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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-01
finest Demonstration of Democracy"
Humphrey
Sumner Housing Project
Tenants of Both Races
Give Party for Vets

In what Mayor Hubert Humphrey described
Of democracy I've Witnessed tho Of the
Sumner Field housing Negro and white held
welcome party Phyllis Whcacy Saturday evening"
February %.
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-01
Johnny Baker Auxiliary Members
Guests of Jewish Auxiliary
At Interracial Panel Forum

Twelve members Of Johnny Baker Post Auxiliary were
guests Of the Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary at Emanuel
Cohen Center last Thursday, at forum meeting inter
racial relations sponsored by the latter group.
Taking part In the forum panel leaders Max Karl
program director and for radio sation WTCN
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ED. G. YOUNG HOME
FROM HOSPITAL

Edward 6. Young, who spent two
weeks in Fairview hospital, is now
at his home, 1902 Clinton Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-01
VISITORS

Among The visitors 20 The 81. Psui o.
hos 0s this n@-spapsr, this week Mr.,
Jesse Cole-nan, ga Road Ave. william
&. KIsIy. SOS n. ard 81, Colunbia. No /:
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Funeral Rites Held
For Levi GdrTett
Local Business Man

Levi Garrett, 55 years old, SAC
St. Anthony Ave, died Friday,
February %, at Veterans Hospital.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-01

ANIMAL St Thomas Episcopal
Easter Revue. Easter Monday.
Aprfl 19.--AdVt
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
COST OF STATEHOOD LESS THAN LIQUOR

As perhaps throwing some light upon Alaska's ability to maintain a state government, ii has been pointed out that the value at wholesale of alcoholic beverages shipped into the terri tory last year was more than twice as much as the additional costs of statehood would be. It might well be asked whether the people of Alaska are not willing to pay for the part of their civilization which is nee essarily embraced in that pro- posed extension of free govern ment which is called a state a small fraction of what they now pay for some material thing such as liquor which at best can be classed only as a luxury.
 Against the probable costs,
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vigorously in Congress by the present Delegate and over a long period of years by his predeces- sOr, but without success, for reasons which were explained fully in an earlier section of this study. The truth is that without votes in Congress Alaska has no weapon with which to en- force it's claim. With statehood, Alaska would immediately come under the act, since there would no longer be any excuse to ex- clude her from the provisions of this beneficial measure which applies to all the states.
 To what extent would Alaska benefit under the Federal High way Aid act? According to Dele gate Bartlett:
 If Alaska were 10 become a state l very seriously doubt whether the formula used in the ether states could be made to apply, because if all the acreage of Alaska were calcu- lated on that formula we should be receiving a dispro- portionate amount of money and, in fact, more money than we could spend with economic justification. If a formula such as the one suggested in the bill first introduced by Judge Dimond and later by me-pro- Viding that half the land area be used as a basis of calcula- tion-Were adopted, we should profit enormously by compari- son with our actual expert ence under the system which has been used. But we are a territory, and I doubt wneth- CT that formula will ever be applied to us so long as we are a territory.
 Delegate Bartlett states that
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federal government customarily makes a gift to the new state of lands, timber and other resour- ces for the benefit of state insti- tutions. Revenue from the sale of these lands and from the use of these resources is used by the state to help support its schools, public buildings and other institutions.
 Could Alaska afford to srend from $1,000,0OO to $1, ,500,O00 a year more for statehood?
 The cost of running the terri torial government is now about S2,750,00O a year. Alaska meets this cost without imposing a property tax, without imposing an income tax and without tap ping other sources of revenue commonly made use of else where to underwrite govern mental services.
 Alaska's governmental costs under statehood would be rough ly half again as great as they are at present. On its face, this would appear to mean a 50 per cent increase in evcryone's tax bill, that is, in his territorial tax bill as distinguished from the amounts paid for municipal, school district or federal pur- poses. s ta [ e o6 would not change these latter. It is submit ted that most AlaskanS at the present time hardly know they are paying territorial taxes, these levieS being so moderate. CThe special transactions tax which is to create a fund for Alaska vet erans is not included in any of the computations made in this study, since it is of temporary natlre.)
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development purposes.

