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41 Pinks is lepihlieai Platform
Deal with Transition to Statehood
A Republican platform “accept
ing the challenge of statehood”
and projecting a “vibrant, living
program” for the future of Alaska
was announced this week.
Compiled by the statewide Re
publican caucus which met in An
chorage during the past weekend,
the platform was described as
“giving broad outline to the prob
lems facing the first State legis
lature.” It contained recommen
dations dealing with 41 specific
subjects.
“The assumption of new Respon
sibilities under statehood, and the
expansion of services in manv es
sential areas,” the plat'onn said,
“can be accomplished, with pres
ent revenues, including those
from newly developed resources,
provided such expenditures are
planned and executed bv a Repub
lican administration dedicated to
the service of all the people.”
A plank on schools, calling for
the creation of a state board of
education, was announced earlier
this week.
The platform called for a strong
judiciary free of “political influ
ence so that true justice may be
guaranted to all the people.” It
advocated, also, an adequate num
her of judges to serve all areas
of the new state.
Departing from the traditional
stateside position of the Republi
can party on public power devel
opment, the platform said:
“We pledge ourselves to sun
port the early development in
Alaska of low-cost power, includ
ing federal power projects utiliz
ing hydro-electric, liquid and solid
fuels as well as nuclear energy.”
Incentive legislation to attract
new industry to Alaska “with due
regard for the protection of re
newable Alaskan resources,” im
mediate appropriations for “the
rapid selection of valuable lands
to assure their early development
and use,” expediting th# process
ing of all pending oil lease offers
prior to transfer of controls of po
tential oil lands to the state, ex
pansion of the mining industry,
creation of a state planning com
mission for the development of
natural resources, parks, harbors,
roads, airfields, and other public
works, were other planks dealing
with the economic development of
Alaska.
Protection of the rights of la
bor, job priority and job tenure
for qualified Alaskans, placing of
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the Employment Security Fund
on a sound basis, and revision of
the workmen’s compensation law
to “assure maximum benefits from
the employers’ insurance dollar”
were set forth.
Also planks dealt with local gov
ernment, sanitation, public wel
fare, the pioneers of Alaska,
strengthening the civil service
system, curbs on fraudulent stock
promotions, civil defense, “real
istic” tax legislation, restoration
and preservation of fisheries re
sources and measures to prevent
foreign enroachments, immediate
steps to abolish fish traps, con
servation and preservation of
sports fishing and game resources,
equalization in license fees for
farm and other off-highway ve
hicles, an increase in the farm
loioi program, integrated high
ways, jet-age development of air
fields, construction of small boat
harbors, support of the liquor con
trol laws, support of the Civil Air
Patrol, and development of tour
ism.
“Nine hundred million dollars
annual revenue available to Alas
kans from the tourist industry
awaits our taking,” the platform
said.
Speaker Recounts
His Experiences
In Soviet Russia
A first-hand and close-up view
of conditions in Russia and parts
of Siberia during the period from
1941 to 1946 was given the Rotary
club Tuesday by Captain Roullard,
chief of staff, Kodiak Naval Sta
tion, who was attached to the
American embassy in Moscow
during that period.
Many of Captain Roullard’s du
ties were in connection with un
loading of American supply ships
which enabled him to visit Mur
mansk and New Archangel, and
to take the 13-day 5,700 Siberian
railway trip to Vladivostock. Of
the latter, he said that although
rated a top train in Russia it was
slow and each passenger had to
provide his own food supplies.
He said the Russians did not
seem to be a happy people. Part
of it he attributed to living con
ditions, which included primitive
plumbing, even in cities. Of the
workers, he told how single men
lived in barracks, and families in
small and crowded apartments,
sharing communal kitchens. He
said it was particularly true of
that period that although Russia
seemed to produce a lot of food
that there was poor distribution
of it and lack of enough to eat was
a prevalent condition.
Ivor Schott explained the club
plan for assessing 65 cents to each
Rotary member in this district to
provide funds for a Rotary Over
seas Travel Award, which enables
a small group of men, between
the ages of 21 and 25, with a lead
er, to visit a foreign country for
a year. The local club is also go
ing to propose a candidate for one
of the trips.
William Stone, superintendent
of the Baptist Mission, spoke
briefly on his recent furlough in
the States.
Guests included Capt. G. D.
Roullard, Lt. T. R. Overdo rff,
Wendell Hylton, Paul Madsen, Bob
Miller, A1 Hochberger, James
Clark, Dick Frost and Fred
Booker, Adm. Arnold McKechnie,
honorary member, was also pres
ent.
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all OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL
RENTAL PROPERTY
A meeting will be held at the Mont
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at 7:30 p.m. of vital interest to ev
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PLEASE ATTEND
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
CANNERY WORKERS
Your cooperation is solicited. Please
register at the Union Hall your pres
ent status and availability for work
during the coming Crab and Shrimp
Season. Call in person at the Hall or
phone 4474 or 2583.
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