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devoted friend" Mr.. Siddons said.
The District Commissioners sent
"a telegram of sympathy to Mrs.
Bates. Their message said:
1.-THE District and the citizens
Of the Nations Capital were ex-
tremely fortunate in having a
man Of Mr.. Bates knowledge of
municipal affairs on our commit
tee in Congress. He was a true
friend Of the District and his un-
timely death is a great loss"
Recently he participated in the
B-36 inquiry as a member of the
Armed Services group. He served
on the Naval Affairs Committee
before it was merged with the
Military Affairs Committee - a
merger he opposed. .....-
Criticized Denfeld Custer.
During the past month he had
been outspoken against cuts in
the Nays aviation budget and
was highly critical of the custer
Of Admiral Denfeld as chief Of
naval operations last week.
As representative Of a district
with important shoe and textile
plants, he opposed reciprocal
trade agreements that he feared
would improve the marketing po-
sition of foreign products to the
disadvantage of New England
shoes and textiles.
The 59-year -old legislator be-
gan his career Of public service
as member Of the Massachusetts,
House Of Representatives, where
he served seven years. He then
served for IA years as Mayor Of
Salem, and completed his Mayors
term before coming to Washing
ton.
Family's War Service Cited.
Born in Salem February Is,
1891, Mr.. Bates was educated in
the Salem public schools. He was
married IN 1911 and had nine
children, two Of whom have died.
A salute to Mr.. Bates and his
family was given In the House in
October, 1912. when Representa-
tive Garfield. Republican, of New
Jersey arose to pay tribute to the
patriotic service Of the Bates
family.
Mr.. Garfield pointed out Mr..
Bates own hard work on the
Naval Affairs Committee, cited q
report that Mr.. Bates SON. in-law
had given his life in the battle
foro the = solomon Islands, that
three Bates sons were in the serv-
Ice ana that y daughter had
Joined the WAVES.
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Truman Signs 1921 Bill,
Last Awaiting His Action

President Truman yesterday
signed the last bin which had been
awaiting his action from the first
session OF the 81st Congress.
2 It confers Jurisdiction on the
United States Court Of Claims to
render judgment on claims of en-
ployes Of the Alaska Railroad for
overtime work performed.
{ The bill was the 1920 passed by
the 81st Congress to be approved
By the President. He vetoed 80.
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Bates Boarded Plane
After Important Work
Delayed Trip Here

