The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 29, 1950, Page 1

—M———-——— THE DAILY VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,464 Alaska GOP Convention Opens i EISENHOWER GIVES PLANS U.S. DEFENSE Talks Rightai fo Senate Committee Now Consid- ering More Funds WASHINGTON, March 29—(®— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said to- day he believed “we could do a great deal more” for the nation’s defense by readjusting items within the present military budget rather than increasing the total spending. Appearing before a Senate Ap- propriations subcommittee consid- ering defense funds for the fiscal year starting” July 1, Eisenhower stressed the need for a strong Af Force, anti-submarine weapons, Alaskanvair defense, and industrial mobilization. He said that after the war de- fense officials hit upon 70 air groups in the regular army and 27 in the National Guard. He added, however, that these figures were not sacro- sanct because the number of planes and men in each group was the important thing. He said he considered a “safe minimum” the maintenance of 48 regular and 11 or 12 National Guard air groups, but that he had been told that new money to be pro- vided would not maintain such a number. If these are not maintained, he asserted, “we will begin to dip over the line between economy and se- curity.” The former Army Chief of Statf was called before the committee after he had said in a speech last week that this ‘Country had dis- armed in some ways beyond the point which he. “with deep concern for her present safety, could pos- sibly advise.” In advance of the hearing, he disclaimed any knowledge of dif- ferepces with President Truman and the Defense Secretary Johnson over military ‘spending plans. Eisenhower, now President of Co- lumbia University, was asked later by a reporter if there were any differences between him and ad- ministration officials about the size of the defense fund. “If there are any differences, I don’t know about them,” the Gen- eral replied quickly. “That’s what I'm down here for, any questions that Senators may have.” STORIS ON TEST RUN After several days on repair sta- tus, the Coast Guard cutter Storis departed from the Army Dock here today at 1 p.m. on a short trial run. The W'ashingion Merry - Go- Round iCopyrient. 1960. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEAKSON ASHINGTON — The natural gas industry’s smoothest salesman will learn toddy whether ne: has made his biggest sale. He is amiable, persuasive Sen. Bob Kerr, Oklahoma Democrat, who has been trying to sell the Senate on exempting natural gas producers from federal regulation. For three weeks he has been shuf- fling from Senator to Senator, har- anguing, cajoling, pumping them full of sales talk: This afternoon they will give their answer in a roll-call vote. Already a millionaire oilman, Kerr has a financial stake in bis own salesmanship. During most of his one year in the Senate, Kerr's voting record has been 'for the public interest. But in the gas bill, his gain would be the public’s lpss, for the consumers must ev- entually pay any resulting increase in the cost of gas. Certainly the reason the natural gas companies want to escape.federal regulation isn't to reduce prices. Whatever the outcome, the Sen- ator from Oklahoma' has set a record in Senatorial salesmanship. He nursed his bill every step of the way. Fighting for it comma by comma in the Senate and even turning his homey charm on Pre- sident Truman to get a White House endorsement, On the £enate floor, Kerr set up a wall of billboard-size tharts and graphs, portraying the natural gas (Continued on Page Four) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WED: INESDAY, MARCH 29, 1950 LASKA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TWO LANDINGS ON ICE CAP REPORTED BY AIR COMMAND ANCHORAGE, March 29—®—A Tenth Rescue Squadron C-47 air- plane has made two successful landings on the North Polar ice pack, the Alaska Air Command an- nounced last night. The landings, made March 21 and 22 but unreported until now, were made 100 miles north ‘of Barter Is- land, a desolate stretch of land off the northern coast of Alaska. The island serves as the base of train- ing operations now being conducted by the Air Command. The C-47 was piloted by Lt. Col. Eugene O. Strause of Topeka, Kans. Col. Bernt Balchen, Command- ing Officer of the rescue squadron, termed the landings “one of the most important events in polar avia- tion.” “Colonel Strause’s