THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME PUBLISHING CO.
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James F. O’Sullivan, Publisher & Editor
I'n Jocius, Foreman
Entered at second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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Communism and Our Youth
‘V/’OUNG DEMOCRATS from thirteen W estern States recently
concluded a meeting in California and among their resolutions
were wordings that substantially provide for the following:
(1) —A resolution calling for repeal of the McCarran Inter
nal Security Act.
(2) —A resolution calling for repeal of the immigration laws.
(3) —A resolution asking the abolishment of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities.
(4) —A resolution calling for a resumption of normal dip
lomatic relations with Fidel Castro's Cuban regime.
(3)—A resolution in favor of the Russian-proposed non
aggression pact, which would finalize Communist seizure and
domination of East Germany and much of eastern Europe.
It is difficult to study these five resolutions, and others which
were passed by the western Democrats, and not conclude that
Communist influences are or were working in the Young Demo
cratic meeting.
If this is to be the tack of the Democratic Party in the future,
if it is an accurate indication of the trend of things among voung
Democrats, then the part) will soon be too far left for the majority
of voters. Such resolutions constitute the best possible news for
moderates and conservatives in the Republican Part)-, but they are
disturbing, also, because they indicate the Young Democrats of
the West are victims of leftwing propaganda and infiltration.
. . . and the following was taken from remarks of J. Edgar
Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York
City, November 16, 1963:
Communism — in all its forms and in all its variations — is
the avowed enemy of liberty and of justice and of God. The
Communists FEAR free and independent thought. They FEAR
truth. They FEAR God even though they deny Him. Thev FEAR
the inherent courage and dignity of man created in His image.
Today, the Communists are engaged in an intensive campaign
to control the minds and win the allegiance of American youth.
Toward this end, a National Youth Commission has been estab
lished within the Communist Party, USA; special publications have
been issued; front groups have been organized; and an ambitious
speech program has been directed against our colleges and uni
versities.
During the past two years, Communist spokesmen have ap
peared on nearly 100 campuses from coast to coast. Their purpose:
To create confusion, raise questions and spread doubt among
our young people concerning the American way of life.
The Communists look upon students as potential sympathiz
ers, supporters and contributors to the Party’s cause. Nor are they
unmindful of the rich opportunity for infiltration presented by
unwary racial and nationality groups.
RAMPART . . .
(Continued from Page 1)
“In addition, we will lose many
intangibles if the dam is built.”
One delegate, Paul Solomon of
Fort Yukon, said he is for the
dam. After discussing his success
as a trapper, which he gave up to
move into the village so his children
could be educated, he said, ‘‘Now
that they have finished school,
there is nothing for them.
“Look at the one that finished
igh school last year. I’m still cloth
ing and feeding her. And the two
that are in college. I know when
they return, there will be nothing
for them.”
(Editor's Note: The Tundra Times,
in the same issue, editorialized as
follows):
SENATOR CONTRADICTS SELF
Alaska’s junior Senator, Ernest
Gruening, has been keeping many
people mixed up lately with his
outspoken advocation of Rampart
Dam, and wilderness values, both
at the same time.
A columnist for the Juneau
Daily Alaska Empire, noticing this,
wrote about it. He promptly re
ceived an answer from the Senator,
that should be interesting to those
following the Rampart controversy, !
and particularly those people liv
ing in the Yukon Flats area.
Sen. Gruening wrote, “The con
struction of Rampart would be in
an area remote from the state’s
greatest scenic values and would
flood an area about as worthless |
from the standpoint of human habi- j
tation as any that can be found j
on earth.”
These are the words of a man
who recently made a hasty trip
to the upper Yukon people to con
vince them the federal govern- j
ment would pay them for the val
ues they would lose if Rampart
Dam is built.
If the Senator’s statements go
together, then the natives of the
Yukon can expect little payment
for their “worthless” area.
And, it is also recalled that after
the trip, the Senator made a press
release stating there is no opposi
tion to Rampart among the native
people.
BERLIN t/P) — Most of the troops
in the western garrisons of West
Berlin were called out on an op
erational readiness test today.
American, British and French
troops moved to assembly points
in a routine test designed to eval
uate their mobility. The exercise
lasted two hours. Such surprise
tests are held at irregular inter
vals.
