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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16

session, either special or regular
Gov. McKeldin has indicated
he will cali the Legislature into
special session next week to con-
slider q bill creating a Maryland
port authority. The bill is now
being printed and he said Satur-
day he wanted to see it in its
final printed form before OFF,
cially issuing the session call.
The regular. 3o-day budget ses-
sion Of the Legislature is sched-
uled TO open on February |, but
legal experts have said the port
bill does not qualify for consid-
Grafton in that session.
The two most controversial Of
the Statewide vetoes were on
acts increasing State aid for
county school construction and
postponing for another year the
higher auto tag fees scheduled
TO take effect this spring.
Among the local measures the
Governor refused to approve are
several from Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties.
Would Shift Control
Probably the most contro-
versial Of these is the bill in
creasing membership on the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission from
nix to eight and providing for
their appointment by local gov
erning bodies. The effect Of this
bill would be to transfer control
Of the agency from Republican
to Democratic hands. Gov. Nc
Keldin is q Republican.
The auto tag fee increase was
o hot issue in both the 1854
and 1855 sessions. The higher
fees were first scheduled to GO
In effect last spring. but the
Governor signed q bill last win
ter deferring them until this
spring. Then the Democratic
Legislature pushed through an
other bill deferring the increase
from 1856 to 1857 and 1t was
this one the Governor vetoed
The State Roads Commission
claims 1t needs the additional
money to maintain new roads
being built under the 12-year
program.
The proposed increases In
volve q raise from SIS to $40
on auto tags for most passenger
vehicles Chose under 3,70t
pounds, from $23 to $50 or
heavier passenger cars and cor
responding increase for trucks.
The vetoed bill on school aid
would have increased STATE
money distributed to the countie.
under the incentive fund by $1(
per pupil. which would total
about SAB million.
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legislators To Tackle
81 MckeIdin Vetoes
By GENE GOODWIN

sxty-one vetoes McKedn win constitute Of the
business for Marylands 1856 Legislature when
meets probably next week. %
The vetoes by the 1855 session Under
aylands Constitution legislative acts vetoed by the Governor
after ended for reconsideration ct the next
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Il WmakersHit
Arlington Move
|IoDesegregdte
By Q star star oorrespondent

RICHMOND. Jan. 16. Tit
Arlington School Boards tenta.
tive plans to begin desegregatior
next September drew unfavor.
able comment from Virginia leg.
islators as they returned tt
Richmond from o weekend re.
cess.
Although the Arlington Schoo
Board said its plans were tailored
to meet the Gray program. sons
legislators who supported ths
Gray plan were critical Of thu
Arlington development.
Part Of the Arlington boards
statement Of policy said:
Assuming that the Legisla.
ture will enact the provision.
recommended by the Gray Com
mission. the Arlington School
Board adopts the following
policy:
Indignation win be permitted
in certain elementary schools In
the fall Of 1856.
Geographical Basis
THE Arlington School Board
will continue the policy Of de.
termining elementary school at.
tendance areas on q geographical
basis.
Children, whose parents oh.
jected to their attendance at ar
integrated school. viii be as.
signed to o school that Is mo-
integrated :"
The reaction Of some legisla.
tors was to the effect that Ar.
lington had dumped the gun
by announcing its policy befor,
the legislature had acted ant
before the State Board Of Edu,
cation had declared o policy
Some said the Arlington board
action was premature. inasmucl
as the Gray Commission pro,
gram may not be enacted unit
late In the session or at q specia
session to follow In the spring.
It was commended that Airing,
tons intention to assign pupil
on q geographical basis-whicl
would involve only about 81
Negroes now living In white dis
tricts-rilns contrary to the Ora.
Commissions Recommendation
under the pupil assignment plan
Intent Of Gray Plan
The commission. in its report
had this to say under the as.
signment plan:
Children who have hereto,
fore attended q particular pub,
lie school would not be reas'
signed to q different one excep
Tor good cause shown"
The understanding amonf
most legislators here is that tn,
Gray program proposed to min.
imize indignation by assigning
all children back to the sam,
schools next fall. This wouls
leave 1t up to the parents Of in,
|dividual children to show "goot
cause" why the child should b,
sent to another school.
Members Of the Gray Com.
mission concede that children
entering school for the first tim,
or transferring to a locality pre-
sent a different problam. Thos'
children would have to be as
signed on the basis of such fac
tors as availability Of facilities
health. aptitude and availabilit.
Of Transportation. under the Ora.
plan,
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
Letters to the Editor

