THE
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _
62nd Year No. 37 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1961 _Per Copy 15<
JFK Sends Representative to Juneau
To Explain Lifting of Crabmeat Ban
JUNEAU (ft — The Kennedy I
Administration sent a personal !
representative to Juneau today '
to explain the federal govern
ment’s action last week in lift
ing a 10-year crabmeat ban on
the importation of Russian crab
meat.
Joseph W. Barr, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury, was sched
uled to arrive in Juneau at noon
today and was to meet with mem
bers of the Legislature tonight to
discuss the background of last
week’s crabmeat order.
Barr’s trip was arranged hur
riedly after Gov. Egan and Sen.
E. L. Bartlett talked personally
and by telephone with President
Kennedy and Secretary of the j
Treasury Douglas Dillon.
In lifting the Russian crabmeat |
ban, the Treasury Department j
said there was no evidence at j
present to indicate that Russian I
crabmeat was being processed j
with slave or prison labor, the
basis for the original ban.
The Treasury Department also j
termed the lifting of the ban a
“goodwill measure.”
The government’s action
brought a storm of protest from
Alaska’s Legislature, its fisher
men, its Congressional delegation
and representatives of other
states with a heavy investment
in the crab fishing industry.
Egan told Dillon in a letter that
the lifting of the ban would be
a crippling blow to Alaska’s King
Crab industry, which is just grow
ing out of the infant stage.
The Alaska State Senate, the
day the ban was lifted, demand
ed that the Treasury Department'
D. C. Residents
Gan Now Vote
In National Elections
WASHINGTON Iff) — The 23rd
Amendment to the Constitution
permitting District of Columbia
citizens to vote for President and
Vice President became law today
with ratification by three-fourths
of the states.
New Hampshire and Kansas
completed the process by voting
in quick succession to become the
37th and 38th states to ratify.
Thus, permanent residents of
the national capital, situated
originally on land ceded by Vir
ginia and Maryland officially in
corporated in 1802, will vote for
the first time in a national elec
tion in 1964.
Before today’s action the Con
stitution provided the vote only
for residents of the various
states.
The chairman of the District
Board of Elections estimates that
between 200,00 and 250,000 resi
dents will vote then.
Citizens in this area voted for
President through 1800, but that
took place under state laws be
fore the capital was officially
established.
The district, or Federal City, will
have three votes in the Electoral
College. But the district still will
have no representation in Con
gress.
send a personal representative to
Juneau to explain the govern
ment’s action.
Dillon advised Sen. Frank Per
atrovich, President of the Senate,
only last weekend that the Treas
ury Department would be unable
to comply with the demand.
But yesterday, three days later,
President Kennedy apparently
ordered Barr to fly to Juneau
aordered Barr to fly to Juneau
and explain the lifting of the ban
to the Legislature..
Recommend Extension
Of Some 380 Miles
Of Alaska Highway
WASHINGTON UP — Con
gressional approval of a plan to
extend the Alaska Highway across
Alaska to the Canadian border
will be recommended by the Alas
ka International Rail and High
way Commission.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett said the gov
ernment-built extension would
run some 380 miles from Rex
Station, 85 miles south of Fair
banks, to the Alaska-Canadian
border.
The cost is estimated at about
$114 million, Bartlett said in sum
marizing a tentative draft of
recommendations adopted at a
meeting of the commission today.
The commission also will rec
ommend a multimillion-dollar
highway network that would con
nect Alaska with the 48 other
states on the continent.
Roughly, 84 per cent of the rec
ommended highway projects
would lie in Canada.
Bartlett said the report would
ask Congress to approve the proj
ects for future negotiations with
Canada in a manner to be deter
mined by the Secretary of State.
Plan Financial Aid
For Exploration of
Needed Minerals
WASHINGTON OP — Tentative
plans to provide federal financial
aid for exploration for gold, sil
ver, iron ore, bismuth, sulphur
and tellurium were announced by
Secretary of Interior Stewart L.
Udall yesterday.
