The frontiersman., 1953-03-05
Income Tax Claims

their interests, according to in formation given Delegate Bart lett last week.
 Section 322 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code" Delegate Bart lett was informed by Assistant Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue Sugarman," provides that un- less a claim for credit or refund is filed by the taxpayer within three years from the time the re- turn was filed by the taxpayer or within two years from the date tax was paid, no credit or refund shall be allowed or made after the expiration of whichever of such periods expires the later. For the calendar year 1949, the sta- tute of limitation within which claims may be filed will expire in most cases on March IS, 1853"
 Construction Contracts
 Delegate Barrett has urged Sec retary of Defense Wilson and Secretary of the Interior Mckay to give Special emphasis upon studies having to do with Alaska" in connection with the freeze or dered by President Eisenhower of all government contracts for de- fense and other federal construc- ton inside and outside the United States. The stop-order was placed in effect to await reexaminations to determine the advisability of proceeding with construction pro- jects previously planned.
 School Operation and
 Maintenance Funds
 The House, in voting on the second supplemental appropria- ton bill for the 1853 fiscal year, overrulled it's Appropriation Com mittee and restored the bulk of the funds requested by former President Truman which would allot $413,335.62 in operation and maintenance funds for Alaska schools.
 Would Aid Palmer
 The House committee had de- leted entirely the SPA million sought for schoos throughout the United States to aid in supple nenting the budgets of schools over-burdened by federal activity for the 1952-1953 school year. The House allowed $201a million. Ter ritorial schools under the juris- diction of the Board of Education and schools at Palmer, Anchor age, Kodiak, Sitka, Nenana and Fairbanks will benefit if the sum is sustained by Senate action.
 Senate Representation
 Under Statehood
 A New York State Congress man has proposed a constitution al amendment which would deny representation in the Senate to Alaska and Hawaii under state hood until their populations had reached 794,646. The resolution was introduced by Republican John Pillion, a member of the House Interior and Insular Af- fairs Committee.
 The New York member said his opposition to the Hawaii bills under consideration was based primarily upon the grant of dis proportionate senatorial repreSen' tation to Hawaii. Under present law, Hawaii would become entitl' ed to two Senate seats. With it: population of 466,329 persons Hawaii would enjoy representa-. ton in the U. s. Senate of 67( percent of the average senatorial representation possessed by aver age person in the other forty eight states"
 The Pillion constitutional am endment would be based on the average population represented by each Senator, that average according to 1851 census estimate: being 1,589,292. Pursuant to tht resolution proposed by me-" MT Pillion declared, Hawaii would become emitted to one Senato only upon attaining a population of one-half of the average or 794, 646 persons. It would be entitled to two Senators only upon attain ing population of 2,383,93 per
 I average population represented by each Senator.
 Bartlett Objects 10 Proposal