Sen. Charles Jones Elected President
Of Senate in 21st Alaska Legislature
As Committee Heads Are Named
By JIM HUTCHESON <
JUNEAU, (#1 — The 21st Alaska
Legislature squared away Tues
day for the start of its 60-dav job
after election of officers and the
naming of committees.
Sen. Charles Jones, Nome Re
publican, one of the four living
members of Alaska’s first legisla
ture 40 years ago, was elected
permanent Senate president Mon
day without opposition. Rep.
George Miscovich, Flat, was
named House speaker after Rep.
Frank Johnson, Kake, who out
ranked him in length of service,
declined to serve. Both are Re
publicans.
The key Senate Appropriations
Committee will be headed by Sen.
Butrovich, Fairbanks, Senate Re
publican leader, with Sens. Nolan
(D-Wrangell, Lyng (D-Nome), and
Gorsuch (R-Anchorage) as mem
bers, the Committee on Commit
tees decided.
The chairmanship o'f the influ
ential Rules Committee, which de
cides the bills which get prece
dence in the session’s critical clos
ing days, was given to Sen. Lyng,
with the other members Sens.
Nolan, Butrovich and Robison (R
Anchorage).
The Labor Committee will be
headed by Sen. Nolan, with the
other members Sens.. Beltz (D
Haycock), Butrovich and Robison.
Other committee chairmanships,
one of which was allotted to each
senator, were:
Purchasing and Permanent Help,
Jones iR-Nome); Engrossment, Ip
alook (R-Kotzebue); Education,
Lhamon (R-Fairbanks); Banking,
Gorsuch; Elections, Robison; Fish
eries and Game, Engstrom (R-Ju
neau*; Agriculture and Forestry,
Beltz; Judiciary, Stepovich (R
Eairbanks*; Mining and Manufac
turing, Snider (R-Wasilla); Mu
nicipal Affairs, Barnes <R-Wran
gell'; Taxation, Jensen (D-Doug
l-as>; Territorial Offices and In
stitutions, Coble (R-Fairbanks);
Transportation and Highways,
Egan (D-Valdez).
The chairmen of the House
committees:
Mining and Manufacturing, Bul
lock 'R-Kotzebue*; Special Com
mittee on Statehood, Duffield (D
Nome>; Ways and Means, Reps.
Johnson (R-Kake* and Prior <R
Anchorage), co-chairmen; Rules,
Stringer (R-Anchorage); Public
Welfare, Olsen (R - Anchorage);
Agriculture, Snodgrass <R - An
chorage*; Banks, Locken (R-Pet
ersburg*; Vetei’ans Legislation :
and Civil Defense, Boardman (R- |
Ketchikan*; Education, Coghill I
(R-Fairbanks); Elections, Poliuck I
>
(R-Anchorage); Judiciary, Hurley
(R-Fairbanks); Labor, Rutherford
(R-Anchorage); Municipal Affairs,
Hendrickson (R-Juneau); Engross
ment, Greuel (D-Fairbanks); Per
manent Help, McKinley (R-An
chorage); Public Health and Mor
als, Dimock (R-Anchorage); Fish
eries and Game, MacSpadden
(R-Juneau); Transportation and
Roads, Wilbur (R-Fairbanks); In
stitutions, Eastaugh (R-Juneau);
and Special Committee on Hous
ing, Rentschler (R-Anchorage. .
In his first address to the Sen
ate after his election as president,
Jones, 77-year-old Nome pioneer,
forecast a strenuous session.
“There is much work to do,” he
said. “We have a harmonious start
and hope we will continue so.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by toe
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight and to
morrow. Northeasterly winds 20
to 25 miles an hour with occasion
al gusts to 35. Lowest tempera
ture expected tonight 8, highest
expected tomorrow 15.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Highest temperature
9, lowest 5. Maximum wind 3.4
miles an hour from the northeast.
Sunrise at 8:57 a.m., sunset at
3:33 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
highest 24, lowest 1. Extremes on
this date since 1907: highest 39
in 1929, lowest -46 in 1919.
Oiher stations, 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -3 Cloudy
Kotzebue 0 Part cloudy
Wales -5 Part cloudy
Gambell 1 Clear
Nome 9 Part cloudy
Unalakleet -3 Part cloudy
Bethel -13 Clear
McGrath -39 Part cloudy
Anchorage -13 Clear
Fairbanks -32 Part cloudy
Whitehorse -45 Clear
Edmonton -14 Light snow
Juneau 1 Cloudy
Ketchikan 26 Snow
Seattle 39 Rain
San Francisco 51 Part cloudy
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MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
Gold Firm Holds
U.S. Liable for Its
Losses Since 1942
WASHINGTON, UPC-Homestake
Mining Co., Lead, S.D., contended
Monday the government is liable
for damages because of an Qct.
8, 1942 order that closed all gold
mines as a wartime measure.
At a hearing before Commis
sioner W. E. Day of the U.S.
Court of Claims, Donald H. Mc
Laughlin, president of Homestake,
said the mine was operating at a
profit in 1942 and he saw no rea
son why it would not have con
tinued to do so.
I Homestake is seeking $10,777,
448 from the government as dam
ages from the time the mine
closed in late 1942 to revocation
of the order June 30, 1945.
In addition to Homestake, the
country’s largest gold producer,
15 other gold mining companies
or interests were represented at
the hearing, whi#h is expected to
last several weeks.
Shaw Livermore, an economist
with the Defense Mobilization Ad
ministration, explained how, as
an official of the War Production
Board <WPB) during the war, he
helped draw up priority orders to
preserve the defense materials.
He said a series of “L” orders
were designed to save scarce mat
erials by stopping the manufac
turing of end products. The WPB
order which closed the gold mines
was L-208.
Asked by counsel of Homestake
if he knew of any other industries
that were closed down and that
had not used critical materials in
the end product, Livermore said
he did not.
Others represented at the hear
ing and the amount of damages
asked include: Alaska - Pacific
Consolidated Mining do., Seattle,
$209,719; Edgecumbe Exploration
Co., Sitka, $40,000
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