WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
WITHHOLDING TAXES
Legislation was introduced this
week in both the House and Senate
designed to authorize the withhold
ing by the federal government of
state, territorial and municipal in
come tazes from the salaries of fed
eral employees in any political sub
division where the laws impose upon
employers generally the duty of with
holding taxes from the compensation
of employees.
MILITARY PUBLIC WORKS
More than $337 million worth of
military construction in Alaska is
Included in the record-breaking
$5>578,720,000 bill which passed the
House this week.
The legislation, now before the
Senate Armed Services Committee, is
expected to receive speedy approval
in the upper house.
The Alaska program calls for Army
expenditure of $10lj.,l».55> to in- j
elude projects at Big Delta, Ladd
Air Force Base, Eielson Air Forde
base, Fort Richardson, Whittier and!
an oil pipeline from Haines to Fair
banks .
The Navy program totals $15,lj.2lj.,30E
for facilities at Adak and Kodiak, j
Projects at Cape, Eielson, Elmendcrf
Ladd, Nalcnek, Shemya and Thornbrougt
Air Force Bases are included in the |
authorization of $213,838,000 for
the Air Force in the Territory.
ALASKA STATEHOOD '
Alaska and Hawaii statehood were
included this week on a secondary
list of measures prepared by the
Senate Democratic Policy Committee j
for consideration by the Senate be-|
fore adjournment when so-called
”must,! legislation permits.
The MmustM list includes appro
priations, military construction,
tax legislation and foreign aid.
The secondary list, termed as "ma
jor” legislation, includes measures
dealing with home rule for the
District of Columbia, tidelands oil,
federal pay raises, a resolution
calling for termination of war with
Germany, airmail subsidies, and a
few others.
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY PATROL
Fines collected by Ignited States
Commissioners for traffic violations
in Alaska would be deposited in the
territorial treasury for the use and
benefit of the territorial highway
patrol system through the provisions
of a bill introduced by Delegate
Bartlett in the House this week.
At the present time, such fines
are deposited through the clerks of
the four judicial divisions of the
District Court of Alaska in a feder
al fund known as ’’Fund C” for use to
cover incidental expenses of the
coiort to be paid out only by order
of the court.
EXTENSION NEWS
Marylou Lashbrook
A-H GARDEN WINNERS
Each year, about a week before the
opening of the Fair, I4.-H gardens are
judged at the garden spot. There
were 1)_9 1|--H gardens this year and
it was truly a ta3k for the judges
to choose the three prize winners.
Gardens are judged as to general ap
pearance, correct number of varieties
(each year a garden project asks for
a specific amount of ground and cer
tain number of varieties) and manage
ment. This includes: uniformity of
plants, properly thinned plot, heal
thy plants, no insects, no weeds and
ground cultivated properly.
Perhaps gardens should be judged
as to the attitude of the gardner,
how much pushing was required on the
part of the parent to get him out to
care for the garden* or how much
knowledge of gardening was learned,
any improvement over last year, ec
onomically; and was the garden a
’’good thing” .
Here are the 1951 It-H garden win
ners:
Larry Trowbridge-first
i. Ronald Jensen-second
Carol and. Mike Berry--third
I
Honorable mention: Colin Mick,
Gene Dinkol, and Don Boulter.
I' 4-H DEMONSTRATIONS at BAIR
AT 1*-H QUONSET HUT
Saturday September 1, 1:00 P.M.
1:00 "Dropped Cookies"
Annie Smith, Sharon Schoming
1:30 "A Plain Cake"
Sally Reed, Dorothy Lontz
2:00 "Pineapple Upside-Down Cake"
Elsie Lemberger, Joanne Brunner
2:30 "Hov/ to Hem a Dress" Leona Iucas,
Judy Hurley, Darlene Brager
2:1*0 "Transplanting"
Larry Trowbridge, Roy Felix"
Monday September 3* 1:00 P.M.
1:00 "Baking Powder Biscuits"
Carol Borry
1:30 "Raisin Cup Cakes"
Wendell Wilson, Jesse Wilson
2:00 "Jelly Making"
Elmer McDonald, Wayne McDonald
2:30 "How to Alter a Pattern"
Joyce Dinkcl
2:1*5 "Making Proper Seams"
Verna Adams, Barbara Hudgins
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