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Old Chief Nikodemu3. Gilhina who lives in tho upper reaches of
the Kotsina River was reading the newspaper the other day arl he
said, "Lie make big salute to man in anchorage who is much honest,
and him say —- ", Hero is what ho was reading*
Dear Editor:
Deems a3 if certain recently elected Alaskan officials
namely: Bartlett, Greuning, Egan and wade are setting up a howl now
because the U *3 cGo vei run on t is going to tax tho government workers1
"Cost of Living" allowance. If these politicians will exarpino the 4
records they will find that the Territory of Alaska has beert t&xihg
this 11 Co31 of Living" allowance for mary years now and we can only
assume that the State r f Alaska will continue to do so,particularly
sine money to operate is going to be hard to come by, with "Uncle
Whiskers' out of tho picture now* Now I ask you, Is this being
cons • ■yi.cn”' V ^Sounds to me a li tie like "The pot calling the kottle
black < *• t
Lei!s examine this "Cost of Living" allowance and two
other fringe benefits, namely: Being able to accumulate 45»daya of
annual leave and free transportation back to the point of hire •
evt>ry two years 7 which Alaska government workers receive# ffith
statehood the government worker has already lost the privelege of
accumulating 45 days of annual leave and it is my opinion that he
should also loose the "Cost of Living” allowance and free
transportation back to his point of hire every two yeard#
The percentage difference in cost of living between Jackson,
Miss- and Seattle, Wash, is greater than between Seattle and
'AnonoragGy .ilaska# The government worker in-Seattle gets no cost
of living a?lowance. «» government worker who is hired in New York
for e joo in California does not get free transportation back to.
New Y rk every two years.
L«t:s bo honest now, fellow government workers. They preached
statehood to you because, and I quote, "We want equality with the
48 stales1'. You fell for it and voted for statehood and now
by g;lly, like it or not, you are going to get equality#
Very truly yours, /
Government employe ( *
Elden T. Bootho# '
1412 Wintergreen St* n
The piteous protests ff our Senators may delay the B.I*R.
for a while in treating us .Jas.-cans as "first class citizens" but
some thousands of Government workers in ,*la3ka think they see a
Devil peekin1 in the window pane* ^
Met Haljmer Swanson who was in town the other day to renewsold
acquaintenances Haljmer was telling me he had met Ben Canham >ce 1 i ef \ f
mail pilot in this area he is relieving the regular pilot who is on j
vacation Haljmer was saying and i quote: Yah/ d#/ i ban tank dat
man one wary gote. pilot He go wid dat machine in da furty^bolow
veder he don let nuttin stop him, No/ By yolly he say, he^sajrll vood
•like make Schitina my hume yah/ Gee/ Wiz/ dat be vund©r*ful^4Wlte
' ting Woll | maybe, sometime ve havo schance come lif hehe- fujragote ' ; ,,.i|
; every body like such lufly man Yah/ Yah/ * yniofy e* //V||||j
r • We enjoyed our visit with Halymer hope to* see'him Ted r
again real soon* " . ‘ l"?? %:V ^
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Father Bernard J» Hubbard, known as the Glacier Prieet. has
a national reputation as an explorer and’has spent muchutime all
over **laska and can speak with knowledge and authority. He said:
"I fxnd that many ,.;laskan residents are just as distressed as I
am about the.election results. The majority of voters aj*e . w^at,}
* call Johnny-come-latelys and others who have come to i.laska'but
don’t intend to make it their permanent home. These non-Alaskans
. r carried the election. * ;r r
. Ly major Objection t* statehood is taxation. ,.laska is so
vast and there are so few people that even if everyone is taxed
beyond his capacity to pay the current federal services (such as
schools, road construction and pplice protection) it cannot.,
possibly be kept up to presents standards. Heavy taxes will have
tc be levied on industry and that*s going to keep firms from"1
jgoing into ..luska to'develop all its resources." .-...jja
We hope that February will be a very cloudy day* We donfyr •
..ippther six uiQnl^ho of this winter* __..•?^