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ooty . raGlE TWO BB LB LELL Notices for this church column must be received by The Empire not later than 4 o'clock Friday afternoon to guaraniee change of sermon topics, etc. Chiristian Scien Whe heat? saith. th are taken and hi upon hand tc him that up d man eternal harm ness and ¢ is a mortal which is the sel RESURRECTION LUTHERAN 3 CHURCH Main and Z::ird Streets “In the heart ci the City for the the City” nan, Pastor Iverson J2ireeior Mattila, Organist ¢ Hil! al ¢ 1’ catechetic those Thi i Sponsor Aid and mittee in Hans Berg Mrs. Jack Jim Hanna and Mr Wednesday tion and prac ‘Wednesd: T Choir Practice UHURCH Lerritorial THE METHODIST Opposite Fec “Where ning Worship. ith Fellowship. nion ight of the m cial music will be e choir rcred he Holy City, Stan- n. Everyone is ¢ 1y re the worship service: ar and a v M T of Church CHPURCH OF J S CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS (MORMON) 10th and E Street F. LeRoy Da President Services bod meeting. 10 X 7:20 pm Tuesday, ., Minister . Reedy, Choir Director Davis, Organist day School. Gordor perintend The will meet he ourth t 9:45 r. Neil 1 as teacher. All-adults are cordially in- vited to join this cl 10:50 @ —The Organ Prelude 11:00 a.m—The Divine Worship. at Sup- this The Sacrament of the per will be istered service. The Cho i “Jesus, Word of God Inc M Roland B. Burrow Opie’s “Communion Hymn.” 4:30 pm.—The Junior Hi West- minster Fellowship will meet in the il sing S ot o34 Church parlors with Carla Carter and Rose Mary Kronquist ret Pyle as hostesses. The Senior Hi West- hip will meet in the with Eddie Dull as and Mary Grisham as hostess. The Mary Circle (eve- group) will meet in weh parlors at 8 p.m. with David T. James and Wil- R. Booth and hostesses. Mrs, ooth will show colored slides and the national meeting at| Grove. The Choir will rehearse day Church at 7:30 p.m. Friday: The business meeting of Martha Society will be held at| he Manse at 1:30 p.m. with Mes- m Nels Johnson and Chas. V. tudolph hostesses Mrs. H. L. Allen vill lead the devotions FIESY BAPTIST CHURCH cond and Main Scrvices are held in the e Gastineau Grocery Bolton, Minister Phone Blue 954 Harold Cargin, 1 Superintendent et Brown, Pianist 10:00 a ~Sunnay School. Rooms over Mr Mus THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA CATHOLIC CnugCn Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Juneau | Fifth and Gold Streets Rev. Robert L. Whelan, S.J. Masses on Sunday: 7, 8:30, and 11:30 a.m. Mass on weekdays at 7 a.m. Confessions — Saturday, eve ol holy days, eve of First Fridays, 4 t0 5, 7:30 to 9 pm. . 10, | SEVENTH-DAY Av7ENTIST Corner Second and Main John W. Griffin, Pastor | The services of this church are | held on Saturday, the Seventh Day of the week. 9:45 a.m. — Sabbath Schocl and Bible Study Class. Miss Janice Butzback, tendent. Mrs. A. L. Zumwait, Childrens | Division Leader. 11:00 am. — Sabbatn Worship Hour, and sermon. Sunday, 9:30 am. “Voice ot Prophecy” international broadcast over Station KINY. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.—Mid-weeg prayer service. Superin- | FIRST CHURCI. OF GOD Odd Fellow Hall, 209 Franklin St. 11:00 a.m Divine Worship: rmon by the Minister. 7:00 p.m raining Union. 8:00 pu vening Worship. wsday, 7:30 p.n. — Mid-week 8:00 p.m - hoir rehearsal. THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, EPISCOPAL Fourth and Gold Street uel A. McPhetres, Rector E. Rice, Dean Emeriius Miss Marguerite Shaw, Organist Mr. David Dudley, Lay Reader | 17th Sunday after Trinity 8:00 a.m.—Holy Tommunion. No Sunday School, see announce- ment below. 11:00 a.m. — Family Service of Holy Communion and Sermon. 7:45 p.m—Evening Prayer at St 's, Douglas. day 7:30 p.m.—Confirmation truction class in the Church. ay from 10 a.m. to 12 Noon mday Bible School. This is our w Church School Program, and n of all ages are invited to MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Corner West 8th and E Streets A church with an open door— ‘Whosover will, may come”.” Walter A. Soboleff, Minister Manse, 1003 10th & B . Sunday Services 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Divine Worship. Text: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold . . . but with the precious blood of Christ.” I Peter 1:18-19. Choir anthem, “Bless the Lord, O My Soul," by Iv f. The Sacrament of Com- munion will be observed. 7:30 pm—Divine Worship. A 1alf hour of favorite hymns of your “hoice. Sermon by the Pastor: “Your Sin will not be Hid.” Text, Numbers 10! y, 4 pm Junior Girls Happy Hour Bible Club. Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. — Prayer and Bible Study. Text, “I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with ny tongue.” Psalms 39:1 Thursd 7:30 p.m.