The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-06-25
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE

s1-tdlleu Dl8Gh hehIDlCaAS were smarting this week. Again Boss 4 White of the COP organization had led bis hand-picked delegation back to a national convention and had them seated as the accredited delegates He had been doing it consistently since hp took over the party at Douglas in 1886. That year the anti-Whites made their pitch in Cleveland with the same results as reported from PhiladeI- phia this week What makes the black" Republicans jingle where they got their spanking is the fact that if and when there is a change of administration it will he Boss White who will be calling the turns on patronage in Alaska. White delegates seated at Phila- delphia were Henry Benson. Ter ritorial Commissioner of Labor and Secretary of the White Republican organization. Julius C. Norris. An ehorage insurance man, and Mrs. Jane Dorsh of Fairbanks. Anti Whites who probably saw the con vention from the gallery. were R. E. Robertson and Cash Cole of Ju- neau and Jack Clawson of Anchor age.
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 Democratic National Committee man Howard Lyng of Nome. who was back in the Territory this week after absorbing some Calii- Ornia sunshine, had this comment to make, We have no objections to the black or White Republicans voting in our party The returns for the last 16 years indicate that most Of them have been doing it anyway He predicted that Alas ka would go Democratic as usual" this fall.
  Among the acts passed in the closing days of Congress affecting Alaska was an amendment to the Organic Act which permits. raising the tax levy from one to two per l cent on assessed valuation for Ter ritorial purposes and from two to three Der cent for municipal pur- poses. In other words, incorporated towns could raise the levy to 30 mills Some of them, pressed for funds no doubt will.
  Congress. which adjourned last week end, also gave Federal em- ployees a pay increase, particular ly postal employees. Under the new pay schedule. effective the first pay period in July. Postmasters will get a blanket raise Of S450. Raises generally in the other sery- ices will be around $33O a year.
 
 Gov. Ernest Gruening returned 10 the Territory this week after a three months absence on duty in Washington. He and Mrs. Gruen- ing came north with the Oakland Chamber of Commerce party al board the Corsair which should be calling at Wrangell about Sunday. The Governor and Delegate Bart lett were instrumental in getting Congress to appropriate around $50,000.000 for use in Alaska, yir- tually double any appropriation heretofore made for the Territory. This is aside from military and special appropriations such as SS,-. 000,0O0 for an international air. port at Anchorage.
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 Delegate Bartlett may be expect ed in the Territory shortly after 
 in Philadelphia which opens July 12, and to which he is one of the delegates from Alaska.
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 There will be no hotel construct ed in Glacier Bay National Monu- ment this summer, and maybe not for quite a few summers. unless the views of the House subeOmmit- tee on appropriations changes. The subcommittee is headed by Con gressman Ben Jensen of Iowa and also on the committee is Congress man Michael J. Kidwin of Ohio. MT. Jensen and MT. Kidwin were in Alaska two years ago as mem bers of the House subcommittee on dppOpIAalAOHo luEA uEdu6Q DE NSu Johnson of Oklahoma, who is no longer in Congress They visited Glacier Bay, but before doing so they held hearings in Juneau, and, incidentally, stayed at the Baranof hotel. Hotel accommodations were short in those days and the rules fairly stringent Guests were sup posed to check out by noon or be charged for another day. The John son committee members were hold ing a hearing in Juneau's city hall and didn't finish until we'll into the afternoon with the result they didn't check out of the hotel until around o'clock in the afternoon. When they got their bill it called for an extra day room rent, l. though they had not occupied the