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Tuesday, December 19, 1950
COME NOW, SENATOR ANDERSON
In the discussions on statehood for Alaska in the
Senate on November 29 and according to the Con
gressional Record, Senator Anderson, New Mexico,
suggests that those in the Senate who doubt Alaska’s
ability to maintain herself as a state, read the record
of the statehood hearings.
Said Senator Anderson: ‘'Some concern has been
expressed by those who claim an apparent inability
on the part of Alaska to maintain herself as a state.
I would be worried, too, if I had not heard the testi
mony.. I suggest that those who make such claim
read the hearings in which they will find that persons
from Alaska who knew their own budget well, pre
sented it time after time and justified their belief
that Alaska could function properly as a state.”
So, at Sepator Anderson’s suggestion, we look
again to the record of Alaska statehood hearings held
before the Committee on Interior and Insular Pos
ses.-ion- ia.-> April.
The budget c- under discussion on page 128 of the
hearings, and v will start from there:
Mrs. Hermann. Addressing Senator Anderson!
"... I would hate to sugest that your addition is
wrong there, Senator, but that budget was com
pletly balanced when I gave it to you (Laughter.)
Senatar Anderson: "You start, with $10,020,200."
Mrs. Hermann. “Let me find my papers.”
Senator Anderson. “It is very easy. You start
wilh >10.020200. and you add $500,000 from the sale
ni land.-- and $300 000 from tobacco and $925,000.
(from the Pribilof seals) Now that is only $1,725,000,
iS ft UO; « I %,%«■»*
Mrs. Hermann. ‘ That is right.”
Senator Anderson. ‘ Then add $17,500 (from the
Forest Service) and you end up with $11,762,700. You
add it and see what you get.”
Mrs. Hermann. “What you do not have in your
figures that I have estimated income that could be
derived, though I am not advocating it. from increases
in fuel* tax. It is $850,000, fuel tax. If we double our
present fuel tax, we would have $850,000.”
Senator Anderson. “That 1s the reason I do not
have it (the budget) balanced. You have .not said
anything about actually putting that figure in. So,
we have $850,000. That would balance it. (Laughter.)
“Of course, by the same theory you could keep
adding a million here and 5 million there. Does this
strike you as a sensible way to balance it by the addi
tion of a fuel tax. What is your present fuel situa
Mrs. Hermann. “We have a 2-cent fuel tax at
the present time.”
Senator Anderson. "Per gallon?”
| Mrs. Hermann. “Per gallon; per unit; whatever
1 it is. Then we would double that.”
Senator Anderson.. “You mean gasoline tax on
j highways or for heat?”
| Mrs. Hermann. “All fuel, including heat. It Is
all oil products.”
Senator Anderson. “You would run that to 4
cents.”
Mrs. Hermann. "Excuse me. Senator, I do not
say I would run it to any figure because I am not a
member of the legislature."
Senator Anderson. “But you are a person se
lected here to 'tell us how we are going to balance
this.”
Mrs. Hermann. “I suggested that as a means for
the legislature to levy upon. They might. They might
find other sources of revenue.”
Senator Anderson. “Then $1,150,000 representing
the increase in the tobacco tax and the fuel tax.”
Mrs. Hermann. “That is right.”
Senator Anderson. "You could start out and say
there is a deficit of $1,150,000 that the legislature
must meet in some way."
Mrs. Hermann. “There are plenty of categories
to levy upon.”
Senator Anderson. “If you decided to get road
construction to where it took care of maintenance,
that $850,000 just to equal maintenance and not to
provide for any construction of roads, you would have
to make it about $2,000,000.”
Mrs. Hermann. “That would be about $2,000,000;
and you will also notice that I have not deducted
anything for operating expenses on the theory that
we can cut some of our costs appreciably if we get a
: good constitutional convention in there that is economy
, minded.”
Senator Anderson. “I think most of you find
I that the desire to cut costs is ever in the heart but
| not always possible in.every session of the legislature,
j It is one of those desirable goals, a little difficult
one.”
And this ended the budget discussion on Tues
i day, April 25, between Mrs. Hermann, fiscal expert
at the Alaska statehood hearings and Senator Ander
son.
