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tissue. as such. viii not figure in
the platform.
There is no more school is
sue" he said In response to a
question. The Supreme Court
has decided that"
THE question is to pledge the
party to carry out the law. I'm
sure each party will pledge it.
self to do this"
However, unless Congress acts
in the meantime, according to
Mr.. Dawson, the platform will
call directly for repeal of the
poll tax, still in effect in i've
States.
Tax Seen american
Southern legislators are not
opposed to the submission of a
Constitutional amendment to
KNOCK out this levy. and Mr..
Dawson says it should go.
IT'S un-American," he ainpli-
fies. and actually disenfran-
chises more whites than col
Iored."
Representative Dawson says
that he doesn't hear much
from his own constituents, OF
from Negroes in the country
generally, on the civil rights
Question.
| Asked if the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People or the Urban League
were seeking to build up senti-
ment in Congress for a strong
stand on civil rights, Mr.. Dawson
guessed that everybody gets
letters from them"
Mr.. Dawson refrains from any
predictions about the Negro vote
this year. but he points out that
Negroes stood firm in 1882"
when rs to 80 per cent of them
voted for the Democratic ticket.
And he brushes aside Repub-
lican claims to credit for adj
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Dawson Hopes
oAvoid Fight
|0n Civil RIGHTS
BY JOSEPH A. FOX

The civil rights warfare which
has dominated the last two
Democratic conventions need
not be repeated this year.
This is the calm appraisal Of
Representative Dawson. of Illi-
nois, vice chairman of the DEM
Iocratic National Committee, who
has become a powerful spokes-
man for the Negro race during
his IA years in Congress from a
South Chicago district.
A tough-minded politician
and a thorough realist. the
Georgia born Representative
recognizes the thorny problem
posed in seeking to work out a
diverse factions of the Demo-
cratic Party, particularly in the
light of new tensions stemming
from the race question.
But he is hopeful it can be
done and sees no reason why ii
should not.
Open Minds Seen Need
A prospective member of the
resolutions committee which will
/ draft the platform on which
1.-THE party goes to the country
lMr. Dawson says the most i'm
Iportant thing is that those who
make up this group appoach
their task with open minds, not
Ipre-conceived views.
Usually reasonable men come
up with reasonable results" he
comments.
Mr.. Dawson regrets that the
civil rights issue has become en-
broiled in politics, but it is there
land must be faced by both par
ties, he says.
He objects strongly, however
ito the idea of a civil rights plank
being emphasized as something
to WOO the Negro voter or APP
/, pease any other element of the
party.
1.-THE plank should be designed
to meet the best interests of the
whole American citizenry, OF
which the Negro is an integral
part" he says.
Likes 1852 Plank
Mr.. Dawson feels maybe with
one or two additions" the civil
rights plank adopted in 1867
: will meet the needs this year.
, That plank was the offshoot Of
the bitter fight over the 10y.
atty pledge" designed to binc
. Southern delegates to the tickle
) and the committee, of which Mr.
: Dawson is a member, was in ses.
: sion for % hours, as he recalls
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yances made by the Negro race
in recent years. arguing that
there has just been continual
ton Of the trend that started in
the Roosevelt Truman days. /,
That point will be stressed in
the Democratic PLATFORM" he
was asked.
THAT would be only good
practical politics. the Illinoisan
chuckled.
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before the finishing touches were
applied.
The Illinois Representative
aspirations, as the pre-conven-
ton Congress nears the end of
the road, and SouthernerS are
drawing blame for the inaction,
But Mr.. Dawson comments that
the Eisenhower administration
has not used the legislation al
ready available to promote the
cause of civil rights.
might not instead be a demand
that the aims be spelled out
more precisely.
Principles count more than
words" he responded. I'm con-
fident that the Democratic plat
form will embody those prin-
ciples which meet the problems
OF the present day.
IA man who wants to live up
to words will live up to prin-
ciples."
School Issue Decided"
Mr.. Dawson indicated his be-
lief that the school integration
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HARTMAN URGES
NEW YORK PRAY
FOR EISENHOWER

