ii jiigress this week, one seeking
c< nplete home rule for Alaska and
the other giving a larger measure
of voting franchise to the people
of the Territory.
Congressman Homer Angell of
Oregon has introduced a statehood
bill identical with Delegate Bart
lett’s measure. Senator Magnuson
of Washington has urged, through
a Senate joint resolution, amend
ment to the Constitution granting
representatiion in the Congress
and among the electors of Presi
dent and Vice-President to the
people of Alaska, Hawaii and the
| District of Columbia.
Representation would be provid
ed under this measure in Congress
for these citizens of two Senators
and a proportionate number of
representatives.
FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE DIRECTOR
Making his first trip to Alaska,
Albert Day, Director of Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of
• the Interior, is leaving Washington
this week.
Mr. Day plans to attend the an
nual meeting of the Alaska Game
Commission at Juneau.
FOREST LANDS
National forest lands in the
United States, including Alaska
would be thrown open for occu
pancy for purposes of residence,
recreation, public convenience, ed
ucation, industry, agriculture and
commerce under a measure intro
duced in the House this week by
Delegate Bartlett.
Under this measure the Secre
tary of Agriculture may issue per
mits for such purposes for periods
not exceeding 30 years and for
areas not exceeding 80 acres. As
long as the permits are in effect,
• the lands involved will not be sub
ject to location, entry or appropri
ation under the public land laws or
mining laws, or to disposition un
der the mineral leasing laws.
VISITOR
Joseph H. Tippets of Anchorage
was a recent visitor in Washing
ton and called on Delegate Bart
lett. Mr. Tippets is with Civ 1
Aero nautics Administration in
Alaska.
Photostat your valuable papers.
Communication
The Secretary of the Interior
Washington 25, D. C.
Feb. 7, 1947
Hon. Luther Dunbar,
Mayor of Nome,
Nome, Alaska.
My dear Mayor Dunbar:
The purpose of this letter is to
keep you, and through you, the
people of Nome, informed or. the
action taken and the progress
made by this Department in solv
ing the problems presented to Mr.
Skinner at a meeting held at
Nome last August while I was i
Alaska. I regret that because of
weather conditions, it was not
possible for me to be present a
that meeting.
Upon my return to Washington,
I asked each Bureau and Division
of the Department to report to me
promptly on each of the problems
presented that came within its
particular functions. Most of the
reports requested have now been
; received, and it is possible for me
I 1° inform you regarding action
taken or proposed.
Gold Mining: At the meeting
in Nome there was some discus
sion with regard to the Federal
j Government “being in the gold
mining business.” The restrictions
of the mining of gold which were
in force during the war have been
relaxed so that it is now possible
for gold mining to be resumed in
Alaska in approximately its for
mer volume. This Department
; through the Geological Survey, the
Bureau of Mines, and the Bureau
of Land Management, is doing
! what it can with the limited funds
' available, to study mineral depos
1 its throughout the Territory and to
; assist in their development. We
shall be glad to cooperate with
| persons in the Seward Peninsula
area in the development of gold
mining in that part of the Terri
! tory.
Hospitals for Treatment of Tu
bercular Patients: The War De
partment has transferred to the
Office of Indian Affairs of this
Department its buildings on Ja
ponsl^i Island, near Sitka, and
plans are going forward for the
operation by the Alaska Native
Service of a hospital at that place,
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SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
•
Prompt and Courteous Service
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especially for the care and treat
ment of Native patients suffering
from tuberculosis. This hospital
will have a capacity of between
200 and 300 beds. We are working
in co-operation with other inter
ested Federal and Territorial agen
cies and with the Federal Board af
Hospitalization on an over-all hos
pital program for Alaska which
contemplates a very substantial in
crease in the number of hospita*
beds to be available for thj treat
ment of tuberculosis.
Reindeer: The Alaska Native
Service is continuing to make care
ful .nvestigation of the possibility
of restoring the reindeer herds to
something of their former num
bers. We realize the importance o
the reindeer to the native economy
and every effort is being made to
revive the interest of the Eskimos
in the reindeer and to distribute
the deer as widely as possible
among the Eskimos. We know that
there are many problems to be
overcome in reestablishing the
reindeer herds in Eskimo owner
ship and will welcome suggestions
from the people of northwestern
Alaska for solving those problems.
