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"We have, been urged* at
gome length if not by a great
number, to accord ,the ques- -
tion of an Alaskan f'eommon
wealth" space in our-, ballot
on the statehood issue* l
"We era not going to do,..any
such thing* In fact, we hope
that this trill be the last
space we must devote to ser
ious discussion of such, a ri
diculous proposition.
51 In is beyond the pfppyfjaf •.
the Congress .tc diminish ,7 by
one whit* or tittle the legal
status of an integral part of
the United St at js of .^riericUo .
nry measure which would, deny,
the people of Alaska repre
sentation in Congress—even
the voteless representation
they now enjoy—would do vie- .
lent injury to the Constitu*?
tion. ' , i <>1
"Such a measure could no.t
be sustained in, the courts,
as two of the best lawyers in.?
the United States Senate not
long ago pointed outSena
tor Cordoit, a Repubfican, ancL.
Senator Clinton Anderson,?a
Democrat, both raised the is;
sue of constitutionality
when the "commonwealth" was
proposed,
"Alaska is an incorporated
territory of the United
States, Some have hopes that ,
Alaska soon will join/ the ’
sisterhood of States, Others ;
fervently hope Alaska will
remain a territory, Whatever
happens, Alaska will remain a
part of America, owned by -
Americans and peopled by
Americans*
"There is nothing better *
than to be an American, There
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could be nothing worse . than
. to be an ex-American, paying
no taxes ‘ to; Arner ica, sending
no representative to the Con
• gress, denied’ any voice in
-the'affairs of America.., ,
* MWe say to those who dream
. ^fantastic as the'dream may
be—of taking Alaska out of
• America/ - wo say, this,: your
nightmare is not foi* us. GoJ
to Russia, jgo tp the land
inhere a constitution is noth
ing-but a scrap of paper. Or
go to Argentina or Poland or
any of the other poor,
lands where!men who'have no
respect 'for law' and order
duly constituted by tjhc peo
ple have -‘found it possible to
bring their nightmares, to a
1 brief reality.
"The years are longwsi nee
I the first Red October, but
...they"will seem as fleeting in
the- eyes of history as the
yeafs since Munich myst have
csearned to”a swing' named'Rit
.ler,--trapped, dying and on
his way to lie IK Some, day,
and the. long years are short
ening with every parsing .day,
we -- hhali ' witness the de
struction ‘ of Communism and
> the: liberation of the enslav
ed millions beneath the Red
banners* There can be no
such/ thing as peaceful co
existence” with tho evil for
ces trf .oppression, anymore
than there can be a degrada
tion of an American by his
relegation to "commonwealth"
citizenship*
"America is in tho fore in
the battle for freedom, as
sho over has been wherever
the cry of liberty was reisod.
Every American wants to do
his part in that battle.
"No thinking American wants
to slink off, relieved of tho
privilege ofof.. sharing 1 :tho
burden,*, denied tho right to
representation, forbidden to
speak his piece* •• * -• V :
"No, Alaskans arc Ameri
cans and Alaska is America*
They are one and tho same,
now and forevery and the* only
good thing that'can be said
of the ridiculous "common
wealth" suggestion - is that
its very -u^to?paicc-/.'proves
that ’freedom; oi speech /is
still one of the * rights of
any American^ ro matter how
lacking in common sense.
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AN. UPHOLSTERY- -'CLASS * '
Mary Robinson,' home ext bn-,
sion agent, will conduct an
upholstery class at the Law
ney home starting Monday,
January 10 and running to
January 26«,
Two classes will be. held
daily from -1 to 4 -p.ni» and
from 7 to 10 p'.m^evcry day of
the week except Saturday arid
Sunday, *
The Lawnoy home is located
about two miles ‘ out on the
East End road and the class
will bi held in the basements
Everyone interested is in
vited- tc attend these classes
whether they are carrying on
an upholstery project or not.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO HAVE
SPECIAL SPEAKERS '
Dr, Charles Port or and
Peter Deynoka, both of Chica
go, will be speakers at spec
ial sendees planned by the
Homer Christian church Sunday
through : ddnosday, January 9
12, according * rte Rev* Melvin
Jensen-. 1 • ' ? ; ;
An all-jday program Is be
ing planned for Sunday-and*
evening services at 7:30 trill
be, held the remainder cf t he
stay of Dr, Porter and Mr,
Deynoka*
Rpv, Jensen stressed that:
the. public ,is wplcomo do at
tend these special’-services.
MEXICAN BURROS ARRIVE TO
MAKE HOME IN ALASKA
A pair of Mexi can burros
arrived in Homer* this‘week to
;takc Residence dibro* 1 The
burros arrived from Sonard on
Tuesday to make their homes
with the Ncilson and Nordby
families, ,, v
Weighing about 50 pounds
apiece, 4 tho; frisky animals
arrived * in 1 the port city
aboard the Chena and created
considerable ?iritcrest ai£ they
are believed 1 zb bb .tho first
Mesican burros brought to Al
aska. They wore brought from
Seward by car,
* Tiip animals will bo the
special pets of Suzanne Neil
sen ahd the Nordby family,
' They go by the namasrotf
Bandy. and J immy,
DON SMITH EXPECTED BACK
Don^Smith was expected to
return from a business trip
to Kenai by Thursday night.
He has been gone all df
this week.
SKI LESSONS TO. BEGIN -• - -
AT.HOMER SCHOOL
Skiing activities will be
gin right after the • ne~ se
mester opens. They will'be a
part of the PE - program ant?
the Ski Club mombers will act
as instructors,' The classes
.will be held on Friday after
noon at the ski lift with a
teacher accompanying the stu
dents. ... «
The first semester ' ends1 a
week from Friday.
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Tho school enrollment as
of December- 31 was 201, ac
. cording to . Superintendent
Katchor. Several now st in
dents have entered the school
since that date, however-.
The average dally atten-’
dance was 166 with 81 pupils
neither absent nor tardy,,
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Dave Schroer of the 6tl
grade and Mrs. Adams of the.
5th grade returned to Homer
this week after speeding the
holidays in Illinois and in
Idaho,- respectively.—
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SECOND GRADE NET-S
by Dorothy Loe Johnson
All of us received mahy
nice Christinas gifts* *
-Mike Tate norc his ner
sneator and vest to t school
Monday. \ ■ \
rfc. ••sat; a .movie on sood
dispefcsa.1 \ nith the' first
grade on" Monday afternoon.
Tommy Tice nore his non
Christmas shirt to school on
Monday* . • *
Bennie Thompson yore hqr
net; gloves to school*
, Virginia Choate -ore her
hen’ skirt’ and blouse to
school.
Brad Nixon showed us hifc
non uallot nith pictures in
it.
We voted to choose moni
tors for the day by rons and
to lot them help clean the
room and do other jobs.
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