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Alaska's Fifteenth.i
Legislature
Convening in Juneau Monday
and with Henry Roden chosen
president of the Senate and H. H.
McCutcheon speaker of the House .
the fifteenth Territorial Legisla
ture squares away for its 60-day
session.
News of legislative doing be
comes of major importance to all .
Alaskans. The Nugget will pre
sent the gist of the ev:nts from
day to day, as reported from the
capital by representatives of the
reliable old Associated Press,
which serves all the- more import
ant dailies of the Territory.
With the many new federal
and territorial projects under
way in the Territory, the extra
ordinary conditions growing out
of defens? and other movements,
Alaska never had occasion to be
more concerned over matters to
toe dealt with by her legislators.
Doubtless numerous bills will
be dumped into the legislative
hopper, and there will be many
a strenuous battle before their
fate is determined.
Territorial organizations and
residents of .very portion of A1
aska shou’d keep keenly alive to
the issues before the legislature,
and prepared to see that only
thosi of merit succeed and those
»ot in the best interest of the
Territory meet the fate they de
serve.
In a forecast of some of the
matters li^-ljr to receive consid
oration during the session, the
Juneau Empire says editorially:
‘‘The problems which the 15th
Legis ature will face are modern
problems too, matters unb ard of
a few sessions ago. Social Secur
ity is the big item in Territorial i
Government today. The Alaska
Planning Council’s excellent new
study ‘Taxation in Alaska’ con- (
tains one chart showing where i c
the 1939 A aska tax dollar went.
The largest share, 39.37 cents, c
went for public welfare activit- ;
ies. This expenditure exceeded :
even that for tducation (27.5 :
c. nts) and transportation (16.6
cents). Conservation took 8.25 1 j
cents, administration 4.9 cents
and miscellaneous 3.45 cents.
"Of interest on the same page
is another wheel showing where
the men y came from. Fisheries
contributed the biggest slice, 40.5
-cents of every tax dollar. Mining
was c ose behind with 33.1 cents.
All the rest of the taxes, school,
vehicle, business and prof ssion
al, liquor and miscellaneous, ac
counted for only about one
fourth of Territorial income dur
ing the year.
"An effort to enact a more
equitable system of taxation in
A aska. to dev lap new source.
•of revenue and thus remove
some of the heavy load borne by
the two industries of fishing and
mining, will be made by the 15th
Territorial Legislature. It is an
itffort which will require the bfst
brains of the Legislature and the
Territory as a whole if it is to
produce egislation which is scien
title, fair and effective.
“Nothing could be more des
tructive of Territorial progress at
this time than a bad tax law and
nothing could contribute more to
ward that progress than a good
one.”
AUCTION OF FURS
BRINGS IN 85,000
JUNEAU — The Alaska Game
Commission's confiscated fur auc
tion netted a total of $5,991.10.
Three fur deaii-rs, Charles
Goldstein, Henry Yurman ann L.
Ketcham, the latter a visitor
from the States, did most of the
bidding. One fox went to a non
dealing bidder.
Goldstein bought the bulk of
the furs, principally beaver.
GOP Has Three
In Legislature
In the Alaska Legislature,
which convened Monday at Ju
neau, three Republicans had
seats All the rest, one of whom
is a woman, are Democrats.
The woman is Crystal Snow
Jenne of Juneau.
The three Republicans are L -
Roy Sullivan, holdover senator
from the Second Division; Stuart
L. Strangroom, representative
from the Second Division, and A1
mar J. Peterson, representative
from the Third Division
Advices from Juneau give the
names of all legislators who took
their seats at the legislature. The
lawmakers are;
First Division Lawmakers
First Division—Senators, Hen
ry Roden, Democrat, holdover,
and Norman R. Walker, Demo
crat; representatives, Ah tan Shat
tuck, James V. Davis, John Mc
Cormick, and Mrs. Crystal Snow
Jenne, all Democrats, and all of
Juneau.
Second Division—Senators, L
Roy Sullivan, Repub'ican, hold
over, and O. D. Cochran, Demo
crat; representatives, Howard
Lyng, W Leonard Smith. Frank
H. Whaley, all Democrats, and
Stuart L. Stangroom, Republican.
