The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 13, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR D ,l Al k E e No sales tax? ‘'No, the Territory’ has no sales tax. m y as a mplre Bill 116, Maurice Johnson's Sales Tax Bill failed Published every evening except Bunday by the to pass. The vote is self-explanatory. As revenue producers, taxes are responsible for 53.4 per cent of State tax reve- nues produced in 1945 (exclusive of unemployment | compensation taxes; individual income taxes produced 8.2 per cent of State tax revenues; corporation income taxes 10.8 per cent and property taxes, 54 per cent. We know what a sales tax will do in Alaska. In 1947, the 1 per cent Veterans' Tax produced $1.- 822,261.29. However, this is not a plea for a Sales Tax. It is just an attempt to call attention to the fact that an EMPIRE Becond and Main sum-. mcn. Ahn: AELEN 'rlov MONSEN OOROTHY TROY LINGO - LAY N GARTER - FRIEND - s rmNom - - i e R VLA roitssces: 4 Sawred 1o the Post Bttice 1n Juneau as Second Class Matter UBSCRIPTION RATES: Gelivered by earrier In Juneau and Douslas '. $1.50 per month: six months, “v mm'“ ‘mall, postage One y:’r, 18 advasce, B 00! stx months, dvancs, 1, 00; month, in advance, “wtbeu will. ecnfer a favor if they wili prompily notify e Business Office of any fatlure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, m. ‘Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF A!BOCIATID Pl - Press 3 exclusively entitled to the une for all news dispatches credited to it or not her- this paper #nd also the local news published | Representatives to pass a Sales Tax Bill. Four of those nine members were from the Fourth ‘vaxsion Joe Coble, Robert Hoopes, Maurice Johnson land L. F. Joy. The Asssciated ‘epublication of ise credited 1o serein. NATiUNAL REPR! -~ Alaska Newspmpera, un | ESENTATIVES pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Vasiv Dewey and the Teachers (St. Louis Star-Times) The Democratic National Committee sniffs fair /game in the alleged remarks of Governor Dewey about (the nation's teachers at the recent governor’s confer- | ence. Despite denials, it is quoting two participants |in the conference as saying that the New York Gov- | {ernor called the teachers' lobby “the most vicious in /the nation today” and charged it with “propagating | the lie that they (the teachers) are underpaid.” | The governors quoted—Herbert Maw of Utah and | iErnest Gruening of Alaska—are Democrats, of course, and some allowance can be made for partisan inter- pretation of a situation that can make presidential |campaign material. Their readiness to go into detail, > - however, makes it hard for Mr. Dewey's followers to NO SALES TAX? ‘insist that they are talking about something that R | never took place. Mr. Gruening sa syGovernor Dewey | During a weekend busy With speech-making GOV. | yoeeq the other governors to join in a campaign to | Gruening at Sitka and Fairbanks repeated again that 'expose the lobby and names several governors who “Nowhere else .under the flag does there exist a | objected. political entity which has neither a property tnx‘ The desire of the Dewey camp to avoid an airing nor an income tax nor a sales tax for State or Ter- of the incident—if it took place—is understandable. ritorial purposes.” | Politicians are extremely wary about being placed on In Fairbanks his dentmciation of .members of the record against demands for betterment of schools and Territorial Legislature, whose performance he term- |the lot of the teachers. Silence in this instance, £, |however, is not doing Mr. Dewey any good. As a ed “shocking” was centered on their failure to enact ! matter of fact, the teachers’ lobby, like any other Territorial tax legislation he recommended. .lobby, should be subject to wide-open discussion. ! He directed his gharpest attacks, says the Fair-iyg jt j5 overplaying its hand, it should be checked. banks News-Miner of September 8, at representatives | Far better for Mr. Dewey, it would seem, would | of the Fourth Division |be a detailed statement of just what he said or meant | On March 10; 1947, the forty-third day of thelto say and why he said it. As matters stand, he is| eighteenth session of the Territorial Legislature, Rep- | vnrl:ller::ie“ mwltt;lewt:lecx‘?:cmmxmcnhzrge Tt‘hha: :J:;u]x: ::s; 5] A M nds. A resentative Maurice Johnson