Congress Asked To Give
ICC Jurisdiction Over
Alaska-U.S. Transportation
WASHINGTON, UP) — Sen.
Magtnuson CD-Wash.) asked Con
gress Friday to give the Inter
state Commerce Commission (ICC)
jurisdiction over transportation
between the United States and
Alaska.
The bill, which he introduced
as chairman of the Senate Com
merce Committee at ICC’s re
quest, would give the Commission
authority now held by the Mari
time Board over water transpor
tation between the States and the
Territory.
It also would set up a 3-mem
ber nonpartisan board of Alaskans
with initial jurisdiction over
transportation within Alaska. The
board, with control similar to that
exercised by States, would oper
ate as a branch of the ICC until
Alaska receives Statehood. Its
membership would require con
firmation by the Alaska Senate.
The proposed bill, Magnuson
said, is the outgrowth of hearings
held on the West Coast and in
Alaska in 1955. Testimony was
given then that sharp competi
tion between motor carriers and
the Alaska Railroad was resulting
in “ruinous rate cutting,” the Sen
ator said.
The 6,800 acre Naval Air Test
Center at Patuxent River, Md., is
located on Cedar Point, a penin
sula bounded by nine miles of
coastline.
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Elective Officials
Bill Returned
From Governor
JUNEAU, (ff) — A bill involv
ing the terms of four elective
Alaska officials is being recalled
from the desk of Acting Gov.
Waino Hendrickson.
The House Friday asked the
Governor to return the bill —
which had been passed by both
houses and sent to him for ac
tion — to repair what were de-1
scribed as technical omissions |
and errors.
The bill would change from
April to Jan. the start of 4-year
terms of the Attorney General,
the Highway Engineer, the Com
missioner of Labor and the Ter
ritorial Treasurer.
The bill is being recalled be
cause of a question of whether
the act amends all the necessary
present laws.
It was understood the correc
tions were being proposed with
the approval of the acting Gov
ernor, indicating the bill would
be signed once it has been prop
erly amended.
If enacted, the bill will bring
to an immediate end of the “lame
duck” term of Territorial High
way Engineer Irving Reed, who
has been serving out the remain
ing part of his term since his de
feat in the last October’s gen
eral election.
Bill for Withdrawal
Of Public Lands
Passed by House Group
WASHINGTON, tfl’i—The House
Interior Committee Saturday ap
proved a bill to require Congres
sional approval of withdrawals
or reservations of more than 5,000
acres of public lands for military
purposes.
The bill would be applicable
to public lands in the continental
United States, Alaska and Hawaii
atnd in the outer continental shelf.
It also would require military
personnel to conform to state laws
governing hunting and fishing.
The bill, similar to one passed
by the House in the closing days
of the last Congress, was prompted
by the filing of applications with
the Secretary of Interior for mili
tary withdrawal of more thain two
million acres in California and j
Nevada for bombing and missile j
ranges.
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WHITTAKER NAMED
FOR JUSTICE OF
SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, Ui) — President
Eisenhower Saturday nominated
U. S. Circuit Judge Charles Evans
Whittaker of Kansas City, Mo., to
be an Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court. •
Whittaker, a Republican is 56
years old.
The appointment is to fill the
vacancy created by the retirement
on Feb. 25 of Stanley F. Reed, a
Democrat who sat on the court
tor more than 19 years.
The selection, if confirmed by
the Senate, will make the compo
sition of the court five Democrats
and four Republicans.
Coolidge’s Widow
On Critical List
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., UPi —
Mrs. Grace Coolidge’s (name was
placed on the clanger list at Cooley
Dickinson Hospital last week, her
physician said.
Dr. Hugh Tatlock said the 78
year-old widow of former Presi
dent Calvin Coolidge suffered
“cardiac and kidney failure.”
She entered the hospital last
Monday but this was not dis
closed for several days.,
Game Comm. Says
New Rule Won’t
Harm Big Game
JUNEAU, — The Alaska
Game Commission announced
that it “does not agree” with iews
that it “does not agree” with views
guide requirements will harm the
big game of the Territory.
Commission Chairman Forbes
Baker of Fairbanks called this
fear on the part of some guides
a “pessimistic viewpoint.” Said
Baker after the end of a 10-day
Commission meet:
“Non-resident big game hunt-1
ing licenses comprise less than j
one per cent of all hunting li-1
censes sold in Alaska annually
and the take by non-resident hunt
ers of deer, moose, caribou, and
sheep has been of negligible pro- •
portions.”
He added: “The kill of brown
and grizzly bears by non-resi
dent hunters, however, had been
substantially greater than on
other big game species, accounting
for approximately 50 per cent of
the reported legal kill.”
The Commission announced at
the opening of its session that it
was eliminating all requirements
that non-resident hunters hire
registered guides.
The decision followed ,}egal
opinion questioning the authority
of the Commission to impose 5
year license revocations on 5
guides accused of hunting viola
tions.
The Commission also had de
nied for 5 years the application of
an assistant guide seeking a full
registered permit.
Stamp Society Appoints
Alaska Representative
Larry M. Edmunds, Vice Presi
dent of the Society of Philatelic
Americans recently announced the
appointment of Alvin Kaufman
of Douglas, Alaska, as the Re
gional representative of the SPA,
one of the largest stamp collector
organizations in the world. In
this unpaid position, Mr. Kauf
man will visit stamp clubs and
stamp exhibits as the represen
tative of 1he SPA, hold regional
meetings to explain the advan
tages of society membership, and
check with SPA members on
their roster. He will also help to
get delinquent members and
branches to pay their dues, and as
sist the society's executive Secre
tary or Board of Chancery to re
solve differences between mem
bers and the various departments,
as well as aid in the recruitment of
mew members.
Pope Honored
On 81st Birthday
VATICAN CITY, UP) — Pope
Pius JII marked his 81st birthday
on Saturday, and messages of
greeting poured in- from all over
the world.
That day also was the 18th an
niversary of his election as head
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Early in the morning Rome
residents and tourists began gath
ering in St. Peter’s Square to
hail the Pontiff. At the Vatican
and on Vatican buildings through
out Rome, gold and white Papal
flags were flown in observance of
the occasion.
For ■ the Pope himself, the
double anniversary was little dif
ferent than any other of his work
days.
Vatican sources said he followed
his usual schedule celebrating
mass in his private chapel and
then going about his regular
work.
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