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4--Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, February 14, 1966 "Independent in All Things Neufrol in None" Daily News 200 North Cushman, Foirbonks, Alaska 99701 A I A Published Daily Except Sunday by Fairbanks Publishing Inc. C. W. SNEDDEN DAVID B. GALLOWAY President and Publisher Executive Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Per Month by Carrier Per Month by Motor Route Carrier (In Advance) $3.00 S3.50 MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS Via Regular Air-Speed Via Air One Month Three Months Six Months One Year 'Air-Speed Mail --Deli very time, Moil Mail' $3.00 $4.00 8.25 1.25 15.25 21.25 28.25 40.50 five days or less to U.S.

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Subscribers who fail to receive their papers by 6 p.m. are requested to dial 456-6661 before 7 p.m. Honor Bestowed on Alaska Pope Paul's creation of the archdiocese of Anchorage has molded one ot the world's largest archdioceses in terms of area and one of the smallest in terms of clergy. There had been no rumors or advance reports a the archdiocese was to be created. In fact, the sudden announcement in Vatican City caught unaware even the Roman Catholic clergy in Anchorage and other parts of Alaska.

The Most Rev. Francis Gleason, bishop of Fairbanks, and the Most Rev. Dermott O'Flanagan, bishop of Juneau, both knew that the growth of Alaska Jiad been discussed by prelates of the church at the Ecumenical Council in Rome. But neither was aware that the creation of an archdiocese was imminent. The new archdiocese will cover roughly 138,000 square miles of territory with 130,000 inhabitants of whom more than 18,000 are Roman Catholics.

The new archbishop, the Most Rev. John J. Thomas Ryan, secretary to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in New York, and a close friend of His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman, has never been to Alaska. We know that he will find a warm welcome when he arrives here after the consecration ceremony to be held in Albany, N.Y., on March 25. Roman Catholics in Alaska have reason to be proud that the church has recognized the need for an archdiocese.

All faiths will appreciate the honor bestowed on the state of Alaska by Pope Paul and the appointment of a New York Irishman to the post just before the Centennial Year. S. me Empire? It is startling to learn that responsible political leaders in Australia and New Zealand are talking about the day when they may have to join the United States to secure their lands from the growing menace of Communist China. That is the direct effect of Communist China's aggression, now conducted through North Viet Nam, which is involving us in the defense of South Viet Nam and all of Southeast Asia. So far as we know, no responsible leader in this country has even hinted at a union of the two Down- Under English-speaking nations with this country.

It would spread the reaches of the United States from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean and create the equivalent of a new and immense Pacific Empire. The possibility was publicly raised in Wellington, capital of New Zealand, by the Australian Labor party leader and leader of the Opposition Arthur Calwell. He predicted that within the next 20 years New Zealand may "have to become" part of the United States to counter the growing menace of Communist China. Calwell added that Australia might eventually "have to do the same," though he preferred the unlikely alternative of a union between New Zealand and Australia. "New Zealand is nearer to Hawaii the 50th state than Hawaii is to mainland America," Calwell pointed out.

That is something few Americans realize. But New Zealand including its remotest islands reaches from the tropics to the antarctic zones. It is not just the well known main four islands North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Its area spreads across 103,736 square miles, the size of Colorado. When the Labor leader predicted that Australia may also join the union, he spoke of what would be a world-shaking event.

Australia is a continent. It is five-sixths the size of the United States. Its 11 million inhabitants cling to the coasts. The interior is wide open desert, an invitation to overpopulated China to seek new homes for its millions. That is what Calwell fears and wants to protect against.

The United States is treaty bound to go to the defense of these lands, but they may feel that their security will be greater if they were part of the United States. We may not be as quick to go to the aid of an ally as to the defense of our own. Calwell has opened a vast subject. Is is a direct response to Communist China's long-range plans of aggression. It cannot be dismissed as a figment of a politician's mind.

