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is returned to her
home in Kenai after visiting her family
in England# This was her first visit
back in 5 years. Mrs# Archer said she
was var£ glad to h© back in Kenai.
For one thing, Mrs. Archer reported,
11 the weather there is too damp and the
sidewalks were always wet.M She said
that the cost of living there is al
most the same as in Kenai, the wages
about a quarter of our wages, and the
income tax, double. One businessman
told her, Mtho government's made
crooks of us all, all we can think
about is how to cheat on the income
tax.11
Mrs. Archer stressed how the govern
mont now runs practically everything
and she especially was unhappy at the
present set-up of socialized medicine#
A person is registered . mth a certain
doctor, she said, and he must have that
doctor or else pay the regular fees to
asother doctor plus his compulsory in
surance# One doctor told her that.he
was sick of it, that people came to him
with nothing more wrong with then than
runny noses and once, when his waiting
room was full of people vh o were not
really sick, he could not get away to
see a patient vhom he was very concern
ed aboutj by the time he did get away,
she was dead.
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A lot of the young doctors seem to
like socialised medicine, according to
Mrs, Archer, because the government
sets them up with a full practice with
out their having to build one of their
own* She stressed that England has al
ways been more liberal on welfare medi
cal cases than the United States and it
was never heard of there for a person
not to be admitted to a hospital or
cared for because he did sot have suf
ficient funds. Now, she feels, the
medical situation is a mess, although,
of course, there have been some people
who have benefit ted from itf
Mrs, Archer felt \he red tape in all
phases of life so appalling that she
asked one citizen how England differed
from Russia and was told, !lwe still
have freedom of the press. We still
can gripe, but that is about the only*
difference,”
She said that though she received a
lot of kidding on different subjects
and though the people feel discontent
because of the high salaries, compara
tively speaking, that our servicemen
stationed there receive, the feeling
toward the United States was veiy good,
Mrs, Archer flew all the way to
England and back and returned home #n
thft V)th nf DecomkATV
:• The Kenai C
Monday had good and unusual news for
the members * It was announced that Dr.
Keppler from* Ahe borage is interested in
coining to Kemi one day a week* dr*
Keppler has had five years general
practice in Alaska* The Civic League
wrote to him offering the vacant* room
in the Civic Building free for one'
month as a get acquainted offer to en
able him to cane and. see for’ himself
how much practice he could expect* It
will be announced later, if he accepts
the offer, when he will be here*
The League also made" plans for a
spaghetti supper and game party to
raise money for the maintenance of the
building* The date has been tentative
ly set for Janudpy 21*
LEAGUE;; -
ivic League meeting last
HEA MEETING
Notices . for * the annual membership
meeting of the Homer Electric Associa
tion were received by the consumers
last week. The meeting ‘will be held
February 7 at 8 p.m. at the Methodist
church. /
According to the notice, the purpose
of the meeting mil be to elect three
trustees for three year ’terras and to
consider and take action upon other
things as may legally and lawfully cane
before said meeting as provided by the
Articles* of Incorporation and By-Laws
of the corporation*
The three trustees whose terms' ex
pire this year are Howard Myhill, Gap
King and Jack McLaughlin*
GUARD CAMP
Brigadier General John R* Noyes, The
Adjutant General of the Alaska National
Guard, has announced that the annual
Guard Infantry encampment va 11 be held
at Ft. Lewis, Washington* Dates for
the encampment are April 1 to April 16.
The Alaska National Guard is at the
present time carrying on a recruiting
campaign and it is expected that the
announcement will assist in the cam
paign*
No new men will be taken to camp who
have not been enlisted prior to 30 days
before departure and received a minimum
of four aimozy drills of basic instruc
tion* -
According to Lt. Harry Gregoire,
gommanding officer of the Homer platoon
of* the Alaska National Guard, the local
unit is in need of more men* Anyone <
interested in joining the Guard is urg
ed to contact Lt* Gregoire*
HOSPITAL FUND RECEIVED HERE
The ^PliP last week received two checks
totaling &3U82 fr§m the Territorial de
partment of Health to purchase equipment
for the Homer hospital-health center*
The checks were issued oh the basis
of allocations made is 1953 and 1955 by
the Board of Health*f
Thanks to the generosity of Mr* and
Mrs* E* E* Bartlett, the hospital is
fell equipped, however there is need for
dental equipment and* it is expected that
at least a porfcio* of the new funds
might be spent for that*
According to Margaret Ander$*n,
chairman of the hospital csmmitteej most
oi# the hospital equipment has arrived#
The only large pieces of equipment not
on hand are those that will furnish the
semi-private room*
Dr* Provsnsha is now using the hos
pital as his office and Public Health
Nurse Iris Jette is currently in town*
•STATEHOOD
The President's State oC the union
message delivered this week made refer
ence to statehood for Hawaii and Alaska
in the following words: "One particu
lar challenge confronts us* In the Ha
waiian Islands, east meets west* To
the Islands, Asia and Europe and the
Western Hemisphere, all the continents,
h§ve contributed their peoples and
their culture to display a unique ex
ample of a community that is a success
ful laboratory in human brotherhood*
"Statehood, supported by the repeat
; edly expressed desire of the Island's
people and by our traditions, would be
a shining example of the American way
to the entire earth. Consequently, I
urgently request this Congress to grant
statehood for Hawaii* Also, in harmony
with the provisions I last year com
municated to the Senate and House Com
mittees on Interior and Insular Affairs
I. trust that progress towards state
hood for Alaska can be made in this
session."
Delegate Bartlett issued the follow
ing press release in that connection:
"Friends of Alaska statehood are
bound to have mingled feelings of en
couragement and doubt after reading the
President's statement on the subject...
"It is certainly correct to say this
±s% the most positive statement the
President has made. Only once before—
in 1955—did he allude to Alaska state
hood in a State of the llxion message*
A£ that time he said, 'As the complex
problems of Alaska are resolved, that
.Territory diould expect to achieve
statehood*' Always he has- advocated
statehood for.our sister Territory, Ha
waii* . So we are pleased now to be tied
in closer, even if not on terms of
equal footing.
•■nvery eloquent word usea dy tne
President in urging Hawaii statehood
should be aipplied to Alaska* The rea
sons ifihy each should have statehood
: differ on the surface only; basically
they are the same*
“Certainly I for one wish the Presi
dent had urged • prompt enactment of an
Alaska statehood bill rather than to
have expressed * the hope thdb we of Al
aska will Und ourselves in a situation
where, we are making •progress1 toward
statehood.
. “The President has referred to his
previous declaration on this subject as
outlining the kind of Alaska statehood
bill which might meet his approval* X
assume that expressipn was made in sim
ilar letters addressed last year to
Senator Henry M* Jackson of Washingtyi
and Representative a* L* Mil tor of Neb
raska* The pe rtinent paragraph of that
letter reads: — 11 am in doubt that any
form , of?legislation can wholly remove
my apprehensions about granting state
hood immediately* However, a proposal
seeking to accommodate the many com
plex considerations entering into the
statehood question has been made by
Secretary of the Interior McKay, and
should legislation of this type be ap
proved, by the Congress, I assure you
that I shall give it earnest considera
tion*1
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