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RIGHT INTO OUR BAZAAR
Rep. Rivers Gives
Wife - Secretary
‘Reasonable' Raise
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON,' UP) — Rep.
Ralph Rivers said yesterday he
has given a $1,700 a year raise to
his wife, Martha, who works in
his Capitol Hill office.
He said the increase, effective
March 1, resulted from a deci
sion to boost the pay of Mrs. Riv
ers and another employe, Miss
Vivian J. De Lisi, to $6,596 a year,
comparable to that paid a third
woman staff member.
Through February, Mrs. Rivers
was paid at the rate of $4,800 a
year and Miss De Lisi, $5,500.
The freshman Congressman
said he reached his decision —
despite the recent furor over rela
tives on Congressional payrolls |
— in the belief the new scale j
would be just and reasonable.
“The entire staff is working 9 ■
and 10 hours a day, six days a!
week,” he said.
Rivers said he had set Mrs. Riv- j
ers’ pay at the iower scale origi
nally while awaiting actual ex-1
perience as to the extent of the I
workload.
Mrs. Rivers, who worked as a
legal secretary prior to their mar
riage four years ago, serves her
husband as personal secretary,
taking all dictation and making
his appointments.
Rivers said he anticipates little,
if any, adverse reaction from his
Alaskan constituents.
“After all, Marty and I are a
team and Alaskans know it,” he
said. “They’re also aware that her
new pay scale provides the going
rate for such services on Capitol
Hill."
He said he had received no cri
ticism from Alaska following re
cent stories that he was among
six members of Congress who had
placed their wives on the payroll.
“I did receive a couple of kid
ding letters,” he added, “about
her low salary from persons who
knew she used to make $500 a
month as a legal secretary.”
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Labor Leader
Criticizes Wade’s
Stand on ESC
JUNEAU, OP) — A four and one
half page statement by Henry
Hedberg of Anchorage, sharply
critical of acting Governor Hugh
Wade’s comments to the Legisla
ture on the key reorganization bill
drew a mild reply Wednesday.
Wade said in a three-paragraph
note that his views and those of
the State Federation of Labor’s
legislative lobbyist on employment
security were not too far apart.
He concluded:
“'If Mr. Hedberg, in his wis
dom, wishes me to plead guilty to
being a ‘political novice,’ I will
gladly do so.”
In a letter to the lawmakers
Tuesday, Wade called the bill a
J good compromise between the
I many different interests involved.
But he made it clear he did not
: entirely approve of the proposed
! agency which would combine la
j bor, employment security and
commerce. He also said it was
Governor Egan’s wish that they
I be in separate departments.
Hedberg accused Wade of what
j he called a brash statement that
' indicated an effort to dictate to
the Legislature.
“Employment security is clear
ly a labor function,” Hedberg said.
“Once it is clear to political nov
ices, this program can be brought
under control to do the job of
work in the state it was intended
to accomplish.”
In his reply, the acting Gover
nor said he still thinks the reor
ganization bill is a good one, with
certain exceptions, and he thinks
he and Hedberg are “not too far
apart” on employment security.
He continued:
“I would like to see that agency
in the Department of Labor when
it emerges from its present critical
position, as I mentioned in my
first message to the Legislature.
I have never recommended a com
mission form of operation for
ESC.”
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Montana Governor Vetoes
Truck Tax, To Keep
‘Alcan Gateway’ Open
HELENA, Mont, OP — The No.
1 highway proposal of the 36th
Montana Legislature — a weight
distance tax on trucks — has been
vetoed “solely on its lack of
merit.”
The Democrat-dominated House
was 10 votes short of being able
to override a veto by Republican
Governor Hugh Aronson.
The controversial bill, similar
to one killed two years ago, was
designed to increase revenue by
$500,000 to $1,200,000 a year.
After failing to override the
veto, House Democrats yesterday
refused to approve a Governor
requested increase in the state’s
gasoline tax, to seven cents a gal
lon from six.
