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Show National Unity On Fourth
“U you have a flag fly it proudly
on the Fourth of July” is the ap
peal made to all homes and busi
nesses by Carl Rodli, commander
of Jack Allman Post No. 17 of the
American Legion here.
Commander Rodli adds. “If you
don’t own a flag, try to get one
before the Fourth to make this In
dependence Day the biggest mas;
display of the nation's colors ever
seen in Kodiak.”
He explains that the display oi
the flag serves two important pur
poses “First,” he says, “it offers
a simple means for the adult popu
lation to set an example of patri
otic concern for children and
youth We can’t expect young peo
ple to be very concerned about
their responsibilities to the nation
if adults don’t even show enough
interest to display the flag.
“Second, streets on which the
flag flies before every home or bus
iness are one way of presenting
visible evidence of national unity.”
Although July 4, 1961, will be
the second anniversary- of the 50
star flag, it is still entirely proper
and correct to display a 48 or 49
star flag. Commander Rodli stated
“No American flag is ever obsolete
as long as it is in serviceable con
dition.”
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
One of the particularly knotty
problems we are faced with in this
day of national and international
problems is that of foreign-aid.
Personally, we have wrestled
with this problem, weighing its
good and bad points, for some time.
Always, we have come back to the
one point—maybe its alright to
give to these nations that need our
help—we couldn’t do less than
help, at least. But . . .
In the light of developments and
the record chalked up by the pro
gram, we have our misgivings.
Henry Hazlitt. writing in the June
26 issue of Newsweek, sums it up
about as well as we have seen any
where. Hazlitt cites the declared
purposes of foreign-aid over the
past 14 years—aid nations in re
pairing the ravages of war, raise
living standards in these- countries,
to halt the spread of Communism,
win Allies or friends for the U. S.,
raise U. S. prestige, and promote
stable democratic government in
the countries aided. But, read on.
Hazlitt looks this record over,
and comes up with some conclus
ions that are not flattering 4o the
program. He says history proves
countries recover rapidly from the
ravages of war; the countries that
we aided least, Germany and Ja
pan, made far more rapid recover}’
than countries we aided the most.
He says Communism has spread to
an appalling extent since the for
eign-aid program was launched.
We have lost friends every year.
Out prestige has been falling at
an accelerated rate. We have been
powerless to promote stable demo
cratic government even where our
aid and intervention have been
greatest. Hazlitt says. “To recall
what the foreign-aid program has
not accomplished, it is enough to
mention Laos. Cuba. Korea.”
* * *
Hazlitt goes on to say the for
eign-aid program has brought re
sults that its sponsors failed to
foresee He says it has promoted
socialism by subsidizing govern
ments that carried on socialistic
projects. “Every little ‘strong man’
who receives aid from us is forced
to show his own people, by snub
bing or denouncing us. that he is
not giving up his independence or
the national pride in return for our
aid."
Since the end of World War n
our foreign aid has reached the fan
tastic total of $90 billion. “A simple
statistical comparison shows that
it has been responsible for our
whole net budget deficit since the
program was launched.” Hazlitt
states, “for the whole net increase
in our national debt since then, and
for an increased tax burden be
sides. It has been the chief fiscal
cause of the inflation, of the un
favorable balance of payments, and
of our loss of gold.”
* * *
Despite this record, which is not
pretty, the Kennedy Administra
tion not only wishes to increase
foreign aid substantially, but to
avoid the necessity for annual Con
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sirs:
I wonder if the people of Kodiak
are aware of the present plans of
the Oty to widen lower Mill Bay
Rd. and in so doing to remove the
beautiful cottonwood trees grow
ing on the lefthand side ol the
road*’ It would seem that at the
same time they are urging us to
beautify and clean up Kodiak they
are themselves planning to remove
one of the few natural beauties re
maining in the downtown area. 1
would ask each of you to walk
slowly up Mill Bay Rd. from the
hotel and envision that road with
the trees removed and the area
flattened out.
The idea of this so-called im
provement Js that the road may be
widened and blacktopped to in
crease safety. It is hard to see how
this would be accomplished as at
present the road narrows at this
point and the traffic automatically
slows down before entering the
main street of Kodiak With a
wider, straight downhill road of
blacktop the invitation to speed
would be ever-present and the dan
ger to children living and playing
in this residential area would be
increased a hundredfold.
We understand that it is planned
to considerably widen and improve
Benson Ave. and Rezanoff Drive
with the idea that this road will
carry the main burden of traffic
travelling through Kodiak, this
would automatically relegate Mill
Bay Rd. to the position of a side
road and the reason for widening
it to such an extent ceases to exist.