—Missionary Society meets at 1003 Tenth and B Street. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. — Choir re- hearsal. BETHEL TABERNACLE (Assembly of God) Fourth and Franklin Streets Rev. R. E. Baker, Pastor 5:30 p.m:—Government Hospital. 8 p.n.—Evaneglistic service. 10:30 p.m.—Meeting in the Mis- ion on South Franklin Street. Tuesday: 8 p.m.—Prayer meeting and Bible study. Friday: 8 p.m.—Young People’s Service. The Women's Missionary Council meets the first Thursday night at 8 yclock of each month. J CHUECH OF CHRIST Highway in the Highlands Boyd Field, Minister Phone Red 170 Church Phone Black 309 Sunday Morning Services Eible classes for all ages at 1( Worship—11 am. Sunday Evening Services ‘Worship—8:90 p.m. Mid-Week Service Thursday—=8:00 p.m. You are invited to come and bring your children to all these services Visitors are always welcome. creed and the Bible rist is o our rule <I faith. CHAPEL-BY-THE-LAKE Corner Glacier Highway and Fritz Cove Road at Auk Lake Rev. R. E. McCluggage. Sunday Services: 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11 a.m.—World-Wide Communion. 6:30 p.m.—Westminster Fellowship meets at Seatons. I 10 a.m.—Sunday School. Classes for all ages including an adult Bible lass 11 a.m.—Morning Worship. Sermon. Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Beyer, Pastors Residence, 526 East Street Phone: Green 743. 1 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 1 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship. 12:30 p.m. — “Christian Brother- hood Hour,” international broadcast | over KINY. The Unanswered Republicans, Democrats, Indepen- Alaska. We are asking you to join the crusade to save Alaska. This crusade was started more than a year ago when Senator Butrovich, along with others who have the in- terests of Alaska at heart, forced a | long-delayed audit of the Terri- tory’s books. Senator Butrovich was the Senate member of the auditing committee which employed a na- tionally known auditing firm and disclosed, among other things, the shortages in the acounts of the Democratic treasurer, Oscar G. Ol- sen. Stole $50,000 Mr. Olsen was convicted of his crime of stealing something like $50,000 from this Territory. He was sentenced to a long term in prison and is now in the federal peniten- tiary at McNeil Island where, I un- derstand, he is keeping the books {for the prison. I also understand that in this capacity he does not handle any money. Many of you heard or read the speech delivered by Senator Butro- vich at the session of the Republican party of Alaska in Juneau last spring. He described the obstacles that the Democratic administration placed in the path of the audit. Sen- ator Butrovich said that as nearly as could be ascertained there was a 7:00 p.m.—Youth Fellowship and | Adult Prayer Hour. | 8:00 p.m—Preaching Service. i ‘Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.—Bible study | at the parsonage, 526 East Street. | A friendly welcome to all. i i | THE SALVATION ARMY Willoughky Ave. Lt. N. B. Steinig | 11:00 am. — Holiness Meeting | %.30 mm.—Praise meeting. 6:00 p.m.—Sunday School. 7:30 p.m. — Salvation meeting 1:30 p.m. — Tuesday. WOmen'}‘ Home League. 7:30 p.m.—Tuesday, Bible Class. | 7:30 p.m.—Saturday musical serv- | ice. The reading room in the Decker building open each day irom 9 am | until 10 pm. to the public foi| reading and relaxation. Russian Orthodox Church | Of St. Nicholas ! Fifth Street Tonight <Satuiuay; 7:00 p. m.- | Evening Service. ‘ Sunday Service, 10:00 a. m. Hig! Mass and Holy Communion. Choir rehearsal every 7Thursaa) | at 7:30 p. m. - Douglas Church Services | Notices for this church column | must be received by The Empire not later than 4 o'ciock Friday afternoon to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete. DOUGLAS COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH Services in the new Community Church Building Rev. J. P. Porter, Minister | 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship. SAINT ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. James U. Conwel, SJ. | Pastor Sunday Mass at 9 am. ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | Douglas, Alaska Rev. Samuel A McPhetres, Vicar Miss Margaret Pearce. Organist 17th Sunday after Trinity 7:45 p.m.