ALBANY. N. Y. (R.-
Gov. Averell Hartman of
New York yesterday urged
all citizens Of the State to
pray at church today for
the rapid and complete re-
covery" of President Eisen-
hover.
In a proclamation, Gov.
Hartman noted that "the
eyes and hearts Of all of us
are turned in sympathy and
hope to his Sickbed."
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that placed the former Illinois
Governor, the 1852 Democratic
candidate, in a strongly contend
ing position for this years nomi-
nation.
Mr.. Dubinsky had suggested
that Gov. Hartman work for Mr..
Stevenson in the interests of
party harmony.
Former Envoy to Moscow
The Governor, formerly an
ambassador to Moscow and to
London, and a former Secretary
of Commerce, told the conven-
ton:
Il believe in the unity of the
Democratic Party yes - but ]
believe in the unity of the party
as liberal Democratic Party"
Gov. Hartman has been crit
ical of what he called Mr.. Ste
venson'S moderation.
I'm going to go to Chicago
(where the Democratic conven-
ton will be heidi fighting fol
the liberal principles of the
Democratic Party-f1ghting fol
the principles of Franklin D
Roosevelt and Harry Truman
Gov. Hartman said.
1.-THE Democratic Party ISM
going to compromise on them
I want to say to you that this
hat is in the ring-this is a hal
you gave me, and no one is going
to take it away from me-"
Gets Standing Ovation
He received a standing ova-
ton as he first waved, then
tossed his hat. presented to him
by the union several years ago.
Turning to President Eisen-
hower's illness, Gov. Hartman
said:
"AS long as he is our Presi-
dent we will support him, and
the Democratic Party has sup
ported him. because he repre-
sents the best in the Republican
Party"
Gov. Hartman expressed hope
Mr.. Eisenhower would be able
to run for a second term.
But we will have to point
out" he said. "that he is re-
sponsible not only for his own
acts but for the acts of the
people around him"
Gov. Hartman said that the
Republicans want only one
thing-"a front for inaction."
Middle of -the-r GA d. and
moderation mean only one
thing-inaction." Gov. Harri-
man said.
New YOrk's FavOrite Son
Gov. Hartman will go to the
August convention with the bulk
of the New York delegations 90
votes. He also is understood to
have considerable support in the
Rocky Mountain area, which he
visited recently on a speaking
tour.
Gov. Harriman's supporters
contend he also can count or
strong second choice" support
among delegates presently lineC
up with their candidates, anC
that this support will swing Il
him if other contenders become
deadlocked.
The New York Governor re
putedly inherited $40 million
from his father. the late E. H
Hartman, developer of the Uniol
Pacific Railroad. He himsel
later was the railroads. boart
chairman.
Ever since entering public lif
in the early days of the New
Deal he has followed the Roose
welt and Truman theories.
He received some votes at tn
1852 Democratic convention bu
stepped aside in favor of MI
Stevenson.
In his only other bid for cleo
tive Office, he beat out Repub'
lican Senator Irving M. ives To-
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D. c. Bur to InstuII

The Bar Association Of the
District Of Columbia will hold
its annual meeting at 8 pm.
Tuesday night. in the Grand
Ballroom Of the Mayflower Ho-
tel. Officers for the coming year
will be installed.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Stanley Amarok
EnrOute to AMIGA
Meeting in Seattle

Stanley Amarok, president of
AMIGA, arrived from White
Mountain and is visiting here for
a few days before going to Seattle
for a meeting of the executive
board of the organization.
Amarok is the son of Joe Am
arok of this city and graduated
from Nome High in 1889
Enroute to Seattle with him are
Alfred Madonna of Wales, Simon
Beokoluk of Shaktoolik, Tommy
Sage of Kivalina, Fred Demit of
Tetland, and E. Nicoli of Kweth-
lux.
This will be the first stateside
trip for Alfred, Simon and Tom
my, it is reported.
Amarok stated that the group
will meet with area director Will
liam Olson, AMIGA Manager Leo
Murphy; Albert Huber, Of the
Credit Department of the Depart
ment of Interior, Washington, D..
c.; Charles Mountjoy, Resources,
Juneau; and George Wilson, Cred
it Dept, ANS, Juneau.
Amarok stated it is hoped by
this and subsequent meetings to
achieve a closer cooperation and
better understanding among the
SO members of this cooperative
store group which now comprises
store group.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Who Will US. Send to
Rainier-Kelly Wedding?