well-organized, powerful interest
groups, but very difficult for or
binary citizens to apply.
If, in spite of handicaps, peo-
pies legislation should get thr-
ough by means of initiative or re-
ferendum, the legislature would
retain the power to amend it.
We have been urged to adopt
this constitution regardless of its
faults, with the assurance that we
can change it afterwards. This
would be valid reasoning if the
voting public had the power to
initiate amendments. We will not
have such a power This consti-
tuition contains no provision for
amendment by popular initiative.
The people will be permitted to
vote on specific changes only
after they have ben approved by
tWo-thirds of the legislature.
In effect, if we should become
dissatisfied with the degree of
power we have delegated to our
legislators, we will not be able to
make change, except by consent
Of those same legislators. We will
not have the power to alter the
constitution to suit ourselves.
Alaskans are in a position to
make important, creative contri-
buttons to the art of government,
since we are still relatively free.
and not politically set In this
respect, the new constitution is
an extreme disappointment. 1t is
not fundamentally creative
merely in some minor details.
It only forces us deeper into the
dismal dilema of big govern
ment, VS.. little men"
Sincerely -.
BEN HITCHCOCK, Box Gal
Caribou Creek
Palmer, Alaska
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
A STRONG BID

under the American flag. No mat
ter what vieisSitudes it may en-
counter in the Congress, the peo-
pie of the older states can learn
much from the work of the SIS
men and women who spent three
cold winter months together at
the University of Alaska. They
demonstrated. for one thing, the
enduring value of some of the
classic principles of American
constitutienalism They recogniz-
ed that the liberty and security
of the people depend not. upon
weakening government by petty
limitations on a multitude of in
dependent officers but upon a
clear placing of responsibility up
on few officials subject to con-
slant scrutiny and control by the
people.
They demonstrated also that a
convention unhampered by in
terests entrenched in an outmod-
ed or over-detailed constitution
can draft a clean document to
meet the needs of today rather
than the fears of yesterday.
The people of Alaska apparent
ly believe that they need a strong
state government and are conf
dent that they are wise and alert
enough to make such a govern
ment serve their interests. This
is consistent with the doctrine
that has recently been preached
by the Commission on Intergov-
ernmental Relations and by the
American Assembly. Many Of the
older states would do we'll to en-
ulate the Alaska pioneers.
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
Editors Note:

Edl1oT NoIes
The following editorial is TAX
en- from fhe NATIONAL MUNIc-
xpAL. REVIEW. published by the
National Municipal League. and
because of its timely importance
is reprinted below for our read
ssrs:
Last year the people of Alaska
decided to strengthen their bid
for statehood by following the
example of Hawaii and drafting a
state constitution without wait
ing for further action by the Con-
gress. The immediate result of
this decision is partially describ-
ed In the article at page 158 Of
this number of the REVIEW.
Assuming that Alaska is dti-
Gnately admitted to the Union
with this constitution it will have
one of the best, if not the best,
state constitutions ever written.
AL of the stateside eonsultants
of the Alaska convention, includ
ing Assistant Director John E.
Bebout of the National Municipal
League, agree on this. They also
agree that this achievement Is
distinctly an Alaskan achieve
xnent and that the constitution re-
presents to an unusual degree the
personal labor as well as the per
sonal convictions o. the members
of the convention.
hs Convention President Viii
diam Egan has pointed out, it is
altogether probable that this doc
ument is the last constitution for
a new state that will be written
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
-AIaska
April 1886

Dear Citizens of Palmer,
First, let me state that this is
my first time to write letter to
newspaper Next let me make
It clear that l am not dog-hater.
| think It is fine to have dog
as pet # you take care of them
properly and keep them home
where they belong. Too many
people IN Palmer and vicinity fail
to do this.
Ten days ago my son was bit
ten by dog on Central School
grounds. He was not molesting
the dog. As yet nothing has been
done to try to catch the dog by
the city officials. I am told that
since the city does not have dog
pound in which to place stray
dogs there is nothing they can do
when one causes harm or damage.
Don't the citizens of Palmer,
after all the city taxes we pay,
deserve more protection than this
for us and our children?
What would you do if dog bit
your child?
WHICH IS MORE IMPORT
ANT TO PALMER PEOPLE,
THE CHILDREN OR THE DOGS?
OLA P. DENISON
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19