As far as we personally are con
cerned we have been asked to move
our “tree, fence and sidewalk” as
it encroaches 6 feet onto Mill Bay
Rd. To do so would ( quite apart
from the fact of completely taking
way any charm or beauty from our
house, bring the street within one
foot of our front steps, meaning
that our children would step right
out of the door into the path of on
coming traffic. Should any vehicle
go out of control on this downhill
slope, it would, instead of hitting
the fence or the tree, crash di
rectly into the house itself. And
yet. according to the letter sent to
us by the City, this is supposed to
“increase the value of our prop
erty!”
About the beauty and pleasure,
the privacy and protection we re
ceive from the tree in front of our
house I could go on for pages, but
this is obviously a personal matter
and not of concern to the general
public. However, I do feel that the
few’ fine old trees remaining in the
downtown area are a source of
pride and enjoyment to all the resi
dents of Kodiak and I hope that
they, accordingly, will be moved
to protest this drastic measure.
Sincerely Yours,
Audrey E. Kraft
gressional approval by authority to
borrow $7.3 billion for it over the
next five years.
WWW
We don’t think we have to draw
any pictures for you to get the
implication in citing the following
story: “Busy editor London Wills
of the McLean County (Ky) News
assigned his son. Tom. age 5, to
cover a Fisca] Court meeting. Tom
hunted up his chum. Louis Bennett,
then dashed off to the session. Tom
turned in this report: ‘The Fisical
Court met April 18. They talked
about roads. They are going to fix
some of them. There was a man
there telling them about the roads
they were going to fix. He left, and
then I left. Louis Bennett has a
calf.”—The 5-year-old oTm shows
great promise as a reporter. He
turned in two stories instead of
one
Along The Waterfront
The Alaska Steamship m/v Tata
lina will arrive in Kodiak. July 4,
according to Lou V eerman, steam
ship agent here. This is a day earl
ier than expected.
t
There will be a lot of silver dol
lars available for fishermen in the
near future The local commercial
fisheries branch of the ADF & 0
recently announced a $1 reward for
tagged fish caught by local fisher
men. They expect to carry out an
extensive program of tagging this
year
The U. S. Bureau of Commercial
Fisheries also are giving away $1
for every tagged fish turned in.
Scientists from the Auke Bay Bio
logical Laboratory left earlier this
month aboard the 70-foot purse
seiner California Rose for Sand
Point, where they will tag up to
15.000 red, pink, and chum salmon
in a four week period as a part of
the Alaska emergency salmon pro
gram
Hows Fishing? As of June 25,
the salmon pack was as follows:
Reds, 7.848% cases; Pinks. 1.057%;
Chums, 1.233: total, 10,260 cases.
By comparison the 1960 pack was
as follows: Kings, 116 cases; Reds,
5,595%; Pinks. 8; Chums, 5,694;
total. 11.413% cases These figures
are for the Kodiak area.
The frozen and salted fish total
for this year as of June 25 was
48.010.
The razor clam pack as of the
same time totaled 28.313 cases.
&
Negotiations between cannery
workers and cannery operators
have resulted in a 6% cent raise
for the workers, bringing the
hourly wage to $2.31.
&
Went aboard the new Expansion
when she docked the other day.
The ship had just completed the
trip from Seattle and around the
Island. Crew members and Capt.
Thomsen alike were enthusiastic
about her—a big difference from
the old mailboat. They had aboard,
among other hits of freight, a car
and a Jeep, both destined for Cold
Bay.
&
The small boat harbor icing prob
lem will be considered by the
Corps of Engineers when they
make the flood control survey here
in 1962
The $15,000 asked for the survey
has a good chance of being allowed.
The icing condtion has been in
cluded as a part of the survey, ac
cording to the Engineers.
&
Last minute reports from the
various canneries indicate they
are switching over to salmon can
ning, or closing down soon.
Alaska King Crab will dose
down soon, as most of the boats are
out fishing salmon.
King Crab, Inc. are still on King
crab, Boh Springhill reports, but
the installation of the salmon line
is almost complete.
The Anna A, a refrigerated ten
der chartered by King Crab for
crab and salmon, is enroute here
from Seattle.
NOTICE
] am resigning as distributor of
Stanley Home Products, but will
take orders until July 15, 1961.
(s) Beverly Horn
30-n
Kodiak Gains
New Residents
New residents on Kodiak Island
are Bill Nichols and his wife, Flor
ence, who arrived today from Kent,
Washington.
They will make their home at
Middle Bay where they will assist
John and Sally Nosich in the opera
tion of the Rendezvous. Mr. Nichols
is the brother of Mrs. Nosich.
NOTICE
The Untouchables strike again.
Leroy WTittick-Ness and Bill Unger
Rico win another crime wave of
bowling by using an unidentified
bowler commonly known as Big
Anne. Total pins for Untouchables,
1,991. Total pins Wally Raiders,
1,899
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this opportunity
to thank our many friends for their
sympathy in the loss of our beloved.
(s) Mrs. Ernest Graves
and family.
Elmira Graves
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