THE NOME NUGGET
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
ALASKANS ON ELECTION DAY
Tomorrow is Election Day, probably one of the
most exciting elections in the history of the nation.
Alaskans, always keenly alert to the affairs of the
nation, can orily sit wistfully by their radios and listen
as the winning candidates are announced state by state.
One of our oldest Nomeites expressed himself yes
terday thus: “It was sixty years ago tomorrow that I
voted for President.” Then he came to the last frontier
where that privilege has for sixty years been denied
him.
With a new President and Congress Alaskans can
once again start hoping that Statehood may be
achieved, all the rights and privileges restored to those
Americans who have made Alaskan history, and that
the right to vote may be afforded those born in the ter
ritory.
The Census Bureau has estimated the “potential”
eligible vote in this country at 98,377,000. It is also
estimated that this year’s registration, or eligible vote,
is about 74,810,561.
The Pentagon in Washington says there are an
other 2,500,000 eligible voters in the armed services
here and abroad. Records show that only about thirty
per cent of the military vote, therefore, less than a
million military votes, may be expected in the Novem
ber 4th election.
It is estimated that about 55,669,850 voters (not
counting the military votes) will go to the polls. If
this estimate proves accurate, it would exceed by more
than 5,000,000 the record established in the 1940 presi
dential campaign in which Roosevelt and Willkie were
the nominees.
UNDER THE HATCH ACT
Under the tensions of a presidential campaign the
federal civil service worker becomes aware of his dual
status. How greatly can he, as a citizen, participate in
active campaigning without violation of the provisions
of the Hatch act?
The federal civil service commission, in an effort
to clear up this question in the minds of the 2,500,000
federal employes, has issued a series of replies to
questions.
Wearing an Ike or Adlai button is permissible,
says the commission, but not while conducting busi
ness. That goes, too, for stickers on automobiles.
Marching in a political parade is taboo, says the
commission, unless the civil service worker is a mem
ber of an orchestra or band available for hire as a
musical organization.
Can the civil service worker write a letter to an
editor expressing private opinions concerning a can
didate in his own state? Nope. The worker can join a
political club if he isn’t active in it, doesn’t hold an
oifice and doesn’t make a speech. He can contribute,
but not in a federal building.
Using his car to take voters, other than himself,
his wife and children, to the polls is taboo.
HERE COMES JOHN
Among the sons of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt,
the youngest, John, has been able to stay out of the
political picture more successfully than the rest. James,
n California, Elliott, who has made many headlines,
and Franklin. D., Jr. — now a member of Congress
from New York State—all have earned their share of
headlines in recent years.
John, however, has generally stayed out of the
political fracas and some people had acquired the habit
oi saying that, of the four, John was not a politician.
■' ^ose who disliked politics often claimed that John,
among all the boys, was the least publicity-conscious
and, therefore, their choice.
But even John has been drawn into the present
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Presidential campaign. Not long, ago, he announced he
would support General Eisenhower and would speak in
his behalf in various places. Since his mother, Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, is supporting Stevenson and since
other sons are split between Eisenhower and Steven
son, the political unity which once prevailed in the
Roosevelt family, has now become a thing of the past.
And no longer is there even one hold-out in F.D.R.’s
family.
Getting into politics undoubtedly runs in the fam
ily, though the late President would perhaps be sur
prised at the outcome in 1952.
LOOKING
AHEAD
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SWITZERLAND CHALLENGES
THE SOCIALISTS
The present-day political leader- j
ship of Europe has been strug-,
gling desperately to make Social
ism work as a way of life and
system of government in first one
nation and then another. The re
sults have been an unproductive
“austerity” and personal regimen
tation for the citizens and a sap- '
ping of the strength of the nations
themselves.
In this stagnant sea of Euro
pean Socialism, how can political
leaders who rose to power by con
demning free enterprise capital
ism explain away little Switzer
land, right in their midst, with its
splendid living standard, its grass
roots republic, its freedom for in
dividuals, and its steel-hard na
tional strength They can’t. For
there it is, in almost the exact
center of the European Socialist
world, gracing the beautiful Swiss
Alps—a living tormenting chal
lenge to Socialist propagandists.
The facts about free enterprise
Switzerland are sadly being over
looked by Europeans.
Switzerland’s splendid progress
with the free enterprise system is
a challenge particularly to Eng
land, because historically the little
Alpine country has had many of
the basic problems besetting Eng
land — lack of natural resources
I (she has neither coal, oil nor iron)
inadequate agricultural produc
tion, a heavy dependency on im
! ports. Switzerland, like England,
has had to build a substantial ex
l port business to get money to buy
| the foods and goods she needs
i to exist. Unlike England she has
| n’t had the advantage of heavy
industry.
The free enterprise system has
done much for the country,
coupled with a love of freedom
and the challenge of great handi
caps, it has paid off well. The
cities reflect good living. The
people are well - dressed. The
stores are well stocked and the
prices are fair. The real raw ma
terial of Switzerland is Liberty,
and I know of no other country
where the citizens understand its
Both Candidates Confident
Of Victory Tomorrow
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candidates in decades once the
battle was joined.
Korea, Communism and corrup
tion in government, peace and
prosperity were the dominant
issues.
“You never had it so good—
don’t them them take it away
from you,” said the Democrats.
“It’s time for a change — 20
years is too long for one party
to stay in power,” said the Re
publicans.
Both presidential candidates
were accused of being “captives,”
and both hotly denied it. Eisen
hower was pictured by opposition
speakers as the “captive” of San.
Robert A. Taft of Ohio and the
Republican “Old Guard;” Steven
son was depicted as the captive of
President Truman's “Fair Deal”
regime.
Both Gen. Eisenhower, the hero
of the Normandy Beach invasion
of World War II, and Stevenson,
the urbane and witty governor of
Illinois, were outwardly confident
of victory as they prepared to
settle back and await the verdict.
But the professional politicians
and the poll takers were not so
sure.
ARMY ISSUES DRAFT CALL
FOR 48.000 MEN IN JANUARY
WASHINGTON, </P) — The
Army today issued a draft call
for 48,000 men in January.
It is the highest monthly call
since last January, when 59,650
men were inducted through Selec
tive Service.
The new call brings to 1,202,430
the total number drafted, or ear
marked for induction, since Selec
tive Service was resumed in Sep
tember, 1950.
Inventory Blanks at Nome Nugget
meaning quite so well and are so
readily willing to undertake the
responsibilities that go with it.
People everywhere in the free
world should accept this chal
lenge to understand Liberty and
to shoulder the responsibility
which it confers.
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