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Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-24
Poland Elected Head Of New Fisheries Group

A new organization, the Alaska Fishing Industry, Inc. was formed at meeting in Anchorage last Monday and Tuesday, January 19- 20. KimbaH Poland of Kodiak was elected president.
 Representatives of the United Fishermen of Alaska, of Kodiak; Bristol Bay Fish Produce s Association, Bristol Bay; Cordova Aquatic Marketing Association, iCordova; and Cook Inlet Gill netterS met for the purpose of organizing a statewide federation of fishing unions. associations and cannery workers.
 Purpose of the new organization is for the exchange of informa- tion and ideas, representation in State legislation and unification of the fishermen, boat owners and cannery workers of Alaska.
 Tn addition to Poland, the new officers of the Alaska Fishing In- dustry, Inc. include Les Myers, Cordova, vice-president; Denton Moore. Bristol Bay, sect'ytreaS- urer.
 Another meeting is to be held in Anchorage next week to com plete organization and clarify issues under consideration daring the last meeting. s 7. ':::s.~
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-24

REPRESENTATIVE LEAVES
 Rep. Pete Deveau left Friday for Juneau, where he will attend the legislative sessioos soon to begin. .
 His temporary address will be the Baronof Hotel.
, 1959-08-12
adversely the sale Of such items.

adversely the sale Of such items.
You are aware that the Legislature is requesting ex-
pansiOn in the services of various departments of the Gov
ternment. With this IN mind, it is my hope that you will
make every effort to provide the administration with the
necessary tax revenues to accomplish the purposes which
are desired
IT is hoped that the above suggestions will be re-
ceived IN the spirit in which offered
Sincerely yours.
Sgd John y. MerUin
John 6. MerWin
, 1959-08-12

M 2nAn1C 49, N
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands y
MY dear Mr. President
transmit herewith d Bill to Provide Appropriations
of 81 100000 from the Special Internal Revenue Match
ing Funds in addition I'd the sum Of $2.5O0,0O0 included in
the regular operating budget for the Government Of the
Virgin Islands.
The projects included ii the attached Bill are:
Saint Thomas
School construction program in addition to
the sum Of 100000 included in the Double
dlBudget and with the same Justification S 100000
Housing program to meet special needs not
includedin any other federal program 100000
Saint Croix
Contribution to the cost Of a pier at Fred
eriksted to be expended only when the ne
cessary funds to complete the project are
made available 100000
Waterfront facilities and improvements at
Frederiksted and CIristiansted 100000
recommend this budget to your early and favorable
consideration
Sincerely,
tSqdl John d. Merwin
John p MerWin
Governor
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas
Virgin Islands Of the United States
May 3, 1859
The Honorable Walter i. M Hodge
President Of the Legislature
of the Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands n
MY dear Mr. Hodge:
ii am in receipt Of a copy Of the Finance Committee
Report on Bill No. 844, Third Legislature Of the Virgin IS
lands, IAN Act to Levy Certain Excise, Gross Receipts
and other Internal Revenue Taxes in the Virgin Islands
and for other Purposes N
W . -.1.1 11..A .- = -. ..L:aI-.-.
brandieS, runs, wines, etc, have been placed in: the so
tax bracket along with cigarettes. and tobacco.
While I do not pretend to tell the Legislature what
to do III such instances 4 do feel that the Government can
hardly afford the loss Of revenues which will result from
reducing the rate on these items from 1920 to s5eo!I am
convinced that all Of the items in question can quite
readily be placed ia the 1920 bracket without affecting
, 1959-08-12

