Sale Of Timber
t Controversy
Still Continues
(By Charles D. Watkins)
((/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (fP) — Alaska
Indians expect to ask the House
agriculture committee to work out
some plan to protect their inter
ests if the forest service is author
ized to sell stumpage rights to
5,000,000 acres of timber in south
eastern Alaska.
A hearing which was# to have
been given them yesterday was
postponed until later in the week
because Isaac C. Sutton, counsel
for the Indian rights association,
failed to show up.
At Senate committee hearings
two weeks ago counsel for the In
dians opposed the proposal of sale
to paper and pulp mills to develop
the industry in the Territory.
He contended that the Indians
own ten per cent of the land and
should be permitted to sell direct
to the paper companies.
Forest service officials testified
the timber will support five $30,
000,000 paper mills and said two
of them were about ready to con
clude negotiations for timber.
They contended .the paper com
panies would drop their plans if
they have to negotiate with thei
Indians.
Four of the Indian leaders,
l^ank Peratrovich of Klawock, j
member of the Territorial Senate. J
and Andrew Hope of Sitka, Frank
Johnson of Kake and Fred Grant,
Sr., of H^daburg and their coun
sel, James Curry, all members of j
the Alaskan House, conferred
Monday with representatives 'of
the forest service, Delegate Bart-!
lett and agriculture department)
representatives.
No conclusion was reached on j
the proposed legislation but the j
discussion returned to a previous j
proposal that the Indians be given I
ten per cent of the receipts from
timber sales with the remainder!
held in the treasury until their |
rights are decided. If they accept-!
ed that proposal, Bartlett said, it
would extinguish the Indian rights
to the timber.
The legislation under considera
tion would require that all re
ceipts be held in the treasury un-1
til the rights of the Indians are
decided.
When the proposal to pay the
Indians ten per cent was first
brought up the justice department
opposed it on the ground that it
was in effect recognition of the
justices of the Indian claims.
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Metal Premiums
To Be Extended
WASHINGTON, UP) — Rep.
Short (R.-Mo.) expressed optim
ism yesterday that Congress will
renew within a few days premium
payments on production of lead,
zinc and copper whic!-> expired at
midnight Monday night.
“I think we will be successful
in getting a two-year extension of
the premium payment system
which has been in effect during
the last year,” Short told a re
porter.
He referred to a bill which he
said was being prepared by Chair
man Allen (R.-Ill.) of the House
rules committee. He expects this
measure to go before the House
public lands subcommittee, prob
ably today, he said and before the
House probably next week.
One-fifth of the population of
Liberia is composed of American
Negroes or their descendants.
Plans To Visit
Alaska In August
WASHINGTON, (/P) — William
Warne, new assistant secretary of
the interior, said today he plans to
visit Alaska in August.
Warne told a reporter he plans
to tie in his trip with those of
Congressional committees plan
iing to visit the Territory.
He added that the interior de
partment is working on plans ’o
open land along the Alcan High
wav in Alaska to settlement.
Such action, he said, pot oolv
will aid Alaska’s development but
will stimulate use of the highway,
which now has stations so widelv
separated that travel along the
road by the general public has not
yet become practical.
He added that Canada is well
ahead of the United States in pro
moting settlements along the war
built route to the north.
Africa Interested
In Alaska
SEATTLE (/P) — Natives and
residents of Africa’s Gold Coast
appear to be greatly interested in
Alaska and there’s a reason.
A steady stream of coupons ask
ing for travel literature have been
received by the Alaska Steamship
Co. for many months. One Friday
was from a Charles K. Sono, of
Acera, Gold Coast British, West
Africa.
His note read:
“Dear sir: I beg to apply for one
catalogue. T end with greetings.
Charles.”
It seems that a lot of old United
States magazines found their way
to Africa during the war, some of
them, chiefly the National Geo
graphic, carried a prewar ad by
the Alaska Steamship Co. asking
readers to clip the coupon and
send for literature.
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