It is also a premonition of the years of struggle ahead until China's dream of world domination is ended. The best time to end it is now and the place is Viet Nam. Citizen Has Rights, Too TODAY'S QUOTE: Everett A. Streit, editor, the Clinton, Iowa, Herald, in a column called "'Roving Reporter:" What the courts seem to have forgotten in their modern day obsession with protecting the legal rights of criminals is that the ordinary citizen has his rights, too, and one of these is the reasonable assurance that he can go safely about his daily business free from the fear of physical attack by hoodlums and other assorted lawbreakers. "Those who counsel retreat from the a group that has always been blind and deaf to hope!" war belong to to experience wwm 4 CAPITAL THE DORMS Testimony by Ralph Perdue, Jules Wright and Jack Schlep- pegrell on the Native dormitory proposal --statewide ---was well received by the joint Senate- House Health, Welfare and Education Committee.

Out of 14 members, 13 attended the meeting at which the trio testified. Best attendance so far this session, indicating keen interest. Perdue said he represented 27 villages in the Interior from the Canadian border to the mouth of the Yukon. He said information documenting the dormitory proposal has been under study since 1961. Perdue, pounding the table for emphasis as he spoke, said Alaska is "financing Oregon" by sending 726 Alaskan Native students to the Bureau of Indian Affairs school at Chemawa, Ore.

Education of Native youngsters, he said was a state responsibility under the constitution, but he recognized it as "everybody's problem" including his own. "Resolutions have been passed," Perdue said, "but it doesn't solve the problem." Perdue, himself an Indian, told the committee two Native girls are living at his home (at his expense) attending Lathrop High School. One whose father and mother can't read at all is making straight A's and B's. "We know they can do he almost shouted to the lawmakers. HIGH TIME Wright, who is part Indian, heads the Fairbanks Native Association, a group of growing influence.

He said it was "high time the state met its responsibility." Neither Wright nor Perdue were uneasy as they spoke. Neither pulled any punches. A joint committee spokesman, in agreeing with Wright's remarks, suggested the possibility of the lack of educational facilities for youngsters in the bush as the basis of a lawsuit against the state for not meeting its responsibility. Rep. R.

E. (Bobby) Sheldon, D-Fairbanks, asked questions disclosing there are now only two high schools operated by the BIA available to Native children. These are Mt. Edgecumbe at Sitka and Chemawa. Sheldon warned the Fair- banksans and the committee not to jeopardize the federal Sitka expansion appropriation (said to be about $8 million) by attempting to divert it to other projects, as some had suggested.

"They won't divert it, they'll take it back." Independently but later, House Speaker Mike Gravel issued a similar warning saying any tampering with BIA funds for Mt. Edgecumbe would result in the funds "getting lost in the federal machinery." Sheldon proposed if any BIA funds were to be diverted to take them from Chemawa, not Sitka. Shortly after testifying before the joint HWE Committee, the Fairbanksans were called in for a conference with Speaker Gravel. Here Gravel fired the shot heard round the state, announcing the bond package for high schools in urban areas to be built with state funds. LACKS LEADERSHIP Gravel told the group the "State Department of Education has lacked leadership and imagination." The bond bill would also force the state to go into a more varied vocational curriculum.

Under the plan, if it passes, the state would provide money for additional classrooms and ad- ditional funds for needed teachers. The BIA would build the dormitories for students from outlying areas and then turn them over to the state to be run. Asked if the state could afford the program, Gravel said "Education is something we have to do The state has just got to measure up to the task." A bill such as Gravel's could be introduced to dismiss an obligation and then forgotten in some committee. "Well at least he tried," might be the reaction. Recognizing this, reporters asked Gravel if he intended to see the thing through.

He THE EDITOR FcK 9, 1966 Dear Editor: I am somewhat amused by the financial shenanigans of the North Star Borough. I use 1 only because there is nothing that a taxpayer and resident" of some years in the area can do about it. The powers to be are above question. In considering the purchase of property for a school, the assembly agreed to purchase a site offered by a close relative of one of the assemblymen, provided it was first tested. It was purchased without sufficient testing.

Later testing disclosed a permafrost condition. However, it really doesn't matter because it will only cost about $74,000 to excavate the permafrost and backfill the area. And if this should prove unsuccessful in years to come, and the school building tips, the children can play marbles on an inclined floor. The Steese Highway to Fox has been excavated and backfilled several times in one area and is still sinking and tipping. Then our borough hired a university professor to tell us how much it costs to live here.

