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Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
FIRST THERE’S THE PRELIMINARY BOY -
GOD AND THE DOLLAR
A RESOLUTION passed by the the Arizona House of Repre
sentatives, demanding that Si silver certificates that do not
earn the motto, "In God We Trust,’’ be withdrawn from circula
tion, undoubtedly will be ignored by Congress, as it should be.
The Arizona legislators’ contention that use of such currency
gives "aid and comfort" to atheistic Communist countries is ridi
culous. It would be much more comforting to them for the United
States to waste its tax money by calling in and destroying three
billion dollar bills before they are worn out.
Congress in 1955 passed a law' providing that the inscription
should appear on U.S. currency. But it permitted printing of the
old bills until the plates were no longer usable. Last September
the hist dollar certificates without the motto were printed, and
late next year the inscription will begin appearing on bills of
higher denomination. The old-style currency will circulate for many
years, however.
Actually, the dollar bill is a questionable place to declare
a nation’s trust in God. There is considerable evidence that as a
nation we put more trust in the dollar. —The Oregonian
Today, more people are on relief than in the great depression.
The cost of relief far exceeds S100 a year per taxpaying family.
This has occurred despite Social Security, unemployment compen
sation and other welfare measures. The drop in crime that was
to accompany liberalized relief hasn’t materialized. It’s time to
clean up the mess—but who will start the cleaning?"
— Eldorado, Kansas, Times
Uncle Sam is rapidly preparing to crack down on taxpayers
who neglect to report dividends. Wives are wailing because they
don’t want their husbands to know that they have savings, and
The New York Times quotes Manhattan Tax Director Charles
Church as saying, Solomon-like, "If it’s a choice of arguing with
your husband or arguing with the tax collector, you had better
argue with us.” — Ocean Grove, N./., Times
"One Man's Family” used to be on radio. Now it’s in Wash
ington. —Adel, Iowa, Dallas Co. News
Now that the rules on expense account deductions have been
tightened, maybe we can get back to entertaining each other just
for the fun of it. —Mankeim, Pa., Sentinel
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I Senate Action
Imperils 6Comity*
With The House
By GEOFFREY GOULD
WASHINGTON Rep. Tom
Steed. D-Okla., is pretty mad at
the Senate in general and Sen.
John J. Williams, R-Del., in parti
cular.
He's angry because Williams
hung a rider on a congressional
appropriations bill to forbid con
gressmen to use their franking
privileges for so-called junk mail
— the kind that comes addressed
to “occupant" when the sender
doesn’t know your name.
The Senate approved the Wil
liams amendment in a roll - call
vote, and now the next move is
up to a Senate-House conference.
Steed vows that if the senators
don't back down, he ’ll expose all
their “fat-calf emoluments” which
members of the House don’t enjoy.
These range from free haircuts
and free chilled mineral water
delivered to Senate offices to
something Steed hinted at darkly
as the “whisky cabinet’” or “Her
nando's Hideaway.”
Steed holds no particular brief
for junk mail.
“I’m too smart a politician to
send you a letter without your
name on it and expect to get your
vote,” he says.
What galls Steed is that the
Senate is telling the House what
to do. This to Steed violates the
ancient rule of comity between
the two bodies. Comity is defined
as courtesy between equals.
"The rule of comity is like the
rule of pregnancy,” Steed said.
“You can’t be a little bit preg
nant and you can’t have a little
bit of comity, and the Senate vio
lated that rule with a shocking roll
call vote ’
As chairman of the House Ap
' propriations subcommittee which
handles the housekeeping bills for
Congress. Steed is in a position to
insist on his way.
“I give you my word of honor
I’ll resign my seat before I’ll
accept the Williams amendment
and be the chairman of the com
mittees on shame wath the House
playing second fiddle to the Sen
ate,” he said.
"The only way I’ll accept it is
to go down the list of fat-calf
emoluments the senators get and
get rid of each of them too,” he
said. "I don’t think the Senate will
pay the price.”
