VALLEY MAY- GET - HO!PI TAL '>•
FOR MENTALLY ILL.
Letters are nor being received by Valley
residents rho rrote .to Legislators and
other persons in key positions in regard
to the location of the Alaska Native Ser
vice Hospital in the Hatanuska Valley.Mr,
Arthur Orr, Executive Secretary of the
Subcommittee on Aoaropriat ions for the De
partment of agriculture, 'rrote that two
bills for Veterans Hospitals and a third
for the Insane are nor pending in Congress
Of the Veterans Hospitals, one-rould be
located in southeastern Alaska, and the
other in Central Alaska, Both of these
are <af 400 bed capacity. One is definitely
slated for Serard in the bill. Both of
these rere'introduced by Harold Hagen of
Minnesota. The bill for the Hospital for
the Insane calls for an appropriation of
a sum not to exceed )2,500,000.00. This'
bill ras introduced by Delegate Bartlett.
Mr. 'Orr kner nothing about the AITS Hospi
tal,
James F. Davis, Director of Territories
and Insular Possessions, rrites that the
Department of the Interior is rorking on
an ANS Hospital and that if this bill is
approved, it rill most likely'be located
in Anchorage or that vicinity. This loca
tion has been named because of the number
of Federal Agencied located there as 300
beds in this proposed Hospital'"ill bo
provided for F deral 2-ployees,
Hr. Davis stated that clans rere also be in
made to construct a Hospital for the Men
tally 111 in the Territory and that the
general plan hor is to locate this Hospi
tal in the Matanuska Valley, Mr, Davis
pointed out that these plans are nor in
the "thingking stage” and that nothing
can be done until filnds are provided.
Changes in location, he gaid, may be made
from time to time. He rrites in conclusion
that "He certainly agree rith you that
-he V lley has an ideal climate and'has
many ronderful advantages to offer, I"
assure you they rill not be overlooked,”
Ik’, Mrzo reported that several ansrers had
been received by persons rho rroto re
quest igg- that - the phrase in the1 ANS bill
be changed to read "Anchorage of the Mnta
nuska Valley Area.”
VALUE OF RALIO IN ALASKA
M''. C,r". Peters learned from first hand
experience of the value of radio communi
cation in Alaska, On Saturday evening he
uas invited via Radio to attend the Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce Luncheofi on Monday
as guest speaker,. He r:as there.
This is an old custom in Alaska though
rather unique to norcomors. '"here persons
cannot be reached by telephone, the radio
is a valuable asset? Mr. Peters ras proba
bly nb <>i\ reach via telephone--a. radio*
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