet Namese people in an effort
to unity their country and end
exterior influences"
with friends like these, who
needs enemieS2"
This sardonic quip might very
well express the current attitude
of the Kennedy administration
when 1t surveys the sea Of troubles
which surround our relations with
the government Of our ally, South
Wet Nam.
The internal dissension in that
Southeast Asian country Of IS
million persons, set off by Budd-
hist claims Of religious discrimina-
ton on the part Of the regime
headed by President Ngo Dinh
Diem, a Roman Catholic, and the
governments repressive measures
in response, has brought about a
time for decision on the part of
Washington.
Whether the decision has been
formally and finally made Is not
certain. II 1t has, 1t has not yet
been fully supplemented. But in
moving toward a solution to an
increasingly volatile situation, the
Kennedy administration sees it.
self faced with this agonizing d.
lemma:
o The regime of President Diem,
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Beyond this obstacle, most OBJ
servers agreed that there will be
little or no vote-switching at this
point on the administrations civil
rights program. Congressional
opinion has crystallized. The
hearings are ended in the House
and in the Senate Commerce
Committee. Those that remain
in the Senate Judiciary panel
have deteriorated into q ram
bling monologue by Senator Err
vim in the form Of legal ques-
tons put to Attorney General
Kennedy.
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the national conscience. They
plan to meet within 10 days In
New York to plan details Of their
campaign for an expanded civil
rights bill.
Congress was remarkably silent
in its reaction to the march. Part
of the reason was a token ses-
sion last week due to the long
Labor Day week end ahead, with
many heading for the speaking
circuit Tuesday night.
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Boards Role

The bill, conceived by the lib
eral leaning Senate Commerce
Committee, called for creation OF
a seven-member board to pass
judgment on two key isses--
reduction Of firemen on freight
and yard diesels, and the size Of
train-service crews.
Most controversial is a demand
by the roads for elimination Of
the jobs OF $4,000 firemen who
they say are not needed. since
diesels obviously require no coal
shovelers. The carriers estimate
this would save 5000 million a
year. Unions representing 10000
members oppose the layoffS.
Under the bills timetable, the
parties we're to name four repre-
sentativeS to the board, two from
labor and two from management.
and these members in turn were
to pick three neutral members.
completing the board within 10
days.
once formed, the board had to
Continued on Page B-2
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Summer 1868: One Victory for Freedom

The biggest protest gather
ing in WashingtOn's history
last week COMPOUNDED the ex-
perts with its peaceful, disci-
plined mood, climaxing a year
Of civil rights troubles. OBJ
servers doubted 1t changed any
votes in an already -pOlariZed
Congress. But its impact on the
Nation and the world was I'M
mistakable in dramatiZing the
American Negroes goals.
Freedom, appropriately. takes
many forms and so did the March
on Washington last week, climax
ing a summer of civil rights dem
onstrations throughout the
country.
It was a solemn occasion, a time
to present as living petition griev-
ances of millions Of Americans
against racial discrimination.
Some of the country's best orators
and thinkers gave 1t voice.
It was a festive occasion with
a cast of entertainers no entire
preneur could possibly have as
sembled for private profit.
1t was a breathtaking occasion
as a spectacle of 100000 we'll
hammered people massed to make
a single point.
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pressures, that it could now re-
lax and shove the matter into the
background, the notion was
quickly dispelled.
Within "a hours civil rights
leaders had issued warnings that
the fight was still going on.
I'VE will need to continue DEM
onstrationS," said Mr.. Randolph.
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Apprehension

It had been long anticipated
and we'll organized. Beforehand
the public was sympathetic but
apprehensive. One survey said
nearly three out Of four opposed
the march. Many thought 1t was
unnecessary. ut might get out OF
hand" said some. Even the
marchers themselves, many Of
them veterans Of street violence
and arrests, knew the chance OF
trouble had to be reckoned with.
Mercifully the feared things
never materialized. The march,
silently helped by the presence Of
5000 police, National Guardsmen
and reservists plus a riot-squad
contingent from New York City,
astonished the city with its placid,
good-natured tone.
Predictions had put the throng
at 100000. 1t totalled more than
double that number. Observers
had warned of trouble from self
styled Nazi George Lincoln Rock
well. He soon faded out Of sight
with his small ragged band after
one Of his followers was arrested
trying to make a speech without
a license. Even District crime took
a holiday, awed by the presence
of so much law.
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rallies, plus a massive letter-writ-
ing campaign to legislators.
Such a campaign is full of
hazards. Those familiar with the
Senate mentality, in particular,
know its pride, its arrogance in
the face Of mass delegations, and
its dignity that cannot be rocked,
even by Presidents.
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Rails:
The Remedy

