The Nome Nugget

Gov. Egan Will Go All the Way In Campaigning
By Ward Sims
NOME - Gov. Wm. Egan pledged yesterday: he will campaign for the Democratic ticket through the Nov. 6 general election, regardless of whom the party nominates for governor Aug. 14.

Egan, Alaska's first elected state governor, is a candidate for re-election. Four other Democrats had filed, through yesterday, for the office.

The governor made the pledge during a speech before the 1962 Democratic Convention which ended last night. Three of the other Democratic gubernatorial candidates, John L. Rader and George Byer of Anchorage and Warren A. Taylor of Fairbanks, all addressed the convention.

Egan said Alaska, under a Democratic administration, had made tremendous strides since Statehood and he outlined what he said he believed were the accomplishments of his administration in the fields of government, natural resources mental health, labor, civil rights and economic development.

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The Democrats lost heavily in 1960, Egan said, because "we pussyfooted around talking platitudes when people wanted specifics. We gave excuses when people wanted facts. We were silent when we had much to say."

"I for one do not intend to make the same mistake again. I am going to campaign this year with all the energy at my command."

"And regardless of what happens in August, my campaign is going to continue through November. Every man and woman who wins this party's nomination is going to have my support, my full support."

Rader, following Egan to the rostrum, urged the Democratic primary opponents to conduct their campaigns in "fairness, with candor and in the spirit of constructive criticism."

The Anchorage lawyer, a former Attorney General, also pledged to work for the "principles of the Democratic party throughout the entire campaign, whether it be as a candidate for governor after Aug. 14 or as just another, loyal Democrat."

Taylor told the convention he backed a subsidy for newly mined domestic gold and a comprehensive study of Alaska's fisheries resources, so a sustained yield of salmon can be provided to assure a stable income for communities dependent on fisheries.

The Speaker of the State House of Representatives also said there was an urgent need for a change in the state's employment security code to provide more relief for wage earners in the lower income brackets.

Byer, a former mayor of Anchorage, addressed the convention Saturday afternoon. He outlined his qualifications and explained the program he would attempt to carry out if elected governor including a drive for local hire and rehabilitation of the state's fisheries.