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Lake Road Retaiaing Walls Crumbling
wilkes-barre; pa., Sunday, june 27, i948
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2,500,000 Cetmans Face Starvation in Berlin
U. S. Planes Unable To Take Enough Food As Reds Block Roads
Berlin, June 26. (UP)—^U. S. tnajisport planes rushed emergency supplies over Soviet siege lines into Berlin today but 2,500,000 Germans in the A^ied sectors of the Isolated city faced the threat, .of mass starvation.
Milk for German babies and vitally needed supplies for hospitals In Berlin's western sector arrived by the "dierial railway." Authoritative sources said the American freight flights would be stepped up as soon as possible to 100 planes a diay.
But even 100 planes daily could .and French aones — put hs cur- provlde food and bare necessities rcncy reform program into motion for only the Allied troops In Ber-land moved to launch a West Ger- lin.   They  might  even  be able  to many  government,  botb moves  to
Rapidly    dcterior»Ung    concrete null sUnds as h«aard to motor¬
ists along the four-lane Harvey's Lake   highway  beyond   Ijuserae.
—Ac« Hoffman Portion of the concrete wall holding back the earth near Shavertown has given way to nature and is "leaning" in the direction of the Pennsylvania Htate highway.
The mountains beyond Luierne are still on the move—and the state highway department's mam¬ moth walls designed to keep the earth from the roadways are be¬ ginning to show signs of decay.
The situation has alarmed motorists who travel the four-lane highwuy and has attracted the at¬ tention of the Kingston Township Servicemen's Club, which recently took Pennsylvania sUte highway officials on a tour of the area to point out the existing dangers.
At the second bend leading into Trucksville a large brick wall con¬ structed some years ago to halt the mountain's advance is rapidly deteriorating and layers qt rock are beginning to protrude beyond the section covered by the wall. Shelving on the wall has almost entirely crutabled and it is feared that the entire section might un¬ load itself onto the highway in the face of approaching cars.
Near Shavertown corners, at the intersection of Center street, an¬ other portion of a concrete wall has become separated from the center unit and is being gradually pushed toward  the  four-lane  highway.
OEIY PROMISES GOP AN END 10 LONG DROUGHT
Warren Promises Victory and Best Administration Ever
Philadelphia. June 26 (UP) — I Republican presidential nominee I Thomas K. Dewey today promised Iparty workers a GOP victory in jNovember that would end their l"16 •y<'ars of drought" and bring [new hope and faith in human free- |dom to the nation and the world.
(3ov.  HJarl Warren of California,
[the   vice-.presidential    nominee
promised  that he and  Dewey will
win   in   November   and   bring   the
I people  of  this  country "the  finest
I administration they ever had."
Dewey  and  Warren  made  their
I promises  to  members  of  the   Re-
[ publican    national    committee    at
their first meeting after the GOP
' national   convention.
Seem  Sure  of  Victory
ftommittec members cheered them on and seemed to take for granted that a November election victory is in the bag.
"A victory in November for the Republican party will bring to the people of our country—and T, might (Cantinucd   on   Page   A-14)
President Critical but Signs New Tariff Bill
Washington, June 26. (UP^ — President lYuman today reluctant¬ ly signed into law a bill which extends the reciprocal trade act for one year but puts new strings on th« President's Uriff-cutting power.
The President denounced the Republican-sponsored measure for "serious defects." He said the new tariff-cutting procedures set forth in the bill "will unnecessarily ham¬ per and obstruct th£ negotiations of new agrccmen;s."
Mr. Truman explained that he signed the measure only because it is "essential" that the reciprocal trade program should not lapse. If he had not signed the bill, the gov¬ ernment would have no authority whatever to enter into new tariff- cutting agreements with other nations.
The President also criticized the bill because "for no valid reaeon" It extends the program for only one year instead of three, as he had asked. This, he said, appears to "cast some doubt upon our in¬ tentions for the future." Hopes for Improvement
Mr. Truman said the 14-yeAr- lold reciprocal trade program has I "long occupied a key position in iour foreign policy and in our en- 'deavors to assist world recovery." I He said he would do his best to make the new procedures work. .He hoped Congress would Improve the program at its next session '    Mr.   Trunin  did   not   assail   the
measure as vigorously as some ad ministration sources had thought he might. Democratic congressmen publicly and State Department officials privately had denounced the new restrictions imposed on tariff cuts «• a return to "tariff protection." Commlsion Has Final Say
The major change is that the final tariff-cutting authority is taken away from the State De jpsrtment and put in the hands lof a six-man U. S. tariff commis¬ sion. The commission is author- ized to fix liTnits for any tariff cuts. It is charged specificaJly with seeing that American in¬ dustry and agriculture are not in jured  by  such   cuts.
