TO ALL ALASKAN VOTERS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26
IS THE DATE OF THE SPECIAL
PRIMARY ELECTION
ON STATEHOOD
CITIZENS WILL VOTE ON:
TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS
ONE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
A GOVERNOR FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
A SECRETARY FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
40 MEMBERS TO THE STATE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
20 MEMBERS TO STATE SENATE OF ALASKA
AND THREE (3) PROPOSITIONS:
— 1. ADMITTING ALASKA AS A STATE
(VOTE [X] YES)
2. APPROVING THE STATE BOUNDARIES
(VOTE [x} YES)
3. APPROVING LAND GRANTS & POWERS
(VOTE [xj YES)
Why A 44YES” VOTE
IS IMPORTANT:
Congress and the President, on
July 7 passed an 66Act Providing For
The Admission of the State of Alaska
Into The Union.”
NOW IT IS UP TO
THE PEOPLE TO
APPROVE THE ACT
OF ADMISSION
• Cost of living allowances
Will Continue as before
• Federal Benefits Will Continue as
before under Federal grants in aid
• Natives Will Not be placed on re
servations, but will be full citizens
• Taxes need not increase - revenue
and benefits will increase
• Statehood will speed up control
by Alaskans of resources
fa Be Sure to Vote “Yes” [3 on All Three
fa Vote Absentee if unable to go to the Polls
fa Secure ballots from Commissioner or Postmaster
fa Be Sure to Vote Before or on August 26th
fa Your Vote IS IMPORTANT
Vote “Yes” For Statehood
. The Executive Branch
By PATRICIA OAKES
•In examining the Constitution
of the State of Alaska, oi# will
find that it provides a valuable
key under which the philosophy
of the new government will be
formed. In smooth understand
able language and in sharply out
lined steps, it outlines the basic
structure of the government.
This basic skeleton, or frame
work, must, of course, be filled
in with the specific laws of and
by people.
The Constitution provides for
the three basic branches of gov
ernment — executive, legislative
and judicial. It is the executive
branch which will be the sub
ject of this week’s article.
Under territorial government,
the executive branch has been
represented by a Presidentially
appointed governor and secretary
of Alaska, and various territorial
officials have been appointed by
that Federal agent. Still other
key men either were elected by
the people or were appointed by
the governor and confirmed by
the territorial legislature.
Powerful Position
With Statehood, the position of
governor will be one of power
and strength. An examination of
the powers and duties of tl\e
chief executive will convince
citizens of the importance of elect
ing a person to this office who
has proven administrative and
leadership ability and is of high'
moral integrity.
Qualifications
The Constitution gives these
qualifications for the governor:
“The governor shall be at least
30 years of age and a qualified
voter of the State. He shall
have been a resident of Alaska at
least seven years immediately
preceding his filing for office, and
he shall have been a citizen of
the nited States for at least
seven years.”
Election and Term Of Office
The candidate receiving the
greatest number of votes at a
general election shall be gover
nor and will serve a term of
four years. This term begins at
noon on the first Monday in
December following the election
and ends at noon the first Mon
day in December four years later.
Taking office in December will
allow a new governor time to
prepare his recommendations for
the newly-elected legislature.
After serving two full successive
terms, a candidate must wait
until a full term has intervened
before he can again run for the
executive post.
(To Be Continued)
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More U.S. Troops !
Arrive In Beirut
BEIRUT, Uft — One thousand
more U.S. troops arrived in Leba
non Tuesday. An American mili
tary spokesman said this com
pleted the movement of troops as
signed to this little Middle-East
country.
There are now more than
14,000 U.S. soldiers and marines
here. The troops debarking from
the transport, General Geiger, in
cluded a hospital unit, signal and
photo units and a graves regis
tration team.
Gen. Fuad Shehab, Lebanon’s
Army chief who was elected
president of the nation last week
as a compromise in a three-month
rebellion, declared withdrawal 9$
American soldiers and marines
was “foremost among our nation
al aims.”
But President Camille Cha
moun indicated his determination
to keep the troops here until his
term ends Sept. 23.
It was Shehab’s first pro
nouncement since he was elected
by nearly all factions of parlia
ment last Thursday. He indi
cated he intends to follow a policy
of neutrality toward the big
powers, friendship with Arab
neighbors and unity and stability
in Lebanon.
Robert D. Murphy, U.S. envoy,
expressed optimism about the
situation in Lebanon and the
Middle East generally.
Murphy talked to reporters be
fore leaving Beirut for Cairo
where he expects to see President
Nasser.
He expressed “great admiration
and respect” for Shehab and said
the United States intends to co
operate with him in the friend
liest fashion.
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Red Chinese
Call For
Summit Meeting
Hong Kong, UP)—Peiping radio
called for a separate summit con
ference of the big powers, presum
ably including Red China.
This would be in addition to
the U.N. General Assembly ses
sion on the Middle East.
The official Peiping radio in a
Chinese language broadcast de
clared:
“The Chinese people support
the new Soviet proposal and de
mand a call for an emergency
session and withdrawal of the
U.S. and British aggressive troops
from Lebanon and Jordan.
“The Chinese people also firm
ly demand the convening of a
summit conference attended by
leaders of the big countries for
cessation of the aggression and
elimination of the threat of war
created by' the imperialists, and
easing international tension.”
It did not mention China spe- .
cifically in connection with the
second demand, but Red China
certainly considers itself one of
the world’s big powers.
Informed sources here believe
Red China is laying the groun
work for a specific demand to
be included in a summit meeting
after the General Assembly
session.
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