ALASKA: A PROBLEM, AN OPPOR
TUNITY, AND A . CHALLENGE. ‘ '
Alaska is a problem, an opportunity, and'a
challcn£0 for the Unitod States, So says,
lilliam E. "Tamo, Assistant Sccrotary, Do*
partrent of tho Interior. Mr. Harno
visited the Territory this last summer and
upon his return prepared anddeliirorod an
address of his improssions of tho’Terri
tory. Mr. ’’Tamo statos that tho U.S. has
indulged in gonoralizod thinking about
Alaska ovor sinco it was purchased from ,
Russia in 1867. It has boon ''Seward’s Polly
"the land of perpetual ico and snow" qpd
"gold".
In his address, Mr. Uarno spoke on the
following problems as ho saw thorn:
Ho' listed "Transportat ion"'as a major pro
blem. The absonco of roads, ho says, is
the greatest dotorrent to settlement in
Alaska. Therefore, tho Department of tho
Interior nor; proposes a program of road
construction to aroas that arc favorablo
for settlement.
Settlement was tho second problom outlinod
by tho Assistant Secretary. Ho says that
"The Katanuska colony, which gainod such
promincnco 10 years ago, howevor, has dem
onstrated that permanent settlement and
a permanent agriculturo can be ostaolishod
through group occupation and woll-jhlannod
and financod attack,"
The other problem discussod at great
lenghh by Mr. "Tarno was on tho development
of Rcsourcos in tho Torritory.
This address was dcliO’crod to a group os
students at Haverford, Pennsylvanin,_
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