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Pete Cuts-Donates
The moat popular man at Yaku
tat is Albert “Pete” James.
Men and women Jove him, and
so does the Polio Foundation, into
which his barbering at Yakutat
puts an average of $45 a month.
4U1 of James’ pay for barbering
at the station is donated to the
Foundation out of. gratitude for
Wteat that organisation did in the
treatment of his. son, Larry, who
d^ercame aft attack of polio, that
came, in 1952. Today, Larry is a
strapping A-student in school and
Uk>: , yt jr got his first moose.
Yu J OAA women love Pete
because ii: relieved them from a
joi> where they were, rarely able
to please their husbands. And the
rpep love him because nobody runs
Sf.Ound Yakutat these days miss
ing one sideburn, or with a pre
mature, accidental bald spot c
*?ete is foreman .mechanic at
Yakutat. He is a 15-year man with
the FA A, having joined the CAA
in 1944 at Aniak where, he sheared?,
his first head of hajr. That was
experimental; since before becom
ing a federal servant Pete; had
fished and trapped in the lower
Cook Inlet, Alexander Lake and
Rainy Pass areasv where* hirsute
styles were varied and ignored.
Moving n the cultured circles of
CAA stations at Aniak, Farewell,
Northway and Gustavus, however,
changed Pete’s social attitudes,
and he set up a chair wherever he
served. His welcome assignment to
Yakutat almost caused a public
celebration. Few stations over
Alaska can boast a male contin
gent so nicely trimmed.
Young Larry had polio at Aniak
when he was about 7 years old.
The Jameses, spent virtually all
of their insurance, $5,000, and all
the e^lra money he could make
barber mg from 6 to 11 p.m. in the
treatment, and finally were per
suaded to seek the aid of the
Southeastern Chapter of the
f ouncatron. Officials there chided
him for not calling them in earlier
since “that is their job”, and
financed'further expensive treat
ment which was successful. Pete
now feels that anything he makes
from barbering should go into the
iupd—and that makes everybody
concerned happy.
From the FAA;Mukluk Telegraph
The ^farch of Dimes campaign
ends tonight. We noticed some of
th«. containers around town are
woefully, lacking in coins. We
can’t ‘all cut hair, but we all can
cut out some small non-essential
item,! and put the dime, quarter
or dollar to a good cause.
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Will We Go Thet-a-Way?
vhhat does it take to frighten
Walter Reuther? TV Westerns,
that's what.
lf*\m frightened.^ , said the un
doubtedly courageous head of the
United Auto Workefs. “If we get
a four-day work week it will only
mean another day of watching
Westerns on television.”
;*>dnet. Walter doesn't mean to
ief hat pea. If necessary, he
would even join hands w" - em
ployers fa» “cond j?t research” on
wh it workers should do with their
Behwe time that wouldn’t frighten
Waiter Reuther.
Long before Walter was born,
some employers felt as Walter
doe.s today. They decreed their
employees must spend their few
off hours “reading improving
hoods,” should court only on Sat
urday rights, and must attend
church Sunday and spent the rest
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of the Sabbath reading the Bible.
This excess of solicitude was
rightly described as “paternalism,”
and was fast vanishing by the
time Walter and Victor Reuther
were old enough to enjoy the
William S. Hart movies.
Now it is the unions that are
attempting to order the lives of
employees, right down to how
spare time shall be spent. This
seems to show great contempt for
the judgment and maturity of the
American workingman.
Unhappily, unions have achiev
ed such a hold over their members
by absolute control over their
right to earn a living, that they
may succeed in decreeing what the
members must do in their off
hours.
This frightens us as much as
TV Westerns frighten Walter
Reuther.
BACTLETT “DO NOTHING*
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our country as timid and listless.”
hi some Of his concluded re
marks, in his speech today, Sen.
Bartlett will say: “As we think
of a«ir country's future, let us not
contuse security with peace of
mimi. If we remain military
strong, if we aid the legitimate
military goals &f our allies, if we
eitqrdiasize understand ng of others
even, more than we seek their
understanding of ourselves, if we
are oatienjt and steadfas-t in our
ideals and unhesitani to express
them without apology, if we seek
to deviate human misery, concern
trating our efforts in free nations
whose economic progress the un
committed world observes closely,
we can turn the Communist tide
against itself.
"A precondition of security for
America is a demonstration by us
—in terms the world will under
stand—that free nations can fur
nish freedom from want.”
MARCH OF DIMES DANCE
The March of Dimes dance will
'be held tonight at the Elks Club.
Dancing will be held from 9
p.m. The public is invited.
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Here, There and Everywhere
By SIG DIGREE
“The Eyes of Alaska Are Upon
You” might well be the title of a
song that could be sung to the
first State legislators now in
session in Juneau.
