The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-18
DUNN DECLARES
 HOOVER WOULD HAVE SAVED US
Republican Club Reaches New High Attendance of
 73-Approve Planks

the local Federal District Court, speaking before the Gastineau Channel Republican Club last ev- ening, attributed the present la bor difficulties over the country in general, and an the Pacific Coast specifically, to President Roose- velt's steand in favor of collective bargaining.
 The country is in the worst con- dition it has ever been, not even excepting the World War" he said.
 of Hoover had been elected in the last election, the country would have been practically back to normal by the present time. he continued.
 "The only hope for the future of this country" declared MT Dunn, 'is to return the Republi- cans into power to get the coun- try out of the mess the Democrats have got us into
 1 We'll Attended 1 Reinforced by contingent of Douglas residents, the Republican Club attendance sky-rocketed to an unprecedented high mark fo i the year of 37 Republicans and one spectator. The meeting wa presided over by E. E. Engstrom of Douglas in the absence of Pres- ! ident H. B. LeFevre.
 Much interest and enthusiasm was expressed by those present and MT. Dunn's speech was met ! with applause, as were other 1 speakers.
 Judge James Wickersham stat ed as his belief that Communists are directly responsible for the strikes, and are leading them at the present time. He also said that he did not believe that this was with the sanction of the Dem- ocratic administration.
 Reports on Campaign H. R. Shepard, Republican can- I didate for Representative in the Territorial Legislature, reported on his visit in Ketchikan, and said that the prospects for Republi- can year in that part of the Di- vision are very favorable. He said that the Indian vote appears te be practically solid Republican from information which he received. He also stated that he had spent $40 to good advantage in the Ketchi- ] kan beer parlors, treating the i houses. M
 L. w. Kilburn, on behalf of the l Douglas Republicans, invited ths Juneau members of the organiza- ton to hold a meeting in Douglas in the near future 2S ] No Such Thing @ I H. D. Stabler, former United States Attorney, in speaking or the liquor plank, said that in his opinion, There is no such thing as decent liquor dealer"
 The three blanks of the plat form which were referred back te ! the committee by the last meet ing for redrafting were introduced and passed without a great dea of argument. They are printed herewith.
 Education
 'a "We believe that all Territoria officers should be directly respon. sible to the people of Alaska. We therefor, denounce the amend. ments made by the last Democrat I ic Legislature to our school laws and we oppose the dictatorship I thereby established. We believe that the Commissioner of Edu' cation should be made responsi- ble to the Electorate instead of te the Federal Governor We believe that local school boards should bt re-established ( outside of incor' porated cities and that such boards :; elected by the people should have the right to name teachers 1T their respective precincts and tt otherwise conduct the business oi the schools. We further advocat< the employment of Alaskans 1T teachers positions whenever com potent residents may be foun< available"
 Fur Farms
 we believe that. all islands uset as fur farms should be eliminates from the Forest Service and tha fur farmers should be permitted to obtain title to the same undel some provision of the homesteas law, as adapted to their need and circumstances, provided tha on islands containing over 16 acres the area should be limited
 Intoxicating LiquOr
 We condemn the system of Ii l IT t-I- q Al