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In contrast to the hundreds who
flocked to the Wasilla Community
Hall Thursday, Sept. 25 to hear
the long-anticipated debate be
tween the two candidate for Dele
gate to Congress, only 40 local
people showed up to hear 12
Democratic and Republican can
didates for Third Division Legis
lature seats at the political rally
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce last week, Tuesday
night.
A full battery of five loud
speakers had been set up on the
Valley Theater. All voices boom
ed out even to the empty back
seats in the theater. Refreshments
for 200 people had been provided
for the coffee hour that followed
the campaign speeches.
Candidates were introduced by
James Hurley, who acted as mod
erator. Speeches were limited to
five minutes with an extra min
uent’s grace to finish the sentence.
Highlights from the 12 speeches
follow:
M. D. Snodgrass (R), candidate
for the Territorial House, confined
his remarks to the problems of
the Matanuska Valley and the
need for vocational training for
Alaska’s youth. Chief among the
agricultural problems of the Val
ley, he said, is the lack of funds
to prepare land for production. He
isked that an Agricultural branch
of the University be located in
the Valley where 60 percent of
Alaska’s agriculture is in opera
tion. Lack of opportunities in
Alaska is sending our young
people Outside for their technical
training, he said, and we are los
ing them.
Irene Ryan (D). also candidate
for the House defended the Demo
cratic policy of using federal funds
to develop Alaska and expressed
the opinion that public agencies
would work hand in hand with
private enterprise in this develop
ment. “No private industry can
underwrite that development as a
whole,” she said, “but if govern
ment starts, private industry can
come in and continue with the
development.” She pointed out
that 20 years of a Democratic ad
ministration had made great
changes in Alaska, suggesting that
voters should read up on history
to find out what progress had
been made under Democrats and
under Republicans. In her dream
of Alaska’s ultimate development,
she pictured the Matanuska Val
ley as a great industrial basin.
Pearl Gibson (D), candidate for
the House, confided that she had
come to Alaska 12 years ago with
the intention of staying for the
rest of her life. She said the
schools need a larger appropria
tion from the next Territorial
Legislature. Her particular inter
ests were enumerated as the old,
dependent children, and labor.
However, she insisted, she would
put the welfare of the entire Ter
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ritory above those of any specia
group. She said she was particu
larly interested in working in th<
interests of the constituents “wh<
may elect me to the Legislature.’
John Gorsuch (R, candidate fo
Senate directed his words towar<
national policy. “This is the vea
of decision” he said. “It is the yea:
that may decide the future no
only of the nation but of thi
world. After brief mention of cor
ruption. communism in govern
ment. and the war in Korea. h(
scorned the Democrats’ contentioi
that in spite of high taxes thi
people have never been so pros
perious. “Are those boys in Kore;
having it so good?” he asked. Hi
cited the ideological problem
“that reach to every root of in
dividual liberty and freedom.” I:
conclusion, he advised. “We mus
go down the middle of the roac
1 to keep away from the extreme
of communism and reactionaries.’
William A. Egan (D), candidati
for Serate and resident of Valdez
took up the challenge on the im
plied suggestion that the Demo
rats got the nation into the Kor
ean war. “No one could have re
' fused to have gone into the Kor
ean conflict,” he said. “Wha
might have happened by now i
we hadn’t gone into Korea'
World conflict was avoided. Ii
Korea we showed the world tha
for once we were going to stoj
the conflict before it was to<
late.” Egan quoted Eisenhower a:
saying. “Our country is in th<
greatest shape it has ever beer
in history.” “That’s why I feel,’
added Egan, “and I think that’:
the way the people are going t<
feel when they go to the poll:
October 14 and in November.”
Marshall Hoppin (R), candidati
for Senate, railed against thi
Democratic administration fo:
getting the U. S. into the Koreai
War, insisting that “we have ;
Congress who declares war. Ad
mitting 12 years in governmen
service in 13 years in the Terri
tory, Hoppin claimed flatly tha
there is no Civil Service, that i
doesn’t matter what you know bu
who you know. This statemen
wms met wTith a chorus of angr
denials from the audience, bu
Hoppin wras just as angrily ada
mant. Declaring that “w’e’re al
most to the point of a dictator
ship” in Alaska, he added, “W
feel that this Territory will havi
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a wonderful future, but it wi:
never succeed if it goes on th
way it is today . . . .Progress, yes
but we’re paying for it, payin
dearly for it.” He cited the Eklut
na Project as an example of poo
planning and waste, asking “Wh;
l was Eklutna ever started.” Om
■ cent per kilowatt is not cheaj
i power, he said; better that th<
1 project had been built in the Su
sitna Valley. He cited highway
' being built—‘‘We need highways
l but we don’t need certain high
ways that benefit only a fev
: people.
“This is a crucial time in this
Valley,” he added, “but wha!
moneys we have had have beer
' military expenditures.” He als<
; added that what expenditure:
1 have been made have gone t<
! feather the nest of those on th(
‘ right side of the fence.
Chester Carlson (D), candidat<
; for re-election to the House re
5 focused the election issues on ths
Territory, drawing from his ex
1 perience in two terms in the Ter
• ritorial House representing th<
1 Third Division. Identifying him
’ self as a commercial fishermar
1 with 36 years in the Territory, h
; reminded the audience of the dir
’ financial straits facing the Terri
j tory when the legislature conven
! ed in 1949. The Territory was ii
r the red; appropriated funds fo
r schools, hospitals, and other Ter
; ritorial needs were frozen. Tha
j year a basic tax structure was in
augurated; needed schools startec
going up: other funds were un
frozen. The Territory ended the
year 1951 with a surplus.
Switching to a basic issue oi
the campaign for Delegate to Con
gress, he hailed the tri-partite
. ; treaty setting up the Pacific Fish
| ing Convention as a good deal. He
’ ; said that the Alaskan Fishermen’s
i Union, the packers, labor, and
i capital joined in the setting up oi
i this treaty. “If we didn’t have
s that treaty, we’d have nothing,’
he concluded, “The Japanese oi
, any other nationals could fish al
liberty within three miles of oui
, shores.”
Dr. Lee McKinley, (R) Valle;,
candidate for the House, shifted
■ attention back to national issues
! except for a proposed potato lau
, ' about to be enacted that would bt
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^ “detrimental to growers not only ir
- the Valley, but all over the coun
' try. Commenting on business life
• today, he said that enthusiasm is
1 lacking. Nostaligically, he recalled
" happier days for business when
■ there was a zest that made people
t forget all about sweat, hours, and
■ work. He criticised the current
l government attitude that all pro
fit is evil and that big business is
‘ monopoly that connives with dis
honesty. “Businessmen are be
wildered,” he said. “Once we
thought of ourselvss as the back
bone of our country, but now
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we’re considered as enemies of
society.” He said that unless this
zest and enthusiasm for work is
restored, something great will be
lost to the world History shows he
said, that the substitution of gov
ernment capital for risk capital
(leads to inevitable collapse. He
I called for the abolition of price
| supports and the progressive re
laxation of the “benefits” of pub
lic housing, short labor laws, and
| other such legislation “that en
ervates civilization.”
Z. J. Loussac (D). candidate for
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