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Moratorium On Foolishness . . .
First reports from the Legislative Session in Juneau
indicate that the Republican members of the Legislature
have picked up right where the various and sundry Demo
cratic gubernatorial candidates left off. One almost gets
the rr prev,ion that the Republican Party, too, has a surplus
of candidates for the Governor's office.
Alaska politics is indeed becoming something of a
farce. Some Alaskan observers have gone so far as to
compare the present political climate in Alaska to that
which prevails in the African Congo. They are close to the
truth.
Isn't it about time for a moratorium on the fool
ishness that has been going on? Isn't it about time for
our responsible leaders to get a little more coopera
tion and a little less static?
There is no reason why political service should so
closely resemble a three act comedy. There is no reason
for the deeds of political immaturity that have been oc
cupying the news columns in recent weeks.
Sometimes political leaders forget that they are in po
sitions of responsibility to others. In the case of Legislators,
the/ are representing the people in their particular electiorl
district.
WE WONDER HOW MUCH BENEFIT ANY CITI
ZEN OF THIS STATE IS RECEIVING FROM A LEGISLA
TOR WHOSE ATTITUDE IS STRICTLY NEGATIVE? CER
TAINLY AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OWES THE
PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM A LITTLE SERVICE ALONG
WITH ALL THE CONVERSATION.
This newspaper does not begin to agree with all the
things that the Governor of Alaska has done. Quite likely
v/e will disagree with him many more times in the future.
BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN. ALASKA HAS MADE
A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, DESPITE
A BIG DROP IN MILITARY SPENDING.
In addition, the difficult transition from territorial
status has been accomplished with an almost dismaying
ease, considering the tremendous task at hand. That jobj
is nearly completed.
While many mistakes have been made, the SUR
PRISING THING IS THAT THERE WERE NOT MORE OF
THEM. We can remember several territorial governors
who made considerably more mistakes rn a consider
ably shorter length of time. And, we might add, with
considerably fewer chances to ma/ke mistakes.
We are not advocating that all of the politicians be
gin singing the praises of our State Administration. BUT
WE DO ADVOCATE THAT THEY BEGIN ACTING IN A MORE
CONSTRUCTIVE AND POSITIVE MANNER.
We realize that this means WORK. In addition, it will
require a little THINKING. These may be foreign sounding
words to some of our political leaders, especially when
election time is so near at hand. •
And finally, we should like to suggest that the es
teemed newspaper reporters that cover the Juneau beat
might try putting a little MORE emphasis on what is actu
ally happening and a little LESS emphasis on the head
line hunters. The New York Times is a very successful
newspaper!
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JUSEAU POME: Roses is red,
money is green: statesmen is
nice, polatictuns is mean. OR:
Hi, ho, hi ho, its off to pass laws
we go; our work will be the
hardest its ever bin; cuz we all
wanna git reelected agin.
Speakin about the election,
see where Smiim Jim wuz back
on the radio the very first day
already, givin his report. Folks
what heerd it said he wuz smil
in real good on his first broad
cast. (He has to, he is competin
agin the soap operas on TV.)
speakin about broadcastin, we
\ wuz lissemng to a news report
the other day. The reporter was
talkin about “republicun W. C.
Kramer, democrat from Flori
da” . . . now there is a real
smart polaliciun.
Speakin about politiks, see
where the Minutemen is gittin
busy. They is that non politicul
group what Time Magazine writ
up aw’hile back. They is sendin
out newsletters now. It sez:
“We will support representa
tives who represent our wishes
; . . , and work to defeat those
who refuse ...” Now, that is
j what bein non politicul really
! means . . .
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
If good judgment comes from
experiunce, where does experi
unce come from? (Anser at end
of collum).
See where a woman in Anch
rudge is in trouble for alleged
ly embezzling marriage license
money. She must be a real ama
tuer tho, cause anybody knows
‘here is more money in embezz
lin divorce licenses.
COM IN SOON: Ole buck has
had so many requests for kits
like the Barry Goldwater set we
put out last year (they went like
hot cakes) that we now has in
production somethin extra spe
shul ... an so we is proud to
announce . . . our very latest
. . . the
GOVERNER KIT: Yep, with
this kit , you too kin be a can
didate for governer of Alaska.
All you has to do is follow the
directions. Included in the kit
is: (1) An application blank
what you sends to Juneau with
a hunert dollars; (2) A platform
in favor of good things an agin
bad things; (3) If you files as a
demacrat there is a speech what
really blasts the republicuns,
BUT if you files as a republicun.
then we substitutes a speech
that blasts the demacrats; (4)
100 Vote for ME buttons will
be offered as a bonus while they
lasts.
Now you may think that is
all, but it ain’t. (5) There is al
so our speshul book on “How to
Run a State” writ by Huey
Long; and (6) A book on the
superiority of color television by
Richard Nixon; AND (7) a spe
shul directory of people in Seat
tle that might be interested in
financin yer campaign (all you
has to do is agree to contribute
to their blood bank once in
awhile.)
Git yer “Governer Kit” now,
while they lasts. If you orders
one by February, we will in
clude absolutely FREE, a spesh
ul mirror what ansers you back
when you say, “mirror, mirror,
on the wall, who is the fairest
governer candidate of them all”.
(The mirror is also good for
practicin up your smile on.)
PASSIN PRADE: Pan Am is
flyin jets into Juneau . . . The
Ironworkers has signed a new
contract . . . The headman of
the BIA wuz in town this week
. . . The wind never blows in
Fairbanks an we never has any
fog at our airport . . . Passinger
service by boat from Seattle
may be resumed this year . . .
ANSER TO QUESTION: Pore
judgement.