Aid to Veterans: The Alaska Na
tive Service is working in close co
operation with the Veterans’ Ad
min;stration in informing Native
veterans in Alaska of their rights
and privileges under legislation
enacted for their benefit. In re
sponse to a request from Governor
Gruening which had the support
of this Department, the Veterans’
A d m i nistration established an
Alaskan Office with authority to
handle veterans’ affairs in the Ter
ritory. Both this Department and
the Office of the Governor of
Alaska are doing everything pos
sible to asist Alaskan veterans,
| botn whites and natives, in meet
| ing their problems and in obtain
ing everything to which they are
entitled.
Dredging and Other Harbor Im
provement Work: The dredging
and other harbor improvement
work at Nome is, as you know, a
function of the War Department.
However, this Department is very
much interested in receiving infor
mation with regard to the needs
for this kind of work in Alaska
and we are glad to cooperate to
the fullest extent in presenting
those needs to the Engineer Corps
of the War Department for inclu
sion in the Rivers and Harbors Bill
Road Construction: The Alaska
Road Commission has a long
range program for new construc
tion which it will follow as rapid
ly as funds can be secured. In con
sidering the Interior Department
Appropriation Bill for the current
fiscal year, the Congress indicated
that it thought the Territory
should contribute twenty-five per
cent to the cost of new road con
Communication—Krug—2 .
struction in Alaska. If this require
ment is adopted, favorable action
by the Territorial Legislature will
be required in addition to favor
able action by the Congress, be
fore funds for new road construc
tion can be made available.
I suggest that the town of Nome
present its needs both to the Ter
ritorial Highway Engineer and to
Mr. Ike Taylor, Chief Enginee*' of
the Alaska Road Commission for
inclusion in estimates of required
appropriations. I know that the
Road Commission will be most
sympathetic toward the require
ments of Nome and vicinity.
Survey of Food Fishery Re-1
sources of the Bering Sea Area* |
The Fish and Wildlife Service of1
th;s Department is very much in
terested in surveys of the food
fishery resources of Alaska and,
within the limit of available funds.
will make studies of such resourc
es with a view to expanding as
widely as possible the fishing in
dustry of Alaska. It is hoped that
it will be possible to build up the
utilization to a much greater ex
tent than formerly of all the avail
able fish resources of the Territory
in addition to salmon. The Fish
and Wildlife Service is cooperating
with Mr. Nick Bez in the ope’afon
of an experimental fish snip in
Alaskan waters, including Ber-ng
Sea. It is undertsood that t .• e ...
many varieties of edible fisn m
Alaskan waters which a e no no.
being utilized to any great e.c.en
and investigations are being made
i regarding the possibility of grcafe
development of this resource.
Schools: The Secretary <■.
Nome School Board requeste 1 th i
Eskimo pupils be removed from
j the Territorial school and be urged
I to attend schools operated for the
' Natives. Eskimo pupils have evcy
right to attend the Territorial
| school if they so desire and canno
1 be compelled to attend the schools
j operated by the Alaska Native
Service if they do not wish to do
I so. Many Territorial schools
j throughout the Territory admit
Natives freely and in some of them
nearly all of the pupils are Na
tives. I believe that it should be
possible for the Nome Schoo’
Board and the representative in
Nome of the Alaska Native Service
to cooperate in working out an ar
i rangement with regard to school
j attendance by Eskimo children
which will be reasonably satisfac
tory to all concerned.
I know that there are other
problems of deep concern to the
people of Nome throughout Seward
Peninsula, as, for example, the
iamage to buildings, utilities, and
streets caused by recent severe
torms. This Department wants to
assist you in solving those prob
lems. In this we have the full co
operation of the Governor and of
oilier Federal Agencies.
J’lease rest assured of our inter
nal in the welfare of the residents
,/i Nome and all Northwestern
Alaska, and our desire to cooper
itc with you in every way.
Sincerely yours,
J. A. KRUG,
Secretary of the Interior.
MR. HARVEY STARLING
IN NOME ON BUSINESS
Mr. Harvey Starling of the ANS
who has been in Seward assisting
with the removal of the students
from Eklutna to the new school
at Sitka is in Nome on his annual
three months field trip to all the
native schools in this division. Mr.
Starling was superintendent of
the Nome Alaska Native Service
school a few years ago.
A. N. GENEREAUX TO
LEAVE FOR BARROW
A. N. Genereaux who has been
stationed here for over a year with
the C.A.A. has been transferred to
a station near Barrow. Mrs. Gener
eaux will go to the States.
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