—Evening Prayer and DOUGLAS BIBLE CHURCH of the Alaska Evangelization Society Donald Vertin, Pastor. Sunday School 10:30 am. at Church. ‘Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. -- Praver meeting at Mission Building. MRS. RICKE COMPLIMENTED In honor of Mrs. Gerald C. Ricke (Jean Vanderleest) who is visiting in Juneau with her family, Miss Minnie Goldstein was hostess at a luncheon in the Iris Room at the Baranof Hotel yesterday. Pres- ent beside the honored guest were Mesdames H. R. VanderLeest, Felix Toner, Charles G. Warner, I. Gold- stein and Charles Burdick. Mrs, Ricke and her husband and small son Michael have spent the past month visiting here. They plan to leave October 3 on the steamship Princess Louise for their home in Detroit. PRISONER FROM SITKA Deputy U. S, Marshal Sid Thomp- son went to Sitka Thursday, re- turning with a prisoner, Paul Oz- awa. The Sitkan was sentenced shortage of around $27,000 in liquor stamp funds. These liquor stamps were used for tax collection purposes and were sold by deputies appointed by the treasurer. Several of these deputies are reported to have been unable to account for all of the stamps or of the funds entrusted to them. That same session of the Repub- lican party of Alaska appointed a special committee to investigate the deplorable conditions that now exist in our Territory of Alaska. I trust {you will see that something drastic had to be done and still has to be done to keep this great home of ours from being wrecked by corrup- | tion, malfeasance and misfeasance. Special Committee This special investigating commit- tee has attempted to unearth other instances of this gross mishandling of our affairs by the Democratic administration. We have had some success in this work, but in our in- vestigation of the liquor stamp deals we ran into a stone wall. When I ix'ecemly visited the treasurer’s office | to look into this and other matters I was told that all records regarding the liquor stamps have been de- stroyed. No records are to be had with which to conduct an investi- gation. That situation was not, of course, entirely new. The auditors found that records, in fact much more recent records, in other dee partments, had been destroyed. Why were they destroyed? I cannot an-, swr that, but the situation was and is deplorable. Let us turn our attention to the Territorial veterans bureau, where some startling facts have come to light. That bureau was created to take care of returned Alaskan veter- ans who might require assistance in again becoming settled in civilian life. Its loan and bonus provisions of the act were financed, as you know, by a sales tax upon us. The first commissioner of the Alaska veterans bureau set up for business on a large scale and he was, unfortunately, not long in getting into bad company. |One of his close friends was the owner of the Clover club cocktail bar in Juneau. The bar owner ran far into debt and the commissioner one day drew five thousand dollars from the veterans fund. He paid around $4,000 in bills and back rent for the Clover bar. What became of the other $1,000 is still a mystery. The taxpayers lost over $10,000 on this deal. Bureau Gets Yacht ‘The veterans bureau also acquired a yacht, using taxpayers’ money, of course. It was used by the commis- sioner and his associates for fishing trips, poker playing and parties. This investment has never been fully explained, but the yacht is now at the dock in Juneau and has been there all summer. I understand the loss to the taxpayers on this dea! was more than $10,000. Why did the veterans bureau need 2 yacht? That is a question I cannot answer, although it is not too late for the veterans bureau to answer if, This former veterans commis- sioner finally resigned while under investigation by the Territorial le- gislature. He and his bar-owner friend left the Territory and I un- derstand both are now operating bars in or near Seattle. A few business firms who collec- ted the veterans tax have not paid it into the fund at all. Most of these are favorites of the administration, and they have not been prosecuted. A few have made a compromise pay- ment of a small part of the amourft actually due. That apparently ends the matter. At a talk in Ketchikan recently I made the statement that the vet- to four months in the Federal jail for assault and battery, SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S erans bureau has around $200,000 outstanding in uncollectable loans, I was taken to task afterward by —_— —Paid Political Advertisement Speech of Albert White, delivered at Fairbanks Repub- lican Rally on Friday, Sept. 15, 1350 dents, young men and women of} .mper of the board. He said the | uncollectable loans amount to only $133,000 and that the other $67,000 was merely delinquent. Well, to me it is uncollectable until they get it and I predict that the total will reach close to the $200.000 mark or more. Court Actions The Territorial veterans has had to bring court action: time to time to collect on loans. As you are well aware, this Territory has an attorney general and has had for a good many years. It is the duty of the attorney general to ad- vise the governor, the treasurer and the other officials of the Territorial government, and to bring, prosecute and defend in