Congress averted q rail strike
last week by rushing through
an emergency bill banning q
waIkOut for 18O days. But
negOtiatOrs later hit a snag on
naming neutral arbitrator and
asked the White House to in
tervene.
The stately minuet Of Govern
ment, labor and management Of
ficials on the railroad work rules
theme, after four years of mean
ingless steps, turned into q
frenzied hoedown last week.
Faced with an absolute, final,
ultimate. undeniable and paralyz-
ing deadlfhe at midnight Wednes-
day, the United States Congress
unhappily railroaded through a
bill requiring compulsory arbitra-
ton on the heart Of the matter.
Nobody wanted it. 1t set shat
tering precedent. For the first
time In history, Excluding war
emergencies), Washington i'm
posed arbitration in a labor
management dispute. To be sure,
Canada years ago solved the
identical problem Of the surplus
firemen in diesel locomotives by
such means, and Australia has
used compulsory arbitration since
1896.
But Congressman feared the
precedent might undermine coll
lective bargaining. destroy other
unions power to strike and
amount to Government fixing Of
prices and wages. They voted only
because the rails are q key
industry. indispensable to the
economy, and only because labor
management talks had. reached
a complete impaSSe.
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Leaders Meet

Rights leaders themselves. de-
spite their declarations of general
satisfaction with the event, are
still mulling over its effect on
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The Future

II Washington thought the Au-
gust 20 spectacle served as q gil
gantic safety valve for civil rights
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THE NATIONAL SCENE
The Flight Of Gold:
Request for Action

clined, and security prices sagged
both on New York exchanges and
in Canada. The latter is one of
the biggest foreign markets for
United States investors, who
bought more than half billion
dollars worth of Canadian stocks
and bonds last year.
Wall Street also was disturbed
last week by blunt, critical re-
port on American securities mar
kets. The second in a three-part
study by the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, the 2,1O0-
page document made sweeping
recommendations. Among them:
Abolish floor traders, put sitter
rules on speciality traders, over
haul the vast, unregulated over
the-counter securities market,
and charge more reasonable COM
missions on stock purchases,
especially odd lots Cess than 100
share blocks.
Like its predecessor report is
sued last April, the study insisted
the findings should not impair
public confidence in the secur-
tiles markets but should strength
en- it as suggestions for raising
standards are put into practice"
In the long run, this probably
would be true, but the markets
immediate reaction was weakness.
BY Friday night the Dow-Jones
index of 30 industrial stocks had
declined to about 500 from 708
a week earlier.
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An Air Force Action

What lay behind the charge
was an Air Force directive issued
last June to its commands at
their request for guidance. They
may permit servicemen to take
part in racial demonstrations
on either side-provided they are
off duty and in civvies, and no
injury to themselves or Govern
ment property is involved, the
order says. No credits are given.
But for once. Gov. Wallace's
point was well taken. Not only is
the likelihood Of violence growing
in rights marches, but President
Kennedy himself in a June 10
message to Congress cautioned
against "unruly tactics or pres
sures" and urged both races to
use restraint.
1t took only "a hours for the
administration to null over the
idea. The next day, Defense Sec
rotary Mcnamara issued new
orders to keep servicemen out of
the racial upheaval.
Calling their presence highly
inappropriate and unnecessary"
while Congress is studying legis-
lation to deal with the civil rights
injustices, the order laid down a
new stringent set Of conditions
that all but closed the door for
GIs to join freedom marches. Such
activity is forbidden to soldiers
during duty hours, while in uni
form, when 1t would breach local
law and order, or when violence
is reasonably likely to result" it
declared.
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Old Soviet Stance

This was the Russian argu-
ment, too, before they made their
first atomic bombs. The Chinese,
of course. have yet to set off their
first nuclear defamation.
The Russians, prosperous,
armed with nuclear weapons,
and interested primarily in in
duStrialized Western Europe. ac-
cuSe the Chinese of trying to get
them into a war with the West.
This, of course, say the Rus
slams would lead to a complete
nuclear disaster in the West and
Russia, leaving the 700-million
people of China the main sur
vivors in the world.
Moreover, the Russians say the
Chinese are trying to limit their
influence in nom Western areas
by tactics Of race-baiting, saying
that whites" have no place in
Asia and Africa. This non-Mar-
khan division of people. they say.
Is an attempt to expand Chinese
influence at the expense Of Rus
sian interests.
Despite long-term aid given
China by Russia-often at the
expense OF Russian people-the
Chinese have shown no gratitude
and even called a halt in the
trade, according to the Russians.