feet of the road have washed
away to a depth of Is inches and
a width of three feet-and the
thaw has just started! This dam
age would have been avoided had
this road received the same treat
ment accorded other raods in the
area.
For ten years we have CRATE
fully accepted the few bits Of
maintenance and improvement
performed on this road. Always
we have cheered the valiant eff
forts of ARC. employees to
break through after Matanuska
winter blow. Never have we COM
planned to the local ARC. office!
Only with the announced pro-
posed closure of Is farm roads
in the Valley last fall did we
voice our protest. A decision fav-
orable to our just cause was rem
dered. THE roads are to be main
tained'', says Washington.
Now as I splash homeWard
downstream through the canal
I ask, What goes?" Please excuse
my vernacular but, like bear
coming out Of Information, my
taxpaying patience eometh to an
end.
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
GLENN G. BRIGGS

Dear Sir:
Certain members of the Mat
anuska Valley sportmen land It
is not unanimous, by any means)
would destroy the chances of 208,z
600 people for achieving political
equality in the American nation,
and wipe out Alaska's chances for
statehood, because something
they wanted was not written into
the constitution.
The SIS delegates to the Consti-
tutional Convention, after much
study and much discussion of the
matter, voted that the creation OF
a fish and game commission was
legislative matter, and not
constitutional one.
This was done in spite of a
high-pressure campaign put on
by some members Of the sports
mems lobby, who refused to lis
ten to reasoning of the delegates,
but demanded and even threaten
ed that their own wishes be
adopted.
Even after the constitution hao
been signed, some of these sports
men still persist in their opposi-
ton, and, as a result, are attempt
ing to destroy the entire docu-
ment.
The sportsmen are only one of
number of groups who wanted
to have their interests included
in the constitution. But, the dele
gates felt, these interests were
matters strictly for the 1egisla-
ture.
An important example was the
large group who wanted COM
mission type of control for our
public schools written into the
constitution. The delegates con-
tended that this was matter for
the state legislature. After the
vote was taken, the proponents
of a school commission didn't set
up war Whoop and call on all
voters to destroy the constitution.
They said, I'VE will take up our
cause at the first session Of the
State Legislature
The delegates to the Constitu-
tiona1 Convention have written
a constitution which is basic
document considered by experts
throughout the United States to
be the best state constitution
ever drafted It's effectiveness lies
in the fact that it includes in its
framework only those matters
which are constitutional matters,
leaving to the legislature the es-
tablishment of the departments
of government, and the determin-
alton of the best methods of their
administration.
HERB HILSCHER
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
ARMY REcRUiTER
PLANS PALMER VISIT

MfSgt. Francis A. Klaiber, Ter
ritorial Army Recruiter, will be
in Palmer on April Goth and can
be contacted through the ACS
office.
Parents interested in learning
about the military obligation OF
their sons and other aspects of
military life and opportunities in
the service are invited to call
Sgt. Klaiber for information on
these matters.
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
Very truly yours,
PAUL F. MARTIN

Dear Sir:
In behaI1 Of the great majority
Of the people of the Chugiak Area
| wish to publicly apologize to
The people of Palmer Area for the
iisrespectful, inconsiderate and
ill-bred conduct of that very small
minority from Chugiak which SO
effectively disrupted the Annual
Meeting of the membership of the
M.E.A. held IN Palmer Saturday.
Contrary to the impression the
peoples outside the Chugiak Area
may have gained at that Meeting
the great majority of the citizens
Of the Chugiak area uphold demo-
cratic processes and abhor the
'goon squad tactics employed by
the small dissident minority SO
evident at the Meeting. We read
ily recognize the presence of this
group by its resistance to any
thing constructive and as a small
minority has little impact on the
activities of our own community.
It was humiliating to the majority
of us attending the meeting to
find this group had extended its
activities beyond the Chugiak
boundary.
1t is the feeling of the great ma
iority of people of the Chugiak
Area that the Annual Meeting of
the M.E.A. membership can serve
the useful purpose of keeping the
informed and inter
ested IN the yearly progress of our
utility which is so i'm
portant to the economy and devel-
opment of the Matanuska Valley
and adjacent areas, and that EVIL
dence of the memberships inter
est in this business can stimulate
management Board of Directors,
Manager, engineers and staff to
progressively greater accomplish
ments in our business with which
they are intrusted.
1t is our hope that the wounds
inflicted by our dissident minor
ity upon the targets of the recent
Annual Meeting will heal before
another years end. If our apollo
gies are accepted the respectable
citizens of the Chugiak Area can
assure the Membership that every
effort will be made to avert at
any future meeting repetition of
the unfortunate and humiliating
ordeal witnessed Saturday night.
In behalf of the great majority
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19

