The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-04-22
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
Wanta Be a Delegate :?


 held in College, home of the Unl- yersity of Alaska, near Fairbanks, next November s. This is the con- yention matched up by the recent ly lamented Legislature to draft srlte constitution in the hopes or building up a little more pressure on Congress to grant statehood.
 The Legislature set up $3OO,OOO to- put on the show and the pay won't be bad, $35 day plus your mileage to and from. There are few drawbacks such as the thing can last up to 75 days which could carry you through the holiday sea- son in the Golden Heart of the North where the temperature in mid-winter frequently drops to 50 and occasionally 60 below zero. Col lega is five miles out of Fairbanks so you could have a nice refreshing ride every morning from your ho- tel, possibly by dog team, and that's almost romantic these days.
 However, if you want to be a delegate, you can get a petition from the U. s. Commissioner or City Clerks office, circulate it around and get 200 names on it and file it on or before May 10, Time it may be noted becomes the essence again, an old habit Of course, there's little item of get ting elected after you file but you have until September 13, the elec- tion day, to do your campaigning.
 One of the requirements is that you must be a qualified voter and bona fide resident of Alaska for at least three years prior to the con- vention.
 Provision is made for 55 dele gates from 22 election districts and seven at-large from the Territory as well as at-large delegates from the respective judicial divisions. The Wrangell and Petersburg re- cording districts get one delegate, other districts one and then there are seven at-large from the First.
 Here's how it's set up for the Territory:
 Election District No. 1 -Ketch- ikan and Hyder Recording, Dis tricts, one delegate. 2. Wrangell and Petersburg Recording Districts, One. 8. Sitka Rec. Dist, One A.. Juneau Rec. Dist, One. ,. Haines and Skagway Rec. Dist, One. G.. First Judicial Division, Seven.
 2. Cape Nome and Wade Hamp- ton Rec. Dist, One. &. Fairhaven and Noatak-Kobuk Rec. Dist, One. 9. Second Judicial Division, Four.
 10. Cordova and Mccarthy Rec. Dist, One. II. ValdezChitina Rec. Dist. One 12. Seward and Whitt- fer Rec. Dist, One. 13 Kenai, Ho- mer and Seldovia Rec. Dist, One. 14. Kodiak and A1eutian Islands Rec. Dist, One. IS. Anchorage Rec. Dist, One. 16. Palmer. Wasilla and Talkeetna Rec. Dist. One. IT. H. Hanna, Kvichak and Bristol Bay Rec. Dist, One. IS. Third Judicial Division, Twelve.
 19. Bethel. Kuskokwim, Mt Me Kinley, Innoko. Nulato, Nenana, Hot Springs, Rampant and Fort Gibbon Rec. Dist, One 20 Fair banks Rec. Dist, One. 21. Fourth Judicial Division, Eight.
 22. Territory of Alaska at Large, Seven.
 Lots of luck, and don't forget your long underwear when you go to the convention
 They May Be At It Again
 It's better than an even bet that the Legislature (regardless of what you think of it) will be back in session before the year is out. The Employment Security Commission law enacted at the recent session is already in . bad blow and head ed for the beach. A Ketchikan tax payer, Frank s. Shelton, had filed for an injunction in Federal court hearing next Monday, to restrain the Territory from advancing mon. ev from the general fund to the ESC to meet it's unemployed pay roll on grounds that it is in viola. tion of the Organic Act against borrowing money and that the Legislature wasn't legally, conven ed when the lawmakers authorized lonn of two million from the gen eral fund to ESC.
 In Washington the Alaska Sal  mon Industry has intervened in tn, plan to allow the ESC to borrow from the Federal fund. U. s. Attor ney General Brownell had prev fously ruled the Territory couldn' borrow under the Organic Act ant 1egis'ation is now proposed t, grant permission.
 Prior to the enactment of tn, present ESC law. Gov. Heintzlemal recommended to the legislator that they adjourn and go home an, talk to their constituents and h