An editorial in Alaska*s leading newspaper says: "These are
gloomy days as the Territorial Legislature behaves like a bull in
a ohina closet- * & # ** the legislators appear to have discarded
the welfare of Alaska in favor of politics. They are putting the
bite.on business to such ran extent that expansion will be economi
cally unsound # # # # The taxes would be an effectice barrier to
economic development#;.They woulpl also jepordize the econimic health
of existing businesses **. • > , •
Y/e agree with every word of this*
Alaskans claim to be very sensitively awake politically, so
they .must know Just whom they have sent* to. the Legislature# Is
theio any reason to believe, that the people of Alaska would send
any different kind of people to their Legislature if Alaska were
a ST^TE ?.
"As Alaska goes soloes the Nation ». Now isn‘t that-?
"©nly mediocre people are always at their best " So don’t
Expect the Old Cynic to come up with something brilliant every* ’
week* jv', .. •
There, is a lot of hooe.y about'the "cowardice of being
anonymous"*-We-, think itis some kind of .cowardice that make some
people afraid of, the anonyomous* As long as the rank and file
were happy to kiss. Dave’s bbilind* ‘"Jfchose .who wrote in pointing
out that he is a crook just shoy/wd good sense in being emonymorus/
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We wonder v/hat the .presiding officer meant when he
. adjourned the the last Legislature with the admonition: The
Legislature is now,.adjournedf please do not bray on the way out*.
Gene Fulmer said that when he fights he feels that God
is in the ring.fighting with him®So we conclude that God took a
left hoolc on the chin* We .can only hope he makes a comeback* Too
bad if we pinheaded humans put him out permanently* ’Kordin* to
the Bible the Lord/g^ts sore whan he takes one on the chin* And it
seems to have left the old-boy a bit groggy*.the water that was
intended fior west'-^ansas^got-dumped-on^East Texas and raised Hell*
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?“r' !dSa °f th° ®Pit-0,n® of refresshlng cynloisv was Dean
Acheson's reply upon being asked to commfnt on the death of the
?Ur f9llow Alaskans whining about how we are
negleoted by Uncle. (Incidentally no handful of oeoDle on tbio
aqn««nii! V Ea?^n as much raon®y and charity spent on them
?9*£*&?*} BU? P9 P9°Pl6 of this section can hardly have
the Siwashem to olaim we are neglected • Dear Old TinrOo
’^nc^0 sPen^'as puoh per capita on the people of Iowa
and Oregon the sHm would makS Ike's.budget look.like pinjon nuts.
The Old Cynic feels rather ashamed of himsdlf for having
jumped to the conclusion that most of the people in Alaska want
f elf Beskina9 noli tlrJnnn0ti°n fr°m fading the, statements of the
aIaLa politicians who managed to voice themselves in the
thatKa im M®e?tly h! hta f0und 11 quite, inspiring to find
«?a+>,a J'ot.of Alaskens who have becomed alarmed at the prosneot
In vigorousnp?°oL°[ statehood volcoing Melves
vigorous protest at this nonesense. And particurlarlv tho
f80h1S *f Jhe younSQr kind who haveboen btrn in Alaska
or have lived here long enuf to reoognise the•assininity and
fnth?v?9Sty 0f,t?ls statehood,, stuff ( : And Rep, Miller of Nebraska
We will write*ando11^Une? ft a*ft3 to on® againa statehood.
hB i« K oS1! Uncle that .the mental health institution
he is going to build for us need not be quite so fcig as we thot.
/ Ond chorus girl to another! “He’s only a tycoon, but he
spends money like it was out of a union welfare fund#H f
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Any man who wins an argument with hi3 wife has only 1
. ^himself to blame/ The very kids who don*t believe in Santa
Vi/nus are the ones v/ho grow up and buy Ice Pool tickets, l