LIVING costs till rise opa says
J!Ae a. result -f the conferences tho Alaska
OPA nor has tho general frcjrorork upon
rhich mr op orations' for the ensuing ten
months rust be built," Mrs, Hermann stated
upon her return from a trip to Washington
D,C, rhero sho attended conferences‘r;ith
Regi-nal and National 0$A officials,
"Primarily, of course, our function is one
of orderly decontrol. This mould hr.vo j. >.
been true oven load the original Act boon
cert ended rithout the substantial amend
ment s‘it noiv-contains. Bu'of cour'S* the ~
tempo 'f decontrol has been considerably
accelerated, and ^ur procedure in this
field must be established according'to the
definite directions and prohibitions of
the not: Act itself.
"Living costs rill go up. Uc right ns
veil fr.ee it. This rill be pertly ciuo to j
mandat:ry decontrols r.nd to price in
creases rhich v:o cm copcct under the
terns f the Act end economic pressures of
the present," snid 1.5rsi Homnnn. "In tho
field of rev; materials, services end rents
our authority is practically unchanged.And
in the. field •'f food eoixocditios and
agricultural products, rhorc'tlic principal
restrictions arc to be found, re still
have a very large measure of control."
One gratifying incident of Mrs. Hermann1s
trip to Washington r;as the announcement
vhilo she mas there ‘ , of'the final
decisi on of the Maritime Commission dgains'
an increase in Alaska shipping rates.
In Washington »*holo hearted credit end
cotmendation is being giver, to tho Alaska. \
OFA f~r assistance iee these hearings, i
HUBERT I'ARTIN SHOT THILS' HUNTING CARIBOU
Hubert Martin, vhp-frac an aircraft nochanic
at Elr.icndorf field, was shot'accidonttaly
by a hunter of another party. According
to word received here, he with two other
non were renting on a hill crest. Mr.
Martin raised up to turn yver and was shot.
Mr. Martin, was a widower rnd tho father of
two children who nake their hone in the
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