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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, February 20, 1952
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CANDIDATES ALL-OUT FOR GOOD ROADS
All candidates for the primary election whether
Republican, Democrat or Independent, have expressed
a most united front on Second Division’s greatest need
and that is adequate roads.
All realize the need as never before as a means
of opening up this great part of the territory and
making it possible to tap its great wealth of minerals.
Time and time again our civic bodies have spent
much time and effort to impress the powers that be
that this area must have some means of travel to
develop the known potential volume of strategic min
eral. Patient waiting has been their only reward while
the military areas not only get good roads but must
have them paved as well.
It speaks well for our candidates that they will
be able to pull together and work for this all-important
issue and will seek not only the immediate roads to
the mines in operation, such as the U.S. Tin Corpora
tion at Lost River, but the all-important link and life
line from Fairbanks to Nome, uniting Northwestern
Alaska to the rest of North America.
BROTHERHOOD WEEK
By Irving Dilliard
Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It may sound futile to talk about brotherhood' when
half the world is doing its best to deny the meaning of
the word. On the contrary, this is precisely the time to
begin talking about brotherhood. That is, if we hope
to retain a decent sanity in this country and later to
serve as an effective healing agent for Europe.
The National Conference of Christians and Jews,
founded by Charles Evans Hughes among others, is
now engaged in the celebration of Brotherhood Week.
It is an annual observance, built around Washing
ton’s birthday. Surely it is more meaningful this year
than ever before.
The avowed purpose of the National Conference,
which loqks after religious, racial and cultural rela
tionships among Protestants, Catholics and Jews, is to
“make America safe for differences.” Is it overstress
ing the importance of Brotherhood Week to say that
America will he safe for democracy not one moment
longer than* it remains safe for differences?
Alaska Indians, Backed by N.Y. Firm
To Test Legality of Timber Cutting Act
WASHINGTON, (#*)—A Senate*
Interior subcommittee has been
told how a corporation was
formed with outstanding stock of
$12,&15 which negotiated con
tracts with Alaska Indians for the
cutting of 30 million dollars worth
of timber.
Richard G. Green, a New York
attorney, said Monday the Timber
Development Corp. was formed
in his office and the “moving
spirit” in it was Milton Zaiden
berg, in the investment business
in New York.
The authorized capital stock
was for about $100,000 but only
$12,515 was actually issued, Green
told the committee. It is investi
gating contracts Indians have
with attorneys.
One of the corporation’s pur
poses, Green said, wis to test out
an act passed by Congress in 1947
which says the government has
the sole right to administer cut
ting of the timber on the land at
the Indians in the Tongass Na
tional Forest in Alaska.
Zaidenberg, in New York, said
the Indians—not the corporation j
—were going to test the act.
The Indians were not getting j
the money for the trees, under
the law, he said, and wished td
determine whether or not the I
land belonged to them.
H i s company’s arrangements
with the Indians were made in
anticipation that the Indians could
establish their claims, Zaidenberg
said, adding:
“All the money for the timber
would be gotten when it was nec
essary.”
Green said it had been intended
to get a test case started by hav
ing the Indians start cutting a
small amount of timber. But, he
added, he had “heard” the Indians
didn’t go ahead with the cutting
because o*f threats by government
officials.
In the event the law is declared
invalid, he said, the corporation
would then be ready to go ahead
and raise a large amount of capi
tal to pay the Indians for the tim
ber.
The 1947 act stipulates that the
U.S. Forest Service is to handle
the cutting of timber on the In
dian lands in the Tongass Nation
al Forest by letting contracts to
pulp mills and such. One was
awarded by the government last
July to Ketchikan Pulp and Paper
Company.
Green said three contracts had
been negotiated with Indian
groups, each of which provided
for a maximum of 10 million
dollars of timber to be sold to the
corporation.
Hospital Head Rebukes
“Gross Extravagance” of
Civil Service Commission
NORFOLK, Va., (/P)—Sam E.
Patterson, managing director of
Leigh Memorial Hospital here,
wrote a letter Monday to the dir
ector of Region Four, U.S. Civil
Service Commission.
In it, Patterson complained of
what he called “a good example
of gross extravagance” on the
commission’s part.
His complaint:— He received
nine identical letters — subject
matter and everything else the
same — from the commission in
one mail.
All the letters, he said, were
postmarked February 11 in Wash
ington — two at 1 pjn., two at
1:30 pjn., one at 2 pjn., one at
4 p.m., two at 4:30 p.m., and one
at 5:30 p.m.
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ACS Goes Over Top in
March of Dimes Campaign
It has been announced from
ACS headquarters in Seattle that
contributions for the 1952 March
of Dimes campaign from the sys
tems of Alaskan stations totaled
$1506.94.
Contributions were turned over
to local chapters throughout Al
aska.
Senate Leader Looks For
Early Vote on Statehood
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sible to “wrest several meanings
from it” it was the intent of the
legislature to “authorize valua
tion of each mining claim whether
it embraces 20 acres or less, and
of each 20 acres of an associa
tion placer claim (160 acres) at
$500.”
Prior to 1949 passage of the
law, the only taxes on real or
personal property in Alaska were
by municipalities and school or
public utility districts. There was
no property tax outside of these
specific areas.
According to the most recent
report by M. P. Mullaney, Alaska
Tax Commissioner, $73,789 was
collected under the act in 1951.
The collections are held in abey
ance pending settlement of the
legal issues.
This is the second test otf {-he
property law by Hess and the
mining concern. An injunction
was issued against further collec
tions in the Fourth Division Court
in 1950.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
The Poll Book for the registra
tion of voters for the forthcoming
Municipal and School Board Elec
tion will be open WEDNESDAY,
February 20. Qualified registrants
must be thirty (30) days in the
precinct and one year in the ter
ritory. Election date, April 1st,
1952. # Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk
Pub. Feb. 15, 22, 29, 1952.
League BB Action
By Herb Williams
In the Base-City League basket
ball action, there was only one
game played last night at the
high school gym in which the
CAP went down to defeat at the
hands at the red-hot Blue Devils
60-22. The regular game between
the Church and the 132nd Det.
was postponed when the army
team failed to bring enough men.
Instead an exhibition game was
played between the Grade School
Mustangs and the High School
Frosh who edged the 7 th - 8th
grade 36-35.
As the Blue Devils trounced
the CAP, Bob Robinson of the
winners was high point man with
21 points.
The grade and high school
teams put on a rough and tough
battle before the Fresh pulled it
out of the fire with seconds left
in the game. The Frosh trailed
throughout the contest and were
behind at the half 18-10. Robert
Herman of the Frosh and Don
Newton of the Mustangs tied for
high point honors with 18 points
each.
Weather permitting, at the base
gym, Thursday night, 142nd vs.
Blue Devils and 32nd Det. plays
the Army.
Friday night, at the high school,
in the first game the Church
meets the Army followed by the
CAP vs. Grayson’s Hustlers.
NOTICE
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