"The All-Alaska Weekly"
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FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
"For the cause that lucks assistance; )or lue wrung mat nevus' resistance
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Vision And Foresight Needed
Two Alaskan economists recently delivered, to the
Division of State Planning, a conservative report on "Al
aska's Population and Economy". The report, by Dr.
George W. Rogers and Dr. Richard A. Cooley, makes in
teresting reading.
They predict that by 1980, Alaskan employment
will increase, from a current 100,000 level, up to a total'
of 150,000. At the same time, population will increase
to about 450,000.
Even more interesting are the comparative tables
containing estimates made by other groups. Economist
Ivan Bloch predicts a population of 750,000 by 1975.
The Battelle Institute predicts a population of 393,000
by 1980.
The renowned firm of Benton & Bowles opines
that there will be 1,132,000 people living in Alaska
by 1978. The Bureau of Land Management says 1,
i 500,000 by 1980.
The State Department of Commerce estimates range
from a low of 650,000 to a high of 1,800,000 by the
year 1980. The U.S. Bureau of the Census thinks the 1980
population will be somewhere between 339,000 and
397,000.
bo there you have it . . . population projections ot
anywhere from 339,000 all the way up to 1,800,000 . . .
by the year 1980. The significant point of all these sta
tistics ot the future is this: The 1950 population of Alaska
was 123,000 . . . The 1960 population total was 226,000.
, The Rogers-Cooiey report says Alaska's popula
i tion will DOUBLE in the next twenty years. THAT IS
j A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE!
One thing that we have noticed about past Alaskan
economic projections is that they are invariably low. It
is reasonably certain that we can count on our 1980 pop
ulation being somewhere above 450,000.
Further, the prediction in the Rogers-Cooley report
on employment augers well for the future. They say there
will be one employed Alaskan for every three people.
That is a good, healthy sign.
This report should give us all pause to wonder. WHAT
IS BEING DONE TO PREPARE FOR ALASKA'S DYNAMIC
FUTURE? Here in the Fairbanks trading area alone, the
report says there will be almost 10,000 more jobs bv
T980. y
| We think it's about time for our Cifyv Council
to cut out the sideshows and buckle down to some
serious planning. Our editorial suggestions for a»«nu*
nidpil department of tourism and economicdeueiop*
merit continue to fail on deaf ears.
■, It Is thJe that a lot of progress has taken place in Fair^
banks in recent years. BUT "CATCHING UP" IS NOT
ENOUGH. In virtually every instance, our municipal im
provement plans are OBSOLETE . . . before they ever
leave the drawing boards!
It is about time to abandon the philosophy of
paying 1962 prices to improve a "Fairbanks 1942"
f ... when we should be planning for a "Fairbanks
f 1W2".
In short, we need some vision and foresight at City
Hall. An ever-expanding Alaska cannot mark time while
we toddle along yelling "Wait for me!" And to those who
protest that Fairbanks is still a "Camp", we can only an
swer with the observation that very few people in the
area are residing in tents!
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I Caught Ih
I The Sluicehox
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Its all very simple. The rea
son folks gits so upset about all
there city managers is on ac
count of all the new fangled
improvements that has been
made. It gives folks spare time
to think.
We got to bring back the dust
j an the mudholes all over, in
cludin downtown. Also the rus
ty water (that will help the beer
dealers). Also we got tb git back
to them wonderful outhouses an
cess pools agin. While we is at
it, we will tear down them
bright street lights an put a 40
watt bulb up every three blocks,
jist like in the good ole days.
An furthermore, 1 promise,
that if I is picked, that the sign
tellin yon to v>alk yer horses
acrosst the bridge will be put
back up agin. An also, I will
put back that row of log cabins
what used to make fourth ave
nue so famns.
Boy, there is shore a lot of
things poppin these days. Up at
Tanana thev is havin a NUCH
ALAWGYYA this weekend.
(The boat racers will also be
there.)