Main argument was that the
motoring public should not be
forced to pay more taxes for road
purposes if the truckers’ share of
the cost was not increased.
The weight-distance tax veto
message said enactment of the
bill would have upset the network
of reciprocity which Montana
has built up. Such an act as this
would seriously jeopardize Mon
tana’s position as the gateway to
Alaska,” Aronson went on. “It is
logical that such a tax will cut
traffic on the Alcan Highway.
. . . This would be a blow to the
excellent relations which have
been built up with our sister
province of Alberta.”
Alaska Airline Fare
Reduction Proposal Is
Suspended by C. A. B.
WASHINGTON, UP — The Civil
Aeronautics Board has suspended
a proposed air fare reduction be
tween Alaska and Seattle-Port
land, and has ordered an inves
tigation.
Alaska Airlines proposed the re
ductions not only on its services
linking Anchorage, Seattle and
Portland, but in the joint fares it
offers in connection with United
Air Lines, West Coast Airlines and
Western Air Lines.
Pacific Northern and Pan Amer
ican Airways filed complaints
against the proposed reduction.
A CAB majority found the pro
posed reduced fares possibly un
just and discriminatory.
One member, Joseph Minetti,
dissented, saying he would inves
tigate but not suspend the tariffs.
Member Louis Hector said he
would permit the new fares to
become effective but would warn
the airline that the reduction
would not be approved for appli
cation to mail subsidy calculations.
Governor Approval
Expected On Fixing Of
Department Head Tenure
JUNEAU, (Jt — A bill granting
the Governor the right to fix the
i terms of all state officers has
been sent to acting Governor Hugh
Wade.
Wade was expected to sign the
bill today.
Known as the Uniform Tenure
Act, the measure in effect means
the Governor can ask any present
state official to resign.
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Nome, Alaska
Huskies Slaughter
Alumni and Others
In Ferocious Play
In the preliminary bout of bas
ketball last night, Coach “Ma”
Perkins’ great Nome Hi Huskies,
led by ferocious “Tweet” Hardy,
spanked the older Alumni and
town women 17 to 11, coached by
Arnie Castel.
The younger girls proved that
they were the superior team, at
least for this particular evening,
as they followed the spectacular
scoring thrusts of Hardy and the
rugged and effective defensive
play of “Bun” Johnsen. Hardy
was in a class all by herself, as
she rebounded, drove and shot
one-handers from all over the
court. Johnsen’s defensive floor
play was effectively backed up by
f‘towering” Gail Mclver’s con
sistent blocking of Alumni shots
and defensive rebounding.
For the Alumni, Jeannie Mogg’s
tremendous ball hawking was a
real thorn in the side of the Hus
kies’ defensive “men” as they at
tempted to get the ball down the
floor to their high scoring com
rades. Cecelia Okpealuk was great
on defense.
Both clubs had much difficul
ty finding the hoop as shot after
shot bounced off the rim and was
rebounded by the higher younger
generation.
The scoring was led by Tweet
Hardy, who had 13 for the School
ers, and Marge Benefield had 7
for the Alumni. Other players who
were outstanding were Beatrice
Lee, Wilma Francis, for the older
women, and Ellin Saito and Val
erie Adams for the Hi Schoolers.
The Boy Scouts of America ob
serves its 50th anniversary in
1960.
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Hotel Room Rents Will Be
Subject To Sales Tax
JUNEAU, — The Senate ap
proved yesterday an amendment
exempting all but transient 'rents
from the House-passed municipal
sales tax measure.
The Senate also passed an
amendment exempting from the
sales tax services performed by
doctors, lawyers, dentists, nurses,
mortuaries and ministers.
The measure was sent back to
the lower chamber for concur
rence in the changes.
The original bill, proposing
changes in the present sales tax
law, would have exempted all
rents from local sales tax levies.
The Senate amendment allows
cities to levy a sales tax on tran
sient rents, such as those charged
by hotels.
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