24.45
33.17
33.60
1,093.54
21.63
34.16
8.83
18.41
41.45
48.02
21.76
87.41
79.85
19.37
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
11, 1953
Sept. 11, 1953
Sept. 11, 1953
Sept. 11, 1953
22.56 Sept. 11, 1953
26.06
37.06
36.82
54.90
9.03
19.47
44.59
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
12, 1952
12, 1952
12, 1952
12, 1952
12, 1952
12, 1952
12, 1952
79.10 Sept. 12i, 1952
42.38
33.96
24.48
30.00
14.63
48.99
55.68
45.12
36.06
25.83
31.29
15.24
52.23
59.43
42.47
24.52
30.06
14.63
49.09
55.80
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
14, 1951
14, 1951
14, 1951
14, 1951
14, 1951
14, 1951
14, 1951
Sept. 8, 1950
Sept. 8, 1950
Sept. 8, 1950
Sept. 8, 1950
Sept. 8, 1950
Sept. 8, 1950
Sept. 8, 1950
Sept. 9, 1949
Sept. 9, 1949
Sept. 9, 1949
Sept. 9, 1949
Sept. 9, 1949
Sept. 9, 1949
44.85 Sept. 10. 1948
25.71 Sept. 10, 1948
31.61 Sept. 10, 1948
15.17 Sept. 10, 1948
49.91 Sept. 10, 1948
59.06 Sept. 10, 1948
47.23 Sept. 12, 1947
33.17 Sept. 12, 1947
15.70 Sept. 12, 1947
53.14 Sept. 12, 1947
49.61 Sept. 13, 1946
16.23 Sept. 13, 1946
51.99 Sept. 14, 1945
16.81 Sept. 14, 1945
63.01 Sept. 8, 1944
17.30 Sept. 8, 1944
68.38 Sept. 10, 1943
17.83 Sept. 10, 1943
71.31 Sept. 11 1942
18.36 Sept. 11, 1942
:odiak
>ard G. Berg
treasurer
Ratify Alaska’s Constitution
Uiged By U. of A. Professor
By Donald R. Moberg
(Head of the U. or A.'s History
and Political Science Department)
Part I—General Considerations
>Day is past; R-Day fast up
proaches; Alaska’s first Constitu
tion Day was celebrated on Sun
day, February 5 when 54 of the
the 55 delegates to the Constitu
tional Convention signed the docu
ment of their creation in an im
pressive ceremony at the Univer
sity of Alaska.
Ratification Day will be on Tues
day, April 24, when Alaskans will
go to the polls to accept or reject
the delegate’s work, as well as to
vote in their biennial primary elec
tion. C-Day will not become a tra
ditional Alaskan holiday, in fact,
there will be no second Constitu
tion Day, unless R-Day is success
ful. R-Day, then, represents the
critical third step in Alaskan con
stitution making.
The first two steps, election of
delegates, and the actual framing
of the proposed constitution by
the delegates, were essential, basic
and highly significant. The fourth
and final step will be the accep
tance of this constitution by the
American government, followed
by enactment of an enabling act
for statehood.
This will be the critical and cul
minating step—the realization of
Alaska’s true destiny as one of
the states of the American Un
ion—the fulfillment of America’s
moral obligation to this, her long
suffering colony—and finally, real
proof to a doubting world that
the United States practices what
she preaches.
Some Alaskans desire to remain
in the status quo, as a territory.
A few others prefer Common
wealth status, others favor one of
several partition plans. Large
numbers desire statehood later,
but only with the insistance that
Alaska is given more control of
her political and economic life im
mediately to better prepare her
self for eventual statehood, where
as the majority of Alaskans de
mand statehood NOW. Whatever
their preference for Alaska’s fu
ture may be, all these groups must
be impressed with the political
fact that any bill in Congress to
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improve Alaska s political, econom
ic, or social conditions will be
greatly handicapped unless we
prove both to the Congress and
the American public that we do
have enough maturity to assume
our responsibilities. For, unfortun
ately, the American public and its
government officials consider us
in the light of their preconceived
notions of Alaska, and are woeful
ly ignorant of our real conditions
and capacities.
This constitution making process
is the most complete, concrete and
by far the most impressive method
to reveal our maturity to our rul
ers. Therefore it is to our advan
tage to have a large turnout in
the April 24 election, coupled with
an overwhelming acceptance of
the constitution. j ' >.
This constitution for the propos
ed State of Alaska definitely de
serves ratification by the vast ma
jority of Alaskans on its merits
alone. It is the best possible con
stitution that could have been draf
ed to insure a stable and prosper
ous state for the long range future.
Before the specific articles of
the proposed constitution can be
sensibly analized, there are sever
al general considerations of great
importance that must be constant
ly in our minds.
1. A constitution should be only
a general statement of the funda
mental law of the state.
2. The delegates to the Alaskan
constitutional convention were
held within certain prescribed lim
itations. They had to comply with
the several requirements that the
U. S. government has included in
all its various proposed enabling
acts for our eventual statehood.
3. Our delegates profited great
ly from the experiences and mis
takes of the several states in their
contitution making process. Also
they definitely did take into ac
count Alaska’s peculiar problems
and needs.
4. Extremely important to con
si<Jer is the fact that the Constitu
tion must be viewed as a unity—
in its entirety. If one is alarmed
or disturbed about some particu
lar article or section, be very care
ful to discover if there is not some
check and balance factor concern
ing it elsewhere in the constitu
tion. For in our American demo
cratic system the separation of
powers and check and balance
principles are very intricate.
5. We must further recognize
that state and local governments
are now big business. Specialists
are needed to run them, consider
ing the technical services the
people now desire governments to
furnish for them, However, this
business type government demands
a more alert, watchful, responsive,
and responsible citizenry—that is,
voters who will not be apathetic,
but constantly fulfilling their ob
ligations.
6. Lastly, it is essential to bear
in mind that the state government
to be created will be our own and
entirely in our own hands to di
rect and control. No longer will
we have such a sadly limited ter
ritorial government as exists to
day. The powers, functions and
duties will all be ours. The offici
als will be accountable to us and
can be removed by us. There will
be no executive and judicial
furnish for them. However, this
ernment, nor will there be an ab
sentee feudal landlord such as the
federal Department of Interior.
(Next Week: Specific Provisions
of the Constitution will be consid
ered)
FBI WILL CONDUCT SCHOOL
Two representatives of the An
chorage branch of the FBI will
conduct an FBI school in Kodiak
on April 17, 18 andl9.
The first two days will be taken
up with classroom work and the
third will be spent on the pistol
range. This is the fourth school of
its kind to be held in Kodiak. All
members of the local police wiH
attend.
NOTICE
The Informal Group of Christian
Scientists meet for Sunday ser
vices in the Hillside Chapel, on
the Base, every Sunday at 1 p. m.
Sunday School is held at the same
hour.
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