Representative George J.. Bates
the Massachusetts, Republican
killed in yesterdays airplane
crash here, was due in Wash
ington Monday. but important
business" detained him in Boston
overnight.
His Office said Mr.. Bates was
coming here to attend the orien-
tation conferences which began
Monday at the Pentagon. He
telephoned, however, that he
would be delayed.
Mr.. Bates was active In public
life for 81 years. In Congress he
was a high-ranking member of
the House Armed Services Com
mittee and ranking minority
member Of the House District
Committee.
Married 80 Years.
Known as a Committing Con-
gresham" Mr.. Bates seldom
missed a week end with his family
in Salem. The day before the
crash he and Mrs. Bates had
celebrated their 38th wedding
anniversary.
Long a leader in Massachusetts,
Republican circles, Mr.. Bates had
been prominently mentioned as a
possible COP candidate for Gov
ernor Of Massachusetts,.
From the time he entered public
lie in 1918, Mr.. Bates lost only
one election. That came in 1880
when he was defeated in the Re-
publican primary for sheriff of
Essex county. He was serving as
mayor Of Salem at the time.
Mr.. Bates served on the District
Committee from the time he came
to Washington IS years ago and
was influential in q multitude of
measures affecting the Capital.
/ Notable among these were the
tax bills, including the $4,000, 900
revenue measure based on the
sales tax. For many years, Mr..
Bates waged q determined fight
against sales taxes and was in
strumental in defeating these pro-
posed levies for Washington. But
this year. he became q champion
Of the sales tax because he could
find no adequate substitute for
it to solve the Districts financial
troubles.
Headed Fiscal Group.
Former chairman Of the Dis
trict Subcommittee on Fiscal At
fairs. Mr.. Bates was active In pay
legislation, taking q leading part
In pay raises for District school
teachers and other city employees.
He was much concerned with
other District affairs, ranging
from traffic problems to the fact
that the Commissioners met be-
hind closed doors. He wanted the
Commissioners to open their doors
to the public at least twice q
month to give the taxpayers a
chance to express their views.
Aided in B-36 Inquiry.
8 Frederick p. n. Siddons, presi-
dent.aE NE Wash3ptdn HRrd Of
Trade sara Mr.. BateSwas one Of
athe top tcongre5 sioaal experts
on local fiscal affairs. "The Ma
ton has lost an able statesman
and the District OF Columbia q
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4
The heroine Of her cartoons
was a middle-aged. plump matron
who expressed her Illustrations
and pleasures in rib-tickling
naivete. Miss Hokinson's own
figure was slight, but she always
insisted she really liked the
dump, ehstty al sEgeqnas9ss she poksd
Was Native Of Illinois.
She once explained it thus:
These women who've given up
all hope Of being thin and who've
reached the stage. as one Of my
captions reads. Of not caring
whether stripes are vertical Or
not. look comical to me, and 80
I draw them that way. But I
am not the least bit critical Of
them"
Most of her ideas came from
eavesdropping on clubs. flower
shows, buses and Fifth avenue
shops. Her quizzical lady treas
urers Of the Garden Club became
q yardstick for hundreds of ma
irons all over America. In Akron,
Ohio, one group Of midle-agers
formed a "Helen Hokinson" re-
ducing club and kept their in
spirational leader informed of de-
velopments.
Reticent about her age, Miss
Hokinson was born about SO years
ago In Mendoza, III. She studied
at the Academy of Fine Arts for
five years, specializing in fashion
drawing. After a bit Of that kind
OF work for Fifth avenue shops,
she decided it was boring, and
went to the Parsons School of
Design. In viewing figures in
terms Of geometrical form, she
suddenly found her sketches very
funny, and continued to draw
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Arthur IA. Cuthcurt Dies,
Stanford Law Professor
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PALO ALTO, Calf, Nov. a.
Arthur M. Cathcart, rs, professor
emeritus Of law at Stanford UNI
versity and nationally known as
an authority on constitutional
law. died yesterday He had been
suffering from cancer. of the. bone.
A member of the Hastings Coli,
lege Of Law faculty in San, Fran
cisco after his Stanford. retire.
ment in 1888. he had continued
teaching until last spring.
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Lakes ShipbuiIder Dies

!. DETROIT, Nov. 2 (P.-Joseph
Page. So. q retired Great Lakes
'phipbuilder.. died yesterday. For
Il years he was associated with
the Great Lakes Engineering
Works In River Rouge. He was
born In Quebec, Canada.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05
U. S. Department Of the Interior
Bureau of Lund Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that John
Eskew Waterman. entryman, to-
gether with his witnesses. Louis A.
Gjosund and Erling O. Broderson,
all of Homer, Alaska, has made
final proof on his homestead. An
chorage Serial 012086 for the NWl4-
NE14 sec. 1, T.-6 S. RIB w. and
the SW14SE14 sec. SO, T. S. R. IS
WIS. M. containing 80 acres, and it
is now in the files of the District
Land Office, Anchorage. Alaska,
and if no protest is filed in the
local land office within the period
of publication or thirty days there
after, said final proof will be ac-
cepted and final certificate issued.
GEORGE A. LINGO,
Manager
Date First Publication Mar. Is, l949
Date Last Publication Apr. IL, l949
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05
us. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Har-
riett E. Williamson, widow of
Featherstone w. Williamson, has
made application for domestic,
Anchorage Serial 09570, under the
act of May 26, 1884 (48 Stat. 8O9)
for tract of land embraced in U.
S. Survey No 2497. situate on the
east shore of Kenai Lake on Spur
Of SewardHope Highway about
% "a miles north of Seward, Alaska
containing 500 acres. latitude 60
"a co.. N. longitude 1490 90 w.
(approx. at meander corner No. /.
and it is now in the files of the
District Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska
Any and all persons claiming adj
verSely any of the above mentioned
land should file their adverse
claims in the local land office, An
chorage, Alaska, within the period
Of publication or thirty days there
after or they will be barred by the
provisions of the statutes.
GEORGE A. LINGO,
Manager.
Date First Publication Mar 20, 1949
Date Last Publication May "a, 1949
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05
FIRE AT CHURCH
CAUSES SMALL DAMAGE

