OPA NWS Cont, from pp. 9
levels on basic food, ’ clothing .end house
hold furnishing items. Those survey work
ers will work closely with Ala eke merchants
to keep prices from exceeding the now high
er levels which, if held, they believe can
prdvent a. dangerous wago-prico spiral from
starting.
RENT LINE MUST 3E HELD, SAYS OPA
^ith runts representing oasily one-fifth
of the living cost of many Alaskan familicsj
the Alaska OPA’s announcement that no '
general rent increases arc'anticipated ,
wi.ll be good nows to many.
Thin in no way alters customarv OPA Pro
cedure for granting adjustments to individ
ual landlords on certain ostafclishcd
grounds for increase, according to OPA
h at officials. But—it does .asan that
hundreds of Alaskan fornixnoa living in
ranged quarters con depend in; a Ihoir rent
' "waco Mstaying put", so to 'peak.
iwl in these days of acute housing short
age in practically every •d.uor community
in Alaska, any lessening of protective
rent measures could spell real hardship for
rian-j a family.
•
Unlike food or clothing, housing is quito
a different rfiatter. If food or clothing
prices go up, it is possible to cut down
a little or uso substitutes. It' is im
possible to do that with housing. You can
have your shdes half-solod instead of buy
ing now ones, or you can postpone buying i
next column . /
a now suit. Hit, if rents go up;-well,
thoro is no substitute for HOME,whether
that home is n'furnishcd room, or. apart
ment, or houso.
That’s why CongrosS oxtondod the Rent
Control Law, as is, end has directed the
OPA to "hold that rent lino”, as explained
this week by the Rent Offico of the Alaska
OPA.
Some items of food that are no longer in
short supply arc on the Decontrol list.
WELDING 6 MACHINE
WORK_
RELIANCE CONVERSION
Graham's
RE I'AIR WORK
OVERHAULING
• > r a r r > s*
BURNERS for
HEATBKte
COOKSTOVES SUICTACES
5AS 6 ,0/4
FUEL OIL
CFFIC2S:
FOURTH & D
AKCHOMGE
STREETS
PHCKE: I.I/L3N 451
TA N 0 SKA V A L( E_Y
OFFICES:
BERT’S DRUG
STORE
PALMER
2>
BUS SCHEDULES
M.CmXiX VJ'J&'i L'^.7S FAUST* DAILY
9‘CC £>m. 4:30. p.n.
T/.U I'll M3 OSES LZAV.Z AIIOEOilACTi TSAILY
9:50 a.n. 5:30 p.m.
12:00 noon
3:30 p.m.
T&ULLl .v:z%S
Lot.vc Fairer
Leave '7asilia
JONESVILLE SITTTOU ESCA BUSSES
LEAVE PALI3R DAILY
7:00 a.n. 12:00 noon
LEAVE JONECVILLB DAILY ■ *
8:00 a.a, 3:45 p.ra,
3N3SPEICENCE BUS LEAVES PALMER . .
T7EBESDAYS And SATURDAYS 12:30 p.m.
A MATANUSKA VALLEY LINES
6^ CITY AND VALLEY TRANSPORTATION
INC.
SYSTEM