We get back to taxation again the following day:
. Mr. Sundborg. “Yesterday, when Mrs .Hermann
was testifying, she suggested one way we might raise
additional money would be doubling the present motor
fuel tax. One of the members of your committee
expressed a little concern at the fact that that would
be doubling of the tax and it might sound a little
excessive. Let me say the motor-fuel tax applies not
to all oil. I think it was said specifically yesterday
it would apply to oil burned in furnaces, and so forth.
It does not . It is a motor-fuel tax. The present
rate of the Territorial tax on motor fuel is 2 cents a
gallon.”
Senator Anderson. “Mrs. Hermann is here. Let
us hear what she has to say about it.”
Mrs. Hermann. "I don’t know about the fuel tax,
whether it is on the oil I burn in the furnaces.”
^ M;-. Sundborgjj "Mr, Mullaiiey, the Territorial tax
commissioner is here. Maybe he can say a word on
I it. May I invite him to speak?”
i Senator Anderson. "Surely.”
Mr. Mullaney. “Mr. Sundborg’s statement is cor
rect. It is a motor-fuel-oil tax..”
So, there is the record—a part of it at least—
in which Senator Anderson suggests the Senate “will
find that persons from Alaska who knew their own
budget well, presented it time after time and justified
their belief that Alaska could function properly as
a State.”
Yes. The legislature can double the fhel tax and
the budget will be balanced ... as simple as that,
but it sounds very confused to us.
Maybe Senator Anderson should refresh his mem
ory by reading the statehood hearings report once
more. After all, it isn't such a long time from April
♦ /-» XTai'Omhov ic it 9
non?
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
gradually working order out of
chaos.
Russian War Plans
Outguessing the Kremlin is ex
tremely difficult these days, but
here is how American experfts,
trained to do this job, size up the
immediate war future.
No. 1—Soviet strategy will prob
ably be to grab off weak and iso
lated nations one-by-one.
No. 2—Will be to lure the United
States into committing men and
resources in a big war in Asia. In
this case Russia would throw
enough armament Into the battle
to aid local Corttmunists to hold
down American strength.
No. 3—While we were tied up in
Asia, Russian armies would drive
across western Europe. The latter
move is not expected this year
however. The Kremlin wants tc
entrap us in other areas first.
A summary of Soviet war strategy
can be paraphrased as follows
"Russian policy is to expand its
borders as far as the indifference
or timidity of its neighbors allow
and to hold or draw back when met
by c;< u mimed resistance, and wail
for new chance to spring at its
victim
Next piob.. Soviet victim will
be French InuuCfina, already
torn with Communist revolt. Siam,
Burma and Malaya would probably
follow.
Another weak spot which may
fall to Russia without a battle is
Iran, Already, Soviet pressure has
caused Iran to ban rebroadcasts
of the Voice of America and the
British Broadcasting Company on
local radio stations. Meanwhile, a
secret Russian station has been
calling Kurd tribes to revolt.
Truman and MacArthur
President Truman came into a
_ I
Cabinet meeting some time ago
carrying a copy of the New Re
public, the liberal weekly magazine.
During the Cabinet session, Sec
retary of Defense Marshall com
plained about the difficulty of get
ting cooperation from General Mac
Arthur. He ' indicated that Mac
Arthur was a law unto himself.
Truman listened, finally held up a
copy of the New Republic.
“This is the way to handle that
bird," he said.
Cabinet members, after the meet
ing, immediately sent for copies of
the magazine. It contained an art
icle by former Secretary of the
Interior Harold Ickes criticizing
: MacArthur for violating directives
from Washington.
Happy Chandler’s Tears
Senate colleagues always knew
baseball Commissioner A. B. <Hap
' py i Chandler as one of the happiest
men in Congress when he served as
j Senator from Kentucky. But his
smile turned to tears at his annual
| banquet for Major League club
owners in Tampa.
Happy had just been informed
by his guests that his $65.Q00-a
year contract would not be renewed.
No one was expected to show
up for the banquet that followed,
but Chandler went through with it
nonetheless. News reports that the
party “proceeded without a hitch"
were wrong. It started at 8:00 p.m
—two hours late. All but New York
Giants’ Horace Stoneham and St
Louis Cards' Fred Saigh came
Saigh is reported to be the big
gun behind Chandler’s ouster.