the name of the Ter- ritory all necessary and proper ac- tions or suits for collection of reve- nue under Territorial laws. Actually, the attorney general’s office has little work to do. So little, in fact, that a former attorney gen- eral, “Mr. Henry Roden, recom- mended that the office be abolished. But with little to do, the attorney general, to all appearances, does nothing. Mr. Roden’s salary, at the time he held the office, was $5,000 a year. The present incumbent was able to obtain $9,000 a year for him- self and $7,000 for an assistant. The attorney general has just returned to his office in Juneau after a three- month absence. He indicated to a newspaper reporter he was absent attending various conferences. Ac- tually that is just a new method the Democrats use to take an extended vacation. Just say you're going to a conference — the taxpayers won't know the difference. But the various Territorial departments, when they have legal work to be done, hire special attorneys at an expense of many thousands of dollars to the taxpayers of Alaska. As an example Mr. Warren Taylor of Fairbanks, member of the legislature and a candidate for the senate, brought suit against the Star Cab company at Fairbanks on behalf of the Alaska lveterans bureau. The attorney fee fwas $750. In another case, Pollas- trine vs. Crouch, also handled by Mr. Taylor for the veterans bureau, the fee was $907. There were addi- tional fees amounting to $150, mak- ling the total to Mr. Taylor $1,807. | 1n the first ¢ase mentioned the total loss to the Territory was $9,400.32. In the second case the veteran in- volved paid the attorney’s fee. Taylor’s Vote Mr. Taylor voted for the creation of the Alaska veterans bureau at the time if was created. It appears to me morally wrong, at least, for Mr. Taylor to have been retained in these cases which came about as the result of legislation in which he participated. I could continue, if time permitted, to recite instance after instance of mismanagement and neglect, if not of actual fraud, in this one bureau alone. A great many other interesting facts are being brought to light by the special investigating committee. We find, for instance, that Mr. George Sundborg, who is carried on the rolls as an assistant to the gov- ernor and as consultant to the Alaska development board, receives salaries and fees totaling $14,500. Case of Rivers Here is an example of a member, of the legislature receiving payment from the various bureaus and de- partments of the Territory, some of which he may have helped to create. At any rate, the appropriations for these various bureaus were approved by the legislature of which he was a member. I refer to Senator Victor C. Rivers of the Third division, who is a candidate for re-election this year. This senator, who is an engineer by ireau trade, received more than 516,694.&!, from the Terriforial treasury and from other funds handled by Ter- ritorial agencies since the end of the last legislative session. Between June 7, 1949, and Oct. 20, 1949 Sen- ator Rivers received $1544.65 from the funds of the Territorial highway department. Between April 11, 1949, and April 25, 1950, he received $12,- 131.58 from the Territorial depart- ment of health. Add to this another $2,800 from the aeronautics fund, as a partial payment for services to aid the Palmer deal, $168.50 from the Alaska statehood committee and, | on top of that, $18,760.50 that was paid him from school construction funds. The latter amount was paid as a salary trust account. Alaska, as you all know, has an engineering department in the office of the Territorial highway engineer. At one time, when Mr. Sommers and Mr. Hesse held that office, they per- formed virtually all of the engineer- ing work for the Territory. That is no longer the case. Now every en- gineering job, no matter how small, seems to require the hiring of an engineer, to the benefit of the en- gineers, of course, but also at the expense of the taxpayer. The usual fee is around $35 per day, plus travel expense and another $10 per day while away from home. Ryan Case I have cited the fees received by |sennwt Rivers. Then we have Mrs. { c— l —Paid Political Advertisement from ! Irene Ryan of Anchorage. Mrs. Ryan, a mining engineer by her own statement, as you are no doubt well aware, received $37,235.73 from the Alaska aeronautics revolv- ing fund during a period of approxi- | mately eight months. This, for your | informatien,” is equal to the tax on a million eight hundred sixty-one Note: Mr. White has made repeated offers to debate lhis}mousand gallons of motor fuel. And speech but has had no takers to date. {now Mrs. Ryan has been appointed | to organize the Democrats. As I said before, we have a Territorial en- gineer, but his office does not ap- | pear to function to provide engineer- iing service for the Territory, not- withstanding his campaign promises | of economy to the Territory because he is an engineer. ; Travel Expenses | I mentioned a few moments ago | that engineers employed by the vari- ous departments receive the usual $10 per day extra while traveling. | Travel expense is a large item in | the expenses of many of our Terri- ! torial departments, and in some in- stances the figures are truly stag- gering. Between April 1, 1949, and Aug. 15, 1950, for example, the Ter- ritorial department of health ex- | pended $165,261.07 for travel ex- penses. This does not include the operation of motor vehicles or boats. 