roll tax of Vi of 1 per cent on
wages and salaries up to $4,800 a
year to finance a new health in
surance program. A taxpayer
earning $4,800 a year or more
would get a $40 reduction on his
federal income tax, under the
President’s program, and then $24
of that would be taken away from
him through the new health insur
ance tax.
At the rate federal, state and lo
cal tax-spenders are increasing
taxes, thinking up new levies and
figuring out additional ways to
spend the earnings of the Ameri
can people, it won’t be long until
somebody will come up with a
proposal for government to take
all income and give each person a
ration card for food, clothing,
housing and other necessities. The
g o v e r nmental philosophy now
seems to be that government
knows better how to spend each
individual’s money than he does.
JOHN H. DIMOND PASSES
BAR EXAMINATION
Four months before completing
his law courses at Catholic Uni
versity, John H. Dimond passed
the bar examination for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Mr. Dimond, who was born in
Valdez, is the husband of Mrs. Ro
berta D. Dimond, assistant secre
tary to Delegate Bartlett, and the
son of Judge of the District Court
and Mrs. Anthony J. Dimond of
Anchorage. Mr. and Mrs. Dimond
expect to return to Alaska when
Mr. Dimond is awarded his law
degree in June.
Vandenberg Not
GOP Candidate
WASHINGTON, UP) —Senator
Vandenberg (R.-Mich.) declined to
“speculate” whether he would ac
cept the Republican nomination
for President.
Vandenberg wired Raymond A.
McConnell, Jr., Lincoln, Neb.,
newspaper editor again, asking
that his name be withheld from
the April 13 Nebraska primary.
McConnell had held up filing of
a petition to place Vandenberg’s
name of the Nebraska ballot until
the Michigan Senator had oppor
tunity to answer this question:
“If you w&re nominated by the
Republican convention would you
accept the nomination?”
Vandenberg wired McConnell:
“Responding to your message, I
decline to speculate with utterly
improbable contingencies. Your
question defies intelligent answer
without full knowledge of un
known ultimate events.
“I have heretofore made my po
sition clear. I shall not discuss it
further.
“I again request that my name
be not filed for a position for
which I am not a candidate. If it is
filed despite this urgent and ear
nest request, I ask my Nebraska
friends to confine their primary
votes to others.”
The reply apparently left the
way open for McConnell to go
ahead with a move to place Van
denberg’s name before Nebraska
voters.
Unemployment
Compensation Up
In Alaska
Claims for unemployment com
pensation have increased steadily
since November, 1947, according
to R. E. Sheldon, executive direc
tor of the Alaska unemployment
compensation commission.
Mr. Sheldon stated that the
amount of $35,000.00 paid unem
ployed Alaska workers during No
vember increased to $72,000.00 in
December and to $130,000.00 in
January, 1948. It was estimated
that some $175,000.00 would be ex
pended during February for this
purpose. December, January and
February are usually the heaviest
months it was pointed out. Pay
ments start dropping off in March
and are reduced to a minimum
from April to November.
To be eligible for unemploy
ment compensation, Mr. Sheldon
further stated, a worker must be
involuntarily unemployed, must
register for work and at all times
be able and available for work.
The employment offices through
out the Territory assist the worker
in either securing jobs or filing
claims for jobless insurance. The
amount and duration of unem
ployment insurance is dependent
upon the previous work history of
the claimant. The commission
recognizes, Mr. Sheldon stated,
that its primary function is to
find jobs for the unemployed.
You save money at the N. C.
The past few years when prices were advancing we
priced all foods at regular N.C. markups . . . this
was based on our actual cost. At no time did we take
advantage of rising prices. In many instances our
prices were as low or lower than Seattle prices. This
meant a .substantial savings to our customers.
The past week prices on a few items have taken a
decline . .. our prices are being adjusted accord
ingly. Some of the declines are very small, others
are more noticeable ... but regardless of how small
the saving ... it is being passed on to our cus
tomers.
We are merely carrying out the N. C. policy, which
has been in effect, for a half century, throughout
Alaska ... of offering quality merchandise at low
est possible prices.
We do not believe in “hot shots,” we prefer to give
good honest values the year ’round.
Northern Commercial Co.
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Seek More Pay For
Commissioners
Delegate Bartlett’s bill to in
crease from $3000 to $5000 the net
fees which United States Commis
sioners in Alaska may retain as
annual compensation has been re
ported favorably to the Senate by
the Senate committee on interior
and insular affairs. The measure,
H. R. 3973, passed the House last
July 21.
The present limitation of $3000
has been in existence since 1900.
At the present time the increase in
compensation would affect six
United States Commissioners in
Alaska, namely, those at Nome,
Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seward,
Juneau and Ketchikan.
Delegate Bartlett still hopes that
Congress will act favorably on his
measure to place commissioners in
the Territory on a salary basis,
thus benefitting considerably more
United States Commissioners than
does H. R. 3973.
However, when no jobs are avail
able the worker may be eligible
for unemployment benefits which
furnish him with at least a por
tion of his former wage. These
payments assist the worker in se
curing the necessities of life dur
ing periods of involuntary unem
ployment.
Unemployment insurance goes
a long way toward maintaining
the purchasing power of a com
munity, it was stated. Unemploy
ment payments find their way into
all channels of business and assist
I greatly in checking the spread of
further unemployment.
McCabe Ordered
11 B-25 Bombers
Destroyed
WASHINGTON, (fP) — Senator
Tobey R.-N. H.) said today that
Thomas B. McCabe ordered the
tails cut bff 11 nearly-new B-25
bombers “to forestall bad public
ity” from their sale to a private
Chinese firm.
Tobey made this charge as the
Senate banking committee opened
hearings on McCabe’s fitness to be
a member of the federal reserve
board of governors.
McCabe was in charge of war
surplus sales abroad from 1944 to
1946.
President Truman has said be
plans, if McCabe is confirmed by
the Senate, to name his chairman
of the board to replace Marriner S.
Eccles.
In the course of an approxim
ately 10,000-word statement re
viewing McCabe’s handling of war
surplus, Tobey said Brig. Gen. B.
A. Johnson, who was McCabe’s
commissioner in China, arranged
th*‘ B-25 sale.
i The planes were sold to a pri
vate firm owned by T. L. Soong,
brother of Premier T. V. Soong,
Tobey said. He continued:
“Testimony will be adduced that
when the newspapers broke the
story on this deal, Mr. McCabe,
with no authority whatver for
such action, ordered the destruc
tion of these .bombers by cutting
they tails off.”
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