The unhappy host refused to
take his customary seat at the
head table but sat by himself with
his back to his guests. Several
umes he was forced to leave the
room to wipe his eyes.
Chandler, sitting alone, said he
was sitting where he felt he be
I longed. Once he sent out for a
box of cigars and presented them
I to Joe Cronin of Boston as an
i ironic gift for Cronin’s anti-Chand
j ler vote.
The atmosphere was tense am
electrifying. Hardly anyone dared
speak to other guests. Branch Rick- i
ey of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cin- j
einnati Reds' Warren Giles and Bill i
Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs car- ;
ried on whispered conversations.
Ford Frick, President of the Na
tional League, during the banquet'
whispered to William Harridge,'
President of the American League: j
“What an unusual feeling. It’s;
ghostlike.”
i "Not one man here is enjoying
: •
• December 19
•
• Marjorie Tillotson
! • Charles E. Johnson
I • Gilbert DeVault
j • Betty Davidson
j • Gordon Gray
I • Eli J. Post
1 • Marie Babcock
! • Viola Mattison
| • Grace Miller
his food," Harridge whispered back.
■Mine is stuck right here," he
pointed at his throat.
As the club owners departed af
ter the banquet, Chandler shook
hands with them. His smile was
forced. Each wished him well—per
haps in his next job.
Austin Bows
Philosophical ex-Senator Warren
Austin of Vermont, now U. S. Am
bassador to the United Nations,
was sitting in the delgate’s lounge
at Lake Success the other day,
when visitors asked him how he
felt in view of the dangerous days
ahead.
"We have a lot to go through,”
Austin replied. “And maybe we
will have to bow our heads a bit. It
:eminds me of a line of Cotton
Mather’s. He and Ben Franklin
were good friends—though in their
ideas they were as far apart as the
poles.
"Well." continued Ambassador
Austin, “once the two were passing
through a passage somewhere—a
low-beamed place. Franklin bump
ed his head on a beam. Mather
turned around and said to jiiim
Fianklin, if you will learn to long
er your head when necessar/,' >*M
will spare yourself many a bujnp’."
Austin told the anecdote M
symbol of what he thinks may .ba
the necessary policy of the USm^d
States today.
RHEE ORDERS FAST
JUSTICE FOR REDS
LACK PRjSON SPACE
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 19 — (M —
President Syngman Rhee said to
day that “in view of the military
situation and lack Of prison facili-.
ties” he is ordering a speedup Of
Red trials and executions.
Rhee said 391 persons have been
convicted and sentenced to death
by the Seoul district court since
Oct. 1. He said 242 have been exe
cuted.
Government spokesmen said about
one-fifth of those executed were
women.
They said the 391 were convicted
of murder, arson, rape or military
crimes of destruction.
Executions were witnessed by pri
son doctors and court prosecutors.
Rhee said United Nations offi
cials found no basis for reports
children were executed as political
offenders.
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TIDE TABLE •
December 20 •
Low tide 4:56 a m., 5.4 ft. •
High tide 11:11 a.m., 15.7 ft. •
Low tide 5:54 p.m., 1.2 ft. •
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21. Play the first
card
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25. Institutes suit
28. 100 square
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29. Ceremony
30. Keen
31. Thus: Latin
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ball into
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36. Mysterious
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point
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country
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instrument
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20 YEARS AGO 'the empire
DECEMBER 19, 1930
Speeding south from Seward so as to reach Seattle in time to permit
passengers disembarking there to get to their homes in the States before
Christmas, the steamship Yukon, Capt. Dalmer Anderson, made only
a two ahd one-half hour stop in Juneau. The vessel's crew handled 150
tons of freight in the short time she was here. At this port she put
off steel grinding balls from Latouche for the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company mill and took on gold ore concentrates and scrap
iron from the company's wharf.
Construction of a- 120-foot gridiron by the City and clearing up all
1 question of title to an 80-foot front lot on the waterfront adjoining the
City Dock were virtually agreed upon at the last meeting of the month
! of the local City Coucil. It was expected to rush the job of building
the gridiron and have it completed as soon after the first of the year
i as possible.