1 repeat those figures—$165261.07. Now the members of the Territorial legislature are reimbursed at the |rate of fifteen cents per mile for | travel to and from Juneau. I belfeve !this generally actually covers the expense of their travel. Figuring |from that rate, the health depart- ment travel bill would account for 1,101,740 and four-tenths miles. | some of you who are quick at fig- {ures could no doubt calculate how | many times around the earth at | the equator this would be, or how ! many trips to the moon and back |it would represent. Alaska may not 'have the largest department of | health in the country, but I would ibe willing to bet that it has the | most-traveled department of health in the world. | The law provides that is shall be |the duty of the governor of Alaska to look into the conduct of the offi- ces of the Territorial government. Does our present governor do that? | You have heard some of the facts about the conduct of those offices nd can guess the answer. I cannot | at this time give you all of the facts | disclosed by our investigations, but | I can say that the Territory is in a | sorry mess. Many taxpayers may be- !lieve that somewhat higher taxes are a necessity because of increased | !cost, but I think none of them feel {that their tax money should be | stolen, wasted and thrown away. I | can say in deep sincerity from what fI know that the four horsemen are !loose upon us, the taxpayers of | Alaska. They are—dishonesty, cor- | ruption, malfeasance and misfeas- |ance. “Correct Abuses” You, the taxpayers and voters, ‘have it within your power to make 'a start toward correcting these |abuses at the election in October. The Democratic administration can- | didates wil come before you with | the same old talk about welfare and | pensions and the public spending they are doing for your benefit. Do |not forget that every single dollar jcomes out of the pockets of the tax- payers—and that you are the tax- | payers. By their use of the taxpayers’ | money they have built up a vicious 1politicnl machine. The purpose of the machine is to get more and more money out of the taxpayers’ pockets. At Nome they have Colonel Mar- ston, who is on the payroll at $6500 a year. At the time of the last elec- tion he was a major. His business was and is to get out the vote, and the vote, you may be sure, will be for the administration candidates. He delivered the goods at the last election. He subsequently received the promotion, at a further cost to all of us. There may have been no connection between the results of | the election and his promotion, but I suspect that there was. - The governor of Alaska wrote to Mrs. Grace Kohler at Hope, Alaska, and to Mr. C. Heurlin at Barrow, Alaska. These letters are now before | Congress and they were recently published by the newspaper, the Fairbanks News-Miner and its cour- ageous editor. These letters, it seems to me, are a clear violation of the federal statute known as the Hatch act. Foster Letter Don C. Foster, recently deposed head of the Alaska native service wrote to Mr. Heurlin at Barrow, in- structing him to proceed to Wain- wright, Point Law, Point Hope, Kiv- alina, Noorvik and Noatak and to get the voting precincts established. He would be advised later, the letter said, on the proper procedure. The letter also instructed him to de- liver the information to the teachers at the stations he visited. That was all taken care of and they all went away with the votes as instructed. If the Democratic tickets in this Territory are elected to office you can expect more taxes and then more taxes. At Anchorage on August 28 the Territorial highway engineer, addressing the mayors conference, asserted that we must double the fuels tax and this position was like- wise affirmed by the Democratic treasurer of Alaska, Henry Roden. His main reasons seem to be that he would like to spend more money and that the various states collect higher gas taxes. As seems to be customery with Democrats, no men- tion was made of the high cost of —Paid Political Advertisement 4 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1950 