■1946 the federal government got
$2,526,000,000, of 6 per cent of all
revenue. The states got $466,000,
000, or about 10 per cent from this
source.
One suggestion is that the states
quit this field under arrangement
that the federal government,
which collects its tax from the dis
tilleries and warehouses, increase
its levy and distribute the extra
revenue among the states.
4. Amusement taxes—The fed
eral government got $415,000,000
from taxes on admissions in fiscal
1946. The states got $12,000,000,
not counting collections from ad
missions under general sales taxes.
Other Fields
5. State sales taxes and federal
manufacturers’ and retailers’ ex
cises—27 states now impose sales
taxes duplicating specific federal
excises on communications, trans
portation, luxury and other goods
and services. But duplication here
is “of secondary importance.”
6. Inheritance, estate and gift
taxes—Less than two per cent
($677,000,000* of federal and less
than three per cent $143,000,000)
of state collections come from this
source. There’s a problem of over
lapping among the states as well
as between the states and the fed
eral government.
ARCTIC CLUB
"KIDS" PARTY
Here is your chance to dress up
as one of the “Kids” from your
favorite comic strip or Mother
Goose nursery rhymes at the Arc
tic Club party to be held this Sat
urday night at the Pioneer Hall at
9:00 P.M. A good time is in store
for all members and their guests.
Dress up as your .favorite child
character from screen, radio, or
magazine and be assured of a gay
evening.
Colonel Burkhalter
Takes Over Officially
Colonel Harry N. Burkhalter,
Jr,, of Boise, Idaho, arrived at
Nome Air Base on November 4th
to replace Colonel Mallory who
has been, reassigned to duty at
Anchorage.
Colonel Burkhalter, a graduate
of West Point, began his military
career in the army in 1928 as a
private in the coast artillery. In
July, 1929, he entered West Point
and graduated in 1933 as a second
lieutenant in the infantry. Later
in 1933, he attended air corps fly
ing school, graduating as a pilot in
1934. He was then assigned to the
20th pursuit group at Barksdale
field, Louisiana and in 1937, he
was sent overseas to the Philip
pines to fly with the 2nd observa
tion squadron.
During the war, the colonel
served one year in China with the
14th air force, which at the time,
was in support of the ground
forces in that theatre. In 1945, the
colonel returned to the United
States and assumed command of
Van Nuys air base in California.
In January, 1946, he was appoint
ed to the regular army integration
board, but later transferred to the
11th air force which was at Har
risburg, Pa. There he was assigned
as the director of operations and
training, also director of personnel
and administration.
On October 22nd of this year, he
arrived in the Alaskan theatre,
subsequently being assigned to
Nome in November to assume
command of the base.
The colonel is rated as a senior
pilot, combat observer and aerial
observer.
With the colonel are his wife
and ten year old daughter.
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Administration To
Finally Submit Its
Anti-Inflation Plan
——
WASHINGTON, UP) — An ad
ministration move to submit its
own bills on the mos't controver
sial parts of President Truman’s
anti-inflation program and an im
pending CIO wage boost drive
touched off a new cost of living
battle in Congress today.
Although Senator Taft <R.-Ohio)
withheld comment until he has
had a chance to study the legisla
tion involved, other Republicans
made it plain that two promised
measures covering the price-wage,
rationing and allocation field will
face prompt opposition.
At the same time, the CIO an
nouncement that its unions will
seek a “third round” of pay in
creases in negotiations beginin®
early next year was described as
“expected” by some Republicans,
but they said this development
will complicate Congressional con
sideration of cost of living propos
als. Some Democrats on the other
hand took the view that it might
speed action on Capitol Hill.
However, CIO president Philip
Murray said in announcing the
new campaign late yesterday that
he and his lieutenants look for no
action by Congress during the spe
cial session to keep prices down.
Meeting newsmen after a day
long session with his nine vice
presidents, the white haired union
leader declared that the CIO “is
determined to lighten the unbear
able economic burden which has
been imposed upon the people.”
"To this end,” the formal state
ment continued, “the CIO and its
affiliated union shall proceed
through the process of collective
bargaining to obtain substantial
wage increases for the American
workers to restore their loss in
real incomes suffered through in
flation.
And almost simultaneously with
Murray’s announcement, respon
sible administration officials dis
closed privately that two bills
have been drafted to:
1. Provide for price-wage con
trols as well as authority to ration
scarce cost of living items and
critical materials, if voluntary
price and distribution agreements
cannot be obtained.
2. Extend for two years the sec
ond decontrol act of 1947 and
broaden it to include controls and
allocation powers over steel and
iron, grains and transportation fa
cilities.
Gen. Kenney Asks
Coast Protection
FORT WORTH, Tex., (^—Im
mediate creation of a radar “coast
guard patrol of the air,” to guard
the approaches to North America
was advocated last night in an in
terview by General George C.
Kenney, commanding general of
the strategic air command, “as the
only sensible thing to do in an un
certain and disturbed world."*
The plain-spoken boss of Amer
ica’s world-ranging B-29’s scoffed
at “earthbound thinking which
carefdlly inspects all ocean going
ships that reach our country, yet
leaves unguarded 10,000 possible
landing fields where a potential
enemy might land unchallenged
an aircraft carrying atomic mis
siles and an escort refueling ship.”
“We need radar patrol planes
flying from Goose Bay, Labrador,
to Alaska, and southward down
both coasts to the Panama Canal,”
Kenney insisted.
Seattle Will Study
Carefully Change
In Shipping Law
WASHINGTON, (^ — Legisla
tion to permit Canadian vessels to
operate in the Alaskan trade is
planned by the Senate public
lands committee, Senator Magnu
son <D.-Wash.>*said today, but is
headed for a careful study by the
commerce committee.
“The proposed change,” he said,
“probably would mean diversion
of much of Alaskan trade from
American ships to Canadian bot
toms.”
Magnuson said the commerce
sub-committee on merchant ma
rine of which he is a member, will
hold thorough hearings on any
such proposal before it acts.
He said he conferred today with
Jack Early and Ed Savage, com
missioners of the Port of Seattle,
who expressed that such a change
in shipping laws would take much
business away from Seattle.
Under existing laws Canadian
ships can transport cargo origin
ating in.the United States from a
Canadian port on the United
States west coast, but cannot carry
it to an Alaskan port.
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SILAS KAMALOOK TRIAL
BEGAN THIS MORNING
In U. S. District Court this
morning the trial of Silas Kama
look, charged with larceny from a
building, began this morning. At
torneys for the defense are C. C.
Tanner and O. D. Cochran. The
jury was drawn this morning, the
trial continuing through the after
noon session.
CITY ASKS EXTENSION
TIME ON BREAKWATER
The City of Nome today for
warded a letter to the U. S. En
gineers department, requesting ad
ditional time to file new informa
tion reg^rd’^g 4h'* nr^r'oc,od break
water for Nome. Mayor Luther
Dunbar and the council members
favored an additional two or three
months’ time fo»* presentation of
new proposals in the matter.
Grant Jackson, who went to
Washington last spring on the
matter, is in receipt of a wire from
Carl Lomen in reference to the
public notice issued by the engi
ners department, and suggested
that the action now requires the
unanimous support of the whole
of Nome, and requested that if Mr.
Jackson were with him he might
consider tackling the problem.
The committee appointed by the
mayor is working on the new pro
posal to be presented to the en
gineers.
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