Readiness Alert
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Letters to The Editor
To The Editor:
I received very sad news yes
terday when I heard on a radio
newscast that Emily Boucher had
passed away in Seattle, Wash. I
would like the readers of the Nug
get and citizens of Nome to know
what this loss of a true friend
means to me personally, however
I feel that in this letter I am ex
pressing the general feeling of the
citizens of our city who knew
Mrs. Boucher personally, in busi
ness, and as a very helpful, civic
minded, Christian living woman.
I arrived in Nome alone, on July
7, 1959, (leaving my family tem
porarily in Anchorage w i t h
i friends*, and having believed that
i GckI was leading my wife and I
to Nome to do His work. I landed
here dressed only in a tweed suit,
no hat, no coat, and began walk
ing up and down the streets of
Nome in a cold rain and tramping
across the muddy Front Street (no
pavement then) trying to find an
empty house for myself and my
family, in a town I knew abso
lutely nothing about, nor did I
know one single individual here.
Finally I saw the Nome Nugget.
I went in inquiring for the Editor.
Mrs. Boucher introduced herself,
with a great big smile, which I
have never forgotten, and asked
me what I was doing in Nome. I
explained the situation. She said:
"Mr. Leight, you’re getting wet,
don’t you have a coat?” I ex
plained that it had been much
warmer when I boarded the plane
in Anchorage earlier that morning.
Mrs. Boucher directed me to an
empty building, that she said was
for rent, and told me whom to
contact. I did just that, and today
that building is our church build
ing. Without the friendliness and
courtesy offered by Mrs. Boucher,
I would have had a rough time in
a strange city. As I left her office
that first day in Nome, she called :
to me: I
“If you need any more help,
don’t hesitate to call again.” Since
that day she has been a true friend
to myself and my wife, always
willing to help in any way pos
sible. Many times I have been in
her Nugget office on business and
heard her explaining directions and
giving freely of her time to help
others, like she did me when I
first arrived in Nome.
I will miss Mrs. Boucher, and
so will my wife. She has been a
real friend to us, and she was a
woman that, regardless of how
busy she was, she always had time
to stop and talk, and always with
that long-to-be-remembered bright
smile. She loved her city of Nome,
as did her father, Mr. A. Polet,
whom I never had the privilege
to meet . . . but wish I had.
She never wanted nor expected
praise, but was always anxious,
willing, and ready to lend a hand
wherever needed. She loved flow
ers, and last summer as my mother
from Florida visited us she brought
a giant orchid bloom with her that
I gave to Mrs. Boucher. She was
thrilled to no end with the Or
chid. Flowers certainly reflected
her personality . . . ever bloom
ing. and ready to spread happiness.
Many unsung deeds were per
formed by her just to make others
happy. Nome has lost, but will
never forget, Emily Boucher as a
loyal and true friend, a very un
tiring and conscientious worker,
and a woman with a personality
most rare in these troubled days
of world unrest.
REV. BOB I,EIGHT
To The Editor:
One thing the serviceman can
count on is his Thanksgiving tur
key. No guarantee is made as to
how it will be served or under
what condition, but get it he must.
The entire colossus of the armed
forces organization is thrown into
the effort, and from the North
Pole to the South Pole, the unfor
tunate fowl inevitably turns up.
Occasionally this bird, damned for
all time by his unhappy relation
ship with the birth of our country,
makes his last flight at the end of
a parachute.
This is especially true when he
is intended for Special Forces
soldiers, who frequently find them
selves in stations which are not
conducive to the popular Thanks
giving spirit. Such was undoubted
-ly the case yesterday from Viet
nam to Africa to Alaska.
However, there was at least one
noteworthy exception. Aiter read
ing for the second time their let
ters of sympathy from home ex
pressing solicitude for the hard
ships they were experiencing on
the frozen periphery of Alaska; for
the suffering from freezing cold;
the inconvenience of being away
from home; the poor food, etc., etc.,
the men of Special Forces Pi-De
tachment here in Nome went
smugly on their way to the North
Star. There, they were received
i by Ernie Gustafson who had de
cided to accept as a personal chal
lenge the task of preparing the
contents of a box sent for the
Special Forces Thanksgiving
Dinner.
What he produced was a five
course dinner in the candlelit Sea
View Room which amazed and de
lighted the troops. They said that
was one Thanksgiving which could
not have been surpassed at home
or anywhere else.
To Ernie and all the others who
helped, the troops express their
thanks and admiration. No doubt
the letters sent home in reply will
include accounts of how, the dog
team got into the turkey dinner
during a break on the march!
CAPT. COY H. TEMPLES
Special Forces
B-2 Detachment.
In ancient times temples served
also as banks and hospitals.
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