Editor,
Frontiersman,
Dear Sir:
On April "a, we Alaskans must
accept or reject the constitution
written for us in Fairbanks last
winter. Since few of us are ex-
perts on constitutions, we need
some simple measuring stick to
apply to this document.
The essential question is, "Un-
der this constitution, who will be
boss?"
In America, we voters are sup
posed to be "the boss" We must
delegate our power to representa-
tives, but we should never dele
gate away all of our powers. We
are supposed to control our repre-
sentatives; they are not supposed
to control us.
Studying the Fairbanks eonsti-
tuition on this basis, | am obligat-
ed to reject it. I regard it, not as
a peoples constitution, but as a
managerial constitution, with the
flow of power all in one direction,
toward a powerful, centralized
government.
This proposed charter creates
a set of managers for US. whom
we will not be able to manage
adequately. We may fire" them
by voting them out. but by the
time their terms are over, they
will have had their own way,
which may not necessarily be our
way. What we need is a way of
exerting our own authority over
our representatives while they are
still in office
On the surface, it might appear
that we will retain this authority,
since initiative and referendum
are included in the constitution.
NominalIy, these features would
allow us to enact legislation OF
our own, and reject or modify
acts of the legislature unsatisfac-
tory to US.
In the proposed constitution, in
itiative and referendum are little
more than tokens. attended the
sessions in Fairbanks when they
were under debate, and saw them
whitfield down into tool for
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19

Editor
The Frontiersman
Palmer, Alaska
no c..

4 dIIlST, HidSkd
Dear Sir:
| note that the 'sMatanuska Val
ley Sportsmen" believe that the
Constitution should be rewritten
on the grounds that Fish and
Wi1dlife Commission which is not
politically controlled is not con-
tanned in the present Constitution.
They also say a number of other
things which have no bearing on
the Constitution at all, accepted
or rejected.
The proposed Constitution sets
up no agency for the administra-
ton of fish and Wildlife or any
other resources or activity for
some very good reasons. First the
"sportsmen" themselves couldn't
agree on whether they wanted
two commissions Or one commits
sion; second, the experience of all
other states has indicated that it
is the quality of the personnel ad-
ministering the program and not
the constitutional restrictions
that determine the success of a
good fish and wildlife program,
third, the convention did not con-
slider itself capable of forseeing
the best type of organization for
the future; fifth the composition
and powers of a fish and game
commission are legislative mat
tiers, full of detail and not with
IN the scope of constitution.
The wording of the resources
article of the proposed Alaska
Constitution, leaves no doubt of
the intent of its trainers that fish,
Wildlife and all other natural re-
sources shall be administered for
the benefit of all of the people.
| requested the president of the
sMatanuska Valley Sportsmen'
to allow me to appear before his
group and discuss this matter as
well as the balance of the Con-
stitution. No invitation was
forthcoming SO I presume that
they didn't want to hear my side
of the question.
The last two paragraphs of
their letter which appeared in
last weeks issue Of The Front
iersman, are pretty wild accusa-
tons and at least IN my case are
absolutely false. [ did not prom
Use anything to anybody except
that | would call the shots as I
saw them. voted against the in
elusion of a commission or com
missions in the Constitution every
time the matter came up and |
was proud of the convention for
resisting the lobbying Of made
quately informed people using
the crudest means of pressure
politics. For the information of
the "Matanuska Valley Sports
men, ! am just as interested as
they are in natural resources as
I know that all SIS of the dele
gates were, and we think that
the Constitution establishes a
firm framework for the preser-
walton of fish and game for the
future.
JAMES J. HURLEY
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
Editor

