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Entered as second class matter
October 14, 1943, at the Dostoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Ac
of March 3, 1879.
Wednesday, April 25, 1945
HOW INFLATION CAME
TO ALASKA
(Daily Alaska Empire)
The Territorial Board of
Budget’s recommendation
to the coming session of the
Territorial Legislation to
raise salaries of all Terri
torial officers and employ
ees by 25 perent reognizes
the “material increase 'in
the cost of living in the
Territory of Alaska.”
One man’s wages is an
other man’s cost of living.
However, this was not rec
ognized by the Federal
government and govern
ment war contractors, first
to send wages sky-high in
Alaska.
Little or no attempts to
keep wages down to Alas
ka wage levels was seen in
the early days of the war
by government contractors
recruiting workers for
Alaskan projects. Then
came the birth of the new
Federal government “war
bureaus” and sky-high
wages for one class of Fed
eral employees in Alaska.
Naturally, other Federal
workers in the Territory
were right in feeling that
discrimination e x i s t e d. i
Hence the policy of allow
ing all Federal employees
in Alaska a 25 percent dif
ferential over those in the
States.
Now comes the Board of
Budget, holding that the
“high cost of living affects
Territorial employees as
much as those of the Fed
eral government,” and that
view certainly is reason
able.
What is the result? Since
one man’s wages is another
man’s living, the pressure
will soon be on for 25 per
cent increases among wage
earners other than those
who work for the Federal
or Territorial govern
ments.
However, in private bus
t
iness, profits are limited
both by taxation and price
ceilings. The government’s
profits are taxes. Unhap
pily, there is no ceiling on
taxes.
To meet salary increas
es, the government simply
raises existing taxes or
adds new taxes.
i
What does the business
man do? First of all, in or
der to keep his employees,
he violates the War Labor
Board regulations and of
ten pays the fine. Second
ly, he attempts to get more J
'income with little success
—he violates OPA ceilings;
if he can get away with it;
and often pays fines there,!
! also. But it is either that or j
get out of business.
Already the pressure is I
being felt by private busi-i
ness in Alaska. This pres- j
sure will be heightened if*
the Territorial employees;
receive a 25 percent salary j
increase next month, and;
then the non-government!
worker puts on the pres-j
sure for his 25 percent in
crease we will have a situ-i
ation.
VETERAN’S
GUIDE
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By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL
WASHINGTON — There are a
million of us now—late of the
Army, Navy, Marines and Coast
Guard—with many more to come. ]
We’ve done our large or small
bit and now we’re out of uniform. |
But somehow we don’t feel ex
actly like civilians again.
There seems to be a difference.
There is a differnce. We are Vet
erans.
There are more than eleven
million men and women in the
armed forces. This means that
when this war is successfully
completed, our crowd of veterans
will multiply rapidly. Some will
appear a bit chesty, even a little
superior in a civilian world. Se
cretely, however, many of these
veterans will feel strange, per
haps somewhat lost.
It isn’t easy to lose that ex
service feeling—that kind of G.I.
pulse—that is difficult to describe
but to us doesn’t need description.
We as veterans have certain
rights. Congress has said so al
ready, as have some of the States.
We’re supposed to have made sac
rifices for our country, so bene- j
fits have been bestowed on us—
on paper—perhaps as a partial
repayment.
Some of these benefits are not j
fully proven. How are they going |
to work out in practice? Aside I
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from <1) pension and retirement
allowances for disability caused
by military or naval service and
<2> the right to get your old job
back—both of which I will discuss
in detail—most of the new federal
benefits for veterans are part of
public law No. 346 passed by the
78th Congress—popularly known
as the G.I. Bill of Rights.
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Many of these benefits aren’t
understood because they haven’t
been made fully clear; some are
subject to easy misunderstanding
and others are too numerous to
mention.
In this column I want to write
in the interest of all ex-service
men and women and their fam
ilies. That means practically ev
!
erybody—since there’s scarcely
any family in this country with- j
out at least one person in the
service. I
I’ve been mixed up with the j
troubles of many service men in
the past two and a half years, and
it’s now my intention to keep
abreast and if possible ahead of
the trials and triumphs of ex
service men and women.
Basically my job will be to re
port for you the facts on devel
opments affecting veterans or
their families—and to get them
straight.
There’ll be no predictions—such
as those made by the military ex
perts who tell you today what
will happen tomorrow and the
Second Alaskan
Photographic
Salon
The Alaska Camera «Club and
USO of Anchorage are conducting
a second Alaskan Photographic
Salon. Camera enthusiasts from
all over Alaska are being invited
to send entries.
The Jury of Selection is made
up of three well qualified men,
Charles Keck, Sidney Hamilton
and Don Knudsen, whom we feel
will give an impartial decision.
Charles Keck, an outstanding wa
ter color artist of this community
has a keen appreciation and sym
pathetic understanding of pho
tography as a medium of artistic
expression. He had a three-year
scholarship at the Chouinard Art
Institute of Los Angeles, and
graduated from the Los Angeles
City College with an art major.
At the time of his induction into
the army he was employed by the
Columbia Studios in the Art De
partment.
Mr. Sidney Hamilton, a favorite
portraiturist of Anchorage is also
regarded as one of Alaska’s out
next day tell you why it didn’t
happen. No politics, no prejudices
—and few personal opinions.
In other words, this is purely a
service for Uncle Sam’s ex-serv
ice world.
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standing nature photographers.
He has had a great many years of
experience in photographic work.
Mr. Don Knudsen, P.A. of A.,
and P.S. of A. is a well known
photographer. He was recognized
for his free lance work in Faii^
banks prior to 1940 and since that
time in Anchorage.
Following the judging on June
13, the prints will be on exhibi
tion in the USO Log Cabin for 3
days from June 15 to 17 inclusive.
Rev. Arnold Krone
At Phillips Mission
SEATTLE, April 24—(/P)—The
assignment of Rev. Arnold Krone
formerly in charge of the Grace
Church of Nenana and civilian
chaplain of the troops stationed
thereabouts will be in charge of
the All Saints church at Phillip?
Mission for Negroes in Seattle has
been announced by Bishop Hus
ton.
FLUE FIRE AT NOME GRILL ♦
Tuesday noon the fire depart
ment was called out to answer an
alarm from the Nome Grill. A
flue fire had started from the
oven. As the building is complete
ly covered with heavy galvanized
tin, it was at first difficult to
reach the fire. Howevre a hole
was made and a nozzle inserted
in short order and the fire was
soon under control. Some damage-*
resulted from the water. *