Dis< •ussions on
For Sale of ACS
To Private Firm
Nome Service Called
Stumbling Block to Sale
WASHINGTON, Iff!—Discussions
are under way on possible sale of
the government-owned Alaska
Communications System to pri
vate interests, a Signal Corps
spokesman said Saturday.
But ^any possibility of a sale is
“four or five years away at the
earliest,” said Col. Haskell H.
Cleaves, Signal Corps comptrol
ler.
When first asked concerning
the possibility of a sale of the
system which provides both mili
tary and civilian communications
in Alaska, Cleaves told a reporter:
“Thbre is no contract, no nego
tiations as such. I can say fhat
unequivocally.”
Asked if use of the words “as
such” excluded the possibility of
discussions, he replied:
“I wouldn’t say there aren’t
probing conversations—but there
has been no discussion of price or
what the purchaser, if there is
one, would operate.”,
He said the possibility of trans
fer of the Alaska system to pri
vate ownership has “always ex
isted,” and that there is “increas
ing possibility as time goes by.”
One big stumbling block to a
possible sale, he said, would be
the requirement that a purchaser
guarantee continued service to
Nome and other outlying Alaskan
communities where the system
now finds the cost of operation
exceeding i s revenues.
Premier Bulganin Favors
“Parley at Summit"" but
Date Up To Ike, Eden
MOSCOW, (■#’>—Premier Nikolai
Bulganin said Saturday he favors
a “parley at the summit” but the
date depends on President Eisen
hower and British Prime Minister
Sir Anthony Eden.
Bulganin told this to western
correspondents at a gala recep
tion given by Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov at the Spirodonovka
Palace for a Polish government
delegation. The Poles are in Mos
cow to celegrate the 10th anniver
sary of the Soviet-Polish mutual
aid treaty.
Bulganin was asked if the So
viet proposal on a Big Four for
ei*gn ministers conference to sign
the Austrian state treaty might be
followed by a meeting of the four
heads of government.
“Ask Eisenhower and Eden
about the date,” Bulganin replied.
FROGMEN VISIT MOAT
TOKYO, lS)—The imperial carp
in the palace moat had visitors
Friday. Five U.S. frogmen at po
lice request searched for a pistol.
They emerged gunless but muddy.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Verna Omwari, Mrs.
* John Osborne.
Discharged: Margaret Herman,
Eloise Hill.
The Mason and Dixon Line was
surveyed by two Englishmen —
Charles Mason and Jeremiah
Dixon—to settle discussions be
tween Lord Baltimore and the
Penn family, respective heads of
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
POLAR
CURIO SHOP
Selecting Alaska's Constitutional
Convention Delegates
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(Editor’s Note: With the en
couragement of the Governor of
Alaska and the urging of the All
Alaska League for a State Con
stitution, Dr. Donald R. Moberg
has written this series of articles
concerning selection of Alaska’s
constitutional convention dele
gates. The purpose is to alert the
citizens of Alaska to the immedi
ate need of selecting suitable can
didates from all walks of life.
The political scientist also wrote
the informative articles to help
ensure that delegates will be
elected in the September 13, 1955,
special election who will repre
sent the best interests of all
Alaska).
By DONALD R. MOBERG
Associate Professor of Political
Science, University of Alaska
Constitution making is an ex
tremely serious task. The magi
tude and complexity of establish
ing a durable and workable
framework of government for a
new state were emphasized in an
earlier series of articles, publish
ed by the majority of Alaskan
newspapers last January. Each
and every citizen has an obliga
tion to fulfill, since in the demo
cratic process the people them
selves hold the real basis of
power or sovereignty.
But by the fact that we Am
ericans employ a representative
system, it is imperative that we
choose as our representatives
only those who are fully quali
fied to wield such great power
and who will not “sell us down
the river.” 'Unfortunately, Ameri
can history furnishes all too many
examples of unworthy represen
tatives, which has cost us dear
ly. Don’t let Alaskans blunder
into this mistake either by blind
ness or default!
Despite repeated and urgent
pleas during the past two years
to the citizens of Alaska to pre
pare themselves for this task, all
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight, becoming
cloudy with occasion snow flur
ries Tuesday. Wind easterly 8-12
mph. increasing to 20-30 mph.
Tuesday. Lowest temperature ex
pected tonight 15, high expected
Tuesday 30.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
15, low -5. Max. wind 19 mph.
from the west. Sunrise 3:49 a.m..
sunset 8:09 p.m.
