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OFFICE OF A. J, DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
Washington. D. C., May 22, 1937
The House Committee on the
Territories, May 19th, considered
at length the bill introduced by
Representative Magnus on of Wash
ington. to repeal the Federal tax
of $1.00 per ton cn ships and ship
ping and freight and passenger
transportation lines operating in
Alaska, as provided by Section
176 of the Compiled Laws of Al
aska, 1933. The bill is identical
with a bill introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator Murray of Mon
tana. Representatve Magnuson,
the author of the bill; former Sen
ator Dill, representing transpor
tation interests; J. J. Underwood,
representive of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce; and Claude E.
Wakefield, attorney for the Alas
ka Steamship Company and the
Northland Transportation Com
pany, made statements in support
of the bill.
The law imposes the fax on
ships which are "registered in Al
aska or n it paying license or tax
elsewhere" and doing local busi
ness for hire in Alaska waters.
The word “elsewhere" was in one
c^se construed by the United Sta
tes Circuit Court of Appeals for
tlie Ninth Circuit, the case of
Northern Commercial Company
vs. U. S., reported in 217 Federal
Reporter at page. 33, to mean in
some other Judicial Division of
the Territory of Alaska. Senator
Dill proved to the satisfaction of
the Committee that that decision
was contrary to the intent of Con
gress as expressed in the debate
when the tax law was originally
enacted. Hence it may be con
cluded that the word "elsewhere”
mieans at some other place in the
United States and not some other
Judicial Division of the Territory
of Alaska.
The view of the Department of
Justice is that the tax may be
collected only if and when ships
in Alaska do an interport busi
ness and that the tax provisions
of the law do not apply to com
merce carried on between Seattle,
or any other point in the States,
and Alaska. Since the interport
business in Alaska is relatively
small it is said that many ships
which now do such a business
wul] withdraw from interport
business in the Territory if the
tax provisions of the law are not
repealed, thus depriving the citi
zens of Alaska of steamship trans
portation service they are now
receiving.
Delegate Dimond stated that
while he was of the opinion that
the steamship companies should
register in Alaska and thus be
subject to and pay the tax with
out question, the owners could
not be compelled to register their
ships in Alaska and, therefore,
the only effect of the operation
of the law would be to put a pro
hibitive tax on interport business
carried on in Alaska, and since
shipping facilities in Alaska were i
now insufficient and therefore;
everything possible should be^
done to increase, rather than di- j
minish, these facilities. The delej
gate insisted, however, that if the,
bill were to be passed the rights
of the Territorial Legislature to
impose whatever taxes might be
deemed proper should be adequ
ately preserved, and to carry out
that view offered the following
amendment to the bill.
“Sec. 3. Nothing in this Act
shall abrogate, limit, ot curtail
the powers granted the Territor
ial Legislature of Alaska to im
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U.S. Writes Finish
To Attempt 1919
Save Russia
fBy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 14, —The
State Department today wrote
finis, insofar as The United Stat
es is concerned, to the disastrous
attempts by Allied governments
in 1919 to intervene in Russia
and by armed force overthrow
the Soviet government.
The Department opened the fil
es containing its hitherto secrc
documents relating to the fiasco
conducted by the American. Brit
ish, Japanese, French and ftalian
government in Archangel and Si
beria.
The record reveals Japan pro
bnbly lost the greatest number
of men. The United States and
Great Britain the largest amount
of money and supplies. All shar
ed in the loss of prestige.
Perhaps the most important of
all. the record contains a detail
ed account of the diplomatic in
trigue and machinations which
went on, particularly in Siberia,
to involve the United States dir
ectly in a war against the Bol
sheviks and to commit this coun
try to a long and costly campaign
to make Russia “safe for Demo
cracy.”
Telegraphic Briefs
(Bv The Associated Press j
DENVER, June 16—The direc
%
tors of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce have approved
of the affiliation of the Fairbanks;
chapter.
WASHINGTON, June 16—The
House approved the $194,328,000
appropriation for flood control,
river and harbor improvements,
and the belated public works bill
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pose taxes or licenses, not limit j
or curtail any powers granted to
the Territorial Legislature of Al-|
aska by the Act of Congress ap
proved August 24, 1912, entitled I
‘An Act to create a legislative!
assembly in the Territory of Al- J
aska, to confer legislative powers
thereon, and for other purposes’.!
or by any other Act of Congress.” (
With the amendment thus pro- j
' posed the Delegate supported the
passage of the bill because the
Territorial legislature would thus
be able to adequately take care of
the situation.
(Continued Tomorrow)
also carried SI66,338.00 for the
Army signal corps Alaska com
munications system.
WASHINGTON, June 16. —The
senate ’oday confirmed the nom
ination of Alice E. Gurtler of Ne
nana to be postmaster at that
point.
WASHINGTON June 16, —Re
presentative William P. Connery,
48. of Massachusetts, died in the
h' pital nere after being stricken
with food poisoning, early today.
His death removed from cong
ress a champion of much recent
labor legislation.
He was a former soldier, actor,
candy manufacturer, and a co
author of the wage and hour bill.
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