THE NOME NUGGET
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The Commonwealth Plan
i Anchorage Daily News 1
More than a year ago The Oregon Journal sugges
ted that both Alaska and Hawaii give serious con
sideration to seeking commonwealth status, if statehood
appears unattainable. The Journal did so after hearing
Beardsley Ruml, New York tax expert and business
executive and father of the Ruml income tax withhold
ing system, outline the experience of Puerto Rico under
commonwealth status. Ruml spoke with authority as
financial adviser to Puerto Rico.
Now a new’v formed Committee for a Common
wealth has boon formed in Alaska. “Since statehood is
impossible in the foreseeable future, we are asking Al
aska's to check the many advantages of a common
wealth..’' he comm'ttee declares, “Commonwealth sta
tus would set Alaska up as a free and self-governing
unii with our affairs no longer matters to be determined
uni’aterallv by Congress but subject to consultation
between Congress and the people of Alaska. We feel
tha after A’askans have studied the commonwealth
proposal they would prefer it over statehood.”
1 Whether or not most Alaskans actually would pre
fer commonwealth status to statehood, the advantages
over territorial status, now that statehood for both
Alaska and Hawaii seems doomed for another session,
are obvious. The Journal cited most of them more than
a year ago. Here they are:
1. Under a commonwealth Alaskans would pay no
federal income taxes on money earned in the territory.
2. They would not pay excise taxes now levied on
175 articles.
3. They would pay local taxes as set by their own
legislature.
4 They would be in a position to offer term incen
tives to new industries and investment money so that
year-around jobs would be created in the territory.
5. They would become members of a completely
autonomous state, voluntarily in association with the
United States.
6. They would not jeopardize future admittance
to the Union as a state.
There are other advantages not cited by the Al
aska committee. The United States would continue
to furnish military protection, as it does today. It
would continue to handle foreign affairs. The com
monwealth would elect its own governors and judges
who are appointed now. They would be eligible for
federal aid, the same as states and territories, and
would have the same free access to American markets.
Commonwealthers can’t vote for U.S. presidents, but
neither can territorial residents.
Alaska Airlines Carried
44,790 Lbs. Mail In August
On Anchorage-Nome Run
Alaska Airlines local office an
nounce monthly figures for Au
gust traffic are as follows on the
DC-3 service from Anchorage:
Inbound passengers — 152
Outbound passengers — 163
Incoming mail — 44,790 lbs.
Outgoing Mail — 12,919 lbs.
Incoming Freight — 38,729 lbs.
Outgoing Freight — 4,751 lbs.
In addition to the regular daily
service from Anchorage, two spe
cial flights were made due to the
heavy mail loads over the route.
Gus Sieinwandel passed thru
Nome enroute to Unalakleet on
business. He is with the District
Engineers in the office of the
Project General.
Communications Comsn.
Closes Anchorage Branch
WASHINGTON, UPI—1The Com
munications Commission Tuesday
announced that in the interests of
economy it is closing its 6th re
gional office in Anchorage.,
The commission’s regional of
fice at Seattle will have jurisdic
tion in Alaska effective Sept. 15.
The present district office at
Juneau will be transferred to An
chorage. Juneau will become a
one-man sub-office.
WORMS WIN PET PRIZE
WEST HARTFORD, Conn., CP)—
Jeffrey Turesday, 8, had to argue
with officials to be allowed to
enter the West Hartford pet par
ade but Monday he walked away
with second prize.
His entry: a can of angle worms.
Accomplishments
Of Alaska GOPs
Taster! at Rally
ANCHORAGE, OP)—Governor
Heintzleman lists the release of
federally-owned lands to aid in
the development of Alaska as one
of the principal accomplishments
of the Republican administration
in the territory.
The governor made such a state
ment at Saturday's big Republican
“kick Off" rally looking forward
to the Oct. 12 election, and added:
“I think it will be only a few
days until the opening of the arc
tic petroleum reserves to private
development will be announced.”
Mrs. Barbara Dimock, Republi
can candidate for territorial dele
gate, denounced her opponent,
Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, for
what she called his “obstruction”
of passage of Alaska’s Mental
Health Bill.
She also laid the blame for the
defeat of statehood on Democratic
members of Congress.
Governor Heintzleman said that
already 75,000 acres of land have
been taken from big reservations
and placed in the public domain
to be opened for development.
Prohibitive oil and gas claim
laws have also bee-n relaxed under
the Republican administration so
that ma.ior firm? have made plans
for Alaska development work, he
added. Furthermore, he said, the
Mt. McKinley National Park
boundaries are being reviewed
with the view of withdrawing ad
ditional lands for private devel
opment.
