Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick Managing Editor
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Editorial—
"The nations position, auto
mobile wise, is most important
to the public welfare," says;
Charles C. F r e c d, chairman,
Public Affairs Committee, of tiie
National Automobile Dealers'
Association.
"Despite large production of
motor vehicles in post-war years, ;
the average age of ears in use:
is 8.5 years, compared with 5.5
years in 1941.
“Although car registrations
and use have been showing
sharp increases, the nation's
civilian labor force similarly has |
been expanding; and the Ameri-i
can worker depends primarily!
on his own car for transporta
tion to and from his job. In
creasing decentralization of in
dui' . more work* rs li
farther from their places of
work, and more people are liv
ing in communities where the
automobile is the only means o'
mass transportation.”
Seventy-one percent of th.
families in the United States'
own automobiles and are de
pendent upon thv m for essential
transportation—in fact, better
than 52 percent of all automo
bile usage is for the purpose of
making a living .
Cut an artery and immediate
ly your life is in jeopardy. V ;.y? ;
You’ll lose vital blood —blood
essential to the maintenance of
all bodily functions. Cut this
nation’s transportation i’acili
ties, reduce the necessary flow
of automobiles, and our econ
omy will just as surely wither,
robbed of its essential mobility.
To prove how essential, the
following percentages have been
gathered. 71 percent of families
in the II. S. own automobiles
and are dependent upon thorn
for essential transportation. In I
fact, better than 52 percent of
all automobile usage is for the'
purpose of making a living. I
This is a nation for all people!
—not city dwclers alone. More |
than 13 millions live out of j
reach of any kind of public
transit system, railroad, street
car or bus. Cut away their
essential transportation and in- •
stantly isolate those millions.
Civilian defense is built on1
the basis of having large num
bers of privately owned auto
mobiles ready for evacuation,
cmerc.-ncy and tr.disport servi
ces.
Automotive power carries one'
out ol every four children to
school. Some 6 million children
travel more than 4 million miles
to and from school each day.
i’s- phys !' > -
hOO of them, use their automo
biles. This figure docs not in
clude nurses, ambulances and
cinurgency vehicles.
Last year our shopping needs
put about 588 miles on the
speedometers of every car in
the country. We bought luxur
ies. to be sure, along with food.
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lhc
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
1 have a dog. He is an awful
nuisance at limes, but he loves
me dearly and that very affec
tion imposes a responsibility in
me, as his mistress, lie is so sure
that the street in front of my
house and the neighbor's be
longs to us, that he is vocifer
ous in his protection of that
place—so lie barks energetically
clothing, medicines and other
necessities.
Today there are 4!) million
motor vehicles on the highway
and more than half (51.4 per
cent) of tiie workers and their
families must have; essential
automobile production to re
place this unprecendenled num
ber of older cars; service de
partments and their skilled me
chanics to keep millions of cars
rolling, and continued produc
tion of replacement parts.
Early in the World II days,
manufacture of civilian auto
mobiles was halted for the much
n e e d e ri military automotive
equipment. It was soon evident
however, that civilian transpor
tation was a vital element in
production and a limited num
ber of cars was allowed. With
the imminence of war again, sev
eral companies have been con
verted to the product ion of tanks
and military vehicles. We know
that this is the first requisite of
p r e p a r e d n e s s. but let's not
build for war to th ■ excl'i. ion of
civilian use, to. in turn, produce
the military requirements.
The above figures were com
piled by automobile dealers,
but it is none the less true and
though t-provoking.
and wildly in an attempt to
scare off all “trespassers”. He
has never bitten anyone, but his
fierce and furious behavior
frightens p e o p 1 e, and, who
knows, he m i g h t get angry
enough to actually attack a per
son, small as he is.
My dog has a license tag, but
that does not give him the right
to run about making a nuisance
of himself to other people, arty
more than my children have the
right to break into houses, throw
stones, or otherwise annoy an
other person.
When l buy license plates for
my car, 1 do not wrap them in
tissue paper and lay them away
in tiie house someplace, then
assure the policeman tha tl have
purchased the right to run my
car. Why do that with a dog li
cense?
Several complaints have been
heard about the shooting of dogs
in Seward. Rabies has been dis
covered in dogs all over Alaska.
It started in the North Central
States and has swept northward
at an alarming rate, it may not
be evident in a dog until after
it has bitten someone—then it
is too late. Preventative mea
sures must be taken to avoid
such troubl' . When city officers
decided upon a campaign to rid
the town of stray dogs, suffi
cient warning was given to own
ers to buy license tags, display
them on tin' dog and to confine
or tie up their pets until the
mt nice of a hundred stray dogs
—unfed, uncared-for and un
wanted was over.
Dog lovers must take care of
their dogs. The mere fact of
having a license does not permit
even a dog to become a public
nuisance.
A gentleman has been defined
as a man who holds the door
open while his wife carries in
the groceries.
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