Flremen answered a call to the
Seward Memorial Church Tuesday
noon. The blaze was in the base
ment of the church in a pile of
shavings, where Workmen were do
ing some repair work.
The basement is used as a class
room for the first grade of the
Seward Public School, but no chill
dren were in the building at the
time. There was considerable
amount of smoke but the only
apparent damage was to a STEP
ladder.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05
RED CROSS BOOTH SET UP
at PALACE CAFE
ETA KETT

Headquarters for the Red Cross
drive is set up in the front window
of the Palace Cafe this week.
Workers can report there for ma
terial and information from am.
to pm. each day.
Tickets on the Zenith Trans
Oceanic Portable Radio are also on
sale at the booth. The radio is on
display in the drug store window
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05
u. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Lund Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that
Charles Elmer Hansen, has made
application for a domestic, An
chorage Serial Ol1386, filed under
the act of May 26: 1884 (48 Stat
800 for Homesite No. IS, Plat of
U. S. Survey No. 1922, of the
Slaughter Creek Group of Home
sites, situated on Kenai Lake about
IA miles easterly from Cooper
Landing, Alaska, latitude co. 3O
09' N. longitude 1490 AZ w. con-
tanning 447 acres, and it is now in
the files of the District Land Of
flee, Anchorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely any of the above mentioned
land should file their adverse
claim in the local land office, An
chorage, within the period of pub
LEGATION or thirty days thereafter,
Or they will be barred by the pro-
visions of the Statutes.
GEORGE A. LINGO
3 Manager
Date First Publication, Apr. S, 1949
Date Last Publication, May 81, 1919
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05
US. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Lund Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that John
Franklin Bradford, entryman, to-
gether with Robert j. McNealy and
Lowell J. Thorsness, all of Sell
dovia, has made final proof on
his homestead, Anchorage Serial
012365, for lot l, Exclusive of s.
acre tract of Jack Anderson, serial
011116) lot 2, and the SW14NE14
sec. 6, T. 9 S. r. IA w. SIN. con-
tanning approximately 1881 acres,
and it is now in the files of the
District Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, and if no protest is filed in
the local land office, Anchorage,
Alaska, within the period of pub
LEGATION or thirty days thereafter,
said final proof will be accepted
and final certificate issued.
GEORGE A. LINGO,
Manager.
Date First Publication Mar. 20, l949
Date Last Publication Apr. 26, 1919
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
SEWARD PRECINCT, THIRD
DIVISION, ALASKA
In the Matter of the Estate of
WILLIAM HENRY SLEEMAN,
Deceased
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN:
To the creditors and all persons
having claims against the Estate
of WILLIAM HENRY SLEEMAN,
deceased, to file their claims, prop
erly verified, within six months
after the first publication of this
NOTICE, in the office of the Pro-
! bate Judge for Seward Precinct, at
Seward Alaska; or to exhibit the
same, with the necessary vouchers,
to the undersigned executrix at the
office of Mr.. r. E. Baumgartner,
attorney for the undersigned, which
office has been selected as the
place for transacting all matters in
connection with said Estate.
Dated at Seward, Alaska this
21st day Of March, 1949.
IVA SENT,
Executrix
Mar. %, 29-Apr. 5,12 40
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SUMMONS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD DIVISION
DOROTHY L. DE LOZIER,
Plaintiff,
JOHN G.. DE LOZIER,
Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA,
TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANT. GREETINGS:
YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED
to appear in the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision, within forty (40) days after
the date of service Of this sum-
mons on you, or within thirty 800
days after the last date of publ
cation of this summons, and an
swer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, on file in the said
Court in the abOve-entitled action.
The said plaintiff in said action
demands the following relief:
That the bonds of matrimony ex-
listing between plaintiff and de-
PENDANT be dissolved. and for such
other relief as may be set forth in
the complaint attached hereto and
made part hereof
And in the event you fail to so
appear and answer, the plaintiff
will take judgment against you for
want thereof and will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in
h Ter complaint as hereinabove
stated.
WITNESS the Honorable An
thony J. Dimond, Judge of the
District Court and the seal of said
Court hereunto affixed on the 14th
day March, 1949.
M. E. S. BRUNELLE,
Clerk of the District Court
tSeaD By ANNA B. SOUTHARD,
Deputy Clerk.
Mar, 1922, 29-Apr. SAG
In two months the Naval Air
Training Command has a perfect
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05

