WASHINGTON AND .„
"SMALL BUSINESS”
By C. WILSON HARDER
Calvin Coolidge is reputed to
have once said "When there
are a great many people out
of work, you have unemploy
ment” And it is this question
of national unemployment
which is causing great concern
in Congress.
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Big Labor,
of course,
keeps tug
ring and haul
ing for a
shorter work
week, on the
premise that
this would
force more
employment.
There seems! _
little support c. W. Hardar
for such a move at this time.
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But perhaps by far the most
interesting proposal to solve the
problem is contained in a bill
introduced into Congress by
Rep. James O’Hara of Michi
gan. He would make it a law
that overtime must be paid for
at double time instead of time
and a half.
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The premise Is that If ooeh
a pm vlsls a wore made law,
employers would hire addttlon
al people rather than pay ouch
a premium for overtime.
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This measure appears to be,
in the language of Madison
Avenue, a “switch’ on the em
ployment policies put into af
fect in Italy by the late Benito
Mussolini. Faced with hordes
of unemployed, his Facisti gov
ernment went to all employers
and arbitrarily told them how
many additional people they
had to put on the payroll.
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And even though 11 Duce
started his Ill-starred political
career as a Socialistic editor,
he kept the Italian wages
among the lowest in the world.
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He also made It a Jail offense
for any Italian capital to be
kept In foreign Investments,
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And it is perhaps a sad com
mentary on the American econ
omic plight today that employ
ers find it costs less to pay
time and a half for overtime
than hire more people,
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Yet any employer, faced with
the necessity ef »i»Ms| suh
atantul contributions to federal
and state welfare programs
with each new employee hired,
plus making contributions to
various union-enforced “fringe”
benefits, finds that It ie cheap
er to pay time and a half. This
does not take Into account the
extra clerical and accounting
work to keep records for gov
ernment involved hi hiring
mere people.
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The entire system has now
boon sot up to the point where
hiring of new people la under
taken only as a last resort
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And no matter how humane
Bop. O’Hara’s motives are hi
seeking to alleviate the plight ef
the unemployed, moans sought
promise little Improvement,
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There is a most basic prin
ciple Involved. More jobs de
pend on more employers. And
new employers are only creat
ed when the independent entre
preneur feels he has a chance
of success in some undertaking,
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But taxation policies, welfare
programs, union regulations,
low cost imports from cheap
labor foreign nations, and rath
less illegal competthre tactics
by monopoly minded corpora
tions have destroyed the con
fidence needed to start new
enterprises. And until such
tine as confidence Is restored,
unemployment will continue
to mount.
75 Per Gent of Visiter Travel In
Alaska Comes From Western States
The Western states of Wash
ington, Oregon, and California,
acounted for approximately 75
percent of the visitor travel to
and from Alaska during the
first six months of 1963, ac
cording to figures just released
by the public relations depart
ment of Pacific Northern Air
lines.
The survey, taken on PNA’s J
flights between the Pacific,
Northwest and Alaska for a j
10 day period each month, will
he continued through 1963.
Washington topped the list j
with 47.45 percent of the vis
itors. followed by California
with 17.93 percent; and Oregon
with 8.92 percent.
Other leading stater, in or
der. were: Minnesota, Texas,
Sometimes it works, but
many a man gets a hard fail
from the big bluff he puts up.
The Frontiersman
PI 5-3550
Michigan, Colorado, Pennsyl
vania, Florida and Idaho.
A majority of the visitors go
ing north during the first half
of the year traveled for busi
ness purposes with 46.1 per
cent indicating this was the
reason for their trip. Pleasure
travelers, or those combining
business with a pleasure trip,
accounted for 33.4 percent,
while government, military,
personal, or other reasons ac
\ counted for the remainder.
Visitors to Alaska, as com
| pared with residents, account
ed for 58.44 percent of the tra
vel between the Pacific North
west and the 49th State during
the first half year, with the
second quarter showing 68.57
percent of the travelers were
visitors. Of the visitors. 50.7
percent used other air carriers
in addition to Pacific Northern,
23.5 percent also used autos,
4.8 percent bus, 2.1 percent
rail. 2.4 percent ship, and 16.5
percent other modes of trans
portation.
