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Poet Enlivens Proceedings
JUNEAU UP) — The lawmakers’ poet laureate, Rep. Jay Ham
mond, (R-Naknek), who occasionally enlivens proceedings in the
House with diversified verse, came up with one Wednesday en
titled “The Uncommitted.”
For those who need a program for the names and numbers
of all the players, let it be said that “Mr. Speaker”, Rep. War
ren A. Taylor, (D-Fairbanks), has filed for the Democratic gu
bernatorial nomination; “Eagle Bill” Egan hasn’t; neither has
Wendell Kay; and House Minority Leader Bruce Kendall, CR
Anchorage), says he never will. ,
The poem:
“Political hi-jinx run rampant these days
As Republicans and Democrats
Keep skimming their lids in their governor bids
‘Til you can’t see the ring for the hats.
“Mr. Speaker’s ear muffled fedora is there
The one worn on voice voting days—
Which seems to adiifiit all majority votes
But filters out G-O-P ‘nays’.
“There’s a raffish campaign hat like Theodore wore
When he rough-rode on up San Juan Hill
And a COPE cap which some think a size or two small—
Where’s your war bonnet, Eagle Bill?
“Could it be that Kay’s shown you the State’s in
And—suffering sore disillusion—
Are eager to place on Republican backs
* Each problem without a solution?
“Yes, we’re led to suspect there’s a plot to defect
On the part of Both William and Wendall
And when it comes down to cases, they’re kicking the traces
To throw their support behind—Kendall!”
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Secretary of Commerce as well
as the state agency. The Execu
tive Board chairman advised that
this program would be prepared
as speedily as possible.
Members Of the new organiza
tion are:
Nome ARA Board Members
Jacob Ahwinona, Wm. Attata
yuk, Lottie Bahnke, Bert Beltz,
Emily Boucher, Willis Brown,
Jean Burand, Bill Cameron, Bob
Cannon, Helen Carlson, Bob Cas
person, Ash Craft;
Jo and Ray Decker, Marilyn
Dexter, Betty and Herk Edwards,
Dorothy Emmons, Charles Frazier,
Larry Glavin, Carl Glavinovich,
Kay Handeland, Boyd Harwood,
Billy Hoogendorn;
Don Hoover, Laura and Harry
Johnsen, Myrtle and Tom John
son, Daniel Karmun, Maurice
Kelliher, Ellie Kolukkon, Billy
Koweluk, Howard Krinklaw, Paul
Mandeville, TOm Martin;
Gerald McCray, Wallace Mc
Iver, Jim MdLean, Ellen Mulvi
hill, Lawrence Nevue, Don Per
kins, Conrad Potter, Pete Reader,
Bob Rensh&w, Roy Sereadlock,
Elsie Mae Smith, Ann Snyder;
• Roberta Snyder, Johnnie Step
henson, Lloyd Sundstrom, Sophie
Swanson, Barbara and Jerome
Trigg, Joe Unterwagner, Loretta
and George Waldheim, Roscoe
Wilkie, Emma Willoya.
Village ARA Board Members
‘ Alexander Akeyu, Savoonga;
Herbert Apassingok, Gambell;
Tom Brown, White Mountain;
George Dan, Stebbins; Frank
Degnan, Unalakleet; Floyd Fa
gerstrom, Martin Olson, Gblovin;
John Iyapana, Diomede Is.; John
Kakaruk, Glen Tweet, Teller;
Jerry Kaloke, Teller Mission;
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Barrow Residents Will
Be Able to Buy Gas
WASHINGTON UP! — A bill to
make it possible for residents of
Point Barrow, Alaska, to buy gas
from the South Barrow Field ha*
been endorsed by the Office 6f
Emergency Planning.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett said the
endorsement ‘ came in a letter
from Director Frank EHis to the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee before which Bartlett’s Point
Barrow gas bill is pending.
“It appears' that the proposed
bill would not only provide a so
lution to Barrow’s fuel problem,
but it would also cause the drill
ing of a third gas well which
would provide a reserve important
to the national defense,” Ellis
wrote.
The 1,300 residents of Barrow
have long sought gas for fuel from
the Barrow field which is under
jurisdiction of the Navy as pairt
of Petroleum Reserve No. 4.
250 ALASKANS TO GET
1901 STATE TAX REFUNDS
JUNEAU (*> — Refunds for
overpayment of the 1901 state
income tax went into the mail to
250 Alaskans today, Revenue
Commissioner Peter Gate an*
nounced.
Gatz added that it would be to
the advantage of taxpayers who
, are entitled to refunds to get their
returns in promptly.
“At the moment the department
is able to process returns rather
| rapidly,” he said. “As we ap
; proach the April 15 deadline and
; filings increase, the processing
• time will increase accordingly.”
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Gov. Egan’s Budget of $70 Million
Greeted With Mixed Feelings
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU (ft — The administra
tion’s big $70,408,815 budget bill
was handed to the House Wednes
day, minutes after Gov. Wm. Egan ;
told a joint session of the Senate I
and the House what was coming.
The figure was greeted by stark
silence.
When the House Rules Com
mittee introduced the budget bill
after the joint session, it also
dropped in 12 supplemental ap
propriation bills calling for the
expenditure of some $7.8 million
in additional funds during the
current fiscal year.