development purposes.
 Under this. policy, Alaska coal lands were withdrawn from ent- ry in 1906, the very large Ton gass and Chugach National For ests were created in 1909, Alas ka oil lands were withdrawn from entry in 1910 and a leasing law for oil lands enacted in 1920, and there have been many more recent withdrawals and reservations familiar to present day Alaskans.
 Thus inc coal. inc forests.
 the oil and other resources of
 the Territory have been re-
 served. in effect. in a kind of
 "store house" for future use.
 While this policy of withdraw al and leasing has no doubt pro- tected Alaska's natural wealth 10 a certain extent from pre-emp- ton by predatory interests, it is
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} avery Alaskan should weigh the probable benefits of statehood. These include self-government. a sounder and more progressive fiscal arrangement, a more eff ficient administrative system. votes and influence in Congress both to o b t a in the material things Alaska needs and to help guide the course of. national af- fairs, funds for road-building through extension to Alaska of the Federal Highway Act, re- lease of resources now controlled by the federal government, and many other boOns obtainable in no other way.
 Whatever s { a e h O O q costs. Alaska should get far more back, not merely in the abstract, but in simple financial and eco homie returns. When all these factors are considered, it be- comes a question not so much of whether Alaska can afford statehood as whether Alaska can afford not to become a state.
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advocating statehood for Alas ka, included the paragraph:
 It should be borne in mind that statehood does not necessarily bring with it own ership of all of the public do- main within the boundaries of the territory. The states of the Union, by federal grant, were given substantial acre age for schools, for roads, and for other public purposes, but the rest of the federal land was reserved to the federal government for disposal under appropriate congressional ac- ton.
 Unfortunate consequences of the federal land policy as it was applied to the western states caused Congress to follow a diff ferent policy with respect to Alaska. The older continental practice of outright sale of land and resources has been super seded by a policy of leasing for
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system will continue after state hood to operate on some kind of a basis in Alaska and will relieve the state from taking over the whole burden now carried by the federal government in this regard.
 Since some of. f h e federal agencies do not break their costs down completely on an area ba- sis, it is not easy in every case to determine exactly what the total expenditures are at the present time for all of the pur- poses listed. This is true particu- larly of court and police costs. However, a thorough study of federal expenditures in Alaska, which did involve a careful breakdown of such items, was made several years ago covering the period 1928-37. This devel- oped some useful figures, which are available. Adjusting them to their more recent (and some what higheD levels, and applying to them the assumptions made in the foregoing three para graphs, it is indicated that the annual cost of the additional services which would have to be provided by the State of Alaska would be approximately as follows:
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those who have spent some time considering the matter have in- dicated Alaska would receive some $12,OOO.O0O to S14.O0O.OO0 of federal assistance annually with only half the land area be- ing used as a basis for calcula- tion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
FEDERAL POWERS, RESOURCES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE

HE federal government most of the land and other
 natural resources of Alaska There upon the fed eral government therefore, special responsibility for the administration of public affairs the Territory This respon- sbiy doubt will continue to some even after Alaska becomes state.
 statement last year by the Department of the Interior
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
PROCEEDS OF FUR SEAL OPERATIONS

There is no reason why the state should not receive in addi- tion the net proceeds of the Pribilof sealing operations which are carried on under treaty on the basis of a United States trusteeship for the benefit of the United States, Canada and Rus sia, and averaging more than $500,000 year for the past ten years. Such net proceeds are the result of an Alaska resource, but of course will never be turned over until insisted upon by a voting congressional dele gation from Alaska.
 Upon granting statehood, the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT UNDER STATEHOOD