landings showed that if necessary both large bombers and transports could crash land with comparative safety on the polar ice pack,” Balchen said. The landings were designed tc available in the Far Northern re- gion, On both days, the C-47 was pre- ceded onto the ice by a glider piloted by Lt. James S. Keel of Chicago. It later was snatched up by a C-54 and towed back to Barter Island. The crew of the C-47 remained on the ice approximately 35 min- utes the first day and about 90 minutes the next. Neither day, how- ever, were the crew members abis depth because of the 10-12 foot thickness of ice. YUKON PIONEER, INDIAN FIGHTER, DIES IN SOUTH PUYALLUP, Wash., March 29— (M—John Bathhurst, Alaska-Yukon pioneer, newspaper man and writer of the far north, died at his home Sunddy after a short illness. Bathurst, who went north to the ‘Yukon Territory in 1898, edited avid published the Tanana Valley Lead- er, one of the first papers to be published in the Interior of Al- aska. He also wrote many stories and oJoems of the far north, many of which were published in national magazines, After serving as United States Commissioner for the 11th Alaska District, he moved to Seattle in 1913: He was employed by the city for some years. Before retiring, he spent some time ranching in Idaho. For the past 10 years he has lived here. Before going north, he had served as a scout for the U. S, Army during the last Sioux Indian War with the Ogalallas of South Dakota in the 1880's. He was the last known survivor of these engage- ments. Surviving are his widow, Vinnic, Puyallup; and three sons, Port Townsend, Winchell, Seattle, and Oliver, Lima, O. i STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Square Sinnet scnedul- ed to arrive from Seattle 1 p.m. Friday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Baranof scheduled to safl from Seattle Saturday. Denali scheduled southbound 4 am, Monday. C @ r o @ oa's « WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum 39; minimum 32, At Airport—Maximum 41; minimum 27. FORECASBT (Juness and Vieloity) Mostly cloudy with an oc- casional shower of mixed rain and snow tonight. Low- est temperature near 35 degrees. Cloudy with inter- mittant rain and highest temperature near 40 Thurs- day. PRECIPITATION (Past 2 nours ending 7:30 & m. today City of Juneau—.01 inches; since March 1—3.16 inches; since July 1—60.41 inches. At Airport—.04 inches; since March 1—1.23 inches; since July 1—39.92 inches. . ° . . . ® . . . . . . ° [ . . . . ° L] . . . . ® 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 test the different types of .‘,urr‘uces-l to take soundings of the watexr John, | FOREIGN AID CUT WON BY 260 VOTES By Barney Livingstone WASHINGTON, ch 20—P— Republicans clamoring for desp slashes in government spending today pressed an advantage won in a $250,000,000 cut in the 1951 Foreign Economic Aid Program. Republican economy strength won its first real test yesterday when the House tenatively lopped a quarter billion dollars from Eu- ropean recovery funds, The vote was 165 to 163. This reduced the Administration’s Marshall Plan program for west- ern Eurcpe from $2,950,000,000 to $2,700,000,000 in new authorizations. Still to come under fire were aid to Korea and China, and re- juests for funds to launch Presi- dent Truman’s “Point Four” pro- zram of technical assistance to | underdeveloped as of the world All are parts of the Adminis- tration's $3,372,450,000—less $250,- 700,000, now—program of all foreign cconomic aid during the 12 month: starting July 1 The foreign aid helf of what the irive was shooting Before whacking $250,000,000 oft rope’s Marshall Plan aid, the ouse administered a 152 to 137 defeat to a GOP-backed drive to reduce it by $500,000,000. cut was only GOP economy for. ANOTHER SWAT GIVEN WASHINGTON, March 29—M— The administration suffered an- ! other set-back in its foreign aiu program today when the House de- cided to earmark $1,000,000,000 in European Recovery Funds for pur- chase of U.S. farm surpluses. With farm state members in the saddle, the House voted 119 to 10% over protests of administration leaders to tie a part of Marshall | Plan funds to the American farm ccquomy. - The action came on an amend- ment to the foreign aid bill by Rep. | Burleson - (D-Tex), who had the | support of farm-area members from both parties. 