So this is big news. His advice to tax the people with property to compel them to do something with it should get the job done. A few have already done this, so our University is on the right track All we need is buyers. Then, while I thought a second class borough had only the power of (l) zoning and planning and (2) schools, without the consent of the voters for any additional powers, our assembly to A-67. I find this fits into the above powers like sand in a sugar bowl; but I am sure that no Alaskan court would hold this in violation of the powers of the North Star Borough.

It might give the school children a subject for essays and thus come under the No. 2 classification of powers. But don't worry folks, there is a safety valve, inflation. Brazil has solved the problem and we are working on it. The currency there has lost 99 per cent of its purchasing power in the last 10 years and our dollar has only lost 15 per cent.

Now, if we can speed this up to where a dollar will only be worth 1 cent (like Brazil), there will be so much money that we won't have to be concerned about what the Borough does with our confetti. Then, we too can learn to love our borough. I remember several years back when Mrs. Mike Dalton led a burro through the street of downtown Fairbanks in one of the annual parades to commemorate the forthcoming North Star Borough. And we can all go slow with Schleppegrell, real slow.

Thank you, Joe Vogler Farmers Loop Road said he would use every power of his office to get it through the House. "Will the Senate stop it?" "We're going to do our job, I feel confident the Senate will act intelligently," Gravel replied. He said he would get as many legislators on the bill as cosponsors as possible. RESTLESS "The Natives in their revolution want something now," Gravel said. He said it was intention to "cause problems" in education in the state, thereby removing lethargy.

"The people who should have bee.i studying this problem haven't been coming up with the answers." Gravel tape-recorded a portion of the meeting, apparently to have a permanent record of what he said in case of question later. "If ever the Natives are going to make the transition to our competitive society they must have an integrated education we won't cut down on our efforts it's the most important issue this session." "But Mr. Speaker, the governor's budget didn't call for this bond issue," one reporter protested. "Maybe it's not true that this floor is owned by the third floor." The House of Representatives and Gravel's office are on the second floor. Gov.

William Egan's office is one floor above. Flying to Seattle STAY AT MAYJO MOTEL "Moke Your Stay The Easy Way" Facing 5oHle-Tocomci Airport Speeioliiing in Airport Gueiti COURTESY TRANSPORTATION on arrival, call CHerry 3-97OO for quick service. 17338 Pacific Hw Seattle THE EDITOR Feb. 7, 1966 Dear Editor: As you will notice from the enclosed petition and letter directed to Mr. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, we have a grievance to air because of our unusual experience in recent business relations with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

We contend that by the dictatorial method used in handling our affairs, our rights have been unjustly abused. Let me just briefly mention these events. In November, 1964, a conference was held tn Seattle relative to the 1965 operation of our cannery. At this time decisions were undoubtedly made as to what would actually take place. Subsequently and presumably prior to December 1964 our manager was relieved of his position with our firm; together with all key personnel.

In March 1965 a telegram was received indicating a meeting was to be held at Juneau to discuss plans for the 1965 operation of our cannery. But this was not the case. We found upon arrival in Juneau, all plans of operation were finalized. All this was going on without our knowledge. Upon questioning of key officials of theBIA, Juneauareaof- fice, they said they were unaware of the commissioner's action until March 1965.

Yet tilings were happening as cited earlier in this paragraph. Statistical and physical comparisons were carefully avoided at all times to support their statements. We were at all times denied our right to represent our business in accordance with its constitution and chartpr We agree that it is necessary to combine operations as has been done in the past. If fairness was stressed in the thinking of BIA officials, we should have been the operating cannery in the year 1965. During the past, Klawock has operated more times than we in the combined operation deal.

Just recently we refused again to agree to such an operation, because we felt justified inasmuch as no consideration of fair play was indicated. Will they again carry on an operation without our approval? What influences such radical action? Certainly it is much better for Klawock and Hydaburg to cooperate and agree to alternate year operations until conditions once again dictate that we each can go our own way alone. A long-range plan is necessary to permit us to train local people to rake over key positions, thus eliminating extremely high costs in operations. This plan would almost insure us of profits each year, if put into action. We have been declared in de- fault on our loans, just because we were trying to represent our business interests.

