Post Office Would Abolish Hawaii and
Puerto Rico Cost-of-Living Differential
WASHINGTON, UP) — A Post
Office Department proposal to
eliminate the cost of living pay
differential of postal employes in
Hawaii and Puerto Rico drew
support during a recent Congres
sional hearing.
Three members of the
House Appropriations Subcom
mittee handling the Post Office
budget called it “ridiculous” to
give federal workers in the off
shore areas higher pay scales
than in the continental United
States.
Hyde Gillette, Assistant Post
master General, told the subcom
mittee in testimony made public
yesterday, that the department
favors elimination of the cost of
living allowances in Puerto Rico
and Hawaii, but “the retention of
it on the basis of real need in
Alaska.”
Federal employes in Alaska get
25 per cent above continental pay
scales, 20 per cent in Hawaii, and
17V5 per cent in Puerto Rico.
Rep. J. Vaughan Gary (D-Va>,
the subcommittee chairman, said
he considered it “the most ridicu
lous thing in the world that we
place those employes on a higher
pay scale.”
The cost of living in Honolulu,
he said, may be higher than in
some places, “although I do not
think it is a bit higher than it
is in Atlantic City or some of our
other resort areas in this country,
such as Miami.”
“But, when you get back into
the rural areas of those islands
the cost of living is much lower
than it is in this country, and the
amount that we pay postal work
ers there is throwing the entire
salary economy out of line for the
other local enterprises and in
dustries.”
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Nonprofit or Church Lotteries, Raffles
Bill Approved In Alaska House, 29 ■ 11
JUNEAU, Ut) — Lotteries on
ice, Alaska’s favorite guessing
game, moved a step nearer to
legality Wednesday.
The State House of Represen
tatives passed, 29-11, a bill legal
izing such contests as the Nenana
Ice Classic.
hTe bill also legalizes lotter
ies and raffles held by churches
and other nonprofit groups.
It passed the Senate, 18-2 last
Friday, but the Senate must now
concur in some minor amend
ments made by the House.
'Legalizes Common Practice'
Opponents argued that the bill
would throw the 49th State open
to big-time gambling. Backers re
plied, however, that all it did was
legalize what is common practice.
The bill specifically provides
that sanctioned activities may not
include use of cards, dice, roulette
wheels, coin operated machines
and other gafhbling devices.
Voting against the bill were
Representatives John Longworth,
Alan Peterson, Dora Sweeney,
Robert Sheldon, Henry Haag, Oral
Freeman, John Curtis, Earl Hill
strand, James Hurley, Frank Cha
pados and Jay Hammond.
10 Per Cent Tax Rejected
The House rejected a number of
proposed amendments, including
a 10 per cent tax on gross receipts
of the sanctioned activities.
Among amendments adopted
were two proposed by Chapados.
One would prohibit any licensee
from carrying on more than one
activity under the law. The other
would require annual reports on
such activities to be submitted to
the Legislature by the State At
torney General and Commissioner
of Public afty.
Other amendments made small
changes in phrasing.
Rep. Richard Greuel told the
House the measure was insurance
that “Alaska won’t be a wide
open gambling state.” Hammond,
however, contended the bill “may
well open the door to organized
gambling.”
Some members of the Alaska
House jumped the gun as the
lower chamber approved the bill,
outlawing certain forms of lot
teries.
Dollar Pool During Recess
During a recess shortly before
the bill passed, members got up
a dollar pool. The object was to
pick the number of votes by
which the measure would pass.
It wasn’t learned which legis
lator won.
Rep. Robert Sheldon enlivened
proceedings with an amendment
to bring the “distinguished game
of Russian roulette” under terms
of the bill. House Speaker Warren
Taylor ruled the amendment out
of order “on grounds it might in
terfere with international rela
tions.”
The bill was listed on the
House calendar with the descrip
tion “Nonprofit Investment Op
portunities” applied by Chairman
Richard Greuel of the Rules Com
mittee.
A crowded gallery and many
senators witnessed debate on the
measure.
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