Eisenhower Tells Why He Favored
Alaska Statehood in 50 But Not Now
WASHINGTON, lift—President'
Eisenhower Wednesday gave this
explanation of the contrast be
tween his present opposition to
Alaskan statehood and a 1950
speech in which he advocated im
mediate statehood for both Alaska
and Hawaii:
”... I was not responsible at
that moment lor the national se
curity of the United States. I did
not bear the responsibility I do
now.”
The matter came up at a news
conference. Eisenhower was told
the Denver Post on Sept. 17, 1950,
quoted him as telling a Denver
audience that “quick admission of
Alaska and Hawaii to statehood
would show the world that Amer
ica practices what it preaches . . .”
He was asked what has happened
to “change your mind” about Al
* aska.
Eisenhower first restated his
present opposition to Alaskan
statehood, declaring:
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“I think there are national se
curity consideration which must
be amply catered for, and before
I can remove my objections to the
statehood of this area.”
“I have never said anything
against statehood for Alaska if
those things are taken care of,” he
continued, “and I have tried to
explain in general what they
were; so far nothing has occurred
to change that.
“At the time in 1950 when I
was talking, when I said that, I
was not responsible at that mo
ment for the national security of
the United States. I did not bear
the responsibility I do now.
“Now, I don’t mean to say that
I have changed my mind. I still
think that any territory of the
United States has got a right to
achieve the standards normally
accepted for statehood, but we
have got a very, very difficult,
rough problem up there. . . .”
HARLAN NOMINATION TO
SUPREME COURT CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, (JWThe Sen
ate Wednesday confirmed Presi
dent Eisenhower’s nomination of
Judge John Marshall Harlan to
be justice of the Supreme Court.
The vote was 71-11.
Harlan, 55, now a judge of the
Second U.S. Court of Appeals in
New York, was nominated last
November to fill the Supreme
Court vacancy left by the death
of Justice Robert H. Jackson.
Nomeites in Seattle
Turn Out to Hear
Talk by Carl Lomen
Nomeites turned out in goodly
numbers on March 3 at the meet
ing of Alaska Friends in Seattle
to hear Carl J. Lomen review his
book, “Fifty Yeai's in Alaska,”
and tell incidents of his half-cen
tury in the North.
In addition to the regular mem
bership there were the following
guests from Nome:
Aimer Rydeen, Charley D. Gar
field, D. E. Griffith, Mrs. Ole Hay,
Mrs. Amelia Kelsey, Mrs. Flor
ence Daly, Mrs. Charles Nelson,
Lina Evans, Marie A. Nergaard,
Melda Vegelius, Mildred Bartlett,
Bertie Gould, Kate Emery, Mrs.
L. Mulachy, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Gaffney, F. Jordan, Mrs. May A.
Beyers, Mrs. Van C. Griffin, Mr.
and Mrs. T. G. Engman, Mrs. Etta
Wolfe Bast.
Mrs. Engman, sister of Mrs.
Gaffney, Mrs. Thompson and
Mrs. Bast, were school girls to
gether in Nome 53 years ago. Miss
Mildred “Buster” Keaton, former
health nurse, was present and
spoke on her experiences in the
dog-sled days. Mrs. Elizabeth
Meyer, a Norwegian journalist,
was also present.
These “Coffee-Cookie Conver
sation” noon luncheon meetings
each month are proving increas
ingly popular as the place to meet
oldtime Alaska friends.
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Teachers’ Retirement Pay
And School Tax Increase
Approved by House
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, iJf)—The House Wed
nesday completed legislative ac
tion on 16 bills during the day
and sent them to the governor.
Among them was a tax proposal
and two bills to increase teachers’
retirement pay.
The tax bill boosts the school
head tax on working adults from
the present $5 to $7.50. Teachers’
retirement pay will be bQosted to
a $15 a month maximum through
increased payments by both the
territory and the teachers under
one of the other bills. The othei;
would furnish a $50 boost for
teachers already retired under the
program’s full benefits.
In the Senate legislative action
was completed on two bills to
change the “price level” on em
bezzlement and larceny. Prison
sentences would be imposed only
if the crimes involve at least $100
instead of the present $35.
The list of bills passed by the
House Wednesday included:
One to make Friday or Monday
school holidays if a legal holiday
falls on Saturday or Sunday.
Three bills to broaden the scope
of the vocational rehabilitation
program.
To set territorial office hours
and provide for Saturday morn
ing office hours with employes on
a rotation basis.
The guy who orders a soft
drink has no kick coming.
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Former Senator
Scores Luxury
Sales Tax Bill
ANCHORAGE, (^—Victor C.
Rivers, former territorial senator
and author of the basic Alaskan
revenue program which became
law in 1949, issued a statement
denouncing the so - called luxury
sales tax bill passed by the terri
torial House.
Rivers declared the bill “could
well add $100 to $150 a year to
the already heavy tax burdens of
our people.”
He added if it became law, it
would raise the cost of living and
of almost all business transactions
in Alaska by five percent.
His statement said in part:
“In the past, it has been the
policy of the Alaska legislature
to leave the field of sales taxa
tion to the cities, school districts
and public utility districts.
“Many communities have ad
opted a local sales tax to defray
their costs of local improvements
and local government. If this bill
passes, these communities would
be subject to double sales taxation
or of finding other sources of
revenue to defray costs and to
retire obligations already incur
red.
“It has been a basic policy of
the Democratic Party in Alaska,
for over 20 years, to oppose the
sales tax at the territorial level
on the grounds that it is highly
inequitable.
“There was approximately 6
million dollars in the Alaska
treasury when this legislature
met. There is no financial emer
gency which demands the levy of
this excessive sales tax. There is
enough territorial revenue to con
duct our Alaska government at a
creditable and adequate level if
the expenditures are adjusted to
revenues on hand and foresee
able.”
Fresh, unfrozen Fryers arrive
by today's Pan American plane
on sale at the Merc—A real treat!
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11... 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May , 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6.1 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30 . 1:28 pun.
1943— April 28 . 7:22 p.m.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16. 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1948— May 13.11:13 p.m.
1949— May 14.12:39 p.m.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m.
1951— April 30 . 5:54 p.m.
1952— May 12. 5:04 p.m.
1953— April 29 . 3:54 p.m.
1954— May 6. 6:01 p.m.
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