THE FOREGOING estimates, nothing has been included
 for increased costs of constructing maintaining roads The omission intentional for this increased cost of statehood against territorial government an in creased cost of having roads against having them
 Alaskans almost without exception agree upon the desr- ability the necessity of greatly expanded system
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
ABSENTEE INTERESTS WOULD PAY SHARE

The burden which statehood would place upon the individual Alaskan probably would be even less heavy than the foregoing discussion would indicate, since t a e h o o d almost inevitably would mean an overhauling of Alaska's notoriously negotiable tax system. Under it, large cor porations owned and operated from outside the territory get by virtually scot-free. It is suggest ed that these alone, and particu- larly the nonresident fishing, mining and transportation inter- ests, could well afford to pay the entire additional amount needed for statehood, without doing harm to themselves.
 On straight per capita ba- sis. which is not contended would apply, inc increased cost of statehood for Alaskans would be about Sl7.50 per year.
 It should be remembered by Alaskans in considering Wheth- CT they can afford to make such an outlay for statehood, that any money paid in local taxation to a state government would be deductible from income in call culating federal income taxes. Therefore, while the local taxes of Alaskans might have to be increased slightly to support a state government, their federal taxes would to some extent be diminished.
 AS to Alaska's ability to meet the costs of statehood, Judge Dimond has made the observa- ton that:
 The revenue of the territori- al government is derived from a system of taXation-if it can be called a system that is primitive beyond any comparison to be found else where in the nation. No one can justly say that by any ordinary standards our tax burden is now a heavy one. Since A l a s k a is a frontier country it is highly desirable that taxes be kept just as low as is consistent with the pub lie welfare. So much produc- tive labor must be done in any frontier country to bring the wilderness in subjection that
 special attention should be given to the problem of keep ing taxes to a minimum. But that desideratum must have been in the minds of all the peoples of all the territories when they considered state hood, and yet they deliberate ly, and believe rightly, em- braced in each instance the proposal to become a state. Alaska, in my judgment not only without oppression but easily and readily, and in complete harmony with the maxim of low taxes for from tier countries, can secure
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
COSTS OF ALASKA FOR ROAD PURPOSES

How much would Alaska have to appropriate on its own ac count in order to obtain federaI expenditures of this magnitude on Alaska roads? Judge Dimonc makes an informed estimate, a. follows:
 Under the Federal Highway act, the states must take care of the maintenance charges. Those charges for Alaska roads made by the Alaska Road Commission alone at the present time amount to ap- proximately S1,0O0, 1000 per year. It may be that Con- greSS will make a special ex- ception for the State of Alas ka for a few years, but we cannot expect that any such exception will be permanent, and it may not be made at all. Moreover, the appetite of Alaska for roads, if one may use that figure, is simply in- satiable. Further considera- ton of the subject has con vinced me that Alaska should be prepared 10 appropriate at least $2,0OO, 1000 per year for the maintenance and construC- ton of roads from the outset.
 By that I don't mean S2, ,000,- 900 in addition to current ap- propriahons, but S2,000,000 per year in all. If the federal government should retain un- der it's control a large share of the public land of Alaska, then by the present road formula our share for the cost of con struction of new roads, as dis tinguished from maintenance of existing roads, would be proportionately lower than would be the case if all of the public land of Alaska, or prac- tically all of it, were turned over to the State of Alaska. We do not know just what kind of action Congress will take on the subject and, there fore, l suggest that to take care of every possible even- tuality we should make an al- loWance of $1,000,000 per year, or approximately that, for the maintenance of exist ing roads, and at least another S1,OO0,000 a year for new con- struction.
 Thus, with the expenditure of about S2,OOO,OOO a year, not all of which would be an increase, Alaska would receive S14, 4,000,- GOO to S16,O0O,OO0 a year worth of highway construction and maintenance.
 If Alaska did not wish to spend S2,000,000 a year for Sl4, 100000 to S16,O0O,00O worth of roads, we could, of course, re- fuse to take advantage of the act, and thus not be required to make the highway appropria- tions mentioned. Undoubtedly other states would be delighted. Obviously, though, this would be poor business for Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
$1,645,OOO
BUILDING COSTS NOT INCLUDED