1t followed a GOP-led economy drive yesterday which succeeded in | lopping $250,000,000 from European Recovery funds. This action was taken in the face of a direct appeal ]hy President Truman to preservc {intact his requests for $3,372,450,000 n foreign aid for 1951. BANK BANDIT GETS - HAUL IN 3 TRIES AT TELLER'S CAGE | SEATTLE, March 29— (® —A strong nerved gunman made threc trips to a bank teller'’s window late yesterday before calmly walk- ‘ing out clutching a paper bag | stuffed with $22,618, Pollce efforts to head him off {with road blocks at bridges and | ferry landings, = and . thorough { searches of city buses in the | vicinity, were unsuccessful. ! The scene of the holdup wat the West Seattle National Bank. When the lone bandit first enter- ted the bank, he approached the window of teller Jack Frost. The | employee was busy counting pennies and thinking the man was a cus- tomer, teld him to come back later. Some 10 minutes later he did clicked the safety of a German Luger pistol and told Frost: “You know.what I want.” After Frost handed "over the money in his cage, the gunman turned to Teller Paul B. Allen in he next cage, asking for more. Allen said he had very little money there and closed the drawer. Thus rebuffed, the bandit turned tand walked quickly from the bank and disappeared into a parking lot. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 29—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 116, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss-Wright 8%, International Harvester 26%, Ken- necott 50%, New York Central 13%, Northern Pacific 15, U. S. Steel 31%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 2,090,000 shares. Averages today are ds follows: industrials 20840, rails 55.25,. util- ities 42.98, ' | . . L] . . . . . o . o ® L] . . . . . . o . L) . L) JOINT OPERATION TO KEEP SHEMYA OPEN PROPOSED WASHINGTON, March 29—(®— A plah may be worked out for joint maintenance of the Air Force base at Shemya in the Aleutians, Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said yesterday. Delegate Bartlett of Alaska characterizezd the Air Force de- cision to abandon its westernmost base as a “psychological” as well as a military mistake. Magnuson told a reporter he is investigating several possible ways »f keeping the base in operation. He said it is too valuable from 1 military standpoint, for handling miil for the Far East, and as a stopever for commercial flights, to e abandoned. He said he plans to discuss the matter with the state and post Hffice departments, with Civil Aero- nautics Administration and with commercial airlines to see if a co- operative plan can be worked out. If necessary, Magnuson said, he will take the problem to the White House. % Bartlett already has protested to the Defense Department, calling t a “mistake” to withdraw from the Aleutians and Nome. “These bases,” he said, “would 1ave to be reactivated immediately n case of war to make them avail- able for anti-submarine patrol and for other purposes and the cost would be tremendously greater than regular maintenance.” GUNNERY CONTEST AT 600 PER, IS SET - FOR CRACK PILOTS By JAMES STREBIG LAS VEGAS AIRFORCE BASE, March 29 — ( — ‘THe 57 sharpest shooting Air Force fighter pilots— one of them a Navy man—Iloaded sheir guns today for the world’s fastest contest, the annual gunnery meet. The pilots compose 19 teams ol shree men each, representing all Air Force fighter groups, the train ng command and the air National Guard. The teams came from Zurope, Alaska, the Far East and .1l over the United States. Three types of jet fighters and hree of propeller fighters are tak- ng part in the contest, flown at ;peeds up to more than 600 mile mn hour and altitudes up to four niles. During the next six days the slanes will make over 1,100 flights o shoot thousands of rounds of| nachine gun ammunition and thou- ands of rockets and bombs in five ypes of firing. Teams from overseas have been here for two weeks getting accus- :omed to the ranges. The overseas eams include the 57th Fighter In- erceptor group with F-80 Shooting Stars at Elmendorf Air Base Ir Alaska. YUKON GOLD RUSH VETERAN DIES IN SEATTLE AT 76 SEATTLE, March 29—®—Fun- eral services for Harry E. Clevelanc, 76, a veteran of the Yukon Gold Rush, will be held here Friday. He died Monday. Cleyeland went to Juneau in 18 He went on to Dawson in 97 anc| then to Nome and Fairbanks. He mined in the Copper River Valicy from 1912 to 1924, when he returned to Seattle. He was a member of the Alaski Sourdough Club. A brother and tw sisters, including Mrs. H. G. Kirmse >f Skagway, survive. Princess Margaret Again Shocks Brit. (By Associated Press) Princess