Malik Ignores Gross and Jebb
I-’r ,'s Jacob A. Malik (right) looks straight ahca I as Rritain's Sir Uladwyn Jebb (center) confers
vis'll 1'. S. Delegate Ernest Gross (left) during actio i ■ ■ fj? V. N. Assembly Political ( ommittee on
a i i svid” arms embargo against Red China. Russia s attempt so block action on the question failed
to shift it to the I'. V Security Council where a Sf.iiet veto could kill it. iff) Wirephoto.
Musionsry Theories Ars
Used tor Alaska Statehood
Declares Ninorify Report
(Continued from Page One
statehood referendum represent "an
| attempt by the promoters of this
I scheme to hold their fellow Alas
' kans to a vote taken five years ago
on the general principle of a prop
i edition which failed to carry in
f two of the Territory's four divis
ions.”
The report charges that the pres
S, ent bill reaches the Senate devoid
| of any protection for Alaskans
| from the “ruinous Interior Depart
( ment policies of withdrawing pub
I lie lands for the creation of vast
Indian reservation:; at the whin cf
the bureaucrats."
II was pointed out that an am
endment inserted in the bill last
year by the committee—to forbid
creation cf new Indian reservations
during the period while Alaska was
in the process of achieving state
hood—has been dale ted from the
present till.
Concerning the bill's conveyance
of land grants to the new state,
the report stated:
"The suggestion that land titles
can properly be conveyed until
surveys are concluded is too rid
iculous to require further discus
sion. Equally ridiculous is the pos
sibility that the Interior Depart
ment will suddenly reverse its pol
icies and hurry to complete surveys
which would free Alaska from a
permanent state of vassalage.
“The pending bill also raises a j
serious question as to the future j
control of the tidelands. The bill I
does not provide any precise bound-1
ary for the new state other than
whatever language is contained in
the old treaty of annexation.
“Certain amendatory language
has been inserted in Section 4
which states that the Federal Gov
ernment shall retain the right of
ingress and egress from its lands
across adjoining lands which are
subject to the ebb and flow of
daily tides. This language,- when
considered in the light of the firm
policy of the Interior Department
to control Alaska, its lands and its
resources, leaves no choice but to
assume that the Department will
construe the bill as retaining con
trol of the tidelands in the Federal
Government.
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“The amendment is cleverly
worded and the Department's po
sition would probably be sustained
ty the courts. Thus the proposed
new state and its people would be
stripped of their greatest potential
i assset. Already there are growing
; indications of bright oil prospects
along the southeastern coast of Al
I aska. The tidelgnds question might
i well become a matter of the most
1 vital concern to the new state.”
| The report also objects to the
i method of selecting delegates to
i the Constitutional Convention.
! whereby the election would be non
partisan, with the outcome to be
determined in a single balloting,
with candidates polling the highest
j vote in each division being elected,
! irrespective of whether they have
| a majority.
"The dangers in such a system
are obvious,” the report states.
"Manipulation of a relatively small
group of voters ( such as there are
in Alaska. Is not difficult, as has
been proven in past Territorial
elections A pressure group with
sufficient determination could eas
ily pack the ballot with names to
split the opposition, while casting
its solid support behind the pre
chosen candidates of its choice.
“The populous Third Division, to
which has been allotted 10 of the
27 seats, would be in a prime po
sition to seize control of the con
vention, and would be favored to
elect also the three delegates at
large, while the "at large” votes
for other candidates were split
among the three other divisions.
"This, if it happened, would place
the Third Division, which has the
largest floating population in the
Territory, only one vote short of
a clear majority of the convention
delegates. A combination of effort
between the Third Division and the
Second Division, the latter with
its predominantly native popula
tion under the Interior Department
influence, would leave the rest of
the Territory at the complete mer
cy of these geographical subdivis
ions.”
“A step backward from the
standpoint of democratic govern
ment” is what the report termed
the new Territorial law giving the
Governor vastly increased powers
over the administrative agencies of
the Territory. It was pointed out
that two elective officers had been
eliminated, and a great deal more
power given the Governor than he 1
formerly possessed.
Minority senators charge that no
facts have been given to support
the argument that statehood is
necessary for national defense.
“It also has been stated that pas
sage of this bill is necessary to
demonstrate to the rest of the
world that the United States be
lieves in democracy," he report
stated. "Perhaps those who take
this line of argument need to be
reminded that the United States:
has fought through two World
Wars to uphold the principles of
democracy, and now stands peril- :
ously close to a third, fighting vir
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of the same principles.
^ "It appears unlikely that those
j not heretofore convinced of Amer
i ican democratic views will be con
j strained to change their views on
J (he basis of favorable action on
j this bill.
