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BLIZZARD OF '57 _
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Fourth Division Republicans Protest
Southeastern Alaska’s Choice for
Governor Candidate as Unqualified
FAIRBANKS Ufi—A member of
the Fourth Division Republican
Central Committee said yester
day that southeastern Alaska has
“failed to present anyone who
could meet the qualifications or
get a necessary majority” as the
Alaska Republican Central Com
mittee’s candidate for governor.
Commenting on action by First
Division Republicans in submit
ting the name of Henry Clark as
their own candidate to Washing
ton for the governorship, Alden
Wilbur of Fairbanks expressed
great surprise at the move.
Wilbur said at the Republican
Central Committee meeting in
Anchorage a week ago, a resolu
tion limited candidates for the
governorship to bona fide resi
dents and inhabitants of Alaska.
The Central Committee, Wilbur
said, unanimously agreed to send
to Washington the names of three
nominees for the $19,000 a year
job, as requested by the National
Republican Central Committee.
Every member of the Territor
ial GOP Central Committee, he
said, was given the opportunity to
place names in nomination.
“Nominations were not closed,”
Wilbur said, “until everyone vvho
wanted to speak had been heard.”
The first division submitted the
names of Bob Robertson, Juneau
attorney; Mrs. Doris Barnes, of
Wrangell; and Clark, representa
tive of the Alaska Steamship Co.
in Washington, D.C.
Others nominated were Walter
Hickel, Dr. Paul B. Hagglund,
Mike Stepovich, and Territorial j
Tax Commissioner Karl Dewey,
Walbur said.
Wilbur said that on the first
secret ballot Hickel received the
most votes and he was followed
by Hagglund and Stepovich.
“Then,” Wilbur said, “the First
Division asked for another vote
on the top three candidates to
determine the order of prefer
ence.”
On the second vote, according
to Wilbur, southeast Alaska cast
all its first place votes for Hickel
and one second place vote for
Robertson. According to Wilbur,
southeast Alaska cast no other
second place votes and none for
third place.
The other divisions, said Wil
bur, gave their preference as in
the first vote for the three top
candidates.
As for Clark being the choice
of the First Division, Wilbur said
Clark did not qualify as an Alas
kan according to the wording of
the committee’s resolution on
qualifications.
“He’s never made a living in
the territory except for the seven
months he served on the Alaska
Development Board during the
Gruening administration,” Wilbur
said.
Wilbur said the move by the
First Divison in nominating Clark
is contrary to party rules, which
he said specify that any candidate
for territorial or federal office
must have the approval of the
national committeeman and com
mitteewoman and a majority of
the central committee members.
Soviet Press Opens
Blast Against U.S.
Mid-East Proposal
MOSCOW, ' (#u-’The Soviet
press, after several days of snip
ing, today opened up a full-scale
offensive against what it calls
the “Eisenhower-Dulles doctrine”
for the Middle East.
The newspaper said the plan
for economic assistance to the
Middle East area with stand-by
authority to use troops against
any Communist aggression was a
cover for “American monopolists”
to replace British-French “colo
nialists.”
Soviet Fleet, the navy paper,
printed a cartoon showing U. S.
Secretary of State Dulles on all
fours serving as a launching plat
form for an atomic rocket ridden
by three American soldiers and
tagged “To countries of the peo
ple’s democracies.”
The newspaper said it was ob
v%)us American government and
military leaders had “learned
nothing from the failure of the
counter-revolutionary putsch in
Hungary.”
Eisenhower will
Ee Host to
King of Arabia
WASHINGTON, M—King Saud
of Saudi Arabia will be a guest of
President Eisenhower for several
days beginning Jan. 30, and pre
sumably the two will discuss Ei
senhower’s plan to block Red ag
gression in the Middle East.
The White House, in an an
nouncement Monday, said the
purpose of King Saud’s visit—
from Jan. 30 thru Feb. 1—was
for a discussion of Middle East
matters “of mutual interest to the
two nations.”
The king, who succeeded to his
throne in 19^3, last visited this
country in 1947 as crown prince.
At that time, he toured major
industrial centers as well as oil
fields in Texas and California.
