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JOBS DEPEND ON PROFITS
The 100 largest firms, including 15 petroleum
producers and refiners, each grossed at least a million
dollars a day. However, after paying operating expenses,
•salaries, interest-as well as federal, state, local and
'oreign taxes—they had oniy 6 cents of each dollar left
as net income, according to Oil Facts, a publication of the
American Petroleum Institute.
Out of the 6 cents, the companies paid the
equivalent of 3.7 cents to their 9.6 million stockholders.
This left the 2.3 cents on the dollar to finance business
growth.
On the average, investors put up more than $24,000
m plant, equipment and other facilities to provide a job
for one worker. In the petroleum industry, due to the
complex equipment required, the investment per worker
is $72,000—three times the overall average. The 100 top
companies provide jobs for more than 5 million persons.
Better profit levels will be necessary if industry
is to have the means and inducement to offer more
jobs for the growing labor force and to maintain com
petitive superiority in world trade," says the First Na
tional City Bank of New York. Former President Eisen
hower wrote, in a recent magazine article: "Our system
can function, and remain healthy, only through reason
able profits. The livelihood of all of us depends on
them ..."
Strange Things
By Heinie Snider
When President and Mrs.
Harding toured Alaska, the
'only passenger accommoda
tions on the Alaska Railroad
was the caboose, the B and B
No. 1
Stopping at Wasilla. t h e
President was presented with
Alaskan strawberries and rasp
berries by Jim Patchel. When
the train proceeded farther
north, the President and Mrs.
Harding climbed aboard the
engine, the President taking
over the throttle.
At Pittman, where the writer
was at that time section fore
rnan, stood our family, waving
•American flags at the distine
lushed visitors. You can un
derstand their surprise when
the President of the United
States leaned far out of the
engine cab and shouted, "Hello
there, fine people!”
The train passed Pittman
hospital patients
-Patients at the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital from Dec. 20
to Jan. 2 were Heather Ann Ol
son, Stella Mackie, Lila New
ville, Mrs. George Widich and
infant son, Mrs. Delbert Koi
berg a n d infant daughter,
Brent Booth. Mary Hart, Glen
<da Betts, Ronald Atkins, Mary
Beth Atkins, Esther Bruckbau
'•« Marvin Kneff. Crystal Car
son and Mrs. Clark Telquist
arid infant son.
faster than ever before. Near
ing the Willow section house,
the President was advised to
stop there for water. He did,
but the stop was so sudden that
most of the dignitaries, includ
ing Secretary of Interior Hoo
ver (later to become president),
were lying on the floor among
the broken dishes fallen from
the dining table.
Stopping at Willow, Harding
took the brush from the hand
of a painter who was working
on the section house, and
painted one side of the build
ing.
At Nenana. where the rails
--w, * * voiuwm ui uv t: lilt:
fjolden spike. It was a holiday
for a!! the population, the lo
cal bootlegger doing a land
office business.
President Harding was very
much liked by Alaskans, Sour
doughs and Cheechakos alike.
He was made an honorary
member of the Pioneers of Al
aska. What the President did
not know was that the install
ing officer of the Pioneers had
celebrated not too wisely, and
landed in the pokey. However,
the marshall, on the request of
the old timers, released him,
and from all information I can
gather, the initiation of the
President of the United States
into an Alaskan Igloo is, to say
the least, one of the great stor
ies of Alaskan lore.
WASHINGTON AND
"SMALL BUSINESS”
>' By C. WILSON HARDER
Probably no group, occupa
tion, or walk of life, has a mon
opoly on honesty, but in most
occupational areas, there are
laws that compel at least a
substantial adherence to hon
est conduct.
!* * *
However, government em
ployees are peculiarly immune
to the hazards encountered
by the “deadbeat” in private
employment.
* This is not
| to infer that
> all govern
I ment employ
- c e s are
i " deadbeats ”
} but there are
| apparently
enough of
them in this
| category to
call for rem
edial action. c. w. Harder
* * *
In a recently completed Man
date Poll of the nation’s indc
pendent business and profes
sional people by the Nationa
Federation of Independent Bus
* iness, 82r> of them backed th<
i proposed legislation that would
; result in the discharge of gov
I ernment employees who fail tc
| pay their debts.
* * *
Any employee in private in
dustry is subject to garnish
ment of wages to satisfy a
debt, including those levied bj
the tax collector.
• * *
Yet, under existing laws, i<
is not possible for a creditor
armed with a valid Judgment,
to levy an attachment on the
pay of a government employee
* * *
It is not possible, except bj
* IE) National Federation of Independent Bwlwet
permission of Congress, to sue
the government, and an attach
ment of wages is an action dir
ected against both the employ
er and employee.
* • *
That is why In private Indus
try it Is the usual policy to dis
charge an employee subjected
to garnishment too often.
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Most government employees
pay their bills. This is fortun
ate for all POVPrnmpnt Pmnlnv.
ees, otherwise they would have
a most difficult time securing
credit any place. And in many
instances, the head of a de
partment will seek to bring
pressure on a “deadbeat”
member of the department.