~ 4.
Ny dear Mr.. President
/ have the honor to transmit the draft Of a Bill to
Amend Title 19 Of the Virgin Islands Code to provide an
orderly program for the eventual elimination of the night
soil removal system throughout the city and town limits
of the Virgin Islands:
This bill seeks to
(a eliminate pit privies, NIGHT soil cans, and cess
pools, as well as surface drains, through a planned pro-
gram, tackling section by section within the city and
town limits Of the islands;
b) facilitate connections to the public sewer system
as now required by the Code but without the limitations
sad restrictions set forth in Section 1924 of Title 19 Of the
Virgin Islands Code;
tc}H set up Sanitary Facilities Fund to he nsedfor
construction OF public sewers. salt water lines, elimination
OF surface drains, as we'll as for loans to property owners
of installation Of sanitary facilities:
I'd set up procedures whereby additional funds
may be borrowed from the public and trust funds, for
loans to property owners, the public and trust funds to be
guaranteed by nnualrepaynen from the treasury ofthe
Virgin Islands:
1) create a high-leveI committee Of government
officials to plan as we'll as to carry out the program.
believe that the Legislature will agree with me that
the time has come when we must take concrete and effec-
tive action to rid these islands Of the disgraceful nightsoil
removal system, Indeed, the health of the .people of the
islands is at stake. Records indicate that only 1850 Of
properties in Charlotte Amalie, 1890 Of properties in
Christiansted, and $500 Of properties in Frederiksted are
connected to the public sewer system. We find also that
1913 properties in Charlotte Amalie, 425 in Christiansted
and 227 in Frederiksted are dependent upon the nightsoil
removal system.
am certain that the procedure set forth in the att
tached bill would permit effective action to be taken for
mend its early adoption.
Sincerely yours,
tSgdl John D. Merwin
John u. Merwin
, 1959-08-12

The Honorable
The President of the Legislature
Charlotte Amalie
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
My dear Mr.. President:
, 1959-08-12
LEGISLATIVE RECORD Continued

LEGISLATIVE RECORD Continued
Continued from yesterday
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Charlotte Analie, ST. Thomas
Virgin Islands Of the United States
May rs. 1859
The Honorable
The President Of the Legislature
Charlotte Analie
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
M door Mr. procidnnf.
, 1959-08-12

GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Charlotte AmaIie, Saint Thomas
Virgin Islands Of the United States
May IS, 1859
The people's voice., 1959-05-01

chase and get his money back. The
Kansas court pointed out that court
case in Maine had held that a bad
paint job on new car was "defective
workmanship within the meaning of
the warranty, giving added protection
to the buyer in suit for damages.
When you make an important pur-
chase, read the warranty language
carefully and act as promptly as you
can if something goes wrong. The law
will usually hold that you must give
the seller an opportunity to remedy
any defect, but if he fails or refuses
to act at any time, he is not entitled
to second chance.
The Kansas court pointed this out,
saying that a purchaser is under no
obligation to let dealer tinker with
a car indefinitely in the hope that he
can find the trouble. But if you give
him this chance to correct the de-
ficiencies over a period of time, you
may lose your legal rights altogether.
Where contracts do not contain
the limitations against any warranties
other than those specifically set forth,
you may have added protection from
what the law calls an implied war
ranty that the goods are suitable for
the purposes you buy them for. But
here's warning: if you buy second
hand goods or used articles of any
kind and you know they are second
hand, you probably have no protection
at all beyond the specific warranty
or guarantee that the dealer gives
MACHINIST.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
Editorial
Elk Hills Turnover Would Be
Major Scandal
SACRAMENTO BEE, March "a, 1859

the
brbg private oil interests of Albert Secretary
Harding Administration
of Teapot Dome in Wyoming and the Elk Hills in California
Investigations resulted the
of both fields and the Imprisonment of Fall.
this
his all oeds
interests has almost unnotced.*
drilling
three
of this fact the President partially right when he Navy
fields being relatively small and anachronisic.
could
Hills field And he made field Elk prize
only for the private companies but for the nation
relatively
in the United States only by the best field
billion known barrels of oil worth $4,000 million 1t could
supply half the military need for oil for the whole Pacific
Capable of producing 100000 barrels about of the
coasts crude oil production limited
ducon barrels of
to check the field
would be prodga
defense Eisenhower has just clamped
ports with the claim such restrictions will defense
this vital resource
Against background, possibly
be aided handing
vanced by giving this which
necessary?
Congress had best this
boys have scandal its hands which
the abortive
Similar editorial thoughts
under heading Another Big Giveaway the Mang?"
The people's voice., 1959-05-01

