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on a $4,508,000,000 tax increase
bill in final form, which probably
will take several days. And Sena
tors O'Mahoney and Connally <D.
Tex.> were threatening to fight
^anv adjournment unless Congress
p;omises specifically to come back
in November and pass an excess
profits tax.
O'Mahoney said in his prepared
speech:
“Alaska and Hawaii are Ameri
can outposts in the Pacific, what
we in Congress do now with re
flect to statehood for these two
territories will have an immedi
ate effect throughout the Asiatic
a rea.
“To make completely successful
the present struggle in the Pacific,
the peoples of Asia must be con
vinced that the United States does
not seek to establish colonial im
perialism. contrary to the accusa
tions of Russian propaganda.
“Immediate statehood for Alas
ka and Hawaii will be the most
conv incing argument we can now
make that military success against
communistic aggression in Korea
4 means freedom and self-govern
ment for all Asiatic peopled'
LEO HAYNES
PASSES ON IN STATES
Word has been received of the
death of Leo Haynes, husband of
the former Margaret Rowe of
Nome. Mr. Haynes was an oil
dealer in Kirkland where Mr. and
Mrs. Haynes have made their
home since their marriage. Mrs.
Billie Rowe lives with her daugh
ter there.
One sea mile equals about 2,000
yards.
Social Security j
Benefits Go Up
Here is what happened to old
age and survivors insurance in the
Territor yof Alaska August 29,
when President Truman signed the
1950 amendments to the Social
Security Act.
All monthly insurance checks
now being paid to the 1375 social
security beneficiaries in Alaska
will be raised substantially, be
ginning with the September
checks, according to James G.
Browne, manager of the Juneau
field office of the Social Security
Administration. Browne explain
ed that these automatic increases,
for September, are scheduled to
reach local beneficiaries during
the first week of October. In
creases will range from about 50%
to about 100%. For example, the
average primary benefit of ap
proximately $26 per month for a
retired worker will be increased
to about $46. A widow with two
children who had been receiving
$55 a month will now receive
about $110 altogether.
Manager Browne said that un
der the old terms of the social se
curity law the 1375 beneficiaries
in this area would have received
about $26,250 (total! for the month
of September. Under the new in
creases, however, total payments
for September are estimated to be
about $47,710, or an immediate in
crease of some $21,460 monthly in
insurance benefits to this area.
Under the new law the amount
of earning which a beneficiary
nr v make in a month, and still ac
cept his insurance payment for
that month, is raised from $14.99
to $50. This applies to beneficiar
ies under age 75, and for earnings
in a job covered by social security.
After attaining age 75, a benefi
ciary may have any amount of
earnings and still accept his in
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O’Mahoney ‘Won’t
Let Territory Down
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Chairman
O’Mahoney <D.-Wyo.) of the Sen
ate interior committee last week
postponed his effort to bring the
Hawaii and Alaska statehood bills
before the Senate.
O’Mahoney told reporters he did
not believe it appropriate strate
gically to call up such controver
sial measures at the end of a night
session devoted to the considera
tion of bills to which only a few
Senators were opposed.
The committee chairman re-iter
ated, however, that he will “not
let the Territories down.’’
He said he is hopeful that Sen
ate majority leader Lucas (D.-Ill.)
will move to bring the bills up
for Senate action. If not, O’Ma
honey said he will make the mo
tion himself.
The House-passed bills have
been repeatedly endorsed by Pres-,
ident Truman.
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\T THE HOTELS
POLARIS HOTEL
Hazel Blair, R. A. Turishasck,
L. L. Martin, J. Roguscza, H. G.
Art, Anchorage. Pat Wilde, Joyce
Slakin, Bethel. Mr. and Mrs. John
Cross, Barrow. June Bagiev, Tim
Dugan, M. S. Jellison, M/S Health.
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Brown, Gambell.
Earl Edwards, Unalaska, C. Hayes
John Haley, Washington. A. Os
terholt, Seattle. Jean Allen, M/S
Health. Orvill Lee, Albert Wil
liams, San Francisco. R. Baker,
Joe Minor, Kotzebue. Messrs Daw
son, Bertc, Bennett, Gilson, Regal,
Nome.
surance checks.
For anyone interested in read
ing the balance of the new Social
Security Regulations, a copy may
be seen at the office of the Nome
Nugget.
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Nine Arrested For
Messhall Riot At
Ft. Richardson
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Nine men
have been arrested by military au
thorities for, participating in a
messhall riot in which construc
tion workers employed by two
private contractors at Fort Rich
ardson protested the cost and qual
ity of food served them.
The men were turned over to
the U. S. marshal by air force po
lice after they were reported to
have upset tables and thrown food
about the messhall. Witnesses said
the nine were only a fraction of
the number involved in the dis
turbance at supper time yester
day.
Forty dollars a week is deduct
ed from the workers’ wages for
meals. One employee charged the
catering firm which supplies the
food with providing a monotonous
diet of ham and beans and rice
daily, six days a week.
No one was injured in last
night’s fracas. Military police said
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investigation disclosed no civil
service employees weer involved.
The U. S. marshal was called in
to question the men to determine
their offense, if any.
Those detained are employees
of the J. S. Boesplug-S. Birch Sons
Co., Seattle, and Patti-MacDonald
Contsruction Co., of Kansas City.
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Ross E. Kimball
for
Commissioner
Of Labor
He asked his Opponent to meet him
on Radio for a Debate—
His Opponent Refused
If HENRY Can t Fight for Himself,
Can He Fight for YOU?
W7LL INSPECT
YOUR WORKING PLACE PERSONALLY
WILL STAFF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
WITH QUALIFIED ADVISORS
NOT POLITICAL PROTEGES
Someone will represent the Absentee
Landlords in Juneau at YOUR EX
PENSE!
SO MAKE YOUR ABSENTEE BAL
LOT REPRESENT YOU!!
[X] VOTE KIMBALL
See or-write U. S. Commissioner about Absentee
Ballot on or before October 6.