But the government employee
that is inclined not to pay his
bills has a built in immunity
from collection.
* * *
And there is apparently
enough of this going on that
. (he vast majority of the na
. tion’s independent business
people seek a remedy.
* * *
The credit situation on gov
| ernment employees also be
comes more acute as more and
more people are added to the
payrolls.
* * *
As It stands now, the big
gest single employer in the
nation is the federal govern
ment. If just a small percen
tage of them are “deadbeats”
the economic system is damaged
by millions of dollars in un
collectible credit losses. At the
current pay scales existing for
government employees, there Is
no justifiable reason why they
should not be as responsible
for their debts as any employ
ee of private industry.
From National Review: “Th<
only road to sound (tax) re
form is the road that work:
against the present errors. Tax
rates from top to bottom musl
be reduced, proportionally: tc
avoid enormous initial federal
deficit.,, the reductions should
be staged over a number ol
years. In all likelihood the in
creased economic activity aris
ing from increased incentives
will generate tax revenues to
offset the losses from rate re
ductions. If not, some sort of
consumption or turnover tax,
rather than an inhibiting tax
on individual effort, would
provide the offsetting tax rev
enues. This is all that is need
ed, and this is enough. Tax re
form should not be tied to ir
relevant social or economic no
tions. . . "
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Nation's Business polled
225 leading business and in
dustry executives on pros
pects for 1963. Sixty per
cent of them say they expect
business to continue on a
somewhat sluggish plateau,
with the year's over-all per
formance approximating that
of 1962; 22 per cent forecast
a general business decline,
and 18 per cent predict im
provement.
« * •
Government subsidy to com
petitors has created a surplus
capacity in the nation’s railroad
system, according to a vice
president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. In his view, the prob
lem “can only be met by the
rearrangement of railroad
plant and operations through
mergers."
♦ * *
The Wall Street Journal ob
serves: “Plainly enough, the
President and his advisers be
lieve in expanding the scope
and cost of government. But
whatever else this course may
entail, it cannot be the way to
healthy economic expansion. It
inevitably means further intru
sions into the conduct of busi
ness, moving more of private
decision-making into the off
ices of government, reducing
the possibilities of profit, sav
ings and investment. In prac
tice it also means heavy Fed
eral spending, oppressive taxes
and continual deficits.”
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On January 1, Social Sec
urity taxes rose once again.
Both employees and employ
ers will pay at the rate of
three and five eighths per
cent on earnings to $4800.
The self-employed rate will
be 5.4 per cent on earnings
to that figure. Additional in
creases are scheduled, by
law, for 1966 and 1968.
* * *
Parade Magazine quotes
the Public Health Service as
saying it's wise to get re
vaccinated for smallpox
every three years. There
have been a number of small
po xscares in this country
during the past year.
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IN THE
ULLVI
Thursday, January 7, 1948
The hearing on a petition
which requests that no bev
erage dispensary license be
issued to four Palmer bars
has been set back from Jan. 5
to 7, it was announced th i s
week. The petition, signed by
51 local residents, locked the
doors of the four Palmer bars
at midnight on Dec. 31, when
all licenses expired. The hear
ing will determine whether
new licenses should be grant
ed. The petition affects only
the bars in Palmer. Local li
quor stores and bars which are
not situated in Palmer contin
ue to operate.
The store space in the re
cently completed Steve Ward
building has been leased to
Grasser Hardware of Anch
orage. it was announced this
week by Mr. Ward. He said
the Anchorage firm would
j establish a hardware and
furniture branch in Palmer.
—
Veterans Meet,
Elect Officers
Veterans of World War I,
Matanuska Valley Barracks No.
1500, had a large turnout at
their noontime potluck and
meeting Saturday, Dec. 29, at
the home of B. J. Bingle, care
taker at King’s Lake Camp.
Members report that the
ladies served a bountiful lunch
eon with the know-how of o 1 d
hands at the art. and, after a
short business meeting, every- 1
one enjoyed slides of the 1962 j
flower show, shown by Rev.
Bingle.
1963 officers for Barracks
No. 1500 are B. J. Bingle, com
mander; Charles W. Wilson,
first vice commander; Otto W.,
Peterson, second vice com
mander; Edward A. Ueeck.
adjutant and quartermaster;
L. P. Korrison, sergeant-at
arms; Foster Heaven, chaplain;
and Jonn ri. Hermon, judge
advocate.
FORT YUKON
BIDS SOUGHT
Bids are sought for altera
tion work to a radome towel
building at Fort Yukon Aii
Force Station. Alaska.
Sealed bids will be opened
by Army Engineers on January
9. The proposed work is esti
mated at less than $25,000 in
value. It includes installation
of ventilation ducts, revisions
to electrical circuits and minor
structural work.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
lev. R. H. Fritz,
Palmar, Alaska
1-5-2S45
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9 A.M. to 7 P.M.
