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Dear Editor: There is some confusion on the effect of the trading stamp bills which have been introduced in the House by the Fairbanks delegation, which is solidly opposed to the introduction of trading stamps into Alaska. The confusion is understandable, but I hope this letter will help to clear up the questions which have been asked. There is now no law prohibiting or regulating the use of trading stamps in Alaska. Those legislators who are opposed to their use must choose between two approaches: (1) a prohibition on trading stamps, which may be unconstitutional, or (2) the imposition of fees or regulations on the practice in order to raise revenue and prevent abuses of the practice, fees and regulations which may I as a practical matter make the usual trading stamp business unworkable. Both approaches were tried in the last legislature, and I asked that bills embodying both approaches be drafted for introduction by the Fairbanks delegation, based upon the bills in the last session.

H. B. 56, establishing an annual license fees of $6,000 for each store or place of business and requiring the stamp company to redeem trading stamps in cash, based upon the Washington act which I understand has been upheld in the courts, is an example of the second approach. The companion bill Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, February 13, 1965 3 Johnson Relying on Moral Persuasion To Produce Cut in Foreign Deficit U.S. goods out of world markets and thus trim the exports that NEW YORK (AP) Pre si- the deficit down.

Again, the By SAM DAWSON AP Busness Newt Analyst i dent Johnson is relying on mor- a suasion on banks and corpo- i rations to produce the biggest i cut in the United States' embar- irassing deficit in its monetary 'dealings with other nations -more of a cut than his proposed restrictive laws can effect. Most businessmen and bankers will agree that the deficits should be reduced to protect the good name and value of the U.S. I dollar and also America's gold reserves. But how many will say: "I'm a special case; it's the other fellow who should cut back on his investments abroad and his loans to foreigners." The President also asks labor and industry to avoid any wage or price boosts that could price firms were anticipating a months of 1964. up $355 clampdown.

Many question if i million from the third quarter, the United States will get President wants a tax oa horse back by locking the barn such loans to discourage them by making the loans more cost- Iv. And the Federal Reserve door now. Bank loans to foreigners to- question: How many will, or can, practices such restraint in their own unions, their own corporations? Biggest Items Bank loans and corporate funds flowing overseas were the biggest items in the disturbing jump in the final months of 1964 in the payments deficit the gap between the dollars going abroad for private and government purposes and those returning for payment of U.S. exports and as yields on past investments. But bankers and corporation treasurers have been saying in recent weeks that the reason the flow had increased was that fi-i in Congress Wednesday by Sen.

nancial Institutions and business I L. Bartlett, DAlaska, andjAlso, many wonder how many tailed $781 million in the is asking banks voluntar- iily to limit such loans to 5 per icent of the amount outstanding at the end of the year. Bankers Wonder But some bankers wonder if the proposed new tax will really deter foreign borrowing as long as interest rates here remain markedly lower than those in many foreign lands. Corporations are inclined to argue that the investments they make abroad are good for this country in the long run that the money sent out will return in time, with interest or profits. Accelerated Exploration Proposed WASHINGTON (AP)--An ac- jcelerated program of exploration and development of resources of the Continental Shelf is proposed in a bill introduced JET FLIGHT Capt.

B. D. Klem snaps flight gear on S.Sgt. Paul H. Boucher as the sergeant prepares to take an orientation ride in an F104 Starfighter.

Eighteen Starfighters are temporarily stationed at Eielson Air Force Base during the Polar Strike exercise. A Photo H. B. 55 was, prohibition bill, I thought, a but it is instead a variant of H. B.

56. Neither bill is wholly satisfactory. If the regulation approach is to be used, I believe an essential provision is one protecting the right of the consumer to take a cash discount in lieu of stamps at the time of the purchase. And the cash value of stamps for purposes of cash discount (or redemption for cash) should be based not on a nominal cash value, but upon the value of the stamps measured by the retail list price of merchandise given upon redemption of the stamps. After discovering the absence of a prohibition bill, I requested that one be prepared, and it is now being drafted.

