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Statehood: Third Anniversary...
On January 3, 1959 Alaska became the 49th State.
It was a day of confident optimism. A bright picture had
been painted by the propagandists of Statehood.
Today, exactly three years later, some people are
wishing Statehood had never come. These people are di
vided into two groups . . . those that are STILL opposed to
Statehood . . . and those who were naive enough to swal
low all the propaganda of many Statehood leaders.
Actually, the progress made in three short years
has been nothing short of tremendous. Those who
viewed Statehood as an OPPORTUNITY rather than
a PANACEA deserve to be jubilant on this third anni
versary of Statehood.
While the Democratic Party of Alaska now seems to
be in the throes of an attempt to destroy itself, it cannot
be denied that that Party has done a yeoman job in bring
ing Alaska through the difficult transition from territorial
to State status. Compared to every other State in the
Union, Alaska is in excellent shape BOTH FINANCIALLY
AND IN THE FIELD OF STATE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZA
TION.
The accomplishment of the transitional tasks was a
thankless and backbreaking effort. It has been a job well
done.
In addition to wading through the drudgery of finan
cial responsibility and efficient governmental organization, j
an amazing amount of progress has been made in these
three short years in the field of economic development of
Alaska. In addition to the progress noted in our recent
editorial entitled, "Fairbanks: Big Boom Coming", many
more encouraging events have occured since that editorial
was published just one month ago.
The BIG PROJECT... the Rampart Dam, received
a tremendous boost just last week with the release of
a task force report by the United States Department
of the Interior. THE REPORT RECOMMENDED CON
STRUCTION OF AN EXTRA-HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT
CURRENT POWER INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE PACIFIC SOUTH
WEST.
The report stated, "Hydro energy from Alaska might
be economically transmitted to the Pacific Northwest and
thence, by displacement, to the Pacific Southwest . . ."
The mnort went on, "With DC it may be ECONOMICALLY
FEASIBLE to develop Alaska's 19 million kilowatt hydro
potential, INCLUDING THE GIGANTIC RAMPART PROJECT
on the Yukon River with an installed capacity of 4.76 mil
lion kilowatts."
In addition, the official magazine of the Society of
Mining Engineers, in the December issue of "Mining Engi
neering" magazine, devotes the entire issue to the mining
outlook in the 49th State.
Sn a release concerning the issue, the Society
slates, "Nationalization tendencies in politically dis
turbed areas may have a determining effect on Alas
ka's minerals industry . . ." The magazine is filled with
articles about Alaska's mineral potential, it should
be MUST reading for ah Alaskan leaders.
And finally, the tremendous results of the competi-j
five oil lease sale that yielded almost 15 million dollars to ;
the State in bonus monies is still another good omen for
the future.
Statehood is looking better all the time!
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COLD SNAP SOLUTION:
The cold wave wuz caused by
the russiun atom bomb tests last
summer. (We checked with the
John Birch society an verified
this.) Then, the reason the cold
snap hung over Fairbanks so
long wuz because of the Kay
Egun feud, which caused a
warm air mass between Juneau
an Anchrudge, which kept all
the cold air up here an caused
all our sufferin.
If you wants to pit even
for it, you kin join the john
birch society an vote revublicun
in the next election. (Hangin a
picture of harry Goldwater in
yer livin room will help too.)
Speakin about the russiuns,
the Christmas shoppin seasin
shore proved one thing. The
united States is ahead of the
russiuns in producin rockets.
(For the toy stores.) (An be
sides that, we STILL has color
television.)
Gittin back to cold weather
. . . ole buck has went an in
vented a few things on account
of it. Anybody that wants to
buy stock to put em in produc
ti°n, please send money.
INVENTION NO. ONE: Buck
has inventid a electric engine
blanket for use of folks what
believes in buying Americun,
but happens to hav cars with
air cooled engines.
INVENTION NO. TWO: This
is a real good one for everybody.
We has invented portable round
tire edges what you clamps onto
yer square tires, so you kin
drive fast enough to hav an ac
cident even when it is sixty be
low.
INVENTION NO. THREE:
We has invented a revalutionary
new thing what you parks yer
car whenever it gits real cold.
(We is thinkin of callin it a
GARAGE.)
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
You walks into a room with a
match in yer hand. In the room,
you finds a wood stove, a kero
sene lamp and an oil burner.
Which does you light first?
(Anser at end of collum).
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT: Af
ter wendil kay accused bill Egun
of engagin in “ecanomics”, ole
eagle bill went an said wendil
kay wuz in favor of “Kay-os”.
(They better stop, they is cuttin
into my territory.)
When they gits done with
there fight the democrat party
will be ready for a spot in the
University museum along with
the dinasour bones. Thank good
ness we still has the BUCK
WHEAT PARTY ....
RSVP: All republicuns an
demacrats what has money is
invited to join up. We is the
party of the pore, but right now
we is a little bit TOO pore.
We is even offerin a January
special plank to encourage new
memberships. In addition to
bein agin commanists an in fa
vor of mothers (an all other
good things) we now advocates
amendin the United States Con
stitution to provide FREE trips
to Hawaii for any folks livin in
an area where it gits down to
sixty below. (This plank should
go over big in Fairbanks, but
we is gonna hav to convince the
rest of the United States.)
PASSIN PRADE: Yesterday
wuz the first anniversary of
Fort Wainwright . . . Today is
the third anniversary of Alas
ka statehood . . . Chambur of
commerce director Alex Miller
has got his name in Newsweek
magazine . . . GOP governer
candidate Verne martin wuz in
town recently checkin on cold
weather conditions . . . Wendill
kav has gone south . . . Nq^'
BOTH hugh waddcjm jolrn Rader
■js'nvssin . . .
