with the bleeding finger-nails of
tax-levying legislation.
The wit and the genius to ac
complish this job is inherent in
the Alaska people, and further,
the will and the spirit to under
take it. the spirit of ALASKA AS
A PLACE TO LIVE IN, is sup
planting the stampede spirit of
’98 in the wane It is obvious
that the bedrock of a real Alas
kan patriotism, a “this is my
own, my native land” sentiment,
must be sounded, to support the
structure of a semblance of
statehood, in non-ccntiguous
United States territory.
The real job is commercial and
industrial in nature; only inci
dentally is it political. The im
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pulse that moved me to file for
the legislature, was this political
incident. I trust it invites your
support, and am confident it
dees because it includes your
proposition.
Yours very truly,
E. L. Sampson.
RACE ISSUE IN HAWAII
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agement.
..“They are young men, cut
away from their native lands,
and housed in barracks and not
any more orderly or restrained
than young bachelors of any
other people would be under the
■ am 3 circumstances.—LABOR.
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During the legislative year of
1929 all except 4 (Alabama, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, and Virginia),
of the 44 States having com
pensation laws met in regular
session. Thirty-five of the States
meeting in regular session act
ed on the subject of workmen’s
compensation. Regular sessions
were held, but no action was tak
en in Arizona, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Tennessee, and Utah,
nor in three States (Arkansas,
Florida, and South Carolina)
which have no compensation
law. However, in Arkansas, a
workmen’s compensation law
was enacted to cover only em
ployees of the State Highway
Commission injured in the
course of their employment. In
addition to their regular sessions
several States met in extra ses
sion (Connecticut, Florida, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennesee,
Texas, West Virginia, and Wyo
ming), but no action was taken
in any of these States except
Texas. Louisiana also held a
special session, but enacted no
amendments to the compensa
tion law. Mississippi, one of the
four States without a workman’s
compensation law, held a special
session, but took no action on
the enactment of a compensation
law. The Congress of the Unit
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