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hibitions against interference by
state and municipal authorities
with speech, press* and religion
and guarantees of fair and im
partial judicial procedure are im
portant. And repetition, if not al
ways necessary in a legal sense,
will do no damage to the tradi
tional conceptions of what a con
stitution ought to contain.
There is a second category of
so-called rights which is far more
controversial. They deal with
economic and social problems.
Considerable argument may be
generated on the issue of what
matters, aside from the traditional
ones, are important enough in
this day and age to be incorporated
in a constitution as rights.
In seeking answers to the ques
tion of whether such matters
should be included, the individual
citizen should ask himself whether
they might not better be left to
legislative discretion and whether
their inclusion as a constitutional
right might not serve to clutter
the constitution unnecessarily and
complicate its effective implemen
tation by the interested branches
of government. There is always
the danger that writing economic
rights into the Constitution may
cause future difficulty because of
changing economic circumstances
impossible to foresee at present.
Constitutional Obligations.
Enumeration of civil rights in a
constitution does not thereby
guarantee a free society. Preser
vation of fundamental freedoms
demands a citizenry alert and re
sponsible to the demands of public
order.
* A "Bill of Obligations,” although
at times proposed, has not yet
found its way into a state consti
tution, yet such obligations are
always present: the obligation to
obey laws made by democratic con
stitutional processes; the obliga
tion to vote, and to inform onself
of the issues involved in election
contests; the obligation to be
aware constantly of the conduct
of public business; the obligation
to pay taxes. These and many
others are not properly a part of
constitution. Yet the realization
that the obligations do exist is the
only way in which the democratic
process can function well.
Summary. The Alaska Consti
tution will contain a Bill of Rights.
Some of these rights, possibly the
majority of them, will be those
traditionally associated with the
American scheme of government.
Some seek to include other mat
ters, not so trffiaditional, in the
Alaskan statement of constitutional
rights. The citizen should ask him
self which of these newer elements
he is prepared to accept as being
of enough of a fundamental char
acter to incorporate into his Con
stitution.
Fl»htr/ti Board Maata
The fell Alaska Fisheries Beard
Meeting has been called for the
week of November 7, according to
word received from C. L. Ander
son, Director of the Alaska De
partment of Fisheries.
Sessions will be held in the office
of the Alaska Department of Fish
eries in Juneau.
The first portion of the Board
meeting will be devoted to a re
view and discussions of the Fish
eries Department activities during
the past season. Reports will be
heard from the men working on
sport fish, predator investigation
and control, biological research, in
spection, and watershed manage
ment.
One of the main objectives of
the Fisheries Board during this
meeting will be to adopt a set of
recommendations for proposed
changes in the 1956 fisheries regu
lations for Alaska. This is done
each year after hearing opinions
of fishermen and other interested
persons. Wednesday afternoon,
November 9, has been set aside for
those wishing to appear before the
Board in person. Director Ander
son stated that the Fisheries Board
urges interested persons to attend
and that written statements from
those unable to attend will be ap
preciated and given serious con
sideration.
The Board also expects to meet
in joint session with Fish and Wild
life Service officials regarding the
proposed regulations before mak
ing up a brief that will incorporate
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Present members of the Alaska
Fisheries Board are j. H. Wake
field, Port Wakefield, Chairman;
Ira H. RothwelL Cordova; Kenneth
0. Bell, Fairbanks; Robert C. Kal
fenberg, Dillingham: and Nels E.
Nelson, Ketchikan. •*
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noon for a two weeks training • ..
campim nt at Fort Denali. This is
as annual encampment.
Capt Walter Kraft will be Bat
talion Commander, Lt. Eddie
Pagano is acting as company com
mander.
The Alaska National Guard
training camp at Camp Denali,
Fort Richardson stirred with ac
tivity Sunday when units of the
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nd Southeastern Alaska gathered
for their annual two weeks of field
training.
The Eskimo Scouts, 600 strong,
converged on Camp Denali from
the scatterd towns and villages to
the north and west of the Brooks
Range and along the Arctic and
Bering Sea coasts. Infantry units
which did not attend the regular
spring Infantry encampment
came from Kodiak, Seward, Homer,
Juneau and the smaller towns and
villages of Southeast Alaska.
Brig. Gen. John R. Noyes, the
Adjutant General, is serving as
camp commander and Major
Francis F. Siegwart of Nome is the
executive officer. Other staff mem
bers include WOJG Harry B. Aase,
adjutant; Major Webb Trimble,
intelligence and training and oper
ations officer; Captain Bjorn T.
Holta, supply; Lt. Col. James E.
O’Malley, surgeon; Captain Percy
Ipalook, chaplain; Major Malcolm
S. Sweet, special services; 2nd Lt.
Jerry N. Waddell, signal officer;
and WOJG Virgil L. Klinkhammer,
motor officer.
The First Scout Battalion is un
der the command of its regular
commander, Major Francis F.
Siegwart and Captain Robert E.
Ellis is battalion adjutant. The
Provisional Infantry Battalion «
under the command of Captain
Walter 0. Kraft of Kodiak. 1ft Lt
Billy H. Carlson of Juneau serves
as adjutant.
Highlight of the encampment
will be the participation of all
Army and Air National 'Guard
units in the Anchorage area in the
annual Veterans Day Parade in
downtown Anchorage which is
sponsored by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Distinguished mili
tary and civilian guests will be
present for the, occasion including
Governor B. Frank Heintzleman,
commander-in-chief of the Alaska
National Guard, Major Genera
Edgar C. Erickson, Chief of th
National Guard Bureau, and th
Honorable Hugh M. Milton, At
sistant Secretary of the Amy.
Delegate to Congress E. L. Bari
lett inspected the campsite 01
November 1 and visited the Alask
Air National Guard installation a
Kulis Air National Guard Ba»
with the Adjutant General.
The Scouts attending camp wil
emphasize scouting and patrolling
intelligence reporting, firing of th
M-l rifle, and hygiene, the latte
subject under the supervision o
officials of the Alaska Tuberculosi
Association. The Infantry unit
I will emphasize weapons firing andl
» small unit tactic*,
j The homeward movement of
* of participating units will he ac
complished on Sunday, li Novem
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f parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sinnes,
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s to be gone for several months.
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