Mrs. Dick Ludwig Visits In Nome
After Absence of 12 Years
Mrs. Richard Ludwig (Ruth Jo
hanson) visited friends here over
the weekend after an absence of
12 years. (
Mrs. Ludwig, whose home is in
Fairbanks, is the wife of Dick
Ludwig, engineer for the U. S.
Smelting Co. He has been in the
area all summer on the project of
removing the ladder of Dredge
No. 5 from the dredge pond where
it has been since early spring.
This has proved to be an engineer
ing problem requiring experienced
men, who have been brought in
from all over the States.
The Ludwigs have three chil
dren in school in Fairbanks
MARGARET HELLER BACK
FROM MONTH VACATION
Margaret Heller, local manager
for Alaska Airlines, has returned
from a month’s vacation which
was unusual and interesting.
Accompanied by her sister,
Christine, she drove down the
Alaska Hwy, crossed the Candadi
an Rockies on the Hart Highway
to Lake Louise and Calgary, then
visited Glacier National Park,
and then went west again to the
Rainier National Park.
Christine Heller is teaching at
Washington State College at Pull
man this year. Margaret returned
to Nome by air.
Fresh Reindeer al U. S. Merc
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Free Nations to Proceed With Atoms
For Peace ^ro<*ram Without Russia
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Lt. Bruch, J.
E. Smith, Berniece Baughman,
Robt. F. Baker, Capt. C. A. Young,
Lou Barton, Hugh Wade, Clifford
Yokev, Anthony Madonia, Everett
Haughland, Margaret Heller, Paul
Amarok, Maj. Ernest Poll, M. R.
Hermann, Lee Kammerer, Geo.
Ashenfelter, Bill Harvey, Paul
Dupler, Dorothy Anderson, Ben
Benson, Harold Bennett, Connie
Curtis.
To Anchorage: Berta Tucker,
Albert Heinrich, Paul Spangler,
Mrs. Boughman, Louis Baroh, Lu
Verne Thornton, Howard Green,
Theodore Okitkon, Larry Rost,
Jack Noonan, Robt. Arwine, Dick
Walsh, Frank Zimmers, Robert
Morgan, Lee Kammerer, Ernie
Blatchford, James Oumauk, Lt.
Brittain, Capt. H. E. Bard.
To Kotzebue: C. D. Liebhart,
Hugh Wade, W. C. Stephenson.
From McGrath: H. W. Edwards,
Patsy Baker and two infants,
James Baker, David Baker.
From Unalakleet: Leo Kobuk,
B. M. Young, Ronald Smith.
To Unalakleet: Bob Bartlett,
Harley Kanyak, Clara Salisbury.
WIEN AIRLINES
To Fairbanks: Walter Glavino
vich, Mrs. Ludwig, Peter Weis, P.
Parker, Lester Cox, Dr. Endresen,
Norma and Les Paneok, Elmer
Greene Jr., G. Milner, Jennie An
nakak, J. O’Connor, Ben Brous
seau, R. Bailey, Ed Darrow.
From Kotzebue: A. C. Stein
wandel, Garth Harlan, Loyd Folk,
Bud Compto'n, Ron Brown, G.
Milner, W.C. Stephenson, A. Leib
hart, B. Parker.
To Candle: Joe Kroninger.
To Kotzebue: Ron Brown.'
Ahmasuk Daughter Born Sept. 4
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ahmasuk
are the parents of a daughter born
Sept. 4.
WASHINGTON, UPl—President
Eisenhower hold the do'or open
Tuesday for Soviet cooperation in
a new Allied undertaking to
spread peaceful benefits of atomic
energy to many lands.
A diplomatic authority said
Russia’s behavior toward the Uni
ted States and particularly the
Kremlin’s rejection of a previous
Eisenhower proposal that it join
in an international atomic pool
appeared to rule out any move to
join the latest project.
Nevertheless, the decision an
nounced by the President Monday
to go ahead without Russia on an
international atomic agency plan
would appear to put the Soviet
somewhat on the spot, since they
have so far indicated no interest
in sharing their own atomic ener
gy knowhow and resources with
anybody else.
What Eisenhower disclosed was
that the United States government
has agreed with other nations to
set up an agency to “fosier the
growth and spread of new atomic
technology for peaceful use.” The
President did not name the coun
tries, but an aide at the summer
White House in Denver said they
are Britain, France, Canada, Aus
tralia and South Africa.
Eisenhower expressed hope that
“no nation will long stand aloof”
from the enterprise. This seemed
clearly to keep the door open for
Russian cooperation provided the
Soviets are interested.
For the time being, the Presi
dent made clear, the project aims
to provide benefits for friendly,
free nations.
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