WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
by Mary Lee Council
Secretary to 2. L. (Bob)
Bartlett, Delegate in Con
gress from Alaska*
1956 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET
Incomplete tabulations re
Teal that President Eisenhow
er is seeking $61,487,840 in
the 1956 fiscal year budget
for Alaska activities of var
ious government agencies.
It is expected that in a
week or two the full amount
for the Territory, with the
exception of funds for mili
tary public works, will be
known*
The Interior Department’s
share, exclusive of funds for
; the Fish and Wildlife Service
totals $25,276,979, with
funds sought for the Commence
Department in the amount of
v22*495,980 second in size/
The Commerce Department fig
ure, however, does not in
clude funds requested for the
operations of the Civil Aero
nautics Board in the Terri
tory* The Defense Depart
ment’s budget totals $5,384,
00C but this does not include
any proposed requests for
military public works, a pro
gram which usually goes to
Congress for authorization
many weeks after the Presi
dent’s budget message is sub
mitted* The budget includes
$3,902,200 for Post Office
Department activities in -Al
aska, ^1*556,901 for the Ag
riculture Department (exclud
ing the program for the rural
Electrification Administr ac
tion and. the Soil Conserva
tion Service), $1,342,680 for
the Department of Health, Ed
ucation and Welfare (exclu
sive of funds for the medical
care of Alaska’s native peo
ple, the federal responsi
bility for which was trans
ferred by Congress in 1954
from the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs in the Interior Depart
ment to the Public Health
Service), $1,200,000 for the
General Services Administra
tion and $329,100 for the
Judiciary* Figures for the
Treasury and Justice Depart
ments will be known at a lat
er date.
1955 FISHERY REGULATIONS
The Newsletter quotes the
following portions of the FW3
press release concerning the
1955 fishing regulations:
"In the Kodiak and Cook
Inlet areas where the king
crab fishery is relatively
new, protection during the
molting and so ft-she11 per
iods is necessary to prevent
needless destruction of fe
male and small male crabs.
Therefore, a closed season on
king crabs from January 1 to
May 31 was imposed in the
look Inlet area, end closures
during so ft-she11 stages will
be imposed in the Kodiak area
as determined by direct ob
servation.*'
"In the Cook Inlet area,
the usual odd-year closing
dates of August 4 and August
8 are specified^"
"The Cook Inlet red salmon
pack in 1S50 reached a total
of 207,000 cases, which is
far above normal, but the es
capements were poor and ap
parently this large pack was
made partly at the expense of
the brood stock. The 1955
run, which will be derived
from the 1950 escapement,
will be correspondingly smal
ler. Therefore, if the Alas
ka Fishery Law is amended
prior to the opening season,
some curtailment of the num
ber of fishing days may be
necessary. ”
GOING- TO PaIMER MEETING
Yule Kilcher, Les Sollee,
and Cecil Wyant will attend
the Alaska Farm Forum program
in Palmer scheduled for Feb.
1, 2 and 3. The Forum will
bring together for the first
time in Alaskan agricultural
history the men who produce
our food and those who pro
cess and market it, according
to Don L. Erwin, chairman of
the program planning group.
The Forum is sponsored by the
Motanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce.
BUILDING DECISION REACHED
BY EAST END CLUB
At the special meeting of
the East End Civic and Social
Club Saturday it was decided
to build a 30 by 50 foot
log building as a community
center. The site of the pro
posed buildirg is just east
and adjacent to Fritz Creak.
RETURNS FROM PORTLAND
Mrs ♦ Bob Wlund and three
children returned from Port
land Sunday evening. Mr. Ed
lund will remain outside for
further treatment for another
tw* or three weeks.
PA HJSSEL SELLS PLANE
Thomas kergler of Anchor
age has purchased the Pa Rus
sel place at the head of the
Bay.
ARC MEN HERE
M* L. Zimmerman and P. M.
LaJross of iuidhorage and
Ralph Soberg of Kenai were in
Honor this we ok. They are
all associated with the Alas
ka Road Commission*
MARSHAL WILLIAMSON IN TOrN
U. S. Marshal Fred Wil
liamson was in Homer on Mon
day to inspect the quarters
for the deputy marshal who
will arrive as soon as the
quarters are ready.
Williamson had been in
Seldovia over the weekend
collecting equipment from the
former Beldovia marshal’s of
fice. The equipment will be
placed in the local office.
He said that he expected the
quarters here to be ready in
the next 30 days.
EQUIPMENT SALESMAN HERE
Art Millikan, salesman for
the Yukon Equipment Compaq
of Anchorage visited ilomor
during the week. p
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