Del. Bartlett Clarities
Cost of Living
Allowances for Alaska
Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett
.*•: ated again in a press
• lease dated July 3, that cost ol
i ving allowances for federal
rvvilian employees and overseas
pay for military personnel will
.not be adversely affected by
• iatehood.
Th Pentagon has already an
I?' »uneed this as the policy of the
Department of Defense. The
Chairman of the Civil Service
Commission two years ago in
formed Delegate Bartlett official
jr that “statehood for Alaska,
jper se, will not necessarily mean
■ : e discontinuance of cost of liv
ing allowances to Federal em
r ioyees in that area.” There has
ten no change in the official
edition of the Civil Service Com
■r ssaon since then.
“As a matter of fact,” Bartlett
• d. “the cost of living allow
• :ce was in much greater danger
■ tder territorial status. Federal
pioyees of long service in A1
. • ca will recall the desperate
■ u uggles we had some years ago
to save the cost of living allow
i- ce. Save it we did but once or
r.. ice it was a close call and in
' 0 opinion the lack of any effec
: ve Alaska political strength was
wnat chiefly made the situation
"perilous. With two United States
Senators and a United States Re
presentative. we shall be in much
:.e:ter position than ever before
;• insure that wages and salaries
* those who work for the fed
- v.il government in Alaska are
wared more realistically to actual,
- ng costs.”
Time and time again fears
been expressed that sta.!c
! oodhood would mean the end
; these payments for military
* --f/e and civilian workers. This
smij.lv not the case. There is
* requirement at ail that feder
pay be the same everywhere.
"deed, it is completely unrealis
•t to assume that any adminis
trative group or legislative body
v Mtfci wipe out these allowan
> ■ Toe cost of living is higher
if Alaska than in the states, as
r teryone knows, and to reduce
f.r Eliminate the allowances
* Mild he pretty much to destroy ;
to. .whole federal establishment |
«* Alaska. This isn't going to be j
■k net
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/A Salute from
Palmer, Massachusetts
With the approach of official
'; tehood for Alaska, the Palmer
Wmurnal-Register, on behalf of
TF tmer, Massachusetts, salutes
J-' 'r imer, Alaska. The latter town
: in the Matanuska Valley and
1 -• m the appearance of its news
paper. The Frontiersman, it is- a
; n-ely little community.
A few days ago. Earle A. Gris-;
d. Erimfield resident, and
Tampax executive, sent the Jour
'S Register a copy of The Fron
tiersman. Earle visited the Pal
er newspaper office in Alaska,
'tgained a* complimentary copy
the Alaskan paper to be sent
t.o the Journal-Register.
To Mr. Griswold we extend
■ he unofficial, but s in cere
nor of being Palmer, Mass.
, Trfd ambassador of good will tx>
'Alaska. We don’t know' of any
; tizen who can distribute good
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The Alaska Agricultural Loan
Board will have its annual Meet
ing August 8 in Palmer to review
loans, applications and policy.
The public is reminded that
although Mary Kowley, public
health nurse, is on vacation, the
office is still open between the
hours of ten and twelve and
one and three daily.
Mrs. Byrd Boone of St. Ste ^
phen, New Brunswick, Canada
is visiting the Sutton home of
her daughter Mrs. Rodney John
son. Accompanying Mrs. Boone |
are the Misses Mary, Ethel and
Florence Boone and Miss Blanche j
i Hall all of Calais, Maine. The
1 group made the trip over the
highway and plan to visit other
j Alaska towns before their return.
Alaska Department of Health
; communicable disease report for
week ending July 11 shows tol
lowing cases in the Anchorage
• area; Chiekenpox, 3; Cingivosto
i ma t it is, 2; Herpangina, 2; Meas
j les, 9; German Measles, 2: Men-!
engitis, 2; Mumps, 1; and Scarlet
; Fever, 1.
Mr. and Mrs. “Deb” Anderson
| and family expect to leave July
'25, driving via the Alaska high
way to spend a months vacation j
j visiting “Deb’s” relatives in Iowa
' and Mi's. Anderson’s relatives in ,
‘ the state of Washington. Ander- I
I son expects to be back on the |
job at Berts Drug by September 1. j
! Leo Lucas, local contractor, pre- |
sen ted a class on the care and j
maintenance of engineer equip
ment to U. S. Army Reserve Co.
C at the regular meeting on July H
16.
Ralph O. Kircher and Larry j
McCalllster were sworn into the
Reserve Company in a ceremony
which took place July 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Phelps of*
Seattle arrived in Palmer July
1.9 for a week’s visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Clarke. Mrs. Phelps
is the former Mary Jane Clarke.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Likes and two
sons arrived in Palmer last Friday
from Helena. Montana. Mr. Likes
will be on the Geological Survey
staff of Marvin Slaughter. This
is a transfer for Like who has
been on the Helena Staff of the
U. S Geological Survey.
Major Hulon L. Connally, Pilot.
'T S. Air Force, son of Mrs. Hazel
Cl Byham. will arrive in Palmer
next week for a months visit
with his mother and Mr. Byham.
Major Connally is stationed with
the Stragetic Air Command at
Lake Charles Air Force Base,
Louisiana. He was stationed at
Elmdndorf Air Force Base from
1949 through 1951 and he and his
wife were frequent visitors to
Palmer during that time, and j
have many friends in this area.
Mrs. Connally will spend this ‘
month with her parents in Ma
con. Georgia, but hopes to get to ]
Palmer for a visit next summer.
Jeneal Browne will be initiated
into the Palmer Rainbow for
Girls in a special meeting to be
held Monday, July 28, 7:30 p.m.
at Carpenter’s Hall.
Mayor Ken Lynn and his
I family are spending vacation |
I time on the Kenai Peninsula this *
1 week.
| will more effectively, and pleas
i antly.
Journal-Herald
Palmer, Massachusetts
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