WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to Congress
Statehood
3y a vote of 8 to 7, the Senate
'Comittee on Interior and Insular
Affairs this week adopted a mo
tion by Senator Anderson of New
Mexico to add Alaska statehood as
an amendment to the House-pass
ed Hawaii statehood bill and to
hold hearings on such a measure,
Senator Malone, (R) of Nevada,
and southern Democrats Senators
Long of Louisiana and Smathers
of Florida, who have been known
previously to be opposed to state
hood for both territories, joined
Senators Murray, Anderson, Cle
ments, Jackson and Daniel to
vote for the motion. The seven
votes against the motion were
cast by the seven remaining Sen
ators, all Republicans, Senators
Butler, Millikin, Cordon, Watkins,
Dworshak, Kuchei and Barrett.
The proposition of Hawaii state
hood has been approved three
times by the House, the first time
in 1947, the second in 1950 and
the third on March 10 of this
year. Hawaii statehood bills have
been reported favorably to the
Senate twice once in 1950 and
again in 1951. Although a state
hood bill for Alaska was reported
favorably in 1948, the first pass
age of a bill for Alaska was not
approved by the lower house un- j
til 1950. The Senate committee, in
1950 and again in 1951, approved
Alaska statehood. During the re
cent April hearings before the
territories subcommittee of the
House Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee, 14 Alaskans
were heard, all of whom urged
immeidate statehood.
Veteran Housing
The program authorizing direct
home and farmhouse loans to vet
erans woud be extended for two
more years until June 30, 1955,
if a bill approved on May 7 by
the House Committee on Verer
ans’ Affairs becomes law.
Present law permitting maxi
mum loans of $10,000 is due to
expire June 30 of this year. Since
its enactment in the 81st Con
gress and up to April of this year,
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$3,834,200 has been allocated to
Alaska for the program. As orig
inally passed in the 81st Con
gress, the Veterans Administra
tion was authorized to make di
rect loans to veterans and $150
million was made available for
the purpose. The 82nd Congress
extended this program until June
30, 1953, and made the direct
loan fund into a revolving fund,
permitting the amounts received
from prepayments, repayments,
and the sale of mortgages to pri
vate lenders to be used to make
additional loans.
The new bill seeking to extend
the program for two more years
would increase the direct loan
interest allowed to 4V6 percent
from the present 4 percent rate.
Rivers and Harbors
Delegate Bartlett is scheduled
to appear this week before the
House subcommittee considering
appropriations for the Army En
gineers to urge appropriations for
river and harbor projects in Al
aska.
The possibility for any money
for any of the Alaska projects,
however, is remote since the new
administration has not asked for
a single dollar for the start of
authorized flood control and river
and harbor projects anywhere in
A REPORT TO ALASKA
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ON OUR OPERATIONS
May 14, 1953
Last year for your information we published a statement covering revenue and expenses on our
Alaska operations for the post-war years during which our business had been conducted on a private
basis—1949, 1950, 1951. In this report those years, adjusted as of March 31, 1953, are included along
with the results of our 1952 operations as of that date.
A year which was expected to be a success on the basis of anticipated traffic movement and ad
vance passenger reservations, 1952 proved to be one of our worst due largely to two strikes which in
terrupted operations for a total of 86 days, a major portion of which was in the heart of the heavy
traffic season.
The overall result of the past five years has been most disappointing. However, we are continu
ing our efforts to improve our service and to operate with the utmost economy and efficiency".
D. E. SKINNER
Vice-President and General Manager
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Revenue & Expenses—Alaska Operations 1949
1950
1951
1952
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REVENUES:
Freight.$12,928,471
Passenger
Other
TOTAL REVENUE . .
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Wages (Inc. Overtime, Vacations
& Payroll Taxes) ....
Subsistence—Board & Lodging .
Stores, Supplies, Equipment. .
Maintenance & Repairs ...
Fuel.
Insurance (Hull & Other) . .
Insurance (P. & I. &
Claim Expense) ....
Charter Hire.
Other Vessel & Voyage Expense
Stevedoring.
Wharfage & Dockage . . .
Brokerage—Freight & Passenger
Other Port & Cargo Expense .
Depreciation ......
Overhead.. .
TOTAL EXPENSE . .
NET RESULT ....
