WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to Congress
Income Tax Claims
Claims for refund of taxes paid
in 1949 on the 25 percent cost-of
living allowance received by fed
eral employees in Alaska should
be filed by March 15 of this year
if the claimants desire to protect
their interests, according to in
formation given Delegate Bart
lett last week.
"Section 322 (b) of the Internal
Revenue Code,” Delegate Bart
lett was informed by Assistant
Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue Sugarman,” provides that un
less a claim for credit or refund
is filed by the taxpayer within
three years from the time the re
turn was filed by the taxpayer or
within two years from the date
tax was paid, no credit or refund
shall be allowed or made after
the expiration of whichever of
such periods expires the later. For
the calendar year 1949, the sta
tute of limitation within which
claims may be filed will expire
in most cases on March 15, 1953.”
Construction Contracts
Delegate Bartett has urged Sec
retary of Defense Wilson and
Secretary of the Interior McKay
to give “special emphasis upon
studies having to do with Alaska” .
in connection with the freeze or
dered by President Eisenhower of
all government contracts for de
fense and other federal construc
tion inside and outside the United
States. The stop-order was placed
in effect to await reexaminations
to determine the advisability of
proceeding with construction pro
jects previously planned. .
School Operation and
Maintenance Funds
The House, in voting on the
second supplemental appropria
tion bill for the 1953 fiscal year,
overrulled its Appropriation Com
mittee and restored the bulk of
the funds requested by former
President Truman which would
allot $413,335.62 in operation and
maintenance funds for Alaska j
schools.
would Aid Palmer
The House committee had de
leted entirely the $24 million
sought for schoos throughout the
United States to aid in supple
menting the budgets of schools
over-burdened by federal activity
for the 1952-1953 school year. The
House allowed $20V2 million. Ter
ritorial schools under the juris
diction of the Board of Education
and schools at Palmer, Anchor-1
age, Kodiak, Sitka, Nenana and'
Fairbanks will benefit if the sum1
is sustained by Senate action.
Senate Representation
Under Statehood
A New York State Congress
man has proposed a constitution
al amendment which would deny
representation in the Senate to
Aaska and Hawaii under state
hood until their populations had
reached 794,646. The resolution
was introduced by Republican
John Pillion, a member of the
House Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee.
The New York member said
his opposition to the Hawaii bills
under consideration was based
“primarily upon the grant of dis
proportionate senatorial represen
tation to Hawaii. Under present
law, Hawaii would become entitl
ed to two Senate seats. With its
population of 466,329 persons,
Hawaii would enjoy representa
tion in the U. S. Senate of 670
percent of the average senatorial
representation possessed by aver
age person in the other forty
eight states.”
The Pillion constitutional am
endment would be based on the
average population represented
by each Senator, that average
according to 1951 census estimates
being 1,589,292. “Pursuant to the
resolution proposed by me,” Mr.
Pillion declared, “Hawaii would
become entited to one Senator
only upon attaining a population
of one-half of the average or 794,
646 persons. It would be entitled
to two Senators only upon attain
ing a population of 2,383,938 per
sons or one and one-half of the
average population represented
by each Senator.
Bartlett Objects to Proposal
Delegate Bartlett said that if
this formula applied alike in the
48 states that only 22 states in
the Union would be represented
by two senators, only 13 states
would have one Senator each in
the upper house, and 13 states
would be without any representa
tion inthe Senate at all. Accord
ing to the 1950 census, Arizona,
Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Ne
vada New Hampshire, New Mexi
co, North Dakota, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Utah, Vermont
and Wyoming would be repre
sented only in the House of Rep
resentatives, and Arkansas, Colo
rado, Connecticut, Kansas, Maine,
Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Caro
lina, Washington and West Vir
ginia would each have only one
Senator, leaving the populous
states of Alabama, California,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne
sota, Missouri, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina. Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas
Virginia and Wisconsin the 22
states with two Senators.
The introduction of the Pillion
resolution follows by several
weeks a resolution sponsored
earlier this year by Representa
tive Coudert, Republican of New
York, which seeks to amend the
17th Amendment of the Constitu
tion by providing that the Con
gress may determine whether any
state hereafter admitted shall be
entitled to senatorial representa
tion, if any.
Washington Visitors
Dr. and Mrs. Allan H. Mick of
Palmer are in Washington in
connection with budget discus
sions for Alaska agriculture. Mr.
Mick is Dean of Agriculture for
the University of Alaska.
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GERALDINE JOHNSON
TO WED MARCH 21
Mrs. George LaFontaine of
Blackwell, Wisconsin has an
nounced the coming marriage of
her daughter, Geraldine Johnson
of Palmer to Staff Sergeant Wal
ter T. Granath, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter E. Granath of Hobbs,
New Mexico, on March 21, 1953.
Sgt. Granath is stationed at
Elmendorf Air Force Base with
the U. S. Air Force.
The young couple will be mar
ried by U. S. Commissioner May
Carter at Wasilla and a reception
will follow at the home of Mrs.
Bernard Bouwens, sister of the
bride-to-be.
