Seward Seaport Record
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Editorial . . .
“During consideration of the
Travel Tax Bill in the Ways
and Means Committee last week
in Congress, Congressman Hal
Holmes of Washington state
sought to eliminate for Alaska
and Hawaii the excise tax on
transportation of passengers. His
efforts did not succeed because
it was held the two territories
are integral parts of the United
States and to write into the tax
law for them special exemp
tions would be unconstitutional.”
The above exerpt is from
Delegate Bartlett's report to the
people. The tax bill being de
bated on the floor of the House
sought to eliminate the travel
tax for Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, and to reduce
the tax from 15 to 10 per cent
on Alaska and Hawaii. Con
gressman Jere Cooper opposed
inclusion of Alaska and Hawaii
on the grounds that “the term
‘uniformity’ has been construed
by the Supreme Court to mean
geographical uniformity.” For
the purposes of “uniformity”
Alaska and Hawaii have been
incorporated into the United
States.
If the committee had exempt
ed Alaska and Hawaii from the
travel tax, the entire transporta
tion tax on persons might be
held invalid, thus causing a loss
in revenue of almost S200.
000,000. The committee was un
willing to assume this risk.
Therefore, the territory of
Alaska, for the purpose of "uni
formity” and geographical con
: formity, and for the purposes
of taxation, is an integral part
of the United States, but be
cause the territories would have
equal representation in Con
gress there are still some influ
ential congressmen who would
i withhold actual unity.
| The Statehood Bill was re
1 ported favorably out of the
Senate Committee last week on
a vote of 8 to 2. Senators Butler
of Nebraska and Cordon of Ore
gon opposed the bill. Three other
senators from western states,
Millikin of Colorado, Malone of
Nevada and Watkins of Utah,
abstained from voting- It seems
i significant that the greatest op
position came from western
| states.
MRS. MABEL LEWIS TO
j COOK FOR SCHOOL LUNCH
Mrs. Mabel Lewis has been
engaged as cook by the com
mittee for the school hot lunch
| program for the coming year,
i Mrs. Emil Hasmann, chairman
! of the committee and Mrs. Lewis
! have studied menus and costs,
secured 150 metal trays and are
| getting cups and other neces
sary equipment lined up for the
beginning of the hot lunch
I program.
i A survey among tlic parents
j of tiie more than 300 school
j children shows one hundred
1 percent approval of the project
I and full participation,
j A merchandise party to be
I given July 29 in the Civic
j Center will raise funds to pro
! cure the initial grocery supplies.
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Is Seward too small for good
music? Must we depend upon
mediocre musicians, the' radio
and records for the real soul
stiring emotions and inner satis
faction of spirit that is fed only
by the music of the ages?
We consider ourselves equal
in every respect to the other
cities in the territory. If this be
true, are we to sit back and
allow Ketchikan, Juneau, Fair
banks, Valdez, Cordova and
Anchorage to pass us up cultur
ally by entering into the concert
series of Maxim Shipiro, the
incomparable pianist? Or can
200 people be found who are
willing and able to afford six
dollars during the approaching
season for three concerts by
superb world renowned musi
cians?
We have no cultural oppor
tunities in Seward. One small
Hammond organ, one small li
brary. An occasional musician
is snared into town, but the
response is so meager that we
have not been able to secure
the services of a truly great
one. We do not even have a
band for our parades. Shame
on us!
We no longer have to starve
for music. We are no longer to
be treated to a scrap of music
like a bone thrown to a dog
by famous singers because they
have a twinge of conscience
and for the poor people of Al
aska. We can have a real treat
this next winter. But, we must
pay for it! And why not? We
are able.
A concert tour has been ar
ranged for three wonderful mu
sicians—Maxim Shapiro, concert
pianist, who has played in An
chorage; Virginia Davis, “Amer
ica's Foremost Lady Trouba
dor;” and Desire Legeti, a bass
baritone whose marvelous voice
thrills his hearers to the very
soul. These great musicians will
be presented in Alaska in those
cities that can afford to pay
for them.
We do not buy shoddy goods,
let’s not buy shoddy culture.
It will require a minimum of
200 season tickets at $6.00 each,
plus tax, for the season to get
these musicians in Seward. Out
side, a season concert ticket is
more than twice that amount.
Let’s treat ourselves and our
children this winter. Give them
a chance to hear the better
things. Who knows, maybe one
child will be inspired to go on
to great things. A campaign will
get under way this month to
promote the concert season in
Seward, and everybody will be
given the opportunity to enter
into the movement. So think it
over, Folks. Shall we hear the
real thing, or go on with
records?
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