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Mildred Kirkpatrick .Managing Editor
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t-reeport (Ohio) Press (Rep.)
says;
BI-PARTISAN FOREIGN
POLICY IS HOAX
We would like to make one
point about the Foreign Policy
of tlie United States clear.
It is not, despite what our
letter-writing President might
say to the contrary, a Iii-Parti
san policy.
This came out clearer than
ever from the lips of the Presi
dent himself. Harry Truman
commenting on former Presi
dent Hoover's speech told news
men that the>U. S. is not return
ing to isolationism, and that
they could be sure of that.
Does this sound like a good
Bi-Partisan comment?
It reflects exactly the same
attitude that is being carried
on in regard to foreign policy—
the ideas of the Acheson-Jcssup
Lattimore-Frankfurler - Truman
clan. Perhaps we should have
included Mr. Alger Hiss, Dean
Acheson’s buddy. However, he
is temporarily out of the govern
ment now, spending Ids time in
prison for perjury.
To date there lias been no
true Bi-Partisan policy. To our
knowledge there has not been
one remote little item that lias
been truly Bi-Partisan.
Our foreign policy is called
by that name because the ad
ministration has succeeded in
placing a few Republicans who
are stooges for the administra
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C tud Ic fl\ tic lev i
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Is the Chamber of Commerce
just another expensive organiza-.
tion in Seward? Is it for busi
nessmen only? What good is it?
i What can it do? What is it doing
for Seward?
The National Chamber of
Commerce was established in
about 1912. Made up of small
groups of businessmen, mostly
in commerce, known as Boards
of Trade, which name goes far
back into history. In this coun
try, as in England, businessmen
learned that they could accom
plish more for themselves by
working together than by pull
ing and hauling individually.
They found that to improve liv
uig conditions, community life
and civil regulations in any city
was good business for each and
every one of them.
In time, the organization ex
panded to accept interested citi
zens from all walks of life, and
encouraged the assistance of pro
fessional men and women. To
finance the many projects un
dertaken by Chambers of Com
merce, memberships are sold at
amazingly high rates in large
cities like New York, Chicago
and San Francisco. But the
weight of influence of tiie organ
ization in those and smaller
places is commensurate with the
cost of membership.
To discover what can be done
in Alaska by any active Cham
ber of Commerce, one has only
to look at our neighboring big
sister city. What Anchorage is
iodav is largely due to the activi
ties of a hard working and
interested group of men and
women with vision. Vision of a
future for their town, their busi
nesses, their homes. Vision alone
is not enough—so they backed
it up by work. Have you ever
attended an Anchorage Cham
tion's philosophies as advisors
for tiie State Department. It
certainly is not called Bi-Parti
san because it is representative
of Republican thinking. It is not.
We doubt very much if the
majority of Republican leaders
agree with this policy that has
so far placed this country in
the Korean War and headed
us in the direction of World
War III.
I ber of Commerce luncheon? If
I you have, the enthusiasm evi
dent there speaks for itself, and
the city of Anchorage proves
the point.
Do you know that the Seward j
Chamber of Commerce is re
sponsible for the radio local
j weather forecast just begun last j
week? That it had a hand in the
j dock improvements? That if a
' large sign proclaiming the Port
i of Seward to passengers arriving
! by ship, is erected by the rail
road on the bay side of the dock
I buildings, it is at the request of
| this group? That a passenger j
j walk from the new approach to
* the depot is their project? That
I this group has never ceased!
working for the airport?
One of the wierdest alibis of
fered for non-support of the or- ■
' ganization is that only about a j
half dozen “run the outfit,” and;
: always have. What a futile and
1 puerile argument!
With the support of another;
half dozen business men and
i women, with some interest from
1 professional people, Seward
; could really zoom! If only six!
‘ more business houses would join
the organization, just six, then1
1 “the same half dozen who have j
! been running” the show would
no longer “run” it. They would ,
gladly step aside for new blood, j
but having remained faithful to
a cause for many years, they!
cannot allow it to die now for
lack of interest. Instead of criti
cism, that faithful half dozen
deserves the highest praise.
At today’s luncheon meeting
there were nine present, of j
whom one was not a member—j
that was myself. If our city is
ever to attain any position!
among Alaskan communities, we
must stop waiting to be dis
covered by the rest of the
world. We must build a path
to our door. And the best way
to do it is by the concerted
effort of business, of the pro
fessions—the doctors, nurses,
clergymen, teachers, and the
wage earner and small taxpayer,
such as I. Together we can ac
complish anything, alone and as'
individuals—nothing.
UNIVERSITY OF SEWARD
Seward, Alaska
College Instruction
In Most Lines.
Dr. Galen Hunt (Dean)
Box 946, Seward, Alaska
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Meets 2nd and 4ih Mondays
I.O.O.F. Hall - Adams St.
N. G.. Art McKeough
V. G., George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
SEWARD POST
No. 5
Meets
lst-3rd Wed. of Month
Legion Log Cabin
SEWARD
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Meet 2nd & 4th Wed. of Month
OPEN DAILY 5:00 P. M.
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
W. C. Knaak — President
Keith Cobban - Fin.-Sec. & Bus. Agt.
International Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First Tuesday of Each Month
7 p.m. — Union Hall
President — John Rose