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LEGION STANDS PAT FOE THE
LITERACY BILL
(Stroller’s Weekly)
The following clear-cut, concise
and logical defense of a literacy res
olution passed at the recent annual
meeting of the American Legion for
Alaska at Sitka recently appears in
the Alaska Legionaire for June which
has just been issued:
Exception has been taken to the
American Legion Resolution passed at
the Sitka Convention favoring a lit
eracy test for voters. It is not the pur
pose here to enter into a legal discus
sion of whether the Legislature at the
present time has the power to pass
such a law. The purpose of this state
ment is to make the issue clear-cut
and to answer our critics. Those who
have come out openly in opposition to
the Legion literacy test reslution ad
vance two arguments:
1. That it discriminates against
Indians.
2. That the Legion is inconsistent
in the position they take .because men
good enough to fight should be good
enough to vote.
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A literacy test does not discriminate
against any one. It bars illiterates ir
respective of race or color. It denies
the right of franchise to the white
man as well as the Indian who is not
| able to read or write. A number of
! years ago Congress in its wisdom
made literacy a requisite for an im
migrant to enter this country. The
United States did not discriminate
against Italy or Russia, or other na
tions where the percentage of illiter
acy is high. The barrier was raised
then, as it should be now, against the
menace of ignorance; and if the op
ponents of a literacy test are consis
tent in their views it must be their
opinion that the doors of this country
should again be thrown open to for
eigners who have not sufficient educa
tion to read or write. If illiterate im
migrants are rightfully barred as un
desirables, what about the person born
in America with probably the best
| school facilities in the world, who still
[wilfully remain ignorant? A literacy
I test for voters discriminates against
one thing only, and that is ignorance.
It is within the power of every Am
erican citizen to qualify himself as a
competent voter. The American Le
gion has among its members men that
are red, black, white and yellow, men
of many creeds and many beliefs, but
it is our opinion that any American
citizen, be he one of us or not, who is
■ not patriotic enough to learn to read
anil write the language of his coun
try, should not be permitted to vote.
The literacy resolution of the Legion
does not say that we desire the Indian
from voting as some of their spokes
men would have them believe. We
would like to see every Indian who is
1 mentally competent cast a ballot the
I same as any other free America nciti
' zen. Our resolution has no other pur
pose than to discriminat against the
ignorant wherever they may be found.
The attack on the Legion literacy res
olution can be best answered by call
ing attention to the persons making
[ it and appearing as the champions
| and advocates of ignorance. Are they
I honest, upright Americans with pat
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Notice is hereby given that returns
l should now be made as to ownership
! of personal property in Seward of date
! of June 15, 1924. Blank form for State
' meats are now being mailed or deliver
; ed anl should be returned to the As
! sessor not later than July 10th, prox.
Failure to make proper return will
' require the Assessor to personally visit
1 each place of business or residence and
make proper inventory of all personal
; property.
Seward, Alaska, June 23, 1924.
WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
| Assessor for Town of Seward, Alaska.
' Publish June 24, 25, 26, 1924.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Serial No. 05507
In the Matter of the Application of
John F. Mullen, for a Soldier’s Ad
ditional Homestead.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Mullen, a citizen of the United
States, under the provisions of Sec.
2306, Revised Statutes of the United
States, has filed in the United
States Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska, application Serial No. 05507,
.for a patent for land on the North
Side of Portage Bay, Alaska Penin
sula, approximately three miles
northeast of the Indian Village of
Kanatak, embraced in U. S. Survey
No. 1449, containing an area of 24.82
acres and more particularly describ
ed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at corner No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. RGMKTA
bears S. 42° 52" 26" W. 20.21
chains distant; thence N. 10.25
chains to corner No. 2; thence
E. 24.21 chains to corner No. 3;
thence S. 10.24 chains to corner
of No. 4; thence W. 24.21 chains
to corner No. 1, the place of be
ginning. Latitude 57° 34' North.
Longitude 155° 57' West. Varia
tion 21° 30'—22° 15' East,
and as set forth in the official plat
of said survey, a certified copy of
which is posted with this notice!
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above described
land should file their adverse claims
with the United States Land Office at
Anchorage, Alaska, within the period
of publication or thirty days there
after, or they will be barred by the
provisions of the statute.
Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, thisi
2nd day of June, 1924.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
First publication June 12, 1924.
Last publication August 22, 1924.
Daily, sixty days continuously.
riotic motives, or are thew politicians j
bidding for votes? To date, all the;
attacks have been made by candi- j
dates for office and not a single valid ]
argument has been advanced. The cry i
of discrimination is cheap campaign
material manufactured solely for the
purpose of garnering the vote of the
Natives of Alaska.
The statement that the Legion is
inconsistent can readily be reduced to
an absurdity. To be consistent, like
the politicians, if a man is good
enough to fight, he is good enough to
vote. If he is good enough to vote he
is good enough to hold office. If he
is good enough to hold office he is
good enough to be elected to a high
executive position, even though he has
to depend on someone else to read the j
state documents for him and affix his i
official signature with a -mark. The
Legion is able to distinguish that al
though a man might be physically
qualified for combat he may not be
mentally competent to discharge one
of the highest duties of citizenship,
and this need not be a reflection on
his loyalty. The American Legion is
not in politics, nor does it make a bid
for votes or favor by championing ig
norance, even though it may be found
in its own ranks.
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AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday*
A. E. RUCKER, Commander
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant
I. O. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
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Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
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Seward Lodge No. 219.
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visiting Brethern wel
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