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Nome, Alaska, Monday, January 8, 1951
ANOTHER DOUBLECROSS FOR ALASKA
(Anchorage Daily Times)
It looks like another big double-cross for Alaska is
brewing in Washington, The stepchild of the United
States is once more being cut off from destiny.
Plans for a gigantic hydro electric power develop
ment near Skagway, and the creation of a mammoth
light metals industry there, are apparently being sacri
ficed while the federal government throws its support
to British Columbia.
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Word comes that Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
and Production Chief William Harrison have made a
secret deal with the Aluminum Corporation of America
to finance an aluminum plant at Kitimat, a few miles
southeast of Prince Rupert.
This was the development which has been the sub
ject of extensive engineering and preliminary planning
in Southeastern Alaska. It was the greatest prospect for!
industrial development of the Territory. Feasibility of |
the project was recognized in high places and has been |
given national publicity. I
The double-cross now being hatched in the nation’s j
capital seems to be based entirely on politics rather (
than economics or defense.
It is an instance where Alaska must stand by helpless
ly while a great opportunity is lost. Who is there of
power and prestige in Washington who has sufficient in
terest in Alaska to halt the scheme?
.
This is another case where two Senators from the!
States of Alaska would lighten the nation on the nefari
ous scheme. American financial support is to be used!
to develop a Canadian industry despite the fact it will1
force the nation to purchase aluminum from a foreign ;
country. Our own resources will stand idle.
It is the same sort of discrimination which has mark- j
ed the 83 years of American ownership of Alaska. Alas- i
ka has no more chance than a smoke-ring in a wind- j
storm without statehood. ;
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Under the equality theory it is wrong for 150,000,000
Americans to possess more of the world’s goods than an
equal number of Chinese, Africans or Indians. . . . An- j
other example of private enterprise is the 48,000-ton
liner, Untied States, now under construction with the
government paying the major share of its cost. '
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ALL IT TAKES IS A WORLD CATASTROPHE
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Truman Wants
Many Things In His
Address To Nation
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have always been, to negotiate
' honorable settlements with the
I Soviet Union.”
“But we will not engage in ap
peasement.”
Mr Truman’s 3,500-word mes
sage was first of all a defense of
j his foreign policy which is geared
to the idea of building American
and Western European strength to
the point where Russia will re
spect it.
It was second a general outline
of what 'has been done scr far in
the way of military mobilization
and a ibroad sketching of what is
to come.
“We are preparing for full war
time mobilization, if. that should
become necessary,” Mr. Truman
said.
As part of that preparation, the
President said he wants change in
the draft law, higher taxes, great
er wage-price control powers,
“improvement” of labor and farm
laws, aid to education, and federal
aid for training medical men and
women.
He gave no details on any of
these, precisely what he proposes
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will come out piece-meal later in
special messages and through sub
Large Aluminum
Project Scheduled
For West Canada
VICTORIA, B. C. {/P)—British
Columbia started off 1951 with a ;
bang—an agreement with the'
Aluminum Company of Canada j
that should lead eventually to a |
$500,000,000 development in Ihej
northern B. C wilderness.
Lands Minister E. T. Kenney j
signed an agreement during the
week-end giving the company wa-1
ter rights for a vast hydro devel-'
opment in the Tweedsmuir Park
area, about 400 miles north of
Vancouver.
No further details were given.
Certain features of the agreement'
require sanction of the B. C. Leg-1
islatuer, which opens its 1951 ses
sion Feb. 20.
“For that reason we are unable,
to say anything more than the!
fact that negotiations started with
the company in 1947 have receiv- j
ed the final touches at long last,” |
Mr. Kenney told a press confer
ence Saturday. j
“This is a fine way for the peo
ple of British Columbia to start
1951;” he added.
“It’s the biggest thing we’ve;
ever seen. I doubt if there has*
ever been a larger contract before
in Canada.” j
The agreement covers water
rights in the Tamtsa-Emano wa
tersheds of Tweedsmuir Park
where the company proposes to
develop a 500,000-h p. power
plant on the Memano River as the
first stage of a 1,500,000-h.p. de-j
velopment.
Construction of the power plant'
would follow building of a dam in1
the grand canyon of the Nechako
River, about 160 miles from the
coast. This would back up the wa
ters in the' Tahtsa-Kemano water
sheds to permit hydro develop
ment.
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The power site is about 50 miles
from the Kitimat, the tiny Indian
village at tidewater which in a
few years may become an aliim
inum boom town of probably 50,- j
000 population.
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mission erf specific legislative pro
posals to the Congress.
Mr. Truman omitted any spe
cific mention of many of the pro
posals he has called the “fair
deal”—such as civil rights laws—
which Congress in the past has re
fused to give him.
But he emphasized the possible
long range nature of the present
era of tension and told the legis
lators they should give continued
attention to “the measures which
our country will need for the long
| pull.” He continued:
“To take just one example—we
1 need to continue and complete the
work of rounding out our system
of social insurance. We still need
to improve our protection against
j unemployment and old age. We
! still need to provide insurance
against loss of earnings through
sickness, and against the high
costs of modem medical care.
“Above all, we must remember
that the fundamentals of our
strength rest upon the freedoms of
! our people.”
Solemnly, the President told the
lawmakers they face “as grave a;
task as any Congress in the his
tory of the Republic ”
Emphasizing the uncertainty of
the times ahead, he said:
“Peace is precious to us. It is
the way of life we strive for with
all the strength and wisdom we
possess. But more precious than
peace are freedom and justice.
“We will fight, if fight we must, I
to keep our freedom and to pre-1
vent justice from being destroyed.”
And finally, he closed by say
ing: “This is oUr cause — peace,;
freedom, justice. We will pursue |
this cause with determination and
humility, asking divine guidance :
that in all we do we may follow
God’s will.”
Mr. Truman pledged that this
country will not abandon its lead
ership of “the community of free
nation.”
Replying, in effect to recent de
mands by former President Hoo- 1
ver and Republican Senator Rob
ert A. Taft that this country limit
its military aid to Western Europe,
The President declared America’s
national security is too deeply in
volved to allow any withdrawal
of help.
“Our national security,” he said,
“would be gravely prejudiced if
the Soviet Union were to succeed
in harnessing to its war machine
the resources and the manpower
of the free nations on the borders
of its empire.”
In his report on mobilization ef
forts, the President said American
industry must be made capable of
producing 50,000 planes and 35,000
tanks a year. But he said he hoped
there would never be any neces
sity to produce that many. I
Much of his address was con
cerned with the grave internation- j
al situation and he appealed to
the legislators: |
“I ask the Congress for unity in
these crucial days.” j
The President said the threat j
“of world conquest” by Russia is j
“a total threat and the danger is
a common danger ” t
Then he went on to say:
“We are preparing for full war
time mobilization, if that should
be necessary. And we are contin
uing to build a strong and grow
ing economy, able to maintain
whatever effort may be required
for an long as necessary.”
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CORRECTION !
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The name of Dick Roell was
listed on the engineering commit
tee‘Of the Civilian Defense. Mr.
Roell informs us that he cannot
serve on that committee as he is
leaving for the States soon.
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