He said the proposed addition
of gold, silver and iron ore to the
list was designed to strengthen
the domestic mining industry and
to aid depressed areas.
Under another proposed action
reported at a news conference,
Udall said the government would
pay up to 75 per cent, instead of
50 per cent, of the authorized ex
ploration costs of the minerals it
regards as more critically need
ed. These critical minerals in
clude asbestos, beryllium, chro
mite and mica.
$79,320 Granted to Fairbanks
For Sewer Construction
WASHINGTON OP — A $79,
320 grant to Fairbanks for con
struction of an interceptor sewer
was approved today by the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare.
Legislators Take
Time—Shoo
Pig eons Homeward
JUNEAU UP — Six homing
pigeons — pride of the pigeon rac
ing stables of the Alaska Pio
neers’ Home at Sitka — streak
ed skyward late yesterday from
the steps of the capitol in a race
of House against Senate.
The birds were sent to the Leg
islature earlier in the day by air
express, with the request that
they be released for the long dis
tance “training flight.”
Three of the pigeons bore leg
tags with “S” for Senate, and three
were marked “H” for House.
Wrote James F. Harrigan, su
perintendent of the Pioneers’
Home and water boy for the Pio
neers’ Homing Pigeon Club:
“If in the course of your busy
and hectic days you can find the
time, the Pioneers request that
all six piegons be released from a
window of the Legislature si
multaneously and we shall see
which comes home first — the
House or the Senate.”
With the Legislature now in its
66th day, it was a question a
number of legislators were ask
; mg themselves.
So, with House Speaker War
ren Taylor of Fairbanks and Sen
ate President Frank Peratro
vich in the lead, legislators troop
ed outside and released the pi
I geons fro mthe capitol steps at
precisely 3:38 p. m.
A cheer went up as the flock
headed towards Ketchikan,
j doubled back towards Skagway,
and then veered straight and true
! for Sitka.
Lawmakers looked as though
they wanted to go too.
SEVERAL RACING
TEAMS ARRIVE
Several dog teams have already
arrived for the Dog Derby, in
cluding Larry Westlake of Kiana
and Richard Gallahorn from Kot
zebue. Westlake arrived from
Fairbanks today having competed
in the North American Cham- j
pionship races there and before
that in the Anchorage races.
All mushers are urged to reg
ister as soon as possible at Mor
gan and Sen store. The trail has
been staked so that the early
teams will have ample opportun
ity to familiarize themselves with
it.
NOW THERE IS
ROUTE TO GET THERE . . .
LANSING, Mich. — The
Michigan Highway Department
shows the tiny community of Hell
on its official maps this year
for the first time.
“We decided to put Hell on the
map because so many persons
wrote asking where it was and
how they could get there,” said
Commissioner John Mackie. It’s
about 15 miles southwest of
Howell in southeastern Michigan.
The department also recom
mended motorists visit Paradise,
about 50 miles north of Sault
Ste. Marie.
Rep. Mark Jensen
Claims Lobbyists
“Pulling Strings”
JUNEAU {ft — Rep. Mark Jen
sen told the House yesterday that
labor lobbyists were “pulling
strings” to control the movement
of labor bills in the lower cham
ber.
Jensen blasted what he called
the “bully tactics” of Lew Disch
ner, lobbyist for the Teamsters
Union, who sent registered letters
to Reps. Donald Harris and Se
gundo Llorente asking them to
apologize for statements made on
the floor of the House.
Harris told the House that
Dischner had “intimidated” him
because of his vote on an amend
ment to an overtime pay bill.
“The word intimidate was too
mild,” Jensen told the House. “I
would call it bullying.”
“It is a well known fact that
Dischner is pulling strings to hold
SB29 in committee to use it as a
lever to bring out four bills sent
to the Rules Committee for study
until 1962.
SB29 would extend the em
ployment security benefit period
from 26 to 28 weeks.
“Now those bills will have a
stigma on them any time we act
on them.”
Dischner said that Jensen’s re
marks were “not worthy of com
ment.”
