The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-08-13
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE

Delegate D. l.. Bartlett may be expected in the Territory shortly. now that the special session Of Congress has gasped its last He'll probably stay until after the cleo tiOn and do little campaigning in the interim.
 Alaska always has been forum ate in its choice Of Delegates. They set a high standard for their sue cessors to maintain the late Judge Wickersham, Republican, and Judge DimOnd a Democrat. to mention couple Delegate Bartlett is measuring up to that standard. 4 handicapped task in the first place, because a Delegate has no vote, Bartlett is doing bang-up job for the Territory t took home doing to get the economy minded S0th Congress to pass the biggest appropriation bills in history for the Territory of Alaska - a grand total by the way. of S214.lS1.20S. including the Army and Navy bills which run into big money But there is better than $50,00O,00 for civilian activities. more than dou- ble anything the Territory ever re- oeiyed before The Delegate has to play a vital role in getting that kind of a result As Alaska's off ciaI representative in Congress he has to convince the subcommittee the whole committees and the whole Congress of the Territorys needs. He often has 10 battle de- partment heads to get even the de- mands before Congress. and just when some Senator or Representa- tive hegins to wayer on an Alaska item, he has 10 go around and start selling his Alaska bill of goods all over agadn. It's an endless chora and the toughest kind of grind but Delegate Bartlett has measured up to it. He's done the job and in manner that does not require bow to any of his predecessors, high class men though they were.
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 With Congress having given the Alaska Road Commission S10.542.-' 800 plus S13.9O4,00O in contrast authority to carry out a road pro gram in the Territory, Col. John Moves, formerly with the ARC and more recently in the Army, has been recalled by Interor to direct the undertaking. Moves, who used to work out of the Juneau office js back on the job with the title or Commissioner of Roads Ike p Taylor. long with the ARC as Chief Engineer. continues in that post and Angelo Ghiglioni has moved up to Assistant Chief talk ing the place of Hawley Sterling, who retired some months ago due to ili health. The Sterlings, long time residents of Alaska. are now living in Seattle where Hawley, who underwent a serious stomach operation, is reported to be getting along fairly well Bulk of this summers ARC work is being done iE the Fairbanks and Anchorage districts.
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 Republicans had to dip into the Democratic hat to find substi- tute candidate for Ira Earns worth of Fairbanks( who dropped out of the race for Highway En- gineer due to illness. This week they came up with Democrat Don aid Mcdonald of Fairbanks, who was defeated by Frank Metcalf i'll z the Democratic primary in April 'u the ballot in the First Division as the COP candidate agafns Metcalf He probably will have 70 campaign as a write-in in the other Divisions where most of the ballots have been printed. In the prlmary. Met calf won the nomination with 714 votes over Mcdonald due to his tremendous vote in the First. Me Donald carried the Second, Third and Fourth. Whether the party jump will effect McDonald's chanc- es this time remains to be seen. but it should be quite a contest.
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 Federal Judge Anthony J Di- mond, who recently ruled that SB 105, which became Chapte- "A of the 1947 Session Laws, was null and of no effect due to its irregul- ar procedure in passing the two houses of the last Legislature, re- opened the case this week in hIs Anchorage court for the purpose of hearing new evidence. Attorneys in the case. Felton Griffin vs. The AL aska Unemployment Compensation Commission, were given 10 days 10 iile briefs. The law pertains to credits to employers who have paid certain sums into the unemploy- ment fund. technically known as experience rating" It effect: mostly the big payrolls such as mining companies. fisheries and contractors. If the law is finally declared not effective large em- ployers might have to kick back