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Persons afflicted by statehood
fever have no doubt been stimula
ted by the biennial report of the
Alaska Statehood Committee, which
was issued earlier th's year.
More rational individuals who
have looked over this "report'' were
probably amazed that it required so
many pages to say so little.
The 44-page pamphlet is, except
for some prefatory remarks by
Chairman Bob Atwood, strictly a
scissors and paste-pot job. Chair
man Atwood requires five pages to
report '‘progress,” and the remain
der of the "report” includes the
iollowing items:
A list of members of the 82nd
Congress (clipped, perhaps, from
the current edition of the World
I
Almanac i and a list of members of
the Senate Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee and of the
House Committee on Public Lands.
A membership list of the National
Statehood Committee. This is the
same list that appears on the let
terhead of that purely letterhead
organization. The Alaska Commit
tee, incidentally, paid for the
printing of the National Commit
tee's letterhead, and had the print
ing done outside Alaska;
A list of state governors and of
newspapers that are said to have
endorsed statehood for Alaska;
Quotations from newspaper edi
torials and from the statements of
persons who appeared at last year's
statehood hearings in Washington.
At least one of the latter is mis
quoted in this "report,” and the
statements of others are taken out
of context.
Only two Alaskans are quoted on
statehood, and both of them are
members of the Statehood Com
mittee. It is also perhaps signifi
cant that while every one of the
quotations supports the general
proposition of statehood for Alas
ka, not a single one of them sup
ports the particular bill that was
under consideration by Congress.
Many of the persons who are
quoted on statehood in the Com
mittee's “report” admitted, either
in their voluntary statements or
under examination, that they had
never been to Alaska and had no
first-hand knowledge of the Terri
tory or its problems.
These inconvenient bits of test
imony were, however, entirely om
itted from the “reports."
Chairman Atwood complains of
the Committee's limited funds and
expresses the desire of the Commit
tee to conserve what funds it has.
In view of this and in view of the
fact that the Committee has a paid
secretary and that two of its mem
bers are newspaper editors, it is
surprising that it was found neces
sary to hire help in making up its
“report.”
The man picked to wield the scis
sors and paste brush to make up
the booklet was able public rela
tions counsel Herb Hilscher who
for some time has been handling
publicity for the University of Al
aska at a fee of $300 a month and
whose services were recently char
tered by the Bureau of Reclama
tion to help put over a new power
project near Fairbanks.
For "the preparation cf certain
reports to be issued by trie State
hood Committee," Hilscher was1
paid $35.50 a day for 25 days plus
per diem at $10 a day for 25 days
and $99.86 for travel and miscel
laneous expenses, a total of $1,237
.36.
In employing Hilscher, however,
the Statehood Committee proved
that its judgment has improved
during the past year.
For their $1,237.36 plus printing
costs the Alaska taxpayers In this
instance at least got something
tangible in the form of a booklet,
even though the booklet doesn’t'
amount to a whole lot.
A year ago the taxpayers were
nicked for $8,000 to pay Randolph
Peltus, a Washington lobbyist who
had been hired by the Statehood
Committee. And for that money, so
far as has ever been made known,
the Alaska taxpayers got precisely
nothing.
Young Dan Sullivan of Seattle
recently outpitched nearly 11,500
other Seattle schoolboys to win the
championship of the area. As a re
ward for his skill, he will get a trip
to Alaska by steamer.
In addition to seeing Alaska and
matching his skill against any nor
thern hurlers who may come forth
to oppose him, he has another mis
sion in the North. He told the Se
attle Times, which is sponsoring his
trip, that he will look for a very
special pair of Alaska moccasins to
present to a certain young lady
on his return.
HEAVY THROUGH
TRAFFIC ON PAA
TO PNA WESTWARD
Pacific . Northern Airlines carried
$3 passengers Monday with 0 ar
rivals, 31 going through and 23
westward bound.
Prom Anchorage: A Miller, M.
Lowry, C. J. Jones.
From Yakutat: Tom Dyer, Bar
bara Welsh, Robert MacDonald,
Tom Davis, Dora Gunderson, E.
Edelman.
To Anchorage: Melvin Tipton,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Porter, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Dibrell and son, Tom Casey,
W. Skidmore, June Marks, Mrs. M.
Klepser, .Trella Bailey, Mrs. Ray
Hall. Betty Skidmore, W. C. Steen,
A1 Boberg, Thelma Daseiwich, W.
Pearsall.
To Cordova: Ellen Bowman, C.
L. Anderson, Otto Johanson, Harry
Doumit.
To Yakutat: Bonnie and Wayne
Purtilar.
HOPEFUL FOR FHA
HOUSING KODIAK
Kodiak Mayor Bee Bettinger ex
pects to leave for Kodiak Wednes
day after two and one-half months
in Washington, D.C., where he was
ironing out difficulties in Federal
housing for Kodiak. He is hopeful
that construction on about 400
units can get underway this fall un
der thd'Federal Housing Administra
tion.
Work is going forward on the en
gineering for an improved water and
sewer system under the Alaska Pub
lic Works program which is esti
mated to cost approximately $510,000.
The Housing and Home Financing
agency has appropriated $24,600
for planning of a new 11-classroom
school there.
Bettinger feels that all this adds
up to the permanency of the Naval
base at JCodiak.
140 CARRIED ON
ALASKA COASTAL
MONDAY FLIGHTS
Alaska Coastal Airlines carried a
total of 140 passengers on Monday
flights with 18 on interport, 71 de
parting and 51 arriving.
