The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-02-12
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 Mayor George Beck, Ketchikan:
 In response to your challenge in the March of Dimes campaign we are glad to report that this community raised $914.96 as it's contribution toward that worthy cause On the basis of what We nonchalantly refer to as our Greater Wrangdl populati4n, say 1900, although quite a few of them are down in Ketchikan giv- ing you hand in getting that tunnel built so you can unsnarl some of your traffic, this works out around TO cents per each for every man. woman and child in the community.
 True, it's only a portion of what your gals did in their Moth CTS March, but We might explain that our mothers went out and picked up more than $200 after virtually everybody in town had been reached through organiza- tions, schools. individuals and so on. Our gals got it where it wasn't, George. That takes little doing.
 So, while we're mighty proud of the Wrangell record we suspect that when the final report is made Alaska will, as usual, be up there with the best of them and it's contribution on per capita ba sis will be comparable with any state in the union.
 Our compliments and congratul ation to Ketchikan.
 The Wrangell Community
 Special Session
 There will be a special session Of the Territorial Legislature in late March, according to informa- ton received from what we'll have to refer to as a usually re- liable source" Our informant says: There will be one; the 'in- terests' can't stop it. whatever that latter clause means.
 The Associated Press wire from Washington today carried this item:
 Gov Heintzleman said today he has decided against calling a special session of the Alaska Leg islature at this time. He did not rule out the possibility of a spec ial session later but declined to comment further"
 Take your choice.
 One Answer
 In connection with the various drives. ticket sales, etc, conducted in the community this winter, the question has often been asked: where's the m ney coming from?
 We're not prepared to give you all the answer but this might be a part of it -
 During the first 26 days of January unemployment claims to- talling sS,173 were paid to per sons in this area. It represented 56 claims with an average week ly payment of S39.
 Political Football IL begins to appear that the Leg islative Investigating and Examin- ing committee created by the last Legislature to probe into Terri torial affairs is turning out to be about what many suspected political football. The committees latest effort to out-McCarthy Sem ator Mccarthy in an investigation of housing in the interior seems to have fallen on its face. After hours of questioning of witnesses, with all the trimmings of TV cameras and other publicity-creat- ing features, last week end in An chorage it developed that about all anyone could be found guilty of was using a little bit better business judgment than the gov- ernment agencies who were hand ling the projects.
 However, it was a nice political move by the last Legislature to set up interim committees for this and that so that some of the mem- bers could get their names more adequately before the public.
 The old simple system of hiring a good auditor to check the books has gone out in this era of the Investigating committee.