The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-27
ON EVE OF VOTE. DRIVE, W. L. PAUL DENIES CHARGES
Didn't Doublecross Any. body, He Asserts, As Pre-
 pares to Take Stump
BRANDS REPORTS TO
 THAT END AS FALSE
Tells of Agreement with Republicans Which, He
 Says, Was Broken

lO ldullCIl du dCGlVe CdIIpdlSil in the Third and Fourth Divisions for election as Attorney General of Alaska, and in his own words, ito disprove underground reports em- anating from Juneau in the past two weeks that I have double crossed the Republican organiza- tion and some of its Territorial candidates" William L Paul. Inde- pendent candidate, will leave here this evening on the steamer Yukon.
 He will discuss openly and frank ly, he said, the arrangements made between himself and the Republi- can Divisional Committee and some of the candidates on that ticket, which have since been cancelled, that are declared to have led to the accusation that he ran out on the C.. o. P. after passing his word to make things easy for it.
 Discusses the Arrangement
 Reports are current that made a pledge to withdraw from the race for Attorney General and devote my time during the campaign to supporting the Republican nominee for that office and other candi- dates on the same ticket" declared MT. Paul. That is not true"
 He then discussed the foundation for the. report, going into some de- tails about the arrangement that he said he had entered with the Republicans at their solicitation. The whole proposition, he main tained stoutly, was nullified when the Divisional Committee failed to keep its part of the agreement.
 Employed as Secretary
 After extended negotiations with the Republicans, MT. Paul said he had agreed to accept a position with the Divisional Committee as Assistant Secretary. J. H. New man. former Court Reporter, is the Secretary, and c. T. Gardner is Treasurer. He was to receive a stipend of $250 per month from August 1 to the election on Novem- Der 8. After the election he was assured of position in the office of Attorney General under John Rustgard, present encumbent who is seeking reelection, at a salary of $25O per month. Also, his ex- penses of travel and subsistence were to be paid during the cam paign drive. His duties as Assist ant Secretary were mainly to work for the Republican candidates in the camps of the Alaska Native Brotherhood in Southeast Alaska.
 T offered to withdraw from the race at the time of making the agreement, but was informed that MT. Rustgard did not desire that, believing it better that should remain a candidate. I was paid s25O for the salary for August, and expenses for one trip through Southeast Alaska, making total of about $4o0," he said.
 ,e Withdrawal Was Sought
 Later on, MT. Paul continued, he was asked to withdraw from the Attorney Generals race, being told MT. Rustgard desired it. T was willing to accede to the request. but only on two conditions. First, I requested that MT. Rustgard re- state his position on the fisheries issue, and, second, asked him for an explanation of political ad- yertisement that appeared in a Cordova newspaper during the pri- mary campaign of 1930, when MT. Rustgard was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Delegate to Congress. This advertisement was a direct insult to the Indians of Alaska.
 MT. Rustgard refused to com init himself on the fisheries, say ing it was not an Issue in the campaign. And he denied having any knowledge of the advertise ment. I, therefore, declined to- get. .out of the present race. But I was willing to continue as Assist ant Secretary of the Committee and supposed that it was also agreeable to the Committee and