gasoline in Alaska without any local taxes being considered. But I believe you all realize that an increase in this tax would work a hardship on those who use motor fuel in their business operations — the truckers, the fishermen, the airplane operator or bulldozer. “Back-Scratching” In most of the states and in the organic act for Alaska members of the legislature are prohibited from taking profit or pay from legislation they themselves helped to enact. it would be only too easy to secure other legislation by a promise of lucrative jobs—or, in other words, you scratch my back and I'll scratch | yours. The last legislature appointed a committee to investigate conditions in the government of Alaska. They must have sensed the condition of this government under the present administration. Representative Mar- cus Jensen of Douglas, a Democrat, is a member of this committee. Rep- resentative Warren Taylor of Fair- the senate, is another member. Mr. Jensen has done most of the work carried on by the committee since the legislature adjourned. He says that things are rotten and he wishos a grand jury investigation. But has Mr. Jensen received any support from his party for good government? What has Senator Peratrovich, Rep. Andrew Hope, Rep. Amelia Gunderson or Senator Anita Gar- nick done to remedy the deplorable conditions in this Territory? They have not raised their voices to assist Democratic Members James Nolan and Marc Jensen or any of the rest of us. Senator Peratrovich's only contribution to the native people, as T see it, has been to tell them how to vote. Many of us are surprised that Rep. Andrew Hope is supporting Amelia Gunderson. Her record has been such in the legislature that it is | indeed, surprising. Surely these people know that a demand has been made for a United States senate investigation of the Palmer airport affair, or what is now known down in our part of the Territory as the Palmer method. “Join Crusade” ‘We have many fine, upright people in Alaska, and many of them are working for the United States gov- ernment and the Territorial govern- ment. The things I am saying here are not intended as a reflection upon these people. Rather, I would in- vite them to join this crusade, to clean house in Alaska. Since the Gruening era dawned in Alaska in late 1939, those who keep a lookout for strange political de- velopments have witnessed a steady ladling of political rewards to the faithful and fully indoctrinated “Grueningcrats.” Here is a partial list of the elected representatives of the people and others who have done the king’s wishes and in turn have reaped their reward. John McCormick went down the Gruening line and is today the Ter- ritorial head of selective service. He is a former member of the Alaska legislature. Crystal Snow Jenne—who thought Gruening was just a wonderful man —is now postmaster in the capital city. She is a former member of the Alaska legislature. Fred Hanford, another of the faithful, is now a member of the property tax assessmient board for the First Division. He also is a | former member of the legislature. Chris Hennings, at the prompting of Gruening, was made an Alaskan representative of the now aban- doned political action committee of the CIO. He is a former member of the Alaska legislature. Joe Krause, like Fred Hanford, is a member of the tax assessment board, with travel expenses and per diem. Also a former member of the Alaska legislature. Clarence P. Keating Jr., secured the appointment as census director for Alaska after he had followed the Gruening line in the legislature —former member, Alaska legislature. Alfred Owen Jr., was hand-picked by Gruening for our next labor com- missioner—former member Alaska legislature. And then there was Ben Mc- Manus, chief clerk of the house in 1945 session. He was later jailed. Steve McCutcheon, former OPA inspector; member of Alaska legis- lature. g Stanley McCutcheon, the fair- haired boy of the Gruening admin- istration, draws legal fees of over $5,600 for work the attorney gen- eral is paid to do. He is a member of the statehood committee, also member, Alaska legislature. Victor C. Rivers says he is an en- gineer. He has ben drawing high fees from the Territory for work that is never let out on bid. He also is a member of the statehood com- mittee and a member of the Feltus hiring executive committee. He is a member of the legislature. William L. Baker, the Southeast- ern Alaska branch of the Gruening press, is a member of the statehood committee and is presently very busy trying to explain Mr. Feltus. He also receives Territorial printing with- out the formality of a bid. Herb Hilscher, for whom a $3600 new position was created. (Univer- sity of Alaska; member development board.) James