CALIFORNIA FIRM LOW BIDDERS con'td.
San Francisco, Director of the Pa
cific and Alaska Division, Buroau
of Yards and Docks.
Actual construction operations
will bogin by June 1, 1951* It-is
estimated that the construction
program will bo completed by June 1,
1952.
FARMERS' PROBLEMS ARE GROWING
food that he raises, and enjoy the
benefits of his labor. The nark of
Cain is still upon him and ho can
not romove it by the means that he
is using now. The taxes that ho
pays help to make nice jobs for the
so-called government servants; the
profit derived from business that
ho does with the merchant and other
trades-nen, enable them to live in
better houses than the farmer can
afford to build for his family. So,
in reality, the position of the
farmer, is not so good when it is
examined under the reading glass.
In spite of all of tho difficult
ies involved in making a living
from the soil, there are several
million people who would rather
live and work on a farm than any
other place. Tho requirements for
farmers are getting more complex
every year. Not only does a farmer
have to understand how to raise
livestock, grains and vegetables,
but, ho must also be a bookkeeper,
mechanic, salesman and a lot of
other things besides these. Every
year he faces incrcasod costs of
labor and supplies. In the past
five years the price of the things
ho has had to soli hasn't kept pace
with tho things that he has had to
buy. The only answer to this prob
lem is increased efficiency and
moro machines to take the place of
human labor. Modern machines' cost
a lot of money; money is costly
when borrowed and difficult to take
from working capital. So, the
merry-go-round keeps turning. Just
what the final rosult will be, no
one knows. The farmer hopes all
will be well. *
C R R
NAT. MARITIME* DAY
WHEREAS an Amorican-flag Merchant
Marino adequate for the needs of
trace, travel, and defense promotes
tho oconomy and security of our Na
tion, which arc vitally important
factors in the stabilization of
world conditions; and
WHEREAS the development and main
tenance of such a Merchant Marine
depend upon public understanding
and appreciation of its functions;
and
WHEREAS the CONGRESS, by a joint
CIRCUIT COURT UPHOLDS TAX con'td
which required constant revision
and correct ion.
I
That Alaska Tax measures passed
by the 19i4.9 Legislature have stood
up so well, reflects great credit
on tho draftsman, former Attorney
General, Ralph Rivers, on the mem
bers of tho Legislature who support
ed these bills, and finally on tho
present Attorney General, J. Ger
ald Williams, and the Assistant
Attorney General, John Dimond, who
dofonded this tax legislation a
gainst high-powered and able coun
sel.
Finally, let it be repeated that
tho territorial tax system as it
now stands is liaht—which in my
judgment it should be—but that
nevertheless it should be ample to
take care of our needs, that no new
tax measures need bo reasonably an
ticipated; and that it has been
clearly demonstrated that the Terr
itory has not only tho financial
capacity to operate its public ser
vices but ample potentialities to
take care of whatever slight in
crease in costs statehood would re
quire.
resolution approved May 20, 1933
(ij.8 Stat. 73) f designated May 22 as
National Maritine Day in order to
give recognition to the inportant
role of' the Merchant Marine by con
ncratlng the anniversary of the
first successful transoceanic voy
age under steam propulsion, made by
the Steamship Savannah, which de
parted from Savannah, Georgia, on
May 22, 1819,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERNEST GRUEN
ING, Governor of tho Territory of
Alaska, do hereby set aside Tues
day, May 22, 1951* a3 National Mar
itime Day. I direct tho appropri
ate officials of the Territorial
Government to arrango for the dis
play of the flag of tho United
States on all Territorial Govern
ment buildings, I urge the pooplc
generally to fly the flag on their
homes or other suitablo places, and
I request that all ships sailing
under the American Flag dross ship
on the appointed day, in honor of
our Merchant Marine.
IN WITNESS ''HEREOF, I havo here
unto sot my hand and caused the
Seal of the Territory of Alaska to
be affixed.
/s/ Ernost Gruening
Mrs. Harold Dinkel of Wasilla,
loft today for Anchorage on the
first step of her long anticipated
trip to the States. Mr. Dinkel ex
pects to meet her in June, return
ing home with a now car*