"On the contrary, a close study
1 of. the questions involved here
I might have the opposite effect.
The voting of statehood at this
time might well cause discerning
students of public affairs to con
clude that questions of this kind
are decided under our system on an
emotional or personal basis, rather
than on merit.
"The United States has never be
fore granted statehood to any non
contiguous region such as Alaska.
While there may be arguments for
taking such a step, surely it should
not be done hastily in the heat of
crisis. We are far from sure that
a majority of our citizens desire
to..convert the Republic as we have
known it into a Commonwealth
spanning the oceans.”
The report finds that Alaskans
should be able to deal at the polls
with such matters as careless or
inefiicient government, and to el
ect their own governor, without
having to undertake “the stagger
ing financial burdens that state
hood would entail.”
“Without the power of Congress,”
declared the senators, “a new and
financially ailing state can be ex
pected to remain at the mercy of
the Interior Department for gen
erations. That this view is shared
by responsible Alaskans was made
known during the last session of
the Territorial Legislature, when
both houses passed House Memor
ial 36. urging Congress to make
provision for the Territory to elect
its own governor. A corresponding j
measure. House Memorial 26, urg- j
ing favorable action on the state- j
hool bill, did not pass the legisla- i
ture.” ;
The report ended with 13 con
clusions, all of which have been j
covered in this synopsis.
Senator Eugene Millikin, Repub
lican, Colorado, voted against re- ]
porting out the Alaska statehood I
bill in committee. He did not sign !
the minority report because of ill- i
ness, but is expected to ask that
his signature be added before the
report is printed.
GOV.WARREH
TALKS ABOUT
STATEHOOD
<i _ v
(Continued from Page One)
chief of staff for the Air Force, re
ceived an honorary degree of Doctor
of Laws.
Air Force Buildup
He told the graduates the Air j
Force is establishing its facilities in i
Alaska to support the maxim that i
"he who controls Alaska controls the !
world.” He said the United States
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Aleutian chain and strengthening
bases throughout Alaska.
He said Alaskan air bases would
j be further developed to include ex
; tension of the air warning system
i and that military deployments in
the Territory would be increased.
Ensure Security
‘‘The primary purpose of troops
in Alaska,” lie added, ‘is to ensure
| the security of the Territory and,
j in so doing, to protect vital Canad
; ian and U. S. centers from enemy
aircraft whose flight path to reach
these centers would come within
the Alaska area.”
Gov. Gruelling called on Alaska
to make the Territory a citadel of
freedom for the western world and
I to demonstrate to those imprisoned
j behind iron bays that a free society
• is more productive of human happi
| ness.
Referring to the nearness of Rus
\ sia, he said:
“Let us recall that we ns n nation
I were born of revolutionaries and we
| are still the true revolutionaries,
j We are today engaged in that revo
| lution in contrast with the reaction
across the Bering Strait which would
! turn back the clock to the dark
ages, darker ages than the world
has ever konwn.
"Let us proclaim that truth to
all the world by proving it here
where the two systems stand face
to face.”
Gruening said the present gov
ernment of Russia does not acknowl
edge the validity of the sale of Alas
ka to America in 1867 and said this
stand by Russia calls for a “clear
and categorical reply” from Alas
kans.
OVATION FOR
MacARTHUR,
BALL GAME
NEW YORK. May 22 —UPi— Gen. j
Douglas MacArthur was given a j
standing ovation last night by a
huge crowd at Yankee Stadium,:
where he saw the New York Yank"
defeat the St. Louis Browns, 2-0.
It was the second game he had ,
attended since returning from j
Tokyo.
The crowd roared a welcome as •
MacArthur, dressed in civilian
clothes, walked to his box seat while<
the public address system blared out
“Old Soldiers Never Die."
Yankee Manager Casey Stengel j
and St. Louis Manager Zack Tayior
greeted MacArthur.
Briefly addressing the crowd, Mac- j
Arthur paid tribute to the late Babe i
Ruth and Lou Gehfig. twy former j
Yankee stars whose memory, hej
said, will live forever in the annals j
of American sportsmanship.
SALMON LANDINGS
Salmon landed Monday totaled
11,178 pounds and sold at 39.5 cents
a pound for large red, 29.5 for |
small red. and 24.5 for white kings.'
Landings sold to E. E. Engstrom!
were: Helen, skippered by George |
Harju, 2640 pounds. Weasel, Vern
Dick, 1554, Nuisance II. Herbert
Savikko, 1580, 31B78, Ed Waltonen,
133, Jim Hickey from Auk Bay,
1275.
Sold to E. C. Johnson: Ace, Doug
Wahto, 968, White Eagle, Hjalmer
Savikko, 405, Hicks, Gordon Wahto,
648, 31A12, Tick Niemi, 475.