Here in Fairbanks there will
be a big Trade Show, sponsored
by the Fair association. An the
w(\Tc after is the big North
Pole Lions RODEO. (I has got
an exclusive liniment dealer
ship for that one.)
An then . . . startin the 22nd
. . . comes the BIG, BIG, BIG
shrine CIRCUS. Oh, the little
darlins will all be happy on
that day. They will even fergit
about goin swimmin from six
eclock in the mornin til mid
night, when the circus comes to
town.
Speakin about swimmin, there
xcuz 6,437 bicycles parked in
front of the' swimmin pool on
openin day. There was so many
kids in that pool, that the city
\ dint even use no water in it . .
i fist a fine spray from a garden
hose to keep the dust down.
An this week, the summer
playground program gits start
ed. All the parints is happy
about that. They has had it pur
ty tough since the governmint
nurseries closed down for the
summer.
EVERYBUDY’S DOIN IT: An
its not the turkey trot, nor the
twist either. In keepin with the
times, the Buckwheat Institute
is ooenin wo is very own BUCK
WHEAT INSTITUTE “ACTION
NEWS CENTRUL.”
FLASH . . FLASH . . BEEP
. . BEEP . . GO . . GO . . . Here
is a speshul bullitin frum the
BWI “Action News Centrul”
It will be June 6th all day to
day.
(Wonder if the news-miner
will copy it?)
Hey, down in Anchrudge,
when Ernie greening wuz hav
in his hunert dollar a plate din
ner . . . Teddy bear stevens
thfowed a dollar a head beer
party in his back yard. We will
let you know as soon as we find
out whether “head” refers to
the beer or the people, cuz if
it refers to the beer, he probably
cleared more than Ernie did sel
lin them plates.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Soon as
George Byer packed up his sack
an left, why Hank Pratt an his
charmin wife hit town. Hank
is runnin agin loweil thomus
junier for congress on the GOP
ticket. Also, Mike stepovich has
bin tourin Anchrudae in his
race to be the republicun can
didate for govemer.
We almost forgot our SPESH
UL June pome, but not quite,
so here it is . . .
ANNUAL JUNE POME: Oh
what is so rare like a day in
June; Then if ever come per
fect days< Fairbanks will, be
biggem Anchrudge, if we gits
busy soon; An over it son&M
we’ll lay our warm ear.
pome was writ by my uil&lt,
James Russell Buckwheat.)"*■
C'riie Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
Kennedy worried about panic psychology over stock
market; Pearson says some industry leaders may have de
cided to teach Kennedy a lesson; VA biggest U.S. business.
WAStilmiiUiM — ^resident tven
nedy has held almost daily huddles
with economic advisers over the
’ stock market. He is quite worried.
What chiefly worries him is that
the fear psychology similar to that
which gripped the country at the
time of the Hoover panic will take
hold.
Actually, the reports given him
by his economic advisory council
are excellent. They show retail busi
ness at an all-time high, auto sales
up. savings deposits good, housing
starts better than last year.
However, a panic psychology
could undermine all this—if it keeps
up. And there is one factor that
j Kennedy’s economic experts haven’t
| figured on and which at first they
j refused to believe — namely, big
' business vengeance.
For some time reports have been
, going around Wall Street that top
I industry leaders had decided to
j teach Kennedy a lesson. He had not
i only slapped them down in the steel
! price controversy but called them
j “S.O.B.’s” It was the first time the
President of the United States had
ever won out in a battle with the
steel majors, and the. report was
that they had decided to give a les
son to the ‘‘brash and cocky young
man in the White House.”
| These reports began to circulate
| shortly after Kennedy forced the
j steel price roll-back. Now they have
j reached proportions where both the
administration and big stock-market
investors are inclined to believe
them.
Business Sitdown
The retaliation, according to
Washington reports, is not taking
j the form of dumping big blocks of
j stocks; rather, it takes two very
practical and potent forms:
1. Hand-sitting in regard to new
j plant construction and moderniza
tfon.
2. Closing down marginal plants
and putting money into factories in
the European common market
where labor is cheaper, taxes lower,
and business is more prosperous.
