THE BARANOF BANNER
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EDITORIAL
call.
From this desk it looks as
if tilt' recession is becoming
a political, and management
vs labor football. This is, we
believe, proven in part at
least, by the many conflict
ing statements concerning
the recession that we are hear
ing. The result simply means
mass confusion as far as John
Q, Public is concerned. We
are confronted with a still
booming economy, the larg
est working force in our his
htory and with a production
: capacity unequalled in the
'■ world. Opposing this is un
employment of seven percent
of the labor force, and a tre
mendous number of Ca
lamity janes howling the
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the shades of 1929. True it
isn’t quite as simple as that
but certainly everyone's fi
nancial condition fluctuates.
How much more-so a nat
ions economy.
It has been said that de
pression are very often the
result of the fear of depress
ion. The people panic ...busi
ness panics and presto 1 de
pression.FDR once said
something to the effect that
we had nothing to fear but
fear itself and perhaps that
holds true of the current re
cession. If the people have
faith enough in our way of
life and realize that it is the
nature of our economy to
fluctuate, perhaps depress
ions wouldn’t get the foot
hold they do. It’s good to
know just what pur economic
picture is.other peoples in
other parts of the world are
n’t let in on that kind of in
formation .. If we are a free
people priviledged by right
of democratic government to
know the health of our na
tion’s economy—we should
also be adult enough to hand
le the news, good or bad,
without panic and dispair.
We would like to see a
movement gain momentum
in Sitka toward beautifica
tion of Castle Hill. Its spring
and many folks have the urge
to get out and dig in the
ground, plant a few seeds
and generally want to act
like farmers. Perhaps the
Alaska Day Committee
could set a series of pro
jects, then call for work par
ties armed with rakes, hoes,
shovels and the like and set
people to work. Such a local
project would bring all sorts
of people together doing
something constructive for
this, Our Town and serve
many purposes. Who knows,
il the proper folk hear about
Sitkans undertaking such a
community project, funds for
the greater aspects of the job
on Castle Hill might be forth
coming very quickly. It's
worth a try ...Castle Hill
done, there are other spots
where the same idea might
be used.
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On March 21st, the Sitka
Telephone Co. cut in the
newdial system for the City
of Sitka. At that time, the
users were advised that it
would he necessary to dial
7 4 7 before dialing the sub
scribers number. Rumor
reached The Baranof Ban
ner that many of the users
of the system have been get
ting their parties by only dial
ing the first 7. Having heard
of telephone “bugs”, your re
porter asked the Telephone
Co. if they knew of this con
dition, and if it really were
a “bug”. This is their reply:
“We most certainly did know
of this condition caused by
the restricted number of dig
its available to a small com
pany cutting over to seven
digit dialing. However we
wish to stress the fact that
this is not a “bug” in any
sence of the word. Bugs in
the system just cut into ser
vice in Sitka are a myth. We
do wish to say that we do
not recommend that the peo
ple of Sitka use this short
cut. By not dialing the sec
ond and third digits, the dia
ler might perhaps save two
seconds. The odds are, how
ever, that he will waste many
more seconds redialing his
party. In many of the calls
dialed the short form way,
the switching contacts will
go thru properly, but a great
percentage will not. Thus
it will mean that either the
dialer will get the wrong
number, or just a busy tone.
The Sitka Telephone Co.
wishes to instruct the public
in the proper way to dial
their numbers, and hopes
that they use the instructions
given, in their entirety. It
might be well to mention
also, that when direct dis
tance dialing does go into
effect in Alaska (6 months to
I year) it will be absolutely
necessary that all persons
dial all digits. The Sitka Tele
phone Co. is the only system
in Alaska that is completly
equipped for direct distance
dialing in Alaska, and would
like to think that their users
are and will be equipped
when Alaska is hooked into
the Nationwide Toll Cireuts.
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Clinic Planned
The Mental Health Team
of the Alaska Department of
Health will hold a clinic in
Sitka the week of April 21.
Dr. Edward Simson, clin
ical psychologist and Mrs.
Lorraine Landau, psychiatric
social worker are the team
members. They will hold
clinics in the Sitka Health
Center and at Mt. Edge
combe Hospital.
Anyone interested in fur
ther information or arranging
for an appointment may con
tact the Sitka Health Center
Phone 747-3255.
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