ANSER TO QUESTIONS You
lights the match first, an then
Vou takes yer choice on the rest.
(An a happy George Washing- i
ton’s birthday to everybody.) i
cn,e Washington
Merry-Go-Round
*jS ly DREW PEARSOW
L3J's friendships cause White House trouble; Senator
Dodd undermines his own President in Congo; Dodd was
once a foreign agent. ...
WASHINGON—Good old Lyndon
Johnson, the vice president, is
always loyal to his friends, but
some of his other friends around
the White House wish he wouldn’t
overdo it.
The Democrat who has caused the
Kennedy administration most trou
ble lately is Sen. Tom Dodd of
Connecticut, sometimes called the
Democrats’ “bargain basement Joe
McCarthy.” One reason he has
caused trouble is the fact that Vice
President Johnson insisted that
Dodd be put on the Senate foreign
relations committee last year despite
the fact he lacked seniority and
despite the fact Sen. Joe Clark of
Pennsylvania was in line for the
vacancy.
Clark, however, had not backed
Johnson for President, while Dodd
had been for Johnson and against
a man named Kennedy for the
Democratic nomination.
It so happens that Tom Dodd is
the only senator who was once a
registered foreign agent, having
been paid at the rate of $50,000 a
year by the Guatemalan govern
ment after he left the House of
Representatives and up until one
day before he entered the Senate.
Foreign agents are not the most
unprejudiced people to appoint to
the supposedly unprejudiced foreign
relations committee, and Dodd
showed his prejudice by once offer
ing a $5,000,000 amendment to the
foreign aid bill for Guatemala. But
Johnson pushed Dodd into the post
anyway.
This spot on the foreign relations
committee gave Dodd authority to
go to Africa a few weeks ago where
he proceeded to undermine the |
policy of his own Democratic Pres- i
ident.
Behind Dodd’s Speeches
First he made a full-dress speech
on the Senate floor attacking his
own administration’s position in the |
Congo. Significantly this speech
was published in Elisabethville,
capital of Katanga, a few hours be
fore it was delivered in the Senate.
It has been learned that a rep
' resentative of the “Katanga In
formation Center” in New York is
a frequent visitor in Senator Dodd’s
office and that private planes have
carried statements and speeches for
Dodd from the information center j
in New York.
Later Senator Dodd went to the 1
| Congo and in a series of talks with
j President Tshombe he told the
breakaway Congo leader that the j
state department was influenced by
Communists, and proceeded to en- 1
courage him to stand firm against i
the United Nations.
Meanwhile President Kennedy
was throwing the full weight of his
administration behind the United
Nations.
At one point, Ed Gullion, U.S.
Ambassador to the Congo, got Ken- j
nedy on the trans-Atlantic plone to
tell him that President Tshombe
wouldn't meet with him because
i Senator Dodd had convinced Tshom
be that the state department was
influenced by Communists.
In addition, Senator Dodd went
on the Katanga radio and broadcast
j a flattering tribute to President
j Tshombe, the man whom Dodd's
| fellow Democrat in the White House
! was opposing. This was heard all
j over Africa and monitored by for
[ eign governments.
Finally, the senator from Connec
ticut whom Lyndon Johnson put in
the key spot where he could make
trouble, came back to the U.S. and
enlisted the support of the No. 1
elder statesman of the Republican
party, Herbert Hoover. Hoover, who
once worked for British mining in
terests in the Far East, proceeded
to issue a blast against the Ken- j
nedy administration's position in the
Congo.
All this happened just as Ambas
sador Gullion was trying to per
suade Tshombe to negotiate with
Premier Adoula of the Congo.
High Cost of Haircuts
Members of Congress and their
families can get haircuts in the
capitol for 75 cents. Elsewhere in
Washington they cost $1.75.
When Edward Garcia tried 1o sell
one-dollar haircuts at Coral Hills,
Md„ just across from„ the capital,
Charles Bovella, head of Barbers
union local 239, protested. He pro
tested so persistently and vigorous
ly that Garcia finally pushed him
out of his shop. The union leader
retaliated by issuing an order for
his arrest.
Those w'ho can’t get the benefit
of cheap haircuts on Capitol Hill are
watching to see whether the Mary
land police side with cheaper or
higher priced haircuts.
Behind the Crimes
Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy’s
crackdown on gambling has put the
racing w’ire service out of business.
Betting on the horses has come to
a virtual standstill, except at the
race tracks . . . Kennedy has sent
a task force to Pittsburgh, Pa., to
knock out the Mannarino mob
w’hich runs the gambling dives and
vice houses in nearby New Ken
sington ... He also has his eye on
Miami where the big-time gam
blers have flocked for the, winter.
They are busy at their favorite
sport in the backrooms of Miami
Beach ... At Kennedy’s instiga
tion, Senate rackets chairman John
McClellan has subpoenaed cabaret
proprietors from Chicago, Balti
more. and other sin centers. He is
investigating their connections with
gambling, white slavery, narcotics
and other rackets . . . The Justice
department will follow up MeGlel
lan’s closed-door headings w'ith
swift, vigorous prosecution . . . Mc
Clellan has overlooked one sin cen
ter, however, in his own home state.
Gambling and vice are fluorishijig
in Hot Springs, Ark., without the
slightest interference from McClel
lan’s investigators.
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