The United States tod,ay has reciprocal tariff pacts with 48 na¬ tions. It would like to add to that llsit the six Marshall Plan countries with which it has no trade  agreements.
The President said hs would soon stsirt negotiations to bring other countries into the 22-nation trade pact signed at Geneva last fall.
Mr. Truman noted that all of I the Marsiiall Plan countries have 'agreed to co-operate in reducing !trade barriers. The U. S. must con- Itinue to support that principle, he I said.
Four Brothers Separated by War Together Agatn—and Forever
Garland, Utah. June 26 (UP)— Clyde, Elmer, Rolan and Rulon Borgstrom were together again to¬ night—forever.
With two other brothers and three sisters, the quartet grew up on the Bear River Valley farm near Garland of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alben Borgitrom.
When America went to war against Germany, Italy and Japan, BO did the Borgstroms.
Five of the boys left to fight in the Army, Air Corps and Marines. But only one came bark alive The other four died within six mofiths —but thousands of miles apart—in 1944.
Clyde, a private in the Marines, fell on Guadalcanal on March 17 and was buried on that far-away Pacific island.
On   June   22,   Elmer,   an   Army private,   was   killed   in    artirn   In Italy,   fighting   with   the   91st   In¬ fantry. Then Two More
August, 1944, twice brought mes-
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sengers with teleij;rams beginning "The Secretary . . . regrets . . . "to the  Borgstrom   farm  home.
A battered Air Force bomber re¬ turned to its English base on Aug. 8 after a raid on (Germany. Aboard was the body of Sgt. Rolon Borg- I Strom. He'd been killed by enemy I fire over the continent. His body I went into a temporary grave in I England
I Seventeen days later, his twin brother, Rulon, also an Army pri¬ vate, died of woun'ls while attack¬ ing Le Dreff, France, with the 38th Infantry. He was buried near the hospital where he d'ed.
In October, Boyd Borgstrom, the only other Borgstrom boy of mili¬ tary age, was released from the Marines by special crder so the family would suffer no more be¬ reavements. Boyd is now married and a Garland farmer.
Honor guards stood over the military caskets, as they arrived yesterday afternoon. The guards were there last night as the closed coffins, euch in front of a tinted picture of Its occupant, lay in stnte in a funeral parlor in nearby Tremton. Simple Ceremony
This morning the funeral services
were   conducted   in    the   Garland
State House—regional meeting hall
of the Latter Day Saints Church.
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FIREMAN DIES IN HOTEL FIRE IN ATLANTIC CITY
Atlantic City, N. J., June 26. (UP) —One fireman was killed and 50 guests -were routed when fire swept a four-story frame hotel today.
Acting Fire Capt. Louis Unger one of the first in the blazing building, was felled by smoke and carried out by other firemen, rie was pronounced dead on arrival at Atlantic City IJospital.
Although the hotel, located two blocks from the boardwalk, was directly across the street from a firehouse, firemen had little oppor tunity to save the ancient struc¬ ture.
Charles Wpbb, 61, who had just returned from a hospital following an operation, was carried from his second floor hotel room by firemen The other invalid, Mrs. E. C. Fin¬ ney,  was   rescued   by   police.
HUNGARIANS ARREST BRITISH OIL MANAGER
Budapest, Hungary, June 26, I (UP)—The government announced j today that Alexander Evans, Brit ish manager of Steana Romana Oil Co., was arrested June 8 while [trying to leave the country. i An official communique said Evans was seized by police as he travelled through Budapest by I train. He was turned over to a court.
