Arctic Explorer,
Capt. Bartlett, Dies
NEW YORK, April 29, UP) —
Robert Abram <Capt. Bob> Bart
lett, famous Arctic explorer, au
thor ancl lecturer, who capped his
I
adventurous four decades of north
l
land travel as colleague of Ad
miral Robert Peary in 1909, to dis-'
cover the North Pole, died at the
age of 70.
He was well known among Seat
tle and Alaska seafarers. In April
1938, he arrived in Seattle en
route to Alaska and the Siberian
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Arctic in search for traces of early
man. The expedition returned in
September of that year with com
plete studies of prehistoric and
living racial types in the far north.
He began his career in the Arc
tic in 1897, when he wintered with
Peary at Cape Durville in the
Kane basis. His last trip was in
1935 when he went to northwest
Greenland under the auspices of
the Field Museum of Chicago, and
the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington.
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Nome, Alaska.
April 23, 1946.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE SECOND DIVISION:
1
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
j which have been circulated
! against me throughout this Divi
j sion recently, in an effort to de
; feat me for re-election. I particu
1 larly refer to a circular letter
; written on stationery of the Grand
j Camp of Alaska Native Brother
hood, over the signature of one
i 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 know
that I voted against the bill. I
i never denieu it. But Mr. Paul goes
further and states that in the dis
1 cussion of the bill in the Senate
I “condemned Indians, Aleuts and
Eskimos as being no good because
they stink, smell of seal oil and
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
i that statement.
It is true that I opposed the bill j
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
j for their own political aggrandize
ment.
( 1
I offered an amendment to the
bill which would reserve the right
I of the proprietor or manager of
any hotel, restaurant or other
public place of business, to reject
any person, whose company might
endanger the health of others,
through the spread of communi
j cable disease; or any person of
unclean habits; habitual drunk
ards who might cause annoyance
! to others. Specifically providing
j that there should be no distinction
of race. creed or color. This
j amendment was voted down, and
I then voted against the original
! bill.
I
The second statement by Mr.
j P'K'I, is to the effect that during
j the discussion of the Wolf Bounty i
bill I stated “that white men
should receive $50.00 but that this
amount was way too much for In
dians, Aleuts and Eskimos.” This
is another deliberate lie, manu
factured out of whole cloth. I
never made such a statement.
During my 13 years of continu
ous residence in Nome and vicin
ity, I have, perhaps, contacted as
many of our 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 employed them both in
my airplane business and mining
and I have yet to have one single
complaint.
1 contended on the fir or of the
Senate during the discussion of
the lull in question, that our Es
kimo people were a fine honest,
law abiding race and should not
be used io promote the interests
of seli-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.
struciion from Juneau, from Mr.
PuuE If you do mnd I believe
you do) then you should indig
nantly resent such dictation and
advise Mr. Paul accordingly.
At this point, I would like to
ask the native people a question.
It >s 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 'ishing 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. But
we wonder how long toe Federal
Government will continue to give
you those free advantages. Did
>'ou ever stop to tinnk, that some
d-i.v, 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.
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 Erotherhood,
residing at Juneau, 1500 miles
from here.
1 £>sk, 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
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 select 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 an
, argument. Neither will it win this
I election.
Sincerely yours,
FRANK H. WHALEY.
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