It will be noticed that some of these expenses are less, but most of them more, than in the anti-statehood statement con tained in an early chapter o1 this report. The total does mol include anything for a state capitol or for other buildings which might eventually be re quired. It does, however, in clude all other foreseeable ex. penses. Certainly an allowance of S35O,0O0 a year to cover up keep, interest charges and re. payment of principal on any out. lay for state buildings is more than ample.
 The total thus postulated, $1,995,000 a year, compares very closely with an estimate made several years ago by then Delegate Dimond, who said:
 To furnish the equivalent of the services being supplied to us by the federal government at the present time would req sonably require an expendi- ture by the newly created state of approximately $2,000,- 900 per year. The additional S2,0O0,000 a year of revenue which l have mentioned might not give us quite such elab- crate establishments as some of the federal government ag- encies which we would take over, but I am convinced that the job could be done just as well, if not better, than it is being done at the present time. It is almost automatic that lo- cal government is more eco nomical than long-range gov ernment, and we can reason ably expect that to be the rule in Alaska as it has been else where.
 Cons CT a ble assistance toward meeting the additional costs of statehood would be f o t h omin g from several sources. In the first place against the court expenditures already mentioned should be off. set the sums which would be collected by the courts in fines, etc. In the ten-year period on which our estimates were based, receipts of the federal courts in Alaska averaged $377,957 a year
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

enough additional local rev. enue to undertake the burdens of statehood.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
MORE US. FUNDS
 FOR ALASKA ROADS

The federal government will do infinitely more for Alaska roads (probably at least five or six times as much annually un- der the Federal Highway Aid act than it has ever done in the past or is likely to do in the future under any other ar rangement. An increase above what the territory has been spending on roads undoubtedly will be required when Alaska is admitted to participation in this act. The important thing to re- member here is that such an in- crease will be required at that time irrespective of whether Alaska is a state or still a ter ritory.
 The Territorial Legislature has petitioned Congress to admit Alaska to the benefits of the act. Alaska's claim to partici- patton has been pressed most
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

fOdoS. what haS gone on Tn this respect should in itself convert the most doubting person to the advantages of statehood. After the Alaska Road Commission was transferred from the War Department to the Department of Interior in 1880, it is almost literally true that no funds for new construction were made available until the war period. They were appropriated then not primarily because the h. terior Department a K e d for them and they were considered by Congress as desirable to de- velop the territory but because the War Department reported them as being urgently neces- sary in the prosecution of the war.
 If anything seems clear from recent developments in Congress with respect to Alaska it is that the territory in the future is go- ing to have to pay a larger share of highway costs. A provision requiring Alaska to match fed eral funds appropriated for the Alaska Road Commission was in sisted upon by the House Appro- priations Committee in the ap- propriation bill for the current fiscal year. Delegate Bartlett, after prolonged and vigorous eff forts, was able to have the pro- vision eliminated, but the only argument which appealed to Congress in this regard was that since the requirement was made without notice, the Territorial Legislature had had no opportu- nifty to appropriate matching funds, and if the provision were permitted to remain, no use could be made during the pres ent construction season of any of the 1946-47 federal appropria- tion.
 The congressional confe r. ence committee which finally eliminated the matching re- quirement served notice in doing so that in subsequent years Alas ka will be expected 10 match fed eral funds appropriated for high way purposes in the territory.
Evening star., 1946-02-05
Teacher Request for Pay
|Af End Of Month Backed