C. Cooper, former head of the Territorial board of account- —Paid Political Advertisement and the man who operates a mzcmr! This is as it should be. Otherwise | support for appropriations and for | banks, who is now a candidate for | ancy, is in the same institution with Oscar Olson. He was bank examiner for the Territory of Alaska and served a previous term in the peni- tentiary for embezzlement. Robert Atwood, western branch of the Gruening press, is 8 membeér of the statehood committee and of the executive committee which hired {lobbyist Feltus. I trust it has no political significance that Mrs. Evangeline Atwood was appointed by Gruening to the board of public welfare. And last but by no means least we have Warren Taylor, a member of the statehood committee and of the Feltus hiring executive commit- tee. I have previously referred to his fees from the veterans board. There are also some people in Alaska who are neither fine nor up- right. There are also a few who are no longer in Alaska I have men- tioned the case of Oscar G. Olson, former Democratic treasurer, who is now in the penitentiary. The only way to remedy this condition, ap- parently, is to make an absolutely clean sweep. The Democrats, I have no doubt, will tell you that they have advo- cated low-cost housing for those in the lower income brackets. Well, where is the low-cost housing? This has been more of a report than a speech. For delivering it to you I can expect vilification, abuse jand much adverse publicity. But I say to you, know the truth and the jtruth shall make you free. What and you will have the facts as I {have them. The deplorable conditions I have related to you can be remedied. You have the power. You can go to the polls and you can get your friends to go to the polls. Your bal- lot is secret and you are on an equal with all. If enough of us go and vote for good, reliable candidates, we will have a new broom and we | can make a clean sweep of the cor- ruption, malfeasance and misfeas- ance in our Territorial government. These men are the new broom to sweep the corruption, malfeasance and misfeasance out of the capitol at Juneau: For the Senate we have Elton E. Engstrom, born in Wrangell and a resident of Douglas and Juneau. He is in the fish brokerage business and has made a success of it, and he is a family man with two sons. I ask that you look over his record and I think that you will agree that in qualifications and abiilty he is far ahead of incumbent Senator Frank Peratrovich of Klawock. As candidates for the House of Representatives the Republican Party has the following people from a number of Southeast Alaska Com- munities: Mrs. Doris Barnes of Wrangell, former mayor of that city and the leading vote-getter in the last gen- eral election. She has served one term and is seeking re-election. Frank Johnson, of Kake, born in Alaska and has served two terms in the House. Waino Hendrickson, mayor of Ju- neau and a very competent man in public affairs. Edward Locken, mayor of Peters- burg and one of the foremost build- ers of that progressive community. Ralph Bartholomew, Ketchikan businessman and widely experienced in civic affairs. % . J. 8. MacKinnon of Juneau, a graduate of Annapolis Naval Acad- emy and Navy Chief of Staff in Alaska during the last war. Clyde O. Peterson of Ketchikan, a veteran of World War II and a family man. M. L. McSpadden of Juneau, cold storage plant manager and widely known throughout this part of Alaska, In these hands I feel sure that your interests will be well protected and furthered. We have on the Territorial ticket Almer Peterson of Anchorage for Delegate to Congress and Henry Benson of Juneau for Labor Com- missioner. This is a crusade, fellow Republi- cans, Alaska Democrats, Indepen- dents and young men and women of Alaska. Join us for better govern- ment. Good Luck and Good Voting in October. (Paid advertisement by The Re- publican Party Special Committee for Investigation of Corruption, Malfeasance and Misfeasance in Territorial Government.) —Paid Political Advertisement IMPORTANT TAKU GILLNETTERS MEETING At the AF of L Hall, Juneau, Monday Oct. 2, at 2 pm. All Taku iishermen are urged to be present. J. F. STEVENS, Sect’y. NOTICE Residents of Douglas Island not within the city limits of Douglas will vote for one member for a five year term to be elected to the Douglas Independent School Dis- trict Board in the home of Wm. Hixsen on Douglas Highway. Elec- tion date is Tuesday Oct. 3, 1950. SEE MYSTERIOUS DANCER at 3 am. and continucus floor show, also scurdough yodeler. Coun- try Club tonight. 620-1t W. 0. “BO” SMITH Candidate for the Legislature speaks over KINY at 6:15 tonight. KETCHIKAN VISITOR Louise W. Miller of Ketchikan is stopping at the Baranof Hotel, they say about me will not hurt me,