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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome. Alaska, ander Act of March 3. 1879
Attempt to Give Alaska Natives Deeds
To Land Defeated 34-16 at Convention
By FLORENCE DOUTHIT <
FAIRBANKS, (JV—An attempt
to give the Indians, Eskimos and
Aleuts of Alaska deeds to the land
they live on and the camp sites
they work around was defeated in
the Constitutional Convention on
Thursday, Jan. 19.
Leading the forces favoring the
measure in a five-hour debate
was Col. M. R. Marston, Anchor
age, who failed even to obtain
passage of a watered down ver- j
sion of his plan.
In its final form, also rejected,
the proposal read:
“Deeds” to lots and small tracts
occupied for use by Alaskans
within the state public domain
may be given to the appropriate
persons in recognition of their in
dividual use as prior occupants,
under terms and conditions pre
scribed by law.”
Marston’s amendment original
ly defined the recipients as Indi
ans, Aleuts or Eskimos. George
Sundborg, Juneau, argued this
set the natives as a class apart”
and urged substitution of the
word “Alaskans.”
He read from a letter written
by a native, George Lockwood, of
Unalakleet, which had been quot
ed by Marston in his plea for pas
sage of the original proposal.
“We have been put aside as na
tives too long,” the portion of the
letter read by Sundborg said. We
young people would like to see
our children grow up as an aver
age American citizen lives, with
equal rights as the white man.
We are just as good humans as
anybody from white to black.”
Seaborn Buckalew, a former
homesteader from Anchorage,
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then moved to insert homesteads
into the proposal along with small
tracts. George McLaughlin, an
other Anchorage delegate said:
“That would certainly take
care of the problem of allocation
of public domain. There wouldn’t
be any left.”
After a quick recess, during
which many delegates contended
the homestead amendment killed
the Marston proposal, Buckalew
withdrew' his offering.
Sundborg then attempted to
change his own amendment to in
clude the word “native bom” be
fore “Alaskans.” It didn’t help.
Mildred Hermann, Juneau, said
“this might very well be class
legislation,” and Steve McCutch
eon burst out with:
“How about the oldtimers in
the distant trapping and hunting
areas who are not Alaska-born.
This amendment legislates against
a certain class of people.”
A voice vote then killed “native
born.”
The only thing left was to re
scind the action in which “Alas
kans” was substituted for “Indian,
Eskimo and Aleut.” This required
a two-thirds vote and the rescind
ing motion lost 26-24.
The delegates then voted down
the Marston proposal, as amended
by 34 to 16.
It all started during considera
tion of Section 12 of the natural
resources article when Marston
commended: “This is why I came
to this convention,” then followed
with an impassioned appeal for
grants of land rights to Alaska’s
natives.
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Bartlett, Williams j
File Candidacies
(In Demo Ticket
JUNEAU, —Delegate Bartlett
and Atty. Gen. J. Gerald Williams
have filed their candidacies on
the Democratic ticket for re-elec
tion with the office of the direc
tor of the Territorial Department
of Finance.
Bartlett is seeking his sixth
term as delegate to Congress. He
first was elected in 1944 succeed
ing the late Anthopy J. Dimond.
Williams has been serving as
attorney general since 1948, is a
resident of Alaska of more than
25 years.
The primary election will be
held April 24.
Only voters who declare party
affiliations will be qualified to
vote their preference for presi
dential candidate and national
committeeman nad national com
mitteewoman.
There will be three separate
ballots for the primary—one for
presidential candidate, one for
the national committee positions
and one for territorial candidates.
Ballots will be cast for dele
gate, attorney general, highway
engineer, and divisional senators
and representatives.
ALASKA AIRLINES
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Kone, Jessie Malone.
To Anchorage: Howard Hand,
G.R. Cafferty, Warren Timmons,
Gene Benton, LB. Widman, Sig
Krogstad, Chas. Samuels, Chas.
Dose, Kelley Weiss.
To Kotzebue: W. Johnson, C.
Kappel, R. Morgan, Lt. Campbell,
E. Chappel.
To Gambell: Wm. F. Stage, M.
C. Tyndall, Mrs. Noongwook, Wm.
J. Dills, Donald R. Porter, Maj. R.
Morgan, Maj. Coonfield, Capt. M.
Emery, Lt. Col. J. Calkins, Pvt.
Brossard, Chaplain J. G. Shavlin.
Gambell to Anchorage: L. H.
Hawkins, H.G. Fyefe, A. Aguil
ano, John Eslreila, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Benton, Eric Booshu, J. Key.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued clear and cold to
night and Saturday. Low temper
ature expected tonight -25, high
tomorrow -17.
In last 24 hours as of 7 a.m.
today: highest temperature -2,
lowest -19. Max. wind 29 mph
from the northeast. Sunrise at
9:17 a.m., sunset at 3:09 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 27; lowest 19. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 35
in 1940, lowest -3-2 in 1919.
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Eisenhower Has 1st News Conference
Since September 24 Heart Attack
WASHINGTON, \JP>— President
Eisenhower said Thui'sday he has
no objection to entry of his name
in the New Hampshire or presi
dential primaries in other states.
But he said he still has not made
up his mind whether to run for
a second term.
Eisenhower told a jammed
news conference — his first ’ in
Washington since his September
24 heart attack—that he will an
nounce his decision “as soon as
it is firmly fixed in my own
mind.”
He added:
“I shall strive to see that it is
based as to my best judgment on
the good of our country.”
Newsmen had a great backlog
of questions for the President and
they ranged over many subjects,
including.
Dulles—Eisenhower said firmly I
he lias complete faith in his sec- j
retary of state but added he has
not read a controversial article in
Life magazine quoting the secre
tary as saying the country has
been three times to the “brink of
war.”
To his mind, the President said,
Dulles is a man devoted to peace
and, in Eisenhower’s opinion, the
best secretary of state he ever
has known.
The statement attributed to
Dulles which caused the greatest ^
furore is that “the ability to get
to the verge (of war) without
getting into the war is the neces
sary art.”
Dulles told a news conference
Tuesday he wouldn’t have put it
that way for publication.
World Peace—Eisenhower said
that as compared with three years
ago the prospects for world peace
are better and brighter. But he
added quickly he was not going
to stand there and say there is
any cause for complacency.
On the broad topic of the world
outlook, Eisenhower said there
has been a great letdown since
the Geneva summit conference of
last July. That conference, he
went on, touched off a great wave
of relief and hope at first, but
the President said those high
hopes have not been realized.
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