Editor
The Frontiersman
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Editor,
You will recall that the Interior
Department decided to continue
maintenance of 10 farm gccess
roads here in the Valley. The en-
closed letter describes the status
of one of these roads as of this
date. Perhaps other folks in the
area would be interested in know
ing what has been done toward
maintaining and improving theis
particular road.
Sincerely
PAUL F. MARTIN
Box 846
Palmer, Alaska
Palmer, Alaska J
April 16, 1856
Mr.. A. F. Ghiglione
Commissioner of Roads for
Alaska
Juneau, Alaska
P. O. Box 1861
Dear Mr. Ghigllone:
am at complete loss to I'M
derstand why the farm road lead
ing to the Martin property is in
the deplorable state we find it to-
day. Considering your authorize
ton from Washington to continue
It's maintenance and improve
ment, as reported to us by letter
from the Interior Department, I
cannot fathom why this road con-
tinues to be ignored.
The Sunday before Easter a
scat" spent all day "winging' the
bitches of neighboring roads
readying them for the coming
thaw That is all roads, except
the chosen ones" of the neigh
borhood, were made ready for
the coming runoff.
Now the thaw is here and the
road of our interest is flowing
into the Matanuska River. Poorly
ditched, hardly pebble of gravel
showing, and with snowbanks
still six to eight feet high on
either side, this road is an erod-
ing mire. We've been walking,
not driving it, for seventeen days
already.
Since the road is the lowest
spot of the area all drainage is
merrily flowing right down the
middle of it. So far, about 100
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19

of the M.E.A. members OF the
chugiak Area / belatedly express
appreciation of the Board of Di-
rectors for the accomplishments
of the past year which was made
possible only by much personal
sacrifice of time, effort and money
on the part of the Board men,
bers.
GLENN G.. BRIGGS
The frontiersman., 1956-04-19
I HIN X

# the proposed Alaska Constitution is ralif-
led April "a, our natural resources will be
preserved for all time.
Fish, forests, wiIdIife, grassIands. and all
other replenishabie resources belonging 10
the State shall be utilized, DEVELOPED, and
maintained on The SUSTAINED YIELD
PRINCIPLE, subject 10 preferences among
beneficial USES" (Sec. 4, Article WIZ
Vote YES on ratification Of The proposed
Constitution.
free copies may be obtained in The office
Of Delegate James HurIey)
MATANUSKA VALLEY
STATEHOOD COMMITTEE
Smyrna times., 1956-03-08

Beethoven, three of an historical
cycle, and has performed in radio
series, all the piano music by
Bach, Echumann, Schubert, and
Brahms. His programs cover a
continually hanging repertoire,
and it is seldom that he repeats
in one season any recital program.
His concerto repertoire lists thirty
works. Perhaps a Photographic
memory, so sharp that to change
an edition of a work means he
must restudy it entirely, is OF
great help toward control of SO
large repertoire; but even more
important is a vivid interest in
whatever music has been written
for the piano combined with a
comprehensive technic which
serves all pianistic problems, and
the complete devotion of a per-
former dedicated since childhood
to the art of music.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-08

have been established over the
years on the basis of experience
and common sense, are made for
the protection of the public; hence
they are not to be taken lightly
by the person who has been given
the privilege to drive" he said.
Mr.. Ashton reminded drivers
that enforcement officials were
taking increased measures against
traffic violations and that such Of
tenders not only would lose their
licenses, but would be liable for
staff fines and even Jail sentences
wherever discretion indicates that
such penalties are warranted.
"The annual traffic toll in this
country is an appalling tragedy" "
he said, land one of the most ef-
fective controls that we have on
the prevention of traffic accidents
is increased vigilance on the part
of our traffic courts and enforce
ment officials"
Smyrna times., 1956-03-08

Janet Goldsborough, Townsend;
Della Mae Wilson, Wesley Junior
College, Dover; Nancy Jane Cath
cart, 8 Prince Avenue, Swanwyck;
Nina Barbara Salo, University of
Delaware; Gretchen Berguido, IN
iversity of Delaware drama stu
dent; June Louise Purcell, LOG
Ogle Avenue, Colonial Heights;
Mary Edith Wheaton, Goldey-
Beacon School of Business; Joan
Elliott Fisher, Wilmington; Janet
E. Kern, Milford; Dorothy May
Wiley, Seaford; Angelina Melori
Claymont; and Janice Olson, New.
ark. The Jaycees said yesterday
that a few seats were still avail
able at the Playhouse on first
come, first-serve basis. Reserva-
tions may be made by telephone
it was pointed out.