Well, I finally plowed through the
controversial Nobel prize winning
book, DR.. Zhivago, by Boris Faster
max.
l wasn't terribly impressed, and
for the life of me l can't see why
the furor among the Russian hierarchy
Had the Russian people been allowed
to read it they might have been in
censed because there were no strong,
colorful, heroic figures in it and it
portrayed only the selfish, or dis
allusioned, graSping backwash of war.
MY cultural acumen may be too
stinted to appreciate the book, be-
cause | have found a similar difficulty
with some other Russian authors |
have read.
Zhivago, whom all critics say is a
reflection of the author Pasternak,
was a lost soul born into an era of
stress and conflict he could not nor
did he try to grasp. 1t seems he was
mildly stirred by the original revolu-
tion, it's causes and effects, but ran
away to avoid taking sides when the
counter-revolution came along.
The book conveyed the reaction
and torn loyalties of revolution in an
lackluster manner.
Perhaps it is not so much the lit
erary value of the book, but the fact
Pasternak dared question, however
mildly, the basic premise of the count
er-revolution that makes it a Nobel
prize winner.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
More of YOUR Money Down Drain :.
$50 Billion Surplus of
Military Goods Exposed

Assistant Secretary of Defense Per-
kins Mcclure tells the House Appro-
priations Committee that the armed
services have $50 billion worth of
surplus equipment that they can't use
stored away in warehouses. The sur
plus is still piling up at a rate of
SO billion a year, according to Sen.
Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) and Rep. John
Mccormack (D-Mass.).
Although the business-dominated
press and business-dominate politi-
clans constantly wall about the SO
billion of surplus agricultural prod
ucts bought from farmers, they never
say word about the $50 billion of
surplus military products bought from
MEMO.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
Reid Appointed
Director of Budget

Wednesday Gov. J. Hugo Aronson
appointed Jack Reid, former chair
man of the Board of Equalization, as
Director ,of Budget, new post Gre
ated by the last session of the Legis-
lature. Reid did not receive Senate
confirmation to reappointment as
chairman of the Board of Equaliza-
tion when certain corporate interests
sought to sabotage the boards pro-
gram of establishing equitable assess
ments for intercounty utilities.
J. A. Liggett, who put in ten years
of service as the senator from Mussel-
shell, was appointed by Gov. Aronson
to fill the board vacancy. Liggett
was a member of the lower house sew
eral terms before the Senate stint
where he became chairman of the
Finance and Claims Committee.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01

(5) Able to read maps, interview
and pass written test.
Applicants may not be, according
to Bureau of Census regulations:
Cd Presently or recently associ-
ated with law enforcement or tax
assessing or collection agencies,
(2) Holding any office in a poll
tical organization or club engaged
in any form of political activity, or
otherwise taking an active part in
political management or political
campaign during period of employ
ment,
(3) Receiving a pension or annuity
as former federal government en-
ployee or military officer,
az A full-time officer or employe
of a state or local government (teach-
ers and librarians excepted.)
PESTICIDE RESEARCH
Congressman Metcalf has intro
duced legislation to expand research
in the effects of pesticides on fish
and wildlife.
Aho HioaoUiO, So-oPoliooISu Wy OOh
ator Magnuson (D-Wash.), would
authorize $2.5 million year for re-
search. From this research would
come information needed on spray
ing forests and croplands with a
minimum loss of fish and wildlife,
poultry and farm animals.
At the same time, Metcalf opposed
a $2.4 million item in President Eli
fiscal 1860 budget to con-
tinue aerial spraying against the fire
ant in the south.
''There have been reports of dis
astrous kills OF fish, small game, other
farm birds and animals in
the sprayed areas" Metcalf said.
''The money requested could better
be spent on research to find out what
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
Car Dealers Warranty