To- WASHINGTON, R-Who is 60
ing to represent Uncle Sam when
film actress Grace Kelly marries
the Prince of Monaco next month?
The question was prompted by
reports from Paris that Prince
Rainier III is miffed because no
member of the British royal fam
lily plans to attend his wedding to
Miss Kelly.
In reply to a query, the State
Department said today the Mo-
nacan representative III Paris had
invited this government to send a
representative to the wedding,
land the White House will desig-
nate someone"
AS far as can be learned, the
White House hasn't-or at least
hasn't announced it.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Taxation Without
Representation Director
On Trial Second Time

FAIRBANKS, R-The income
tax evasion charge against Jack
Marler is being heard in federal
court here.
Marler, proprietor of the Tok
junction Lodge, has been charged
with wilfully falling to make an
income tax return in 1851 and
1852. He was tried last month but
the jury failed to reach verdict
after hearing Marler's pleas that
he was opposed to taxation with
out representation"
The government opened sec
ond attempt yesterday to convict
Marler on the income tax charge.
AT the outset, Federal Judge
Vernon D. Forbes denied a motion
to dismiss the case.
Marler'S attorney, Edgar Boy
ko of Anchorage, asked that 1t be
dismissed on grounds that federal
income tax laws are not apple
able to the Territory of Alaska.
He said such laws violate the
Fifth Amendment of the United
States Constitution.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
East German Security
Minister Admits Errors
In Law Enforcement

BERLIN, Communist East Ger
many's security minister, Ernst
Wollweber, confessed today to
errors in law enforcement by his
secret police. He said they were
only occasional errors, but police
methods will be eased.
mot everyone who objects is
an agent or an enemy" he told
the East German Communist Par
ty conference. Certain measures,
which were formerly necessary,
are no longer needed to the same
degree"
Earlier this week, Prime Min
lister Otto Grotewohl criticized
his woman justice minister, Red
Hide Benjamin, for permitting
illegal arrests
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Congress Takes
To-Day Holiday
With Little Done

WASHINGTON, R-Congress
was off on a Today Easter holiday
today, with little major legislation
to show for three months of ses-
sions this year and plenty to do
when it returns on April 9.
Plenty of potentially explosive
election year issues lie ahead, in
Guiding farm, social security, for
eign aid, education, highways,
housing and possibly civil rights
and tax reduction legislation.
The recess will give Republican
members an opportunity to check
at home in their generally pro-
fessed belief that President Eisen-
hoWer's decision to run again as
sured the COP of another four
years in the White House and a
chance to recapture control of
Congress.
Democrats, contending that dis
satisfaction among farmers gives
them a good opportunity for vic
tory, were preparing to make the
most of that issue while back
home.
The current recess is the first
and probably will be the last long
holiday for the legislators, most
of whom are anxious to get home
early in the summer for political
campaigning. The target date for
a final adjournment still is July l.,
we'll over a month ahead of the
national political conventions.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Prince Kills Self
Accidentally

ESTORIL, Portugal R-Fifteen-
year-old Prince Alfonso of Bour-
bon, younger son of the pretender
to the Spanish throne, was killed
last night when a pistol he was
cleaning discharged accidentally.
An announcement from the
Royal House of Bourbon said the
bullet struck the young prince in
the forehead and he died within
minutes.
Alfonso'S older brother, Prince
Juan Carlos, has the support of
Gen. Francisco Franco in a move
to return a monarch to the Span
ish throne.
The accident occurred at the
residence here of Alfonso's father,
Don Juan, son of the late King
Alfonso XIII and head of the
Spanish Bourbon House. The
prince and his family had re-
turned only a short time before
from Holy Thursday services.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Report Says Marciano
Has Decided to Retire