At The Hofels
At the New Seward = Mr.. and
Mrs. j. l.. Cobb, Indian; MIR. and
Mrs. j. P. Jeffrey, Seattle; John
Manley, Anchorage; F. S. Pampell,
Hope; Andrew Flemming, Whittier;
Richard Hume, Anchorage; Edward
Paluska, Anchorage
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-04-05

In two months the Naval Air
Training Command has perfect
safety record while flying 10000
hours.
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SE|hAAS NEW YORKER VESBUTYJE

vesuyje nelpa Del pasarma da nbag Ngi idelot
iyh NEW YORKER vibuy
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Balandzio men. 21 diena is
Anglijos j Vokietijos anglu 20
ma atvyko savo tautieciu lam
kyti Blk. Balutis, K. Zarins ir
A. lorna = Lietuvos, Latvijos
ir Estijos ministerial. Jie atvy-
ko lydimi ir globojami Angli-
jos uzsieniq reikalu ministerijos
pareiglnu ir skaitomi Anglijos
okupacines valdzios oficialus
sveciai. Kaip toxic buvo sutikti
SUI visu iprastu pagerbimu, ly-
dimi po tremtiniu stovyklas,
priimami aukstuju okupacines
valdzios pareigunu.
Rabaltijo krastu ministerial
aplanke sias tremtiniu stovyk-
las Osnabrueck, Greven,
Bedburg, Oldenburg, Pabaltijos
Universiteta Pineberge, Neu-
stadt, Lubbock, Spakenbe g,
Fallingbostel, Hanover, Blom-
berg, Detmold. Visos sios sto-
vyklos yra anglu valdomoje Vo-
kietijos zonoje.
Jusu korespondentui dviejo-
sc stovyklose teko butt, kada
ten lankesi musu ministerial.
Stovyklose buvo didziausias SUI
iudimas. Visi ruosesi kuo is
kilmingiau sutikti senai maty-
tus svecius. Kiekvienas tai is
gyveno dideliu jautrumu, tarsi
savo akimis vel matydamas ne
priklasomos Lietuvos dalele.
Kiekvienoje lankytoje sto-
vykloje, o tos lankomos stovyk-
los yra daugumoje visQ triju
Pabaltijo tautu apgyventos, Wy
ko bendri ministeriu sutikimai
ir pasveikinimai. Pc to kick
vienas minister's eidavo pas sa-
vo tautiecius, ten padarydavo
aktualiais klausimais prane-
Sinus ir atsakydavo gyvento-
ju klausimus.
Minister'S B. K. Balutis savo
pranesimuose labai daug vietos
skyre isryskinimui pareigQ, ku-
rias kiekvienas tremtinys, ko.
vodamas uz Lietuvos laisve tu-
ri atlikti. 10 keliamoms mintims
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AIM, ALTO ir LVS
seimai sestadieni, 2 val.

Primenama, kad po atidaro-
mojo posedzio, kuris bus sesta-
dieni, geguzes 21 diena, 10 val,
ivyks atskiri pagrindiniu Tau
tines sroves organizaciju sell
mai, tikslu formaliai pasisaky-
ii reorganizacijos klausimu.
Tuo paciu metu saukiamas ir
j 81 krasta jau atvykusiu Lietu-
viu Tautinio Sajudzio nariu SUI
sirinkimas. Liet. Taut. Saju-
dzio nariai kvieciami stengtis
dalyvauti tame susirinkime ir
seine. sio susirinkimo tikslas
- sudaryti tinkama rysl savo
tarpe, palaikyti il su likusials
Europoje ir isijungti i Ameri-
koje veikianciu vienminciu dar-
ba.
Kurie negales tue metu butt
New Yorke, prasomi kuo grei-
ciausiai pranesti savo adresus
d. Adomaiciui, 1887 Garfield
St., Gary, Ind.
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lahijes r Bdjos ministerial is Lendene
Iankeii pas tremtinius Britq 0noje