When you buy new car, you will
likely receive a standard dealers
warranty, which comes down from
the manufacturer A common one is
that the car is guaranteed for go
days, or 1000 miles, whichever comes
first, against defective parts or work
manship. If you read the fine print,
you will find a statement that no
other warranties, express or implied,
are given. This is one way dealers
protect themselves-by writing a mar
rowly limited warranty into a sales
agreement and specifying that no
other warranty of any kind exists.
And this is perfectly legal, accord
ing to the courts. Once you accept
such limited warranty, you have
no protection whatever beyond those
narrow, limited words that were hand
ed to you in the dealers package.
Many things may go wrong with your
new car, but if they do not come with
in the provision of defective parts or
workmanship within the first 80 days,
you have no remedy.
But the consumer received a major
break in Kansas recently as the Kan
sas Supreme Court broadened pro-
tections for a new car buyer. 1t is
hoped this useful ruling will spread
to other states.
A man took his new car with the
usual 90-day, 4,000-mile warranty. 1t
turned out to be vibrator, shaking
and shimmying, and making enough
noise to drown out conversation or
the radio, if he played it. He brought
suit for the entire puschase price of
the car, along with a claim for money
damages for the inconvenience of not
having a car during the period in
which he was trying to get the reluc-
tant dealer to make it good. He
brought the car into the dealer sew
eral times, but mechanics could not |
find what was causing the vibration.
In defending the suit, attorneys for |
the dealer argued that since the buyer
couldn't specify any particular parts
as defective, he couldn't meet condi-
tions of the warranty.
While the limited warranty was
legally valid, said the Kansas court,
the buyer didn't have to specify what
parts were defective. When a car
iidn't work properly, it was up to the
iealer to find the trouble and correct
t. Since the automobile did not per-
'orm as it should, there had to be
wrong somewhere and the
,uyer was entitled to rescind the pur-
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

The characters were terribly diff
cult to keep straight, which probably
would not be so to the Russian stu
dent or native.
1t is of interest to me that two re-
views l have read on the book from
opposite poles of political thinking
had similar reactions to the book.
Dan Milestone, editor of the CUT
BANK PIONEER PRESS, said, in
part, the following:
''In my opinion it's dreary, turgid,
rambling recital of the trials and
displacements of the always down.
trodden peasantry of that dismal land;
a patient toilworn peasantry that nev-
er did know the meaning of freedom
and decent treatment by the reigning
tyrants, under the Cars or later
when the Revolution upset completely
the older order. They always were
pawns and always were herded around
like dumb, driven cattle.
'But l found no flame of indigna-
tion in this book by Pasternak, whose
mouthpiece is DR.. Zhivago. His story
of the shifting masses of people from
place to place and amid horrible suf-
ferings and privations is told in a
casual sort of way, as if he were an
onlooker at some distance watching
a vast tragedy unfolding, moving
along with the wanderings at other
times but giving them no leadership,
no direction. In short, he seems to
typify those armchair philosophers
who can talk endlessly about better
day for all humanity but who fail to
lend themselves actively to it's reali-
zation'.
At the other end of the political
philosophy pole was the review by
Cedric Blefrage, editor-in-exile of the
GUARDIAN who con-
demned the Soviets' repression of the
book, but was quick to reassure his
readers he believed the Soviet revo-
luton "was mankind's great step for
ward in our time, and that as a whole
it is fulfilling it's promise.
About the book DR.. Zhivago, Bel
frage said:
"It is so indifferently executed
that only few Of the millions of
copies being sold will be read to the
end :"
6. of people born into a great
moment of history, who do not under
stand it and take pride in withdraw
ng and splitting on it."
6. 1t is philosophy of the
lead and anyone who thinks he can
make effective use of it for propa-
sanda among the living is welcome
o try.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
MORE MILITARY HOUSING


The Montana congressional delega-
TONS effort to authorize $50 housing
units above what the President asked
for at Malmstrom Air Force Base
and Glasgow Air Force Base reached
second base last week.
The President recommended con-
struction of 800 housing units at
Glasgow, 400 at Malmstrom. Senators
Murray and Mansfield told the House
Armed Services Committee of the
desperate need for housing in these
two communities and asked for au-
thorization of 500 units at Glasgow
and $50 at Malmstrom. Congressman
Anderson steered agreement to the
increase through the Armed Services
Committee, of which he is a member.
Last week the House approved the
military authorization bill which car
ried the LOGO units for Montana.
If this bill gets okayed by the Sen
ate, then vetoed by the President be-
cause Montana's critical military
housing shortage would unbalance his
budget, the Montana congressional
delegation and the Glasgow Chamber
of Commerce will fall vanquished in
a common grave, because they are
fighting side by side on this one.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
MORE ROADS FOR MONTANANS

