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EFFECTIVE MARCH 27
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Civil Service Commission, Declaring
Federal Cost-of-Living Allowance Is
Inadequate, Asks Survey of Salaries
W. Kay Suggests
Legislature Meet
Every Two Years
ANCHORAGE UP) — A former
Democratic state chairman, Wen
dell Kay, has suggested here that
the time has come when the legis
lature might conduct its business
biennially.
Kay, president of the Anchor
age Bar Assn., spoke to the Great
er Anchorage Democratic Club at
its weekly luncheon meeting Sat
urday.
Kay, emphasizing that he was
speaking for himself, said he does
not believe annual sessions of the
legislature will be necessary in
the next 10 to 15 years.
He said many “interested” bills
are before the legislature, most of
them “of doubtful need.”
The attorney said he believes
the legislators are making a “con
scientious effort” to do a good job
“but they’re reaching out—trying
to discover issues, needs.”
He added the “percentage of
non-vital bills are higher than in
the past.”
Kay, himself a former legislator,
said the Alaska constitution pro
vides that the legislature meet an
nually. For now, it might be prac
tical to devote one session entirely
to the budget and another to gen
eral matters, he said.
The big task of creating the
machinery of state government has
been completed and Alaska is now
in a development era, Kay said.
Referring to a published report
indicating the present legislative
session may go beyond 60 days,
Kay said he believes the work of
the legislature could be completed
in 60 days. Most legislatures of the
past have been able to complete
their work in this time by working
a little harder toward the end of
the sesion, he said.
Making reference to the contro
versy that developed between the
governor and Republican senators
over appointment of a successor
to the late Republican Sen. Elton
Engstrom of Juneau, Kay said it
was the result of “divided author
ity.” Either the governor or the
legislators of the party affected,
not both, should pick a successor
to a legislator who dies, Kay said.
Nome Unemployment Rate 63.3%
JUNEAU UP) — Labor Commis
sioner Gil Johnson said Friday
Alaska’s insured unemployment
rate for the week ending March 16
was 16.6 per cent, compared with
17.0 for the previous week.
Continuing unemployment in
sured by the state was 5,392. New
claims for the benefits totaled 449.
The insured unemployment rate
by area included Anchorage 16.9,
Fairbank 14.7, Juneau 15.1, Ketchi
kan 12.8, Nome 63.3. Petersburg
36.1, and Sitka 5.5.
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WASHINGTON OP — Declaring
cost-of-living allowances for fed
eral workers in Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
are inadequate, the Civil Service
Commission has asked the Depart
ment of Labor to survey salaries
in those areas.
The commission said Friday it
will ask Congress within a few
days to repeal the authority for the
cost-of-living allowances. As a
substitute, the commission will
propose advanced salary ranges
under the Federal Salary Reform
Act of 1962.
This provision allows upward
adjustment of salary ranges in lo
calities where private enterprise
rates are substantially above fed
eral statutory rates and thus han
dicap the recruiting and retention
of government workers.
The announcement said unusual
ly high rates probably will be
needed in Alaska.
The cost-of-living allowances
now are 25 per cent above normal
pay scales in Alaska, 15 per cent
in Hawaii, 12.5 per cent in Puerto
Rico, and 15 per cent in the Virgin
Islands.
The Commission said because it
will submit its proposal to Con
gress soon it is ordering no change
in the rates at this time. Normally
the rates are set each year.
The announcement said the Com
mission and the Budget Bureau
have asked the Labor Department’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics to make
1 special salary surveys this year
among private firms in the areas
involved.
1 The surveys will provide a basis
for determining where and to
what extent federal salary ranged
should be increased, the Commis
sion said.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
plans to start collecting salary data
early in June in Anchorage, Fair
banks, Ketchikan and Juneau.
Under the Salary Reform Act,
federal statutory salary rates
should be comparable with private
enterprise rates for the same levels
of work.
Only one per cent of our people
have journeyed abroad.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID
SEALED BIDS in duplicate will be re
ceived by the Commissioner, Depart
ment of Public Works, Juneau, Alaska,
until 10:00 a.m., PST, April 25, 1963, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened for furnishing all labor
and materials and performing all work
for the construction of an airport at
Barrow, Alaska.
Construction includes a 4500-foot land
ing strip, parking apron, taxiways, en
trance road, field lighting system and
maintenance building. Approximate em
bankment quantities include 55,500 cubic
yards of Class I, 170,400 cubic yards of
Class II, and 38,100 cubic yards of
Class III.
Plans, specifications, and project do
cuments may be reviewed at the De
partment of Public Works, Juneau; Di
vision of Aviation, Anchorage; Gray,
Rogers & Osborne, Fairbanks; and As
sociated General Contractors, Anchor
age, Fairbanks, and Seattle.
Plans, specifications, and project do
cuments may be obtained from the Di
vision of Aviation, 523 Eighth Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Guarantee will be required in an
amount not less than ten percent of
the total bid. Bids must be submitted
in accordance with the Invitation for
Bids and the Instructions to Bidders.
Department of Public Works
Richard A. Downing, Commissioner"
By Eugene G. Goguszka, Director
Division of Aviation
Publish March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 196S
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