State Federation of Labor Convention
Takes On the Air of Political Carnival
SITKA, (41 — The federal gov
ernment should assume the res
ponsibility for wringing the red
ink from Alaska’s unemployment
insurance fund, R. L. Rettig said
Tuesday.
Rettig, Republican candidate
for the U.S. House of Representa
tives seat now held by Rep. Ralph
Rivers, told the State Federation
of Labor federal activities shoved
the fund in the hole and the fed
eral government, therefore,
should bail it out.
Rettig’s speech, on the second
day of the 14th annual conven
tion of the federation, came as
actual business of the meeting re
mained at a virtual standstill.
Speeches were the order of the
day. Sitka, in fact, took on the
air of a political carnival as a
parade of candidates and non
candidates—at least for this year
—trooped to the rostrum.
Gov. William Egan and Blake
McKinley of Palmer, son of Dr.
Lee McKinley, GOP candidate for
the U5. Senate, got in the first
licks Monday.
Egan told the some 70 conven
tion delegate’s Alaska’s great need
was a federal reinsurance pro
gram in employment security, to
spread the risk among the various
states, “which means the adoption
of a national rather than a region
al insurance base.”
Blake McKinley
Young McKinley, called in to
pinchhit for his father who found
it impossible to attend, told the
convention:
“Dr. McKinley stands, with the
Republican party, for security for
old age, adequate medical care,
better education, better housing,
protection for the rights of labor
and aid to agriculture.
“But, if these good things, are
brought about by unsound fiscal
and legislative policies, while
they may be temporarily gratify
ing, they may help start us down
the road toward federal control
and the welfare state.”
R. L. Rettig
Rettig said one of the most im
portant problems affecting the
people of Alaska is the matter
of the state’s unemployment fund
which he said was 1C million dol
lars in debt to the federal gov
ernment.
“This condition was brought
about by national defense activi
ties in Alaska,” the Anchorage
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accountant said. “Substantially all
of it was created before Alaska
became a state, during construc
tion of national defense facilities
in this state.”
“Before the people of Alaska
can have an unemployment insur
ance program, this deficit condi
tion must be recognized as a fed
eral problem. It must be recog
nized, and corrected, by the Con
gress of the United States.”
Rettig also proposed the crea
tion of a federal living allowance
for income tax purposes, based
on the relative costs of living in
each state. A $600 annual living
allowance in Alaska would save
taxpayers here six to nine mil
lion dollars a year, he said.
E. L. Bartlett
Sen. E. L. Bartlett, one of the
veteran figures in Alaska politics,
and McKinley’s opponent in No
verry>er, said America, under
eight years of Republican stew
ardship, has suffered a decline in
prestige throughout the world.
“Our allies are restive and dis
turbed at the breakdown in lead
ership,” Bartlett said in the pre
pared text of his convention talk.
Ernest Gruening
Sen. Ernest Gruening urged in
his prepared talk that the federa
tion be ever alert for any attempt
on the part of out-of-state con
tractors or employers to bypass
the use of Alaskan labor.
“The importation of outsiders
and discrimination against resi
dents,” Gruening said, has been a
historical practice in virtually
every field of labor activity.
Gruening said Alaska needs
more industry and the cooperation
of the federal government to pro
vide the essentials which Alaska
as a territory was denied.
Specifically, Gruening said, Al
aska needs federal cooperation in
the development of low cost pow
er, in the initiation and comple
tion of highway, airport and har
bor projects and in the rehabili
tation of the state’s fisheries.
NOTICE
All persons with college train
ing who wish to become substitute
teachers at Nome School are re
quested to call the Superitendenl's
office. Main 44, to get on the
substitute teachers list.
— Conrad Potter,
Superintendent
PTA Starts Calendar
Ad Campaign
The P.-T.A. which holds its
first meeting next Tuesday, have
started their calendar campaign.
This special calendar for which
Vesta Sundstrom is chairman, will
have business ads selling for $30
and individual birthdays and
anniversaries for 25 cents each.
Clubs and organizations with two
meetings a month will get a list
ing for $12.00; weekly meetings
for $18.00 and once a month meet
ings for $6.00.
Mrs. Sundstrom has stated that
more volunteers are needed to
get the listings and ads and she
would welcome assistants who
may call her home or that of the
president, Mrs. Mina Bachelder.
The PTA plans to sell 400 cal
endars, and the proceeds will go
to student activities which have
not been named as yet.
If you want your birthday
listed contact Mrs. Sundstrom im
mediately.
U.S. Army Sergeant
Pleads Gulity to Selling
Information to the Reds
BERLIN, UP) —U.S. Army Sgt.
Leroy F. Mast pleaded guilty yes
terday before a court-martial to
selling military information to
Communist East Germany. He
was sentenced to the maximum of
10 years of hard labor and a dis
honorable discharge.
Mast, 29, a veteran of the Ko
rean war, admitted giving a Ger
man girl friend papers showing
the composition of a U.S. battle
group and rifle company to pass
on to agents of Communist East
Germany in East Berlin.
