Itotary Governor
Visitation Held
District Ro-farv Governor Tom
Morgan, of New Westminster, B.C.,
accompanied by his wife, Alice,
visited the local Rotary Club Mon
day and Tuesday as part of his
visitations to all the clubs in his
district. Kodiak was his last call
in Alaska.
Local members achieved a 100
per cent attendance meeting to
greet their governor on Monday
at the 49 Room, where he was
introduced as the principal speak
er by Club- President Peter Rama
glia.
One of the main jobs of Rotary,
Governor Morgan said, is to pro
mote good will and understanding
in the countries of the world and
to create a will to peace.
Rotary can achieve these aims,
he said, through the ideal of ser
vice and through fellowship. The
individual who serves most, he add
ed, appreciates his membership
most and enjoys the full satisfac
tion of helping others.
Speaking of a conference he at
tended in New York, he said he
was struck by the fact that of all
the members represented, of all
colors and creeds, from all the free
countries of tha world, that every
one was avid for peace.
“Rotary,” he said, “must build
bridge or friendship between the
people the world.”
Tn concluding he enjoined the
Icoai members to read their Ro
tarian magazine, study literature
provided by Rotary International,
ami to “keep Rotary simple.”
At the end of the meeting Mrs.
Morgan was called in for the
presentation of a gift assortment
of local products to the couple
by President Ramaglia. Included
in the gift wore local seafood
products, with labels by Jim Ben
nett; jellies and jams and other
fruit products; two paintings by
local artist Eudora Preston; a sea
shell box inscribed to Alice made
by Mrs. Eric Mueller; a crab hat
made by Mrs. Merrill Coon; a 49
‘State pin; ashtray seashelis; and
earrings made of crab teeth. Walt
Muller supervised the gift arrange
ment.
A tour of the’city, conducted
by members Art Brooks and Wil
liam Lamme, was folkwed by a
steak dinner served to 28 at the
49 Room, it wjs a no-host affair
Thomas E. Morgan
and included officers, directors
and past presidents of the club.
After the dinner the ladies were
entertained iby Mrs. Ramaglia at
her home, while the men attended
a final business session at t..e
Jack Hinckel residence.
One Millionth
Ti? Be Honored
Plans tor honoring of Pacific
Northern Airlines’ 1,090,000 pas
senger in Alaska service are fast
being finalized with the event ex
necte'» to take place within the
nevt few days.
In addition to news, radio and
TV interviews, the honored pas
senger will receive a certificate for
a block of Pacific Northern com
mon stock to be presented by Ar
thur G. Woodley, PNA President;
an attractive silver plaque deno
ting the occasion; membership in
the airlines’ famed Flagliner Club
and other honors.
Also, the passenger will be the
guest c^ Pacific Nrthern upon ar
rival at his or her destination.
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Roundup Of
Legislation Given
By * Rep. Rivers
Rep. Ralph Rivers, in his final
newsletter from Congress, ^ives
a “round-up” report of legislation
that took place in Washington,
DC. affecting the new State of
Alaska.
Rep Rivers stated: “Of funda
mental importance was the pass
age of the Alaska Omnibus Bill.
By providing for an orderly trans
fer of roads, civil airports and cer
tain other functions from the fed
eral government to the new state,
and authorizing transition grants
totalling $28^2 million for a period
of the next four years, there has
been laid a vital part of the neces
sary foundation upon which to
build full-fledged State operations.
The statehood bill itself had al
ready provided for transfer of ju
dicial functions, fish and wildlife
management, and grants of public
land to the State for creation of a
State domain of approximately
103 million acres.
ou^r Dills uearing on Alaska’s
success as a State, with special
reference to economic develop
ment and growth were authored
by all three members of the Alas
ka congressional delegation and
introduced in both Houses Fore
most were three companion bills,
now law, as follows:
“Increasing the maximum acre
age for coal leasing to any one
party from 2,560 to 10,240 acres,
plus 5,120 acres allowable at the
descretion of the Secretary of In
terior; Amending the statehood
act to allow the State to select
certain lands covered by oil and
gas leases;
Increasing the maximum acreage
for each oil and gas leaseholder
from 300,000 acres of leases and
options to 600,000 acres This bill,
endorsed by top State authorities,
including Gov. Egan, was designed
to increase oil and gas teasing and
to accelerate drilling to speed the
time when Alaska will be a great
oil producing State, but the Secre
tary of the Interior disagreed and
prompted the President to veto the
bill.”
The Representative mentions
several bills, passed by Congress,
such as the Hawaii statehood bill,
the bill extending the life of the
Alaska International Rail and
Highway Commission. The fate of
several other bills is still pend
ing. One to ban import of Japanese
caught salmon; to raise the price
of gold to $70 per ounce; to black
top the Alaska Highway; to modify
the land grant provisions of the
Alaska Mental Health Enabling
Act to include mineral lands under
lease and option; a bill removing
the ceiling on the cost-of-living al
lowance to Federal employees.
This bill would include certain
court employees and National
Guard employees among those en
titled to the allowance; also allow
refunds to certain employees of
the tax imposed on cost-of-living
allowance in 1949; to permit cer
tain federal employees to accrue
45 days of annual leave.
A bill to allow Veterans Admin
istration to contract with private
hospitals in Alaska for treatment
and care of veterans with non
service connected disabilities.
“On the subject of the much
publicized controversy on labor re
form legislation, I voted for a
moderate bill, and later in favor
of accepting the House-Senate con
ference report, which modified the
harsh provisions of the Landrum
bill,” Rivers stated. “I feel that
the State has gained a lot of
ground during the first half of the
86th Congress, and that the second
session of this Congress will also
be productive.”
Hughes Heads Local Affairs Agency
Charles W. Hughes of Ketchi
kan was named this week by Gov.
William Egan as Director of Local
Affairs within the Governor’s of
fice.
Hughes, who for the past year
has been administrative assistant
to Rep. Ralph J. Rivers in Wash
ington, D.C., will assume his new
duties about October 1.
The Local Affairs Agency, cre
ated by the first State Legislature,
assumed duties of the former Rur
al Development Board In addi
tion, it is charged with respon
sibility for administration of a
program of assistance to local
communities in such fields as fis
cal, incorporation, organization,
legal, engineering, purchasing,
planning and specialized personnel
recruitment problems.
Hughes, a graduate of Willamet
te University Law School, came to
Alaska in 1950. He was admitted
to practice before the Alaska bar
in 1953 and practiced law in Ket*
chikan, where he served one term
as city magistrate, and at Kodiak,
where he was ci'ty attorney in 1956.
In announcing the appointment,
Governor Egan expressed appre
ciation to Representative Rivers
for his cooperation in making
Hughes’ services available to the
State despite the action’s effect of
depriving the Congressman of an
experienced assistant in his Wash
ington office.
Hughes will receive $12,500 a
year.
Governor Urges
Fire Prevention
Governor William A. Egan has
proclaimed the week of October
4-10 as Fire Prtvention Week
in Alaska.
The proclamation calls on all
Alaskans to “take cognizance of the
need for maintaining a constant
state of alertness to the causes and
dangers of \fire, and to cooperate
with State and local fire officials
and their representatives in pro
grams aimed at fire prevention.”
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