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STUDY OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Reports tell us that the number of students study
ing Russian in college is steadily decreasing. The high
was reached in 1950-51, when interest in Russia and
the Russian language seemed to reach its highest point.
That was on the eve of the Korean War, but, since
that time, the number of students enrolling in Russian
language courses has steadily fallen. We do not know
the reason for this, although some claim it is partly
to be blamed upon the fear of many students that
studying Russian will bring them under suspicion and
possible criticism.
We would urge American college students to study
the language of our principal potential enemy.
We hope the trend away from the study of the
Russian language will be reversed, just as hope that
American colleges and universities will be successful
in keeping pace with the tremendous production of
graduate scientists in the U.S.S.R. We will never solve
our problems with Russia by refusing to study that
huge country, its people and its language. College
students should give Russia increasing attention, not
less, and, in the years ahead, it is sure to pay dividends.
WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES
Senator Byrd of Virginia recently made this sig
nificant comment on the federal budget: “We are en
joying the greatest prosperity in our history. We are
not engaged in war. If we cannot balance the budget
now, I ask when can we balance it?”
The basic trouble lies in the Big Government
philosophy. Economy in government will remain a
will-o’-the-wisp so long as we must support a govern
ment which provides all sorts of services and projects
that the people can and should provide for themselves.
LINE TOGIC
It is rare that a person who goes out on a limb
experiences a happy landing
Waging a preventive war would be somewhat
comparable to a man’s pulling out his hair to keep it
from falling out.
It is particularly advisable that you look before
you leap when you are contemplating jumping to a
conclusion.
This is the time of year to check your fire insurance
Former Highway Engineer |
Wm. A. Hesse Presents
Gems To U. of A.
Though the University of Al
aska lacks a few years before it
can celebrate its diamond anni
versary, recently the institution
received some of the precious
gems along with some gold, sil
ver and" platinum.
They were sent to the univer
sity by William A. Hesse, former
Alaska highway engineer and
long-time engineer in the Fair
banks area. He now resides in
Seattle.
The two uncut diamonds came
from the diamond-bearing allu
vial deposits of the Mazaruni
River area of British Guiana.
Both stones are flawless. The
smaller stone weighs W carat and
is a perfect eight-faced crystal.
The larger stone weighs two car
ats and has the bulged faces
which Hesse says are character
istic of the isometric octahedron
crystal in the diamond alone.
The donor said he believes the
United States surpasses all other
countries in the excellence of its
diamond cutting.
“Diamond cutters of New York
City, however, to whom I talked
did not like the British Guiana
stones, not that they are not or
do not make priceless gems, but
because they say ‘the stones from
there are harder than pine
knots’,” Hesse told Dr. Ernest N.
Pattay, university president. “You
may have to instruct your stud
ents to assign a hardness value of
something more than 10 to these
particular stones.
Hesse’s other gifts included a
platinum nugget from Clara
Creek, Goodnews Bay, evidently
containing 11 percent iridium: a
gold nugget from upper Big Creek
Chandalar District; silver nugget
from Chititu Creek, Alaska; Cas
siterite pebble from the Klondyke
River at the mouth of Bear Creek;
a Cassiterite lode tin chunk from
Cape Prince of Wales, and a Shee
lite pebble from the Nome area.
Luihern Missionary Stops
Here Enroute To Shishmarei
Rev. John Maakestad, pastor of
the Fairbanks Lutheran Church,
is stopping in Nome on his way to
Shishmaref, where he will be sta
tioned as a missionary beginning
next summer. He will replace
Miss Helen Frost.
Coming in with the blizzard
yesterday, Pastor Maakestad re
marked that in Fairbanks he had
never seen such extreme weather.
While in Nome, he is staying at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Johnson.
Engagement of Gen. Noyes
Of A.N.G. Is Announced
The engagement of Gen. John
Noyes, adjutant general of the
Alaska National Guard, has been
announced, to Lily Erickson, 39,
of Washington, D.C.
Gen. Noyes came to the terri
tory as an engineer in 1920 with
the Alaska Road Commission and
he was A.R.C. commissioner be
fore he took ov£r command of the
A.N.G.
His first wife, whom he mar
ried in 1928, died in 1952 .
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Sig Krogstad.
To Unalakleet: M. Kelliher.
To McGrath: Sig Krogstad.
