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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Friday, February 16, 1951
THE FIRST HURDLE
A bill by Representative Glen D. Franklin has
passed its first hurdle—approval by the House of
Representatives.
It now goes before the Senate. Wt believe it will
be approved there, too. We think it not unprobable
that the Finance Committee or other committees have
made discoveries in the course of their work and
would like to have a number of matters looked into
more thoroughly. In a 60-day session, no committee
of the Legislature can examine all the parts of our
Territorial government that should have a check-up
occasionally. That is proper work for an interim
committee, such as Rep. Franklin's bill'creates.
And if it passes that second hurdle, we are sure
the third one—approval by the governor, will be easiest
of all.
Governor Gruening has already placed himself on
record regarding investigating committees.
Two years ago next April, the governor was in
Washington, speaking before a Senate Committee. He
mentioned the special investigation committee of the
1949 Legislature (of which Rep. Franklin and Mark
Jensen were members!, and he said:
“I want to say that I do not wish to detract from
or disparage the investigatory efforts of the Legisla
ture. I think it is a useful function. I think the Leg
islature every time it meets should go through the
executive agencies and shake them up. If they can
find anything wrong, that is a useful service."
FREEDOM OF SPEECH?
We don't know whether freedom of speech was
denied Mark Jensen when the House of Representa
tives voted not to hear him on matters he wished
to talk to the House about, but we do feel that he
should be heard.
The alleged fact that Mark was unable to con
vince a Grand Jury that it should bring in indict
ments, we believe, is of no consequence in this matter.
That Mark has made some investigations has been
pretty widely advertised. And evidently he has turned
up some things he does not believe are right. The
Legislature is not a court of law; it is a lawmaking
body that corrects' existing evils by enacting applicable
laws.
If members are unwilling to have existing evils
pointed out, there seems little possibility that we will
have laws to correct those evils.
Hint for Legislature
(Ketchikan News*
There is a great deal of discussion in the Legis
lature about giving out favors to the Divisions which
show by its census to have the most population. Third
Division lawmakers are continually harping on this
subject for various kinds of legislation.
To our mind, the fair way, in case one Division
should be favored abve another, is to base such con
sideration on the actual Territorial vote cast instead
of census population. Under that rule, the First
Division, having cast the largest vote would be en
titled to the most consideration.
But the fair plan would be to consider each
measure on its merits for the whole of Alaska re
gardless of factional divisional fights. For the benefit
of legislators following is the census figures along
with the actual vote.
Division
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Civilian Pop.
27,543
11,820
45,647
23,226
% Terr. Vote
21.7
14.5
11.3
14.0
Thus it can be seen that the large population
which the Third Division representatives are con
stantly flouting at this session is a non-voting popula
tion and .without doubt a transient one drawn there
by the war construction boom.
It would be the height of foolishness to divide
Alaska and permit the passage of legislation which
might benefit one area and cause damage to another.
“The North American continent is two billion
years old," asserts a geologist. One wonders how it
managed to escape being' discovered for 1,999,999,542
years
Thanks to price supports, etc., one hears nowadays
of the "retired farmer,” which back In the home town
could only have meant a weary tiller of the soil after
9 p. m.—(Tacoma News Tribune.)
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
to control commercial rents,” sums
up the confidential memo.
The memo then takes up each
section of the proposed legislation,
point by point as follows:
“Title One—This title continues
veterans, preference in the sale
and rental of new- housing accomo-1
dations.
“Title Two—This title continues
maximum rents on housing ac
commodations in areas now under
control. It necessary to promote
National Defense, the housing ex
pediter is authorized to recontrol
any housing accommodations pre
viously decontrolled and to control
those which were never under con
trol. Authority is also given to* the
housing expediter to decontrol
housing accommodations when the
demand for rental housing has:
been reasonably met.
Defense-Rental Areas
“For housing accommodations in
the defense-rental areas presently
under control, the present maxi
mum rents prevail with direction
to the housing expediter to make
adjustments for increased costs of
operation. For recontrol or new
control, the housing expediter shall
select a maximum rent date not
earlier than July 1, 1950. The
housing expediter is authorized to
adjust any and all maximum rents
to cure inequities and hardships.
“The housing expediter is auth
orized to continue and to create
local advisory boards in all areas
to advise the housing expediter on
all matters relating to rent con
trol. Both landlords and tenants
are given the right to file pro
tests with the housing expediter
against regulations and orders is
sued by him, with the further right
to seek review by the emergency
court of appeals.