■
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Engstrom left on the Yukon for Wrangell to spend
the Christmas holidays with Mr. Engstrom's father there.
After two months in Ketchikan for a term of Federal District
Court the members of the Court party and their families returned to
! Juneau on the Northland and included Judge and Mrs. Justin W.
: Harding and their son Justin, Jr., District Attorney and Mrs. H. D.
Stabler, Clerk of the Court and Mrs. John H. Dunn, Assistant District
Attorney George W. Folta, Deputy Clerk of Court and Mrs. J. W. Leivers
and daughter Beverly, Miss Ann Gaynor, Miss Venetia Pugh, Mrs. T.
M. Reed and P. P. Delgard, Court Bailiff.
Officers installed to serve the American Legion Post here for the
next year were inducted into office at an impressive ceremony at a
meeting of the Post in the Dugout. Those installed were: J. T. Petrich,
Post Commander; E. M. Polley, First Vice-Commander; Royal M. Shep
ard, Second Vice-Commander; Waino E. Hendrickson, Adjutant; G. H.
Walmsley, Chaplain; A. L. Zenger, Service Officer; Joe Thibodeau, Ser
geant-at-Arms.
Weather: High, 40; low, 36 cloudy.
j
j Daily Lessons in English L. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We only have a small
amount of money.” Say, “We have only a small amount of money.”
ONLY should be placed directly before the word or phrase It qualifies.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Corroborate. Pronounce ko-rob-o-rat,
first and second O's »s in ON, third O as in NO unstressed, A as in
RATE, accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Breach <an openin). Breech (rear part
of a firearm i.
SYNONYMS: Management, direction, guidance, control, care.
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:
ADVENTITIOUS; not inherent; accidental; casual. “These adventitious
happenings must be taken in stride.”
I y one dm r T f n1\ f t t r ^■ !
j MUUcKn UIUUlML Roberta lee !
Q. Is it correct for an employer to introduce his secretary to a
caller by saying, “Mr. Jones, this is my secretary, Miss Brown,” or
shouldn’t he give the woman’s name first, as, “Miss Brown, this Is
Mr. Jones”?
A. In the business world, the most important person is mentioned
first, regardless of sex.
Q. Is is all right for a bridegroom to choose his father to serve
as his best man? .
A. While this is not very often done, still there is no rule of eti
quette against it. And after all, a bridegroom’s best friend could very
well be his father.
Q. Is it proper for a person at the table to butter a whole slice of
bread at one time?
.A. Never; he should butter only a small piece at a time.
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON ]
—-—— — -—-—..
1. What was the earliest English settlement in the U. S.?
2. What is the most important river of England?
3. How many carats does pure gold contain?
4. Who became the leader of the Hebrews after Moses’ death?
5. What is the name given to the text of an opera?
ANSWERS:
1. Jamestown, Virginia.
2. The Thames.
3. Twenty-four carats. x
4. Joshua.
5. The libretto.
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j atures at various Alaska points
j also on tiie Pacific Coast, at 4:30
I a.m., 120th ?•.!;: idian Time, and
, released oy the Weather Bureau
! are as follows:
1 Anchorage . 20—Cloudy
; Annette Island . 42—Cloudy
| Barrow . -19—Clear
| Cordova .1. 37—Cloudy
Dawson . -6—Cloudy
Edmonton . 1—Fog
Fairbanks . -6—Partly Cloudy
Haines . 28—Cloudy
Havre . 18—Srjrw
Juneau Airport . 30—Cloudy
Kodiak . 27—Drizzle
Kotzebue . -15—Clear
| Northway . -28—Cloudy
Petersburg . 27—Clear
Portland . 46—Cloudy
Prince George . 6—Fog
Seattle . 44—Rain
Sitka . 35—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse . -17—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat . 31—Partly Cloudy
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN
The Juneau-Douglas Chapter Al
aska Crippled Children’s Associa
tion through its President\ Mrs.
John McCormick announced the re
ceipt of a gift of $75 from the
Alaska Native Brotherhood and
Sisterhood.
The gift is to help provide
Christmas for children through the
ACCA.
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Monday of each month yX\
In Scottish Rite Temple .JML
beginning at 7:30 p, ns.
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Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
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