The difficulty with this approach is that many courts say it is unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court, Kansas, Wyo- ing and others disagree and have upheld prohibitory legislation. I would prefer this approach. Almost certainly any legislation will be tested in the courts, and if a prohibitory law is found to be unconstitutional, vwe can then take the other ap- But politics is the art of the possible, and it remains to be seen what legislation, if any, will be acceptable to both houses in this session. Legislatures do not seek to regulate, they are prodded by those who want laws passed.

And this is a controversial issue, one which many of us, regardless of our position on the merits of the question, wish would "go away" so as not to hamper the work of the legislature in dealing with other important but less controversial issues. 'therefore, suspect that it will take an unusually strong expression of public support throughout all parts of Alaska favoring imposition of curbs on trading stamps Carolina Firm Asks Seal Bid WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Robert T. Ashmore, says the Fouke Fur Greenville, S.C., "is the only responsible bidder" for a government contract to process Alaskan sealskins. Ashmore urged, in a letter to Secretary of the Interior Stewart L.

Udall, that Fouke-formerly located in St. Louis--be awarded the contract. "It is a well known fact," he said, that Fouke-processed sealskin furs command a better price than the same product processed by any other firm. "If no other firm can closely match this process, it stands to reason that the people of Alaska will benefit by the award of the contract to such a firm." Alaska receives 70 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of the skins. The state has received Between $500,000 and $1 million annually as its share of the proceeds.

Sen. E. L. Bartlett, D-Alaska, urged President Johnson Wednesday to give dominant consideration to Alaska interests in awarding a contract for the processing of the skins. "There is continuing controversy between a labor union and the company (Fouke) which has processed the skins for 40 years or more," he said.

But Bartlett said he is not "particularly interested in their controversy. What I am interested in," he said, "is the welfare of the State of The Interior Department canceled its long standing contract with Fouke because of management differences and, in 1963, awarded the contract to the Supara Co. of Chicago. Equalization Bill Approved to i i i WASHINGTON (AP) A to move this legislature Judiciary subcommittee 1 has approved a bill to require Very truly yours, that congressional districts be Barry W. Jackson compact and nearly equal in population.

The bill is designed to go into EDITORS NOTE: The following "letter from a legislator" was written by Ed Orbeck, Rep. Dist. 16. It appears that many people in the Fairbanks area feel that we (Jackson, LeFevre and Orbeck) are in favor of use of green stamps in Alaska. This is not true, and we have introduced legislation to prevent the start of their use in this state.

We held several public hearings in January and had many requests for legislation to prevent the use of trade stamps. Present law does not rule them out and stores could use them at any time. In our meeting with the Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 7, they also asked for laws against the use of trade stamps. Our position is against the use of trade stamps in Alaska.

We have three bills being readied for consideration. Our first efforts will be to forbid the use of trade stamps, much like the proposed law that failed to pass last year. If this fails, then we have two that are based on the Kansas act, which will prohibit the use of stamps but calls for regulation, and the Washington State act-to require license and that the value of the effect for the 1966 congressional election and would use the 1960 census tc determine a district's population. The measure says no district in a state can have a population that varies more than 12.5 per cent from the state's average. stamps must then be redeemed in cash by the store of issue at any time.

We do not think any merchant would want to go into this program. Under these proposals companies from the lower 48, would not be able to operate at a profit in Alaska. S. and H. Green stamp company has a man here in Juneau, and he is trying to have our bills changed to allow stamps.

We think we can keep the so- called "green stamps" out of Alaska. The Legislative Council has been jammed and bills are slow in being drafted. Also bills are not coming down in the order we have presented material for them. All letters I have received regarding trade stamps have been AGAINST the use of these stamps in Alaska. Ed Orbeck, Rep.