“The housing expediter's author
ity to control evictions is continued.
The provision in the present law
giving the right to the tenant and
the United States to sue for treble
damages for overcharges is con
tinued. A new provision is added,
giving a similar right for unlawful
evictions. The enforcement provi
sions with respect to injunction,
subpoena, investigations, inspec
tion, etc., are generally continued
and criminal sanctions are added
for violations of the act.
Commercial Kents
“Title Three—This is a new title
authorizing the housing expediter
to establish and adjust maximum
rents on any and all property used
lor commercial purposes except
rents on property used solely for
agricultural purposes. In establish
ing maximum rents for commercial
property, the housing expediter
must take into consideration the
rents generally prevailing for such
property on or after July 1, 1950.
This authority can be used only
whenever, .An jhe judgment of the
housing expediter rents for busi
ness accommodations in any de
fense-rental area have increased or
threaten to increase above the'
rents generally prevailing on July
1, 1950. and stabilization of such i
rents is necessary for national de- ;
fensc purposes.
“The provisions in title two, re
lating to evictions, protest proce
dure, court review, treble damages J
and enforcement are equally ap-1
plicable to this title.”
This proposed rent-control legis
lation is expected to be approved
by Wilson and submitted to the
Senate Banking and Currency
Committee this week. Hearings will;
probably be called at once.
Note—the reason for recommend- j
ing that commercial rents should;
also be brought under control was
the result of a revealing survey, j
This survey showed that commer- .
cial rents have risen 78 per cent1
in the past 10 years—three times!
more than residential rents—in the \
six key cities of Phoenix, Birming- j
ham, Denver, Minneapolis, Boston
and Los Angeles. Since rent is one
of the largest factors in the cost
of doing business, these inflated
rents are largely- responsible for
higher consumer prices.
New C olorado Congressman
Few people remember the man
who successfully prosecuted the
Lamar, Colorado, bank robbery ana
murders by the notorious Fleagle
gang in 1929. However, the man
who defended the gangsters, only
to see them hang, went on to be
come a member of congress.
"Reckon I had no choice,” grins
freshman Rep. Byron Rogers of
Denver, Colo., in a slow drawl that
is part Texas, part Oklahoma and
part Rocky Mountain. “ I was
named defense counsel by the court
and had to do my duty.”
Rogers, a Democrat, now re
places dynamic congressman John
Carroll, also a Democrat, who ran
for the senate but lost to GOP
Senator Millikin.
Rogers' drawl comes honestly. He
was born on a Texas farm a saddle
stop from the home of speaker
Sam Rayburn. Later he moved
with his family in a covered wagon
to Oklahoma (then Indian terri
tory', where he grew up to attend
Oklahoma University with the now
Senator Mike Monroney.
His health prompted a final move
to the Rockies. Rogers finished his
law studies at Denver University
and immediately started going pla
ces in Colorado politics. In 1933 he
was elected the youngest speaker
in the history of the state legisla
ture, served a hitch as assistant
U. S. District Attorney, and then
became Attorney General of the
state.
One of Rogers' strongest con
victions, that the American system
of free enterprise must continue,
has been passed on to his 13-year
old son, Byron, Jr. When the
young man was interviewed by a
radio commentator late election
itight and asked hew he felt
about his father’s victory, Byron
Ji\, replied:
“I feel fine, but XU have to be
going home to bed I have a news
paper route in the morning.”
Popular South Carolinian
A resolution of special interest
to the state of South Carolina
was railroaded through a closed
door meeting of the Senate Bank
ing Committee the other day with
the swiftest vote in the memory of
its members.
Furthermore, the vote was un
animous. another rare feat for this
committee, which has fought sav
agely in the past over public hous
ing, rent control and other fair
deal legislation.
The non-controversial resolution
was one of congratulation to chair
man Burnet Maybank of South
Carolina, who had just returned to
the Banking and Currency Com
mittee after being laid up two
months in the hospital.
Hardly had Maybank called his
first committee meeting to order,
when Democrat Willis Robertson
of Virginia announced: “I want to
offer a resolution on behalf of all
members of this committee that we
are highly gratified that our chair
man has been restored to health,
and further resolving that we are
glad to have him back.”