W kelione, kuri visais atzvil-
giais naudinga, jis labai dekin-
gas Anglijos vyriausybei.
Ministerial Vokietijoje isbu-
vo II dienu. Visas tas dienas
jie buvo apkrauti dideliu kelio-
mes spartumu, bet kai geguzes
2 d. turejo palikti Vokietija, pa
sijuto, kad ir buves didelis nuo-
vargis tikrai buvo malonus.
Ministeriu lankymasis trem-
tiniu nuotaikas stipriai pakele.
Kaip zinia, tokios keliones da-
bartinese musu salygose nera Ell
linis reiskinys. Ir jei Anglijos
vyriausybe jas leido, matyt,
kad dienos sviesa ir musu rel
kale pradeda rysketi. B. G..
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- susidaryti gera varda, tar
pusavyje sugyventi, savo jegas
skirt Lietuvos laisvei - trem-
tiniai gyvai pritare. Ministe-
rio paminejimas, kad tremti-
Mai Anglijoje gerai vertinami,
sukele pasitenkinima.
Minister'S B. K. Balutis pri-
vaciame pasikalbejime pareis-
ke, kad tremtiniu moraliniu is
silaikymu jis yra patenkintas.
Stovyklose, kick tai imanoma,
visur pasitvarkyta ir pasiseng-
ia sudaryti galimai geresnes
gyvenimo salygas. Minister'S
ypac dziaugesi mokykliniu jau-
nimu, kuris deda visas pastan-
gas, kad atsiekus savo tiksla.
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Mazosios Lietuvos atsto-
vo klausimas Amerikoje

Mazosios Lietuvos atstovo
itraukimo j Vyriausi Lietuvos
Islaisvinimo Komiteta klausi-
mas jau persikelia ir j Amerikos
visuomene. Vieni laikrasciai
spausdina vienos puses VLlKo
nariu pareiskimus tue klausimu,
kiti - kitos.
Socialism,, Sandarieciu ir Tau
tininku sluoksniuose aiskiai w.
rauja nuomone, palanki nuomo-
nei tu penkiu VLIKo atstovp'
kurie stow uz MAJ. Lietuvos
atstovo itraukima (Tie nariai
yra: Laisves Kovotoju Sajun-
gos, Lietuvip Tautinio Saju-
dzio, Ukininku Partijos, Vals'
tieciu 4Liaudininku Sajungos il
Socialdemokratq Partijos atsto.
vai).
Katalikiskoji spauda skelbis
Krikscioniu Demokratu Parti
JOS ir 'satelitu' pareiskimus tue
klausimu, il nuo saves maza
ka tesako. Yra ispudis, kad il
sios sroves sluoksniuose prie
sinimasis. MAJ. Lietuvos atsto
fvo itraukimui4 VLIKa nelaba
populiarus. il, nelengvai patel
sinamas.
! Bendrai 'taciau tuo tarpu da
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rybu iseis. Niekas daug is ju ir
nesitiki. Bet nuo vienokiu ar
kitokiu tu derybu rezultatu
labai daug priklausys ir Lie
tuvos laisves bylos padetis.
Kai kas speja, kad gall kilt
klausimas apie okupaciniu je-
gu is Vokietijos atitraukima.
Manoma, kad Vakaru sajungi-
ninkai, jei ta pasiulyma svar-
stys, tai reikalaus, kad ir ru-
sal atitrauktu savo kariuomene
ne tiktai is Vokietijos, bet ir
is satelitiniu krastu.
Is kokiq? Svarbu, kad jie
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atitrauktu kariuomene is visu
pavergtq krastq, taigi ir is Lie
tuvOs!
Politikai, kurie YES derybas,
Sta Zinc. Ir, be abejones, jie
butu linke taip statyti klausi-
ma. Tx ar isdris?
Kaip ten bebutu, musu parei-
ga yra jiems ta ltikinanciai
priminti.
New Yorko seimas yra vie
nintelis kaip tik dabar ivykstas
didesnis Amerikos lietuviu su-
sirinkimas. Jane yra vieta pa
kelti balsa uz Lietuva siuo svar-
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blu momentu. Todel gausingiau-
siai dalyvaukime seine, kad
tas balsas butu stipresnis!
Seimas nemonopolizuos visos
Americas lietuviu visuomenes
balso. Bet Siuos zodzius uz Lie
tuva, kuriuos jis turi proga pa
sakyti, kiekvienas patriotas pa
sakytu. Tegul tas balsas bus
perduotas per bendrus musu ko-
vos uz Lietuva organus, bet rel
kia, kad jis dabar butQ pasaky-
tas kuo didziausio lietuviu skai-
claus! Kas kalba uz Lietuva, sa-
ko visu lietuviu patriotu minti!
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daugumoje susilaikoma nuo
grieztesniu reikalavimu ar nu-
rodymu VLIKui, laukiant, kad
jis pats ta klausima isspres.
Tx Amerikos Lietuviu Socia-
listu Demokratu Federacija is
siuntinejo spaudai officially savo
pareiskima, pasirasyta pirmi-
ninko J. Glavecko If sekretoriaus
J. Buivydo, kuriame pareiskiami
VLIKui reikalavimai: y kon-
soliduoti visa tauta kovai prizes
okupantus, p statyti Lietuvos
islaisvinimo kova auksciau uz
visus srovinius interesus, 81 ne
sivadovauti bet kurios sroves
sumetimais, primetant jos valia
Kittens, ~ visoms srovems ben
dradarbiaujant is anksto pa
ruosti Lietuvos konstitucija, ga
rantuojancia Lietuvos pilieciui
sauguma bel visas pilietines
teises ir laisves, 81 priimti i
VLIKa Mazosis Lietuvos At
stova.
NUNS atrodo, kad visa Ame-
rikos lietuviu visuomene, rem
dana VLIKo darba, pageidau-
ia to paties, ypac pirmuose tri-
juose punktuose isdestytu da-
lyku. Tx gal ta pageidavima
tiktu geriau suprasti, kaip pa
tarima, ne reikalavima.
Del reikalavimo, kad VLIKas
paruostu Lietuvai nauja kon-
stitucija, butu galima kick ir
abejoti. Laisvos Lietuvos lais-
val isrinkta vadovybe; musu
manynu, mokes patti sudaryti
Lietuvai konstitucija ir tik il
kompetentinga tai padaryti.
Is uzsieniu konstitucijas vezti
il Lietuva nera reikalo. IS cia
svarbu padeti jai laisve atgauti.
zinoma, kiekvienas geras kon-
stitucijos projektas, Wis wien
keno parengtas, gall butt nau-
dinga medziaga laisvos Lietu-
vos seimui. Bet geru projektu
gall parengti net ir paskiras
asmuo. Reikalauti, kad VLIKas
oficialiai rengtu toki projekta,
nelabai prasminga, mes ir jo
parengtas projektas, kaip il
Keno kito, laisvos Lietuvos sci
mui negaletu butt privalomas.
Mazosios Lietuvos itraukimo
Ii .VLIKa klausimas cia rlpi
tick, kick tas itraukimas afro
do gall butt naudingas sekmin.
gesnei islaisvinimo akci a i
i Amerikos lietuviq rlpinimasis
4 siuo klausimu nera kisimasis
i Lietuvos "vidaus" politika, {
lrlpinimasis Lietuvos laisves ko
',,vos sklandumu.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-05-13
IA y sQ
VISU0MENEJE
l autines sroves seimui
rengtis bebaigiant