of the Fourth Division Ihimpsamc 1o the rarthioominy Msctidh. But g i | introduced House Bill 116, entitled “An Act levylng | {more important is the way an incident of this kind ! a tax on gross revenue from retail sales, services Per-| ., o gt into a charge that he lacks the candor | formed and gross wholesale sales, defining violations, | z,,4 courage that Americans look for in a national prescribing punishment therefor; and declaring an {jeader, sme-gency.” i | WHOSE FAULT IS IT? | FUELL L SRR | Follow the bill through the Journal of the House, Mmes Still With Us | and one finds that on the 48th day of the session b e R i 1 it was reported out of committee with the recnm-l Transatlantic passengers hardly need be alarmed | mendation that it do pass with amendments. The labout current reports which tell us that, here and report was signed by Maurice Johnson, chairman of |there in the open seas, mines still are floating. While3 the Judiciary Committee and concurred in by Messrs. la total of 200 ships have been sunk or damaged by | Hoopes. Laws, Vukovich and Dewey Anderson. Mr. | floating weapons since the close of World War II, Egan did not concur. |no major disaster has taken place. And, with each {passing week, the possibility of such an accident be- On the 50th day, the Sales Tax Bill was read the second time and the Judiciary Committee amend- immes Hjors and. yicte grnie. ments adopted. { been smaller craft. Most passenger liners are so large The Journal then reads: |and so constructed that the impact of a simple mine, | “Thereupon the House recessed until 8:05 P. M. !while it might bring considerable damage, probably “AFTER RECESS would not be “fatal.” Radar detecting apparatus. “It was moved by Mr. McCutcheon, seconded by {nOow in use on most of the larger liners, also makes Mr. Edward Anderson, that House Bill No. 116 be laid | such accident most improbable. on ‘the table. i But the fact remains that mines still are afloat— “The question being. ‘Shall House Bill No. 116 ‘nnd probably will be for some time. Fact is, sweepers | ! laid on the table?’, the roll was called with the Rl Iong W0 Cel-ib mith & Eioh bully Ao, viond ‘j’ . {War I—proving that these weapons have considerable following result: : endtirande. | “Yeas, 14: — Almquist, Edw. Anderson, Barnett, | It is good to know, then, that mest of the western Egan, Engstrom, Garnick, Hope, Huntley, F. John- powers are continuing, almost unabated, their efforts son, McCutcheon, Newell, Ost, Pollard, Snider. to ‘seek out and remove from the high seas each and “Nays, 9:—D. Anderson, Coble, Hoopes, M. John- ICW?TV explosive weapon. Most of them, of course, son, Joy, Laws, Nolan, Vukovich, Mr. Speaker. were taken up as soon as hostilities ceased. The ones “Absent. 1:—Meath lcauslng trouble today are those which broke away 5 2 = 2 from their established moorings and went off on little “Motion carried and so House Bill No. 116 was laid on the table.” The Vlashmmn Merry-fio-mnd By DREW PEARSON (Contir.ued from Page Ome) their means of locomotion. | the Ford Motor Company show veterans. that the endorsement is an obvious opne case they nave unearthed is | forgery. Furthermore, investigators against William Muller, a Penn-! have obtained an admission from’gayken, N. J. real estate dealer, ‘Mr Graff that the $500 went not gecused of overcharging * veteran | to Ford but to the GOP campaign George McCann for a home. An Lhen The Ford Motor Company appraisal value of $5,000 was plac- \IIPVER‘ endorsed the check, never eq on the home by. the Weterans one of the most controversial figures | saw the check, and was not involv- agministration, but Muller charged But there are few who do not know why House sales and gross receipts | effort was made by nine members of the House of | Ships which have been completely disabled have! explorations of their own, ocean currents acting "5\ i ‘omers signed by Otto Graff to to uncover housing frauds .gainst SEPTEMBER 13 Mrs. Arthur Adams Keith Overton Laurel Goodell Sharon Aubert Mrs. Floyd Rea Horton Mrs. John Dapcevich Magnus Hansen David Brown ncoo-qo‘-oo' $5,500, adding the extra. $500 for “payment for delivery of agree- | ment of sale.” Muller’s alibi, when confronted I by G-man James B. Oaxkley, was: “There was so much of this sort jof thing going on, 1 did wiat ev- eryone else is doing.” RUSSIAN ARMS | PALESTINE There was little talk about Pal- estine when President Truman met with leaders of the Jewish war, vetérans the other day. Natlonv al Commander Julius Klein of TO |Chlcago and his associates were | chiefly interested in promoting ac-| tion on a Federal public-housing sures. The President, however, again | stressed the responsibility of the Unlted States in settling the bit- ter, conflict between Jewish and Arab forces. Pointing to a world globe in his oifice, he remarked: “Unless we* can. prevent further hostilities in “the Near East, i may be the starting point of an- other war that could ‘easily spread au over that. globe.” Truman also told Klein that the United States was “running into a little Russian competition” in Palestine. slovakia was secretly sending arms to the Israeli army. “Mr. President,” replied Klein, group. Its members are Jews whose chief purpose is advancing the welfare of the United States. As such, we hate like the devil for the Jews in Palestine to be gemng arms from a nondemocratic source.” '\Engagement of - Miss Campbell . Is Announ(ed Mrs. C. L. Coker of Juneau wish-" es to announce the engagement of | her daughter; Mildred Mary Camp- } bell, to Mr. Donald H. Prow, of | Chicago, Ill, son of Mr. and Mrs. | James L. Prow of Cary, Il Miss Campbell came to Juneau last January and m now on the staff of the Alaska” Native Ser- | vice. ! Mr. Prow, who has been a resi-) dent of Juneau for the past three years, is with the U. 8. Forest | Service. The wedding date has been set Efor December 265, Christmas Day. | —————— | | ATHENS — Greek Communists !repulsed Greek troops closing in ion the main road to Albania. | H e EASTERN STAR Home coming dinner for mem- bers, escorts and visiting members. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 6:30. First meeting of season follows at 8:30. at) Alice Brown, Secretary. in Republican politics. GOP Mich- | ed. igan leaders have pooh-poohed |hn\ But by making the check payable probe, but nevertheless, the aver-|to Ford, the $500 was tax-deduct- age Michigan voter has an uneasy (ible as a business expense, whereas hunch that something is rotten}a campaign contribution from a high up in GOP officialdom. corporation is not only illegal, but Not only is the Feaeral Govern- (POt tax-deductible. ment investigating, but Michigan's Attorney General, Eugene Bluk,. Vocalist Either of two lmnnnryh ACROSS 1. Goddess of the harvest HOW GOP WON CONGRESS | § kamke tube hmself a Republican, attempced! Through this and other means,' 13- Mythical legal to investigate—until he was ham- | Michigan Republicans raised a 13. Sefi'.':l?uctm strung by Governor Sigler and the,huge campaign chest in the Con- !f- Mascuiine local courts. Many other Repub- gressional campaign of 1946. It is 15. Make a licans quietly agreed with Black |interesting to note that this was _c."',‘.'?,‘,‘,‘;kf, that a cleanup is due in Mlcmflthe year which won GOP control be still gan’s Republicanism. lof Congress. i el One of the most active GOP GENEKAL MOTORG | money-raising committees was that INVOLVED ;in Genesee County, where General Meanwhile, this columnist has, Motors Buicks are built. Main- secured photostats of canceled springs of this committee wele checks indicating that Michigan;cop National Committeeman Ar-' businessmen thumbed their noses| NUr Summerfield, W. F. Huf-, at the Corrupt Practices Act nn*““der general sales manager for raising money for the Republican BUick. who was a GOP delegate ' Party. Two General Motors offi- to the Philadelphia Convention; clals are implicated, plus eleven PIUs Harry Gault. a General Mot-, General Motors dealers in Genesee | Ors ‘uv.\(-r County and Arthur Summerfield These three raised thousands of himself dollars for the GOP campaign. But One photostat is check No. 402- examination of their bank records, 99 for $500 by the Genesee Motors 'shows that in many cases they Co., signed by Ralph Burgess, Pres- lailed to file with the State or, ident, and dated Aug. 29, 1946. Federal Government stating where It is brazenly made payable to the money came from. This aguml the Republican State Committee,| was in violation of the Corrupt This is an open-and-shut violation Practices Act, both State of both the Pederal Corrupt Prac- Federal. ¥ tices Act and of the law of Mich-| These are a few of the facts igan. Mr. Burgess is a