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The 182nd Fourth of July
The Declaration of Independence was signed 182
years ago by a group of 53 members of Congress.
Largely drafted by Thomas Jefferson, it expressed
the essence of Jefferson’s own personal political phil
osophy that all men are created equal and endowed
by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, in
cluding life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Alaskans are a vigorous group in pursuit of hap
piness that has come with the rights of full citizen
shin under the flag to which their allegience is ex
prersed each 4th of July and will be dearer this year
as one of the stars on the new flag is their own.
It seems strange to Alaskans that it is necessary
to educate their fellow Americans to share an equality
whi h is already theirs. Thousands of tourists in the
territory have been rejoicing with the residents and
will "hare the biggest 4th of July celebration Alaska
has ever had.
This should be an ideal time for Alaskans to each
say 'he American Creed which means more to us
new .ban ever before.
THE AMERICAN’S CREED
By William Tyler Page
(Version authorized by Congress)
I believe in the United States of America as a
government of the people, by the people, for the
people; whose just powers are derived from the con
sent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a
sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect
union, one and inseparable; established upon those
principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity
for which American patriots sacrificed their lives
and their fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country
to love it; to obey its laws; to respect its flag; and to
defend it against all enemies.
TOO SOON FOR AN OBITUARY
Newspapers have a reference room called “the
morgue” where they keep clippings and obituaries
of people famous or infamous. When a prominent
man dies, they haul out his obituary and print it.
Somebody did that with Mark Twain once be
fore he died and he made a classic reply. He said:
“Reports of my death are exaggerated.”
Ever since 1955, when the Salk vaccine was of
ficially approved and licensed for use by the U.S.
Government, people have been writing obituaries of
paralytic polio. Polio, they say is finished But like
Mark Twain, such polio authorities as the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis answer: “Reports
of oolio’s end are exaggerated.”
True, 65 million Americans have 'had one or more
shots of Salk vaccine. But only 35 million have had
three shots for full protection, and 46 million have had
no shots at ail.
True, the number of polio cases dropped way
down last year. But 1957 my have been a year of
light polio attack. With three out of seven suscep
tible people still unvaccinated, there is no guarantee
that polio epidemics may not break out again next
summer.
The age groups that need vaccination most are
pre-school children, teen-agers and parents of young
children. But there is plenty of vaccine available
now for everybody, regardless of age. It’s the cheap
est insurance on the market!
IF WE COULD JUST PROTECT
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Goldfine Acknowledges Christmas
Presents to White House Employes
WASHINGTON, UP) — Bernard
Goldfine acknowledged today
making what he called Christ
mas present payments to num
erous White House and Congres
sional employees. But he denied
a suggestion that may explain
the mysterious disposition of i
three-quarters of a million dollars.
The Boston industrialist re
fused to give House investigators
his records on the $750,000 of
checks drawn on funds of his
enterprises but never cashed.
Goldfine contended the matter
of the checks was not relevant to
the committee’s investigation of
h i s relations with Sherman
Adams, and the treatment of
Goldfine businesses by federal
regulatory agencies.
Goldfine said his Christmas
present payments to White House
and congressional employees were
of the $25 variety.
“At Christmas time these are
all checks that we send to some
poor workers,” he said.
Robert W. Lishman, counsel to
the investigating committee ex
ploded the payments bomb soon
after Goldfine took the witness
chair for his second day of testi
mony.
Irishman gave Goldfine a list of
37 people he said had gotten pay
ments. Then the committee at
torney brought in the matter of
the three-quarters of a million
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dollars of outstanding checks
against funds of* Goldfine busi
nesses.
The fact that the checks are
outstanding—some of them for
years—was brought out earlier
in the hearings.
They are cashier’s checks or
bank treasurer’s checks, and are
good indefinitely.
The first name mentioned on
the list of those getting payments
from Goldfine was that of Eugene
T. Kinnaly, ' administrative as
sistant to Rep. McCormack
(Mass), the House Democratic
leader.
Goldfine said his largest
gift had gone to Kinnaly, and
that he had know Kinnaly for
years.
Kinnaly told a reporter the
only gift he ever received from
Goldfine was a box of fruit and
food last Christmas.
“I have never received one
red cent from Goldfine or from
anybody else as gifts,” Kinnaly
said.
Subcommittee chairman Harris
asked Goldfine for his public ex
planation of why gifts to Adams
were deducted as a business ex
penses.
Goldfine read a statement is
sued last night to the press in
which he said it was his account
ant, not he, who had made out
the tax returns.
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Flag Etiquette
(Public Law 829—77ih Congress)
It is the universal custom to
display \the flag only from sun
rise to sunset on buildings and on
stationary flagst^ffs in the open.
However, the flag may be dis
played at night upon special oc
casions when it is desired to pro
duce a patriotic effect.
A flag shall not be displayed
on a float in a parade except
from a staff,.
The flag shall not be draped
over the hood, top, sides, or back
of a vehicle or of a railroad train
or a boat. When the flag is dis
played on a motorcar, the staff
shall be fixed firmly to the chas
sis or clamped to the radiator
cap.
The flag of the United States of
America, when it is displayed
with another flag against a wall
from crossed staffs, should be
on the right, and its staff in front
of the staff of the other flag.
The flag of the United States
of America should be at the cen
ter and at the highest point of
the group when a number of
flags of States or localities or
pennants of societies are grouped
and displayed from staffs.
When the flag is displayed other
wise than by being flown from
a staff, it should be displayed
flat, whether indoors or out, or
so suspended that its folds fall
as free as though the flag were
staffed.
When the flag is displayed over
the middle of the street, it should
j be suspended vertically with the
I union to the north in an east
! and west street or to the east in a
north and south street.
When used on a speaker’s plat
form, the flag, if displayed flat,
should be displayed above and
behind the speaker. When dis
played from a ,staff in a church
or public auditorium, if it is dis
played in the chancel of a church,
or on the speaker’s platform in a
i public auditorium, the flag should
j occupy the position of honor and
be placed at the clergyman’s or
speaker’s right as he faces the
congregation or audience. Any
other flag so displayed in the
chancel or on the platform should
be placed at the clergyman’s or
speaker’s left as he faces the con
gregation or audience.
The flag should never be used
as drapery of any sort whatsoever,
never festooned, drawn back, nor
up in folds, but always allowed
to fall free. Bunting of blue,
white and red, always arranged
with the blue above, the white
in the middle, and the red below,
should be used for covering a
a speaker’s desk, draping the
front of a platform, and for dec
oration in general.
All men should be sure to re
move their hats when a flag passes
by in a parade.
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