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Mildred Kirkpatrick ... ..Managing Editor
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Now is a good time to take
stock, of our municipal standing.
Anew term will begin next
month, a biennium in which a
new mayor and three new coun
cilmen will take over the share
of government. The outgoing
group has done a good job as
the audit, published in today's
issue proves. It could have been
better? Of course, and it could
be (and has been) much worse.
In the general comment of
the auditors, Beaver and Van
Seventer, they state, “We note
a definite improvement in the
financial status of the City of
Seward during the fiscal year
under review.”
We are on an uphill climb.
The people must think well
before selecting mayor and
council to continue during the
next twO years. No one must be
elected on the basis of personal
popularity or good fellowship.
Several characteristics are to be
considered in a candidate. His
ability to set aside personal
grudges and dislikes, to main
tain an impartial mind, is in
my opinion the most outstand
ingly important characteristic
to be looked for in a candidate.
He must be able to withstand
pressure from groups or indi
vidual acquaintances, looking at
a problem only from the stand-,
point of the people at large. He
should be able to keep his
temper under criticism, which
is the only pay he will receive.
The next year is vitally im
portant to Seward. Sewer con
struction is a certainty, but the
water situation is a tremendous
problem. By acquiring the sys
tem late in the year, little can
be done to alleviate the trouble
before freeze-up. It will cost a
great deal to modernize the fa
cility and make it adequate on
a paying basis.
Street paving and sidewalk
construction have been a dream
and the goal of the council for
many years, but they are con
tingent upon water mains, and
have been forced to secondary
position by increasing cost of
school maintainan.ee. Two church
buildings are being used this
year to house additional classes
for which there is no room in
the present school building.
Labor shortage and wage de
mand have curtailed city con
struction, as witness the streets.
This condition will prevail again
next year.
Let’s not be discouraged, how
ever. The future is bright for
Seward. We cannot do every
thing at once; we have to grow
into and up with the population
and the demands on our facili
ties. With the opening of the
highway, increased facilities of
the railroad, development of tiie
rural communities on the Penin
sula, it would not be possible
to stand still in the strategic
position the city occupies.
One of the most encouraging
signs for the immediate future
is the decision of a cSattle firm
to build 75 houses in one year
here in Seward. Business of this
sort does not gamble too heavily;
these men are sure of them
selves before undertaking such
a large scale construction pro
gram.
Think well, then. Consider
personalities and abilities, and
choose your next mayor and
council with the future in mind,
and a determination to stand
firmly behind the men of your
choice.
Personalized Stationery
Made to Order
NOME ATTORNEY DROWNED
ON HUNTING TRIP
Nome I/P) — Nome’s only at
torney, C. C. Tanner, and a com
panion drowned yesterday on a
hunting trip. Ironically, the tra
gedy occurred in Safety Lagoon.
The other missing man was
Eric Nelson. They were lost
when the boat overturned in the
icy water.
Tanner, a long-time Nome
area resident, is survived by his
widow and small daughter.
His loss leaves this distant
Alaska city without any attor
ney or judge.
Judge Joseph Kehoe, far
western Alaska’s only jurist,
was transferred to Juneau to fill
the unexpired term of Lew
Williams as Territorial secre
tary.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOUND: TRUCK TIRE and rim,
out the road. Call Garfield 50.
Owner pay for ad. 33-38
WEDEMEYER TESTIFIES
ON REPORTS
Washington (T — 14. General
Alb rt C. Wedemeyer, wartime
command r of American forces
in China, testified today that re
ports submitted to h,:n by ins
State Department political ad
visers were contrary to U.S.
policy us he understood it.
The tall, silver-haired general,
now retired, said the advisers’
‘‘idea was to give mor. support
to the Communist forces in lieu
of the Nationalist forces” of
Genaralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek.
He told the Senate's Interna
tional Security Subcommittee
that American policy, “as I in
terpreted it, was to keep Ciiina
in the war and to support the
Nationalist government.”
The subcommittee is searching
for any traces of subversive in
fluences on U.S. policies in the
Far East, with the probe focused
particularly on the Institute of
Pacific Relations (IPR), a private
research organization.
BRITISH ELECTION OCT. 25
London (,?)—Britain will have
a general election Oct. 25, with
Winston Churchill's Conserva
tive party bidding to oust the
Labor government of Prime Min
ister Attlee, an informed source
reported today.
The report came from the
lobby (Parliamentary) corres
pondent of the British Press As
sociation, who usually writes
with official guidance. Attlee’s
press spokesman, asked for com
ment, said “there is nothing of
ficial—yet.”
GREECE AND TURKEY TO
EE BROUGHT INTO
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
Ottawa i/P)—The last obstacle
to an Atlantic Council recom
mendation that Greece and Tur
key be brought into the North
Atlantic Treaty apparently was
swept away today by a Danish
government decision to vote for
such action.
Military Raders of the
tic Alliance were reported
ready at work on plans to
up a new Middle East comrr
centered on Turkey but desk
to create a common strategy
anti-Communist forces throi
out that area of the world.
SCRATCH PAD3. Assorted
and colors. Seward Record.
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