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WHAT OF THE FBTBRE OF POLITICS?
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There's handwriting on the wall
• that indicates a course of action
by businessmen.
Business men and business
groups have generally taken a
relatively small active interest in
practical, down-to-earth politics.
Many of them stay completely
aloof. Many have regarded politics
as something sordid. Even Presi
dent Eisenhower, until very re
cently, has harbored "this same
-view of politics.
Vet*, the role of politics in our
national life and in our dealings
on the international front, is tre
mendous. The men who run for
political office, from the smallest
elective office in City government
to the highest in the land,, daily
make decisions that eiieet us in
our everyddytflifca* Whether it is
termed sordid.-op.what have you,
politics must be reckoned with.
Labor has recognized this. Wit
ness COPE. A plan is now being
considered by the Teamsters
Union. A National political or
ganization would be established
within the union: Members would
be asked to authorize the use of
a percentage of their dues to fi
nance it. If the sum were 50 cents
a month, and all the members
contributed, the Teamsters would
- a ouu,uJ0 ytiany lor po*ii-cai
activity.
By way of comparison, the Re
publican National Committee spent
around $1,300/)00 in la^t year’s
elections, and the Democratic Na
tional Committee about $900,000.
ui ms column appearing in a
recent issue of Newsweek, Ray
mond Moley stated: “American
businessmen have travelled a long
and stony road since 1948 when
in a Presidential election tens of
millions of Americans refrained
from voting at all. Meanwhile,
special interests who have multi
plied their talents in political af
fairs have won victory after vic
tory. Free institutions demand the
enlistment of all talents. Business
has those talents, and they should
be used.”
Labor Day, September 7
Labor Day can be variously de
fined as: the end of summer; the
beginning of the school year; a
national traffic jam; or dimply an
excuse for a long weekend away
from the office.
But the founder of the holiday,
Pettr J. McGuire, conceived it as
a tribute to “the industrial spirit,
the5 great vital force of every na
tion.”* • :
In 1882, McGuire — a leader in
the Kriights of Labor — proposed
that a day be set aside to honor
the working man. He suggested the
first Monday in September, since
it canfie almost midway between In
dependence Day and Thanksgiving
Day.
The Central Labor Union of
New York adopted his proposal
and held the first Labor Day cele
bration on September 5th. As Mc
Guire had suggested, the union
paraded through the streets of
Manhattan, to show the strength
and spirit of trade and labor or
ganizations.
Shortly after, the Knights of
Labor yoted for an annual cele
bration,, In 1884, the Federation
of Oranized Trades and Labor
Unipns of the United States and
Canada—predecessor of the Am
erican Federation of Labor —
votto to make the celebration na
tional.'"'
The first state to make Labor
Day a legal holiday was Oregon,
in 1887 .according to The World
Book Encyclopedia. ’ The legisla
tures of Colorado, Massachusetts,
New Jersey and New York quickly
followed suit and, in 1894, Con
gress made Labor Day a national
holiday.
‘ Labor Day now ranks with In
dependence Bay, Washington’s
^Birthday and Thanksgiving Day as
the most generally celebrated
holidays in the U.S.
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Here, There and Everywhere
By Sfo DIGREE
President Eisenhower has been
subjected to considerable criti
cism and has received a barrage
of mail apparently since his in
vitation to Khrushchev to visit this
country.
Khrushchev has been given a lot
of fancy names, among them “mon
ster,” “vicious,” red-handed thug,”
“ogre,” “arch-murderer,” to men
tion a few, as people in their hys
teria accuse the President of “trea
son” no less, twisting Art. Ill, Sec.
3 of the Constitution of the U. S.
which it says it shall constitute
treason for “giving aid and com-,
fort to the enemy.”
It should be pointed out, and
there are few who can gainsay it,
the President is sincere in his be
lief that he is making one more at
tempt to secure world peace by
u.io visit ana a face to-±ace talk
with the leader of a nation that
has proved itself the greatest
stumbling block to peace.
It is also a powerful nation and
despite the thug-like quality of its
leadership, is a great nation—one
to be reckoned with.
One outburst called it “a crime
against humanity” to receive the
Russian leader, citing as “inex
cusable -for our government to
give Khurshchev the undeserved
prestige and the propaganda tri
umph of ' fraternizing on equal
terms with the President of the
United States . . .” Another sug
gestion that reveals a mind that
misses the whole point of the meet
ing is that: “The streets along the
route of the Khrushc ar
should be completely abandoned.
