Gov. Dewey States
His Post-War
Economic Views
NEW YORK, June 8—f/P>—As
steps toward solving postwar eco
nomic problems Governor Dewey
proposes the United States initiate
at the world conference general
tariff reductions and accept the
Bretton Woods monetary plan
now before Congress.
In a speech last night at the war
finance committee dinner he also
proposed an extension of recipro
cal trade agreements, the repeal
of the Johnson Act, an early set
tlement of lend-lease obligations
and the cancellation of World
War I debts.
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WASHINGTON
NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlstt,
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
CONGRESSMEN REQUEST
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
TO LIFT BAN AGAINST
GOLD MINING
In a letter addressed to Chair
man Krug of the War Production
Board, Delgeate Bartlett has join
ed thirty other members of the
House requesting that the ban
against gold mining be lifted im
mediately.
The order against gold mining
has been in effect for almost two
and a half years, and during that
time it is claimed irreparable
damage has been done to hun
dreds of mines through cessation
of operation.
Stating that they believed the
limitation order should not be
continued at all after V-E day, the
Congressmen joined in the follow
ing statement giving their reasons
for the request: “It is hard to un
derstand why our gold mines have
been closed for two and a half
years while the gold mines in
other countries desperately in
volved in this war have continued
to operate and has been furnished
supplies for their operations from
this country. We are further at a
loss to understand why the open
ing of our gold mines should be
delayed at a time when our gov
ernment is seeking to reduce the
gold reserves behind our currency
from forty to twenty-five percent
because we are short of gold.”
The request asked for a definite
date when the order would be
liftd so that preparations can be
made for financing and reopening
the mines. Although assurances
had been issued some time ago by'
the War Production Board that
the limitation order would be
lifted so that preparations can bej
inite date has been set by the
WPB. It is hoped that the com
bined request of the members of
the House will be effective imme
diately.
EKLUTNA SCHOOL TO BE
MOVED TO FORT RAYMOND
Mr. Bartlett has been informed
that the Office of Indian Affairs
is considering plans to move its
industrial school for native chil
dren from Eklutna to Fort Ray
mond near Seward, until such
time as the Eklutna buildings can
be rehabilitated.
Claiming that the buildings
which house the children at Ek
lutna are unfit, the Indian Serv
ice has requesed an appropriation
of money to remodel buildings at
Fort Raymond for temporary oc
cupancy and to enable the capac
ity of the school to be enlarged
to 400 children in order to care
for a large number of dependent
children reportedly in need of in
I
stitutional care.
The Bureau of the Budget is
now processing a supplemental es
timate to take care of the remod
eling of the buildings at Fort Ray
i mond, and it is hoped clearance
! will be made by the Bureau in
; time for the appropriation to be
j included in the Interior Appropri
ation bill for 1946 which is now
before the Senate, having passed
the House several weeks ago.
Mr. Bartlett states that be will
work vigorously for an appropria- J
ion for funds to reconstruct the
buildings on an enlarged scale at
Eklutna so that a permanent es
tablishment may be safely main
tained at that place.
HOUSE PASSES
POSTMASTER MEASURE
The House has passed Mr. Bart
lett’s bill, H. R. 656, which pro
vides that postmasters of fourth
class offices in Alaska may be ap
pointed who already hold other
government positions, regardless
of compensation.
This legislation is necessary be
cause of the difficulty in getting
anyone willing or suited to be
postmaster in some of the remote
localities in the Territory. Many
of the fourth-class post offices in
Alaska have been closed because
the one person in the place, either'
the teacher or the special assistant ;
of the Office of Indian Affairs!
who is both willing and able to1
undertake the duties of postmas-,
ter, has been forbidden by ruling'
of the Comptroller General to
hold, in effect two government po
sitions.
The mesaure has now gone to
the Senate for action.
VISITORS
Commander J. W. McCaule>
USN, called on Delegate Bartlet
recently upon his arrival in Wash
ington from overseas. Commande
McCauley is the son of pionee
residents of Fairbanks and wa
graduated from Annapolis in 1936
He has seen active duty in the Pa
cific as a naval pilot and has beet
assigned to Washington for a yeai
in the Office of the Chief of Nava
Operations.
Paul W. Gordon, formerly chie
of the Alaska section of the In
terior Department’s Division o:
Territories and Island Possessions
called upon Delegate Bartlett up
on his return to this country fron
abroad. Mr. Gordon spent a yeai
in Cairo with UNRRA and latei
was financial advisor to the gov
ernment of Iran.
Hallie P. Rice of Juneau visited
.
Delegate Bartlett on a leave from
Annapolis. Mr. Rice is being grad
uated from the Academy in June.
His mother, Mrs. George B. Rice,
is here for the ceremonies and is
staying with Vice Admiral and
Mrs. Ross T. Mclntire.
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Sgt. Joe Louis called on Dele
gate Bartlett before levaing for
Alaska. Mr. Louis will visit many
parts of the Territory where the
Army is stationed and will referee
boxing matches among the sol
diers.
MRS. McCORKLE AND THELMA
ON WAY TO STATES
Mrs. McCorkle and daughter,
Thelma, left for the States with
the P.A.A., where Miss McCorkle
plans to enter the Providence Hos
pital for nurse’s training.
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