NWA CHAMBER
HOLDS LUNCHEON
The Chamber of Commerce held
a regular luncheon meeting Tues
day at noon in the Blue Room at
the Nevada.
Many members and guests were
present and enjoyed the lunch.
Following the regular business
which included the reading of a
letter from the Fairbanks Health
Association for the Nome Cham
ber to get behind the association
in requesting a large tuberculosis !
hospital for Fairbanks. The Cham- J
ber moved that Nome should put
forth considerable effort in trying 1
to get the hospital for the Nome
and the Second Division as was
previously planned with the De
partment of Indian Affairs.
Jack Anderson, general super
intendent of Lomen Commercial
Co., stated that his company was (
getting all the lighterage equip-1
rnent readied for the coming sea
son's operation. He also referred j
4o 4 transportation in that it is ex
tremely difficult to get supplies to j
Nome until the first boat in June,
providing however that the parts
and supplies could be obtained.
Many items are not on the market.
Sgt. Clarence Woofter, of the'
Signal Corps, spoke briefly of the |
fact that he was formerly a Nome
ite, but has for nearly twenty
| NEW CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
FIRST MEETING
The new city council and mayor
held their first regular meeting
last Monday evening and handled
routine business. They made a
temporary appointment of Art C.
Brown as Fire and Police Chief.
His application was the only one
leeeived for the position.
The annual report was also ac
cepted, showing Receipts $74,165.
55; Disbursements $61,790.72;
Bank Balance $48,560.13. Other
special accounts are J. G. Mac
Dougall Memorial Fund $38,152.
66. Bonds, interest and redemp
tion fund $663.74, and March of
Dimes Fund $377.29.
A firkin is an old ale and beer
measure containing nine gallons.
years made his home in Fair
banks.
Sgt. Woofter stated, in reference
♦o the tuberculosis hospital, that
in all fairness to the population,
the hospital should be at or near
Nome, although Fairbanks does
need a good general hospital. It is
a well known fact that the major
ity of tuberculosis cases are in the
Second Division and could more
easily be brought to Nome for
care.
The Chamber will meet next
Tuesday and will have superin
tendents and teachers of the
schools in Nome as guests.
Vote for
FRANK WHALEY
Candidate for Re-Election
Territorial Senate
He stands on his record. Consistently voting
his convictions in the interests of his con
stituents.
Get a Democratic Ballot
PRIMARY ELECTION APRIL 30, 1946
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MRS. C. C. TANNER
LEAVES FOR STATES
Mrs. C. C. Tanner and daughter
left for the States Monday with
FA.A. Mrs. Tanner expects to be
gone about two months, and will
visit with her sister, Martha Lar
son, in Seattle.
NOTE OF THANKS
The Federated Ladies’ Aid
wishes to thank each one who
helped make the Easter food sale
a success.
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Nome, Alaska,
April 23, 1946.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE SECOND DIVISION:
As a candidate for re-election
to the Territorial Senate on the
Democratic ticket, I find myself
compelled to answer and refute
the base and malicious charges
which have been circulated j
against me throughout this Divi
| sion recently, in an effort to de
feat me for re-election. I particu
larly refer to a circular letter
written on stationery of the Grand
| Camp of Alaska Native Brother
hood, over the signature of one
William L. Paul, Jr., who signs
, himself as secretary of that organ
! ization.
Mr. Paul tells you that I voted
against the so-called “Equal
Rights” bill and should therefore
be defeated. You already knew
that I voted against the bill. I
never denieu it. But Mr. Paul goes
further and states that in the dis
; mission of the bill in the Senate
I “condemned Indians, Aleuts and
Eskimos as being no good because
i they stink, smell of seal oil and
I should not be allowed to enter
places where white people gather.”
This is a deliberate lie on the
part of Mr. Paul. I never made
that statement.
I
It is true that I opposed the bill
I as originally introduced and con- !
! tended then, as I do now, that the
main purpose of the bill was not
i to benefit the natives, but was in
| tended to promote the interests of
unscrupulous politicians, who
prey upon those innocent people
for their own political aggrandize
ment.
