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Nome, Alaska, Monday, February 12, 1951
Lincoln’s Prayers Recalled
In Present Crisis
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LINCOLN often read the bible to his family.
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In these days when prayer is a response to the world
crisis, many people like to remember that President
Abraham Lincoln met the crisis of his day with prayer.
In emergency—the siege of Vicksburg or the Battle
of Gettysburg—he prayed about these and said so. One
of his body guards, Col. W. H. Cook, reported that every
morning at 8 o’clock, Lincoln would go into his study
by himself and read a chapter or two of the Bible. He
often read the Bible to his family.
When Fremont was boomed as a Lincoln opponent, it
was reported to Lincoln that only about 400 people at
tended a Freemont meeting. The President opened the
Bible to a little known passage (1 Samuel 22:2) and
read:
“And every one that was in distress and every one
that was in debt, and every one that was discontented,
gathered themselves unto him; and he became a cap
tain over them: and there were with him about 400
men.”
But Lincoln, who often went to Church, was a mem
ber of no church. Once when asked why, he said:
“Because I have found it difficult to give assent to
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their long and complicated confessions of faith. When
any church will inscribe over its altar the Savior’s con
densed statement of law and the Gospel
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‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart and with all thy soul and with all thy
mind, and love thy neighbor as thyself,’
that church will I join with all by heart.”
■ CIVILIAN DEFENSE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT
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The Civilian Defense organization has been working
hard to get the outline of plans laid out so that they will
be suitable for this area. Although they have been sup
plied with an outline which is used all over the United
States, there are many phases which are not applicable
; to Northwestern Alaska.
They need the support of every citizen residing here
■ to make the program effective for the protection of the
people of the community. We urge you to attend the
next meeting of the Civilian- Defense, which is sched
uled for Friday evening at the U. S. Court Room.
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Why read the newspapers or any books. After all,
you can learn everything there is to know by listening to
the rumors, reports and gossips that fill the air.
Lifting The Lid
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Mackenzie, Ketchikan; and Me
CutcheQn. Republican for the
measure were Anita Gamick, Jun
eau; Percy Ipalook, Wales, Enge
breth.
Voting against were Republi
cans John Butrovich, Fairbanks;
A. F. (Joe) Coble, Fairbanks; El
ton Engstrom, Juneau; W. tP.(Dan)
Lhamon, Fairbanks; and Gerrit
(Heinie) Snider, Anchorage. Dem-!
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ocrats against were Ed Anderson,
and Howard Lyng, Nome; and
Jamies Nolan, Wrangell. Frank
Barr, Fairbanks Democrat, did
not vote. ‘ l. 1
Snider, Lyng and Anderson, all
! said there should be a referendum
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first. Lyng said he would vote for
the measure proposing a referen
dum if one were introduced.
Butrovich, finance chairman,
said:
“We haven’t neglected schools.
The budget will run over $8,000,- ;
000 for them.”
Lh^mon estimated it would cost
' $375,000 yearly in interest to fi
| nance the bonds, which he said
I would have to come from the
school budget.
The Senate also completed leg- i
islative approval of C. Chester j
i Carlson’s joint memorial to Presi-!
dent Truman, and Secretary of j
State Acheson opposing any
Japanese peace treaty without a
guarantee against Japanese fisher- j
men encroaching on North Ameri
can waters. It was a case of a
double barreled attack because,
the Senate previously had passed j
Engstrom’s Senate joint memori
al on the same subject.
The Senate approved a bill
which would clear all doubt of
cities’ right to levy a 30-mill prop
erty tax if they so choose.
Rep. Steve McCutcheon, An
chorage Democrat, sponsor of the
measure, explained it merely
would clarify Territorial law to j
put it into conformity with author- j
ity granted by Cougress. Some le
gal authorities contend cities al
ready had the levying power.
The vote of McCutcheon’s pro-;
posal was nine to seven. Sen. Ani
ta Gamick, Juneau Republican,;
said she was opposed on the,
ground that it opened the door to j
more taxes even though it didn’t
levy them.
“Any tax increase or any action
promoting the prospect of an in
crease is inadvisable now,” she
said. “If the Territorial property I
tax should be held valid that
would mean ten more mills could
be added.
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“If taxes keep going up people J
can’t continue to live in the Terri-,
tory.”
The Senate als opassed unani
mously Sen. Frank Barr’s bill to
put teeth Into the law against bad
checks;
It also approved unanimously
Senator Gunnard Engebreth’s "me
morial to Congress for action
toward blocking any further' pri
vate mine staking on gravel lands
set aside for school support.
McCutcheon and Engebreth said
it s of vital importance because!
the land belongs to the schools of
the Territory.
Senator Barr has entered a bill |
in the Territorial Senate to “ap- I
propriate the sum of $741.66 for j
making terminal leave payment |
on the account of^ W. Leonard!
W. Smith, deceased, former Terri-!
torial Highway Engineer, to his;
widow, Barbara Smith and declar-,
ing an emergency.”
Monday, February 12, 1951
JUNEAU, (/P)—The House pass- (
ed a bill Saturday to create a four-;
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member investigating committee
after last week’s third explosive
debate, but the measure is slated
to come back for another round
tomorrow!
The vote on Rep. Glen Frank
lin’s bill was >14-10. Actually the
lineup was 13-11, but Rep. Stan
ley McCu^cheon (D.-Anchorage)
switched over to vote with the
majority after arguing violently
against it. That gave him the priv
ilgee of serving notice for recon
sideration Tuesday, which he did.