1,724,310
41,405
$14,694,186
$ 4,076,362
956,677
527,666
675,661
988,594
872,140
312,736
759,959
121,461
3,710,001
217,772
58,232
314,819
181,309
1,037,772
$12,186,505
1,437,943
_110,986
$13,735,434
$ 3,695,892
850,470
452,170
527,524
778,422
732,786
335,157
480,838
172,865
3,543,077
211,105
56,321
332,541
207,198
1,177,193
$15,158,350
1,619,704
_191,282
$16,969,336
$ 4,859,579
1,002,001
660,946
537,938
1,012,401
672,431
482,440
662,629
192,406
4,685,442
241,655
99,241
465,857
223,424
1,164,045
$13,089,942
1,198,939
_l?1'782
$14,420,663
$ 4,388,496
852,229
514,733
489,263
767,881
626,244
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368,896
514,817
197,831
3,788,179
283,071
88,417
452,921
189,249
1,307,108
$14,811,161 $13,553,559 $16,962,435 $14,829,335
($
116,975)
Loss
$ 181,875 $ 6,901 ($
408,672)
Loss
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Geiwitz' To Leave On
Summer Tour in States
Rev. and Mrs. George Geiwitz
of the Church of God will leave
i the Valley Sunday afternoon for
a summer trip through the cen
tral states and Mexico.
They will attend the Church
of God International Camp Meet
and Convention to be held in An
derson, Indiana, where more than
30,000 persons are expected to
gather from all over the world.
The Tabernacle located in Ander
son will seat 15,000 persons, and
with several smaller auditoriums,
is expected to be able to handle
the largest meeting of its type in
the world. Rev. Geiwitz attended
the 1950 convention held in that
city.
Following several weeks travel
throughout the central states on
Alaska missionary work, the
Geiwitz’ expect to spend some
vacation time in Mexico, return
ing along the west coast, up the
Hart Highway and back to Pal
mer around September 1.
During their absence, their son,
Lewis Geiwitz will be in charge
of the local church.
the country.
Twelve Alaska projects were
authorized in 1945 by Congress,
one of which has been completed,
the dredging of Wrangell Nar
rows.
HOMEMAKERS CLUB
| NOTES
Palmasilla Club
The April meeting of the Pal
masilla Homemaker’s club, delay
ed because of poor road condi
tions, was held on April 28 at
the home of Mrs. Carl Mielke,
with 15 members attending. Drs,
Dearborn and Beulah from the
Alaska Experiment Farm were
present and Dr. Dearborn pre
sented a very interesting and in
formative talk, illustrated with
slides, of his vegetable growing
work at the farm.
On May 12, Mrs. Russell Oberg
was hostess to the club for the
regular meeting. Business dis
cussions centered around ways
and means of raising funds for
hospital needs. Two especially
fine slide strips, “Color in your
Home” and “Edible Alaskan
Plants,” were presented by Mrs.
Marylou Rideout, home demon
stration leader who accompanied
the showing of the slides with
interetsing discussions.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Roland Gro
ver, June 9.
Cheechako Club
The Cheechako Homemaker’s
club met at the home of Mrs.
Pat Lawton May 12 with 16
members and three visitors pre
sent.
Roll call was answered with
Local Woman's Son To
Graduate From Whitman
David Cottingham, son of Mrs.
Art Thompson of Palmer, is a
candidate for the AB degree at
the 94th annual Commencement
of Whitman College May 31. Cot
tngham graduated from high
school in British Columbia, and
is a history major at Whitman,
located at Walla Walla, Washing
ton.
Whitman will graduate 112
seniors, 90 of whom are residents
of Washington. Others are from
Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and six
different states. ’
edible plants and Marylou Ride
out showed colored slides of edi
ble plants, helping us to identify
them. She gave a very interesting
narration of the slides.
Some of the members who at
tended the Homemakers’ tea re
ported on lovely array of dis
plays and success of the program
in general.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Betty Kind
ler June 8.
Carpenters, Remember 1
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4ih Wednesday
Each Month
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The Frontiersman
ST. MICHAEL'S TO
HOLD TWO MASSES
The regular summer schedule
of two Masses each Sunday will
begin Sunday, May 24, at St.
Michael’s Catholic Church, it was
announced this week by Rev.
James P. Snead. Masses will be
said at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. each
Sunday during the summer, he
said.
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