Tundra times., 1962-11-01
Write-In Candidate
 Answers Ten Questions
Hamilton

Native land claims. Since the Ma tives were here before the new corners interferred, their claims pre-date all our documented legis- latlon and regulations governing land in and around the Native will lages . but am more bitterly opposed to willful disregard to ab- original rights that will permit an influx of fortune seekers to crowd the Natives out of their time hon. ored habitat.
 Z. What is your position in regard
 regard to historic Native hunt
 ing and fishing rights?
 feel that the fish and wildlife were put there for Native use and l am for letting them have what they need - when they need it - and by whatever manner they care to take it. One of my first official acts in northwestern Alaska was to flatly refuse to fill out the forms for prosecuting a Native for killing COW moose "out of season" because l had evidence that his family was out of food, and under that condition I contended that the law of human survival held prece- dence over game laws.
 5. What is the difference between
 the Natives aboriginal right to
 fl1
 and the historic rights to the
 minerals underneath their land?
 Though by existing law the Fed eral Government owns the mineral underlying all public land T do not regard the land in and around Native villages as PUBLIC (according to common usage of the Word). I feel that Natives should have the same right to minerals be- meath the surface of the land that they have to the timber and ber- ries that grow on it and the an- imals that roam or fly over it.
 4. If you are elected, what con-
 crete programs will you promote
 to better the economy of Native villages?
 I would do everything within my power to promote such activities as agriculture. lumber industry, min ing, fur farming, skin sewing, na- tive arts and crafts, commercial fishing, canneries, gardening. rein deer restoration, and the like in those villages where it is best adapt ed. Though MT. Egan and MT. Step ovich may tell you what they pro- pose to do along those lines, am convinced that if big and imme- diate improvement isn't made over what they have done. our Natives Gas well as others) in Alaska will soon face starvation.
 5. What will you do to obtain vo-
 cational schools in Alaska?
 I am interested in vocational ed- ucation for Alaska's Native chil- dren, but vocational education op- erated by a Governor who doesn't know anything about public school administration, would tend to inn poversh Alaska by erecting big, expensive, impractical, lifeless in- stitutions too far from home. In the hands of common-sense man. they would be economically-sound and wide awake schools training young Alaskans for the ever-grow- ing, ever-broadening variety of technical and mechanical high-sal- aried positions right here in Alas ka that are now being filled by outsiders who do not spend their money in Alaska or intend to re- main here. Native children are highly intelligent -. have taught them and I KNOW. (Neither MT. Egan nor Mr. Stepovich have had this experienced. With adequate training in technical and mechani- cal "Know-hoW" our young Alas kans will be able to creditably per form the multiplicity of new occu- pations that are certain to evolve