Saud has been outspoken in his
opposition to Israel, but has had
less to say about Communism.
In December lSr55, Saud visited
Indie and at that time endorsed
the “five principles of co-exis
tence” as set forth by Chinese
Communists.
But last month, in Zurich, Switz
erland, Sheik Mohammed Alire
za, the Saudi Arabian minister of
commerce, indicated his country
may have changed its view about
Communism.
“Saudi Arabia and other Arab
states do not want Russia in the
Middle East,” the? minister told
newsmen. “I have just seen the
plight of the Hungarian refugees
in Austria and that is the best
lesson anyone could want of what
Soviet intervention means.”
Sen. Knowland Appears as Strong
Possibility for Presidential Nominee
By JACK BELL 4
WASHINGTON, WP-Sen. Wil
liam Knowland (R-Calif) appears
to be moving himself toward a
position where he can challenge
Vice President Richard Nixon and
all other comers for the 1960
presidential nomination.
Knowland, the Senate’s Repub
lican leader, announced Monday
a carefully considered decision
not to seek re-election to the Sen
ate next year. His term expires
in January 1959.
But he declined, to eliminate
himself as a possible contender
for the Republican nomination for
the California governorship in
1958. And neither would he close
the door against another bid for
the Republican presidential nom
ination.
Significantly, Knowland said
he has “no plans” to relunquish
his position as Republican leader
during the two years remaining
in his term. That job keeps him
prominently in th§ public eye.
Knowland, 48, was appointed to
the Senate by then Gov. Earl
Warren in August 1945. He be
came Senate GOP leader in 1953
after the death of Sen. Robert
Taft of Ohio.
Nixon expressed hope yester
day that despite his decision not
to seek re-election Knowland
“will return to public service in
the future.”
“Bill Knowland’s service to his
state and nation has been in the
highest and best traditions of the
U.S. Senate,” Nixon said. “I have
never known a man who has
worked harder or has been more
dedicated in his public service.”
After first informing President
Eisenhower and his GOP col
leagues of his intentions, Know
land told a news conference that
he is quitting the Senate to spend
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more time in Caiifornia with his
wife, three children, five grand
children and elderly father.
He said he wants to become
more active as assistant publish
er of the Oakland Tribune, of
which his father is publisher.
He replied only “no comment”
to questions about whether he
will seek the California govern
orship in 1958 or the presidential*
nomination in 1960.
Federal Government
Paid $63^ Million
For Land in 1956
WASHINGTON, UP^The feder
al government spent more than
$63 Vz million for land in 1956,
largely because of jet plane and
guided missile needs, a Justice
Department official said Tuesday.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Perry W. Mor
ton said the government acquired
dbout the same amount of addi
tional property in 1955, also most
ly for the same purpose.
Morton, who heads the Justice
Department’s lands division, said
both 1955 and 1956 acquisitions
were the largest since the World
War II emergency.
In a year-end report, he made
no disclosure as to acreage or lo
cation of the defense installations.
Report of the Financial Condition
of the
Miners and Merchants Rank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
31st day of December, 1956.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .$ 147,857.29
Loans on real es.ate . 241,106.54
United States bonds and securities . 868,480.96
Other bonds and warrants . 43,900.00
Banking house, furni ure and fixtures . 19,773.70
0;her real estate owned . 3,776.15
Due from o her banks . 224,432.90
■ Checks on other banks and other cash items . 13,986.21
Cash on hand .... 156,500.25
Prepaid insurance . 3,929.53
U.S. Savings Bonds Series “E” redeemed . 4,216.55
O her Asse;s . 18,892.12
_.. ..-t.$1,746,852.20
' LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in .$ 100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 98,260.80
Demand deposits . 1,135,358.91
Time deposits . 387,482.49
Cashiers and Certified Checks. 750.00
_TotaI . .$1,746,852.20
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ~)
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ; SS
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION )
I, W. W. Tuttle, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. W. W. TUTTLE, Cashier
(CORRECT ATTEST)
G. R. JACKSON,
(NOTARIAL SEAL) JAMES M. McLEAN
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Directors
7th day of January, 1957.
BEVERLY A. MORGAN
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires November 10, 1950.