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WELL, ONE OF THE OTHERS MADE IT
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Emphasizing American History
February is American History Month, by
proclamation of Acting Governor Hugh Wade.
The Governor’s Proclamation states that since it
is the birth month of the nation’s two great Presidents,
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and since
the National Society, Daughters of the American Revo
lution is sponsoring the American History Month, he
is calling upon “all organizations of whatever kind,
and public and private schools, to emphasize the study
of American history during this designated month,” in
order that our citizens may better appreciate their
good fortune in living in a free country with a Consti
tution based on the dedication of our ancestors to the
love of self-government and personal freedom.
The Thrill of Achievement
From the Lambertville, New Jersey, Beacon —
“Charles H. Brower, president of one of the large ad
vertising firms, spoke recently of a trend that is caus
ing many people to wonder whether we have lost the
great driving force that gave us all the benefits we
enjoy today.
“Brower said, ‘This is the era of the goof-off; the
age of the half-done job. The land from coast to coast
has been enjoying a stampede away from responsi
bility. It is populated by waiters who won’t serve,
carpenters who come around, some day . . . maybe,
executives whose minds are on the golf course, stu
dents who take cinch courses, and salesmen who
won’t sell.’
“These are pretty strong words, but in too many
cases they are true.
“Too many people look upon their work as a
means to an end ... a pay check. How much they
lose in not learning how to work, how to develop
pride in a job well done. Mr. Brower calls it . . .
‘the thrill of achievement’.
“Perhaps our schools might develop a course on
‘how to work’.”
From Alaska's History — 183 years ago the flag of
Spain was planted on Cape Edgecumbe, a token claim
of ownership which failed to materialize.
Ikes Cabinet
Committee To
Combat Inflation
WASHINGTON. UP — President
Eisenhov/er Saturday named &
cabinet committee headed by Vice
President Nixon to help combat in
flation by a continuing study of
ways to maintain price stability
in an expanding economy.
A White House announcement
said the committee will “serve as
a continuing cabinet group to
study the problem of how to main
tain reasonable price stability as
an essential basis for achieving a
high and sustainable rate of eco
nomic growth.”
In addition to Nixon, members
of..the committee are Secretary of
the Treasury Robert B. Anderson,
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield, Secretary of Agri
culture Ezra Taft Benson, Secre
tary of Commerce Lewis L.
Strauss, Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell, and Raymond J. Saul
nier, chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisors. '
Eisenhower had notified Con
gress in his economic message of
his intention to name such a
committee.
He already has announced that
another committee, a sub cabinet
group headed by Saulnier, will
study the impact of government
activities on prices.
Phillips Petroleum Closes
Off World-Record Gas-Oil
Exploration Well
MIDLAND, Tex., UP) — The
Phillips Petroleum Company has
issued an order to plug its No.
1-EE University, the deepest oil
and gas exploration ever drilled.
Two years and four months had
been spent drilling the central
Pecos County wildcat, 12 miles
east of Fort Stockton, which had
been sunk to a world record depth
of 25,400 feet.
The project, also claimed the
deepest point — 25,328 feet — at
which casing had been set.
Spiritual Truths
Contributed By
Nome Gospel Home
Set Free By the Bloqd
The Texas State System of Pris
ons has just passed a new ruling.
Every time one of the prisoners
donates a pint of blood a thirty
day reducaion is made in his sen
tence. Needless to say the blood ,
donations are coming in fast for
many hospitals. The convicts who
are being released so quickly
seem, for the most part, to under
stand that it costs them their own
blood to set them free.
This should also be a reminder
to those who have become God’s
children “through faith in His
blood.” Romans 3:25. We have also
been set free and yet it was
through the blood of a Substitute,
the Saviour Who loved us so
much. “Unto Him Who loved us
and washed us from our sins
(loosed us) in His own blood.”
—Rev. 1:5.
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15 - Department Plan Hailed By Alaska
Lawmakers, - Judiciary Idea Criticized
JUNEAU, (Jt — Lawmakers
generally hailed the first State of
Aaska message which was deliv
ered to a joint session of the Leg
islature Friday by Acting Gover
nor Hugh Wade.
In his 30-minute address, Wade
outlined a proposal to create 15
executive departments and then
sxetched out the fields in which
he suggested lawmakers devote
their efforts.
A key comment on the message
came from Earl Hillstrand of An
chorage, chairman of the powerful
House Finance Committee, who
said the speech “shows our execu
tive has his feet on the ground.”,
Interest centered on Wade’s pro
posal to create 15 departments
within the executive branch.| He
asked the Legislature to quickly
approve a bill setting up the
framework for the departments.
Wade said later the bill would
probably go before the lawmakers
on Monday.
Wade said there was no need
for legislation to spell out details
of personnel and operating func
tions of the proposed agencies. He
suggested such policy matters be
handled by executive order. He
said he would submit such an or
John J. Allen Jr. Is
Appointed to Alaska Rail
And Highway Commission
WASHINGTON, UR — President
Eisenhower last week appointed
John J. Allen Jr., Under Secre
tary of Commerce for Transpor
tation, to the Alaska International
Rail and Highway Commission.
Allen, whose home is Oakland,
Calif., is a former Republican
member of the House.
He succeeds Louis S. Rothschild
in the commission post. He also
succeeded Rothschild as Under
secretary for Transportation.
Texas U. Doctors Produce
Serum That Reduces
Tumors In Mice
AUSTIN, Tex., MP)—A University
of Texas research team search
ing for cancer causes has devel
oped a chemical compound which
greatly slows down growth of tu
mors in mice.
Doctors Charles G. Skinner and
William Shive and scientists
George F. McKenna and T. J. j
McCord developed the compound, I
called S-Carbamylcysteine, de- !
scribed as similar to the amine'
acid glutamine. It was described j
as the “most promising of three I
agents produced at the university. |
der to the Legislature for approv
al after a bill creating the de
partments had been passed.
Most opposition appeared shap
ing up over Wade’s stand on the
judiciary system. Wade urged that
no panic button be pushed in a
rush to set up Alaska’s first courts.
He said legislation should create
a supreme court with initial au
thority only to draft a judicial
code.
The House majority leader,.
Peter J. Kalamarides of Anchor
age, said that such a plan wocld
cripple the court at the start. He
said it would put the supreme
court in the position of later hav
ing to rule on judicial points it
had established.
After hearing the message, both
houses recessed and then met
again in the afternoon for short
cessions.
In the Senate session, two mi
nor bills were passed and thus be
came the first to clear the legis
lative machinery in either house.
One bill would transfer the
power to appoint notaries public
from the Governor under Terri
torial status to the Secretary of
State under statehood.
The second would authorize the
Legislative Council to transfer
$1,800 within its appropriated bud
get from line items containing a
surplus to one with a deficit.
Three other bills were intro
duced in the Senate. One would
execpt teachers, librarians and
other professionals from a restric
tion against the state or munici
palities hiring non-citizens. The
second would fix the wording of
the state income tax law. The tax
rate was raised to 14 per cent of
federal withholding levies but the
employer withholding provision
was left at 12h£ per cent. The
third bill would authorize trans
fer of $1,500 among the appro
priated funds of the Legislative
Audit Committee.
A memorial was introduced in
the House by Bruce Kendall, Val
dez Republican. It said Alaska’s
rapidly increasing population
would tax health facilities beyond
their present capacity and Con
gress and the federal government
should help carry the state’s
health program until it is strong
enough to stand alone.
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