Gov’t. Workers Keep
25% Cost-of-Living
Stipends This Year
Cost-of Living Allowance
The threat of a change in the
policy of paying cost-of living
allowances to federal employees
outside the contintental United
States was averted last week, and
it is believed that no further at
tempts will be made by congress
this year to deny the allowance
to any federal employees working
in such places as Alaska, Hawaii
and Puerto Rico.
The proposal to deny the al
lowance—which amounts to 25
percent in Alaska and Puerto
Rico and 20 percent in Hawaii—
was first made when the Interior
Department appropriation bill
was reported to the House. The
plan would have denied the al
lowance to federal employees
hired within the territories while
continuing it for those employees
hired in the states and sent to the
r territories to work. Delegate
Bartlett’s motion on the floor of
the House to strike the language
was adopted and the Interior
bill went to the President this
week without the language. The
Agriculture Department appro
priation bill as passed by the
House contained the proposal
which was struck by the Senate
and in conference the Senate’s
action was upheld.
Another attempt was made by
-the proponents of a change in
policy when the supplemental
appropriation bill for 1952 Vv'as
considered in committee. The full
Appropriations Committee refus
ed to include the proposal ap
proved by the subcommittee
handling the bill, and the mea
sure was passed by the House
this week free of any section cal
ling for a change. It is under
stood, however, that the matter is
Service Trades Must
File Ceiling Prices
With OPS by Sept. 24
Juneau—Over 900 service esta
blishments in Alaska are now re
quired to file their ceiling prices
with the Territorial Office of
Price Stabilization, Fred G. Han
ford, Territorial O.P.S. Director,
said today.
Hanford gave examples of
types of businesses affected as
those of dry cleaners, laundries,
all kinds of repair shops, recrea
tion centers and personal services,
Barber and beauty shops are ex
empted.
Deadline for filing ceiling
prices is September 25.
Also, retail service establish
ments must post their ceiling
prices on their premises by Sept
ember 25.
All service trades in Alaska
have heretofore been controlled
by the General Ceiling Price Re
gulation which froze their prices
to the level of the period Decern- j
ber 19, 1950-January 25, 1951.
However, last week the O. P. S.
removed service businesses in |
Alaska from the General Ceiling
Price Regulation and placed
them under coverage of Ceiling
Price Regulation 34, the service
trade regulation, which has been
in effect in the states since May
16.
“Although the change in cov
erage status of these establish
ments will have little immediate (
effect on their prices, the main
impact of the regulation is the
filing provisions,’’ Hanford said.
“Under the Genjeral Ceiling
Price Regulation, these busines
ses, along with other types of re
tailers, were required to prepare
and keep in their possession a
going to be studied by members
of the House Appropriations
Committee before the appropria
tion bills for the 1953 fiscal year
are considered.
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Haines Dock Firm
Recently Sold
The sale of the Port Chilkoot
Terminal Company at Haines,
Alaska was made known this
week. Controlling stock owned by
Ed Koenig was sold to Carl Hen
miller of Haines and a group of
Haines and Juneau businessmen.
New owners announced the
pier will be repaired and freight
will continue to move over it
to the interior.
Koenig recently entered the
army at Fort Richardson.
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list of their ceiling prices,” Han
ford explained. “Therefore, all
they must do now is take the
price list they already have pre
pared and fil it with the Territor
ial O. P. S. at Juneau.”
Hnnford said that ceiling prices
under the new regulation are
about the same as these establish
ed under the General Ceiling
Price Regulation. He pointed out
that any sellers of service who
have raised their prices since
January 26 have done so illegally.
Under the new regulation, how
ever provision is made for price
adjustments in cases where a sel
ler’s costs have gone up.
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Music Appreciation
Program for Youths
Being Planned Here
A preliminary meeting of Val
ley persons interested in initial
ling a program for youth music
‘appreciation met at the home of
Mrs. Ben Hudgins last night.
Mrs. Glen Woods has been in
strumental in arousing interest in
the project. She has sougnt 4-H
sponsorship for a winter program
of music sessions in the homes of
interested leaders. If a satisfac
tory program can be drafted, 4-H.
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NOTICE TO HANDICRAFTERS
Mrs. Elsie Brown announces
that all people who have ivory
or native craft they would like
to turn in for the fair display
should leave their handicraft at
Brown’s Cleaners. All items will
be carefully handled and return
ed to the owner after the fair.
credit may be allowed.
Mr. Juan P. Miller was there to
present a suggested outline of
programs designed to insure the
recognition and enjoyment of the
world’s great music.
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