Legb-lators from Third
Third Division —-Senators, Ed
ward D Coffey, Democrat, four
year term and Don Carlos Brown
e 1, Democrat, two-year term;
representatives, William A. Egan
Harvey J. Smith, H. H. McCutch
•on. all Democrats, ar.d Almar J.
Peterson, Republican.
F irth Division—Senators, C.
H. (Alabam) LaBoyteaux, Demo
crat, holdovi r, and Hja’mar Nor
dale. Democrat; representatives,
Charles Herbert, Frank S. Gor
don, Leo Rogge and Jess D. Lan
der, all Democrats.
Henry Roden, Democrat, hold
over s nator in the First Division
was chosen attorney general of
the Territory at the recent elec- j
lion. He will serve as senator. He j
does not taki office as attorney
general until April 1 by which*
time the legislature will have ad
journed.
Two senators were elected in i
the Third Division, because th'.Te
was no holdover, Patterson hav
ing been appointed Marshal and
Ilofman having died.
Senate Committees
Standing committees in the
Senate as appointed by Henry
Rcden, president of the Senate,
follows:
Finance, Corporation — Sulli
van. chairman; Walker, Coffey,
and Nordale.
Taxation, Transportation —
Brownell, chairman; Walker, Co
chran, and Nordale.
Rules, Elections — Roden,
chairman; Sullivan, Coffey and
LaBoyteaux.
Education —Walker, chairman;
Cochran, Brownell and Laboy
teaux.
Fish' ries, Game, Agriculture—
Coffey, chairman; Walker, Nor
dale and Sullivan.
Judiciary—Cochran, chairman;
Roden, Sullivan, Brownell, and
Nordale.
Mining, Manufacturing, Labor
— LaBoyteaux, chairman; Coch
ran, Coffey and Roden.
Senate Clerks
Permanent help named for the
S nate includes:
Assistant secretary, Lorene
Hagen of Nome.
Enrolling clerk, Geraldine War
ren of Juneau.
Engrossing clerk, Charlotte
Hern of Skagway.
Watchman, Marilyn Jackson of
Juneau.
Doorkeeper, Shirley G. Peter
son of Anchorage.
Sergeant-at-arms, Peter F. Gil
| more, Jr.-of Ketchikan.
Messenger, William Winn of Ju
■ neau.
Chaplain, Rev. John L. Cauble.
i With the exception of Gilmore
i and Winn, the others practically
I are stenographers.
House Clerks
Permanent help for the House
includes:
Assistant clerk, Elena Arola of
Wrangell.
Enrolling clerk, Maria Wil
liams of Juneau.
Engrossing clerk, Catherine
I Ghezzi of Juneau.
Sergeant - at-arms, Augusf
| Strigg of Anchorage.
Watchman, Helen Bernuofer of
Juneau.
Doorkeeper, Doris Swap of Ju
neau.
Messenger, John Langseth of
Juneau.
Chaplain, Rev. John Glasse of
Juneau.
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32 Alaska Hills Arc Introduced
In ( Congress By Delegate Dimond
On the opening day of the ses
sion Delegate Dimcnd introduced
thirty-cne bills relating ti Alas
ka or for the benefit of Alaskans.
Most of these bi Is are similar to
or identical with bil s which had
been introduced in the Seventy
sixth Congress and a number of
them had been acted upon favor
ably by the committee to which
they had been referred, or had
received favorable departmental
reports. In some cases the intro
duction of identical bills wiil per
mit more rapid action because
the previous v pert may be cam
ried over when the bills receive
committee action. Following is a
list of the bills introduced on the
opening day together with two
biiIs introduced on January 8.
73. To prohibit the use of traps,
weirs and pound nets for fishing
in the waters of the Territory of
Alaska.
74. To provide for the con
struction of a vessel for use in
fisheries reasearch in Alaska and
Hawaii.
75. To amend the Mining Act
of 1872, as amend' d. (To permit
the location of airfields as mill
site claims.)
76. To amend the first section
of the Act of 1915 reserving lands
for educational purposes so as to
reserve section No. 33 in each
township for the University of A1
aska.