I offered an amendment to the
; bill which would reserve the right
i of the proprietor or manager of
I any hotel, restaurant or other
j public place of business, to reject
any person, whose company might
endanger the health of others,
through the spread of communi
cable disease; or any person of
unclean habits; habitual drunk- I
j ards who might cause annoyance
| to others. Specifically providing
j that there should be no distinction
! of race, creed or color. This
: amendment was voted down, and
j I then voted against the original
; bill.
The second statement by Mr.
| Paul, is to the effect that during
, the discussion of the Wolf Bounty
bill I stated “that white men
should receive $50.00 but that this
amount was way too much for In
ctii.ns, Aleuts and Eskimos.” This
is another deliberate lie, manu
ity, I have, perhaps, contacted as
many of cui native people as any
person in the Territory. I have
flown into every village from
Hooper Bay to Barrow, and all
along the Yukon. I have had lots
of business with the natives, and
I challenge Mr. Paul or any other
man to prove that I ever discrim
inated against them in any way.
I have emnloyed them both in
my airplane business and mining
and I have yet to have one single
complaint.
1 contended on the floor of the
Senate during the discussion of
the bill in question, that our Es
kimo people were a fine honest,
law abiding race and should not
be used io promote the interests
of sell-seeking politicians, which
was what this bill was intended
to do. I contended further that if
the so-called "Equal Rights” bill
passed in its original form it
would create race hatred and ani
mosities between the native peo
ple and the whites which did not
then exist, and which Alaska
never knew up to this time. This
is exactly what it is leading to
today.
Who is William Paul, Jr.? Who
is this great political mentor who
is attempting to tell the people of
the Second Division who to vote
for, and, who to destroy politically
in this Division? Who is this great
statesman, or should I say dicta
tor, who by remote control from
his swivel chair at a comfortable
desk in Juneau attempts to dic
tate to the citizens of the Second
Division as to who shall represent
them in the Territorial Legisla
ture? He is the paid secretary of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
residing at Juneau, 1500 miles
from here.
i rsk, you, citizens of the Sec
ond Division, do you feel compe
tent to exercise your right of
franchise and vote for candidates
of your own choosing, without in
struction from Juneau, from Mr.
Paul? If you do bond I believe
you do> then you should indig
factured out of whole cloth. I
never made such a statement.
During my 13 years of continu
ous residence in Nome and vicin
nantly resent such dictation and
advise Mr. Paul accordingly.
At this point, I would like to
ask the native people a question.
It is this; what advantages did the
“Equal Rights” bring you in the
last year since it became law? Not
one iota. You had every right of
citizenship enjoyed by the white
man. The Federal Government
gave you free transportation,
medical care and hospitalization:
relief when necessary, in the way
ot food and clothing: free hunting
and Ashing licenses, etc. These are
decided advantages over those en
joyed by the white people. We do
not, and never did. object to you
receiving such consideration. Rut
we Wvinder how long tne Federal
Government will continue to give
you those free advantages. Did
>'ou ever stop to tnink, that some
day, perhaps in the not too distant
future, the Government might,
due to all the political propagan
da brought about by the so-called
“Equal Rights” bill, withdraw
those privileges you now enjoy of
free transportation, medical, hos
pitalization, etc. I wonder what
the politicians and Mr. Paul, will
do for you if this should happen?
I cannot help calling your atten
tion also to Mr. Paul’s condemna
tion of Senator Scott and Repre
sentative Walsh in that circular
of his. Well, you know those men,
they need no defense from me.
They voted their convictions sin
cerely and conscientiously. And
again, they never said an unkind
or unclean word about the natives
when discussing the “Equal
Rights” bill. Mr. Paul again de
liberately lies when he alleges
that they did.
When you go to the polls on the
30th of this month, vote for the
candidates of your own choosing.
Use your intelligence and free
will to selecl those whom you
wish to represent you. Judge them
according to your own lights and
convictions. This is your Division;
do not submit to dictation from
Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka. Re
fuse to be coerced; mud-slinging
lies, name calling never won ar
argument. Neither will it win thi;
election.
Sincerely yours,
FRANK H. WHALEY.
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