The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-04-19
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE

ka voters will go to the polls in the primary election to nominate candidates on the respective tickets for Delegate to Congress. for Ter ritorial Treasurer, Commissioner of Labor and for seats in the Senate and House of the Legislature. Del egate Bob Bartlett and Treasurer Oscar c Olson Democrats. are un- opposed. Labor Commissioner Wal ter P Sharpe is opposed for the Democratic nomination by Kenneth C. Johnson of Anchorage.
 There is a contest for Delegate and Treasurer on the Republican ticket. Rep Amer J Peterson and George Grigsby. both of Anchor age. are seeking the COP nomina- tion for Delegate, and Cash Cole of Juneau and Leonard H. Scholt of Ketchikan are competing for the Republican Treasurer nomination.
 For the legislative seats in the First Division. the Democrats have a contest on for the Senate Two are to be nominated and the Demos have Andy Gunderson of Ketchi- kan, Frank Peratrovich of Kla- woek and Curtis Shattuck of Ju- neau. one of which is bound to be eliminated. Dr. L. p Dawes of Ju- neau and Jack Talbot of Ketchi- kan Republicans, are assured If. nomination.
 Tn the House race. the Demo- cTats have 12 candidates, eight of which will be nominated. and the Republicans have 10 aspirants ]. eight of which are to be nominat- l ed.
 Democratic ca candidates arc: James Nolan. Wrangell: A. . Hayes. Juneau; G. E AImquist, | Juneau Erwin H Hill, Juneau; Chris Jennings. Juneau: A. B Cain, Juneau; Robert E. Coughlin, Juneau; Ragnar Hansen Ketchi- kan. Harry F. Newell. Jr, Ketchi- kan: Andrew Hope Sitka; John W. Smith. Metlakatla
 Republican candidates are; Wil-' liam L. Paul. Edmund j. Krause Anita Garnick. Mrs. Thelma Eng strom, Steve Vukovich, E. E. Rob ertson, all of Juneau; Harry Race Harry Mccain and Dr Dwight Cramer. all of Ketchikan and Frank Price of Sitka.
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 We nate of literature sent out by the Department of Taxation. OPA and other offices on the Walk -Coffey sales tax clause in the Veterans Zill, that the tax is being referred to as the aNeter- ans Tax, and we for one protest
 It seems to us our returning vets took enough gulf overseas, or in the Aleutians, or wherever they served not to have to come home to have an obnoxious sales tax hung. onto their names. The yeter- ans had nothing to do with the tax. It was the brilliant t?) idea of Senator Norman R Walker and his bloc in the Senate. And if it is the master stroke in raising mon- ey to finance the Veterans Bill which they seemed to think it was we're wondering why they don't want the credit. In our experience in legislative matters, the author of a bill or clause in a bill, will fight tooth and nail to have his name attached to it. It's a matter of personal pride.
 Whaley should have some of the glory, too During the time the bill was in conference and when House members were fighting tot have the sales tax clause stricken it was Senator Whaley, of Nome. i if was reported, who threw the bill on the table and told House mem btrs words to the effect "There's the bill. take it or leave it. NoI sales tax. no veterans bill" House members. with a packed" confer ence were forced in submit.
 Senator Walker and his cliquel were authors of the sales tax-not the veterans. In the various dlV1- sions we understand, the tax IS being called by its correct titles: In the Third, the "Coffey Tay'; in Ketchikan, the Walker Tax and in Juneau, the ''Shattuck Tax. " Perhaps in the Second it's being called the "Whaley Tax" as that Senator fought so valiantly for it All of which is as it should be - the sponsors should have all the glory. Let's ask the Department of Taxation to give it to them-we're sure the returned soldiers and sail ore don't want it
 While Alaskans were getting used to being without butter, and saw prospects of learning to get a. long without many other things negotiations still were going for ward this week in an effort to set