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Hatch Measure Will Play
Havoc with Whingdings In
Fall Politcal Campaign
By Jack Stinnett
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5 — The
American Automobile Associa
tion here is up in arms. That
isn’t all. A lot of railroads, Can
adian border hotel managers, and
other persons who depend a lot
for their livlihood on tourist
trade to Canada have a mad on.
Those reports — that if you
cross the Canadian border you
can’t get back into the United
States without a passport, a copy
of the Constiution and ability to
repeat the declaration of Inde
pendence—have played hob with
travel.
The situation became so ser
ious that the AAA sent 15 investi
gators to border points to get
the lowdown. Now they are roar
ing that there isnt a word of
truth in it. The fact that Canada
is at war has made some differ
ence, they admit, but not enough
to justify the nose-dive that Can
adian travel has taken this sum
mer.
The report is that it is a good
idea for Americans visiting Can
ada to have means of identifica
tion but that no specific docu
ments are demanded. Birth cer
tificates, voting registrations,
membership cards —and a heap
x>f patience in answering ques
tions of immigration officers be
cause of new regulations—would
get anybody back arross the bor
der, say AAA officials.
The trouble and most of the
reports of trouble have come
from naturalized citizens who
did not have their naturalization
papers, the investigators found
out. At one key entry point near
Detroit, the AAA sleuths found
that out of 15,000 persons re-en
tering the United States during
the first five days of July, only
two had been turned back.
One of the principal topics of
conversation around Washington
these sweltering days is what ef
f et the Hatch bill, signed the
other day by President Roosvelt
is g ing to have n the political
campaigns this this fall.
That answer is almost invar
iably that its effect will be tre
mendous. For example the Demo
crats v.’ill be able to spend on
their national campaign only a
ittle more than half as much as
they did four years ago. And
the $3,000,000 campaign expendi
ture limit will hold the Republic
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I
m
PALS—One of Chinatown’s
most law-abiding citizens, Bow
Lun Lee, got chummy with
Police Commissioner Lewis J.
1 Valentine during Chinese Play
day in New York. The boy un
j Wittingly gives the “thumbs up”
^ gesture of hope, in England.
ans to one-third of what they
spent trying to elect Alf. M. Lan
don.
That means fewer speeches by
bigwigs traveling on party ex- ^
pense accounts. It means fewer,
campaign whingdings. It means
much less campaign literature. It:
means the national party commit
tees will be able to dole out much
less for organization of the hin-'
terlands.
The New Hatch bill will also!
take about 250,000 field workers!
who are paid partly by Federal
funds out of political activity.
But in spite of this it’s going
to be far from a dead campaign.
That's what Washington is say-;
ing anyway. Wendell L. Willkie
and his campaign generals it is
believed, will set down in every
whistle stop on the country to j
take their case to the people per
sonally. And even if President;
Roosevelt isn’t able to leave his
desk, his campaign corps will!
have to fight fire with fire.
The result then will be tbja\ ;
the Hatch act will take a lot of|
the spending out of the fight, but;
it won’t eliminate any of the j
lightning and thunder. The New
Deal will be fighting for its life.
Even the most pro-administra
tion observers admit that the Re
publicans have a toe-hold.
They’ll be fighting tooth and nail
to turn that into a victory.
SPECIAL BUSINESS AGENT
OF GERMANY IN U. S., DR.
G. WESTRICK, DISAPPEARS
—
SCARSDALE, N. Y., Aug. 3 —
Dr. Gerhardt Westrick, special
business representative of the
German government suddenly I
left the estate where he had been
living with his family since May
6. A maid said he did not say
where he was going or when he:
| would return. •
Among the persons he saw fre
quently during the four months!
since arriving in this country
was West Coast Captain Rieber, j
chairman of the board of a Texas j
' company who at a press confer-1
ence said he was their German1
| attorney, and that he intended to
talk with him at any time he
chose.
The number of persons re
ported to have called on West
rick’s home were some prominent
Americans of Industry.