Johnny's
Barber Shop
Palmer
A solid alliance of all civic
and fraternal organizations be
hind the Chamber of Com
merce effort to secure the lo
cation of an Alaska Native Ser
1 vice hospital in the Valley was
sought at Wednesday’s lunch
eon meeting of the Chamber.
• * *
A building committee was
appointed at Monday's potluck
dinner at the Community
church in Wasiila. The com
mittee was instructed to look
into the possibility of pur
chase or construction of a per
manent church building. A lot
for the church already has
been secured by the congrega
tion.
* * *
Farmers of the Tanana
Valley are seeking 20 to 30
tons of certified seed pota
toes for use by members of
the Tanana Valley Coopera
tive Association, it was an
nounced this week by Parker
Lester, Extension agent here.
* * »
Members of the Northland
Pioneer Grange will join with
Wasiila Grange in their first
meeting of the New Year.
* * *
A firemen's benefit ball is
planned for the evening of
Jan. 17 in Palmer, it was
announced today by commit
tee chairman Bill Cook of
the Valley Volunteer Fire
man's Association. The ball
will be held in the Steve
Ward building.
* * *
Proper equipinent and the:
labor to man it is all it will !
take to turn the unusad play\
space beside the Palmer school j
into an ice rink, principal
James Gray, Jr. said today.
The area was planned for use
as a rink earlier this fall, when
levelling and dozing of the
area was completed. Since
that time no further work has
been done on the space.
Social Security
Rales Go Up Jan. I
Workers and their employ
j ers began paying higher social
security taxes on Jan. 1, the
U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare has
announced. By law, the tax
rate on wages increases on that
1 date from the present per
cent each on workers and em
! ployers to 3'*r per cent each.
The self-employment tax rate
i goes from the present 4.7 per
; cent to 5.4 per cent for 1963
earnings.
Social security taxes are
collected on only the first
$4800 of wages or self-employ
ment income. A worker who
has wages of $4800 and also
has income from a business
pays only on his wages.
Self-employed people pay
their social security taxes once
a year when they make their
Federal income tax returns.
When making returns on 1962
income, self-employed busi
nessmen will pay the 1962 tax
rate of 4.7 per cent. The new
rate applies only to 1963 in
come, which, in most cases,
won’t be reported until 1964.
The new rates will, under
present law, be in effect
through 1965. Another increase
is scheduled in 1966. The top
rate scheduled to go into effect
in 1968, is 4s/g per cent each
for workers and their employ
ers and 6.9 per cent for the
self-employed.
According to Lee R. Chris
tensen, district manager for
social security, these increases
are to keep the system self
supporting and soundly finan
ced. Christensen said that bas
ed on actuarial estimates, these
rates will provide ample funds
for all payments set by pres
ent law.
I
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
Who Is God?
God revealed Himself to
Adam as the only true God.
The first God-pleasing sacri
fice was offered by Abel.
Even at this early date, man
received the first prophecy
concerning Jesus Christ.
"The Seed of the woman
shall crush the head of the
serpent.” The first world re
ligion was monotheistic. Thia
worship was instituted by
God Almighty Himself, who
said, “I am the Lord, thy
God. Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me.” Hea
then cults and idol worship
are of the devil. The theo
sophists, under Annie Bes
ant, dug up a Hindu Messiah,
and brought this fake Christ
to the United States for wor
ship and adoration. Highly
intellectual folks are deluded
or led astray. In our day
Reason is the sacred cow that
has taken the place of Jesus
Christ.
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Rot Paul EL Riley.
Pastor
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SUTTON COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF GOD
Sunday School and Worship Service
each Sunday Morning at 10:30
EVERYONE WELCOME
JOHN MARSHALL, Pastor
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wants thepretty fUMy'pa’^ra”^'1"?^ Zy^He "t
by hfsTraator wS‘a wint/a'S: h <“
there. Yet, how that child Ttrained from but iV°
will mold his character, develop his mind ir!d t ea^,est years,
Children should have good example, then A„"d
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the means of bringing God's bountifulblessiStoalb”"' “ *
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THB CHURCH for ALL . ALL FOR THE CHURCH
Phn»4t •> a I__ ...
The Church is the greatest factor
on earth for the building of charac
ter and good citizenship It is a store
house of spiritual values. Without a
■trong Church, neither democracy
nor civilization can survive. There
■re four aound reason* why every
peraon should attend service* regu
^ly'bFofr ““ ChuKh TH-y
}1' * or his own sake v>J
hjschll,Iren',sake. (3) FortheJkl
?/h“ com|n">‘ty and nation
•upport Plan to go to
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Sunday
Deuteronomy
30:1-6
Monday
I Timothy
4:11-16
Tuesday
I Kings
3:3-14
Wednesday
Matthew
18:1-6
Thursday
I Samuel
2:18-26
Friday
Proverbs
23:10-18
Saturday
II Timothy
3:10-17
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