Buildings, if draped at all, should
be draped in black.”
Following an outburst of that na
ture, we can be thankful such nin
compoops don’t set the policy and
guide the destiny of our nation. We
know the “new Ike,” as he has
been called, will be able to handle
the situation. We know he wiii: ex
tend the common courtesies of
one nation to another, and pr£$erit
the U.S. in its true light.
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The heat of the past few days
has brought to mind air-condition
ing. We could sure use it afbund
the shop. V V.
This brings to mind a littlb
known fact. Did you know that
some of the largest air condition
ing units are operating in Alaska
—even up in the frozen Arctic.
They are big enough to take the
sweat out of a Roman steambath,
or even a Finnish one, too. They
are installed in vital remote de
fense outposts, some of them over
looking the Arctic and Bering
Seas.
At these outposts are costly
and complicated electronic equip
ment, and to insure the minimum
of repairs and replacements, the
room temperatures must remain
constant and the humidity control
led.
GAINS MADE in Washington
and Idaho income show: Wash
ington citizens’ 1958 personal in
come climbed to $5,982 million
with $2,160 per capita income 5%
above the average of $2,057, while
Idaho citizens earned $1,126 mil
lion or -1,701 per capita ... In
comparison, Oregons 1958 per capi
ta income was $2,006 and Califor
nia’s was $2,559.
YOU CAN’T MISS HERE: Arc
tic Fernwood, Sweet Coltsfoot, Al
pine Bistort and Marsh Fleabane
are the picturesque names of a
few of the more than 35 edible
plants growing beyond the north
ern limit of trees. According to a
paper in ARCTIC, journal of the
Artie Institute of North America,
only a few plants in the northern
forests are known to be poisonous
and no truly artic plant is danger
ous to man.
Quotable Quotes
“Question: If a man with a
family of four earned $57 a week
20 years ago, how much would he
have to get today to have the same
buying power?
“Answer: $135 a week . . . $62
for inflation and $15.40 more in
taxes ” from Tempe, Ariz., Daily
News.
RESIDENTS PROTEST
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the homes already there. There
was some objection to the dwell
ings design, too.
Knudsen stated, however, that
it was fair from’ his intention to
erect any building in the area that
would in any way lower the valua
tions of the existing homes. He
stated the building was well con
structed, and even now conformed
to a good standard building code.
“With the improvements ana alter
ations I propose to make,” he said,
“I think it will be comparable to
the homes in the area. It would be
Poolisfy to me to complete the
dwelling below FHA standards,
should I want to sell in the future.”
Jack Hinckei spoke as did Egge
meyer and Verne Fannin. “We
are here merely to ask the City
to protect our investments,” Hin
ckel stated.
The Council and home owners
seemed satisfied that the matter
be left to the City Manager to act
as he sees fit when application
is made for building.
CHAMBER HEARS * ,
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lafions and their effect; gather
statistics and information on em
ployment in the fisheries industry;
and cooperate with the Coast
Guard in establishing navigational
aids in the area.
Bill Lamme reported on the
Tourist committee, which he said
had met, and are drawing up plans
for future efforts along the line of
attracting tourists and caring for
them. He said the Chamber’s bro
chure is now undergoing revision,
and is being handled by Lou Veer
man, who is also chairman of the
committee.
The Chamber went on record as
favoring a “tough” labor bill. A
telegram was authorized to be sent
Alaska’s two senators to support
the Landrau-Griffith bill, a labor
union reform bill now being con
sidered.
The Chamber sent a letter to
the Kodiak Island Businessmen’s
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a retail merchants committee to
work with the Chamber on mai ers
pertaining to retail businesses.
A study of waterfront properties
is bein* made by the Harbor com
mittee according to John Gibbons.
He stated it may be necessary to
reclassify certain waterfront prop
erties from ■ residential to c am
mercial in future development for
Kodiak.
M£s. Yule Chaffin, representa
tive for Kodiak of the magazine
Ala ka Call, asked that the Cham
ber cooperate in gathering mater
ial on Kodiak for a forthcoming
issue of the magazine which will
be devoted to Kodiak. She also ask
ed the Chamber to consider the
purchase of a number of brochures
from that issue, which she said
could be purchased at cost.
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