THE KENaI PENINSULA. PIONEER
(Formerly The Homer News)
Alaska!s Largest Mimeograph Weekly
Published every Monday at Homer, Alaska
dill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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PURE LIES
We must take exception to at least two of the statements
appearing in the Alaska Electric quarterly that. was. mailed
to all luba consumers last week, We take exception'to-the ex
tent that we call the statements nothing but pure lies.
We quote the quarterly: ''Despite rumors, there are no
individual or personal membership in OAPa. nach system is a
memoer." And again: "Do man or woman may serve as a CAPA
director unless he is an elected co-op director."
net’s take a look at the proposed by-laws of CAPA. Ar
ticle I, Section 2 of the by-laws say this: "(a) Except for
the incorporators, who shall be members by virtue of being
such incorporators, any person, firm, association, corpora
tion, or body politic, or subdivision thereof, may become a
consumer member of this corporation by:.,." and the by-laws
go on to state the requirements of a consumer membership.
Section 2 (b) says: "any person, firm, association, corpora
tion or body politic, or subdivision thereof, may-beconA an
organizational member of this qorporationw"
Article IV, Section 2 of.thejproposed by-laws has this
to say: "No person shall be eligible to become or remain a
director or alternate director of this corporation who is not
'either: (a) a manager or manber of the board of directors or
other equivalent governing body of an organizational member
of this corporation; or (b)‘an individual organizational mem
ber of this corporation.*
We cannot believe that Cloyce Parks, editor of the Al
aska quarterly, *was ignorant of the proposed by-laws of GaPA
when he published the recent issue of the sheet. His wife,
Justine Parks, is secretary of GAPA, president of i&atanuska
Valley Electric Association,, and a director of the National
dural Electric Cooperative Association, j' Surely the editor
must know what goes on in public power circles;
We have said it before and we say it again, CAPA ,is a
private corporation and none of the cooperatives in the Ter
ritory belong to it. The by-laws have not been approved and
the proper dues have not been paid,
CaPa is a phony deal as*it stands today and we do not
think that the people of Alaska ydll go for it. All of the
officers and directors of CAPa, including the acting manager
and the. lawyer, are among the incorporators of CAPA.
They made the corporation, they run the corporation. Let
them run it...There is no reason on earth why the coopera
tives should join an organization of such a nature.
The Quarterly said that CAPA JLs non-profit, iHe say it
will be non-profit to the consumer, but that is all. If it
were to be truly non-profit then there is no reason why the
quarterly should lie to the people of Alaska,
GOOD WORDS.
With Alaska*s constitutional convention in session and,
we believe, the probability of Statehood within the next few
years, it might be well for the voters and the politicians
of Alaska to take’note uof a portion of the inaugural address
of Governor doy Collins of Florida, The address was given
in January, 1^55 and the folloYdng portion of it was includ
ed in a story about^, Governor Collins in a recent issue of
rime magazine. Governor Collins said: MI want the prople of
Florida to understand that progress in business, industry and
hdman welfare, can only go so far with a ward-heeling, back
scratching, self-promoting political' hystem. Our progress is
sure to run into a dead end if our citizens accept the phil
osophy that votes can be traded for a road or for a job for
an incompetent relative, or for a favor for a friend or for
a handout through a state, purchase order,.,Government cannot
live by taxes alone or by jdbs alone or even by roads alone,
Government, too, must nave qualities of the spirit. Truth
and justice and fairness and unselfish service are sane of
these, without these qualities there is no worthwhile lead
ership, and we grapple and grope in a moral wilderness,*4
There is4 more to becoming a state than getting a consti
tution written just as there is more to having moose steak
than just shooting a moose. We would ask whether or not the
people of Alaska are ready for Statehood, Do they understand
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the difference betv/een a 11 ward-heeling, back-scratching,
self-promoting political system11 and one which has Equalities
pf the spirit”? Jo Alaskans of today realize the role that
they must play as the citizens of the future State of Alaska;
We believe that most of the residents of the Territory
are not aware of the responsibility that will be theirs th<
day Alaska becomes a state*,,and the state, under the demo*
cratic system, is the people*
The reason for this lack of awareness is the feeling
that many people have that the federal government will makt
the final decisions in everything, so why worry about any
thing, In other words the people of Alaska have been second
class citizens for so long they have forgotten that the peo
ple are supposed to run the state and not the state the'peo
ple.
Before we become a state there must be an edubationa.
program carried out to make the people aware of their r<
sponsibilities and their place in the government. vVe sa;
this because we want to see the new state get off on thi
right foot.
The constitutional convention delegates vho supporter
the initiative and referendum issue took a long step in help
ing the people realize their power and hence their responsi
bilities, The initiative and referendum will make future
legislatures cautious as to the laws they enact and it wili
protect the people of the state against irresponsible or con
trolled legislatures.
Something else Governor Collins said may well be ponder
ed bytAlaskans. He said; “Local governments.,.the cities,
the state's. •• should face up to their own responsibilities.
I hope I live long enough to see the day when they all fine
courage and honesty enough to tax their citizens as the}
should be taxed and then serve them as they should be served*
Y/hen that happens, the Federal Government will be able U
restrict its activities. Washington almost always comes intc
the picture «nly after local governments have failed to meet
their responsibilities,n
Y/e Alaskans will have to accept many responsibilities
when we become a state. The more we shoulder in the begin
ning, the better off we will oe in the long run.
MEW BOOKS aT HCmER LIBRARY
Mew oooks received at the
Homer library include the
follovdng:
, AFTER YOU, MARCO POLO by
Jean Bowie dhor, From Venice
to Peiping across high Asia,
an adventurous American
couple follows a dangerous
trail seven centuries old,
the trail taken by Marco Polo
himself* Jean Shor writes
with humor and warmth, a
superior travelogue crammed
with vivid detail and dramat
ic contrasts*
THE LONELY SKY by William
Bridgoman. The personal his
tory of one of Americas most
active test pilots*
COMPLETE BOOK OF CHILDRENS
PARTIES, Fifty-thrbe com
pletely planned parties*
CAROLINA CORSaIR by Jon
» TAc/. a novel of Blackboard
the pirate who .raided the
seas from Maine to Florence
in the 1700s.
r
TriA.lt SHE SLOWS, by Chester S,
Howland. Thundering adven
tures of baling and mutiny.
riOT AS a STRANGER, by Morton
Thompson, a novel of the
,making of a doctor,
KISSING* KIN, by Elswyth Thane
The last of a series of nov
els that carry a family from
'177U to 193U* Good reading
THE HOOTED WCMAN, by Martha
Albrand, a mystery full oi
international intrigue,
THE GOOu SHEPHERD, by G. S,
Forester, a novel tense with
the account of convoying dur
ing World War II,
KENAI GIRL SCOUTS
Have CHRISTMAS PARTY
Jean Mulvaney entertained
tne Kenai Girl Scouts at hey
home Saturday for their
Christmas party. The girls
exchanged gifts, and made
decorated candles to take
home. There were games, and
refreshments were served.
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bach evening of 1956 the riomer Radio
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those persons whose names are listed on
the Community Calendar as naving a birth*
day or anniversary on that date. All
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call tne studio in advance.
The Community Calendar Program will be
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