Sold to Wallis George: Doris K.,
Ben Melvin, 1500.
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Mrs. Jeanette Watson, 37, was welcomed home in W’aterloo, Iowa,
by her sons, Gene, 8, (left) and Robert, 5, after her release from
Black Hawk county jail under a S300 bond fixed by the Iowa Supreme
Court. She had been sentenced to six months in the state women’s
reformatory for refusal to serve on the jury in the first decree murder
trial of Edward J. (Buddy) Beckwith. Her defense was that she had
no one to take care of her boys if she served. ‘/Pi Wirephoto.
RITES TOR MADELINE
lANGFELBTGN WED.
Funeral services for Madeline C.
Langfeldt, who passed away sud
denly last Friday morning at Mt.
i Edgecumbe, are to be held Wed
j nesday, May 23. A mass will be
I said at 10 a.m. at the Church of
the Nativity in Juneau, to be fol
lowed by a service at 2:15 p.m. in
Carter's Chapel. Mildred Heater
j will sing The Lord's Prayer and
Ave Maria. Pallbearers for the ser
; vice will be Arne Shudshift, A. J.
j Balog, Thomas Cashen, John G.
. Olson, Leonard Johnson, and Jack
j Warner. Interment will be in the |
: Riedi family plot in the- Catholic
! cemetery, Douglas,
j Madeline Langfeldt was born in i
Seattle, August 22, 1909. She was'
j the second daughter born to Mr.!
I and Mrs. Joseph Riedi, Sr. At the i
i age of six months her parents
I-brought her to Douglas where she
j was raised and attended school,
I and was graduated from Douglas
High School in 1928.
I Aiter graduation she attended
j business college in Seattle and re
turned to work in Juneau and
Douglas.
j In 1933 she was married to Henry
1 Langfeldt of Juneau. They resided
in Douglas until 1947. They
then moved to Mt. Edgecumbe,
where both were employed by the
Alaska Native Service.
Mrs. Langfeldt is survived by
her husband, Henry Langfeldt, her
father Joseph Riedi. Sr. and her
brother, Joseph Riedi Jr., both of
Douglas; Mrs. Louis Scoll, her sis
ter, cf Renton, Washington; and
a nephew, Mr. Robert Scoll, now
attending Western College in Bell
ingham.
FROM SEATTLE
Lt. Harry M. Kelsey of the U. S.
Coast Guard, Seattle, is registered
at the Gastineau Hotel.
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ROY STEWART PASSES
AWAY IN PORTLAND
Ernest Lincoln has received word
that Roy Stewart passed away
at 10:30 Sunday night in a Veter
; an’s hospital in Portland. Mrs.
Edith Stewart wired the informa
tion.
■Stewart had been chief of reg
istration and research in the local
VA office for the past five years.
Previous to that he had been with
the Employment Security Commis
ion.
The funeral will be this Thursday
! at Fortner Funeral Kail in Seattle
at 3 p.m.
Stewart is survived by his wife
Edith, a son Jon at the University
of Washington and a son Fred who
j ;ivc3 in Juneau.
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PROCESS LOUISE
I Thirteen passengers arrived on
I the Pi meets Louise from Skagway
| Tuesday morning with 21 embark
in'; southbound. The next sailing of
the Princess Louise from Vancouver
i;i Saturday, May 26.
Disembarking from Skagway:
I Mr. and Mrs. Easterday, Mr. and
Mrs. Heidelbc-rger, Mr. and Mrs.
Knurr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Simonstad,
Mrs. H. C. Lee, Mrs. Marian Kohl,
Miss Sue Anderson, Miss Vivian
Albert, Miss Rachael Albert.
Embarking for Vancouver: Mrs.
William Biggs and son: Mr. and
Mrs. Don Burrows and daughter;
Miss Louise Klassen, Miss H. Ray
burn, Frank J. King, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Baled, Mrs. O'Day and son;
Miss lone Zielesch.
For Victoria: Miss Evelyn Hein
rich, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Wal
ker
For Seattle: R. Claassen, Mr. and
Mrs. James La Rochelle.
F^r Prince Rupert: H. E. Haw
kins, A. C. Lambert.
MONDAY FIRE CALL
The 4-2 fire call Monday evening,
at 9:30 was for a roof fire on the
A1 Zenger, Sr., residence at 121
Fourth_ street, caused by sparks
from the burning of the AB Hall.
Very little damage was reported.
19 YEARS OF SERVICE IN ALASKA
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Anchorage 63.00 113.40
Kodiak 98.00 176.40
Homer 80.00 144.00
Naknek A. B. 104.50 188.10
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10r/c Redaction on Round Trip
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