Alcoholism Is j
Great Problem
Among Natives .
(By Vern Haugland)
MiP) Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON. ^ — Alcohol
ism among the 35.000 Eskimos.
Aleuts and Indians is one of the
greatest problems in Alaska, inte
rior department experts on the
northern territory agree.
But, one of them said, prohib -
tion is by no means the answer.
The subject of liquor-drinking
by the natives has been among
topics discussed behind c’n.cd
doors at the department’s 10-day
conference on Alaska, which end
ed last week.
Officials made these comments:
Willard W. Beatty. education
director for the Indian bureau:
“There are manv Americans who
think its fun to get an Eskimo or
Indian drunk, to bait him as a
Spaniard bait s a bull. There are
plenty of natives in the slums of
Juneau or Ketchikan who got li
quor for the first time from
‘friends’ among the irresponsible
whites.”
Don C. Foster, chief of the Alas
Perry Kungelc. an employee of
the Alaska Airlines was badly
beaten and robbed last Thursday
by hree unidentified men. Both
he military and the qivil authori
ties are investigating the case, but
as yet no suspects have been
found.
ka Native Service: "Next to the
I
District of Columbia, Alaska has
the highest per capita rate of li
quor consumption in the United
States. Tiie chief victim of this is
the native. He doesn’t buy a drink,
he buys a drunk.
"The Aleuts, particularly, can
no*t take alcohol. The natives are
naturally a good people, a very
fine people. I know of no factor
that is so devastating as, or will
exterminate them more quickly
than, liquor.
“In all of Alaska liquor is the
greatest siYigle factor retarding
the development of the Indians,
the Eskimos and the Aleuts.”
Foster, contending prohibition
wasn’t successful in the States.
“There should be no bars, no
cocktail rooms in Alaska. A pack
age store business, like those of
Oregon and Washington, might
provide better control.”
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to the regular session, the expense
to the Territory of a Special Ses
'Jo*i will be greatly reduced.
So that no time need be lost in
getting down to serious considera
tion of the pressing problem which
confronts us, the Attorney Genreal
of Alaska will furnish for your
consideration immediately upon
convening drafts of several pro
posed tax measures he has pre
pared in his capacity as Legisla
; tive Counsel in response to re
quests from members of th^ Leg
islature'.
Proclamation calling extraor
dinary session for January 6, 1949,
issued December 17, 1948, reads as
follows:
'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
OFFICE OF THE ACTING GOV
ERNOR OF THE TERRITORY
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, public necessity re
quires <as set forth in the written
notice to members issued here
with' that the Legislature of Alas
| ka be convened in extraordinary
session,
THEREFORE, I, Llewellyn M.
i Williams, Acting Governor of
I Alaska, by virtue of the authority
' vested in the Governor of Alaska
( by Section 6 of the Organic Act of
| Alaska, as amended by the Act of
Aparil 18, 1940, Chapter 105, Sec
tion 1. 54 Stat. Ill, 48 USCA Sec.
,74.
DO HEREBY convene the Nine
eenth Legislature of the Territory
of Alaska to meet in extraordinary
session at the City of Juneau,
Alask.a at 10 o’clock a.m. on
Thursday, January 6, 1949, and to
remain in session until and includ
ing January 22, 1949, for the fol
’owing objects:
To consider and act upon legis
lation to provide such revenues
for the Territory as the Legisla
ture may deem necessary or ad
visable to remedy the critical fi
nancial condition of the Terri
tory of Alaska.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I,
i the undersigned, in the absence of
tiie Governor of Alaska from the
Territory of Alaska, have hereun
to subscribed my name and af
f'xed the Seal of the Territory of
Alaska this 17th day of December,
1948. at the Capital City, Juneau,
Alaska.
Llewellyn M. Williams,
Acting Governor of Alaska.
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PRIEST RIVER CAGERS
TOURING ALASKA
SEATTLE, i/P)—Coach Irv Mor
gan and a six-man squad of Priest
River, Idaho, high school alumni
are flying to Alaska for basket
bull games against three Alaska
prep teams.
Morgan said the team is sched
uled to meet Sitka High School to
night, tomorrow and Wednesday
nights, Petersburg High Thursday
and Friday nighst and Wrangell
Saturday night.
FIVE MORE B-50 BOMBERS
TO FAIRBANKS
TUCSON, Anz., (sP*—Five more
B-50 bombers will leave Davis
Mon than air force base here for
Fairbanks, Alaska and AiMcic tests
early this week.
The pianes will be from the Hath
bomb squadron of the 43rd bomb
group.
Four B-50’s of the original
group sent to Alaska returned
Saturday after a fifth had crashed.
Ten crewmen were killed in the
crash.
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