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Like yourselves, the Alaska Steamship Company has a part to play in building
Alaska’s future. In addition, we have the job of providing vital shipping service
to aII of Alaska. These are big obligations and The Alaska Line is working hard
to fulfill them. To make our efforts most effective we have set our sights on some
definite goals—which we call "objectives.” We think they are constructive and
in the best interest of Alaska. Let’s talk about them for a moment.
1. To provide the best freight and passenger
service possible at rates that will promote
Territorial growth and prosperity.
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The Alaska Steamship Company is very much aware that adequate and efficient
water transportation to all parts of Alaska is essential to a sound and thriving Territorial
economy. We also recognize that the rates for this service must be maintained at a reasonable
level which will permit business enterprise to prosper and expand. We are constantly striving
to improve the quality and efficiency of our service—always with the goal of holding rates
at the minimum which will offer the greatest possible value and still permit useful operation
of our vessels. Since The Alaska Line has its investment and its facilities committed to serving
Alaska, we are vitally concerned in the future of the Territory for our own survival.
2. To encourage industrial development
within Alaska.
Industrial development of the Territory, transforming the great natural resources of
Alaska into marketable commodities, can create the payrolls necessary to support a large
population. It can also provide a return cargo for vessels which now, except for a short period
during the summer, return empty after each trip to Alaska. Because we know that with
this growth Alaska’s shipping will no longer be a "one way street,” The Alaska Line is seriously
interested in giving every encouragement within its ability to aid in the development of
new manufacturing and processing plants within the Territory.
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3. To be a force for civic good within
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An important clement in the growth of any town is the civic pride of its citizens. We
have great admiration for the community,spirit which typifies Alaskan towns, and it is our
aim to accept our proper share of responsibility in their civic life. Furthermore, The Alaska
Line encourages its people in each town to be active and valuable citizens in their own
right. We believe that your business —and ours—can be only as good as the community
in which it lives.
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{Legislators Debate
i Controversial
Liquor Control Act
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JUNEAU, C/P) — The controver
sial bill to establish an Alaska li
quor control board with a $12,000
a year administrator brought dis
claimers today from two angles.
Jack Allman of the retail liquor
dealers association issued a state
men that the association “as a
trade group disapproves of such a
setup.”
From another corner, executive
secretary T. D. Erickson of the
Territorial federation of labor is
sued a statement denying federa
tion authorship of a booklet al
leging the bill would estbalish the
liquor administration with dicta
torial powers.
The booklet, in attractive typo
graphical format, appeared or>
legislators desks last week. The
cover carried the Territorial fed
eratIon of labor resolution against
the proposed bill. As adopted by
the federation convention in Sit
ka. The impression was given that
the booklet was issued by the fed
eration in support of its resolu
tion. Erickson said his organiza
tion “had nothing to do with the
pamphlet and has made no com
ment other than that in the reso
I lution opposing bill.”
The bill is rivaled only by two
major tax proposals in interest it
has created in the Territory.
Allman said in his statement
“first it would most certainly in
volve the industry in politics as it
; has in some States, and secondly
I it places in the hands of one man
(with no assurance that he would
be qualified) authority to sit in
judgment upon and deal out pen
alties to licensees for any infrac
tion of the rules or regulations the
board might promulgate. This is
something we feel should be re
served as at present, .for our
| courts.
“Most liquor dealers through
' out the Territory have long real
| ized some form of enforcement is
! necessary to keep ‘borderline op
erators’ from permitting practices
which reflect upon industry as a
whole but feel there is nothing ba
sically wrong with the industry
j that could not be corrected by a
! little efficient policing.’’
Stratojet Bomber
On Record Flight
, Across States
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the takeoff.
I In the co-pilot’s seat was Maj.
Joseph W. Howell, also of Dayton.
Shleeh is deputy chief of bomber
operations of the flight test divi
sion of the air material command
at Wright-Patterson air force
base, Dayton.
A transcontinental speed mark
is almost inevitable if the XB-47
has favorable wind conditions all
the way. However, no official tim
ing has been arranged.
The stratojet is the air force’s
first swept wing bomber. It is
powered with six General Electric
J-53 turbo-jet engines which give
it something over 24,000 lbs. of
thrust. In addition 18 jato units
(rocket motors> are housed in the
sides of the fuselage for emer
gency power.
The fastest time ever made
across the country was 4 hours 13
minutes in a Lockheed F-80 flying
from Burbank, Calif., to New
York. The pilot was Col. William
Council, a Wright Field (Ohio’ test
pilot.