Showdowns in
Power Will Face
New Congress
WASHINGTON — The new
Congress faces likely showdowns
this week on two liberal moves—
efforts to trim the power of the
House Rules Committee and to
make it easier to halt Senate fili
busters.
Opening routine, speeches and
preliminary maneuvering stalled
action in both Houses during the
initial days of the new session.
But the Democratic Commit
tee on committees plans a meet
ing which may result in an at
tempt to purge Rep. William M.
Colmer, D-Miss., from the Rules
Committee unless some compro
mise is agreed to before then.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
reportedly is willing to throw
Colmer off the committee if neces
sary to break the hold a coali
tion of Republicans and southern
Democrats on the rules group has
on legislation.
Two anti-filibuster proposals
face the Senate. The strongest
favored by Liberals — would per
mit limitation of debate by a
majority, or 51, of the 100 sen
ators after a filibuster ran 15
days. A compromise proposal, gen
erally given a better chance of
adoption, provides that filibusters
could be halted by a three-fifths
margin of the senators voting.
It now requires approval of
two-thirds of the senators voting
to limit debate.
Southern senators fighting the
anti-filibuster proposals said that
giving “unbridled power to a
temporary majority” would un
dermine basic constitutional prin
ciples.
Rep. Howard .Smith, D-Va.,
Chairman of the House Rules
Committee said he was willing to
discuss “any honorable compro
mise” with Rayburn about his
group. But Smith said he could
not consider any proposal to
“pack the committee with left
wingers” or purge Colmer.
WE WANT HOMEWORK ! !
NEWARK, England UfV—Young
sters at a Newark High School
have asked their teachers to give
them homework because they are
bored with the same old pro
grams on TV.
Fair play for fowls: If you call
someone “silly as a goose,” you
are misleading yourself . . . or
nithologists consider the goose an
intelligent and resourceful bird.
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Public Service Commission
To Hold Open Hearings
Announcement that the State
Public Service Commission will
hold public hearings in Juneau,
Fairbanks, Nome, and Anchor
age regarding proposed rules and
regulations on air commerce,
motor freight transportation, and
public utilities as well as pro
posed laws and official reports
to the Legislature, was made by
A. H. Romick, Commissioner of
Commerce.
The hearings, said Romick, will
include but not be limited to pub
lic utility — delineation of serv
ice areas for the sale of electri
cal power; rate structures appli
cable to public owned utilities,
especially power and communica
tion utilities, anl transmission by
pipeline. Motor freight carriers —
exempt vehicles; permits; appli
cations for permits; fees; bonds
and insurance; tariffs; and hear
ings. Air commerce — certifica
tion for air commerce; applica
tion; security for protection of the
public; tariffs; accounts, records
and reports; mandatory certifi
cates; certificated carriers; con
tract carriers; air taxi operators;
hearings.
Romick’s office also noted that
an persons interested may present
statements or arguments orally
or in writing at the hearings, and
that the Public Service Commis
sion, upon its own motion or at
the instance of any interested
persons, may at these hearings or
thereafter adopt regulations on
the subjects mentioned without
further notice.
The hearings will take place at
9 a. m. in the federal buildings
at Juneau, Jan. 5-7; Fairbanks,
Jan. 9-11; Nome, Jan. 12; Anchor
age, Jan. 14, 15 anl 17.
Sam Rayburn
Speaker of the House
Marks 79 th Birthday
WASHINGTON UP) — The warm
glow that comes from good wish
es from good friends enveloped
Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Glad tidings poured in from all
sections of the country to mark
the grizzled veteran’s 79th birth
day, celebrated Friday by leading
Democrats and Republicans alike.
On the House and Senate floors
praise was extensive for the
Democrat who has served as
Speaker of the House longer than
any man in history. Rayburn has
served in the House since March
4, 1913.
President Eisenhower got off
a letter to “Dear Mr. (gam,”
which said: “For the last time, as
President, I wish you a happy
and gratifying birthday, a senti
ment in which Mamie whole
heartedly joins. Few Americans
can point to such a richness of
friends and to respect so univer
sally felt, as you can on this an
niversary. With a multitude of
others I salute a distinguished
public servant and devoted Amer
ican.”
NEW FEDERAL JUDGESHIP
IN THE OFFING
WASHINGTIN UP) — Western
Washington and Alaska would
each get a new Federal District
Judgeship under a bill drafted
by Rep. Emanuel Celler, D-N. Y.
If the bill becomes law, appoint
ment of the judges would be in
the hands of President-elect John
Kennedy.
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Alaska’s
j Election Code
Will Be Under Fire
By Ward T. Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP) — A 35-page docu
ment which sets down in detail
the rules for conducting Alaska’s
elections will probably stir up a
bitter fight in the 1961 Alaska
Legislature.
The state’s new election code,
approved by the last Legislature
and tested for the first time dur
ing the primary and general elec
tions of 1960, has already been
the center of several public bat
tles.
Dr. Lee L. McKinley, Republi
can candidate for the U. S. Sen
ate, filed a court suit in mid-Oc
tober, less than a month before
the general election, to have the
form of the ballot for that elec
tion changed.
He objected to the use of cir
cles instead of squares to desig
nate the place for voting a straight
party ticket and he contended
further that instructions for
straight party voting were inade
quate and misleading.
McKinley withdrew the suit
less than a week before the elec
tion after Superior Court Judge
Edward V. Davis of Anchorage
charged the suit was an attempt
“to put the court on the spot.”
Secretary of State Hugh J.
