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EDITORIAL
Needed: Housing "Task Force"
Soon the snow will be melting and the ice will be
■going out at Nenana. In a few short months many Alaskans:
will be resuming the search for improved living accommo
dations.
What will they f3ce? The same staggering prices for
the same c amped and inadequate homes?
It is time that Alaskans woke up to the fact that
securing adequate and enjoyable housing, at a price
the average wage earner can afford to pay, is one of
our major problems . . . ABOUT WHICH VIRTUALLY
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
A -a oc .eg s ate e p epar ng 4o meet again in Ju
•'txn ano w - ' cu C tv Council apparently having plenty
v- • "o on f.e , narcos, new is a good time for our elect
ee; c v a is to taco .. c to one of A aska s greatest problems.
We * ' ik ■ > about t re that our lawmakers in Ju
neac adopted t e irglvly ajecesstui Task Force method
now iv no e "b'oyea b\ tiie Kennedy Administration in
\Ya$h -'oton. And for the first project we recommend a'
?ask ro ce Cn Housing .
Ana ;et us make one thinq perfectly clear. FINANC
ING IS NOT THE PROBLEM WE SEEK TO SOLVE. Through
banks h'e FHA and the savings and loan associations
. . . there is plenty of capital available to finance decent
housing.
in addition, our community has plenty ot MULII
• AV O HOUSING UNITS. What Alaskans here and every
where desperateK need are decent and reasonably priced
S NGLE FA\Ml\ DWELLINGS.
That should be the primary job of a Housing
Task Force How can costs be cut so that the small
home builder can still make a profit, while the small
wage earner can still afford to buy the house? What
new or improved methods or materials can be used
to SAVE MONEY and still provide a QUALITY HOME?
Sc'">e < home be oe-s have already proven tha+
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oeoen*
c* oppose ' D *c cut costs and still provide
A CONCERTED EFFORT WILL DO MUCH
> > nan
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Certamiy when one considers me difficult nat
cond’hcns u^de' w ‘'.ch A'aska^s somst’mes
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See where the counsul up
h(*’*<’ is gonna annex some hare
land on which there is supposed
to be new industry built. Tax,
lax. tax, spend, spend, spend.
Years ago there was a farnus
song which my uncle writ
called “Open the Door. Rich
ard" . . . now Wally Hickel has
come out with a sequel called.
“Keep the Door Open, Wally".
(Maybe the republicuns kin
come up with a bigger governor
fight then the democrats, if they
tries hard enough . . . and they
is shore try in.)
Meanwhile, Wendil Kay is
continuin his romance with the
advanced ideas of the grand ole
party. He has come out for the
Ketchikan Pulp Mill's idea to
pay oif the ESC debt out of the
on bonus. {This idea suddenly
come to him while he was given
a speech in Ketchikan.)
Yep, that Wendil is gittin to
be a smart polaticiun. He has
already spent the bonus money
two ways already. Next he will
come out in favor of a road
buildin program an public
works. (That is what is known
as givin the voter a multiple
choice solution.)
Admirals an generals is a lot
smarter tho. then politicians.
There faverite ansers is “well,
yes an no" . . . “on this Hand,
but on the other hand" . . . “in
one way. but in another way'[
. . . "an please don't quote me
on This."
QUESTION OF THEWEEKf
What legislator is know among
his fronds as “Mack the Knife?”
(Anscr at end of collum.)
Or’■ question this week her
alds the first in a series of tin
s'. nd; rated art ikies about our
:re Alaska legislators, what
is gittin ready to room hack in
to orbit around us tarpapers
agin soon.
Yep. on about the 23rd of
January things will be warmin
up down in Juneau agin. All the
boys frum here is gittin ready.
In the Semite, bob McNealy is
practicin up to be our number
one Jeffersonian democrat agin.
. . . George McNabb is polishin
up the harpoon what Ebin Hop
son giv him for Christmas (no
body kin flgger out why it has
John Mcneeses name on it
though) ... an Paul griemann
has made a new year resolution
not to git lost agin for the next
two months.
Over in the lotccr house,
Stwilm Jim is eratin up his mir*
ror so he kin take it irifh him
nn keep practicin in front of
3t . . . Frank chapados has
parked his Truck in the gar
age . . . Forbes baker has turned
his bank over to Ed or berk to
loaieh for him trhile he’s gone.
. . . Dog bagge n is lay in aside
his pliers an lereneh an has
picked up the latest copy of ihe
Ford report ... on tehile oil
these fellers has bin doin all
these things, ole Warren "the
Sv-eak" Tuple* has ;st stood by
pract-r.n up is eompoin
speeches for the ooverner race.
' .11 ST THINK ' PF.PT: .list
think, next elec- n there will
:x'' seven house v embers front
here to vouch Oi ' for instead of
the five we cot row. (That pop
ular-on explosion > • ore kin pit
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ANSSR TO QUESTION Who
e-lse h t SENATOR Georee Me
Nabfc* (We can't print wno*. his
enemies call him i
cik Washington
Merry-Go-Round
fey DREW PEARSON
Groat number of Americans worried and frustrated
about future; Pearson recounts roll call of current history;
America still ahead in Cold War.
WASHINGTON—Having traveled
rather widely around the USA dur
ing recent months, I think 1 can
report that the year 1962 opens with
a greater number of Americans
frustrated and worried about the
future than ever before.
The frustration is one reason for
the drop-the-bomb-now sentiment
which pervades right-wing extrem
ists. This sixth column seems con
vinced that American democracy
and enlightened capitalism can't
compete with communism and the
only solution is preventive war.
These frustrated Americans who
believe in the solution of war should
take a look at history—both past
and current.
Regarding past history, on the
eve of the Spanish-American war.
they might note that President Mc
Kinley kept on his desk an offer
from the Spanish government to
give us Cuba in order to prevent
war. McKinley suppressed the offer
because of the popular clamor for
war. Instead, he bowed to that
clamor, went to war, and now our
troubles with Cuba are back with
us all over again. Only this time
the clamor is for us, not Spain, to
invade Cuba.
If we had accepted the . Spanish
proposal, war not only would have
been prevented but Cuba might now
be the 51st state.
Look at the Record
Regarding current history, our
frustrated fellow citizens who lack
confidence in American democracy
should objectively call the } oil of
American achievements and Ameri
can defeats. Here is part of the roll
call:
Western Europe, which 15 .years
ago teetered on the brink of Com
munism. is now a prosperous. Semi
solidified anti-Comniunist area —
thanks largely to the man whom the
Sixth column bitterly attacks. Gen.
George Marshall, originator of the
Marshall Plan.
Japan and West Germany, once
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ELECI3UC miff hat
ers proved rao f en
cier.t than bottled pas
v. ai-«~heitfri fev ratios
ranging from 1.6 to 1
to 2 to I in 'tew tests
recenth conducted
the Bureau of Huntia
Nutrition and Herts
Economics. United
States Depanneat cf
Agriculture. ~
Be modern ... be economical ... use an ELECTRIC
WATER HEATER. Tests prove that ELECTRIC WATER
HEATERS are tops when u comes to that important 'wbfd
... EFFICIENCY.
E'en- farm needs hot water . . . lots of it. It‘s so easy to
have alt the hot water you want at the turn of a faucet
in the house ... on the farmstead. ONLY ELECTRIC
WATER HEAT IRS can be installed nearest to the point
of use . . . permit short pipe runs, which minimize heat
losses. *1 hev'rc clean, safe, dependable, automatic . . . and,
of course. THEY'RE ELECTRIC
IT PAYS TO GO ALL-ELECTRIC
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