ANNUAL MEETING TO BE
HELD SOON.
The annual meet in" of
the Credit Union will
be held at 8 p.m. on
January 29 in the Co-op
Club. Room of the "Rcc"
Building•
AUTHOR STUDIES ALASKA
TO SHOW DANGEROUS TRENDS
IN GOVERNMENT
Lee S. Gardner has
written a critique of
.jnerican governmental
trends, with Alaska as
his main case-in point.
In his now book, THE
OPTIMIST: .JSERICAN FLAN
(Exposition Press, New
York-$2.50), Mr. Ga rd
ner calls on his ob
servations. in Alaska,
where the acuteness of
bureaucratic control
sharpened his observa
tion in the study of A
mcrican apathy concern
ing our prerogatives of
self-government.
The most individually
representative and cf
I iclent system oi gov
ernment is the ideal
one, he believes. Us
in,n as an analogy the
model cellular structure
of health: organisms,
Mr. Gardner warns us
against our present-day
governmental tendencies.
The author points to
.*laska, one of America’s
most strategic areas,
and shows the lack of
self-government and the
resuitinp weakness in
its civilian defenso
capacity.
Mr. Gardner also
points in some detail
to the administrative
weaknesses of the Civil
Aeronautics Administra
tion, the Alaska Game
Commission, and the
Forestry Service, and
sumacsts that they arc
ready for change which
would add to the wel
fare ofmAlaska and the
Nation.
Throughout his book,
the author reaffirms his
belief in the basic coi>
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MEA NOTICE
"FOh’ER OFFwaftcr HOURS
SUNDAY'S & HOI I DAYS
1-21-27 Fridley. .62Y1
OFFICE CLOSES AT NOON
OR SATURDAY
t
FALMER ALASKA j
FOR SALE: ll|. Holstein
Heifers, norths oil
sired by Experiment Sta
tion stock, r’ood cows,
excellent breeders.
CLIFTON GROVER.
FOR SAIE: lots in Brix
Sub-division. See Ray
Ferrin.
LIST YOUR PROPERTY:
with M.D. Snodgrass for
quick sale. Office in
home on Lower Bailey
Hill St .Rear J/umber Yd.
COME IN - a,mo LOOK OVER our
used cars -
1936 DESOTO 5 passenger coupe
1907 STUDEBAKER l£ ton, stake body
194$ CHEVROLET 4-door
1949 INTERNATIONAL 1 ton pick-up
1949 INTERNATIONAL 3/4 ton pick-up
1949 JEEP 3/4 tor1 pick-up
1950 JEEP 1 ton stake body