Margaret has shocked the British again—this time by smoking a cigarette in public after an official luncheon with the Maycr of Warrington. The 19-year-old Margaret, younger sister of Princess Elizabeth, used a silver cigarettc| holder. British women smoke probabiy more than their American sister But Princess Margaret’s public smoke was the first of its kind for women members of the royal familv LAST AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT IN CZECH IS EXPELLED ( By Associated Press) The Communist-dominated Czech” oslovak government has ordered the expulsion of the last American correspendent of the Associated Press left in Prague. Information Minister Vaclav Kopecky has hinted there may be further expulsions ol the few remaining western corres- pondents. A A government official gave “un- for ordering AP’s Nathan Polowe ky to leave the country by April 8 He had been the lone United States national representing the AP since chief of the bureau Richard Kasis- chke was expelled last January with three other western correspondents All the expelled newsmen hac keen charged with unobjective re- porting. They denied it. “SHOCKING AFFRONT” NEW YORK, March 29—(®— Frank J. S.arzel, General Manager of the Associated Press, said to- day the order to expel the Ameri- can correspondent of the AP i Prague a “shocking affront to an organization which has been he foremost accurate and objective ceporter of the news” in Czecho- slovakia and the rest of the world The Czechoslovak government in- formed AP correspondent Nathan Plowetzky today it would not re- new his credentials, which expire “riday. SUBPOENA DELIVERED TO OFFICIAL | WASHINGTON, March 29—(#— Senate officers today served the first of three subpoenas demanding from top government officials the loyalty records which President Truman has declined to turn over to a Senate committee. Joseph Duke, sergeant-at-arms, served his first subpoena on Harry B. Mitchell, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, at the Capi- ol. Mitchell had come to the capi- ol on business. Duke had other subpoenas foi Secretary of State Acheson anc Attorney General McGrath. The subpoenas demand — under penalty” — that the officials pro- duce loyalty records by next Tues- iay and give them to the Senatc Foreign Relations subcommittee in- vestigating charges of Communist | nfiltration of the State Depart ! ‘nent. | The penalty is possible citatior | for contempt of the Senate if thc | »fficials fail to heed the subpoenas | All of them are under instruction ‘rom President Truman that such ‘ecords are not to be given to Con- | sressional committees. Mr. Truma: | ssued a general order to that effec | n 1948. He took the position ther ( hat there are long-standing pre- | ‘edents for the Executive branch of he government refusing to give | documents to Congress if it woul | be against the public interest. ‘Aufos Kill More Than All Qur Wars, Says Iglsurante Man NEW YORK, March 29—(®—Auto- | mobiles have killed more American; | than all the U.S. wars from the | Revolution through World War TI The industrial toll is almost ac great. The menaces were stressed at New York’s 20th annual safety ex- Dposition. | John Cruickshank, chief engineer lof the United States Guarantee | Company, gave these figures: 927,260 persons killed by autos from 1907 | when the toll was only 666, through last year when there were 31,500 fatalities. He predicted the 1,000,000 mark | would be reached within the next | vear or fwo. | |® High tide 11:25 am., 15.1 ft. |® Low tide 5:51 pm. -0.2 ft. ® & 9 0 0 v v e 0o e & & & o 0o 0 0 & o o « TIDE TABLE o . . |® MARCH 29 . |® Low tide 5:24 am, 301t e . . . objective reporting” as the reasor | | 57th RUSSIATO FACENEW MOVENOW Atlantic Pad—R—eady fo Roll| in High Gear in Cold War (By Associated Press) Diplomats in London said to- lay the Atlantic Pact machinery— designed for peace but ready for war if need be—is about to roll in high gear. New western moves in the cold war with Russia will be charted )y the foreign ministers of the Atlantic alllance countries in-Lon- don called for May 8. i Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ern-|! cst Bevin in announcing the date oxpressed belief that the growing power of the alliance will give the Soviet Government no alternative but to negotiate with the west; to settle grave problems dividMmg| the world. Bevin told parliament there is a ;rowing desire among the 12 pact illies to deal with economic and oolitical matters as well as