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BILL OF RIGHTS
One of the purposes of the celebration on the 4th
of July is to take time for a few minutes on that day
and review the Declaration of Independence and renew
a pledge in the words of Lincoln when he said, “let
every American pledge his life, his property and his
sacred honor.”
BILL OF RIGHTS
Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of
Independence, helped prepare the “Bill of Rights,” the
first 10 amendments which were attached two years
after the Constitution iteslf was ratified. And why was
the Bill of Rights necessary? Many of Jefferson’s
colleagues asked that question.
SPELLING OUT FREEDOM
Article I (of the Bill of Rights) specifically sets
forth freedom of worship, of speech, of press, and
freedom to assemble and to petition for redress of
grievances. Article II acknowledges the right of the
people to keep and bear arms. Article III acknowl
edges the sanctity of private property—prohibiting the
quartering of soldiers in any house without consent
of the owners. Article IV details the rights of citizens
to be secure in their person, houses, papers, and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Article V provides that no person shall be arrested
for a crime without a prior presentment or indictment
by a Grand Jury; that no person shall be twice placed
in jeopardy for the same offense; nor shall anyone be
compelled in a criminal case to be a witness against
himself. Article V also restates the sanctity of private
property—declaring that a person cannot be “deprived
of life, iiberty, or property without due process of law;
nor shall private property be taken for public use
without just compensation.”
FOR THE ACCUSED
Article VI protects the accused. It guarantees
the right to public trial; the right to information on
the nature of the accusation; the right to be confronted
with the accusers, to subpoena defense witnesses, and
to have access to counsel. Article Vll provides sim
ilar rights in civil cases according to the rules of the
common law. Article VIII restricts bail to a reason
able amount and prohibits excessixe fines and cruel
and unusual punishments.
Article IX makes it clear that the Constitution
points to certain rights specifically but that in so doing
it does not deny or disparage other rights retained by
the people. Article X is the “States’ Rights” amend
ment. It says: “The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it
to the States are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people” This Bill of Rights spells out some
^ important freedoms. But they cannot survive unless
^ the citizens enjoying them accept the individual respon
sibilities which are the price of freedom.
Hf What Do You Know About
11 ihhependence day ? 11
1. What took place on July 4, 1776, the date were celebrate?
2. Name a member of the five-man committee headed by Thomas
Jefferson appointed to prepare the Declaration of Independence for
Hhe 1776 Continental Congress.
3. Was the Declaration signed cm July 4?
4. Did the Declaration have a permanent home soon after its
adoption?
5. Why was the Declaration kept hidden for a time?
6. Where can the Declaration be seen today?
7. Was the Liberty Bell with its “Proclaim Liberty” inscription
cast after the Declaration was written?
8. Did it take Jefferson 1 week, 18 days or 31 days to write and
polish the Declaration?
9. When was the first celebration?
10 How did the phrase “safe and sane Fourth” originate?
ANSWERS ON PAGE SEVEN
j Knowland to Resign Leadership of
Senate Majority if Chinese Reds
Admitted to Membership in U.N.
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Improved Alaska
Mental Health Bill
OKd in Committee
WASHINGTON, M^The House
Rules Committee Wednesday ap
proved for early House considera
tion a bill to revamp Alaska’s
mental health treatment program.
Committee action followed state
ments by Rep. Saylor (R-Pa),
chairman of the territories sub
committee, that present proced
ures require that mentally ill per
sons be “treated as criminals.”
“Outside of the statehood issue,”
he said, “this is the question in
which Alaskans are most inter
ested.”
In addition to prescribing com
mitment and treatment proced
ures in line with a model program
in effect in several states, the bill
also would have the effect of
turning over to the territory the
responsibility for the mentally ill.
It would limit federal appro
priations for the purpose to the
$798,600 appropriated during the
present year. Additional costs
would be borne by the territory.
Saylor said that cost of the Al
aska program is high because
present law forbids their treat
ment in the territory, necessitat
ing transportation costs for both
the patient and a U.S. marshal to
Portland, Ore., where care is pro
vided at Morningside Hospital.
It was considered probable the
bill would receive floor action
next week.
Nine and a Half Millions
Appropriated For
Alaska Public Works
JUNEAU — Gov. Heintzleman
was advised today that the In
terior Department appropriation
bill as approved by the House
Senate conference committee con
tains nine and a half million dol
lars for Alaska Public Works. The
bill now goes to the President for
his signature.
The Alaska Public Works appro
priation as finally agreed upon
by the two houses is half a million
dollars below the original request
of the Department of Interior but
four and a half million higher
than the amount approved first
by the Bureau of Budget.
