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Saturday, Apvi! 38.
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Boss Wickersham.
Cuss AYickersham ' as again visited Juneau, and
has as usual taken a hand in dictating legislation to be
acted upon by his henchmen there. He is not satisfied
with buncoing the people of Alaska in Congress as theii
delegate. Me further proposes to make use of the Alaska
legislature to further his ends. lie is r.c\v advocating
Statehood for Alaska, a thing that he knows for man>
gears to be impossible. It is evkh-at that the people oi
mis territory are ckssaiisfied wit,a the misfit form of terri.
orial government he has foisted upon them. As billi
re now being introduced in l!ie legislature; asking con
,reoa tor a more complete form of seif-government for
hr territory. They find their- legis’ative powers so limited
al under the restrictions imposed by the act they are un
• do to pass any laws of materia! benefit to the people,
fherefore, they are seekim through memorials to
agrees, to have extended u a, :,n a territorial form oi
9‘ uniont similar to that grant : to dm other territories
he United States.
: to the oth
ir. '.V'cker.fiam c
hag to favor Statehood
.i, c i uls .. <_:> las mils introduced in
rste.ture Vriiieh aim to secure a full form of territo
f :
'.t wnieti i.
•v t*ymg to discDu.uge or do
advocating that which he
•o os impossible. It is possible t • a cure the pas
m ret through Congress amend'..: Lite present or
l-‘o enlarging the powers of the present territorial
:urc and giving to the people something in the form
e-rUiO. Mr. Wickersham never was a firm support
me-rule as his correspondence with Gov. Hoggatt
.rows, having first advocated a legislature for the
half appointed and half elected. He opposed
mrnment on the grounds of its being too expensive
lL ieiliC0tuai government is too expensive, what about
*te government with its multitude of officials that he
’ advocates. There is no possibility of Alaska
near future becoming a state. But while he contin
advoeate statehood, he wiil make no effort to cor
e errors in our present territorial form of govern
-lis plea for statehood is only a ruse to divert the
non of the people from demanding amendments to
take-shift he has saddled upon them.
Mr, Wickersham lived in the territory of Washing
n or many years before it became a state and knows
nuj that about all the present counties of that state were
utilized while Washington was a territory. They elected
<11 their county officers, and enjoyed in a large measure
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DAVE PETKEE, PEOPE4£'»:>R.
homeru'e. Yet we find in the
Alaska home rule bill that the
territorial legislature i3 prohibi
ted from organizing any county
form of government without the
expressed consent of Congress.
This is what Mr. Wickersham
calls home rule but some of the
legislators at Juneau are becom
ing dissatisfied with it and
P')se to memorialize Congress to
amend that ac', and sooner than
concur in any amendments, he
j proposes statehood.
| All ether territories were com
! polled to creep before they
walked, but Mr. Wickersham pro
poses to make Alaska walk be
fore shb creeps.
If Alaska ever becomes a
state she will follow the course
of all other territories.
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j There has never been a time
.'within the memory of man whei
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j Socialism was more badly noedee
1.... i t^eluy.
As a result of the reign of cap
italism. half the world is at war.
i Death, disease and dosi i tufiott ec
: ver the /ace of Europe. The vil
1 est. human pascionr, arc ualoashoc
I
I In our own count'', so-era
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J million men are unemployed. Thi
CO:.t of living's nsmg. ri tie greet
for profit on the part of the An
erican capitalists is prolonging
j the European horror and is brinp
ling us close to the abyss of war.
The capitalist class and the capi
talist newspapers are working
diligently for an increase in the
auny and navy. Two of our com
rades Fred Holt and Pat Quinlan j
are in jail because of then- faith- 1
fulness to LPber
The first wees in 'la; is RED ,
WEEK, the week set apart by!
the National Committee for sue-1
I
eial activity on behalf of Sjcial- i
is;.I. Capitalism is r avis..: nr; unci
destroying; let us EDUoAiia
and id Li i LD. The Socialist Party
Press Service.
What the National and
Internationa! Stand For
*' 1, For a single world power to be ad
ministcred by an interna,ionai congress
with authority to investigate and to
settle tho questions involved in tfcc pre
sent war, to disband all armies, and to
dismantle all forts and warships, to be
a permanent world government to take
over the ownership of the high seas, to
administer all protectorates, to decide
a’.t questions of.international controver
sy covering international trade and inter
national credit, and to maintain a sufli
niant army and navy to police the seas
and to enforce its decisions and that
the United States should take the ini Ida
tive in establishing such a world poweri
g, F:r the national ownership and ad
ministration of all industrial and com
t ei'f 'al monopolies of every sort.
3, tvtate.F a land system v;hieh tv.ii
bring into tl. most productive use all
BHtur.il res u-ces and guarantee to a:;
i occupiers 'o the land all values created
by them and appropi 1 .to for puo.ie pur
poses all values colie. ; iv.:y created by
' i- pe pit*.
11, b'.rr suit.' ownerah. ■,) and ad'mn.ij
tar/Sson of markets, ca.lections trams
portatlon and delivery of gcoca direct
from producers to consumers without
the intervention of any privato agency;
for the reclamation of arid and swamp
lands, for State building, improvement
and manufacturing enterprises to be
carried on only when there are mor<«
men than jobs, and to be closed ^wiryjs
when there are more jobs than mer..
3, For State medical aid, sanitation,
hospital care, industrial and education
al employment for tlio defective and
dependent, freo education with prov.«- t
sions for self supporting employment
and industrial training in all grades of
school work including:university courses
pensions for the aged, deformed and
permanently disabled.
t,For municipal ownership and admin
istration of the water, light, heat and
power, gas, markets, playgrounds, c •
vie centers and municipal dwelling"
j house
5. For establishing and
| toes, things on an indust
rial, selflpv
orning, democratic bush to the end that
regular employment may bo pro’.dep
for ail. Education and all else on a ba
sis of final opportunity.
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the ticket—but 1 >lo not belong to
11 tliat clai3, you about I get out of
for many years—always rot
the organization.” If you at :
it Tu* only Socialists -k..v
countf.ratheor.es t'mt pr.y tb-' r
little 95 cent dues per month, ar.d
aid in the work o’ the part)' organi
sation. These ;*re the fellows that
are making the Socialist Party the
great force for the common good in
America. The capitalist class won’t
finance our party and wo uon t
want them to. Its the twenty-five j
cents per month from life tuGUSanu'
of reel Socialists that keep l in
wheels of the organisation got 13.
Comeoa in and find out how wo
run things. You will hare iust
much to say as another, We have
made it easy for you to take tho
first step—below is a coupon which*
you should
Cut Out, Tear Off And Mail Today
To N.,R.King> Fairbanks, or L. WeBUnrik,
Cleary City..
1 am convirceu that I should <>s amember of tka orgtnis* *ioa you le*
seseut. IToasa aaai some one to take my abdication.
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