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MAKE THIS' SEPT. 27 A DAY TO REMEM
BER o The late George Jean Nathan put
it neatly. ‘“ "Bad officials," he said,
"are elected by. good citizens who do
not vote." But his remark, raises a.
questions is there such, a critter as
a ;*'good": citizen who stays away from
the polls? And tha?t applies not .only
to civilians but to the. men and women
of the * Armed Forces, because, where
ever they : afb ' stationed, the polls
come to them. • •• •.
. Defence Secretary Gates has ’design
ated Sept. 27 as Armed Forces Voters
Day-3'.day on which service voting off
icers will concentrate their effort to
urge eligible people in uniform to
apply for their absentee ballot. For
Nov. 8 is nearer than many of us real
ize. ' " . •
* 'It’s a worthy idea, Such an all-out'
effort. The- pity is • that we should
need it; It's somewhat like a day de
voted to urging servicemen into, accept
ing free;: hundred dollar bills wi-th no
strings ' attached-except that’ the ab
sentee ballot is worth1 incalculably
more than a century note. '
Perhaps the trouble is that some
* servicemen away from home and familiar
haibits feel that they have pulled up
roots-that many of their hometown obli
gations are nullified by distance.
Time enough for such civic -duties as
voting when they're back to their civ
•ilian routine.
Nothing could be more short-sighted.
The serviceman :who votes in November
will be choosing the ' next Commander
in-Chief of’the Armed Forces-an Organ
ization ih which he has moreijian spec
tator interest. And he will be choos
ing the man whoSe Qualities of mind
and charactur will deeply affect his
own future for the next four years.
So, none of us should have to be
goaded into sending for our absentee
ballot'. But' SepU 27 will be a remind
er that time is running our. (AFPS)
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. XMAS MAIL
SHOULD GO EARLY//
WASHINGTON (AFPS) — It's that time
of the year for ^members of the Armed
Forces stationed over-seas to start
reminding the- folks at home ' to mail
their Christmas packages early.
, The deadline this year, as in the
past, is Nov. 20. If parcels are to
be delivered by Dec. 25, they must be
in the mail prior to that date.
The Post Office Department * has
pointed out that parcels should, be
tightly packed in either doublefaced
corrugated cardboard, wood, metal or
fiberboard boxes and securely wrapped
in heavy paper and well tied.
The mailing address shouldbe clear
ly and correctly printed on the parcel,
preferably twice, once on the front
and another time on the back. It is
also advisable, officials said, to
print an extra set of addresses on a
small card and put it inside -the
parcel.
Our post office has complete lists
o'f articles which cannot be sent thro
ugh -the. mails such as perishable items,
matches and lighter, fluid*
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NEW :
AOMIN ASS'T ■
CHSHIPCLK JOHN S. DANAHER has arri
ved on Adak as the new Administrative
Assistant to the Administrative Offi
cer •
W-3 DANAHER comes to us from duty
as OinC Class "A" Yeoman School at NTC
San Diego and has previously served at
varied duty stations which include the
USS NEVADA (BB-36 ), 1940-44 5.USS AKUTAN
(AE13), 1944-45; Separation * Center,
Jacksonville, Florida 1945-46; BuPers
1946-49; USS-MANCHESTER (CL-83 ), 49-51;
PacResFlt, Tacoma? Washington 1951-55
, and the USS SHANGRI-LA;(CVA-38) 1955
! 1956. On active duty since 1939 Mr.
Danaher has seen , wartime service in
- World War IT. and the Korean Conflict.
WELCOME TO ADAK CHSHIPCLK.DANAHER!
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