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Uiiiuciuiiiy a i 1/1.11 uire pujwVessels of 'Project 572 West' StartBig Annual Supply Mission; Similar Force From Atlantic Pierces ArcticBv CHUCK HOYT•vBARROW, (Special)—-The ships are in. Half of the U. S- Navy task fleet that is the biggest of its type operating anywhere under the American flag is off the coast of Pt. Barrow—but you can't see it. _ The 46 ships that combine to make up “Project 5/2West, otherwise known as they ” ’ ~annual DEWline Supply Fleet' is milling around in the backyard of the North American con-1 tinont in an area stretching amere 1.750 miles fr^n west to east and as far north as the polar ice cap will allow, which is only a few miles off-shore. The other half of the supply fleet is converging from the Atlantic Ocean side and will supply the DEWline /Distant Early Warning) sites from east to west, with never the twain meeting, but the farthest west ships and ,the farthest east ships coming iti-S to close proximity.Joint Undertaking The supplying of the DEWline,Civil RightsVole SlatedFor Tonightwhich only officially went into operation last Thursday afterthree years of construction. «j^CalTfi, limits furthcr~debate to an annual joint undertaking ofWASHINGTON. Aug. 7, UP —An agreement clearing the wayfor a vote on passage of the civilrights hill tonight was reachedin the Senate today.The agreement, proposed by Sens. Johnson (D-Tex) and KnowlandFh-Of ced E. cn-ent entire-i de In rill ac-*1-ilc-rallerestCSCionter?n-ar-jn-:heain-*rethe combined military and civilian forces of the nation and all the ingenuity their collective minds can generate.At present the show belongs to the U. S. Navy whose responsibility it is to get the thousands of tons of supplies to the far-off sites- Then the U. S. Army takes over and off-loads the cargo to the highwatcr mark” and from there the prime responsibility lies with the construction company known as Puget Sound and Drake who have taken cn the chore of moving the cargo from the highwater mark on the beaches to the individual sites where H was originally destined. There they stack and arrange the cargo and complete the warehousing.From there, the Federal Electric Co.. lakes over as they havejthe responsibility for the entire DEWline operation. But aside from Federal Electric and lurking in the background and everpresent is the Ih S. Air Force, as they own the DEWline—lock, stock and barrel.Wait for Pack to Moveseven hours after the finish of a speech by Sen. Stennis (D-Missh Stennis was in the midst of a speech when the agreement was made, and completed it at 12.50 p.m. (EOT). The seven-hour debate limit then went into effect.The argreement didn't specify a vote should be taken tonight, leader, Said that was the Intent Johnson also obtained consent for a roll call vote on final passage, which might be reached about 8 p.m. iEDT) if all the allotted time is used.Divergent View* Administration leaders here reported to be divided on whether to seek to delay final civil rights action until next year or to work for a compromise on the jury trial amendment.Sharply divergent views on the effect of the amendment were expressed today by the Justice Department and by Dean Aeheson, former Secretary of State in the Truman Administration and now an attorney here.Aeheson, in an article written ,for the Evening Star at the Star's request, said fears expressedrrit, . thf fnrrr* left *bout the amendment are un~‘Attle several weeks ago andonnstadiryndinchct-noin[hisShecedSeattle sevc rendezvoused off Icy Cape early j last week waiting for the ice pack to move out so the boats ! could skirt PT Barrow and head east to their eventual destina-Itions, This took place virtually on j schedule and except for t he command ship. Eldorado, the boats that were destined to go east have .’passed Pt. Barrow.The command ship, the U.S.S. Eldorado, is a floating communications center and th? key to the completion of the whole supplying operation.. Rear Aim. F. C. S tel ter. Jr„ of Corona do. Calif, is the officer In tactical command of the 46 shipsand sometimes insincere.Aeheson, reported to have had a hand in drafting of the provision. wrote that “it will be * disaster for the country If bitter sectional animosity is aroused in attempting to change the jury trial amendment to gain something of little or no value/'Keal Power*“The real enforcement powers* he said, are in the civil contempt proceedings where no jury is required/In a cfvf] contempt case, a judge may jail a defendant who does not comply with his order. Such an order might, for exam-{Continued on Page 2, Col. 1: i pie. require an official to register____
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Wed, Aug 07, 1957
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