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Communication
Harrington Hotel,
March 24th, 1949.
Common Council,
City of Nome,
Nome, Alaska,
Gentlemen:
Following wire sent you today: !
“House Committee voted out I
Army Civil Functions bill yester-,
day. Seawall and Nome Harbor
I items approved as in Budget—Mil-j
ilion twenty thousand. Now before
Jthe House. Advise Chamber Com
merce. Greetings.”
The bill is not itemized, as yet,
but I was given the information,'
i by one of the clerks of the com
imittee that all budgeted items had
been approved in full. The pream
, ble of the bill reads:
“March 23, 1949
Mr. Kerr, from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported
| the following bill; which was j
committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered
to be printed.”
There are several very illumin
ating statements made in the
Hearings on Civil Functions is a
large volume of 1232 pages.
On page 108 of the Hearings,
General Feringa (one of Nome’s
; good friends), stated to the com
mittee:
“The item for Nome Harbor,
Alaska calls for a total estimated
Federal cost of $2,400,130. The al
lotments to date applied to con
: struction of navigation facilities
have been $272,950, and the tenta
tive allocation before you is $1,
020,000, which would leave $1,
107,180 to complete all authorized
work.” i
Another Army witness, Major
Gen. William H. Arnold, Chief,
j Budget Division, made this state
, ment:
“The Federal investment in
Nome and vicinity amounts to
; $21,000,000.”
1 Following Bob Bartlett’s testi
mony, the Chairman of the sub
committee made this observation:
“Mr. Kerr. The Nome sea-wall
project seems to the committee to
be a very important project to
consider. It protects millions of
dollars worth of property there be
longing to the United States Gov
ernment, also the property of other
people.”
Legislation here is a slow pro
cess, but so long as the steps taken
are in the right direction we must
not complain.
| The next step will be to hurry
1 it through the House.
; My thought is that this Army
Civil Functions Bill will not meet
with much opposition in the House
following the recommendation
for its passage by such “tough”
members as Messrs. Cannon, Ta
bor and Wigglesworth.
We have a number of friends
who are members of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, for
which reason know that Nome
will be given a fair break on that
side of the Congress.
You perhaps have heard that
i under the law all people who at
1 tempt to influence the passage, or
I defeat, of any legislation for pay
I or for “any consideration” must
file as a lobbyist with both the
Secretary of the Senate and the
Clerk of the House. Quarterly re
ports must be made out showing
all moneys received, for, what
purpose donated, or paid, etc., etc.
I have written the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce,
requesting that a list be prepared
of all subscribers toward the ex
pense fund to cover my travel, ho
tel bills, etc. It would be appreci
ated could your “Harbor” or “Sea
wall” Committee confer w i t h j
New Tornadoes Do
Much Damage
fContined rom Page One)
business buildings were demol
ished and many houses damaged
—but none were flattened.
The tornado in Blackwell struck
the south and southwest residen
tial areas of that city of 12,000.
Both the dead were killed in
their homes.
Canton is only 40 miles south
west of Woodward, Okla.. where
the worst tornado on record
struck on April 9, 1947, killing
106. Canton has escaped the twist
ers for 30 years, although they
have hit all around.
members of the Chamber and ar
range for said list to be made up
and mailed to me here at the Har
rington Hotel. This is very im
portant.
Pleased that I can report so fa
vorably at this time.
With greetings to the many
friends in Nome, and with all good
wishes, I am,
Respectfully yours,
CART J. TOMEN.
FEDERAL OFFICES AND BANK
OBSERVE SEWARD DAY
Federal Offices and the Miners
and Merchants Bank were closed
today in commemoration of Sew
ard’s Day.
Thi£ is an official Alaskan holi
day for the man who was respon
sible for the purchase of Alaska
from Russia for the sum of $7,
200,000.00 on March 30th, 1867.
This was approximately 2 cents
per acre.
Although Secretary Seward was
largely responsible for the pur
chase of the Territory, as it was
feared that England would seize
it, the confirmation of the bill in
Congress was secured through the
masterly address of Senator Chas.
Sumner.
The treaty was pi'ocl aimed by
President Johnson on June 30,
1867.
NOME CONTRIBUTES GEN
EROUSLY TO A.C.C.A. FUND
According to the report of the
Alaska Crippled Children’s Asso
ciation, Nome contributed $146.00
to the fund during the month of
January, and $163.00 for the month
of February.
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