Another possibility opened up last
week for prompt forest development
in Montana. The Senate Appropria-
tions Committee added So million to
the Forest Service budget, $2.5 mil
lion for forest Improvement and
$500,00O for roads, to be used in
areas of heavy unemployment in the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1859.
Montana still leads the nation in un-
employment. The congressional dele
cation is working for Senate and
House agreement to this situation,
which could mean the go-ahead on
needed work now in the Flathead,
Deer Lodge and Lewis and Clark
forests.
On another roadfront Senators
Murray and Mansfield and other SEN
ators asked Secretary of State Herter
to open negotiations with Canada
U.S.-Canadian cooperation
in hard-surfacing the Alaska highway
in Canada. The Montana senators
co-sponsored legislation authorizing
equal sharing of the cost.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
QUALIFICATIONS FOR
CENSUS WORKERS

Another indication of heavy unem-
ployment in Montana shows up every
day in mail from Montanans who are
interested in becoming Census work
ers. Here's the latest information the
congressional delegation has received
from the Bureau of the Census:
G) Candidates for the Census of
Agriculture will be recruited in Sep
tember and October by field assistants
who are not yet named. Candidates
for the Census of Population and
Housing should apply during Febru-
ary and March of next year to dis
trict office supervisors which, the
Bureau says, are not yet established.
General qualifications for crew
leaders and enumerators, according
to the Census Bureau, are:
(1) U. S. citizen, at least 18 years
of age,
(2) Able to devote full time to
the position,
(3) License to operate and must
provide privately owned car in rural
areas,
(4) Residents of the area near
heir assignment,
The people's voice., 1959-05-01

we're doing, not only to fish and
wildlife, but also to man, in this
wholesale application of deadly poi
sons.''
The people's voice., 1959-05-01

Senator Murray has asked Secre-
tary of the Interior Seaton to submit
to Congress a resource development
program for the 400 million acres
of federal land managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management.
Murray, chairman of the Senate
Interior Committee, said:
There are particularly pressing
needs in the development of range,
water, timber and mineral resources
We need a total resource de-
velopment program for all federal
lands"
Murray asked for a report along
the lines of a recent Department of
Agriculture program for the National
Forests and the mission 66" program
for national park management sub
mitted by the Department of Interior.
The National Forests, with 180
million acres, can produce more than
the present seven billion board feet
of timber annually, Murray said. The
recreational needs of the 60 million
annual visitors to national forests
must be met, and better range pro-
vided for the almost four million
head of livestock which Craze on the
forests.
BLM handles mineral leasing on
all federal lands. More than II mil
lion head of livestock use BLM range
and almost one billion board feet
of timber comes from BLM lands
Many lands under BLM
Jurisdiction, as we'll as National For
ests, are excellent for hunting and
fishing. Under sound management
there can be an excellent improve
nent in this record, said Murray.
BIT OF BACKGROUND
Twice in the past three years Sen
ator Murray made similar requests
% the Secretary of the Interior. The |
initial reaction in Washington to this
request indicates that
his time the Department is going to
Similarly, although this was
lot mentioned in many news stories
md editorials praising the Secretary
# Agriculture for submitting a long
ange program for National Forests,
senator Murray and Senator Neu-
'erger of Oregon had requested such
report on at least three occasions
in 1855.
The people's voice., 1959-05-01
A Montanan's
WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK

VIC REINEMER, Exec. Secy to Sen. James E. Murray
Evening star., 1959-12-16
SECRETARY

For executive. Must have 5
yrs. legal and administrative
experience and top uualifi-
cations. Immediate vacancy.
Salary open. ST. 3-16lO.