HOLLYWOOD STAR-LITES
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD (Exclusive) —
This week in. Hollywood was a
i sad on efor a lot of people—Shir
j ley Temple’s last picture was pre
viewed. Entitled “Young People”
with a cast of Charlotte Green
wood, Jack Oakie, and George
Montgomery. It is a good picture1
of a vaudeville couple who take j
their daughter (little Miss Tern- !
pie—and not too little) to a small
town to give her a normal child
hood. Lots of comedy.
And in addition the week also
provided another of those anti
Nazi films—this one “The Man I
Married” having been changed
from "I Married a Nazi” be
cause the public has failed to re
ceive Nazi films any too well.
Joan Rennet, Francis Lederer,
Lloyd Noland and Anna Sten are
the principal players.
It's no secret around this town
that Cary Grant turned over his
entire $125,000 “Philadephia
Story” salary half to the Red
Cross and half to Allied Relief.
Understand that Ronald Colman,
Charles Boyer and Brian Aherne
will do the same for a group of
i special pictures to be made short
liy.
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
kick out of it
PLATFORM OF DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF ALASKA
The Platform of the Democratic Party of Alaska, adopted at the
Territorial Convention held at Juneau on Jan. 13, 1940, is the plat
form on which every Democratic candidate runs for Teriftorial
office until the next Territorial convention to be held early in 1944.
It consists of 17 planks which we herewith publish in numeri
cal order as space permits:
1. (a) We reaffirm our belief
in the Democratic representative
form of government.
(b) We endorse the policies of
the present administration which
gives just and adequate recogni
tion of the rights of the public,
capital and labor in matters af
fecting their general welfare.
2. (a) We urge the decentral
ization of government, the aboli
tion of bureaus, a greater mea
sure of home rule for Alaska,
and the establishment in Alaska
of terminal marketing facilities
for Alaskan products. We believe
that the jurisdiction of the Al
aska legislature in matters per
taining to Alaska be broadened,
and that all matters affecting the
Territory of Alaska should be ad
ministered by the Territory.
(b) We believe in the appoint
ment of bona fide Alaskans to
all Federal and Territorial offices
within the Territory.
3. We believe that the pros
perity of Alaska is largely de
pendent upon the continued ex
pansion of the mining and fishing
industries of the Territory; and
that such expansion can only be
achieved through moderate and
reasonable taxation, laws and reg
ulations. Therefore we pledge
the Party to levy only such taxes
as are necessary for the econ
amic conduct of Territorial Gov
ernment and institutions, and to
enact such laws and regulations
as are deemed advisable for the
health and welfare of employees
in the industries and the general
public.
4. (a) We urge the enlarge
ment of appropriations for roads,
trails and airfields, and liberal
appropriations for rivers and har
bor improvement in Alaska to
the end that a greater and more
rapid economic and industrial de
velopment may result therefrom.
(b) To facilitate the labors of
the War Department under the
Federal defense program in Al
aska, we urge that the Road Com
mission and the Alaska Railroad
be placed under the War Depart
ment.
5. We endorse the Federal de
: fense program now under way in
Alaska, and urge its rapid com
pletion.
6. We wholeheartedly support
the underlying principals of the
Social Security program and
pledge ourselves to work to the
end that the Territory will fully
cooperate to bring its entire bene
fits to the residents of Alaska. We
urge adequate funds for pioneers’
pensions, and for widows and de
pendent children,
7. (a) We urge that foreign
fishing vessels be kept from in
vading Alaska fishing waters.
(b) We recommend the revi
sion of the gross gold tax by sub
stituting a moderate gross tax
together with an additional net
profits tax, and we also recom
mend that the total amount of
revenue produced shall not be
less than it is on the present
three percent gross basis.
(Continued in Next Issue)
Firm in the realization that the Democratic Party
is dedicated to the principle of representive self gov
ernment, and that its political creed makes it a true
party of the people, we the undersigned Democratic
candidates for Territorial office, ask your support in
the forthcoming general election September 10th :
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
ANTHONY J DIMOND
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HENRY RODEN
TERRITORIAL AUDITOR
FRANK A. BOYLE
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Wm. A. HESSE
TERRITORIAL SENATOR
0. D. COCHRAN
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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HOWARD LYNG
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