Reaction to Egan’s budget was
mixed, even among members of
the same political parties.
Sen. James Nolan conservative
chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, remarked upon emerg
ing from the joint session:
“I’m in a mild state of shock.
I will have to reserve any real
comment until I get a chance to
analyze the Governor’s budget.
“Evidently, we are moving into
an accelerated program of both
services and construction.”
Sen. Lester Bronson said the
budget figure was about what he
expected,
“I based my estimates primarily
on the fact that the state would
have to assume full responsibility
for the highway program in fiscal
1963. This is a program which can ;
be worked out.”
A Close Look Urged
A close look at the proposed
budget was urged by Sen. Jack
Weise, (R-Bethel).
“I think there are a lot of hid
den costs in government,. We
should take a hard look at govern
ment, the same as businessmen
take a good, hard look at business.
“You either have to increase
your business or decrease ex
penses, and it may be that de
creasing expenses may be our
answer, so we can pass it on to
the taxpayer.”
House Rules Committee Chair
man Wm. Erwin described the
budget message as the strongest
and best organized Egan has given
to date.
“It reflects the Governor’s great
confidence in Alaska’s upward
trend and this feeling should well
communicate itself to the Legis
lature in session, the general
public and the State of Alaska.”
Rep. Donald Harris a member
, of the House Finance Committee*
said he was not happy about
Egan’s requests for supplemental
appropriations for capital con
struction.
“The rapid increase in the size
of the budget, compared with the
slow increase in the population of
the State, indicates a need for
reorganization in the State gov
ernment,” Harris said;
Rep. Benny Leonard said he
felt the Governor’s message point
ed toward the economic develop
ment of Alaska on a greatly ac
celerated scale in many ways.
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Leonard, (D~Anchorage>, said,
however, that he felt the $15 mil
lion in oil and gas lease bonuses
last Dec. 19 should go into per
manet developments in various
parts of Alaska.
Money Should Be Invested
“That money should be invested
in permanent state funds which
can be used over and over again
for the benefit of Alaska,” Leonard
said.
Rep. Bruce Kendall Republican
Minority Leader in the House,
said:
“The Governor’s proposed bud
get leaves the State Treasury
bare. A budget of this size proves
to me that Egan will not run for
re-election. Egan will either retire
from public life or may in des
peration file against Ernest Gru
ening for the U.S. Senate.
“No governor who has any de
sire to succeed himself would
ever deplete the State Treasury
as Gov. Egan has done.”
Rep. Peter Deveau House Ma
jority Leader, limited his com
ments to Kendall.
“It will be interesting to see
the reaction by the public to Mr,
Kendall’s comments on the Gov
ernor’s budget message,” De
veau said.
“Mr. Kendall had his statement
ready for the press before Gov.
Egan had announced the total
amount of the budget. There can
be only one conclusion and that
is Kendall’s statement will be
destructive criticism as usual.”
LITTLE LEAGUE ACTION
Little League basketball con
tinues tomorrow with the first
game starting at 9:45 am. Par
ents are welcome to watch the
games.
Last Saturday’s games saw the
Nome Nuggets losing to the Nome
Druggists 8-24. In the second
game Bering Sea won a hard
fought victory over Bronson’s by
13-7. The final game was a win
for Northern Commercial over
North Star 14-8.
League Standings
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Bering Sea 2 1
Druggists 2 1
N.C. Co. 2 1
North Star 1 2
Nuggets 1 2
Bronson’s 1 2
State Employes Favor
Lag-Type Payroll System
JUNEAU oe — The Department
of Administration said yesterday
that monthly-paid state employes
have voted overwhelmingly in
favor of a proposed lag-type pay
roll system similar to that used
by the federal government.
Commissioner Floyd Guertin
said 70 per cent of the 1,890
monthly-paid state employes who
voted on whether to accept the
plan were in favor of the change
in payroll procedure.
Guertin said 22 per cent op
posed the change, while 8 per
cent expressed no preference.
The poll also requested em
ployes to indicate their preference
among three alternatives for ef
fecting the payroll change.
Under the plan approved by
the largest number of employes,
checks would be issued June 1,
covering the period May 1-15.
Thereafter, checks would be is
sued on the first of each month
covering the period between the
16th of one month and the 15th
of the next month.
The lag-type payroll system will
guarantee the timely receipt of
checks in all areas of the state
and will result in greater econ
omy and efficiency in preparation
of the state monthly payroll,
Guertin said.
Guertin said a system of payroll
advances is being prepared for
those state employes who might
be faced with financial difficulties
because of the one-step change.
Employes paid on an hourly
basis and teachers will not be
affected by the change in pay
roll procedure.
All About Girls . . .
ADAIRSVIIJ-iK, Ga. W — Keith
Campbell composed a short essay
on girls. Among other things, he
wrote:
“I plan to travel to the dense
jungles of Africa, alone. It is esti
mated that there are very few
women in Africa. (Hot dog). . .
“To me women are a federal
crime case . . . my patience is
very limited with dames . . . she
surrounds you with an unbreak
able net known as matrimony.
And believe me it is some task
to escape.”
The essay was a classroom as
signment, and Keith, a seventh
grader closed with this saving
line:
“Please excuse me for telling all
these lies.”
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