Two of the four labor bills which
had been sent to the Rules Com
| mittee were on the House cal
j endar for final action today.
They were SB28, dealing with
the minimum wage, and CSSB93,
which extends overtime hours
provisions of the State Wages
and Hours Act.
Quads Born
To Pair Increase
Family to Ten
HOLYOKE. Mass. UP — Quad
ruplets were born to Mrs. Ray
mond J. Feyre, 35, today, in
creasing the family children to
10.
The 114-pound, 5-foot-3V£ wife
—prepared for triplets—exclaim
ed “you’re kidding!” when the
doctor gave her the news.
The father, 38, a $120-a-week
insurance agent, was told to
sit down before the doctor gave
him the news.
The babies, ranging in weight
from 3 pounds, 5 ounces up to 3
pounds, 13 ounces, had been ex
pected in May.
Doctors described the condi
tions of all, and the mother, as
excellent.
The mother was sped to the
hospital for the premature births,
all of which took place within a
10-minute time span. May 17 had
been the birth date forecast by
doctors.
Two of the quads are girls and
two are boys.
Having caught his breath after
the first excitement, he said
bravely to an interviewer, “I’m
the father and I’m going to sup
port them. I’m thrilled.”
17 Candidates
File for City Posts
There will be competition for
all municipal offices on the Tues
day election except for the posi
| tion of City Clerk, as the incum
j bent, Robert Scott is the only
candidate.
Running for Mayor are Roscoe
Wilke, who has served on the
Council and A1 Doyle who is at
present a councilman. Both are
permanent residents, owning their
own homes and having families.
For the Nome School Board are
Dorothy Grant, wife of Robert
Grant, area director for BIA who
is up for re-election and Paul
Mandeviile, local hotel and bar
owner.
For the five year term on the
Utility Board are W. W. Laws,
I somewhat retired businessman
who has been caring for the Nome
Liquor Store during the absence
of its owner; Bob Lewis, owner
of the Hagen’s Jewelry; and
' Charles Reader, contractor and
taxicab owner. All three have
many years residence and know
Nome’s problems well.
For the two year term on the
Utility Board are Charles D.
Jones, veteran legislator and Bar
row Morgan of Morgan and Son.
Running for the Council on the
one year term are Paul Tiulana,
King Island leader; Wm. Wright,
| employed on the Anvil Mt. site,
and John Reader, manager of the
Breakers Bar.
For the two year term on the
Council are Hap Lancaster, of the
State Highway Dept.; Charles Fra
zier, Billikin Gift Shop and Bil
likin Realty; Keith Hedreen,
owner of Polar Enterprises; Jim
owner of Polar Enterprises; and
Jim McLean, owner of Modern
Cleaners.
Mrs. Bob Emmons who had
registered as a candidate for the
Nome City Council has with
drawn due to a technicality of
the law. Although she has
lived here many years, she has
voted in the Little Creek pre
cinct while residing in the state
highway area which makes her
ineligible to file for city office
this year.
Several of the candidates at
tended an open forum meeting
with the Arctic Native Brother
hood Tuesday night with ANB
Vice President Harry Carter as
moderator.
Each candidate gave a short
talk outlining his reasons for
seeking public office and then
they answered questions from the
audience.
Participating candidates were:
Roscue Wilke, Hap Lancaster,
Paul Tiulana. Chas. D. Jones,
and Bob Scott.
MISSING SEAL HUNTERS
FOUND SAFE
ANCHORAGE UP! — Three seal
hunters missing on Norton Sound
were found at Egavik yesterday
in good condition, Wilfred Ryan
of the Civil Air Patrol Squad
ron at Unalakleet radioed.
They were Donald Etegeak,
Frank Pitmiktalik and Quincy
Sarren. They left Unalakleeet
three days ago with two dog
teams, the CAP here was notified.
ARCTIC CLUB
Dog Races Saturday, April 1st
ALL TEAMS MUST REGISTER AT MORGAN & SON