THE CHIEF CYNICS1 COLUMN
By The Old Ghost
It may bo that wo Ala sleans who at
.first thought that tho recent tax
ease in Fairbanks was a victory
i or Statehood will find that it
was a mistake in that respect.
It may prove'to be a boomerang.
The Internal “ovenue claimed
that the defendant hold out on
his income-tax. They said that
this was stealing from Undo
Gam, And Undo needs some tax
money to support his 150,000
par asites in A1ask a.
It has long boon noted that
Alaskans will not convict anyone
charged with stealing from Uncle,
it is one of our perogatives.
But there had to be a"pretext
1'or exironorat i on. So the good
people of Alaska fell back on
'that old wheeze, "Taxation with
out Representation”.
Now according to nows and opin
ion in the Alaska Dross it seems
that the Bureau of Internal
Revenue is afraid this idoa^of
refusing to pay taxes with im
punity on the basis of "no taxes
without represent at ionis-apt
to spread to the District"*of
Columbia, Hawaii, Canal Zone,
Guam and a lot of other U.S,
Territory outside the 43 States,
If the millions in those districts
followed Alaska in refusing to
pay taxes it might cripple
Uncle. The Bureau's way of doing
something about it seems to bov
to attach the bank accounts and
property of people who have fail
fed to pay.
Also some people hero are wonder
ing what this pseudo insurrect
ion on the part of Alaskan Tax
witholdors is going to do to the
Statehood idea in the minds of the
•people outside who are paying the
taxes to support Alaska,
Mind was given to Alaskans to
justify their desires.
Sig and Martin wold of Fairbanks
and their far.iilys were in Chitina
briefly on the way to McCarthy •
by COA bush plane.
Soma say Bush Pilots aro eager
beavers. well COA Pilot Wilson
has boon running competition with
ono on first lake v;ho builds his
dam at night and Wilson pulls it
out by day. This has boon going
on for weeks now, Wilson's efforts
to keep the lake at a certain
level for the float operation
liavo boon futile. Wo have reason
to believo that Jack recently
bought a trappers license for the
purpose of eliminating his
competition.
Gene Christopher3on of ARC Survey
« Crew Jias_ a 1946 4dr Hudson he
wants to get rid"of~ The'main .
gond points about this car is
that it is not stolen, has 4 tires
radiator end steering wheel.
Anyone interested chock with
Gene.
Don Nichols has been trying to
teach his wife how to split wood
so lie can take longer field trips.
It is believed that Louise put
her foot down on tills procedure.