Wade said he used circles instead
of squares on the ballot as a
means of clarifying the ballot. He
denied the decision was politically
inspired or was an attempt to en
courage straight party voting.
The new election code, in pro
viding for a place to mark straight
party ballots, mentions only a
square. The word circle does not
appear.
The new code has been criti
cized on several other counts, too.
There have been objections to
its provisions against cross-party
voting in primary elections.
It permits cross-party voting
in general elections. This, argue
the critics, leads to confusion
among voters.
The code’s definition of a politi
cal party has been pictured as too
strict and as a discriminatory pro
vision aimed at keeping candi
dates of minor and splinter politi
cal parties off of the ballot.
According to the code, a politi
cal party is a group of voters
representing a political program
and which nominated a candidate
for governor who received at least
10 per cent of the total votes cast
at the last gubernatorial election.
There is also the complaint that
the code makes it too tough for
sponsors of initiatives or refer
endums to get their measures on
the ballot.
Among other things, the code
specifies that initiative and refer
endum petitions must be circu
lated only by a sponsor, and in
person.
This means that sponsors can
not merely leave a petition in a
public place, such as a store or a
tavern, for voters to sign and then
return to pick it up. He must re
main with the petition.
One of the major criticisms
levelled at the code is that it
contains no provisions for pre
election registration, an invita
tion to voting irregularities, par
ticularly in the heavy-populated
areas.
But, members of both parties
apparently are reluctant to re
quire registration on a statewide
basis, fearing that such a pro
vision would cut sharply into the
native vote in the isolated north
west.
They might settle, however, for
a registration requirement to ap
ply only to the heavy-voting dis
tricts, such as District 2 (Ketchi
kan), 4 (Sitka), 5 (Juneau), 10
(Anchorage), 19 (Fairbanks) and
23 (Nome).
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Probe Cause of
Nuclear Explosion
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — A
runway atomic reaction is sus
pected as the cause of the ex
plosion which killed three service
men at the National Reactor
Testing Station last Tuesday
night.
In a statement issued Friday,
the Atomic Energy Commission
said the men apparently were
killed by the force of the ex
plosion. The statement added that
if the blast didn’t immediately
cause death, the high radiation
level could have been fatal.
“From the evidence now avail
able, there are strong but not
conclusive indications that a nu
clear excursion was involved in
the incident. It cannot now be
established whether or not there
may have been an explosive
chemical reaction,” the AEC said.
The word “excursion” gener-'
ally refers to an atomic reaction
which goes out of control.
The explosion was in a metal
building which housed the proto
type of a mobile reactor intended
for use as a power source in re
mote areas. Radioactivity was so
high inside the building that ex
perts probing the cause could
stay inside only about a minute
at a time.
The victims were military tech
nicians reportedly getting the re
actor ready to start up after a
10-day shutdown. A team of AEC
officials flew here from Wash
ington to join the investigation.
A SOUND PREDICTION
JERUSALEM U’l — The Jeru
salem Post today carried a num
ber of predictions for 1961 by
Ephraim Kishon, a leading humor
ist. One said: “The Russians send
a man into space. He refuses
to re‘.urn.”
—
Bob Schloredt U of W Star
Signs With British Columbia Lions
VANCOUVER, B. C. UP) —
Quarterback Bob Schloredt, who
led the University of Washing
ton football team to two straight
Rose Bowl victories, has been
signed for the 1961 season by the
British Columbia Lions, the
Western Football Union club an
nounced today.
The Lions’ general manager,
Herb Capozzi, sent word of the
signing from Honolulu, where
Schloredt played in the annual
Hula Bowl Game.
Schloredt, 20, of Gresham, Ore.,
has been on the Lions’ negotia
tion list for some time.
REPORT LESS MARRIAGES
OTTAWA UP — Fewer Can
adians married during 1960 than
in any year since 1940. Canadian
statistics reported tolay there
were 7.7 Canadian marriages for
each 1,000 population as against
the Soviet Union’s 12.3 called
the highest in the world.
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REPORT OF CONDITION OF
Miners an<3 Merchants Bank of Alaska
of Nome in the State of Alaska at the close of business on
December 31, 1960
ASSETS
Cash, balance with other banks.$ 535,960.15
United States Government obligations ... 841,376 68
Obligations of States and political subdivisions . 34,408.86
Other bonds, notes, and debentures . 19,400.00
Loans and discounts (including $264.96 overdrafts). 1,008,452.44
Bank premises owned $15,556.43, furniture and
fixtures $14,902.39 . 30,458.82
Other assets ... 18,613.37
TOTAL ASSETS . 2,488,670.32
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations . 864,116.38
Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and
corporations . 416,166.30
Deposits of United States Government. 112,309.09
Deposits of States and political subdivisions . 791,929.33
Other deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc). 14,842.37
TOTAL DEPOSITS .$2,199,363.47
TOTAL LIABILITIES . 2,199,363.47
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital* . 100,000.00
Surplus . 100,000.00
Undivided profits . 89,306.85
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS . 289,306.85
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. 2,488,670.32
•This bank’s capital consists of 1,000 Shares of
Common Stock with total par value of $100,000.00.
MEMORANDA
Loans as shown above are after deduction of
reserves of . 30,544.97
I, William T. Haley, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
CORRECT ATTEST: WILLIAM T. HALEY, Cashier,
BOYD C. HARWOOD
NELS SWANBERG, JR.
Directors
(NOTARIAL SEAL) Q Stat* ,of. Ala!^.a. . ,
Second Judiciary District
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9th day of January, 1961.
and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this hank.
GEORGE E. BELL,
My commission expires November 22, 1964. Notary Public ’