Wal, its time to sign off. The
Buckwheat Party is gonna hav
a convention soon an I has to
climb tip to the top of Birch
Hill an post the mdetin notice.
Washington
b Merry-Go-Round
« »r DREW PEARSON
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Scrooge of Senate has big heart for millionaires; Sen
ator Byrd opposed Federal aid for the needy; Du font's
big GCP contributors.
w/vammjiuw — Virginia s ener
ubic, charming Sen. Harry Byrd,
sometimes called the "Scrooge of
the Senate," has started out the new
session characteristically. He is vig
, orously opposing federal aid for the
needy but enthusiastically cham
| piomng federal relief for million
aires.
Byrd wasted no time last week in
proclaiming his opposition to Presi
! dent Kennedy’s welfare program. As
Senate Finance chairman, he also
served notice that he won’t hold
hearings on medical care for the
aged until the House has acted first
—A delaying tactic that probably
will hold up the bill until adjourn
! ment day.
Yet the same Senator Byrd is now
rushing special tax benefits through
the Senate for the millionaire Du
Pont family. How much this would
deprive the treasury in tax revenue
is a matter of dispute, but the esti
mates run as high as $160,000,000.
But this doesn’t seem to trouble
the Senator from Virginia, who is
sues press releases on how much
money government bureaus use on
press releases, and cries to the raf
ters every time a penny is appropri
| ated for the public.
The “Du Pont bill,” as the Du
| Pont tax relief measure is called,
would provide special loopholes for
the Du Pont company to escape pay
ing full taxes on the General Motors
j stock which the courts have ordered
it to sell.
The biggest tax break, under Byrd
legislation, would be to the Du Pont
j family which owns 29 per cent of
Du Pont stock through a holding
i company called Christiana.
Legal experts, who have analyzed
the bill's complex language, claim
it would provide special tax bene
fits if Christiana turns its General
Motors stock over to the individual
members of the Du Pont family.
This would encourage the courts,
which haven’t yet ruled how the
General Motors stock should be di
vested, to let the individual stock
holders keep it.
Reversing the Supreme Court
Thus, the Du Pont family might
end up in full possession of their
General Motors stock, as individuals
—not as a holding company. This
would completely thwart the Jus
tice Department which brought the
anti-trust case in the first place in
order to break the Du Pont family’s
hold on General Motors.
In other words, the bill would
reverse the antitrust case and the
Supreme Court, and offer tax con
cessions to the Du Ponts in the bar
gain.
Byrd tried to ram the bill through
Congress during the closing log-jam
last fall: the usual tactic for push
ing a bill which can’t bear too much
public scrutiny.
Byrd even began hearings on the
Du Pont bill before the House had
acted. Yet he has now refused to
hold advance hearings on medical
care, citing the fact that the House
is supposed to act first on financial
measures.
For the Du Ponts, however, Byrd
not only waived this procedure but
actually scheduled a hearing in the
evening for the first time in the
memory of finance committee mem
bers.
He was finally blocked by Sens.
Paul Douglas of Illinois and Albert
Gore of Tennessee who threatened
to keep the Senate in session be
yond the adjournment to debate the
bill.
In a signed statement, they com
plained: “Although it has been im
possible to move in both the House
and the Senate on the tax reform
proposals of the President, we find
that a bill for the relief of those
who are among the highest income
groups in the country is treated with
loving care and tender mercy by
the committees of congress.”
Now Byrd is trying to complete
the chore he began last fall for the
Du Ponts.
Two Biggest GOP Contributors
The two biggest contributors to
Republican campaign funds during
recent years have been members of
the Du Pont family and General
Motors executives. In 1956. the last
year that the Senate did a work
manlike job of keeping accurate ac
counts—thanks to Senator Gore—
the Du Pont family was listed as
giving the hugh total of $138,745 to
the Republicans, nothing to the
Democrats. In that same year. Gen
eral Motors executives were listed
as giving $163,250 to the Republi
cans. nothing to the Democrats. To
tal from the two groups, $301,995.
Senator Byrd, nominally a Demo
crat, has either voted or worked
against his own Democratic national
ticket in the last three elections and
for the Republicans.
| In addition to the amounts listed
in national elections, the Du Pont
family sprinkled money lavishly in
various states, from South Dakota
to Delaware, to elect local Senate
and congressional candidates. None
of these contributions was tax
; exempt. But the effect of the Byrd
legislation would give the Du Ponts
! and General Motors benefits far
greater than the generous gifts to
Republican campaigns.
Inside I .a os
President Kennedy is preparing
i to dump the pro-Western royal
Laotian leader. Prince Boun Oum,
j and switch his support to neutralist
Prince Souvanna Phouma. The
President has decided that Souvan
! na, whom the CIA helped topple
from power a year ago, is not a
Communist stooge and has a better
chance of preserving Laos indepen
dence than the unpopular Boun
Oum.
Meanwhile. Prince Boun Oum and
his royal Laotian forces may revive
the civil war in a desperate effort
to salvage some authority in Laos.
The real power behind Boun Oum is
his tough defense minister, General
Phoumi, who realizes he will be
relegated to the ash heap if there is
a coalition government.
This is why we haven’t been able
to get an agreement.
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MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Temple, 809 First Ave. Dial GL 2-2836
Tanana Lodge No. 162 F&AM
2nd Degree, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 7 P.M.
3rd Degree, Wednesday, January 31, 7 P.M.
Elmer A. Lanstra Worshipful Master
Forbes L. Baker, Secretary
Midnight Sun Chapter No. 6, O.E.S.
Second Friday of Each Month
Pearl Scherer, Worthy Matron
Mary Helen Chaddon, Secretary