VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
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LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
■O: Mayor Alfred V. Hagen, the
honorable council members of
the City of Palmer and Fellow
citizens,
Having received notification
from the Palmer City Clerk that
no record is on file of the issu
ance of a City License to me, as
a direct salesman, I strongly ob
ject to the implication that I am
■unlawfully doing business in Pal
An article published in The
Frontiersman” of Thursday, Feb
ruary 26th, announcing a special
■
meeting to discuss license ordin
ances, provides the time to defend
myself, and all salespeople, from
injustice and un-Americanism.
As a registered member of the
World’s Largest Organization of
salespeople, "The Direct Selling
Legion,” I question your right to
enforce such an ordinance as it
violates the rights and privileges
set forth by the Constitution of
the United States, and submit for
your consideration the following:
The United States Supreme
Court and Higher State Courts
have repeatedly decided that no
State or City has the right—
1. To collect license fees from
any person engaged in direct
selling under the provisions of
Interstate Commerce,, (Real Silk
Hosiery Mills vs City of Portland,
268 U. S. 325. Brennan vs Titus
ville, 153 U. S. 289. Robbins vs
Taxing Dist. 120 U. S. 489. Rear
ick vs Pa. 203 U. S. 507. Crenshaw
vs Ark., 227 U. S. 389), or
2. To require a bond from such
persons, (in re Dean L. White No.
8781, Law U. S. District Court,
District of Utah. McCarter vs
City of Florence, 104 Sc. 806
(Ala.). Myers vs City of Miami
131 So. 375 (Fla.). Pictorial Re
view Co. vs City of Alexandria,
La., 46 F 2nd 337.) or
3. To require from such persons
health permits, physical examina
tion, health certificates, bonds or
other conditions or restrictions in
terfering with Interstate Com
merce, (Jewel Tea Co. vs City of
Norman, Equity Case No. 219,
U. S. District Court, Western Dis
trict, Oklahoma, decided 10-23-17.
Jewel Tea Co. vs Mapleton Equ
ity Case No. 294, U. S. District
Court, Northern District, Iowa,
Western Division, decided 6-27
31. McCarter vs. Florence 104, So.
806 (Ala.). Shaffer vs Grain Com
pany, 268, U. S. 189. Lemke vs
Grain Company 258, U. S. 50.
Buck Stove Company vs Vicars
p 226, U. S. 295. Crutcher vs Ky. 141 '
U.S. 47. Textbook Company vs
Pigg 217, U.S. 91.) and further
that
4. The , residence of the sales
man is immaterial. (Brennan vs
Titusville 153, U.S. 289. Caldwell
vs North Carolina 187, U.S. 662.
Stewart vs. Mich. 232 U.S. 665.
Crenshaw vs Ark. U.S. 389).
5. Where a salesman is not
engaged in Interstate Commerce
excessive license fees void the
ordinance. (State vs Wilson 249,
111., 195, 94 N.E. 141.)
Section 20 of the Federal Penal
Code makes it a felony for any
one, under cover of any law or
ordinance to deprive any citizen
of his or her constitutional rights
or. privileges, and this statute ap
plies to officials who seek to col
lect licenses from persons con
stitutionally exempt from pay
ment. FURTHER, under rulings
of the UNITED STATES SU
, PREME COURT a police official
or other person actively partici
pating in causing or making an
arrest under a void ordinance can
PERSONALLY be held for gen
i eral and specific damage^—Scott
, vs McDonald. 165 U.S. 58 (89).
> I am a resident, a property
NEW BABIES
De Priest
Mr. and Mrs. Linnus DePriest
are receiving congraulations on
the birth of a son, Daniel Ray,
born at Valley Hospital March 2.
Mr. DePriest is employed at the
Matanuska Experiment Farm.
owner and a taxpayer in Palmer,!
as well as, a salesman and I sin
cerely hope that you as the legal
ly elected Council, sworn to act
in the behalf and in the best in
terest or Our Fair City .will not
allow this kind of un-American
campaign—a campaign that is ex
pected to be found in Russia—
to remain in force. I am sure that
you will be interested in the bul
letin issued in January, 1952 by
the National Better Business
Bureau, Inc. entitled “The Right
of Free Men to Engage in Legiti
mate Business,” and I am taking
the liberty of showing you a copy.
Sincerely,
D. T. McMAHON
JUNEAU TO BE SITE OF
FOURTH SCIENCE MEET
Preliminary plans are being
made for the fourth Alaska
Science Conference to be hold in
Juneau September 26 through
October 2.
Although the AAAS is the old
est general national scientific so
1 ciety in North America, having
been organized in 1848, the Alas
ka division of the organization is
comparatively young, its installa
tion into the AAAS being a part
of the second conference in Mc
Kinley National Park in 1951.
There are three branches in the
Alaska Division, the Arctic
Branch at College, the Cook Inlet
branch at Anchorage, and the
Southeastern branch at Juneau.
Several Palmer members of the
organization are members of the
Cook Inlet branch.
Membership in the Association
is open to professional secientists
and those having an interest in
science.
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