I The announcement said a com- plainf i.Hd been filed against Evans on the day of his intended depart¬ ure charging him with diverting Xunds to "so-called ben«volent aid."
maintain minimum medical sup plies for the German i)opulation. However, no one even hoped that the planes available could supply enough food to support the 2,500,000 CJermans. Churchill Shows Dangers
Britain's World War II leader, Winston Churchill, aaid in a speech in Ltuton, Eng., that Soviet isola¬ tion of Berlin raised Issues no less grave than those at the Munich conference which led to war. (See Page A-U)
The Western countries appeared increasingly committed to main¬ taining their position in Germany at all costs. In London, the foreign office denied a report that Britain would leave Berlin and said Britain intended to stay. In Frankfort, Tri- zonia — the combined administra¬ tive area of the American, British
which Russia objects,
Here in Berlin, British Gen. Sir Brian Robertson and U. S. Gen. Lucius D. Clay protested to Soviet authorities against their ban on road, rail and river traffic which has cut Berlin off, save by air, from Allied occupation zones to the we^.
The mildly worded protests were considered to be for the record. Berlin has sufficient food on hand for the (jierman population for 30 days. After that, the only hope for those living in the Allied oc¬ cupation sectors appeared to be a revolt of -world opinion against Russia's use of mass hunger ab an instrument of political pressure. WiU Appeal to UN
The British licensed newspaper Der Tag reported that Berlin's (Contihued   on   Page   A-14)
Xabbed for Speeding
Sovief Commander Held 45 Minutes by U. 5. MP's
Berlin.  June  26.   (UP)-^Marshal authorities—the usual procedure in Vassily D. Sokolovsky, Soviet com- recent arrests of Russians for law mander in chief in Germany, was violations, held for 46 minutes tonight by U. S. Given No Argument Military Police who arrested  him     Constabulary  troopers who halt- for speeding. led the marshal's car were put on
The   Soviet   chieftain's   car  was Its   trail   by   a  patrol   In   a   light, flagged    down   by    an    American armored car which  had been out-
UN Observers Say Egypt Continues to Attack Jews
Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26. (UP)— C^unt Folke Bernadotte, United Nations Palestine mediator, was informed by his truce observers today Egyptian forces still are at¬ tacking Jewish settlements in the Negev area of southern Palestine.
UN representatives said King Farouk's troops were utung all their arms and were knocking at the gates of Kefar Darom fol¬ lowing yesterday's attack on a Jewish convoy en route to Negba.
(In Cairo Premier Mahoud Fah- my Nokrashy Peisha Pasha denied that Egyptian troops were attack¬ ing Kefar Darom or any other Jewish settlement. He termed the reports   "malicious   propaganda.")
(Nokrashy Pasha declared the "propagandists" were "trying to exploit the regrettable incident of the mistaken attack on a UN plane as an opportunity to create false rumors.") Take Grave View
UN representatives in Palestine have taken the "gravest view" of Egypt's reported disregard of UN authority in the Holy Land.
An American truce observation plane was fired on yesterday by Egyptian fighter planes in south¬ ern Palestine. Bernadotte protested at once against both the attack on the Jewish convoy and the at¬ tack on the U. S. air force plane.
Premier Nokrashy Pasha the American plane was fired on by mistake. "The pilot, Maurice L. Martin of Bluefield, W. Va., was not injured. Egyptians Accused
Officials charged also tliat Egypt violated the 15-day-old UN truce yesterday by bombing the Jewish settlemens   of   Beer     Tuvya   and
Kfar Warburg in the Negba area, and Egyptian artillerymen were accused of shelling the village of Kfar Darom.
Jewish sources in Tel Aviv said yesterday that Col. Thord BOnde of Sweden, chief truce observer, informed UN headquarters that the Egyptians liad violated the truce and had advised Israeli troops to defend themselves against what be termed "aggres¬ sion."
(In New York, meanwhile. It was announced that cjible and radio serrvice had Ijeen restored from the United States to the Jewish area of Jen^salem by Mackay Radio and the Commercial Cable C^. ReporU from Jerusalem said the prompt deliveries were being made, but that messages are ac¬ cepted only at the sender's  risk.)
NAACP ASKS CONGRESS TO CONVENE SPECIALLY
Kansas City, Mo.. Juno 26. (UP)- Th* Nationetl Asaociation for the Advancement of CJolored People to day asked for a special session of Congress to act on the unfinished business -of anti-lynch-, anti-poll tax and FEPC legislation.