Dist. 16 Tight Reign on Military Moves Being Maintained by Civilians WASHINGTON (AP) In the, operations once the fighting be- Johnson Stresses 'Nation's Interest' to Longshoremen WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson sent word to striking longshoremen and management negotiators today that the nation's interest requires an "immediate settlement" of the month-long walkout. Johnson's statement was relayed by Secretary of Labor J. Willard Wirtz at called by Johnson strange new kind of war being fought in Viet Nam, detailed military shots are being called in Washington as never before in history. This is because each military move against the Communists outside the borders of South Viet Nam is loaded with potential for bringing on a big-scale war.

In pre-atomic days, military commanders directed military Change of Venue Asked for Cobb MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) Attorneys have asked for a change of venue for a Negro youth reindicted for murder in the same case which attracted worldwide attention when he was sentenced to death at the age of 15. Preston Cobb now 19, was reindicted on the murder charge Wednesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Cobb's 1961 conviction on the grounds his constitutional rights had been violated by exclusion of Negroes on the grand jury.

Cobb was convicted for the fatal shooting of a white man, Frank Coleman Dumas, 70, for whom he worked. gan. This was true in Korea, too, although a decision against carrying the war north of the Yalu into Red China was made by President Harry S. Truman. The advent of the Kennedy administration brought to power a group of civilians, led by Secretary of Defense Robert S.Mc- Namara, who believed in the idea of controlled response to Communist threats and actions.

The aim was to keep a tight reign on military moves, to tailor the resonse to the threat, and to limit any clash to the lowest level possible. The objective was to minimize the danger of accidental war, to prevent a situation from getting out of hand and escalating into general war into a war that might lead ultimately to a dreaded nuclear exchange. Thus, the command and control system was built up to an extent never before achieved -and the reins of that system led to the highest levels of the Pentagon and White House. Development of that system had started earlier, but was accelerated by McNamara. One practical application of tightened civilian control over military operations was seen in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

During last summer's Gulf of Tonkin shooting incident and again last weekend when the Communists attacked a U.S. compound and airfield near Pleiku, the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended a list of targets for retaliation and the method of attacking them. President Johnson, McNamara and the National Security Council accepted the basic recommendations of the chiefs. After the civilian officials had given their assent, the orders were passed down through the chain of command through the U.S. commander in the Pacific, based at Honolulu, then to the commander of the Navy's 7th Fleet and U.S.

military chiefs in Viet Nam. a hearing to seek a prompt end to the strike at Atlantic and Gulf ports that has cost the nation's economy an estimated $6 billion. Johnson Wednesday named Wirtz, Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor, and Sen. Wayne Morse, to hear from both sides, and make recommendations for a settlement of If II Cost More To Park Cars In Anchorage ANCHORAGE (AP) Parking meter rates in Anchorage will double June 1.

The City new rate of 10 cents for one Council unanimously approved a hour at meters throughout the downtown area. The higher fees, the council said, are to be used to finance $2.2 million in off-street parking garage and parking lot construction. the strike, involving some 60,000 longshoremen. "There is only one conceivable report this group can take to the President of the United States at 12 noon tomorrow, and that is a complete settlement," Wirtz said. Although agreement has been reached on new contracts in some ports, the AFL-CIO International Longshoremen's Association has refused to budge from its policy of continuing the strike until all ports settle.

Thomas VV. Gleason, union president, has said of the union position: "If we went back to work we would be sacrificing corporations can refrain from sending more funds to expand their overseas ventures, if they see or suspect their competitors are doing so and thus capturing more of a growing market. since the Louisiana Purchase. I "The United States acquired Border GuQrd these rights," he said, "over the others. "On June 10 last year," Barti lett told the Senate, "the United i States acquired under intema- tional law sovereign rights over resources of the Continental Shelf which extends from 10 to 300 miles beneath the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the Bering Sea.

In said today. BERLIN (AP) A 21-year- old East German border guard defected to West Berlin during the night. West Berlin police recent years, startling discoveries have been made of rich and extensive mineral deposits, and other resources on the Continental Shelf." The bill would establish a commission to undertake the program. The commission would be given a $50 million annual budget. In addition, the bill would es- tabish a $100 million fund to encourage private industry, universities and scientific institu- our union and we don't intend to i tions in undertaking exploratory do this and development projects.

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