A total of 41.9 precinct indica
ted that their trip was arrang
ed for by Pacific Northern, 17.9
percent by another airlines,
and 15.0 by travel agents. Rail
roads, bus companies, auto
clubs, company travel offices,
etc., accounted for the remain
der.
Friends and relatives devel
oped the interest in Alaska for
a majority of the visitors, with
magazines second, newspapers
third, followed by travel fold
ers, travel agents, travel films
and radio and television in or
der.
A total of 76.1 percent of the
visitors were male.
Days like this are made for Olympia
PLAN AHEAD
One ingredient U priceleee: •/t* the Water
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DR. RAY TO GO
TO PAKISTAN
Dr. Charles Ray, dean of
the University of Alaska’s Col
lege of Behavioral Science
and Education, is one of 15
college deans and presidents
selected to study teach educa
tion programs in Pakistan dur
ing November.
The program will give the
educators a chance to study
teacher education in an under
developed country, so they
can better understand the
problems of teacher education
: on an international level. It is
i being conducted by the Ame
rican Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education under a
State Department grant.
During the study, Dr. Ray
will visit one or two Pakis
tan colleges, closely studying
the teacher education program.
After returning to the U.S.
he will help to disseminate
what he has learned by giving
talks and writing a paper on
his observations.
Dr. Ray said today that
plans or the program are not
yet finalized. However, he
plans to leave for Pakistan
sometime in late October or
early November. He will re
turn to Fairbanks in Decem
ber.
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Those who think they know 1
it all have somehow missed the
mam part of their education.
Cedar Homes Corp.
Gets New Manager
Cedar Homes Manufacturing I
Corporation has announced the
promotion of James H. Lytton
to district sales manager for the
state of Alaska.
Lytton comes well qualified,
having held important positions i
within the corporation prior to j
his elevation to district sales,
manager. He has spent many;
years in the state, and is no'
stranger to those in the build-1
ing trade.
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Lytton’s appointment was
created by the tremendous de
mand for solid cedar homes
in the Alaskan area. In addi
tion to servicing existing
dealers, Mr. Lytton will qual
ify, establish and service new
Cedar Homes dealers for va
cation and permanent resi
dence homes in an effort to
satisfy this demand.
“Cedar Homes Manufactur
ing Corporation patented pre
cut method of construction of
fers a substantial savings in
erection and labor costs, often
enabling our customers to in
clude luxuries they could not
otherwise afford,” stated Lyt
ton.
First vessel launched in the
Northwest was built by the
British at Nootka Sound in
1788.
Life Insurance Death Payments Total
SI,200,000 In First Half of 1963
Alaska families received
■ $1,200,000 in life insurance
death payments during the
| first half of 1963, compared
with $600,000 in the same per
iod last year, according to the
| Institute of Life Insurance.
j Death payments were made
| a total of 300 policies in Al
I ask a during the first half of
'1963, compared with 200 dur
ing the same period last year.
Blake T. Newton, Jr., pres-i
ident of the institute, said,
“T h e rise in death benefit
payments in the past ten years i
is a direct reflection of the
greatly increased protection
through life insurance owned
by American families.”
Death payments throughout
the United States ran 114 per
cent greater during the first
half of this year than in the
same period ten years ago, ev
en though mortality among
policyholders generally is rel
atively unchanged from the
1953 rate. Life insurance pro
tection in force in this coun
try has risen 144 per cent in
the past 10 years.
Death payments in Alaska j
during the first half of 1963 i
included $800,000 under 100
ordinary policies, $400,000 un
der 200 group life insurance i
certificates, and $5,700 under'
6 industrial policies.
For the nation as a whole,
$2,142,600,000 was paid in
death claims under 1,267,000
policies during the first half
of 1963, compared with $1,
953.700.000 under 1,161,500
policies in the same period last
year. This year’s payments in
cluded $1,182,200,000 under
376,300 ordinary p o 1 i c les,
$763,300,000 under 312,700
group certificates, and $197,
100.000 under 578,000 indust
rial policies.
Farm and ranch income for
Montana annually exceeds
$500-million.
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