mere| territorial defense. In keeping with this the finance ministers of the 12 nations meet | n London today to work out the| {inancial problems of their com- mon defense, A committee of military chiefs of taff yesterday at the Hague guvel heir unanimous approval to a; master plan in which each nation! was assigned a specific role to lay. In Washington, Secretary of State | Jean Acheson and Special Ambas- | ador Philip C. Jessup are to give he Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee its first close look at ad- ninistration plans to check Com-| nunism in Asia. H { EVAUCATION FROM | SHANGHAI IS STILL AWAY UP IN AIR HONG KONG, March 29— A China Navigation Co, official} ;aid tonight no agreemcnt has Seen reached to send a CNC ship o evacuate foreign nationals from| shanghai. E. G. Price, manager of Butter-| tield and Swire, British shipping sompany whlch,opvu_tes‘ CNC, said t would: cooperate - with American | sponsored évaguation pltns but) no arrangemetits Have,been made. He added: “I have. no word that Shang-: hai officials agreed to allow the; evacuation to take place and I would know if an agreement hadj seen reached.” In San Francisco, President Geo. . Killion of the American Px'\'si‘l ‘ent Lines said he understood Chin-; se Communist officials at Shang- i had agreed to the evacuation y CNC ship. 'OPPONENTS’ WITHIN REACH OF AIRFORCE, | OFFICER DECLARES| i ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 29| (F—An Air Force officer said hcn:l yesterday that in the event of anj ittack on the United States “our: Air Force could bomb 48 of the najor cities of our opponents with- in three days'after the first shot is fired.” Lt. Col. Charles Heffner, dircc- tor of plans and operations of the Fighter-Interceptor ~ Wing, made the estimate in a talk to the Chamber of Commerce here yes- terday. He expressed the opinion Russiai development of guided missiles is far ahead of the United States &nd that Russian troops have first linc combat equipment. e L ' E CUTTER AIDS ACS | The Juneau based 83-foot Coast Guard cutter 83254 departed this morning for Midway Island, 34 miles south of Juneau on Stephens Passage, with Sgt. John Lloyd of the Alaska Communications System aboard, The cutter was expected| toc return to Juneau today atur} repair work had been carried out on an ACS installation on the is- land, | |CIRCUS ELEPHANT GRAND JURY AT ANCHORAGE MAY GET GOING XOW ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2¢ {M—A scheduled Grand Jury probe into alleged anti-trust viola- tions throughout the Territory ot Alaska was postponed yesterday when only seven of 40 persons I'drawn for jury duty appeared in court. It was the second drawing of 40 names to supplement the original call. The hearing was expected to open today. Seven members of the anti-trusi division of the Department of Jus- tice were on hand. The group was headed by Charles I. Whittinghil! Chief of the Northwest office Others include Gerard G. Galassi and Isadore Cohen of Seattle; Gareth M. Neville of Washington, D.C., all three attorneys; Thomas C. Kerr, Washington, D.C., econo- mist; and two women secretaries. LAST DEFENSE FOR BRIDGES MADE TODAY SAN FRANCISCO, March 29—P —The last word was spokén today in the defense of Harry Bridges. James MacInnes, one of the at- torneys for the CIO longshore union leader in his trial for perjury, ended the defense final arguments at noon. “We don't want cases like this to happen again,” he told the jury of eight men and four women. “We want to make our country safe for our own generation and for the next.” g 3 Bridges was indicted for perjury, charged ‘with falsely swearing at his 1945 eitizenship hearing that he had never been a Communist. Two other union officials, his witnesses at the hearing, were indicted fo: | conspiracy. “If these men are convicted, many things will be lost,” MacInni asserted. WHO KILLED CHILD MEETS EXECUTION | SARASOTA, Fla., March 20— —Dolly, the circus elephant, was executed at dawn today. The animal was put to death with cyanide for killing five-year- old Edward Schooley who was feed- ing her peanuts last Sunday. Why the old weary-looking ani- mal suddenly grabbed the child with her trunk and stepped on his head was a mystery. The decision was made at the last minute, John Ringling North circue vice president, had said & few hours earlier a “deluge” ot pro- tests by telephone, telegram and letter had heen received at winter quarteys here. Only a bare announcement was made here by North after the