Station Temp. Weather
Whitehorse 16 Snow
Edmonton 9 Snow
Juneau -9 Clear
Ketchikan 9 Clear
Seattle 5 Clear
Bethel 13 Part cloudy
Nenana 27 Clear
McGrath 17 Clear
Anchorage 27 Clear
Fairbanks 29 Part cloudy
San Francisco 32 Cloudy
Barrow 42 Part cloudy
Kotzebue 38 Cloudy
Wales 40 Part cloudy
Nome 47 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 55 Drizzle
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JOHN S. CARLSON, deceased.
No. 1001
Notice of Hearing on
Final Report and Account and
Determination of Inheritance
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Car
rie M. McLain, Administratrix of the
above named estate has filed her First
a id Final Report and Account, and that
the 10th day of June. 1955, at the hour
cf ten o'clock A.M. of said day, at the
t ffice of the above-named Court, Nome,
/ aska, has by Court order been fixed
a the time and place for a hearing on
a i Report and Account; also, at such
me and place the Court will determine
c i adjudicate the heirs of this estate.
Objections, if any, to said Report and
Account, and proof of heirship will be
h 'ard at this time.
DATED this 8th day of April, 1335.
Carrie M. McLain,
Administratirix
Publ. Apr. 11, 18, 25, May 2, 1955.
r - -—t — ...
too many people face the pros
pect of the coming convention
woefully unprepared and bewil
dered. However, the 22nd terri
torial legislature did pass the bill
calling for the constitutional con
vention, and it will be held at
the University of Alaska begin
ning Novemer 8, 1955, to last not
more than 75 days. The legisla
ture appropriated $300,000 of our
tax money to cover all expenses.
Let's not waste such a sizeable
chunk of our revenue; let’s en
sure that we choose suitable dele
gates who will erect the best pos
sible government for our future
state!
A large part of the present be
wilderment stems from this ques
tion: “Why should we have a
constitutional convention now
when we daily read the current
objections against statehood by
both the executive and legislative
branches of the American gov
ernment, and it is becoming ap
parent that we won’t gain state
hood from this session of Con
gress? The answer is that, by
having such a convention and
framing an acceptable state gov
ernment, we will be showing the
American people and government
that we can assume the political
responsibilities of statehood,
thereby influencing public opin
ion in our favor by overcoming
some of the more inane objec
tions to statehood.
What are the technical details
concerning the choice and elec
tion of delegates? The following
is a condensed summary of the
act creating the convention, with
the addition of a few explanatory
remarks.
Official Qualifications of Dele
gates. Must be legal voters of
Alaska; residents of Alaska not
less than three years immediately
preceding November 8, 1955, ex
cept no one can run who has an
appointive office under the Fed
eral government. (The intent of
the residence requirement ap
pears to be that of contiguous
physical residence not just legal
residence in Alaska for three
years).
However, the unofficial quali
fications for delegate must also
be taken into consideration. Al
though the filing and election of
delegates is to be conducted on
a non-partisan basis, past ex
perience in constitutional con
ventions reveals that party poli
tics do arise during the conven
tion. That is as it should be in
a two-party democratic system, j
But we can avoid any excessive!
partisanship by electing delegates ’
whom we know to have no rabid
personal or divisional political ax
to grind, and also who will be
statesmen long enough to repre
sent the best, long-range inter
ests of all of Alaska, which will
require their familiarity with the
chief political, economic and
social problems of the territory
as a wThole.
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I NOTICE I
To All Qualified Voters in the Territory of Alaska:
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 46, SESSION LAWS OF
ALASKA, 1955, A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD
SEPTEMBER 13, 1955, TO ELECT DELEGATES TO THE
ALASKA CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION
to be convened November 8, 1955
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On or before May 10, 1955, all persons desiring to become
candidates in this election must file a proper nominating petition
and an acceptance of nomination with the clerk of the court for
the judicial division in which they reside.
The following materials have been prepared by the office of
the Governor and have been sent to the U.S.( Commissioners and
city clerks throughout the Territory of Alaska: forms of nominat
ing petitions, forms of acceptance of nomination, instructions for
prospective candidates, and copies of Chapter 46, Session Laws
of Alaska, 1955. These materials may be obtained by interested
persons upon request. It is hoped that by these materials prospective
candidates will be aided in complying with the law which regulates
the procedure to be followed in seeking nomination.
B. FRANK HEINTZLEMAN,
Governor of Alaska.