The latter strategy has two grave
dangers for the Kennedy adminis
tration. First, it increases the drain
of gold out of Fort Knox, already
dangerous, and could endanger the
dollar.
Second, it could mean an unbal
ance of Kennedy’s budget estimates.
Because the closing down of mar
ginal factories permits a company
to go to the treasury with a tax
loss carry-back. And if enough com
panies do this, the loss of tax in
come could run into many hundreds
of millions of dollars.
The hand-sitting strategy in re
gard to new plant construction and
modernization has an important po
litical objective. It not only could
teach “that young whippersnapper
in the White House," as they call
him at the Duquesne Club and the
Union League, a real lesson, but
what industry wants most is a
healthy depreciation allowance in
writing off new equipment. Kenne
dy has already promised this, but
industry wants to make sure it’s
substantial. Industry also doesn’t
like the withholding tax on stock
dividends, Kennedy’s deficit spend
! ing, or almost anything else about
' medical care, aid to education, or
the Kennedy social program.
I So a quiet sitdown strike on new
| plant equipment and modernization
will decide whether the young man
in the White House or the leaders
of industry are the boss of Ameri
can economy.
This psychology, whether justi
fied or unjustified, has contributed
materially to the panic psychology
on the stock market.
Aptf-Gobbled y g®ok
The biggest business in the USA
is not U.S. Steel of American Tele
phone and Telegraph, but adminis
tering the affairs of the 22,000.000
veterans of the United States. The
Veterans administration does every
thing for its wards from protecting
orphans to supplying burial flags
for caskets.
Into this sometimes unwieldy
agency has come a recent new
i breath of efficiency in the form of
a puckish, silver-haired adminis
trator named John S. Gleason Jr.,
who not only processes veterans’
claims with record speed but even
answers them, in plain English.
He has been waging a quiet war
against government gobbled.vgook.
A long letter from a veteran claim
ing he was overcharged for his GI
insurance, for instance, received this
straight reply: “You’re right. We’re
wrong. Here’s a check for the dif
ference.”
Under-Gleason, veterans hospitals
treated 28.000 more patients last
year than the previous year with
the same number of beds. This was
accomplished by a Gleason order
to convert TB hospitals to general
hospitals and to improve the medi
cal staffing.
While Gleason was increasing ef
ficiency, he also reduced costs.
When Tennessee Sen. Estes Ke
fauver revealed that brand name
drugs cost far more than the same
drugs under generic names, Glea
son immediately prdered the Vet
erans Administration to purchase
drugs strictly by generic names.
This saves an estimated $3,000,000
annually.
Gleason also closed the remaining
161 one-man contact offices, opened
after the war to handle postwar
demobilization inquiries Jmt un
needed for 15 years. This meant
resisting a lot of political pressure
from congressmen, but the new
V. A. chief went ahead anyway.
Gleason doesn't get into the head
lines but few bureaucrats are do
ing a better job in Washington.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been appointed Executrix of
the Estate of FRANK MUSSANO. De
ceased. Probate No. 62-66P. in the Supe
rior Court for the State of Alaska. Fourth
Judicial District, on the 4th day of June,
1962.
All persons having claims against said
estate 'will please present same, with
vouchers, to my attorney. EUGENE V.
MILLER, whose address is 531 Fourth
Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, within six
months after date of the first publica
tion of this Notice.
/%/ ALICE ROGERS, Executrix
First Pub.: June 6, 1962
Last Pub.: Jane 27, 1962
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Temple, 809 First Ave, Dial GL 2-2836
Tanana Lodge No. 162 F&AM
3rd Degree, Wednesday, June 6, 7:00 P.M.
Stated Communication, Wednesday, June 13, 8:00 P.M.
Elmer A. Lanstra Worshipful Master
Forbes I* Baker, Secretary
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Midnight Sun Chapter No. $ O.E.S;
Second Friday of Each Month
PearljMJherer, Worthy Matron
Mary Helen Chaddon, Secretary