iTER FROM CONGRESS
Ivers Acts On
Personal Problems
Rep. Ralph Rivers, in his letter
to Alaskans, states he is kept
quite busy with attendance at the
sessions of Congress, meetings of
committees and sub-committees, of
which he is a member, and testi
fying before several committees
considering bills he has an inter:
est in.
“Add to these things,” he states,
“requests from, many Alaskans
who have personal or special prob
lems, with which I, as their con
gressman, am able to help them,
and you have a pretty busy sched
ule. It is a pleasure to be able to
help serve my fellow Alaskans ki
this way.” His letter continues:,
“Since my letter last month, Ij
have introduced 16 more bills.*
Three of these bills are* to give?
the Court of Claims jurisdiction*
to determine certain wage claims!
which arose in Alaska, and two!
are bills for the personal relief;
of individuals in Alaska whose
cases involve matters which re
quire action by congress. In addi
tion to these, there is my bill to
extend the cost of living allowance
given federal employees in Alaska
to clerks employed by the National
Guard, and one to extend the cost
of living allowance to Federal Ju
dicial employees in Alaska, who
have heretofore been excluded.
Bills of more general effect and
interest to Alaskans are:
Oil Reserve Bill: The purpose
of this measure is to return Naval
Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4
to the jurisdiction of the Secre
tary of the Interior so there can
be development by private indus
try.
Juneau Courthouse: For con
struction of a new post office and
courthouse at Juneau, badly need
ed for a long time.
Cost of Living Allowance In
crease: This allowance is now peg
ged <at 25 per cent and my bill
would provide for determination
by the actual difference, which is
higher than the present allowance.
Canadian Vessel Bill: To ex
tend'5 forgone year, authorization
for' Canadian vessels to carry pas
sengers and cargo between Alas
kAh cities and between Alaska
and th rest of the United States.
This is cjuite important to Alaska,
as* we have no American passen
ger service by water. I hope we
will again have American service
before long.
Leave Accumulation Bill: Prior
to our admission to the Union,
Federal employees had been able
RIGHT COLOR SCHEME—Ireland’s President Sean T. O’Kelly
admires the green tie worn by El Salvador’s President Joe Maria
Lemus on the day before St. Patrick’s Day—naturally—at the Wal
dorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, March 16. O’Kelly arrived in
New York earlier in the day from Ireland on an official visit at
President Eisenhower’s invitation. An aide of President Lemus ex
plained he decided the green tie would be a “nice gesture” and
bought it after making arrangements for the two presidents to meet.
(AP Wirephoto)
JUST ARRIVED
Easter and Spring
attire for the whole
family
Sub-teen and regular
FORMALS
For that special occasion
KRAFTS DRY 600DS DEPT.
Open every Friday evening til 8 p.m.
to accumulate 45 days annual
leave before earned leave would
lapse, instead of the normal 30,
but this ended January 3 with
Statehood. Feeling that the great
er distances Alaskans have to
travel, and difficulties involved
in such travel make the greater
accumulation only fair, I intro
duced this measure to return to
them the, 45 day accumulation.
They do' hot earn any more leave
than before, but may accumulate
more without losing it.
District of Columbia Home Rule;
I was requested to give my sup
port to this measure which wili
grant the nearly one million citi
zens of the District of Columbia, -;
self government^ they have never
had. This bill was sponsored by
several congressmen. Passage of
this bill will give to the people of
the district a government very
similar to that we had in Alaska
while we were a Territory, with
an appointed Governor and Sec
retary, an - elected Assembly or
Legislature and a non-voting dele- ,
gate to the House of Representa
tive.
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The Crippled Children’s Associ
ation is dedicated to the care and
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treatment of crippled children.
... To <restore and train them so
they can participate as fully as
possible in our new State ... so
that they can he taxpayers, not
tax dependents.
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