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* John Rustgard Resorts to “Malicious Lies” Be
neath The Dignity of an Attorney General
By Will A. Steel
Congressional candidate John
Rustgard is sorely pressed as he
prances around the First Divi
; sion on his campaigning tour.
I And he certainly is losing his
head in making personal attacks
on those who oppose his candi
dacy, while failing to tell the
voters just why they should send
him to Washington. And seem
ingly truth is not even a mild
consideration when the valiant
warrior slings his poisonedt ar-!
rows so recklessly about. The j
campaign of “Honest John” has
degenerated into the firing of a
volley of “malicious lies ”
And the general public ex
presses surprise that this should
be true. But that is because
they never knew the manner of
man the insatiate seeker of high-;
er salary really is. Always will
ing to be a deserter from his
elective post, John Rustgard has
become imbued with the belief
that the Territory or government
ewes him a living—and at no
paltry stipend of $5,000 per year.
In his own Kingly estimation
jjohn feels that he should be
| drawing down at least $15,000
per year—altho $25,000 would be
nearer his estimate—because
he deigns to dwell among the
Alaskan people.
j Until Senator Steel began to
| tell the voters thru the columns
■of The ALASKAN, the type of
|man John Rustgard really is,
he was generally accepted at his
face value. But even some of us,
who so often smiled at the bun
combe that was within the man,
failed to realize his absolute in
sincerity, and shall we say, per
fidy. And even to admit it is not
pleasant. But now there can be
no question about it, for John is
advertising himself in his true
light. And his malignant shafts
are directed particularly against
his former associates, men who
for years past, tried to overlook
his weaknesses and tQ find in
him something to commend
while apologizing for his innate
selfishness.
In his vituperative utterances
at Ketchikan and Petersburg,
John Rustgard paid particular
attention to candidates Wicker
sham, Paul and Steel, and inci
dentally to all those who are
running on the same ticket with
, them. These three men have
been in public office but John
cites no one act to show that
any one of them has been dere
lict in his public duty. They
have battled for the interests of
the people of Alaska, and all
have heretofore received the
plaudits and encouragement of
such great (?) men as John
Rustgard. Possibly the dis
gruntled John is now more em
bittered against Senator Steel
than any of the other candi
dates. And because he has told
truths that John has not even
attempted to deny.
But the following quotations
from his Ketchikan speech gives
an indication of how the wily At
* torney General retaliates:
“But let me ask you this ques
\ tion, would Will Steel be entitl
ed to a license as a resident fish
erman? He spends two months
in the Territory during the legis
lative sessions, then goes south
and stays away until next ses
sion two years later. He has
not spent over seven months in
Alaska during the last six years.”
A “malicious lie,” and John
knows it. Every year, during
the past six years Will Steel has
been in Alaska and voted in Ju
neau, remaining longer than
seven months in ONE year.
“And does not own within the
Territory as much as a chair to
sit on.”
Another “malicious lie.” There
has not been a day during the
past thirty years when Will Steel
I did not own more newspaper,
milling, fur or oil property in
Alaska than does the average
property owner.
“Steel himself does not pa
tronize Alaska labor. He pub
lishes an Alaska newspaper every
year, (All-Alaska Review Edi
tion of the Cordova Daily Times)
but every page of it is printed
and every copy of it is bound in
Seattle by Seattle printers and
[binders. Not one dollar’s worth
lof work by Alaska labor goes
into that paper.”
Another “malicious lie.” This
paper is partly printed in Alas
ka, altho having cuts made dur
the last days require that much
of the printing be done in Seat
tle, while the large edition cir
culated makes it necessary that
the binding be done there. More
than half the revenue derived
from the publication goes to pay
Alaska labor.
But if a writer were to follow
the wild vagaries that emanate
from the matchless mind of this
Kingly dreamer the Honorable
John Rustgard and tried to set
forth the truth, pages of space
would be required. And this
isn’t really necessary, now that
the average voter is getting on!
to the curves of the wily salary!
seeker. He gives no good reason
why he should represent the
people of Alaska at the nation
al capital, neither does he give
intelligent defense of his famous
platform.
Hoover Prosperity
-o
Seattle April 7th, 1930
Dear Editor;
Like a swift moving
tornado the whole paper struc
ture of “Prosperity” has collaps
ed in this country. For weeks the
Hoover adminstration has pass
ed out misleading information
regarding unemployment, but
even well fed statesmen are now
compelled to admit the stark
facts. Serious want faces mil
lions of workers and the chief
contribution of the Hoover ad
ministration to relief was to
pass a heavy reduction in taxa
tion to the fat, well fed million
aires and to induce the unions to !
agree to a truce in the matter
of wage increases, a truce that
was immediately violated by
that class. As pointed out be
fore, the unions more than a
year ago issued a warning to
prepare for this emergency. Now
the situation has become so
grave that there is evidence of
nysteria in some quarters. Police
clubs will not fill empty stom
achs. The cry of “Moscow plot”
]fs a defence screen that de
ceives no intelligent person.
Those who raise it think on the
same level with those who think
1 that police baiting can bring re
lief.
What is needed is intelligent
action along the lines suggested
a year ago, namely: trade unions
and other sympathetic organi
sations should immediately or
ganize central delegate bodies
• hat will give special attention
to the problem., intelligent agi
tation and careful formulation
of programs of relief should be
undertaken in every city and
village. I urgently appeal to all
interested all over the country
to act without delay.
We seem to be creating condi
tions as unbearable for human
beings in peace as the conditions
that existed in front line tren
ches during the world war.” The
wreckage of mind and nerve be
cause unemployment, the “sud
den realization by workers that
there is no place for them in this
vaunted modern civilization,
leads to nervous disorder and*
insanity." One who has pass
ed through this sad experience
knows it is not an exaggeration
There is no greater tragedy than
the workman with a family
walking the streets seeking em
ployment and -being denied.
The denial means that the wo
men and children as well as
himself must go on short rations.
Debts pile up, hard want soon
faces the whole family.
The man broods and the wife
eagerly awaits each return of
the breadwinner after a fruitless
search for work. Such a life is
a torture, and the mental strain
is acute.
It is not surprising that under
such circumstances the mind
too often gives away. Perhaps
the worker in sheer desperation
risks some form of theft. He is
caught and prison yawns for
him. The icy legalism that is
blind to the economic back
ground of such a family sends
the offender to prison. For the
family, this means a world void
uf hope. 'With a further descent
into the abyss. Perhaps the
breadwinner commits suicide
and grief over the measureless
loss is added to the household
tragedy. This is the stark real
jsm of our makeshift capi
talist world, which permits in
dustry to be the corporate pro •
perty of a few thousands of
workless owners. (Well they
work, but they don't do any
productive work).
As though to mock the work
Jess millions, high-hat bankers,
realtors, capitalists and politic
ians fill their paunches with de
licious foods and turn to empty
headed orators who talk of
“prosperity.” Almost within the
shadow' where they dine are the
outcasts of industry whose lives
are all a living hell.
Action is needed my friends!
By the whole labor movement
to bring relief to the suffering
millions, and action cannot be
gin too son.
Respectfully submitted,
James R. Little.
Joe Brady all but got the kayo
in a bout he had with Jimmy
Moore, held under auspices of
the American Legion. Moore
lacked the punch to put Brady to
sleep, at a recent Juneau smoker.
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Of Portland, Oregon.
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semi-annually, funds can only be loaned on im
proved real estate first mortgages under state
supervision.
A. O. Elstad — — — — Representative,
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