THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the "Kcnai Empire"
1 ndependent
I’niti'd Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
II. W. and N. RI. Hunt
>cu ml. Alaska
° O'si-riotion Bate $11.00 per year
WANTED— A MAN .
There are many men who would
fit in nicely as Mayor but very
lew are qualified.
Who ever he is must be a diplo
mat who can meet people who
come to Seward in official cap
acities and he must also be in a
position to intertain them.
A man who is new to the town
and a good business man:
A man who uno'erstands the
value of cooperation and can
get it:
A man who realizes the poss
ibilites of Seward, the main port
of entry to Alaska:
A man who is willing to ask
help of the government only as a
last resort:
A man who will build for the
future of the Kcnai Peninsula
A nan who can knit the
factions who Stave been at "War"
for Hie past 25 or HO years into
on . progressive community:
A man who can see a chateau
or hole! on the bench above town
>-n Alt. Marathon with all the at
tract'.!'ns of Idaho's Sun Valley:
A man who can visualize truck
and buss lines operating between
Seward and Homer and the inter
lying so; lements. lodges and
comunities:
A p. an who can see the Kcnai
Ptmins da supplying vegetables,
fns: s : nd products to Anchorage
fin i tic- in*prior on a scale never
ach -\ by the Matanuska or
Nomina va'levs:
A man who believes in the future
<T Sou as the Capital of tiro
Kunai Pen’nsula:
A r an who builds:
A man who allows private
business to get into it; proper
strid" and cannot conceive of the
city enter ng tire field of private
business:
A man who will have for his
first goal the obligation to follow
the law to the letter in forwarding
the best interests of the city in
legal and other dealings:
A man who will listen to all
sides and choose the best for iho
city and the community and the
Peninsula as a whole.
That man will be a Mayor in
fact anri a leader of his people.
That is the man Seward must
ha vo.
©-— -
Try saying, rapidly: ‘‘Drink
puts think on the blink."
STATEHOOD AND
CIVIL RIGHTS. %
Less than a month after urging
upon Congress' imnieu'ialc state- j
hood for Alaska and Hawaii in !
his “State of the Union” address
on January 7th. President. Truman !
reinforced his belief in pres ailing ;
to Congress on February 2nd the
1 0 points for a minimum pro
gram of civil rights legislation in- j
eluding a recommendation for j
statehood. .
“The present political status of j
our territories and pcs ess:ons,” |
the President stated, “impairs the
enjoyment of civil rights by their
resients. I have in the past re
commended legislation granting
statehood to Alaska and Hawaii,
and organic acts for Guam and
American Samoa including a grant j
of citizenship to the people of
these Pacific Islands. I repeat
these recommendations .... The
legislation I have recommended
for enactment by the Congress
at the present session is a min- |
imum program if the Federal gov- ;
ernment is to fulfill its obligation j
of insuring the Constitutional ,
guaranties of individual liberties
and of equal protection under the
law.”
Editoral —
The question of statehood ar
rises.
i The Presedenf himself brings
up the question of “individual |
1 rights and liberties and equal pro- I
i lection under the law."
i A comparison between the sta
ll's of any person, (I do not say. J
\\-ti e. Eskimo or Indian,* PERSON j
who lives in Alaska and any ter- j
'ritorv unrfed the U. S. govern
ment and so caled American j
Indian within the boundries of the
48 states shows small difference.
Politicaly there is no difference.
In giving to a Samoan a Virgin
Islander or a Sandwich Islander the
full rights r.f an Amareean citizen j
the inalienable right of the Amer
ican Indian citizenship in full is
vii lated and insulted.
Since the signing of the Dec
laration of Independence 172 years
ago we have kept them in bondage
Our treatment in t he eyes of the
law lias ben fair but morally
the Government has been just as
much a slave owner as the Japan- j
esc were in the subjugation of j
tho first inhabitants of the Jap
anese Archipelago, the Ainus.
This unfair business in giving
loin - clothed natives of the South
seas as a political voice is unfair
to both the nations voters, the
American Indian, and he who lives
in the southseas who may east
his first vote in 1948 or '52 or
when ever.
Thousands of - Indians lie in
graves on foreign shores: thou
sands were drafted but records
showed more volunteered than
were drafted
Have they not earned the right?
Mriny serve in high offices among
if Relax Whi’e You Travel
When you go by steamer, you can relax in the luxuri
ous comfort of staterooms, lounges and decks . . . sit
back and enjoy the ecenery "as you sail.