77. To extend the provisions of
section 23 of the Independent Of
fices Appropriation Act, 1935. (To
extend the act providing a 40
hour week to employees of the
Alaska Railroad.)
78. To amend the Home Own
ers’ Loan Act of 1933. (To per
mit associations organized under
the Act to make loans anywhere
in the Territory. The Act provid
es that associations may not
make loans more than fifty miles
from their headquarters.
81. Authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to locate, estab
lish, construct, equip and operate
a hospital for the insane of Al
aska.
82. Providing for waiver of
prosecution by indictment in cer
tain criminal proceedings in the
courts of the Territory of Alaska.
33. Authorizing the Legislature
of Alaska to alter, amend, or no
peal certain taxes of Alaska im
posing taxes for carrying on busi
ness and trade.
84. To extend the benefits of
the United States Public Health
Service to fishermen.
85. To prevent fishing by Japan
ese or other foreign nationals in
waters adjacent to the coast of
A aska.
86. To provide minimum sal
ary or compensation of $159 per
month to each United States Com
missioner.
87. To prev nt seizure of boats
3"d gear for alleged violation of
fishing laws unless and until the
op rator has been convicted of
the offense charged. Identical bill
passed the House in 1940.
88. To provide by annual regu
lations priority of employment
in the fisheries to bona fide resi
dents of Alaska.
90. To increase the pay of cer
; tain post office employees in the
I Territory of Alaska.
91. To amend revenue act pro
1 viding a flat per share tax on No.
Par Value Slock.
92 To arn.epd the Act relating
to manifests in Alaskan and in
sular trade. (Seeking to amend
the act so as to exempt from the
operation of the law vessels sail
ing in and out of Alaska, author
ized under their documentation
to engage in the fisheries.
93. To ‘ authorize the Legisla
.ure of the Teritory of Alaska to
cr ate a public corporate author
ity to undertake slum clearance
and projects to provide dwelling
accomodations for families of low
income and to issue bonds and
other obligations of the authority 5
for such purpose. (Identical bill
pas ed Senate in 1940. Bill fav
orably reported by House Com
mittee on Territories.)
94. To forbid the appointment
of any person but a resident of
the Territory of Alaska to the
office of Governor of said Terri
tory.
95. To authorize the City of
Seward to purchase public util
ities in city which are privately
owned.
96. To authorize investigation
of the tin resources of Alaska.
321. To confer jurisdiction up
on the Court of Claims to hear,
determine, and render judgment
upon claim or claims of Dan T.
Kennedy, a resident of the Terri
tory of Alaska for damages sus
tained by extension of Mt. Mc
Kinley National Park
322. Authorizing payment to
their heirs of Edward Mather, de
ceased, late of Ketchikan. A'as
ka, for services render d as na
tive policeman in Alaska.
323. For the relief of Doctor:
Hugh G. Nicholson for medical
service to natives.
324. For the relief of Vernon
Hilliker and Wil iam Torgram
n for actual losses sustained
through cancellation of timber
cutting permits.
325. For the relief of Frank T.
Been for loss of personal effects
in fire which destroyed the Super
intendent’s residence in Mount
McKinley National Park.
326. For the relief of Jennie M.
Parker.
327. For the relief of Paula
Liebau Anderson far compensa
tion for damages sustained by un
lawful construction of road ac
ross her land.
328. For the relief of Doc Sil
bers arising through the exten
sion of the Glacier Bay National
Monument.
329. For the relief of Lulu
Heron for reimbursement for the
expense in moving her house
from Kuskokwim River bank to
a new site when it was endan
gered by bank erosion r>.suiting
:.om flood conditions.
1590. To place all employees of
;he Alaska Road Commission in
the Territory of Alaska whose
tenur of employme nt is not in
termittent or of une rtain dura
tion although such employment
may be seasonal because of cli
matic conditions in Alaska, under
the Civil Service Retirement Act.
1591. To permit cost of surveys!
made for pat nt to be credited to
annual assessment labor made on
mining claims.
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D I SC U I S E — Without til*
gold braid trimmings to which
his rank entitles him, this might
be any pipe-smoking civilian.
However, it’s Admiral J. O.
Richardson, commander-in-chief
of the U. S. navy, Hawaii-bound
from San Francisco.
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