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TODAY'S CIVICS LESSON
Assistance In Difficult Times
eIMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT the 49 States are
now celebrating National Library Week.
In these times, more than ever before, we must
read in order to maintain the intellectual vigor with
which to face our problems; expand our mastery of the
scientific revolution in wthich we live; enlarge our
understanding of the other peoples of the world; renew
our spiritual and cultural heritage; rededicate our
selves to the ideals of a free society.
Alaskans are facing the pressures and challenges
of unprecedented growth and the privileges and re
sponsibilities of Statehood. We have a special obli
gation to make speedy and informed judgments,
requiring the assistance of all useful printed records
of experience and knowledge in this difficult task,
states acting Governor Wade in his proclamation
announcing Library Week.
Nome maintains an excellent public library, with
up-to-date reference books, and a wide selection of
both fiction and non-fiction. If you are not a regular
patron, make it a point to visit the library, which is
upstairs in the City Building, and open on Friday
evenings and Saturday afternoons.
Most people return small fa
vors, acknowledge middling ones,
and repay great ones with in
gratitude.—Beniamin Franklin.
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Joint Session Meeting
Expected for Action on
Egan’s Appointments
JUNEAU, (*) — The Legislature
may meet in another joint session
before adjournment, to act on
amendments to certain state po
sitions.
Governor Egan told newsmen
late Monday he may ask the law
makers to act on some executive
appointments before they end
their duties until next January.
They will represent his personal
choices although made by acting
Governor Wade, he said.
They will probably include ap
pointments to major posts at the
head of the state departments
created by the recently enacted
reorganization law, Egan said. He
did not indicate which ones they
would be.
Only one cabinet-level appoint
ment has been made so far, that
of Floyd Guertin as Commissioner
of Administration.
*AP Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, Of) — The De
fense Department apparently
shudders at the vision of an Alas
kan pointing a finger at a nearby
mountain pass and shouting,
“They went thataway.”
At least it wants an amend
ment to the pending omnibus bill
to prevent the use of military
forces in Alaska in a posse.
Such use is banned in the 48
other states by a 1956 enactment
which specifically exempts Alas
ka from the prohibition.
Although Defense thinks it may
be improper to continue authority
in Alaska while denying it in the
other states* the Justice Depart
ment thinks the provision ought
to stay on the books. Justice —
which would administer the pro
vision —. said it is applicable only
for the enforcement of federal
laws and on occasions when nor
mal law enforcement machinery
isn’t available.
The subject, connected in pop
ular imanigation more 'with the
old West than with Alaska, was
one of several ideas proposed by
the Defense Department during
drafting of the Administration’s
transition proposal.
»" • «
The National Science Founda
tion has outlined a one-million
dollar program in an appeal to the
House Appropriations Committee
for funds to finance a new Arctic
research program covering fields
not now being looked into by any
other agency. Major item is a
$450,000 allowance for research in
the upper atmosphere.
Among the subjects mentioned
were the effects of daylight and
darkness on Arctic animals, exam
ination of permafrost to deter
mine its basic physical properties
and age, and rocket studies into
the upper atmosphere.
Although he did not specifically
spell out how the work should be
carried out, Dr. Allan T. Water
man, foundation director, told the
committee it would be conducted
by educational institutions such
as the University of Alaska at
College.
John F. Doyle, assistant U. S.
Attorney, pooh-poohed the conten
tion raised in the brief of Alaska
fish trap interests that Secretary
of the Interior Seaton’s ban on
traps was prompted by politics.
He told District Judge John J.
Sirica that his reading on the sub
ject indicated the view of Alas
kans — “whether held by Demo
crats, Republicans, Tories, Whigs
— or Dixiecrats, if there are any
up there — was to get rid of those
fish traps.”
• • •
Rep. Alfred E. Santangelo (D
NY) has asked Congress to make
the 50-star flag official this July
4 irrespective of the date on which
Hawaii is admitted into the union
as a state.
Similar to the proposal made
earlier by Sen. Henry Jackson (D
Wash), the effect would be to make
the 49-star flag required by Alas
ka’s admission obsolete even be
fore it became official.
• In a letter to Rep. Emanuel
Celler (D-NY), House Judiciary
Committee chairman, Sen. Bob
Bartlett opposed the idea on
grounds “Alaska should have its
‘hour of glory’ for this period of
one year.”
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Legislators In High
Gear, Nearing
Session Deadline
JUNEAU, — The first Alaska
Legislature got into high gear
Monday, speeded through bills and
appeared headed for adjournment
by its target date Wednesday
night.
The big money bill, that is the
last major piece of legislation
awaiting passage before adjourn
ment, whipped through the House
and was introduced in the Senate.
The measure calls for expendi
tures of 27 Vz million dollars in
general fund revenue for the fis
cal year starting July 1 — and
covering Alaska’s first full budget
year under statehood. It was intro
duced Sunday and cleared the
House with only three amend
ments.
The changes amounted to a net
addition of $50,000 to the proposed
budget, bringing the general fund
outlay to $27,599,855.
The only opposition vote to the
budget bill came from Teller
Democrat Robert Blodgett.
Meanwhile, the Senate approved
a $1.50 hourly minimum wage in
Alaska and returned the bill to the
House for acceptance of a minor
amendment.
The House earlier had approved
the bill to lift the minimum from
the present $1.25 an hour. The
change made by the Senate would
exempt persons under 18 who
work less than 20 hours a week.
The House version had exempted
part-time employes of motion pic
ture theaters and the Senate ver
sion exempted any minor not
working full-time.
The bill also exempts farm
workers, executives, salesmen,
shrimp pickers, newspaper deliv
ery boys, baby sitters and domes
tic workers.
The House also approved a bill
which backers said would set up a
“watered' down version” of a state
public service commission. Under
the measure, the P.S.C. would be
only a study group at the start.
The Senate-approved bill was sent
to the Governor without change.
One of the real tragedies of life
is to be found in the number of
years spent before the value of
time is even suspected.
Civil Service Commission
Calls for Specialists to
Work In Alabama Arsenal
Engineers, Electronic Scientists,
Metallurgists and Physicists are
needed at Redstone Arsenal, Ala
bama, the United States Civil
Service Commission announced
last week. The salaries for the
Engineer positions range from
$4,490 to $12,770 a year, and for
the scientist positions, from $4,490
to $11,595 a year.
To qualify, applicants must have
had appropriate education or ex
perience or a combination of both.
Applications will be accepted
from students who expect to com
plete within 9 months all scholas
tic requirements needed to quali
fy in this examination.
Full information regarding these
positions may be obtained from
Mr. George A. Bayer, located at
206 Federal Building, Nome.
Fishermen Praise Peiping
On Return to Japan After
Detention in Red China
TOKYO, (T> — Fifty-one Jap
anese fishermen returned from
five months’ detention in Commu
nist China Tuesday in fishing
boats plastered with pro-Commu
nist signs and slogans.
The fishermen were cool to their
welcoming families, and a 11
praised the Peiping government.
Signs on their four boats said:
“Foster friendship between Ja
pan and Communist China! Abro
gate the Japan-United States se
curity treaty! Down with the Kishi
Cabinet! Protect Peace!”
Chinese patrol boats captured
the men off the Shantung Penin
sula last November.
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