THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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Creeping Inflation At Home
IN ALL THE TALK we have heard about the perils
of creeping (or galloping) inflation and how to
stop it, one things stands out. We must make our
stand at home — with our own first State Legislature,
and we must start now, by advising our representa
tives at Juneau what measures they have under con
sideration which are inflationary.
The proposed new ESC bill is one that needs
urgent attention. If passed, every working man will
have his pay check reduced by half, and in many cases
more, of the ESC tax now deducted.
For the employer — let’s take for an example a
construction company which has bid on work for next
summer. If this bill passes, he will have to pay double,
and more on each employe (It is now 2.7 per cent for
each employe, up to $4,200). If this bill passes, it will
be 2.7 per cent, without a ceiling on each employe.
What happens next year? This company will
have to bid higher to do the same yob — and who pays? j
Yes, that’s right — the taxpayer; first from his pay
check and then higher taxes, to meet the increased
cost of operation — and so the spiral goes.
Your legislators want to know what you think;
and this bill calls for action from employers and em
ployes alike.
Your Senators.and Representatives will welcome
your letters and advice.
‘Great Day for The Irish’
The poem, “St. Patrick’s Pa-;
rade,” by Roy Fleischer, was first j
published about five years ago
and has since appeared in many '
parts of the world.
ST. PATRICK'S PARADE
By Roy Fleischer
I’ll be marching up Fifth Avenue
On fine St. Patrick’s Day,
A great day for the Irish
And I’m Irish — U.S.A.!
I’ll have the green of shamrock
And emeralds in my eyes
As I time the bagpipe music
With haughty Irish strides.
I shall be the pride of Erin
And my country — U.S.A.
That loves the Idish, each and all,
In this grandest of parades.
SUMMER IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, (#> — A sum
mer-like heat wave sent the tem
perature up to 87 degrees in Los
Angeles Thursday — hottest day
of the year.
What’s more — there wasn’t any
smog.
It was even hotter in other
Southern California cities. Long
Beach topped the list with 90.
Hotter even than the desert re
sort of Palm Springs, where it
was 87.
To equal the speed of a 4
engine jet transport plane, a
piston-powered airliner would
require 30 engines.
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Extention of Draft
I Passes in Congress
! WASHINGTON, UP) — Legisla
j tion extending the draft law four
years was sped to President Eis
enhower by the House.
By voice vote and without de
bate, the House approved a Sen
ate amendment to a bill which
passed the House last month. The
amendment dealt with the pay of
doctors and dentists in the armed
services.
The Senate passed 90-1 Wed
nesday a bill extending the draft
and related military manpower
programs until July 1, 1963.
Only Sen. Williaixi Langer (R
ND>, who has opposed draft act
extensions since World War II,
voted against it.
: The only Senate change in the
bill previouly passed by the House
was a four-year extension of the
extra pay for physicians, dentists
and other medical specialists .
175 years ago, the first perma
nent white settlement in Alaska
was established at Kodiak Island
by Alexander Baranof.
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Wade Submits
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‘Balanced’ Budget
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departments of the government.
But for the first time, those re
quests were subject to meaning
ful review by a board responsible
to the Governor.
Cut Agency Requests $6,810,417
Wade, following a hold-the-line
policy set out earlier by the ad
ministration, trimmed agency re
quests by $6,810,417.
Wade, in his budget message
to the lawmakers, said Alaska en
tered statehood financially sound.
But he cautioned against over op
timism.
The change from heavy reli
ance on federal funds, he said,
“behooves us to proceed prudent
ly and within our forseeable in
come through the transitional
period.”
The acting Governor warned
that any expenditures above those
provided for in the budget would
cut into the state’s handsome gen
eral fund surplus.
Much of the increased revenue
to support the stepped-up spend
ing program, Wade said, was ex
pected to come from two sources.
$8,019,839 From Oil, Gas Leases
One was $8,019,839 Wade esti
mated would come as the state’s
share on leases for oil and gas
lands. The acting Governor es
timated revenue from this source
during the current fiscal year at
only $3,560,535.
The other substantial revenue
increase, he said, would come
from Pribilof Island seal opera
tions — from which' Alaska now
benefits as the result of the state
hood act.
No other source of revenue listed
in the budget showed a substantial
increase.
As expected, the largest expen
diture in the new state was ear
marked for education. The Depart
ment of Education budget was set
in excess of 1 ll/f> million dollars
for next year.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mr. Charles Hignight of the
Washington, D. C., Soldiers Home,
is attempting to locate his son,
James Hignight, who came to
Alaska in 1942 and thereafter
contact was lost. James was born
in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1909,
or 1910, and while in Lexington
worked as a taxi driver. His father
and mother were separated when
he was quite young and he was
reared by a grandmother in Lex
ington. James’ father does not
know where in Alaska his son
moved; and although I realize the
information we have is very
sparse, it is hoped that someone
reading this letter may know the
present whereabouts of James
Hignight and provide me with
such information so that I may
convey this to his father here in
Washington.
RALPH J. RIVERS.
Homesteaders Are
Granted Time To
Object to Waiver
WASHINGTON, UP — Alaskan
homesteaders who have been
asked to waive oil and gas min
eral rights have been granted a
second extension of time in which
to accept or oppose the request.
Elmer F. Bennett, acting Sec
retary of the Interior, announced
yesterday that homesteaders who
are requested to waive interest in
oil and gas deposits will have until
May 6 or 30 days after receipt of
the request in which to file
replies.
Those affected are homestead
ers whose Alaskan entries have
been classified as valuable or
possibly valuable for oil and gas
development.
The classifications were made
after the Alaskans started home
steading but before they received
final title to their land.
A number of those affected live
on the Kenai Peninsula, where oil
has been discovered.
Bennett said there is widespread
misunderstanding in the new state
over a 1922 law which makes it
mandatory for the federal gov
ernment to reserve mineral rights
in lands which may have mineral
value.
He explained that under .the
law the department is not per
mitted to turn over mineral rights
to homesteaders on lands with
prospective oil afid gas value,
much less lands with such value
already established.
Some homesteaders were to
have waived interest in minerals
last November, but the depart
ment granted a time extension.
Bennett said that if a home
steader does not comply with a
request he may petition for a re
classification of his entry or ap
peal to the director of the Bureau
of Land Management.
Either action would suspend the
waiver requirement until the pe
j tition or appeal is finally decided.
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Hawaii Admitted
Into Union
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Hawaiians will have other
things to vote on, besides officers.
They must decide:
1. Whether they want statehood.
(They voted for it 2-1 in a pleb
iscite 19 years ago, but they must
vote again.)
2. Whether to accept the boun
daries defined by Congress. (This
excludes Palmyra Island, a tiny,
privately owned, coral atoll 960
miles south of Honolulu.
3. Whether to accept the fed
eral land grants and reservations
specified in the statehood bill.
Eight Major Islands
Hawaii consists of eight major
islands and a number of smaller
ones with a total land area of
6,434 square miles. Hawaii would
be the 47th state in size, bigger
than Rhode Island, Delaware and
Connecticut. In population, Ha
waii now outranks Alaska, Neva
da, Wyoming, Vermont, Delaware
and New Hampshire.
Although 85 per cent of the
territory’s residents are American
citizens, the bulk of the popula
tion is of Oriental and Polynesian
(native Hawaiian) ancestry. In the
1950 census the largest ethnic
group was Japanese, 36.9 per cent.
The precedent of Alaska’s ad
mission to the union voted by Con
gress last year opened the door
long slammed shut for Hawaii.
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