The 3»th annual conference of the NAAC!P climaxed its week-long session with a series of resolutions which included condemnation of OmgresB for failure to'ftct oa cer¬ tain  labor measures.
On veterans' affaim, tke .con- iferenct asked the removal of Sec¬ retary of Defense James Forrestal I "for his refusal to end segregation !fl,nd  discrimination   In  the  army."
MARSHAL, SOKOLOVSKY Reds' Oilef in Germany
ITALY CALLED OFF
Rome, Sunday, June 27. (UP)— Union leaders called off a strike of 120,000 Italian food workers early today after the govemmoQt agreed to discus* soma of their demands.
The walkout, which began yes¬ terday, had threatened the country with a serious food crisis. It came In the midst of spreading strikes supported by the Communists.
(Jovemment oflScials had warned food workers that their right to strike might t>e curbed if they continued the walkout protesting the firing of two workers.
The food strike followed a half- day greneral strike in Milan yes¬ terday, 24-hour general strikes in Pisa and Brescia provinces, and a three-hour work stoppage in Ven¬ ice.
Virtually all the strikes were called to protest management's right to fire workers for reasons of economy.
Non-Cnmmunists Also  Striking
Trieste, June t6. (UP)—Clulb- siwingincr police used water hoses today to break up large groups of non-Communist strikers ov the second day of Trieste's paralyzing work stoppage.
A bomb was thrown during a strike demonstration this morning, but there was no immediate re¬ port of casualties.
The Trieste radio claimed that •anti-Communist labor officials had called ott the strike after the Allied Military Government promised tiiat Clkunmunist shop stewards would be dismissed at the San Marco shipyards, and that two Conununist *'shlpyard managers would be flred.
Board Says Mine Contract Averts Threat to Nation
Washington, June 26. (UP)—A presidential board today rejected the claim of U. S. Steel (3orp. that its refusal to sign the new soft coal wage contract threatens the national health and  safety.
The board, headed by David L. Cole, advised President Truman that the threat of a soft coal strike by John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers next month has been averted.
"The threat to the public interest which prompted the appointment of this board has been adverted by tlie completion of an agreement between the union and bituminous coal operators who supply 65 per cent of the national output," the board said.
Its report was presented to Mr. Truman a few minutes after Harry M. Moses, chief negotiator for U. S. Steel Cksrp. and nine other cap¬ tive mine operators, made public a letter to the board. Dispute Over Union Sliop
Moses said his companies could not "knowingly and consciously" violate federal laws by signing an agreement with the United Mine Workers which provided a union shop without meeting the require¬ ments of the Taft-Hartley law.
"We submit," Moses said, "that the maintenance of uninterruptetl operations at the mines of this group is essential tocthe continued production of steel necessary to maintain the national health and safety."
Cole was asked whether the holdout by the steel conrvpanies threatened   a   national   emergency.
"We did not find it a threat to the national health and safety," he replied. "We considered it Impor¬ tant enough, however, to attach a supplement to our report to indi¬ cate the position ql th« parties. Our job !• donAi'* ^ ..
The board gave its stamp of ap¬ proval to the contract negotiated by I^ewis and the operators, who resumed wage talks at the board's Invitation.
The contract signed yesterday gives the miners Jl a day pay in¬ crease, 20 cents a ton for their welfare and retirement fund, and continues all of the other v*ovi- slons of the 1947 coirtract, includ¬ ing the  union  shop.
Moses said the 10 steel companies will agree to "all the other provi¬ sions" of the new contract. He said they offered to sign a contin¬ gent clause putting in effect the union shop aiter the union has won a National Labor Relations Board election authorizing one. This was rejected .by Lewis, Opposition to Raises Colbtptting
The new coal contract appeared to signal the final collapse of in¬ dustry's hold - the - line campaign against a third round of pay boosts. The promised capitulation of U. S. Steel would remove vir¬ tually the last resistance In the once-solid front which was broken first by General Motors Corp.
In the last two days, Aluminum Corporation of America and B, F. Goodrich Co. have granted pay in¬ creases. International Harvester C;o. resumed wage talks with Uni¬ ted Farm Equipment Workers to¬ day. The United Mine Workers expect a quick agreement Monday when they resume talks with hard coal opeiaitors in New York.