The Alaska Public Works Ad
ministration is a branch of the
Office of Territories headed by
William C. Strand, who’ will visit
Alaska in July with Secretary of
the Interior Douglas McKay and
at that time is expected to discuss
with Gov. Heintzleman and direc
tor James Houston the allotment
of APW funds.
Man Shoots His Wife
While Embracing Her
BALTIMORE, Wl—Kenneth C.
Kellar, who told a jury he acci
dentally shot his wife while em
bracing her, was sentenced yes
terday to 18 years in the peniten
tiary for second-degree murder.
The 23-year-o'ld mother of two
children was fatally shot in the
head last January. Kellar, 24,
said he was embracing her and
stroking her hair with a hand
that held a pistol.
He said the gun was discharged
accidentally.
The sentence imposed by Judge
Michael J. Manley was the maxi
mum term provided by law.
' WASHINGTON, GW—Sen. Know
land (R-Calif) said Thursday that
if the Chinese Communists are
admitted to the United Nations,
he will resign as majority leader
of the Senate and “devote my full
efforts ... to terminate United
States membership in that organi
zation . . .”
Knowland told the Senate that
there is likely to be “a Commu
nist victory of no mean propor
tions” in Indochina and as a result
of that he expects a concerted
effort later this year to bring Red
China into the U.N. through action
by the General Assembly.
“On the day that Communist
China is voted into membership
in the United Nations I shall re
sign my majority leadership in
the Senate so that without embar
rassment to any of my colleagues
or to the administration, I* can
devote my full efforts in the Sen
ate and throughout the country to
terminate United States member
ship in that organization and our
financial support of it,” Know
land declared.
My conscience would not permit
me to remain silent or inactive
if this last grand appeasement
takes place.”
Knowland, a member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, has urged that the United
States take the initiative—with or
without Great Britain—in moving
to stem the tide of Communist
aggression in Asia.
The California senator told his
colleagues that as they met today
“our ally, France, in a thinly
disguised surrender, is being re
quired to permit 10 million Viet
namese in the Red River delta
and northern, Viet Nam to pass
into Communist control.
“Will the argument not be re
peated a dozen times that the
danger ot atomic destruction is
not worth the risk of involvement
in far off places?” he inquired.
“Where is the line to be drawn?
Is the American public to first
fully realize the grave conse
quences of the chain reacton now
in progress only when future de
mands are made on us for Alaska
and Hawaii?”
Shortly after Knowland made
his statement, Chairman Wiley
(R-Wis) of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee rose to point
out that he has said repeatedly
that to admit Red China to the
United Nations would be the
death knell of that organization.
“It would be a serious threat to
the peace of the world,” he said,
if China were permitted in the
United Nations.
HINTS FROM MOSCOW RADIO
LONDON, GW—Moscow Radio1
hinted Thursday Red China may
withdraw its offer to “normalize”
diplomatic relations with Britain
if the latter joins a proposed
Southeast Asia defense bloc
against Communism.
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Steel Price Boost
Follows Wage Hike
For Steelworkers
PITTSBURGH, UP)—U.S. Steel
Corp., which produces more than
one-third of the nation’s steel,
Thursday announced an increase
in prices averaging $3 a ton. The
present price of basic carbon steel
is $120 a ton.
The price increase comes just
two days after the nation’s No. 1
producer signed a contract with
the CIO United Steelworkers giv
ing 190,000 employes a five-cent
hourly wage hike and improved
pension and insurance programs.
Other basic steel producers are
expected to follow U.S. Steel’s
example in upping prices sincj;
they also reached agreement with
the union on similar contracts.
The company did not say im
mediately when the increases will
become effective.
The increase in steel prices may
touch off a series of price hikes
in the cost of a number of finished
products made of steel. That
means the hike might touch the
pocketbo'ok of nearly every Amer
ican.
The steel industry’s biggest cus
tomers include the automobile in
dustry and the manufacturers of
home appliances and farm equip
ment.
Little League Teams
To Play On Monday
The Little League ball game
to be played July 5 at 4:00 p.m.
will be between the “Arctic Slug
gers” captained by Ralph Luke,
and the “Polar Cubs” captained
by Carl Tveter. The Sluggers are
coached by Dan Fritz and the
Cubs by Bill Barber.
Starting batteries will be—
Polar Cubs—Carl Tveter, pitch
er and Walter Cabinboy, catcher.
Arctic Sluggers—Ralph Luke,
pitcher and John Herman, catcher.
Sally Carrighar's Nephew
Working For U. S. Smelting
John Wagner, nephew of Sally
Carrighar, is spending his sum
mer vacation from college in
Nome and is employed by the U.S.
Smelting Co. in the thawing
fields. He enjoyed a visit in Una
lakleet with friends of Miss Car
righar before coming to Nome.
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