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REED OPPOSES TAX CUTS
The chief Republican spokesman on taxes in Con
gress, Representative Daniel A. Reed of New York,
says tax relief next year would be “premature.”
Reed, the senior Republican member and former
chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee,
says the present outlook for world peace and the eco
nomic position in the United States does not warrant an
immediate tax cut. Reed’s comments are interesting in
view of a recent statement by Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey.
Humphrey said that a balanced budget “can” be
achieved if certain economies are made, and if good
business assures heavy tax collections. Humphrey said
a projected deficit of $1,700,000,000 could be wiped out
by economies and higher-than-expected tax collections.
Reed believes the economic position of the govern
ment is improving but doubts that the present interna
tional situation justifies a tax cut. He says there is little
prospect of a substantial reduction in military expendi
tures, which are now running well over $30 billion, and
believes that until military expenses can be cut, taxes
cannot be reduced.
It is almost certain that Reed will run into major
opposition, from both parties, in the next session of
Congress, many members of which want to vote tax
cuts in an election year. The Republicans would like
both to balance the budget and cut taxes; and Demo
crats, who tried to cut taxes last year, will not want to
oppose such cuts in an election year.
SIGHT-SAVING MONTH
The month of September has been proclaimed as
Sight-Saving Month, with an educational program
sponsored by the National Society for the Prevention
of Blindness. More than 27,000 new cases of blindness
occur annually, half of which are considered to be pre
ventable.
TWIN SUPERLINER
Clarence Morse, U.S. Maritime Board Chairman,
recently said the “serious talking stage” has been
reached in discussions about building a vessel, matching
the superliner United States, pride of the American
merchant fleet in size and speed. The first superliner
cost $70,000,000.
Bronson Writes Indignant
Letter To Heintzleman
Over Board Appointments,
Representative Lester Bronson
of t his division has requested
publication of this letter showing
his indignation at no appointment
having been made for Second
Division member of the Board of
Road Commissioners to replace
Ben Young of Nome.
Gov. Heintzleman,
Juneau, Alaska.
Sir:
The Representatives and Sen
ators of the Second Division here
in Nome have watched your ef
forts in the appointments and re
appointments to various boards
presented to the 22nd Legislature, j
We are frankly disappointed that I
you did not follow the recommen
dations of the elected body from
this division. They were very
clear and concise. There was but
one change requested and the
name for replacement was put be
fore you. It has been brought to
our attention that you have of
fered this position to another in
dividual.
Personally I wonder who guides
this decision of yours to disre
gard the wishes of representatives
of any part of the Territory. This
attitude of Alaska’s executive de
partment indicates that real Al
askans shall be more determined
to have statehood as quickly as
possible for more direct compli
ance to their majority wishes.
If you remember, sir, the only
change requested was on the
Board of Road Commissioners.
This was the decision of the ma
jority of the elected body and if
your advisers indicate that you
should deviate from our recom
mendations I think that you
should fire the bunch and find
more suitable replacements.
Most sincerely,
Lester Bronson
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled py the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with rain tonight and
Tuesday. N.E. winds 10-*20 mph
becoming S.E. Tuesday. Low tem
perature expected tonight 32, high
tomorrow 44.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
40, lowest 30. Max. wind 25 mph
from the east. Sunrise at 5:57
a.m., sunset at 5:48 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
petature 45, lowest 43. Extremes
this date since L907: highest 56 in
1926, lowest 21 in 1943.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 23 Cloudy
Kotzebue 32 Cloudy
Wales 38 Cloudy
Nome 40 Cloudy
Unalakleet 4 37 Cloudy
Bethel 42 Cloudy
McGrath 31 Part cloudy
Anchorage 40 Cloudy
Fairbanks 30 Clear
Edmonton 50 Cloudy
Juneau 49 Cloudy
Ketchikan 52 Cloudy
Seattle 51 Drizzle
San Francisco 60 Part cloudy
Nome Laundry
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& Cleaners
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Will Re-Open When
Owner Returns
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Lyng’s Death Leaves
Legal Issue on Write-ins
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gate’s seat. He did not submit a
nominating petition with the re
quired number of signatures, as
required by law. That fact alone
might eliminate him from consid
eration for the vacancy.
On the other hand, Walsh did
receive the next highest number
of votes, even though his name
was not on the ballot.
The convention election was
governed by the Alaska law,
which sets forth how ballots
should be prepared. The law spec
ifies that the official ballot of a
general election (and the Sept. 13
special election was conducted
under the same procedure) shall
provide spaces equal to the num
ber of candidates for an office
“upon which the voter may write
the names of persons for whom he
desires to vote and whose names
are not printed on the ballot.”
The Constitutional Convention
election ballots were printed ac
cordingly, with the proper num
ber of blank spaces for write-ins.
It would appear that the intent
of the law governing elections
was drafted ^in such a manner as
to provide an opportunity for the
election to office of those persons
who have not filed • nominating
petitions.
The territorial Attorney Gener
al’s Office is pondering the ques
tion now and is trying to decide
how to advise Gov. Heintzleman
•a to what he should do regarding
the Lyng vacancy.
Apparently the Attorney Gen
eral’s Office has three ways in
which it can advise in its draft of
the opinion requested by the gov
ernor:
1. It can advise that Heintzle
man call a special election.
2. It can advise that the govern
or declare Walsh legally entitled
to fill the Lyng vacancy.
3. Or it can advise the governor
to declare the seat permanently
vacant.
At any rate, the question still
remains: are write-in votes valid
or not?
All-White Jury
Acquits Pair in
Negro Boy Killing
SUMNER, Miss., An all
white jury, composed mainly of
Delta cotton farmers, acquitted
two white storekeepers of the
murder of a 14-year-old Chicago
Negro boy Friday, but the half
brothers spent the night in a
neighboring county jail.
Roy Bryant, 24, and John Mi
lam, 36, still face charges of kid
daping Emmett Louis Till from
the sharecropper shack in Leflore
County where he was vacationing
with his uncle, Mose Wright. ,
The two men were tried in Tal
lahatchie County because a bat
tered, bullet-pierced body—buried
as Till’s, but later rejected by the
jury—was fished from the muddy
Tallahatchie River inside the
county line.
Jury Foreman J. A. Shaw said
identification of the body was the
deciding factor in the 1 hour 7
minute deliberation that resulted
in an innocent verdict on the third
ballot.
“The verdict is as shameful as
it is shocking,” said the National
Assn, for the Advancement of Col
ored People. “The jurors who re
turned it deserve a medal from
the Kremlin for meritorious ser
vice in Communism’s war against
Democracy.”
Bryant and Milan spent the
night in the Leflore County jail
when their attorneys differed with
state officers over the amount of
bond needed for their release un
der the kidnap charges.
The quiet announcement 6f the
verdict came as an anti-climax to
the ringing oratory of summing
up arguments that held jury and
audience in rapt attention.
GIVING IN TO THE TIMES
WARRENTOWN, Va. (J*—Madi
son’s Barber Shop hiked the price
of haircuts Friday—from 35 to 50
cents. It’s the first increase in
more than 25 years, said the oper
ator, Charlie Madison.
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