Payment Of school teachers sal
aries on the last school day Of each
month was urged last night by the
Michigan Park Citizens Association.
The action was requested by the
District local Of the AFL Teachers
Union.
Need Tor 4 fieldhouse and other
facilities at the Turkey Thickets
| Playground was discussed by Jack
Haley. Mr.. Haley reported on organ
lied sports which he has super
|vised at the playground. Uniforms
donated by the association have
been valuable In raising morale, he
Isaid.
]. Willard Hall. president. and
Mrs Virginia l. Kramer, secretary
were authorized to represent ths
group at an anniversary meeting oi
the Brentwood Terrace Citizens
tAssociation next Monday.
The group met at the Bunker Hill
School, Michigan avenue and Four.
teenth street NE.
Evening star., 1946-02-05
Lincoln Diners to Hear
Gov. Martin, Mrs. Luce

Gov. Edward Martin of Pennsyl-
vania and Representative Glare
Booth Luce Of Connecticut will be
principal speakers at the annual Lin
coin Day banquet sponsored by Re-
publican members of Congress and
the League Of Republican Women
of the District at Z "a. tomorrow
at the Hotel Statler.
House Minority Leader Martin
will welcome the guests, Representa-
tive Springer of Indiana will be
toastmaster, and Representative
Robsion of Kentucky will ofiiciate
as general chairman of the Congress
sional Committee in charge.
Mrs. William S. Culbertson, presi-
dent Of the League of Republican
Women Is chairman of the dinner
ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star., 1946-02-05
|1-Hour Clio 5ioppage
Called in New York 10
Support Wire Strike

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-A two-hour
work stoppage Of all CIO members
in New York except those in vital"
services has been called for Mon
day by the Greater New York
Council claiming 100000 members
II, the metropolitan area--in sup
port OF striking Western Union en-
ployes.
The council said last night that
other objectives Of the work halt
scheduled to be held from to
pm, were:
Defeat Of the Case strike-control
bill In Congress; termination OF
strike insurance to strike bound
monopolies, now coming out Of tax
payers pockets through rebate pro-
visions Of the tax law; to seek end
lof discrimination against veterans
on strike; to demonstrate support
Of all other workers on strike
throughout the Nation, and to
fight against the strike-breaking
Iinjunctions now threatened in many
states. ."
Exempted from participation in
the demonstration-to be held at
the Western Unions main build
ing at go Hudson street-are CIO
members engaged in light, heat
power, transit, newspaper, news
service and health occupations.
Evening star., 1946-02-05
Miller Gives Approval
OF Appreniiceshii Bill
From FSA Standpoint

General approval of the bill to
provide for formal system OF vol
|untary apprenticeship here was
voiced today by Administrator Wat
son b. Miller OF the Federal Security
Agency In report to Chairman Nc
MILAN Of the House District Com
|mittee.
Similar legislation, sponsored by
Senator Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire was passed by the Senate
last November % and now awaits
House committee action. 1t has the
Endorsement Of labor groups and the
District Commissioners.
The legislation would establish an
apprenticeship program here under
of the Secretary of Labor,
who would be advised and guided
by an apprenticeship council rep
|resenting the Board of Education,
the District Employment Center and
organizations Of employers and en-
|ployes. Standards for apprentice
ship training would be fixed, subject
to review by the council and by trade
committees.
1t also sets requirements for ap-
premiership agreements and ma
chinery for determining compliance
Each agreement, in addition to
specifying required hours of work
would provide for not less than IA
hours per year of related or. supple
mental instruction to be administer
ed and supervised by the Board OF
Education.
Mr.. Miller explained the United
States ONCE of Education has NO
jurisdiction over the training to be
given under the Board of Education
but added:
Il may say. generally, however,
that this agency FSA) favors the
development of programs of volun-
tary apprenticeship under approved
apprenticeship agreements which
provide facilities for apprenticeship
training and for parallel instruction
in related and supplementary edu-
cation.
Accordingly, I am inclined to be-
lieve the bill is desirable legislation
and to recommend it's favorable con-
sideration."