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He& Moore.
Moore testified ttidt Baker’s hid
was rented because of a specifi
cation for delivery of advance
sheets within 48 hours. He said
air delivery from Ketchikan Would
n't be guaranteed ih winter.
Mrs.. Hermann challenged the
legality of ^he,46-hour clause but
said the Ketchikan firm had as
sured conformance anyhow.
Moore testified the 48-hour pro
vision had been included for
many years; that a contract award
was made only after a supporting
opinion from the Territorial at
toumey general.
Mrs. Hermann alleged attorney
general Gerald Williams gave a
'curbstone opinion* without know
ing all the facts. That drew a hot
retort from Williams who declared
the legislature cannot break the
contract,' “Mrs. Hermann knows
that.’* ’,v, j
Williams cited opinions that the
lowest and best bid” doesn't apply
to printing service anyhow, but
to purchase of supplies.
H. L. Faulkner, attorney for
Umpire, told legislators they had
wasted their time “because the
whole matter is now one for the
courts.” He said a legal contract
exists and that Empire would
like to see all printing laws for
the Territory overhauled.
When the hearing ended the
House took no action. It appar
ently rested on an earlier action
by the House printing committee,
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After the hearing, Reps. Glenn
franklin (tD-Bound-ary) and James
S. MacKinnon CR-Juneau intro
duced a hill providing, lor bids on
all supplies or services over $150.
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Friday. February S. 1131
JUNFAU, —TJife Territorial
.Hotise voted yesterday to ask top
government Officiate to negotiate
with Canada to keep the 'Haines
Cut-Off Highway open the' year
around.
Members unanimously passed a
memorial introduced by Rep.
Amelia Gundersen (iD.-Ketchi
kan). It was addressed to Presi
dent Truman and the secretaries
of state and defense.
The scenic 105-mile highway
was described as a line between
tidewater and the Alaska High
way, abundant in opportunities
for economic and tourist develop
ment v ^ ‘
The highway lies partly in Alas
ka, partly in Canada.
The House passed three other
memorials asking Territorial offi
ciate, to try to get early action for
airfields at isolated Second Divi
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sion native villages.
One, toy Rep. Frank Degnan (D.
Unalakleet) asked a field at Shak
toolik. Two others, by Rep. James
K. Wells (D.-Noorvik) petitioned
for Noorvik and Kiana.
The Senate did not meet in the
afternoon.
The first measure to be approv- |
ed by tooth Houses during the cur
rent session was recorded when
the Senate passed a House resolu
tion appropriating $124,661 for
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Vincent Otten.
D. H. Pack was a passenger de
parting lor Unalaklefct and Mrs.
Willie Thornton for Anchorage;
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legislative session expenses.
I Democrat C. Chester Carlson of
Cordova introduced a House me
morial to the President and the
state department asking steps be
| taken to secure an agreement with
Japan Which will assure the
United States that no Japanese
fishing vessels will be permitted
to engage , in fishjng off the Pa
cific Coast of North America/ He
asked that no peace treaty be con
cluded with Japan that doesn’t
contain such a 'provision.
. Senator Steve McCutcheon,
Democrat from Anchorage, intro
duced a bill which would provide
that city councils set the bond for
city treasurers, eliminating the
present Territorial provision for
bond at least double the amount
of money which may pass through
a treasurer’s hands during his
term.
McCutcheon said the present
law is a hardship on such grow
ing cities as Anchorage, where the
bond must approximate $12,000,
000.
Sailors
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munist-ied
threw rtidrtar flre
vessel in thfe Saigon
day. Later, suicide
trcrls hurled hand
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group of U. S.
ship.
The attack on the sailors was
in downtown Saigon., one of the
Americans was hurt, hut five
French marines who were edth
them suffered injuries in the ter
ror raid, apparently Stafged to pro
test the arrival of the tX. S. ship
here,
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The ship is the U. S. escort car
rier Windham Bay. It arrived yes
terday morning to deliver planes
and other war material to the
French who are fighting the oom
j munist-lead Nationalists. It wa£
undamaged iby the mortar attack
which came as it moved up the
Saigon Mver from the China Sea.
. Later, when American sailors
gathered at two bars in downtown
. Saigon during a. shore leave, a
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attack,
were or
Windham
enough to
SOU-;
French army patrols and Viet
nam police ;4^gan a drive to try
to clean out the Vietmihh nests.
The carper was in a state of
alert* reajdy to open fire should
the Vietmlnh* guerrillas attack
agaih #th mortars from their
hidingrplaces across the river.
These? attacks recalled similar wh
break# last March, when Ameri
can naval vessels visiting hare
were fired on by communist mor
tars from across the river.
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