Del seimo laiko perkelimo ir
abejojimo, kokioje vietoje bus
seimo posedziai, pradetas kvie-
tlmq j selma siuntinejimas tu-
rejo butt sustabdytas. Dabar,
paaiskejus, kad seimas ivyks
anksciau numatytame NEW
YORKER viesbutyje, nezidrint,
kokia vieta bus gauta dailes pa
rodai, kvietimai jau issiunti-
nett.
Oar karta primename, kad
negalintieji geguzes 21-22 d.
butt New Yorke, gall bent is
tolo seimo darbuose dalyvauti.
Spaudoje jau buvo paliesti
svarbesnieji klausimai, kuriuos
seimas lures spresti. Tais ir
kitais klausimais negalintieji at
vykti gall savo nuomones, pa
siulymus, pageidavimus atsius-
ii seimui laiskais. zinoma,
kiekviena nuomone, pasakyta
seimui gyvu zodziu, visada gall
tureti daugiau itakos dalyvau-
janciu sprendimams. Todel da-
lyvavimas is tolo negali visiskai
pavaduoti asmenisko dalyvavi-'
mo. Bet, jei kas istikrujq mega
Ii dalyvauti, to rastu atsiustos
nuomones irgi bus priimamos
demesin. Seimo rengejai yra pa
siruose taip sutvarkyti, kad tos
nuomones butu seimui tinka-
mai pranestos ir dalyviu isgirs-
tos.