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Nome, Alaska, Monday, Sept. 10, 1951
ALASKA LAND WITHDRAWALS
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Figures recently printed in the Congressional
Record show that pending requests for additional land
withdrawals in Alaska total' the' staggering sum of
11,815,899 acres. According to information furnished
by the Secretary of Interior, this vast area of land—
some of it the finest land available for settlement—has
been requested for use by various government agen
cies, including the military.
At the same time, the figures released show that
the U.S. government has suggested the reopening of
only 1,388,000 acres of land, previously withdrawn.
In short, the department of Interior wants to with
draw an additional 11 million acres of land, and release
only one million acres of the land previously with
drawn.
The department already 'has withdrawn some of
the choice homestead areas of Alaska for “reclassifica
tion,” and other purposes.
The figures show that the vast majority of re
quests for land withdrawals concern military needs,
school reserves, and power sites. These withdrawals
are usually small, and the observer can see some need
for them.
But also included in the proposed new withdrawals
are two huge “hunks” of Alaska. One is an 8,960,000
Senate Okays $61
Billion for Military
WASHINGTON, ■(£>)—'The Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
gyve unanimous approval Friday
ta a $61,103,865,030 military mon
ey bill, which members said pro
vides for secret new weapons
more terrible than the atom bomb.
The Senate committee increased
by $5,000,000,000 the amount
voted by the House. The added
funds were earmarked for Air
Force expansion, with a recom
mendation that the Air Force be
built up to at least 95 groups.
Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo)
said some of the funds would go
for the new secret weapons. He
added that if Russia launched a
new world war, she would be
crushed in the same manner that
Adolf Hitler and the German
Nazis were defeated during the
WIEN AIRLINES
Arriving from Kotzebue were
Harold Warner, H. L. Gay, Donald
Frazier, Herbert Foster, Frank
Norten, Russell Williams, Thomas
Mitchell, Charles Sours, Louis Ka
goona, Herbert Adams, Mr. and
Mrs. Oberhotzer.
Arriving from Fairbanks were
C. D. Liebnart and C. Louis. Ferry
Bahnke left for Fairbanks.
A. C. McMasters was a passen
ger to Galena. Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Jenks returned from a hunting
trip in the Kougarok.
last war.
An accompanying committee re
port made it clear that the Air
Force would be expanded to a
minimum of 95 wings, while
closed-door testimony of Air Force
leaders indicated the actual goal
was 150 to 160 wings. This would
more than double the present size
of the Air Force.
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acre area in the Kuskokwim, and the other is a 407,000
acre area near Gold Bay. All of this land has been re
quested for “wildlife management.”
We have the greatest of respect for efforts to con
serve and protect Alaska’s wildlife. But we suggest
that the government take a second look at this huge
land withdrawal request. Whatever are the needs for
wildlife management, it would seem that they could
be met with something less than a land handout that
is bigger than the total area of many states in the union.
This vast area of land no doubt contains minerals,
possibly oil, and other potential resoures that Alaska
could use. Turning all of it over to some bureau within
the department of Interior isn’t going to help Alaska
grow, or become economically self-sufficient. Alaska
today has too much land and resources locked up by
j government controls.
As Senator Hugh Butler put it in a recent address
to congress: -
“It is my feeling that the development of the Terri
tory has been hampered by this policy of reserving
these resources from development by private enter
prise.
Gen. Vandenberg:
“95-Wing Air Force
Not Sufficient To
Win A Major War”
WASHINGTON, {JP) — America
has “no choice but to maintain
superiority in the air” if it is to
guard against “the swiftest kind
of military disaster.”
That’s the way Gen. Hoyt S.
Vandenberg, Air Force chief of
staff, put it on the line to mem
bers of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, which voted billions
of dollars Friday to bolster the
1 nation’s aerial might.
He told the committee:
“An air force of 95 wings can
not be considered sufficient to win
a major war by defeating superior
strength both in the air and on
the ground. A force of this kind
is intended primarily as a deter
rent.
Stressing a need for a speedy
aerial build-up, Vandenberg said
an air war “cannot be won with
yesterday’s air force, for tomor
row’s air force may never be bom
under the pounding of an air force
already in being today.”
October Draft Call
Raised to 44,600 Men
WASHINGTON, {£>)—'The De
fense Department raised its Oc
tober draft call from 41,000 to
44,600 men.
The additional 3,600 men will
go to the Marine Corps which has
asked for 8,600 draftees in Oc
tober. The remaining 36,000 men
will go into the Army.
The Department also asked for
33,700 draftees in November. The
Army will get 29,000 and the Ma
rine Corps 4,700.
The Marine Corps resorted to
the draft in August for the first
time since a brief period during
World War II. Its requests for
draftees through November total
26,480 men.
Neither the Navy nor the Air
Force* has asked for draftees since
the outbreak of the war in Korea.
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