NEW YORK R-The New York
Journal-American said today that
heavyweight champion Rocky
Marciano has decided to retire.
An article written by Max Kase,
Journal-American sports editor,
said the information came from
intimate friends of Marciano In
Boston They said the decision
was reached weeks ago, before the
champion left for tour of South
America, but was kept quiet at
the insistence of manager Al
WE'LL.
In New York WE'LL disclaimed
any knowledge of Marciano's in
tention to retire.
cts all news to me-" he told
Kase.
In his last seven fights, Marci-
ano has earned more than $780,
600.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Huge Explosion
Blasts Hole in
Oil Tanker

BAYTOWN, Texas, "a spec
tacular explosion last night and
fire blasted a gaping hole in the
side of a 10,000-ton oil tanker, the
ESQ Paterson, and sent two crew
men to the hospital.
The explosion rocked this city
on the industry lined Houston
Ship Canal and was felt in sub
urban Houston, 25 miles to the
west.
The blast and orange colored
flames 300 to 400 feet high caused
near panic in this explosion potent
oil and chemical city-only 20
miles from Texas City, where a
ship explosion killed at least SIC
persons in 1947.
The tanker was taking on kero-
sene at a dock from the huge
Humble Refinery-one of the larg-
est in the World-When the blast
ripped a hole II feet wide and sc
feet deep, extending from the
water line to the deck, on the star
board side of the tanker.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Thousands in Jerusalem
Retrace Way of Cross
Despite War filters

JERUSALEM, Jordan Sector, Up
Thousands of persons gathered
today in the old city of Jerusalem
to retrace the way of the cross
in the annual Good Friday pill
grimage.
The winding route of the mass
i've procession follows the path
from the place of Christ's trial to
his tomb. 1t was another major
event in the pre-Eastern obser-
vance which began Palm Sunday.
Casting ominous overtones over
the celebration were the Israeli
Arab tensions starkly represented
by the division of this old holy
city.
Guns along the frontier divid-
ing the city between Israel and
Jordan were stilled. But some
Holy Week Observances were cur
tailed, and residents of Arab Jer-
usalem complained that war jit-
tiers had kept visitors away.
The chief Easter sites are on
the Arab side of the line.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
CANDIDATES FOR
CITY OFFICES IN
TUESDAY ELECTION

The City of Nome will hold its
annual municipal election next
Tuesday starting at am. at the
City Hall.
The only contests will be for
the three Councilman positions,
for which there are five candi-
dates, and for utilities board for
which two filed.
Filings were:
For mayor, Steffen Andersen;
for city clerk, Carrie McLain;
for city treasurer, James Mclean;
for school board, LOrena Gray;
for utilities board, Allan Doyle,
and Pearse Walsh; and for the
council, Wilbur Arnold, Lester
Bronson, Fred Cavota, Chuck
Frazier, and Bob Lewis.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
Uncle Bud Ward
Sings at His Own Funeral

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Rt-Claud-
Jus H. Uncle BUD Ward sang at
his own funeral.
Ward, local radio personality
who conducted the old National
Children's Frolic" which origin
ated here in the late 1930s, died
of cancer Monday. He was SIS.
AS death approached, he and
his wife tape-recorded three of his
favorite hymns. They were re-
played at his funeral yesterday in
the downtown Baptist Church.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-30
ICELAND TELLS US. TO TAKE
DEFENSE FORCES FROM ISLAND

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, R-Ice-
lands Parliament has called ON
us. forces to quit this North At
lantic defense post. The move
would leave the strategic island
a NATO member almost midway
between Moscow and New York
with no military force.
The Communist-supported res
olution was adopted 31-18 We'd
nesday night over Conservative
opposition. 1t asked all NATO
forces be pulled out Gin view of
the altered situation" since 1851.
At that time the United States and
Iceland agreed on the stationing
of US. Army, Navy and Air Force
units here under NATO command.
The demand is not expected to-
get beyond the talking stage un-
less the Communists gain enough
strength in parliamentary cleo
tons June "a to back demands for
further action.
The move spanked open concern
in Washington and gleeful support
in Moscow.
Political Maneuver
But informed sources here said
it was all part of a political ma
neuver designed to cut the ground
from under the Reds.
They said the Farmers Party
and others joined the Communists
in supporting the resolution in
order to steal thunder from the
left.
The Reds repeatedly hope to
gain strength in the parliament
tary elections with demands that
foreign troops get out of Iceland
The idea appeared to be that if
the Reds did not score major gains
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The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
GAR ARRIVES FOR HIGH SCHOOL DRIVING COURSE

