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AN OFFER OF FREEDOM
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., chi'pf Urr'ted States dele
gate, said something before the United Nations recently
that should not pass in the hurry of world events
without comment. It was that President Eisenhower
premised to move for complete independence for
Puerto Rico any time the legislature of that Caribbean
commonwealth asked it.
This, and a subsequent recognition by vote of the
General Assembly that Puerto Rico comes within the
terms of a “self-governing territory” are potent coun
teractives to Communist propaganda about American
“enslavement” of other peoples.
Sincerity of the promise of independence can be
found in the Philippine precedent. Thosa islands re
ceived their complete independence in 1946. The latest
American statement should be reassuring to world
neutrals and Latin Americans bemused by Communist
harping on the “imperialistic” aims of the United
States. And contrariwise one hears no pledge from
Moscow to free Albania, for example, to seek its own
destiny.
Undoubtedly Puerto Rico will not accept this
offer right away. It cannot afford to. In its attempt
to solve grievous problems of population pressure,
unemployment, and poverty by expanding agriculture
and particularly industry, it needs the benefits from
its ties with the United States. Presumably its goods
enter the United States tariff free. Following the
principle of “no taxation without representation,” fed
eral income taxes do not apply in the island since
Puerto Rico has no voting representative in Congress.
Excise taxes on some island products are returned to
its treasury.
But the right thing has been, said, and, as insular
Governor Munoz Marin put it, the Lodge statement
“reflects a wonderful attitude that does honor to the
United States and demonstrates before the whole world
the sincerity of the relationship of voluntary associa
tion between the United States and Puerto Rico.”
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is much
more interesting. —William Randolph Hearst
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had
for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the
men on top. —Frank Moore Colby
Eastern Stars Entertain
Members With Clam Bake
The new officers of the Order
of Eastern Stars entertained mem
bers with a “clam bake” after the
regular January meeting Monday.
Following games of whist in
which Dorothy Young, Ellen Lyle,
Anne Jenks, Stan Morgan, Harry
Lewis and Jack Reed won prizes,
L. E. Lord, associate patron, pre
I pared clam chowder as only a
i chef can do it, with table decora
tions of fish nets and sea shells.
Others on the committee were
Worthy Matron Jane Scott, Wor
thy Patron Ben Gillette, and As
sociate Matron Beverly Morgan.
CORRECTION
An article in the Jan. 18 Nug
get on the Alaska Board of Pub
lic Welfare had a headline con
cerning “cuts in Alaska Health
Program; Next Health Board
meeting here.” The headline
should have stated “Cuts in Wel
fare program: Next Welfare Board
meeting here.”
FIRE BETWEEN FLOORS
The Fire Department was called
out Sunday evening to put out a
blaze between the floors of the
Hap Lancaster residence.
The fire started from a blow
torch used to thaw out a frozen
drain and got between the floors
and was very difficult to extin
| guish. There was very little fire
damage but considerable cutting
and tearing to get to it.
Mrs. Olive Nelson, mother of
Grant Nelson, arrived in town
yesterday to visit with her son
and family and especially to greet
her new grand-daughter who was
born Sunday.
Mrs. Nelson, widow of the* late
Harry Nelson, is well known in
Nome, both she and Mr. Nelson
having been connected with early
day aviation here and later with
the CAA.
The Appalachian Trail in east
ern United States is 2,000 miles
long and extends through 14
states, 8 national forests and 2
national parks.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
We wish io express our appre
ciation to those who were so gen
erous with their sympathy and
contributions during our recent
bereavement.
—John Avessuk and Family
Noice To Arctic Native
Brotherhood Members
A meeting will be held Thurs
day, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Im
portant meeting! All members re
quested participator in election of
officers for 1954.
NOTICE OF PROPERTY SALE
Sealed bids will be received by
the Miners and Merchants Bank
up to February 10, 1954, for the
following property: Alma L.
Keene house and contents and its
Lot described as West 70' of Lot
31 Block 67. Also Lot 29 in Block
67, a vacant lot.
Separate bids requested on each
of above properties. Right is re
served to reject any and all bids.
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Indian Bureau
Reorganized,
Consolidated
WASHINGTON, UP)—Secretary
of the Inte-rior McKay Tuesday
announced reorganization of the
Indian Bureau.
The present basic form of organi
zation, including area offices, will
be retained under the approved
recommendations of a survey
team but there will be some con
solidations. The area offices have
been the subject of much criticism
from time to time since they were
established in 1949.
The Window Rock, Ariz., area
office is to be consolidated with
the one at Albuquerque, N.M.,
and those at Muskogee and Ana
darko in Oklahoma are to be
consolidated at some yet-undeter
mined central point in that state.
Area offices to be retained are:
Juneau, Alaska; Minneapolis; Ab
erdeen, S.D.; Billings, Mont.; Port
land, Ore.; Sacramento, Calif.;
and Phoenix, Ariz.
The survey team did not study
the situation in Alaska but visited
all other area offices.
Listed as first among “several
basic problems” was the need of
a legislative delimitation of whom
is an, Indian.
“Various limited delimitations
exist ...” the- report said. “But
until it is settled by law . . . not
even a gradual narrowing of the
limits of federal responsibility
will be possible.”
It said responsibilities for the
branch of health should be trans
ferred to the Public Health Ser
vice; that as rapidly as equitable
and feasible health services should
be transferred to state and local
governments or the Indians, and
that no bureau facility should be
operated where local health ser
vices can be made available and
accessible to the Indians.
Heintzleman To Discuss
Statehood In Washington
JUNEAU — Gov. Heintzleman |
said Monday he will leave in a
week or ten days for Washington
and that the statehood bill will be
one of the items on the agenda for
discussion there.
Heintzleman Acts
To Put Statehood
Bill Before Senate
JUNEAU — Gov. Heintzleman
disclosed Monday he has urged
Secretary of Interior McKay to
use his influence to have the Al
aska statehood bill brought out of
the Senate Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee for considera
tion on the Senate floor at as early
a date as possible.
The governor said that during
his recent trip to Anchorage and
Fairbanks a great many people
expressed anxiety that the bill
would either not be reported out
at all this session or would come
out so late in the session that it
will not receive adequate consid
eration.
“A majority of the people of
Alaska favor statehood under
equitable enabling legislation and
are anxious to know what Con
gress is prepared to offer,” the
governor told Secretary McKay.
“The principal question facing
us as Alaskans and facing Con
gress is the economic side of the
state*hood matter,” the governor
pointed out to Secretary McKay.
He added:
“I have long been interested in
helping to build our industrial
base to the point where we can
adequately support statehood and
I am confident that the territory
is making rapid strides toward
that goal.
“The progress that has been
made in Alaska during the past
eight years, or since our local vote
on statehood in 1946, is truly re
markable. In this connection con
sider what has been done in ex
panding our highways and im
proving tributary roads, the ex
pansion in timber processing and
coal production, the increase in
surveys of mineral, water power
and other resources and ;he estab
lishment of additional and im
proved schools, hospitals, water
supply systems and other commu
nity facilities.
“All of these things spell pres
ent and prospective advances in
economic and social welfare for
Alaska and thus contribute to a
sound base for statehood.”
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