SENATOR LONG
SAVORS ALASKA
TENNESSEE PLAN
“If the Alaskans send the right
kind of people to Washington; I
feel they will receive a warm re
ception’, so said Senator Russell
P. Long (D) from Louisiana, in a
letter in regards to the Alaska
Tennessee Plan. His viewpoint
was related by James Hurley
during the April 18 meeting otf
the Mafcanuska Valley Chamber
of Commerce. “This would be an
opportunity to publically present
the story of Statehood for Alas
ka,” Long said. He stated he
felt sure that if Alaskans voted
to send two Senators and one
Congressman to Washington
that they would be interviewed
frequently by all news medias
and that they would be better
able to acquaint the general pub
lic with the desireability of State
hood. He pointed out that many
votes cast by representatives in
Washington are done on a person
al basis and stressed the advan
tages of having Alaskan repre
sentation in Washington.
NUGGET CLUB
TO MEET APRIL 24
Members of the Nugget Home
makers club will hold a meeting
at the home of Carmen Splett
stoezer on April 24 at 8 p.m. All
members are invited to attend.
Members of the Maianuska Valley Sportsmen club feel
feat the following letter will be of interest to all residents of
fee valley and urge that the full text of the letter be read.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
DEDICATED TO WILDLIFE RESTORATION
WIRE BUILDING. WASHINGTON 5. D.C.
March 28, 1956
Mr. Burke Riley
Attorney at Law
Haines, Alaska
Dear Mr. Riley:
In response to your telegram, I may* say that my state
ment that your Constitutional prograin on natural resources
leaves much to be desired is based on the fact that the Con
vention did not see fit to include more specific protection
for the wildlife resources in the Constitution. It apparently
was the desire to leave it to be at the mercy of the legislative
body; which has been one of the major problems, and still
is, in many of the states. As long as fee legislature can play
horse with the personnel and fee regulations governing the
resources, there is no possibility of having any consistent
and continuous program of management for any renewable
natural resources, such as wildlife.
I was sorry to see that you did not include the Missouri
Constitutional amendment, or something akin to it.
I understood when I was in Alaska that there was a
difference of opinion among the delegates as to whether
details should be included in the Constitution, and feat there
was a large segment that felt they should not. If the proposed
Consitution had been consistent in this respect, it would be
somewhat less vulnerable to criticism, but I notice that they
went into considerable detail regarding methods of handling
mineral rights, leases, or permits, and also considerable detail
on the selection of regents or trustees for the University of
Alaska.
In view of these deviations from that principle, it is
difficult to understand why similar consideration was not given
to the wildlife resources which are much more important to
Alaska than they are in many of the states. Alaska depends
more directly, and probably will for a long time, on these
resources. They should be guarded jealously: they should
also be managed by the most intelligent, consistent, long-time
program that could be devised.
It is for these reasons that I belive that the provisions
in the Constitution leave much to be desired.
Sincerely,
IRA N. GABRIELSON
President
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Pd. Adv.
MEA Meet—
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dent, requested that the order of
business on the agenda be chang
ed so that a petition for her re
call could be heard first. Misun
derstranding about rules of order
caused confusion amongst the
membership but her request was
not granted, and the regular or
der of business went on. On a
motion from the floor by James
Frey that the vice-president pre
side at the meeting, an immedi
ate second was offered and sup
ported by vote of the member
ship. As soon as Vice President
Phil O’Neill took the chair he
was questioned on the presence
of Attorney Edgar P. Boyko at
the Board of Directors table. Ac
cusations of his “coaching” the
Board were made and he was
requested to leave the table
which he did, seating himseLf in
the audience. MEA attorney, John
Shaw, said that Attorney Boyko
had every right to be present,
that he was representing Mrs.
Parks in the recall issue and that
the MEA by-laws provided for
such.
Mrs. Parks gave her presi
dent’s report between many in
terruptions from the floor and
during questions regarding her
affiliation with CAPA informed
the membership that she had re
ceived a check for $1200 from
CAPA and that she has a receipt
for the money turned back out
of this check. She reported she
had spent $474 for the trip to
Washington. Mrs. Parks stated
there seems to be a lot of mis
understanding about CAPA.