There was a clamor of “seconds,”
1 1 1 -
e February 15 ®
a Lloyd Connell ®
a John Kirkam •
o Kenny McGee •
• David Rundell •
• Mrs. Antone Riese •
® Mrs. H. B. Schegel , •
o Henry Moses •
® Glenn Kirkham •
o Joseph Sterling . a
• Mike Chinovick •
a Olndvs Marshall #
but portly Republican Sen. Homer
Capehart of Indiana was slightly
ahead of everybody else. Not to be
outdone. Democrat Allen Frear of
Delaware injected a new twist of
parliamentary procedure by “third
ing” the motion.
POSTMASTER FOR ,
KETCHIKAN SOUGHT
The Civil Service Commission has
called for receipt of applications
from candidates for the position
of permanent postmaster at Ketchi
kan.
The applications must be filed
With the Secretary, Board of U.
S. Ceil Service Examiners in
Juneau, by March 1 of this year.
The permanent postmaster is to
be selected from the three persons
having the highest ratings in the
examination, and the appointment
will be made by the President to
be confirmed by the Senate. The
position pays $4,970 annually.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of Regents of tne Uni
versity of Alaska at the ofi'ce oi
the President, Eielson Building,
University of Alaska, College, Alas
ka, until 4:00 p.m„ March 15, 1951,
for the construction of the Mint s
Building, University of Alaska, and
the said bids, will then and there
be publicly opened and read aloud.
Bids received alter the time fixed
for the opening cannot be consid
ered.
Bidders and other properly in
terested persons rue invited to be
present at the bid opening.
Specifications, including contract
documents, and drawings may be
examined at the office of the Arch
itects, Foss, Malcolm and Olsen,
Goldstein Bldg., Juneau, Alaska and
at the olfice of the President of the
University of Alaska, College, Alas
ka, and may be obtained at the
Architect's office, or the office of
the President of the University ot
Alaska upon deposit of $25.00 for
each set.
The full amount of deposit for one
set of documents will be refunded
to actual bidders upon return of Cne
documents, unmutilated and with
out marks or annotations, at or be
fore the time set for opening of
| bids. Other deposits will be re
! funded with deductions for the ac
tual cost of reproducing the draw
ings, under the same conditions.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a certified check, cashier’s check or
bid bond, with surety company li
| censed to do business in the Terri
[ tory of Alaska as surety in an
amount not less than 5'';' of the Bid,
made payable to the University of
Alaska.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids and to waive infor
malities.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
after the time set for the opening
thereof, unless the award pf con
tract is delayed for a period ex
ceeding 30 days.
By order of the Board of Regents
of the University of Alaska.
First Publication: Feb. 15, 1951
1 Last Publication: March 1, 1951
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FEBRUARY 15, 1931
Meetings of the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska and Auxiliary were
to be held in the Odd Fellows Hall starting February 25. Entertain
ment planned for the delegates included theatre parties at both the
Capitol and Coliseum theatres, attendance at the Chamber of Commerce
luncheon, a trip to Mendenhall Glacier, the Grand Igloo Ball in the
Elks Hall and at the close of the sessions a banquet given by the local
Women's Auxiliary.
Sleeping accommodations were exhausted and bedding was becoming
a problem in Juneau’s Federal Jail with 57 persons ‘registered’’ there
by this date, the largest number of inmates the jail had ever had at
any one time. Most of the surplus was composed of persons taken into
custody on charges of violating the Alaska Bone Dry Law.
The new $1,000,000 Capitol Building housing Territorial and Federal
offices was dedicated the previous evening before throngs of Juneauites
and delegations of out-of-town visitors here for the occasion in the
Museum Hall. Among the distinguished company upon the speaker’s
platform to participate in the ceremonies of the formal opening of the
new public building were mayors and representatives of municipal ex
ecutives from Southeast cities and from some of the communities to
the Westward.
The brilliantly lighted offices were visited by nearly 2,000 persons
durinu the hours the building was open for public inspection following
the exercises, and the next afternoon.
At the Elks bowling alley the Woodpekers strengthened their hold
on first place by taking,three straight from the Owls. The third game
ended in a tie and the Woodpeckers took the extra game to determine
the match. Scores made were: Woodpeckers—Metcalf, 570: Bringdale,
531; Kirk. 447: Whittier, 450. Owls—Pullen, 541: Cleveland, 480; Bernard,
445: Faulkner, 450.