Cadillac which some Michigan Republicans Implement . To a point inside Public vehicle Merit 50. About . Welght Chief Norse gods Puzzles Also Slighting remark 1. Large lake 2. American Indian . Commence ¥, Steep . Engiish tetter . European countryman Go by air Kind of meat . Embroidery yarn 30. Conjunction 31 Octave of a 33 MEN church feast Ecclesiastical scart and Crossword Puzzle MR d Y Wi P and Pontiac dealer. Another check is even more in- teresting. Dated Oct. 30, 1946, it is signed by Otto P. Graff of Flint, Mich., a Ford and Lincoln dealer. The check is for $500 and is payable to the Ford Motor Co. On the back, the check is endors- ed in longhand “Ford Motor Co,' H. Lincoln.” A comparison of this check and men have quietly joined the hunt| have tried to bring out, but have been squelched by the GOP mach- | ine. These are also some of the facts which will rock the nation with a major political if the Justice Department has the courage to dig into them, MORE HOUSING FRAUDS J. Edgar Hoover's efficient G- scandal— | program and qther vet-aid mea- ' “my organization is not a Zionist HE EMPIRE SEPTEMBER 13, 1928 The Southeast Alaska Fair opened the previous evening to a record crowd. The Fair was on for four days and the town was overflowmg with visitors from nearby towns. The official opening was heralded by a concert given by the City Band and an address by Gov. George A. Parks. R. E. Robertson pres- ented the welcoming address. Four acts were presented by the American Legion, including “ec- centric dancing” by a well known Juneau, dancer, a skit called “The Three Globe Trotters” which offered harmony and comedy by three entertainers, a Russian dancer executed the difficult Russian dances, and a skit called “A Night in the Trenches,” with songs, jokes, ballads, fdancing and music. Harry Sperling, prominent for many years in local Elkdom had been appointed by the Grand Exalted Ruler to be District Deputy for the Territory. of Alaska. He succeded J. J. Delaney of Anchorage. i i Martin J. Gallwas, former Douglas boy, who resided on the Channel !'during his younger years, was an arrival on the Dorothy Alexander. He was accompanied by his bride. | H A silver trophy donated by the Nugget Shop was presented to |w. E. Blanchard of Skagway for the best exhibit of dahlias at the; ISoutheast Alaska Fair. ! Weather: High, 46; low, 45; rain. ( P Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon -~ WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I have got to leave early.” “I MUST (or, HAVE TO) leave early.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pica. Pronounce pi-ka, I as in PIE, { accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Sacrilegious; observe the six vowels, par-| ticularly the E, not LIG. SYNONYMS: Irritate, anger, provoke, exnspernte. vex, incense, en- rage. WORD STUDY: “Use & word three times and it is yours.” Let us| 'increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: DEMONSTRATIVE; given to the display of feeling or sentiment. “The child is very demonstrative.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Xoserra LEE | Q. If a girl is asked to be a bridesmaid, but feels that she cannotl afford the suitable outfit for the wedding, what should she do? ‘ A. The only thing she can do is to decline as graciously as pos-j sible. Q. Would it be all right for one to clear two or three dishes at a time? A. Yes, if the hostess is serving without a maid. H Q. What should one say when he is being introduced to someone whom he has met perviously? A. “I think I met Mr. Blank some time ago.” B et e —— |.00K and I.EARN C GORDON B 1. What is the most important metal NOT mined in the United States? What is an embargo? What famous vessel grounded on Mount Ararat? What bird's love call is a booming drumming sound? Who was known as the “Divine Sarah”? ANSWERS: 1. Tin. 2. An edict of a government prohibiting the departure or entry of ships of commerce at its ports. 3. Noah's Ark. 4. The grouse. 5. Sarah Bernhardt (1845 1923), Say, He referred to news—; i paper reports that satellite Czecho- | the dinner table by taking the famous French actress. C. J. EHRENDREICH — C. P. A. BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Accounting Systems Taxes Phone 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. 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