Bartlett Long-Time
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Alaska Resident
E. L- (Bob) Bartlett, can
ciidate for the democratic
nomintion as Delegate to
Congress, was born in Se
attle, Washington, on Apri1
29. 1904, and was brought
to Fairbanks in 1905 and
since then his residence has
been in Alaska. His par
ents were married in the
Klondike, his father. Ed
Bartlett, having been head
of a well-known packing
firm. After leaving the
Klondike. Ed Bartlett came
to Nome in 1909 and la
ter settled in Fairbanks
where he made his home
until his death in 1935.
Bob Bar'lett was educated in
the Fairbanks grammar and high
schools and later attended the
University of Wanhington and the
University of Alaska. After leav
ing college he went to work for
the Fairbanks News-Miner, re
maining with that paper until
1933. In that year he went to
Washington with his wife, who
was born in Dawson—after hav
ing been appointed secretary by
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond.
After two years in Washing
ton, Bartlett returned to Alaska
and for several seasons operated a
small placer gold outfit in the
Circle district. Then in 1939,
he moved to Juneau, following ap
pointment by President Roosevelt
as Secretary of Alaska. Last
year he was reappointed to that
position, but resigned in February,
1944. after filing for the office of
Delegate to Congress.
'Many people have asked me
what my position will be in re
spect to statehood in the even* I
am elected” said Bartlett. “My
pos tion was clearly set forth in
a speech 1 made at Wrangell in
February. Briefly sta'ed, it is
this:
• Personally, I am strongly for
statehood and will work in every
possible way to achieve statehood.
1 am for statehood principally be
cause it would make complete
Americans of wre Alaskans. Now,
bluntly sta'ed, we are only half
Americans. We are living unde:
a territorial form of government
much more restrictive than exper
ienced by the earlier territories.
We have a few—surprisingly few
—powers delegated to us by Con
gress but Congress can always
take away what it has given. Were
Alaska a state we should enjoy
constitutional privileges which
would not be subject to the whim
of some department in Washing
ton. If we become impatient a*
the workings of bureaucracy, as
the overwhelming majority of us
do. and feel bureaucracy is im- i
peeling the development of our
country, then it almost necessar
ily follows we are for statehood
—'he fettering shackles may be
shaken off.
“If the cost of statehood were
too great we should have to fore
go its benefits but I am convinced
after careful examination w'e can
well and even easily support it.
"This is my personal position.
But I know very well the subject
of statehood is new to all of us.
I know too many questions have
been asked w'hich have not been
satisfactorily answered, although
I am sure they can and will be.
A period of discussion will help
the cause of statehood, not hurt
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OLD-TIME HURLER — Denton (Cy) Young smokes his
pipe at his farm near Peoli, Ohio, t .ie of several "Cy Youngs"
of baseball, Denton was the original and most famous of the lot,
__ „ a major league hurler for 22 seasons.
it. I think we should talk the
ma'ter over, read about it in our
newspapers and hear about it over
our radios and then at the nex
succeeding general election ex
press our desires by mean* of i
referendum vote.
“Then if the majori y of Ala:-:
kans favor statehood, as I believe
and hope they will, we can wor
toge'her in common cause. This
will, in my considered judgment,
hasten the coming of statehood.
Without this expression by means
of the ballot box, we shall have
divergent views expressed from
Alaska before Congress, and mem
bers of Congress are likely to
throw up their hands in despair
and say, “These people don’t
know what they want.” We must
present a solid front. In any
event there is bound to be strong
opposition, originating in some
states, aga nst giving statehood to
a non-contiguous territory. State
hood won’t be handed to us; we
must fight for it and work for it.
“If elected Delegate I shall en
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deavor to carry on the progressive
principles of Delegate Dimond.
That he believes I am capable of
doing so is indicated by the fact
he has endorsed me as his logical
successor.
“My opponents in the Demo
cratic pr mary are splendid men
and I could not even if I cared
o—which I most sincerely do
not—say anything against them.
My great advantage over them, I
feel, is that the experience I have
had, both in Washington and Jun
eau, gives me qualifications over
and above those of any o'her can
didate. I know Washington and
people there and I know the ter
ritorial government in its rela
tionship with Washington. 1
should not have to learn these
things but would be ready to start
work effectively right away if
elected.”
John Manders
Civic Leader
In Anchorage
John E. Manders, repub
lican candidate for Dele
gate to Congress, was born
February 3, 1895 at Den
ver, Colo. He was educat
ed in the public schools of
San • Francisco, Berkeley
and Los Angeles, attending
Menlo Park Preparatory
School
He studied law a' San Francis
co Law School and in the office
of Page. McCutcheon. Knight and
Olnev. He was admitted to the .
Bar in 1918. Samuel Knight of
that firm was the attorney who
figured in cleaning up the notor- I
ious legal entanglements at Nome
about which Rex Beach wrote in
“The Spoilers”. ,
Mr. Manders after coming to
Anchorage became associated with
Clyde Ellis in the practice of law.
He, his wife and one daughter.
Mrs. Arthur Woodley, live in An
chorage. Another daughter and
granddaughter, reside in San
Francisco. His son. Captain John
Manders. was killed in action
January 31st in New Guinea when
he crashed his piane Into a Jap
ship, destroying the vessel.
Mr. Manders continued his ac
tivity in Republican politics after
coming to Anchorage and is pres
ently serving as secretary of the
Anchorage Republican Club and
is a member of the board of di
rectors of the chamber and chair
man of its mining committee. He
was also the moving power in or
ganizing a non-profit corporation
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known as “Statehood for Alaska”
for the purpose of sponsoring ad
mission of Alaska to the Union as
a state.
Mr. Manders is president of
that organization which has no
political party connections and in
which bother democrats and re
publicans are active. He is a
member of the Anchorage Lodge
of Elks, member of the Alaska
Consistory, Anchorage Command
ery. Knights Templar, Nile Tem
ple Shrine, Alaska, California
and American Bar Associations.
Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
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!: Primary Election, April 25, 1944 - - - Endorsed by Delegate Dimond |.