This left the telephone, shipping and railroad industries among the last major holdouts against third round boosts. The steel companies have not offered a pay rise yet to Philip Murray's steel workers but auch a development >¦ aaid to !>• in th« maldnK.
Valley Scene
Younff lady bicycle-tourist equipped, with haversack and all, peddling down Wyominn avenue and wearing sign reading: "New York to San Francisco."
A pigeon — looking quite solemn, too — riding up and down with the elevator man in a central Wilkes-Barre building on Sunday after¬ noons.
Luzerne service station pro¬ prietor attracting new custom¬ ers bu dressing in complete baker's uniform—white ducks, white apron and white baker's cap.
military constabulary patrol as he' sped through the U. S. sector of Berlin, apparently en route to Pots¬ dam. His car was making between 50 and 60 miles an hour.
Sokolovsky was halted under a routine order to Intercept all cars exceeding 30 miles an hour. He was forced to sit in his car during shall" a \6 minute interrogation, while an   The constables decided they had official report bounced upward, better report to higher-ups. They through channels. called  the  MP   headquarters  duty
"Too Hot to Handle" | officer,    Lt.    R,    W,    Burch,   who
At each successive level of auth- j came to the rescue immediately, orlty,    the    case    was    considered Drives Slowly Away
distanced by the limousine.
Sokolovsky himself did liot offer the arresting constables an argu¬ ment. His bodyguard, following in a second car, impressed the im¬ portance of their prisoner on tlie police by pointing at his car and repeating "Marshal! Marshal! Mar-
too hot to handle" until the com¬ plaint reached Col, R. A. Willard, Berlin post commandant.
Release him immediately!" Will¬ ard exclaimed. "How did such a thing ever happen?"
The only unusual feature of the Sokolovsky arrest was his brief de¬ tention. Until recently, Russian speeders of all ranks have been halted and warned. Then allowed to proceed.
"The Russian marshal was not taken to Military Police head¬ quarters to be turned over to So-vlet
After a quick survey of the sltua< tion, Burch decided he could not risk a decision in such a touchy matter, and called his superiors. The report went up the ladder of command until it reached Willard.
When last seen, Sokolovsky's car was proceeding leisurely over a hill near the zonal boundary on the road to Potsdam. The scene of the Big Four's first postwar con¬ ference lies In the Soviet zone, but can only be reached directly from Soviet Berlin by passing through the U. S. sector.
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Royall Gives Plans for Army of 18 Divisions
Norfolk, Va.. June 26 (UP) — Army Secretary Kenneth Royall today unfolded plans for an Army striking force of 18 full divisions. But he sold he hopes world condi¬ tions will soon permit "a substan¬ tial reduction" in America's armed strength.
The 18 divisions represent "the bare minimum needed during the present unsettled world conditions," he told graduates of the Armed Forces Staff College. 12 of Regular Army
The units, to be trained and equipped as rapidly as possible, include:
Twelve Regular Army divisions at full strength, which would double the United States' present mobile force.        ,
Six National Guard dl-visions, brought to "full strength and effi¬ ciency,"
Combat units for corps and armies.
Forty anti-aircraft battalions.
Six of the Regular Army divi¬ sions,   Royall   said,   will   be   main
tained in the United States. Ona will be the famed 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N. C, which the secretary labeled "the only domes¬ tic division now anywhere near full strength."
Others will incluc^e the Second Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., and the Second Armored af Camp Hood, Tex., which Royall said were at about one-third strength now Valley Units on List
He listed ths Third Infantry at Fort Benning, Ga., only a head¬ quarters now; a brand new infantry di-idsion to be located at C^amp Campbell, Ky.; and an airborne dMAon as yet  unlocated.
Aa National Guard divisions to be brought to full strength and equip¬ ment Royall named the 26th In¬ fantry of Massachusetts, the 28th Infantry of Pennsylvania, the 3l9t Infantry of Alabama, the 43rd In¬ fantry of (Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont; the 45th Infantry of Oklahoma and the 49th Armored of ' Texas.
U.S. MUST MAKE PLACES FOR 205,000 DPS
Washington, June 26. (UP)—It will be up to Americans to make a place in this country for 205,000 homeless Europeans in the ne.xt two years, government officials said tonight
The first of these war refugees are tentatively scheduled to begin arriving at East Coast ports in late August. But before a«y can be let in, they must be guaranteed jobs and housing, officials pointed out.