The brand naw Ford which Hartley Motors, Inc. is making available to the high school for their drivers training course, has arrived in Alaska and at the present time is in Anchorage where it is being lettered. The lettering will identify the car as the high school drivers training car, as well as other pertinent information.
 The four-door Customline 300 sedan is fully equipped with safety features, heater, tinted glass and has standard shift. Safety features include padded dash, belts, etc.
 The car is expected to be de- 1ivered in Palmer this Saturday. Dual controls which will be used during the course, have not yet been installed. However, several hours of class room work is re- quired in the course before any actual driving is done and the controls will be installed by that time.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
More Names Needed For Christmas
 Decorating Contest

Its later than you think i, members of the Palmer Garden Club reminded residents this week.
 The annual Christmas deeorat- ing contest being sponsored by the garden club will close on December 19. To date only few have registered for the contest and unless additional families sign up, the contest may have to be called off.
 Six cash prizes are being of fered for prize-winning deeora tions; three for indoor and three for outdoor winners. Dec orations indoors should be vis- ible from outside the house.
 Those planning to enter the contest are asked to register at Maud's Flower Shop before De- cember 1e Judging will com mence as soon after that as weather and travel conditions permit.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
COOP TO RETIRE $45, ,741 EQUITY STOCK
COMPILING LIST FOR CHRISTMAS BOXES

Anyone Knowing of needy families sor individuals to whom Christmas boxes may be
 siven is asked to contact Myrtle Spencer, public health nurse, at the Health Center, Dorothy Saxton, U. S. Com missioner, at her office in the theatre building, or Helen Maze, Palmer school nurse. By making up one master list it is hoped that Implications will not be made and that no family or individual will be missed. Individual residents or organizations who would like to make contributions to families less fortunate are in- vited sto contact one of the three above named persons. All contacts will remain in strict confidence. The first part of next week the three women will work with Eileen Marshall of the Department Of Welfare to formulate plans for distribution.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
TWO FIRES CAUSE SlA,000 DAMAGE

Two fires in the rural area dur ing the past week caused com bined damages in the neighbor- hood of S14,000 The first fire, on December 8, destroyed a garage used as storage building, on the Ted White farm. Lost in the fire was a freezer containing ap- proximately $500 in frozen fruits, vegetables and meat as well as new auxiliary light plant, parts and tires for farm equipment, a welder, and miscellaneous other items. Members Of the Palmer volunteer fire department direct ed water from the fire hose on section in the garage where the Whites well was located. Later inspection showed the well to be undamaged. The Whites estimat- ed their loss in the neighborhood of S7,000. The Whites have not had telephone for many months and only day before the fire the MTA crew tied them in and the telephone was used to report the fire.
 On Wednesday of this week MT. and Mrs. Bob Bouwens lost their home and all their possessions when a fire completely demol- ished their house located in the rural area south of town. Attn ough the house was already in flames when the firemen arrived, they were hampered in fighting the fire by the lack of water. The Bouwens. who have been staying i'll town the past few weeks, were preparing to move back into the house this week. The fire is be- lieved to have been caused by a space heater in which a fire had been built at noontime. Lost in the fire were all of their house hold goods, personal belongings and other items. The only items not destroyed were the children's clothing which were not in the house at the time of the fire. Nothing in the house was saved. Fire loss was estimated at around $7,O0O.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
Local Schools
 Planning Christmas 0bseFVances

Christmas parties in the Pal .mer schools will be held in the primary grades on Friday after noon, December 21, it was an nounced this week by William Zahradnicek, superintendent of schools.
 Each room will plan their own party which will ill most cases consist of light refreshments and a Christmas tree. The parties will be held in grades. one thro- ugh eight.
 December q will be the last Lay of school until after the holi- days, the superintendent said. Classes will resume on Wednes- day, January 2.
 Members of the high school classes will celebrate Christmas with dance Friday evening, De- cember q which will be held at the high school for all students. Dress will be semi-formal. The dance is being sponsored by the Polaris group.