NEWSPRINT . IN ALASKA
"Tho most feasible place for immediate ex
pansion of newsprint production is Alaska"
according to a recent statement of the
Senate Business Committee in a report on'
the survival of a froo, competitive press
in the United States.
Estimating that 25 porcont of the noeds
of consumers in the Unitod Statos can bo
mot from the development of an Alaska
newsprint industry without in any way in
terfering with the conservation program,
the report continues:
"As a matter of fact, our national laxity
in the development of these resources
costs us dear, sinco troos which now die
in Alaska might go to relieve tho news
print shortage. An of tho timfcr in this
aroa is owned by the fcdoral government,
and is under the jurisdiction of the
Forest 'Sbrvico in tho Department of Agri
culture. The department has properly
taken the position that thoso who wish to
contract for the timber ought to build
the pulp and pap or mills in the Territory.
It is further taking ovory procc.ution to
see that proper conservation is guaranteed,
Contracts fof forest rights will bo drawn
for 50 years, with tho prico chargod by
the government for its timber reconsidorod
every 5 years. Tho major obstacles to
immediate development aro tho shortage of
labor in Alaska, inadequate power, and tho
high cost of development. It is estimated
that four mills making use of tho pulp
timber allotment in tho Tongass National
Forest area would oaso the pressure on
newsprint in tho Unitod States by one
fourth. To establish the nocossary mill
and waterpowor will requiro between twonty
and thirty million dollars.
"Alnakft. hers b®on lilrtle moro then a
'promised lend’ for too many yours. A
nor sprint industry roprosonts an inaaediato
ly practicable cay to convert sono of the
promiso into reality. Ono essential for
development of a nowsprint industry will
bo an immediate program for largo-scalo
povor development, Alaska future rests
on the provision of great amopuits of choap
pweor for industrial and agricultural
growth. Quick expansion of Alaska powop
through an ’Alaska Authority’ would provide
strong roots in the Territory for both tho
newsprint industry and diversified economic
expansion,
"Special interest and jealous'concom with
prerogative must bo forgotton. Tho Do
oartments of tho Interior, tho Forost Sor
vico and other‘divisions in the Department'
of Agricutlrue, tho military services
(which have an important stoke in the se
curity of the Territory) should wolcome im
mediate. action to establish on Alaska •
authority.--A newsprint industry with its
considerable powor noeds and tho voyy favor^
able nrospe&K? for profitable operation;
represents a si .tficant take-off point.
Pho 80th Congro.’.j should enact legislation
-renting a regional Alaska Authority model
ed after the TVA." WASHINGTON T-'T'"T.
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