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(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
General Nathan Twining of the Air Force has
said encouragingly that we are not as far behind the
Russians in some phases of military air power as we
might be, and in other phases are even a bit ahead of
them although not as far as we ought to be.
We think the stress, by General Twining and
everybody else connected with the Air Force, is pro
perly on the fact that the United States cannot safely
be second best in any phase of military air power.
The kind of an Air Force we need is one that on
defense is capable of doing a maximum job of turning
back an air assault against America, and on the of
fense is capable of doing an absolutely devastating job
of reprisal against an aggressor.
A second best Air Force, on either defense or
offense, will never deter an aggressor.
America is wasting its money if it does not have
an Air Force strong enough to convince a potential
enemy that an air assault against us will not only
cost too much but will bring a reprisal that will wipe
him off the face of the earth.
It is strike-back air power that we need the most,
and in such overwhelming quantity and quality that
it will make peace more profitable to would-be aggres
sors than war.
What we should measure American air power by
is the solid rule: get ahead, and keep ahead.
That way, we will win any future war we are
forced into.
That way, we will keep out of future war alto
gether if such a thing is possible.
There is no other way.
Fifty million powder-puffs were sold in this coun
try last year. Some lucky manufacturers are making
hay while the nose shines.
A man with a wonderful vocabulary is one who
can describe a shapely girl without using his hands.
A Woman seems to think^the only way to reform
a man is to tie him up in nots.
Income tax: The fine we pay for reckless thriving.
Legal Opinion May
Deprive Alaska Of
Four Million Acres
ANCHORAGE, UP)—An Interior
Department official’s legal opinion
which would deprive the Terri
tory of Alaska of 4,000,000 acres of
school land granted under a' 1915
act of Congress was disclosed in
Juneau Thursday, the Anchorage
Times reported.
Disclosure of the ruling came as
the territory’s attorney-general’s
office announced it disagreed with
the federal interpretation.
The opinion given last month
by Clarence G. Fisher, regional
counsel for the Bureau of Land
Management at Anchorage, said
the law permitting “lieu selection”
provides that states or territories
can select other lands of compar
able size to make up for lands
granted by Congress but which
cannot be taken. Such lands are
those included with Indian, mili
tary or other reservations.
In Alaska, Fisher said, such
reservations are not specifically
mentioned in the act granting
school sections to the territory so
it is not entitled to indeminty
selections.
The countering territorial opin
ion from the attorney-general’s
office contends the act was not
consistent with the general provi
sion which specifically mentions
Indian, military and other reser
vations.
Both apply to Alaska, the attor
ney general’s opinion said.
mayor McDowell files
FOR ALASKA LEGISLATURE
JUNEAU, UP)—Mayor B. F. Mc
Dowell Wednesday became the
first candidate from the First
Division to file for the Alaska
Legislature, declaring his candid
acy on the Republican ticket.
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17 Republicans Meeting With
Gov. Heintzleman In Anchorage
Berated As Pressure Group
Whether the fuss and furor15
•being raised in Anchorage by 17
Republicans is more than another
tempest in a teapot, we don’t
know.
It is heartening to find in the
Anchorage News a letter from a
reader who is supporting Gover
nor Heintzleman—but who hopes,
too, that some good will come of
the current controversy, because
in the group of 17 Republicans
are “men of fine ability and char
acter” and “they want the sam'e
thing the Governor seeks, namely
the general welfare.”
Here is the “Letter to the Edi
tor” from J. Sidney Rood, of Spe
nard, Alaska, well-known thru
out the territory over a long per
iod of years.
“If 17 Republicans here want
the Governor to support their pro
posals for achievement of this
area’s welfare, why don’t they
simply send him the proposals for
his consideration? Airmail reaches
Juneau within five hours every
day, w.p.
“If he agrees it will be because he
believes the proposals are sound.
If he disagrees, he will say why.
If he is not sure, he will wish to
discuss the matter with the pro
posers to get more justification. It
is that simple.
“Governor Heintzleman appears
to welcome proposals, to be very
constructive and well informed.
He must always refuse, however,
to be forced by any pressure
group into rubber - stamping its
proposals without thorough study.
He is like that.
“If he will not be thus ‘used,’
we need more men like him. What
security would there be for the
rank and file of our people if
little groups of men could push
him around.
“The 17 Republicans, apparent
ly, decided to inform the Gover
nor that it was urgent that he hop
! up here to accommodate them (at
whose expense is not clear) mean
while keeping secret from him the
proposals they • intended to per
suade him to accept ‘or el^e,’ then
to open a battery of 17 ‘guns’ on
him to ‘persuade.’
“Fair, do you think? And now
it is reported that they may pub
lish their proposals in newspapers
so as to put the Governor on 'the
defensive, even before they have
given the work - burdened friend
of Alaska a fair or sporting chance
to read their document. I hope it
is not true.
“The Governor is clearly right
in wanting to study any proposals
which men who are presumably
responsible believe to be meritor
ious. Certainly we cannot expect
him to successfully advocate pro
grams before Congress unless, as
based on all the facts and reason
able conclusions to be derived
therefrom, he sincerely believes
in the program. Furthermore,
Congress’ confidence in him and,
therefore, in all his proposals for
Alaska, is at stake. Ballyhoo be
fore Congress, when discovered,
could easily become a boomerang.
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“Study of facts takes time; and
if the 17 Republicans are not
willing to allow it to a Governor
whose support they need, then
they are insincere. They should
have sent their proposals to the
Governor immediately, at the
same time suggesting a meeting
at his convenience. Fven now it
is not too late, I trust.
“Hostility toward Governor
Heintzleman has been voiced by
one or more of the 17 Republicans
in the past. We know that J. C.
Morris was among three persons
in that group who were mentioned
for the governorship to which the
highly qualified Heintzleman was
appointed. If any disappainted
office-seekers in that group are
sniping resentfully at the govern
or, then the people may thank
God that the petty spirited sniper
was not placed in office.
“Persistent internal disharmony,
together with lack of a full
hearted cooperative spirit in its
relationships with the governor,
tend to make the Republican
group look ridiculous. A few
‘show-off,’ personally ambitious
‘hot heads’ in the group may
threaten destruction of the party
they profess to serve.
“Contrarywise, this great gov
ernor of ours, whose qualities of
character and mind have endeared
him to thousands of Alaskans who
know him personally, is a marked
credit and source of strength to
the Republican Party. It is hard
not to vote for a party that pro
vides such men.
“When he fights for an alumi
num project, wood pulp develop
ment, extension of Alaska public
works, federal loans for small
businesses, revision of land laws
to permit outright purchases, road
funds to ‘open the country’ and
other projects, we have confidence
that his plans are sound because
they derive from facts, not rosy
minded fancy or any brutal will
ingness to betray the nation into
wasting federal funds here or any
where.
“The 17 Republicans include
men of fine ability and character.
They want the same things the
Governor seeks, namely, the gen
eral welfare. In a spirit of co
operation with him, they will
achieve it. Maybe they can damp
en such sophomoric utterances as
J. C. Morris’ poetic hogwash about
stars, traps and cans, too; and per
haps he will join with them to
improve Alaska without needless
combat.
“J. Sidney Rood,
“Spenard, Alaska.”
ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSES
ASKED FOR KJNO AND KABI
WASHINGTON, OP)—The Com
munications Commission was ask
ed today by Aurora Broadcasters,
Inc., to approve assignment of the
licenses of stations KJNO, Juneau,
and KABI, Ketchikan, to the
Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co.
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