Joe Brady of Douglas reported lost in the hills behind the town where
he had gone for a day, had returned safely. He had been taken aboard
a gasboat from the beach below’ Douglas to the other side of the
island, returning the following afternoon.
Weather: High, 38; low, 34; snow.
by !
W. L. GORDON I
I
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I was to the meeting some
five weeks ago.” Say, "I was AT the meeting ABOUT five weeks ago.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Fealty. Pronounce fe-al-ti, E as in
FEE. three syllables, with accent on the first.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Consecrate (to render sacred); observe the
SEC. Concentrate ,< to consolidate) observe the CEN.
SYNONYMS: Serviceable, useful, helpful, practical, beneficial.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
AFFLUENCE: opulence; wealth. "The executive entertained in his home
with an air of affluence.”'
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
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Q. When you are talking with someone whose name you cannot
remember readily, and a friend Joins you, should you make any attempt
at an introduction?
A. Yes, it would be even more embarrasing if you did not attempt
an introduction. Simply say, "I am very sorry, but for the moment I
cannot remember your name."
Q. How much room should be allowed for each guest at a dinner
table?
A. A space of from sixteen to twenty inches. This is called the
“cover," and each cover should be definitely marked with a service
plate.
Q. When two men and two girls attend the theatre together, how
should they sit?
A. The two girls often prefer to sit together between the two men,
and this is the usual accepted arrangement.
LOOK and LEARN b£ c. GORDON
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1. What are the world’s two deepest lakes?
2. What is the largest single item in the national wealth of the
United States?
3. Who was the first Christian emperor of Rome?
4. What are the Roman numerals for 1951?
5. What other flame is generally applied to crayon drawings?
ANSWERS:
1. Lake Baikal, in Siberia, with a depth of 5710 feet, and Tang
anyika, in Africa, with a depth of 4708 feet.
2. Real estate. *
3. Constantine I, the Great (272-337*.
4. MCMLI.
5. Pastels.
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Weather conditions and temper
atures at various- Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coas-st, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage .. 6—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island. 36—Rain
WEATHER . Cz2: .
Anchorage 21—Cloudy
Annette Island 38—Drizzle
Barrow -21—Partly Cloudy
Bethel 31—Snow
Cordova 26—Snow
Dawson. -16—Cloudy
Edmonton 22—Partly Cloudv
Fairbanks .. . 18—Snow
Haines . 24—Cloudv
Havre 9—Partly Cloudv
Juneau Airport 31—Sleet
Kodiak 36—Cloudy
Kotzebue -15—Clear
McGrath , 20—Snow
Nome . 9—Blowing Snow
Northway.-5—Cloudy
Petersburg . 34_pog
Portland . . 42—Rain
Prince George . 39—Snow j
Seattle .. 41—Cloudy !
Sitka . 36—Rain Drizzle
Whitehorse . 7—Snow
Yakutat . 27— Snow
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NOTICE OF EFFECTIVE DATE I
OF CERTAIN NEW REGULA- i
i ions Promulgated by
THE ALASKA TERRITORIAL
BOARD OF HEALTH.
_
By authority of the Board of:
Health, the undersigned, Commis
sioner of Health, hereby proclaims j
that the following enumerated
health code promulgated by the
Board of Health, under authority of
Title 40, "Health and Safety,” Chap
ter 1, Section 40-1-6. Alaska Com
piled Laws Annotated. 1949, as
amended by Section 16, Chapter 118,
Session Laws of the Legislature,
1949, shall become effective and in
full force upon the fifteenth day
of March, 1951:
HSE-22 Alaska Department of
Health — School Sanitation.
Copies of said code arc available
in pamphlet form for loan to in
terested parties at the Department
of Health, Juneau, Alaska, or any
branch or district office in Anch
orage, Fairbanks, and Ketchikan.
C. EARL ALBRECHT, M.D.
Commissioner of Health
Territory of Alaska.
Published: Feb. 15, 1951.
WALT RATLIN
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Experienced House Wiring
Electrical Marine Repair
Phone Red 355 Juneau, Alaska
" v. f7 w.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office In Case Lot Grocery
Phone 794
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
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Free Dehrary
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1«
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
.
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS. Seci-otary.
Mcose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meeting* Each FrMay
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMAN8EN
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