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THE AMERICAN WAY
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES
By WILLIS E. STONE
THERE IS AN ANCIENT AXIOM that “You can
tell a politician, but you can’t tell him much.”
To be more exact, we have found it mighty diffi
cult in times past to tell where a politician stands by
what he says. Many have been elected to high office
because they SOUND good. We expect them to de
fend our institutions of human freedom. We rarely
understand how it happened, but we have become in
creasingly aware of the fact that freedom steadily
diminishes as taxes skyrocket.
There is an amendment pending in Congress as H. J. Res. 23
and has been approved by the states of Wyoming, Texas, Nevada
and Louisiana. It will not add to nor subtract from the original
Constitution, but it will give the Constitution force and effect.
Thus, opposition to the Proposed 23rd Amendment” might well
imply an antagonism toward the Constitutional principle of limiting
the powers of government.
Advocacy of the “Proposed 23rd Amendment” indicates the
will to remove the federal encroachments upon the citizens and his
enterprise and thus restore to the States the sovereignty being
usurped by federal agencies. It would also abolish individual income
taxes as they are now applied to us in exactly the manner pre
scribed by plank number two of the Communist Manifesto.
Because the “Proposed 23rd Amendment” provides for putting
the original concept of the Constitution into full force and effect,
the only possible objection can come from those who advocate big
government, unlimited in power over the affairs of the individual.
Whatever your viewpoint on the theories of limited govenment,
as opposed to unlimited power the many years of research behind
the “proposed 23rd Amendment” provide powerful evidence that,
by applying its terms, we can solve many problems.
The amendment would compel federal agencies to sell their
unauthorized lands and enterprises back to the American people
and have them go under state jurdisdiction. This would reduce the
national debt more than 20 per cent and cut the cost of government
in half. It would eliminate the need for inidividual income taxes
and permit their repeal.
Thus the “Proposed 23rd Amendment” can be your yardstick
by which you can select the best candidate on election day. No
candidate has a right to ask for your vote until he is willing to
tell what he proposes to do with the power he seeks. Where does
lie stand on this amendment, which provides that:
“Sec. 1. The Government of the United States shall not en
gage in any business, professional, commercial, financial or in
dustrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.
“Sec. 4. . . . Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes,
estate and/or gifts.”
POTENTIAL WITHIN OUR GRASP
The department of northern affairs of
Canada, seeking industry for its northern people,
are now marketing Arctic char, fresh - frozen and
attractively packaged.
One of its market is New York. If Alaska can’t
be first to market it certainly shouldn’t be far behind
in putting Alaskan Char, as well as Shee Fish on the
market in palatable and attractively boxed displays.
With polar flights out of Anchorage, the European
as well as the Pacific Coast market should make an
outlet for all the fish which can be caught.
Instead of looking entirely for outside talent to
develop our minerals, some attention should be put
on the potential within our grasp and just waiting to
be commercialized. That means not only fish, but
reindeer and berries which were in abundance right
up to the first frost.
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NOME HASN’T SENT IN A REQUEST for sewer
age and water — was the reply given recently to
a Nomeite attending a conference in Anchorage.
It isn’t a question now of who failed to send in an
application to what fund or department, but challenge
to get the necessary applications IMMEDIATELY —
not as soon as possible, not tomorrow or next week—
but NOW!
Now is the time for every citizen interested in
improving the kind of town in which he lives to start
asking Councilmen and Chamber members not once
but repeatedly, on the progress of the project—and
don’t be afraid to offer assistance if needed.
Be informed as an individual or clubs on adequate
community planning and proper public work financing
which every other town as big as ours, and some
smaller, have had a part in, and now reap the benefits
of being a healthy town and a clean town. Be aware
of what is needed because some day soon you will be
called upon to vote whether you want a town with
modern community facilities.
Third Bomb Explodes
In Midtown New York
NEW YORK, Iff)—A homemade
bomb exploded today in the
Times Square subway station in
juring seven persons. It was the
third explosion of the kind in
midtown in 11 days, the second
in Times Square.
The explosion occurred at 3:35
Sitka Alaska Day Festival
Expects Many Visitors
SITKA, UP)—Sitka’s annual Al
aska Day Festival, started in 1949
to commemorate the transfer of
Alaska from Russia to the United
States on Oct. 18, 1867, is ex
pected to draw hundreds of visit
ors to this city next weekend.
The festival starts Saturday
night with presentation of a his
torical pageant tracing Alaska’s
history from the landing of the
the Russian Alexander Baranof at
Sitka through the attainment of
statehood.
The festival continues through
next Tuesday, Oct. 18.
GOLDFINE COMMITTED
BOSTON, (0) — Federal Judge
George C. Sweeney today ruled
industrialist Bernard Goldfine
mentally incompetent and ordered
him committed for treatment.
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Guantanamo Commander
Expects Trouble With
Castro Over Naval Base
MIAMI, Fla., I/Pi — The com
mander of the Guantanamo base
in Cuba says the United States
would lose face all over the world
if it should give up the installa
tion to Fidel Castro’s government.
Rear Adm. Frank W. Fenno told
Milt Sosin of the Miami News he
believes there will be trouble
with Castro over the base, tout he
doesn’t know how it will develop.
“It may be that some hothead
will attempt some act of sabot
age,” he said.
Adm. Arleigh Burke, U.S. Chief
of Naval Operations, has said that
if Cuba attempted to take the
base by force “We would fight
back.”
Burke also said in a copyright
interview published in the maga
zine U.S. News & World Report,
that “We would react very fast”
if Castro moved against the base.
Convict Employment Service
FREEHOLD, N.J., l/P» —Inmates
soon to be released from Mon
mouth County Jail have the use
of a new service designed to help
rehabilitate them —a prison em
ployment agency.
Under the system worked out
by the state employment service,
prospective employers are invited
to visit the jail for interviews. In
mates are not allowed to make
appointments for outside inter
views.
Sentimental . . .
NEW CANAAN, Conn., I/P) — A
1949 model car with California
license plates was found aban
doned Monday night on the Mer
ritt Parkway with a note that
said: “Please give it a decent
burial.” State troopers towed it to
a garage.
Britain's First Atomic Sub
To Be Launched Next Week
LONDON, (iW—Queen Elizabeth
II will launch Britain’s first nuc
lear submarine next week. Built
with U.S. help and with a U.S.
trained crew, the submarine
Dreadnaught will have an Amer
ican reactor to power it.
BROWNIE WHALEY MARRIED
Frank Brownfield Whaley, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whaley
and better known to his friends
here as Brownie, was united in
marriage last Saturday to Sandra
Lee Madarus, daughter of Thelma
Peters and Joe Madarus at a
wedding at the First Methodist
Church of Fairbanks. Best man
was his Nome friend Bill Boucher.
The couple will make their
home in the Fairbanks area. Mr.
Whaley works in Clear and flies
frequently between Fairbanks
and Clear.
Cool Patrolman
SPARTANBURG, S. C., <ff» —
Patrolman H. E. Plexico was giv
ing a tourist directions when he
heard a noise—like a leaking tire.
Looking down at the motorist’s
tires, Plexico saw a copperhead
snake near his feet, whipped out
his revolver, shot the snake and
then finished giving directions.