That is one of the requirements of the new Displaced Persons legi¬ slation signed by President Tru¬ man yesterday. It means, officials said, that private citizens, local communities and national religious and welfare groups will have to carry the ball if the resettlement program is to succeed.
Any American who wants to, c^p start the ball rolling now with an offer to provide a job and housing for a European or a European family, officials said. He should write to the Immigration Service or the Displaced Person commis¬ sioners, or get In touch with the Protestant, (Catholic or Jewish na- Itionai welfara organisatioo,
BERNADOTTE READY WITH PEACE PLANS FOR HOLY LAND
Rhodes, June 26, (UP)—Ount Folke Bernaidotte and his United Nations mediators reportedly put the finishing touches today on their plan  for peace in  Palestine.
Col. Thord Sonde, chief truce observer, arrived here from the Holy Land for the day-long hud¬ dle  behind  locked  doors.
The meeting was held amid in¬ creasing tension caused by Egyp¬ tian truce violations yesterday and reports of more of the same today.
Bernadotte was said to have dis¬ approved of Bonde's authorization for the Jews to take any action they felt proper to defend them¬ selves  against Egyptian  attackers.
There was no official comment, but it was understood that Ber¬ nadotte felt that his ^sistant's statement merely aggravated an iJready   serious   matter.
Meanwhile, the count contacted UN Representative Pablo Azearate In (Cairo in an effort to settle yes¬ terday's incident, in which Egyp¬ tian Spitfires allegedly fired on a UN truce observation plane and an unescorted  Jewish   food   convoy.
GOODRICH. CIO REACH AGREEMENT ON RAISES
Cleveland, June 26. (UP)—The United Rubber Workers «CIO) to¬ day signed a new contract for an. 11-cent hourly wage Increase with the B. F. (Soodrich (Co., the third of "Big Four" rubber companies to sign within the lost two weeks.
The wage boost, which covert 17,000 Employees in seven GJood- rich plants, matches agreements reached earlier with the Firestoat Rubber Co. and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
The U. S. Rubber Co, only big rubber firm still unsigned, is cur¬ rently negotiating with the union in New York.
The Goodrich wage increase Is retroactive to June 21. The con¬ tract will expire June 25, 1949, the I wage level to remain fixed throughout the period. The Fire¬ stone and (joodyear contracts car- jried clauses permitting the wage ! question to be reopened after one I year by either party prior to the I expiration of the two-year agree- > ments.
(Joodrich workers with 18 years of service will be granted three- week vacations under the contract.
Radar in Canada to Warn U, 5. Of Air Attack Through Arctic
Washington, June 26. (UP)—The chief of Canada's defense research will confer with American scien¬ tists here next week, and his visit puts a spotlight on the problem of a radar umbrella to protect the North American continent'against trans-polar air attack.
Dr. Omond McKillop Solandt, 38, chairman of the (Canadian defense research board, is due tomorrow for a three-day visit. He will be the guest of Dr. Vannevar Bush, American defense research chief. To  Protect  Big  Cities
Bush has been given the job of working out plans for an air warn¬ ing network to prevent a Pearl Harbor-type attack against such American cities as Chicago, New York.  Detroit  and  Washington.
Defense experts say that any effective air warning plan must have the co-operation of the Can¬ adian government. Many radar posts must be placed on Canadian soil to make the system work properly.
I    A,    radar    network    to    detect enemy  planes would cost an. eatt*
'mated $250,000,000 for equipment I About 25,000 men would be needed
to man it.
I The joint Canadian-American da- ifense board is still functiontnf. High ranking military officer* have made many trips to (Canada since the war to confer on joint defense problems. Can Make Alaska Useless
The United States is alreadjT spending nearly $200,000,000 on it« defenses in Alaska. Yet defense experts say this expenditure would be worthless if it were bypassed by air or airborne attack coming down on the United States acroea I the (Canadian Arctic region.
' Solandt also will discuss with I American officials problems of sol< Idler survival in the Arctic. Amert- ' can and Canadian troops have ;been conducting joint maneuvere I and tests in the Arctic sine* Um lend of World War Q, _^