To Anchorage: A. Zwart, H.
Bailey, G. Tupper, Pfc. Bennett,
J. Kosyoru, C. Abel, R. White.
From Anchorage: Lt. F. Bur
dick. Herbert Kagoona, Sgt. Wm.
Shea, Ruth Brechen.
To Anchorage: Ella Bjornstad,
Arne Olson, Jack Jenkins.
From Unalakleet: Maurice Kel
liher and Lynn Takak.
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Alaska Senate Hears Hot ^ords .
On Unemployment Security Bill;.
House Rejects Referendum Idea
By JIM HUTCHESON j
JUNEAU, IflV-Hot words flew
in both houses of the Alaska Leg
islature Wednesday.
The House had its explosion in
late afternoon over a Republican
proposal to tack a statehood ref
erendum onto the statehood con
stitutional convention bill. It re
jected the proposal, 21-1.
The Senate reverberation came
Wednesday night—at the first
night session of the 1955 legisla
ture—during debate over the Sen
ate employment security bills.
The Senate ESC bill is a re
strictive one which has been esti
mated officially as one that would
have been likely to cut off bene
fits from two-thirds of the unem
ployed who drew benefits in 1954
from the shrinking unemployed
compensation fund, although at
the same time it would provide
for higher benefit payments for
those who could qualify for them.
Sen. Bob Ellis (D-Ketchikan)
set off the fireworks when he de
nounced the bill while discussing
a proposed amendment over cov
erage of territorial employes.
Referring to the bill’s provi
sions in which there would be
charge-backs or credits for em
ployers with good employment
records after four years, Ellis de
scribed it as “an eforced savings
plan for employers.”
“The bill isn’t going to last four
years,” he declared, “but if it
does, the fund will be rich be
cause nobody will collect from it.
“It’s the biggest steal they’ve
tried to put through the legisla
ture; it isn’t even honest; it’s a
fraud.”
His attack on the bill brought a
hot rejoinder from Sen. Howard
Lyng (D-Nome*, the majority
floor leader.
He contended the motives of
senators were being impunged
improperly and objected strongly
to Ellis’ statements, especially
about the “big steal” remark.
When Lyng was through with his
verbal spanking, Ellis rose to ex
press his apology for use of the
term. He said it came to him in
the heat of argument and he did
n’t mean it to sound as it did.
The Senate did not do any vot
ing on the controversial bill be
cause one senator was absent at
the session because of illness.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
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The House, although . rejecting
the proposal that a statehood ref
erendum be attached to the con
stitutional convention bill, adopt
ed several other amendments. '
One of them provides for electing
delegates to the proposed Nov. 8
convention at the University of
Alaska on the systejn as legisla
tors are chosen.
But the referendum suggestion
of Rep. Joseph McLean <R-Ju
neau*, minority floor leader, was
snowed under after he made his
longest speech of the session in
its favor.
The rollcall vote against was
22-1, with McLean failing even to
gain support from his two Repub
lican colleagues in the House.
In his remarks, McClean said
southeast Alaska “could well af
ford statehood now; in fact it
would make a wonderful little
state.” But he was not advocating
it, he added, because he knew it
could not be obtained now.
Continuing, he said:
“Let’s face the facts in the
Third Division. Most of the econ
omy is based on the military and
the railroad and the ability to
grow some big cabbage heads out
there in the country.”
The Senate held an all-after
noon hearing and debated a bill
to create a new board for setting
Up and directing detention insti
tutions for wayward juveniles be
fore going into a night session.
The main issue before the Sen
ate was whether another board
should be created for the delin
quent juvenile problem or wheth
er it should rest with the Depart
ment of Public Welfare. At least
for the first two years of trial.
The proposal to add it to the
duties of the Welfare Department
failed on a 7 to 8 vote. By the
same margin, however, the Senate
voted in favor of amending the
bill to provide that the territory
would pay only 50 percent of the
cost of operating such homes,
with cities paying the other half.
The bill had provided tor the
territory to pay 75 percent.
The bill provides that cities
would have to ask the territorial
board to set up such an institu
tion. Then the territory would
finance its establishment. The
provision, however, is that it
could be done only in cities of
more than 1,700 population, which
| takes in the seven largest cities
i and towns in the territory.
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After entering the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, a small ship can sail
2,260 miles into the heart of North
I America at Duluth.
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