Government May
Develop Alaska
Newsprint Industry
WASHINGTON <£>> — Oscar I..
Chapman, undersecretary of the
interior, suggested today one
means of relieving the newsprint
and paper shortage would be for
the federal government to develop
Alaskan hydroelectric power.
He told a Senate small business'
sub-committee investigating the
shortage that Alaska could supply
from 20 to 25 per cent of this coun
try’s needs but that paper mills
require considerable electric pow
er, not now available.
The department, he said, plans
detailed surveys and engineering
studies of the pqwer possibilities
and “if the situation warrants, to
seek the necessary authority and
funds for development of the hy
droelectric power in this area by
a federal or Territorial agency.’’
Chapman told the group that
“while the Alaskan pulp industry
will serve small business, I regret
to say that in itself, it is not cap
able of development by small
business.”
He said the industry must be de
veloped “by very substantial fi
nancial interests able to assume
heavy expenditures.” He estimated
construction and equipment costs
of a plant at $20,000,000.
Chapman said each mill unit
would require 25,000 horse power
initially and twice that amount ul
timately. Sites already surveyed
would provide 800,000 horsepower,
but the largest so far studied has a
year long capacity of 32,000 horse
power, he said adding:
‘Some interested concerns have!
indicated that the burden of devel- j
oping the requisite power, in addi
tion to financing the milling and
manufacturing facilities, is so
great that they would prefer to
have the necessary electric energy
developed and supplied by a pub
lic power agency.”
“The interior department is now
reviewing all existing data on the
hydroelectric resources of south
eastern Alaska with the view of
working out the most practical and
economic means of supplying the
power required.
Chapman estimated it would
Legislators To
Visit Sitka
SEATTLE. The S. S. Den
ali of the Alaska Steamship
company sailed yesterday on a
trip that will see her taking care
of two special passenger assign
ment in the north.
At Juneau, the Denali will pick
up Jo members of the Alaska Ter
ritorial legislature for a visit to
Sitka and return to Juneau. The
nature of the special trip was not
reported.
At Seward, the steamer will
take aboard 130 native students
and 10 teachers of the Eklutna vo
cational school to complete trans
fer of the institution to its new
site on Sitka's Japonski island.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
AT THE LIBRARY
The K. K. Public Library which
is open every Friday evening and
Saturday afternoon in the City
Hall is in receipt of quite a few
mystery and adventure books
which have been in demand.
They have also been given
leather bound copies of Fortune
, and Esquire magazines covering
i several years.
I
take from two to four years, after
the start of construction, to produce
Alaskan newsprint on a large
scale. He said transportation could
be improved by operation of a
railroad car-ferry or barge service
between southeasten Alaska mill
sites and Prince Rupert Canadian
rail head in British Columbia.
Chapman said the Alaskan In
dian population would contribute
labor to the industry.
“A number of responsible con
cerns are now investigating the
industry,” Chapman continued.
“Present indications are more en
couraging than at any time in 20
years. The establishment of the
industry appears inevitable.”
Chapman said many contractors
and publishers have approached
the interior department recently
for information on Alaskan pulp
and paper possibilities.
“One major contracting firm
now has a crew of surveyors in
Alaska, and has applied for a pre
liminary power permit,” Chapman
said.
YOUTH FOR CHRIST RALLY
Day—FRIDAY
Time—7:30 P.M.
Place—FEDERATED CHURCH
Speaker—REV. LESLIE PARROTT
Sponsored by the Ministerial Association of Nome
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All the young people of Nome are
invited to this, their own meeting.
A new approach to the Old-time Religion
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Supreme Court
To Slap John
L. Lewis Down
WASHINGTON, (/P>—'The Su
preme Court slapdown of John L.
Lewis appeared certain today to
i preserve peace in the coal fields
this spring.
In all probability, the miners
will stick to their jobs at least un
til July 1, when the soft coal op
erators are due to regain the fed
erally held pits.
Taking advantage of this respite,
the government is expected to re
! aouble efforts to get Lewis’ United
! Mine Workers and the operators
i into wage negotiations in the hope
, the mid-summer transfer will not
bring another shutdown.
The prime consideration is that
j the precedent-making coal strike
! case—even though Lewis and his
! union stand convicted of contempt
| —is not yet out of the courts.
It is on this fact the likelihood
rests that the 400,000 AFL miners
will keep on digging coal for the
' next three and one-half months.
1 Lewis, genial yet distant, would
j not reveal his plans at once. His
i lawyers could seek a rehearing.
The supreme court seldom grants
one.
j But the tribunal’s 7 to 2 decision
definitely blocks any strike action
i until the case completes one more
j major phase. Federal judge T.
Alan Goldsborough, who handed
' down the original contempt ruling
I
i affirmed by the high court, still
; must hold trial of the central issue*
Did Lewis have the right to
j break off ehis contract with th
government last November, there
by precipitating the 17-day strike?
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Marshall Enroute i
To Moscow
PARIS, (A*)—Secretary of State
Marshall today placed flowers on
the tomb of France’s unknown sol
dier under the Arc de Triomphe
and then departed for Berlin, en
route to the Moscow meeting of
, the council of foreign ministers.
At Berlin he will get a first
hand account from occupation au
thorities of conditions in that
country—further preparation for
his part at United States spokes
man in drafting German and Aus
trian treaties at the Moscow Big
Power foreign ministers’ meeting.
Foreign minister Georges Bi
dault of France, foreign secretary
Ernest Bevin of Britain and others j
in the U. S. delegation also were
Moscow bound.
Rate Reductions
At Terminal Port
SEATTLE, (/P)—Overall reduc
tions in port of Seattle term in 1
rates, effective next month, were
announced today. Th^* slush will
bring waterfront cargo and hand
ling charges to a parity with San
Francisco’s, and “will mean tens
of millions dollars in benefits to
this area in a few years,” Port
Manager Warren D. Lamport as
serted.
Private terminal operators, who^
had been asking a Puget Sound
rate increase on the basis of in
creased costs, expressed dismay at
the port commission’s announce
ment.
Lies have no legs: that’s why we
always have to stand for them.
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