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Washington is chuckling over
the discomfiture of the Federal
Trade Commission. A univer
sity professor has taken what
to the bureaucratic mind is the
most treasonable stand pos
sible in recommending that
more practical businessmen be
placed in key positions in a
bureau.
* * *
This heresy
is contained
in the prelim
inary report
on FTC opera
tions by Prof.
Carl A. Auer
bach, of the
University of
Minnesota
Law School. C. W. Harder
He was appointed staff director
of a committee to study the
operations of the administra
tive branches of government.
* * *
Prof. Auerbach has recom
mended that fewer lawyers be
in top spots in the FTC, and
in their places, that actual bus
inessmen be appointed. FTC
officials are working day and
night to suppress this draft.
* * *
Very bluntly, the report
states tbat the FTC is not get
ting the job done its members
are paid to do. In addition, it
states that the members of this
bureaucracy are spending en
tirely to0 much time "policing”
advertising instead of cleaning
up the market place.
* * *
For some time, the enlarged
FTC staff has been most busi
ly engaged in analyzing ad
vertising, probably because
anybody can sit in an easy
chair and pontificate on adver
tising. At the same time, ac
cording to the report on merg
ers released by the House
Small Business Committee,
W ; unT IVtii i.ii ■ ■ i.t ■ f I - Ii • . • ■ iJusJr.C'S
headed by lie)). Wright Pat
man, discrimination and pref
erential treatment in market
place has hit all time high.
❖ $ *
Recently in the Boston Fed
eral Court of Appeals the FTC
I was slapped down in one of the
: c ases it employed to make
headlines. It took action
against a shaving soap adver
tised on TV as effective in
shaving sandpaper.
* ¥
Of course, the commercial
was quite silly as it can be as
sumed shaving soap is bought
to shave beards, not sandpa
per. But inasmuch as sandpa
per does not photograph well,
in making the commercial a
simulated sandpaper, or what
is known on stage and TV as a
"prop” was used. This could
not be done, the FTC ruled.
* * *
The court held otherwise, on
the basis that deception is 0nl.v
concerned with what is seen on
the screen, not what means are
employed to achieve an affect
to make up for deficiencies in
photographic processes.
* * *
If the FTC had gotten way
with this edict, it would have
led to a whole series of rulings.
* * *
Of course, it is generally con
sidered that attacks on adver
tising are merely a feint. The
real objective is government
control of all communication.
* * *
Recently there was the inter
esting development known as
government ‘‘news manage
ment” followed by career as
sassination by news “leaks.”
* * *
Thus, it is quite refreshing
for a university professor to
recommend FTC get busy solv
ing evils existing in monopo
listic trends and quit trying to
be advertising experts.
Social Security
Queries Answered
Question: I am drawing So
cial Security benefits. If I earn
over $1200 a year, what must I
do?
Answer: First, you should re
port to the Social Security Ad
ministration as spon as you are
reasonably sure you will earn ov
er $1200. Second, you must file
an annual report of your earnings
within 3 months and 15 days af
ter the close of your taxable year.
For most people this taxable year
coincides with the calendar year,
which means that you have until
April 15 to file the annual report.
Question: Please answer a
question for me. I'm a widow and
-I'll reach the age of 62 in April
of next year. My total income is
two, pensions I receive — both
from the government. One is
$48.90 a month and the other is
$75- a month. Will I still be able
to receive Social Security on my
husband's earnings or am I al
ready getting too much from the
government.
Answer: The amount of mo
ney you may be receiving from
other private or public pension
programs will have no affect at
all on your Social Security. The
only thing that will affect Social
Security is actual earnings—eith
i'
Apply for ICC
Carrier Permits
Two Peninsula business firms
are among those scheduled for
hearings on motor carrier applica
tions before Joint Board No. 412
during the month of March, ac
cording to an announcement by
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. All hearings will begin
at 8:30 a.m. in Room 8 H-J of
the Hill Bldg., Anchorage.
The schedule includes the hear
ing of Gerald A. Protzman d/b/a
Jerry’s Freight Service, Sterling,
and that of Walter Christensen,
Homer, both on March 11.
Twenty-seven exploratory wells
and nine development wells were
drilled in Alaska in 1062.
er from wages or from self-em
ployment. Pensions are not con
sidered “earnings”. But some
times Social Security may have
some effect on the other pensions
you might be receiving—so we
would suggest that at the time
you file for Social Security, you
notify the other sources of pen
sion income to see if any adjust
ments must be made.
For more information about
Social Security: write to Social
Security Administration, Box
1331, Juneau, Alaska.
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Kenai Fire Hall
Ceiling Installed
By Work Party
The Kenai Volunteer Fire De
partment staged a work party on
February 17 to install a long ov
er-due ceiling in the Fire Hall,
there were 25 firemen helping
with the work and four local car
penters participated in the pro
ject which took about seven hours.
Carpenters who donated their
labor so freely were William
Crustwell, Ralph Pederson, Her
man Liendgren and Elmer Knud
sen. Ceiling materials were pur
chased with proceeds from the
firemen’s ball last fall.
Firemen say that a large
amount of the credit goes to
< harles Archer, fire chief, for
helping push the project through
to completion. Mrs. Archer
brought over sandwiches for the
entire group and the coffee pot
was not allowed to get empty.
The Kenai Fire Hall is located
next to the Kenai Civic Center.
It is a concrete block building, 32’
x GO’ feet in dimensions and, in
cidently, was also the product of
volunteered labor and materials
when it was elected several years
ago.
The fire department currently
has three pumpers and one flat
bed truck which is being equip
ped with water tanks. The fire
fighting force is comprised of 2H
volunteer firemen. The group not
only responds to fire alarms with
in the city limits of Kenai but
quite often is called upon to aid
neighboring communities in ex
tinguishing a blaze that is get
ting out of control.
One of the more recent calls
was to the Ken Thomas residence,
where prompt response of the
volunteers quickly brought the
fire under control.
Alaska’s 19G2 shrimp catch, es
timated at 21 million pounds, ex
ceeded the 1961 catch by 5 mil
lion pounds.
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