The Decision Is Yours
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TUESDAY, the voters of District 13 will go to the polls to elect the
men or women who will represent them, their community and State
in Juneau. Will you select your candidate by his past record to the
community or whether you like or dislike him personally, or to which
political party he belongs?
1 URGE YOU to give this careful consideration as the results are what
counts and not so much who accomplishes them. The results will benefit
all in our district.
POLITICS IS A ROUGH, TOUGH GAME, AND ONLY THE SLUGGERS
COME OUT ON TOP.
I would like to outline my past record in the Kodiak community, and
show that I have been very instrumental in helping the economy of
Kodiak.
I first came to Kodiak to live in 1939, fishing in the summer and doing
electrical work in the winter. After serving three years in the Merchant
Marine in the South Pacific and Central Pacific, I worked for the CAA
on Woody Island. In 1948, I left the Woody Island CAA and helped
start the Island Seafoods Company. This company was responsible for
the exploratory work on king crab that is now so much of the winter
economy of Kodiak. In 1956, we carried on exploratory work on the
possibility of a shrimp operation in Kodiak Island. We discovered that
the waters surrounding Kodiak were abundant in shrimp. This in
formation has since proven our efforts, as we now have a shrimp cannery
at Kodiak. Also shrimp boats from Seward and Seldovia areas are also
fishing in our area.
I sold my interest in Island Seafoods in 1957 and started an electronic
and electrical business which I now operate. During this time, I served
on the City Council and was instrumental in having a sales tax passed.
This tax passed 'by only three votes. The sales tax election was of great
importance to Kodiak. The Federal government would build us a boat
harbor worth a million dollars, but we had to guarantee the building
of the inner facilities. We had much opposition to this tax and only by
spending much time and effort did we get it passed. Now, almost all
residents of Kodiak use either the parking lot or the boat harbor
facilities.
With the coming of statehood for Alaska, I ran for the House, believing
I could serve our district in the Legislature. I was selected to serve
on the Resource committee as I had a good broad knowledge of the
fisheries of Alaska.
I was author of the following hills:
• ,1. H. B. 162—the tire. Ferr, h...
System. This ferry will be by far tne ia s
Th B 300—the Landinginw. «.«-*•■ £22SEES
,Smit by means, method* and£mes meg
P'ece of fishery legislation « the our a|ready over
(3) „. B. 54. The drum seine bill which prohibited a new
exploited fisheries. . station and soon
(4. With the Ue.F ^ Si ST.
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spend close to two thousand dollars.
(5) I led the fight for the passage of three bills that would have netted us enough reve
nue to raise the teachers’ salaries. Only one bill passed—H. B. 409. This bill repeals
certain sections of the Alaska Business License law. It allows the State to make out-of
state purchases if bids by Alaska firms are exorbitant. On information from Juneau,
this bill will save the state over a million dollars in one year.
Representative Roady from Ketchikan and myself led the successful House floor fight
for its passage.
I could name many other bills but they are minor compared to the ones I have outlined.
Kodiak is in a critical penod, with the Base personnel slowly being cut back —we must
be ready with a basic economy if we are to survive. I believe I have had this foremost
in my thoughts and actions in my duty as your legislator.
I urge you to make sure you send a person to Juneau who is for Kodiak, not just from
Kodiak.
Representative Peter M. Deveau