Departing for Ketchikan; Vincent
A. Bcgucki, Lt. Lewis W. Tibbits,
Jr., W. A. Wood, Lt. Comdr. Ham
lett I. Allen, Lt. John L Rice, Hel
en Keenan; for Petersburg: Arthur
Hedges; for Wrangell: Dorothy Far
rell.
For Sitka: H. B. Crewson, Blund
Ballard. Mickey Glenn, W. L. Le
Marte, E. Michelson, R. H. Lawton.
Lois Wheeler, Anna Markuson, Mrs.
Jack Delaney, M. J. Weeks, Loren
Makela, Mr. and Mrs. Makela. Pet
er Dalgard, Candace Swenson, Ann
Swenson, Sonja Maley, Mrs. Em
mitt Soldin.
For Chatham: Lyle R. Olson.
Frank Tabacco, Richard Neil; for
Chichagoff: R. L. Johnston; for
Tulsequah: L. Goff, R. Spees, N.
D. Chandler: for Olivers Inlet: J.
J. Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Rob
bins; for Lake Hasselborg: William
Fromholz, Ann Parson, Ron Mayo,
William Ritter, Rod Williams, Jack
Warner, George Hartman, Charles
Binger, John Dawson.
For Hoonah: Richard Grimes, Mrs.
J. Young and two children; for Ex
cursion Inlet: Ansel Wright; for
Pelican: Vincent Esmino, Matthew
Esjnino, Frank Anisco. D. Thomas,
George Hini, Joe Fulgencio, Luis
Castro, Freddie Fulgencio, F. C.
Cabuco, F. Cabaneiia, J. S. Rem
onda, C. Blanco, P. N, Perez. R. W.
Thompson, Henry Roden.
For Hawk Inlet: Jack Angell: for
Hood Bay: Mrs. Grover: for
Haines: O. Loosli, L. Loosli, Sharon
Loosli: for Skagway: C. G. Jones.
Arriving from Haines: J. Thomp
son, Mrs. Charles Hepler, Mrs. D.
M. Whitaker, Mrs. Ora Whitaker,
C. G. Battles. E. R. McChesney, E.
A. Larson, Collins Patterson, Mr.
and , Mrs. Wesley Patterson, Mrs.
Stoney, Mrs. Cointine, D. Clayton;
from Hood Bay: Harry Pedersen, i
From Todd: Jack Peterson, Wal-I
ter Cavanaugh, Fred Ecker; from j
Pelican: Tom Whitt; from Port:
Althorp: Elwin Scott; from Lake j
Hasselborg: Jack Warner, George i
Hartman, Charles Binger, J. Daw- J
son; from Taku Lodge: Carl Weid- j
erman.
From Olivers Inle^: Mrs. T. L. |
Robbins, J. J. Leonard; from Tul
sequah: William Mitchell. Alexan-j
der McLeod, Robert Armstrong, C.
R?chardsan; from Sitka: C. Zuboff, j
Mable Tilson, H. Bradshaw, M. j
Leonty, Bishop Zlobin, Dorothy j
Bilbo, R. Wheeler, Mis Dasiewicz, j
Bertha Bloomer, Gertrude Wetzel,
Barbara Capjohn, Ralph Capjohn,
Marion Soldin, O. Finney, C. Had
don; from Chatham: John Likness,
Frank Wagner, Hans Jensen, Em
mert Hansen, John Root; from
Tenakee: J. Amundson.
TENDER HEART IS j
UNAPPRECIATED
BY GRIZZLY BEAR
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. June 26 —
IA1— Mark Fuller learned the most
painful lesson of his 65 years yes
terday: Don't be tender-hearted to
ward a grizzly bear.
The severly injured Alaska Road
Commission employe was in a hos
pital here today with wounds all
over his body.
The incident of the misplaced
kindness started when Fuller found
the bear in a trap, which had been
set out after the grizzly repeatedly
raided the road camp mesphall.
Instead of killing it, Fuller coaxed
it into an improvised cage. Then he
drove 30 miles from camp and re
leased the animal near Mount Mc
Kinley park.
The bear promptly attacked him.
Doctors said more than 100 stitches
were needed to close his wounds.
MOOSE WOMEN INSTALL
1951-52 NEW OFFICER
Installation of 1951-52 officers
for Chapter 439 of the Women of
the Moose took place Saturday eve
ning in the Lodge rooms.
New officers are: Beatrice Albe
goff, Junior Graduate Regent;
Jannett Frances, senior regent;
Ha^el Mantyla, junior regent; Ida
belle Bryson, chaplain; Loraine
Gentry, recording secretary; Irene
McKinley, treasurer; Martha Wend
ling, guide; Pat Varness, assistant
guide; Myrna Willett, argus; Betty
Liddle, sentinel.
The following cotnmittee chair
men were appointed: Gertie Berg
gren, college of regents; Edna Card,
academy of friendship; Eva Clark,
ritual; Erna Kilday, publicity; Lor
etta Sanders, hospital guild; Shirley
Casperson, Mooseheart; Grace Wi
ley, Mooseheart alumni; Violet Sea
berg, Moosehaven; Yvonne Duffy,
child care; Kay Hulk, homemaking;
Lue Riddle, membership.
Following installation there was
an evening of dancing.
The next meeting will be July 5.
The Women of the Moose will con
tinue to hold regular meetings
throughout the summer.
FROM LOS ANGELES
Kay Mitchell of Los Angeles is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY—
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FELLOW GRADUATES — Orra A. Bishop. 75. and
Erica Nuchtern, 19, oldest and youngest in 1951 graduating class
of the University of Miami, Fla., discuss their teaching careers.
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