, Sat tho Best Food —No Ext? a Charge
^ The Alaska Line is famed for the excellence of jt»
cuisine. You will marvel at the delicimi.-ly y>: ■ t red
“''T meals. The cost of all meals is in>*!iid--<l m tie- >\
Your berth, too!
yr Sailings Are Frequent
'tK-v-vSniUngs alternate FRIDAYS f ,v JUNEAU, KETCH
'l^iKAN and SEATTLE.
Next, sailing of the S3 BARANOF. FEB. 20t
This slvp makes a special call Doth North and
southbound at Petersburg.
* Sailings alternate THURSDAYS for VALDEZ. COR
DOVA. JUNEAU. KETCHIKAN and SEATTLE.
Next sailing of the SS ALEUTIAN FEB. 26tli
_ This ship makes special calls both northbound
1 and southbound at WRA NGELL.
^ aMSKB sfEHmsHip comPHna J
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their people: many are extremely
well educated. In 172 years they
should have • earned the right, to
vote: tin' right to civil courts: the
right to personal liberty and "the
pursuit of happiness” the same as
any ‘foreigner’ who landed in
America and carved a home out
of a wilderness at the same time
shunting these true Americans out
of their homes, their hunting gr
ounds and on to resorvtd ions. I
No wonder they fought, even
as you and I if the situation was
reversed.
Even t lie Japanese before Dec
ember 7. 1941 had more civil rights.
This pampering of foreigners in
insular nosessions is not condusive
of good Americanism. It is to
easily earned. It is just as much
a shame as it is that the American
Indian has over earned his civil
freedom time and gaain.
; IV/O JIM A FLAG HE30 UP.GES BUDDIES
TO SPEND WISELY, SAVE WISELY NOW
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Manchester. X. U.—Here is Rene Gagnon, one of three survivors of immortal
ilie raising scent- on Mt. Suribachl three years ago. as he is today, a textile
worker, who 1. saving tip for new home and education for his son by accumulating
lu .togg of United States Sastngs Bonds through Payroll Savings Plan. The inset
shows u ignou in marine uniform as he was on his return to the United States,
pointing himst-U out in famed scene to Marine General Robert I,. Denig.
NEW CAR MAKES DEBUT IN JANUARY
PICTURED ABOVE is an artist’s preview of the new Frazer car, first peace
time product of the Graham-Paige Motors, which will be unveiled to the
public in January. To be made at Willow Run, Mich., the medium-priced
1947 Frazer will have a wheel base of 123Vi inches and a specially de
signed 6-cylinder 100-horsepower engine. (International)
. D vti:s ox win* ii iris movisu *">
i OX TANAXA KIVKIt
| ix PKisviors vi:\hh!
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1918, May 11, 9:88 a.m. $1,500
I'M 9. May:;. 2 ::! 8 p.m. 3.500
192(1, May II. In; 4(5 a.m. 5,900
1921, May II, (1:24 a.m 9,900
: 1922, May 12, 1:20 p.m. 20.400
! 1 928., May 9. 2:00 p.m. 84,(500
1 924. May 11, 8:10 p.m. 40,900
1925, May 7. (5:82 p.m. 45,750
192(5, Apr. 2 6, 4:08 p.m. 51,680
1927, May 18, 5:42 a.m. 57,500
1 928, May 6, 1:25 p.m. 59,000
11i29: May 5, 8:41 p.m. 62,000
1981, May 10, 9:28 a.m. 60,000
i 982 May 1. 10:15 a.m. 59,000
1 988, May 8, 7:20 p.m. 56,000 '
198 1. Apr. 80: 2:07 p.m. 56,000
198 5, May 15, 1:82 p.m. 61,100
1986, Apr. 80, 12:58 p.m. 70,000
1987. May 12, 8:0 1 p.m. 75,000
1938, May 6. s:14 p.m. 90,000
! 1939, Apr. 29. 1:26 p.m. 100,000
i 1 940. Apr. 20, 3:27 p.m. 80,000
i 1941, May 8, 1:50 a.m. 95,000
1912, Apr. 30, 1:28 p.m.
1948, Apr. 28. 7:22 p.m. 80,000
1 94 4, May 4, 2:08 p.m. 1 25,000
I 1945, May 16, 9:41 a.m. $105,000
1 946, May 5, 4:40 p.m. $130,000
1947. May 3, 5:53 P. M. $120,00©
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