The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14

In conclusion MT. Bartlett said that he as surfing the Eskimo people that if there any attempt at persecution" he will join in any effort that may be made to make sure that persons responsible are prosecuted.
 so if the intimidation on the part of the ANS it could not have been very effective to have resulted in 231 to 29 vote against reservations
 We can't figure it out. Maybe you can.
 We are inclined to agree with Delegate Bartlett, who called the mixup the election dates "an all time high of bureaucratic bunglng," but we think the bungng apparent in every step Of the reserva- ton action from the moment the reservations were first ordered by former Secretary krug
 We trust that the investigation asked by Secretary Chapman will shed enough Arctic sun upon this sinister controversy to bring the facts of the matter to light.
 With all of the mixups over one election-what we expect before the other two scheduled elections held
 Puzzled by all of the opinions against reservations the overwhelming vote against the Barrow reserva- tions and the contrary interpretation gwen us oy Interior of the vote, we tried to ina some answer
 A telegram to Barrow asking for an interpretation from each side of the question: brought no response
 A query to Washington asking how the Secretary of Interior interpreted the vote brought the response from the Associated Press that had not been pos sibe to reach Secretary Chapman, but the lnterlor information man said Secretary Chapman Will nave no comment least until officially informed o1 eiec- tion results. Only notification up to now has been unofficial telegram"
 We await with interest the story that will, we hope eventually reach the public. The question oI reservations and of Indian claims and all that they involve is too important in Alaska to be trealeo except in an honest and fortnight manner
 At the meeting of the Department of the Interior Field Committee in January following discussion ol the reservation elections and passage of motion urg- ing that before any Indian reservations are ordered that the Alaska Field Committee be con- suited in each specific (which would indicate that the Field Committee expects-or tears-more reselVa tions to be ordered) prior to action and that AlaShS likewise be given the opportunity to welgh ana eA- nress themselves the merits demerits of the co- tempated action,' Chairman Kenneth KadoW summed m, inc views of the Committee by saying that the Committee did not presume to pass judgment on the legality of aboriginal rights and Indian claims put emphatically expressed it's views against reserVatloS as means of settling them
 This statement said to be from the minutes of the recent Field Committee meeting in ketchlKah 1 has just reached The Empire desk.
 p S. Since the above was written Sunday, we have read in Mondays Empire of MT. Chapnah reaction to the Barrow election
 His statement regarding intimidation in connec- tion with the vote has more puzzled than ever. The only word of intimidation that has reacheo us came in an Associated Press dispatch from Wash ington the day of the election.
 Delegate Bartlett told reporter accoroihg 'e Ap he had just received telegram from Rusty Heurin "a distinguished painter who lived among the Eskmos' and Leon Vincent who formerly taught al Barrow charging discriminating tactics by the Aiaska Native Service representatives who are coerchg hooh us.;,,,oc to vote for the reserVatiOn