If you'feel as we do, that is, that we are being treated unfairly and bur- rights as American citizens have been abused, kindly favor us with your support in the action we are requesting of the Secretary of the Interior. Copies of the petition have been mailed to: Our three members in Congress; our four representatives in the state legislature; BIA area director; all ANB camps in Southeastern Alaska and Seattle; commissioner of Indian affairs; governor of Alaska; William Byler, Association on American Indian Affairs, 432 Park Ave. South, New York, N. Y. 10016; all publishers of newspapers that we thought would be interested in our story, and chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Congress of the United States, Washington, D.

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The ijaumt-faced newsreel ace, with his partner Oscar Darling, took the first pictures ever recorded above McKinley on Aug. 30. 1931. llomw Itrummttnri: Resumption of Bombings Should Unify Congress 40 YEARS AGO TODAY Feb. 14, 1926 Representative Perlman of New York, today introduced a bill in the House proposing the expenditure of $100,000 for permanent surveys in connection with railroad construction in Alaska, as well as extension of the government postal and military telegraph routes.

The bill proposed a survey to extend the Alaska Railroad to the Yukon River from Fairbanks and through the Chandalar Pass to the Arctic Circle through the Chisana Valley. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY Feb. 14, 1946 The Post Office Department defending its request for $400,000 to expand airmail service in Alaska says the people in the Territory want better than once-a- month mail delivery. C. H.

Stephenson, superintendent of the Division of Railway Adjustments also told the House Appropriations Committee it costs more to operate the service than it did previously. The committee allowed $375,000 of the $400,000 asked. 10 YEARS AGO TODAY Feb. 14, 1956 Bids for the purchase of the steamer Nenana, last of the Alaska Railroad's Yukon River stermvheelers, will be opened at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Anchorage.

The instant results of President Johnson's resumption of bombing North Viet Xam-- because Hanoi rejected all U.S. and all other efforts, to negotiate will be these: It will effectively unify the Congress behind whatever is needed to defend South Viet Nam. It will effectively unify the country behind the "hard decisions" the President will have to make i i the near future. It will mean that the U.S. will increase its military actions at every level in order to remove Hanoi's belief it can win because ne will become hopelessly divided, grow weary and don't really mean to stick it out.

It will leave open the door to peace talks any time Hanoi so chooses-- as the action in taking the issue to the U.N. Security Council shows. There are conclusive reasons why the bombing pause could not be continued indefinitely without some constructive response from Hanoi. The decision was never in doubt. It was a painful decision bu! not a difficult one because it rested on two facts: The fact that Ho Chi Minli confirmed publicly that he would not negotiate until after unconditional surrender by South Viet N'amand removal of all U.S.

forces. The fact that Viet Xam used the bombing pause of 37 days to increase the flow of North Viet Nam troops across the border and to increase the level of Viet Cong attacks and terror in South Viet Xam to a point greater in number than ever. Obviously the diplomatic reasons for continuing the pause were exhausted. Obviously the military reasons for resuming the bombing were imperative-- to reply to mounting Viet Cong attacks and to reduce the peril to South Vietnamese, U. S.

and Allied troops from the growing flow of arms and men from North Viet Xam. It was a necessary decision imposed by a regime which apparently believes it is still open to it to win the war. It isn't. There will, of course, be some dissident and fear-laden voices in Congress. A democracy is never unanimous.

Only three months before Pearl Harbor. Congress came within one vote of killing the draft. But now the leading advocates of continuing the bombing pause --Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. William Fulbright--affirm their support of the President. Radio-Television Logs ALASKA'S HIGHEST RATED TELEVISION KFAR'TY Channel 2 CHANNU MONDAY Day Matinee Ant (NBC) i 30 Hi-Lites Reporter Big Valley (ABC) (ABC) Williams NBC 3 eyton Place I Daughter Final 11:15 --Chanel 2 Playhouse KFAR 660 on the Go KPAR RADIO 0 Willie Wolley (7:10 ABC (7:30 Maury Smith) '9-II-Mel Luck (9 50 Chamber 10,50 ALCO News) 11 Willie Wolley (1 1:20 Thought Line) (I 1:30 Problem Corner' 2-5-Mel luck Favorite Tunes) 4 4 5 Time, Temp.

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