Questions flew from the floor:
"Is CAPA engaged in rural elec
trification?” Mrs. Parks answer
ed that CAPA is engaged in
wholesale electrification. “Why.
do we need CAPA when we hav^
the Eklutna project”? Mrs. Parks
answered that in three years at
the most there will not be enough
power . . . “we must lookfto~the
future”, she said. She spoke of
brown-outs in the valley in 1951 j
caused by power shortage . . . “it
behooves us to start planning for
next few years”. At this point At- j
tomey Boyko attempted to speak
and was booed by some of the
audience. Boyko jumped to his
feet and said “If you want the
Fabulous money prizes
by Chamber of Commerce
may be coming your
way, soon!
RESERVISTS RETURN
HOME FROM 2-WEEK
TRAINING ENCAMPMENT
One hundred and twenty Army
Reservists from Palmer, Wasilla,
Fairbanks, Anchorage and Ket
chikan, completed their two-week
encampment at Fort Richardson’s
Camp Denali last week-end.
During their encampment the
reservists practiced techniques
which were learned in theory
during last year’s 48 drill periods.
The first phase of training em
phasized experience in specific
jobs. The second phase, complet
ed last Saturday, covered instruc
tion on basic combat principles.
Members of Company C, 180th
Engineers Battalion, the Palmer
unit, participated in the encamp
ment.
facts, I’ll give them to you- . . .
if you don’t want them I’ll go
home”. Shouts of “Go home!”
were heard from the audience.
Many more questions were ask
ed from the floor—too numerous
to relate her.
The subject ot steam power
generation for the Valley was
brought up by James Frey who
said he is a member of the As
sociation of Farm and Mine, a
group consisting, he said, of from
200 to 250 MEA members. Vice
president O’Neill stated that he
has long fought for just such a
thing in the valley, where an
abundance of coal is available.
R. B. Graham, MEA treasurer,
presented his annual report, sup
ported by the audit performed by
the firm of Kincaid and Hedla.
Several questions were asked by
the membership in regards to the
audit and these were answered
to apparent satisfaction by the
auditors.
Speaking also on behalf of
steam power was Al Hagen who
suggested any surplus money
should be used here—“irjaybe
spend $40,000 on a survey here in
the Valley—we might come up
with something right in our own
backyard”, he pointed out. He
made a report on steam genera
tion being used in the states. j
In the final stages of the meet
ing, which lasted until about 3:00
a-m., the membership voted to
grant $3600 to the hospital; to
budget $500 for charity; and to
grant $2,000 to Wasilla and Chu
giak schools on a year-to-year
basis. These appropriations have
not yet been made official. Minu
tes of the meeting are not yet
completed.
LEGION TO SPONSOR
NEW SCOUT TR50P
Marvin Slaughter has been
named Scoutmaster of the recent
ly created American Legion Boy
Scout troop. The first meeting for
the troop will be held at Legion
hall Monday evening, April 23,
at 7 p.m. All boys, not now affil
iated with a Boy Scout troop in
the Palmer area, and who are be
tween the eligible ages of 11 and
14 years, are invited to att<t d the
organizational meeting. Regular
meeting nights and the time of
future meetings will be establish
ed at this meeting.
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ture for the Statehood cause.
Money for expenses of Senators
and a Representative would be
appropriated by the Territorial
Legislature.
Business conducted at the
meeting was a report of $967.05
revenue from the club’s minstrel
show; the Kiwanians went on
record to sponsor a Little League
team in Palmer1 and agreed to
sponsor a get-out-and vote cam
paign for the forthcoming elec
tion. The club also agreed to do
nate $100 to the school band fund.
Other dinner guests were Eugene
Reid, Lee Hartley, and Lucille t
GRANGE PUNS
OPEN MEETING
The Northland Pioneer Grange
is planning its second open meet
ing for Thursday night, April 26.
according to James Wilson, Gran
ge master.
A panel will present vegetable
and ornamental plant discussions
and a member of the Palmer Gar
den Club will be invited to par
ticipate. The meeting, open to the
public, will begin at 8 p.m., and
will be held in Grange Hall.
Last month’s open meeting was
well attended, Wilson said, and
a good discussion was held. “We
hope for a similar attendance at
the April meeting”, he added.
The Grange is planning a series
of open meetings during which
timely agricultural topics will be
presented.
Mick and Louise Kellogg attend
ed to hear the Hilscher talk.
Watch for big Money
prizes offered by your
Chamber of Commerce!!
Coming soon!!
REV. "DICK" MILLER
Missionary at Kotzebue
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PALMER
Welcomes You
To Hear
Missionary DICK MILLER
Sunday Morning
at 11:00 A. M.
Each Evening
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at
7:30 P.M.
Everyone is Invited
NURSERY WILL BE OPEN
EACH EVENING
REV. JOHN T. DICKERSON,
Pastor
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