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The surprise visit of the Rotar
ians from Anchorage was a very
enjoyable occasion. Ancil Payne,
who emceed most of the program!
at the luncheon Tuesday injected
a little horseplay into the proceed
ings He called for a vote to have
the Capitol of Alaska moved to
Anchorage, which was defeated by
a hearty chorus of “no’s” from
the Kodiak group, but he pro
nounced the motion as carrying
anyway.
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The Anchoragites should go
down to Juneau and offer a motion
like that. It ought to pep up a
meeting considerably.
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According to a dispatch from
Delegate Bob Bartlett, he thought
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the Nevada Kid, Byron Gillam, his
opponent for the seat in Congress,
was “only kidding” when the lat
ter sent him a telegram “demand
ing” immediate action on the dele
gate’s part to bring about the pass
age of an Alaska statehood bill in
the 84th Congress. Bartlett found
it a little more difficult to do
the telegram was sent from Jun
eau after Congress adjourned,
than usual in view of the fact that
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Bartlett had a point when he
said Gillam in his trip to Washing
ton didn’t spend much time trying
to persuade his own administra
tion to reverse itself and support
statehood. •
Gillam, according to newspaper
interviews, says Bartlett, left his
home in Fairbanks to make his
"permanent” home in Juneau. Two
months later he departed Juneau
to make his "permanent" home
in Anchorage. Bartlett concludes
with this observation “There is
only about a month left until the
election. Whatever -effort is made
from now on, many communities
are going to feel left out.”
A lesson in ‘‘How to Arrest
People and Make Friends, too,”
may be gleaned from Officer Hess
of the local Police Department. He
apprehended an Anchorage resi-.
dent, who was visiting here, for
speeding. Chief Vickery received
the following letter “The attached
violation was handed me on a re
cent trip to Kodiak by your Offi
cer Hess who I should ceitainly
wish to congratulate for his cour
teous approach to a traffic viola
tor. We have no excuses whatso
ever to make for this violation as
we .were speeding in the zone as
set forth in this ticket.”
He then goes on to say: “In all
my years, I have never received
such courteous treatment as 1 was
given by the arresting officer. It
certainly was appreciated and you
are to be commended on having
the type of people in your employ
such as Officer Hess.”
Such courtesy between violator
and arresting officer is not always
the case. Lack of a hostile altitude
by the motorist probably had
something to do with the courtesy
extended.
We recall, as-you probably can,
a couple of “pleasant” brushes
with law enforcement officers-.
Once when speeding through the
streets of Spokane, ; the officer
commandeered ;a passing motorist
and pursued us for a mile. H#
then did most of the talking, we
listening, and then left with the
admonition to press a little more
lightly on the accelerator. In 1948,
a New York highway patrolman
followed our car for several miles
and then drove along side and mo
tioned us over to the side of the
road. Seeing we were visitors from
Washington, he asked us how we
were enjoying our stay, the treat
ment we were extended, and on
the whole it was a very pleasant
interview. He never once mention
ed the fact that we were speeding.
We think he accomplished his pur
pose about as well or better than
a fine would have.
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The City Council came in for
some panning at the last Toast
masters meeting Pros and Cons of
what kind of a job they are doing
was brought up. Some thought
they were doing a good job with
what they have to work with.
Others thought there was lack of
planning. The idea of a “commit
tee” form of government as at
present isn’t too efficient, it was
brought out. The Council should
set the policies, and should be
able to leave the administration
of civic affairs to the City Mana
ger, it was stated. Some wanted to
do away with the City Manager
(not the present one, but the job).
We would be more inclined to do
away with a City Council and keep
a City Manager or Civic Admini
strator, who could conduct the
City’s affairs much as a Governor
of a State does, or the Superin
tendent of Schools. A capable
Civic Administrator and a City
Clerk could handle the affairs of
a city this size very nicely. Policies
could be formulated much as a
State constitution, with ordinances
drawn up, and a system of referen
dum and recall, with an election
on a yearly basis on measures rath
er than candidates. You may have
gathered we favor centralizing
civic affairs in a strong admini
stration, with broad powers. The
biggest job would be to find a man
to measure up to the job—but
there’s a few of them around yet—
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