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TomorrOW is Ratification Day
THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT OFFICES TO BE FILLED
THERE ARE THREE M AJOR PROPOSITIONS -
1. Ratification of Alaska’s Constitution
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The New Constitution is a model of efficient, modern state government
2. Adoption of Alaska-Tennessee Plan
The Alaska-Tennessee Plan will put YOUR elected representatives in the halls
of Congress NOW. Speed Statehood for Alaska!
3. Abolition of Fish Traps in Alaska
Alaska voted overwhelmingly in 19415 to eliminate fish traps - as every state has
done. The federal government has refused to act. Revitalize our fishing industry!
ENDORSED BY BOTH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES
OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR GOVERNOR SAY:
William A. Egan, Alaska Constitutional Convention
Thank you for Radiogram concerning the work of the Alaska
Constitutional Convention. In the event that the proposed Alaska
Constitution is ratified by the voters in April, I am certain that
Congress will take cognisance of it in connection with its consid
eration of any statehood legislation for the Territory. In the mean
time, I can assure you that the ratified constitution will receive
careful consideration by the Executive Branch.
(Signed) DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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President Egan, Delegates to the Constitutional Convention:
The act of affixing your signature to a proposed Constitution
for the State of Alaska means to you delegates the closing of a
period of extremely hard work in which your time, energies and
talents were devoted in tull measure to achieving something which
you sincerely and earnestly hope will be of lasting value to all
Alaskans, present and future.
(Signed) B. FRANK HEINTZLEMAN
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OTHERS HAVE SAID THIS:
", . . .sound, modern, workable and democratic . . . These men
and a few women of several races and of every possible occupation,
including bush pilots, fishermen, and homesteaders spoke the au
thentic American language . . —New York Times
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"A job of unanticipated magnitude . . . this will stand as the final
document of its kind in the evolution of the world's foremost nation
. . . bears evidence of patient, intelligent effort . . . happy com
bination of the old principle and the new order .
—San Francisco Chronicle
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". . . . Alaska's citizens will vote on this state constitution April 24.
It could not become effective, of course, until the territory is
admitted to the Union as a state. For that long-awaited day. Alas
kans are well prepared . . —Seattle Times
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"... a constitution sound in general principles and suitable to the
special needs of the most northern area belonging to the nation . .
—Minneapolis Morning Tribune
Your Vote IS Important
HOW you vote is up to you—but BE SURE to vote!
— Paid Advt.