The U.S. Berlin Command said
Mast’s wife, Mary Margaret, lives
in Aberdeen, Md.
The defense submitted that
Mast was driven to desperation
by marital troubles and debts.
This made him accept a sugges
tion he could get money by sell
ing information to the East, coun
sel said.
Seattle s Baseball Franchise
Sold To The Boston Red Sox
SEATTLE, UR—Seattle’s Pacific
Coast League baseball franchise
will be taken over by the Boston
Red Sox Oct. 15, an attorney for
the Seattle club said yesterday.
Only signatures of the two
owners were reported needed to
complete the deal. The sale price
was not disclosed.
Emil Sick is the owner of the
Seattle franchise and Tom Yaw
key is owner of the Sox.
The Seattle franchise will be
Boston’s second in triple-A base
ball. The Red Sox own the Minne
apolis franchise in the American
Association.
ATTENTION JAYCEES
There will be a meeting tomor
row evening at 8 p.m. at the ANG
Armory. All members are urged
to attend as committees will be
named.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—1957 4-dr Ford Sta
Wgn, radio, heater, new carb,
heavy duty shocks, muffler and
tail pipe $1490. Galleher Ma.
122 or Black 241. 114c
FOR SALE—Used Easy Spindrier
washing machine with new agi
tator $90; metal cots $7 each;
pillows $1 each. Call Galleher,
Main 122 or Black 241. 114c
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $1C.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FOR SALE—9-ft. divan-matching
ohair. Call Black 44. 13c
FOR SALE—Completely furnish
ed house with 4 lots. 'Main 37.
LOST—Black wallet of Bert Beltz.
Reward for return of papers.
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WSCS Plans Winter Work
Officers of the Women’s So
ciety of Christian Service and
committee heads were guests last
evening at the home of Mrs. Ger
ald McCray with Mrs. Wilda Reed
as co - hostess and plans were
made for the women’s group for
the winter.
Attending were the president,
Mrs. David Nease, secretary, Mrs.
Andrew Nerland, Mrs. Arthur
Nagozruk, Elsie Howe, Barbara
McKinnis, Mrs. Charles Fager
strom, Maxine Book, Emily Bou
cher, Mrs. W. B. McCarthy, Mrs.
Forrest Draper, Roberta Snyder,
Mrs. Charles Reader, Mrs. Robert
Baldwin, Beatrice Lee, Esther
Koweluk, Lydia Bell, Constance
Erickson, Reba Dickson. Mrs.
John Barrow was a special guest.
Plans were also discussed for
the covered dish supper on Sun
day evening which will precede
the quarterly conference at 5:30
p.m. and invitations were present
ed from the minister for attend
ance at the ground breaking cere
mony Sunday morning for the
new Community Methodist
Church.
Alaska Will Get $1,390,882 From
Federal Mineral Lease Revenues
WASHINGTON, UP) — Twenty
six states are receiving checks
this week totaling more than
$19,742,000 as their shares of re
sources receipts from federal
lands.
The funds come from mineral
lease revenues during the six
months that ended June 30 and
from grazing leases, timber sales
and other resource sales during
the fiscal year ended on the same
date.
Alaska will receive $1,390,882.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
Due to new school schedules
newsboys get out later than here
tofore. Delivery of The Nugget
will be later than in the past but
should reach all subscribers be
fore six o'clock.
If not received by that time
please call Main or Black 125.
FAA Buildings At
Golovin Up For Bid
The FAA is accepting bids on
property at Golovin until Oct. 14
at which time the bids will be
opened.
The property consists of four
buildings and a power distribu
tion system. The buildings are
frame structure with concrete
floors. The buildings must be re
moved from the site by August
1. 1960.
Bids must be sent to the FAA
real estate department. Box 440,
Anchorage, and will be opened by
Sidney Rood, acting chief of real
estate and utilities section of the
FAA.
Bookmakers Make Yankees 5-7
Favorite to Win World Series
RENO, 0P> — Nevada’s legal
bookmakers today made the New
York Yankees 5-7 favorites to
win the World Series and the
Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 underdogs.
Herman Byren of the Reno
Turf Club, who makes the odds
for Las Vegas as well as Reno,
ignored the possibility of any
other team winning in the Ameri
can or National Leagues.
Odds on the first game are
10-11 and take your choice.
Gambling is legal in Nevada,
but it’s illegal to accept bets from
outside the state.
PTA’s First Meeting
Set For Next Tuesday
Mina Bachelder, president of
P.-T.A. has announced that the
first meeting to be held next
Tuesday will be a get-acquainted
meeting with the parents meet
ing the teachers of their chil
dren in the school rooms. This
will be a followed by a hospital
ity hour with the executive com
mittee as hosts. The executive
committee is composed of the
president, vice president Douglas
Scott, secretary Jane Foster,
treasurer Phillip Dexter, and tea
cher represntative Marc Beau
champ.