APPRECIATION
Members of the Moose Inde
: pendent and womens’ Rocket
basektball teams extend their
thanks and appreciation to the
following merchants and individ
uals who contributed toward
making the Cordovans recent
Valley visit so successful:
Bob Peterson, Shorty’s Barber
shop, White Spot Cafe, Frontier
Bar, Frontier Cafe, Brown’s
Shop, Co-Op Cafe, Valley Thea
! tre, Dr. F. Sims, T & T Sourdough
Jack Tost, Hotel Coffee Shop,
Palmer Drug, Valley Bank, John
ny Reed, Bert’s Drug, A1 King,
Koslosky’s, Clara’s Variety,
It’s a Lark to Park This Way
Since many motorists find parking is their biggest driving difficulty,
the Orange Disc, Gulf Oil house magazine, recently conducted street
tests to find the most practical method. As a result, the editors rec
ommend the steps below, claiming they will put even new drivers
safely in to the curb in “one pass.”
PULL UP PARALLEL to the car
•hud of the parking (pace, prefera
bly one foot and NOT MORE THAN
TWO FEET away from it (check dis
tance through your right door win
dow). Stop when rear bumpera of
two car* are about even. Make sure
road is cleu to rear.
AS YOUR RICHT FRONT
WHEEL comes opposite the other
car’s rear wheels, sun turning steer
ing wheel to left. When clear of other
car’s rur bumper, quickly complete
turn of steering wheel to left as far as
it will go. Back slowly as far as neces
sary to put your car 5*in” without hit*
ting car to rear.
BACK UP SLOWLY, turning •leer
ing wheel as far right u possible.
Thu swings car into parking ipace at
about a 45* angle. When front seat is
even with the other car’a rear bumper
(position above), straighten front
wheels, still backing slowly.
THIS SHOULD ALIGN YOU
with curb in parking position. If not.
straighten wheels and pull forward
until aligned. Stop in center of space.
Any difficulty with the method can
usually be cleared up by a few min
utes trial on a quiet street where the
motorist can dismount and check his
position against these diagrams.
RAILROAD PLANS
REVISED PROGRAM
A general revision program, de
signed to streamline handling of
freight and claims of the Alaska
Railroad was announced this
week by Col, J. P. Johnson, gen
eral manager of the railroad.
The program, as outlined by
Johnson, calls for a full scale
night unloading program as
quickly as traffic justifies, exten
sion of warm room space and
loading platforms at the Anchor
age freight shed, remodelling of
freight cars to handle containers
and paving in the terminal yard.
A survey is also being conduct
ed into the ramifications of estab
lishing door-to-door delivery ser
vice.
The general manager described
the undertaking as a “coordinat
ed program, integrated with the
traffic and claims departments of
the rairoad, to provide Alaskans
with first class freight service.”
Johnson called for suggstions
from the general public as to
means of improving delivery.
“Everyone is a stockholder in the
j railroad,” he said, “and the ulti
I mate goal is to improve service.
“The purpose of the traffic and
claims department is to assist
shippers in solving their prob
lems, working out satisfactory
rates, expediting shipments and
handling payment of claims.”
Because many claims must be
returned to the office of the
steamship companies and the
Stateside railroads involved, rail
road officials recently held ex
Shamrock Lounge, Trading Post,
Palmer Bar, Kirk’s Sales and
Service, Hartley Brothers Garage,
Co-Op Garage, Valley Cleaners,
No. Palmer store, Kimball’s, Mo
tor-In-Service and Hi-Way Ser
vice.
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HI-WAY CAFE
OPEN 6 A.M. -10 P.M.
FEATURING
STEAK, CHICKEN and PRAWNS
Ocean Van Lines
Weekly Sailings from Tacoma or SeaHle
With General Cargo
Freight for Anchorage, Palmer and Fairbanks
For Information Writ# or Phono
Box 1344
Phono 25031
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tensive meetings with steamship
executive to help iron out wrink
les in the procedure. Results are
already showing in the form of
stepped-up claim payments, John
son said.
With modifications going into
effect at the freight house, deliv
ery is expected to be considerably
more prompt. One stop forward,
iccording to Johnson, would be
a night unloading program.
If the railroad can get freight
car doors modified to take pack
age containers, smaller shipments
could be consolidated and there
would be less chance that orders
would be split at the docks in
Seattle. This plan would call for
expensive changes to railroad
freight cars, but it would be
worth it, Johnson contends.
Church to Show
Special Films
The motion picture, "Wings to
the Word” will be shown during
the Sunday School hour at 10
a.m. in the United Protestant
Church next Sunday morning.
At the 11 o’clock worship ser
vice, Rev. Brian Cleworth will
have as his sermon subject,
"What Think Ye of the Cross?”
Plan Family Night
A church family night will be
held next Wednesday evening,
March 11 in the church basement,
starting with a pot-luck supper
l
at 6:30 p.m. Feature of the eve
ning will be the showing of the
film, “And Now Tomorrow',” a
75-minute feature length motion
picture depicting the thrilling his
tory of 150 years of National Mis
sion work by the Board of Na
tional Missions of the Presbyteri
an Church. Prominent in the
story is Alaska, with Amanda
MacFarland and Sheldon Jackson.
“Kinda Bishop of All Beyone.”
The entire program is open to
all, it was announced and a cor
dial invitation is extended to the
entire family.
THE FRONTIERSMAN
CLASSIFIED'S GET RESULTS
PORTRAITS ARB CUSTOM FINISHING i;
Palmer Studio
RAY ADAMS
New Management
Always Take the
AuRoRa
BETWEEN ANCHORAGE AND FAIRBANKS
Lv. Anchorage
Ar. Fairbanks
8:30 A.M.
8:30 P.M.
Safe, Dependable DAILY Service
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