Dr. Otto Giest Dies In
Munich, Germany
FAIRBANKS OP — Dr. Otto W.
Giest, 74, a former member of
the University of Alaska staff,
died Saturday in a Munich, Ger
many, hospital.
Dr. Geist. at the university for
almost 40 years, had been con
fined in the hospital for almost
a year. His home was in Fair
banks.
He had traveled to Europe in
1962 and became ill while on a
field trip.
Dr. Geist was considered an out
standing Alaskan paleontologist.
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Alaska Fisheries Official
Calls for Law Enforcement
In Alaska Fishing Waters
SEATTLE (iP — The president
of an Alaskan fisheries company
called for more fisheries patrols
and better enforcement of inter
national law on the fishing
grounds.
“The situation is a mess.” said
J. E. Caldwell, president of Aleu
tian Development Co., Inc., of Un
alaska.
Specifically. Caldwell listed
these complaints:
1. Japanese halibut fishermen—
in at least one documented case
and from other reports — have
been observed fishing inside the
three-mile limit near Unalaska.
2. Using repairs as an excuse,
Japanese vessels are making
“bases” of Aleutian ports.
3. Reports from American and
Canadian halibut fishermen indi
cate Japanese fishermen “jumped”
the halibut season earlier this year
in the eastern Bering Sea.
Caldwell said he has received
“nothing but a cold shoulder”
when he made complaints to the
Navy and Coast Guard in Alaska.
Caldwell said he objected to the
Navy about Japanese fishing boats
anchoring in the Dutch Harbor
area for repairs.
“It is one thing for us to give
the Japanese our fish gratis—but I
it is too much to give them a base
to operate from to compete with
us,” Caldwell declared.
“We are aggravated, you bet
we are. We need enforcement up
there. We need international law.
There is no law. We need pro
tection,” he said.
First Negro Stewardess
j DALLAS, Tex. — Joan Dor
I sey, 23, the first known negro
stewardess graduated from an
American Airlines training course,
says she considers herself a pio
neer in some ways and is eager
to start work.
Miss Dorsey, of Flagstaff, Ariz.,
told newsmen no incidents mar
red her training and no unusual
problems arose.
“The girls were just wonderful j
all the way through school,” she j
said. “I liked them all very much. |
And I think they liked me.”
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Letter To The Editor
As many rumors have floated
around the country related to the
most unfortunate occurrence at
Russian Mission the past spring,
we are now able to give this in
formation:
July 19 Mahlon Stoltzfus, owner
of the store at Russian Mission
received a phone call making
known to him that John M. Val
entine had passed away after sur
gery on his feet, complications and
heart condition set in. Mr. Stoltz
fus lives at Goshen, Indiana, and
by the burning of the store at
Russian Mission he was in for
no small financial loss. Now, how
ever, matters are clearing up and
his loss made good, at least prom
isingly.
Mr. Stoltzfus is much concerned
about the natives at Russian Mis
sion, not only for their spiritual
welfare, but that they shall have
a good store again.
— L. E. Ost
Pete Deveau Elected
Chairman of Alaska
Centennial Commission
ANCHORAGE — The 16
member Alaska Centennial Com
mission has concluded its organi
zational meeting here—electing a
chairman, and executive commit
tet, and mapping plans to select
a motto and an emblen for the
celebration scheduled in 1967.
Pete Deveau of Kodiak, a for
mer member of the Alaska House
of Representatives, was elected
chairman of the committee ap
pointed a week ago by Gov. Egan.
Don Perkins was named to the
executive committee representing
the northwestern area.
Bob Arnold, former Anchorage
radio newsman who now is em
ployed by the state in Juneau, was
on hand for the sessions as exec
utive director of the agency.
Arnold said a state-wide com
petition would be staged to select,
the motto and emblem represent
ing the theme of the observance.
The centennial will mark the
100th anniversary of the purchase
of the Territory of Alaska from
Russia.
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