death. He said the elephant had been taken to a pit, given the cyan- ide at 5 am. and buried after she had crumpled in death. AID FOR FAR EAST IS ASKED BY ACHESON,; SOLON REPORTS WASHINGTON, March 29—(®-— Senator Connally (D-Tex) reported an urgent request for increased aid to help Far Eastern countries re sist Communism was placed betor: Senators today by Seeretary of State Acheson and Ambassador Philip Jessup. Connally issued a formal state- ment after the two diplomats dis- cussed the world situation for morc than two hours with the Senate For- eign Relations Committee. Con- nally is committee chairman. BITTERSWEET DEPARTS The Coast Guard cutter Bitter- sweet departed for Ketchikan at 9 a.m. today. After a stop at Ket- chikan, the cutter will probably proceed to Kodiak, Coa = Guard headquarters said. n Harmony KEYNOTERS BLASTDEMO SOCIALISM Government Confrol Fol- lows Government Aid Says Manders Attacking uncontrolled govern- ment“spending, blasting the corrup- tion of the present administration wnd calling for an ending to the ‘slow poison of the welfare state,” Republican keynoters this morning addressed some seventy-five dele- zates from all parts of Alaska at he opening session of the Territory- wide caucus. “We must be realisis,” Howard D Stabler of Juneau told the dele- 1ates, “for we are face to face with entrenched bureaucracy, with scheming, ambitious’ and ruthless ‘eaderzhip, handy with political re- risals. Stabler, citing the fifth labor of Hercules, the cleaning of the stables of Augeas, as comparable to the task facing the Republicans of Alaska, called for a Territorial clean-up on the day of the next General Election. “For many years in this Terri- tory, an irresponsible spendthrift 1dministration has been digging a financial hole of deficits and unpaid debts,” Stabler continued. He went on to cite the tax burden imposed by the present administration, asserting that venture capital has yractically disappeared in Alaska ind that there presently appears to e less. privately. Linanced (RANALTY. ‘n the Territory than there was 25 years ago. Are Hard Hit Particularly hard hit' by these taxes, Stabler said, are the fisher- men who must now compete with foreign fish and vitamin olls being dumped on our markets and the ittle fellow with an undeveloped nining claim whe must pay his’ tax or lose his claim and his hope:. “Government aid is inevitably fol- owed by government control,” Key- 10ter John E. Manders of Anchor- 1ge told the caucus. “We are now witnessing, under* the Democratic wdministration, the closing out saie »f liberty for the slavery of social- sm,” Manders charged. He quoted from the State Con- stitutions of former southern slav- 'ry states to prove that Negro slaves, inder those constitutions, were ;uaranteed jobs, housing and care —in other words, social security. “The program offered by the Democrats is nothing less than a re- urn to the former status of the slave states,” Manders charged. Other Keynoters Other keynoters at the opening ession of the caucus this morning were Senator Charles D. Jones of Nome and Senator Andrew Nerland »>f Fairbanks. : Senator Jones briefed the history of the Republican party and called for an end to the “fat government cow.” Senator Nerland expressed sratification at the size of the gath- ering and made a plea for a strong platform. Unity Is Shown Party unity, stressed by the key- noters, was exemplified when Al- bert White, General Counsel for the Republican party in Alaska, es: corted John E. Manders, Anchorage attorney, to the rostrom to take his <eat as Permanent Chairman of the caucus, to a lengthy round of applause. Manders was elected by acclama- tion, as were Ray Beach of Juneau o the office of Secretary of the saucus and R. J. McKenna as ser- geant at arms. Elton E. Engstrom of Juneau, chairman of the Republican Cen- ‘ral Committee, had earlier been slected Temporary Chairman. Mayor Waino Hendrickson, Ju- 1eau Republican, welcomed the del- 2gates when the caucus opened at the Odd Fellows Hall this morning at 10 o'clock, expressing the hope .hat all Reputlican candidates pre- sent will return to Juneau for a two-months visit next January. Mrs. Margaret E. White of Ju- neau, Republican National Commit- teewoman for Alaska for the past 16 years, urged the delegates to get out and work when they return to their respective precincts. She also read letters addressed to the caucus by Guy Gabrielson, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, (Continued on Page Two)