The bill had been labeled by
some opponents as a witch-hunt
ing bill. Before Saturday’s debate,
someone placed a little orange
colored Hallowe’en witch on
Franklin’s desk, and there she sat
during the arguments.
A rival bill by Rep. Wendell P.
Kay (D.-Anchorage). to create a
legislative council for govern
mental study with investigative
authority, also came up in second
reading but was held over until
this week for final action.
Franklin’s bill, in third reading,
got the right-of-way.
Opponents labeled it as a mea
sure under which politics would
run rampant and by which repu
tations could be damaged.
Representatives Franklin, Mike
S t e p o vich (R.-Fairbanks) and
Doris Barnes (R.-Wrangell) ar
gued it would be a deterrent to
wrongdoing in government, and
anyone with a clean record would
have nothing to fear.
Franklin insisted there were
ample safeguard amended into
the bill. They forbid anyone to
disclose investigation results be
fore the report to the Legislature,
unless the Legislature so decides.
McCutcheon declared:
“I saw a snaggle-toothed hag
lurking behind the bill and she’s
not riding a broom; she’s riding
an elephant.”
In arguing the bill would create
opportunity for abuses and per
sonal injury, McCutcheon asserted
“I probably qualify as the most
investigated man in Alaska. I
can’t sneeze without Republicans
wanting to look in my handker
chief,”
He charged Republicans hoped
to make political capital out of
the proposed committee, and
called it “vicious and unwarrant
ed and politics at the taxpayers’
expense.”
McCutcheon denounced charg
es made against him just befort
election by former Rep. Marcus
Jensen, who was a member of the
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House investigating committ e e
during the 1949 session.
Mrs. Barnes retorted the .1949
committee was composed of three j
Democrats — “We Republicans
couldn’t even get on it.”
McCutcheon and Fra n k 1 i n
clashed hotly as Franklin inter
rupted to challenge some of Me-,
Cutcheon’s remarks. Kay labeled
the bill a “vicious political boom
erang.” He complained that last
last session investigating commit
tee findings weer the basis for the
“malfeasance and misfeasance
battle cry” of Republicans during
the campaign. He protested the
bill doesn’t provide for bi-partisan
committeemen, as his legislative
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council bil ldoes.
Stevovich retorted that Kay had
opposed a Republican proposal in
committee to make ot bi-partisan.
Republicans voted solidly for!
the bill, and the majority obtain
ed the “yes” votes of Democrats
Franklin, Amelia Gundersen GD.
Ketchikan) and George OP. Madsen
(D.-Nome).
The Legislature recessed in ob
servance of Lincoln’s birthday to
day. ,
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JUNEAU, (/P)—Sen. Anita Gar
nick GR.-Juneau) introduced a* bill
“No Lockout, No
Strike” Agreement
Aid Alaska Projects
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the conference was called at the
insistence of a sub-committee task
force headed by Hunt and includ
ing Senators Morse (R.-Ore.) and
Saltonstall (R.-Mass.).
As part of the sub-committee’s
job of 'checking on all defense ac
tivities, the three Senators visited
Alaska last year to study prog
ress oh more than $100,000,000
worth of army, navy and air force
projects.
Because of its proximity to
Russia, Alaska has received a big
chunk of the huge defense mobil
ization funds voted by Congress.
The $enate task force learned
in the past many of the defense
projects, limited by weather to
short construction periods, had
been delayed by labor disputes.
As a result, Hunt called a ses
sion here of all government agen
cies with interests in Alaska. For
mer Senator Graham (D.-N. C.)
was named to return to Alaska as
a special consultant for thir inter
departmental group. Government
officials, contractors, labor lead
ers and Alaskan officials then
were called into a joint session to
work out agreements for speeding
up the Alaskan projects.
Hunt said these projects includ
ed housingC expansion and im
provement of airfields, extension
| of the radar screen for detecting
i possible enemy air attack, and
construction of highway, railroad
and communications facilities.
Senator Johnson said labor and
management agreed at a confer
ence at Anchorage to sign con
tracts for the full year.
“Each of these contracts in
cludes a no-strike, no-lockout
clause,” Johnson said. “The com
mittee has been informed that at
least one and probably two of the
i major craft unions would now be
on strike if this conference had
not been arranged.”
Organize Alaska ,
Visitors Assn.
JUNEAU (A>)—Alaskans entered
a bid for increased tourist trade
last week with organization here
of the Alaska Visitors Association.
Bab Ellis of Ketchikan, elected
temporary president, said the as
sociation would attempt to over
c o m e the “scare psychology’
’which is discouraging travelers
from coming to Alaska during the
present wqrld tensions.
Gov. Ernest Gruening and Ter
ritorial Legislators attended the
organizational banquet Thursday
night.
Gruening sounded the keynote
with the comment: “We want the
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world to know we are norw pre
pared to receive visitors from the
east or west and we will have an
appropriately warm Alaskan wel
come for either.”
founders adyised legislators at
the banquet they will seek Terri
torial funds to help with the pro
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motion work.
The organization is sponsored
by travel agencies, airlines, resort
owners’and other interested busi
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nesses.
today for creation of a Southeast
ern branch of the University of
Alaska. The measure proposes a
$500,000 appropriation, with re
gents to select the site. Similar
•bill have been introduced at pre
vious sessions.