We have a pretty good idea of
what to expect from the men we
sent down there, but what manner
of men are those from other sec
tions of this vast state? An insight
on some of them can be gained
from the reading of “The Political
Vista”, a column that appeared in
the Juneau Independent, and
written by Vern Metcalfe. We will
quote quite freely from it. He says
in part:
“Veteran legislators are as
scarce as fish trap supporters in
the House. Only 11 of the 40 mem
bers have served in the legislature
before, and some of those have
experienced only one term.” . ... •
Warren Taylor, who was elected
as speaker of the House* and
Andrew Hope, are listed as having
the most experience. Taylor is a
former Kodiak resident. Metcalfe
has this to say about him: “Taylor,
a Fairbanks attorney, is one 01 the
few men to ever represent two
different areas of Alaska in the
legislature. He first represented
Cordova in the thirties and the
rest of his experience has been
representing the Fairbanks area.
A self-made lawyer, as many of
our older attorneys are, Taylor is
a skilled debater, with an acid
tongue, and knows parliamentary
procedure quite well.”
Richard Gruel was another con
tender for the speaker job. Met
calfe describes him as “a very
ambitious young man . . . quite
adept‘at the art of politics, (who)
was a good presiding officer, serv
ing his fourth term in the legisla
ture” •
Another mentioned is Douglas
Gray, who has only one term be
hind him in the House, but served
in the constitutional convention.
“He is a moderate and is not very
likely to be stampeded by anyone.
A graduate of Annapolis, Gray is
a methodical hard-working legis
lator who has spent almost all his
life in Alaska.”
Another is, Peter Kalmandes,
“He is a one termer, having serv
ed in 1955, and knows his business
... an attorney by profession
(he) has a good legislative back
ground. He worked his way
through the U. of Idaho law
schools helping legislators draft
bills. He also performed well in
1955 and gained the admiration of
his fellows by a willingness to
work hard on the tedious chore of
bill-drafting.”
Others are Robert E. (Bobby)
Sheldon, served two terms back in
the twenties; Mrs. Dora Sweeney
with two terms, served once as
secretary of the senate; Charles
Fagerstrom of Nome, “a quiet and
effective legislator; Bruce Kendall,
a freshman representative from
Anchorage. The two Independents,
Jay Hammond of McGrath and
Harold Z. Hansen of Cordova,
switched their politics since the
legislature started. Hammond join
ed the Republican ranks and
Hansen the Democrats.”
In the Senate, only four mem
bers are “freshmen” legislators.
These are Howard Bradshaw of
Sitka, B.J. Logan of Cordova and
Jack E. Weise of Bethel, and “Bo”
Smith of Ketchikan. The later won
the contested election over Wil
liam Boardman.
William Beltz of Unalakleet,
Speaker of the Senate, is a veteran
legislator, well versed in parlia
mentary law, and well liked. The
same can be said for Frank Pera
trovich of Klawock. J. Earl Cooper
heads the rules committee,
through which all legislation must
pass. A1 Owen of Kodiak heads
the powerful finance committee.
The veteran Wrangell senator,
James Nolan, usually votes Demo
crat, but tends to side with the
Republicans on a number of other
issues, according to Metcalfe.
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George Cornelius, president of
the Tidelands Oil Company, tells
me he received some very hopeful
information when he was over in
Anchorage recently. It concerns
the land leased by the company in
the Black Lake area.
An oilman told him: “I don’t
know how you people in Kodiak
did it, but you have control of the
second best oil potential reserve
in Alaska.”
Kodiak investors control about
two-tbirds of the stock in the com
pany, George said. Maybe they’ll
get some of the welcome smelly
oil fragrance in their pockets
after all.
Plan Branch Of
Heart Foundation
Mrs. Sally Gorsach, executive
director of the National Heart
Foundation for Alaska spent a
few days in town this week.
Purpose of her visit was to set
Up a local branch of the western
Alaska chapter. Mrs. Gorsach met
with a group of citizens.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
My friend Sig Digree asked me
to read his editorial again. I did
so and I think Sig made a “goof”
or needs a dictionary. He states a
“nominal” charge for shipping a
car to the Mainland. Webster de
fines “Nominal” as follows: “exist
ing in name only; not real or
actual; hence, so small, slight, or
the likes as to be hardly worth
the name; as, a nominal price”. I
can prove this and you are wel
come to borrow my dictionarp
(for a nominal fee, of course).
Dreams, good or bad don't
amount to much. It takes hard
work and knowledge to develop
an idea, even a monstrosity.
Regarding my friend Pete
Deveau’s big challenge, the only
part that makes any sense is his
statement that it will have to be
a special type of vessel. This fact
bears out my point of view that
it will be costly and will have te
be subsidized by the State. Any
subsidy puts an unnecessary bur
den on all taxpayers for the bene
fit of a chosen few.
The longer this verbal barrage
of fantastic challenges and foolish
ideas goes on, the more he proves
the opponents of statehood were
right. I voted for Statehood and
since I do not care to furnish my
opponents with any ammunition,
this is my final comment on the
monstrosity. .
Sincerely,.
T A.J..“Tiny” Cichoski
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March of Dimes
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^ Live Music
Donation $1.00
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