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CO-OP IT'TES •
DAiRY COMMUTE PRESENTS PLAN
TC SCARP Qf DIRECTORS
The Co-op 3oard of Directors met ’"'ednesday
evening '~ith a Committee from the Dairy
men, consisting of Hr. Thuma, Hr. "^alk and
I*r, HcAllister, Hr. Thuma acted as chair
mah for the group. The comr.iittee stated
that they had been elected by the Dairy
men to represent that Association in nego
tiations for the transfer of the control of
the Dairy and Creamery Departments from the
Co,-op to the Dairymen’s organization. Tjhilo
no. definite program vras submitted vith fig
ures to explain ho*' much the group expected
to-pay the Co-op for the privilege of leas
ing the dairy and dreamery facilities, it
appears that they i;ish to secure control of
these units and still retain their interest
in the Co-op, and that the suns paid for
’rent of lease uould be applied on a rur
chase price to be decided upon later. One
of the ‘committee stated that 95$ of the
dairymen uero in favor of the nlan and
r.'ould probably rithdrau from the Associa
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PkOL'UCSRb MEET WITH ARMY
A meeting ras held on Wednesday of this
'•'eek rith the Quarter Master section of
the Alaskan Department to coordinate the
buying of local produce in Alaska.
C. '7. Peters, Manager of the A.R.R.C,, A.
M. Allyn, Manager of the M»V«’?.C.A., Har- ■
old Steohan, Ray Rebarchek, Virgil Eckert,
Mads Johanson, and C-len "oods from the
Valley ’-ere in attendance. I. Mi C. Ander
son, ^.S.A, Agent, "alter Pippel, and Cast
ner of Anchorage re re also there. At this
meeting the Army reaffirmed their policy
of trying to do everything possible to help
the development of Alaska by buying locally
to the greatest extent. Horever, the Amy
did emphasize that requirements and specif
ications as to grading rill be adhered to
strictly. »
Members attending the meeting seemed to
feel that this ras one of the best meetings
held. :!It ras a big step forrard in mutual
and advantageous cooperation betreen the
Army and Alaskan Producers." In. Allyn
said. j
r of i HiT,m
Tho I'at onus k a Valley Chamber of Commerce mas
honored on Wednesday noon.at thoir regular
Luncheon by a visit from Governor Tmest
Gruoning ar.d Mrs. Omening, and several oth
or distinguished guests. Other out-of-torn
guests wore: Trank, .Kctcalf ■, Territorial
Highv/ay Engineer; Mr. Davis, Highway "atrol
nan; Steve McCutchoon, Alaska Legislature;
Jack I'. Dollcnnaier, Assistant Vico 'bcosi- '
dent of the Line Material Co., of Milwaukee,
’’’isconsir.; Mr, Berg, Representative in A*ch
orage for the Lino Material Co,
Tho meeting vqs occupied ontirely by a talk
by Governor Omening. In his opening sonten
anccs, C-ov, Oruoning recounted tho establish
ment of tho 1955 settlement of the Valloy anc
a conference ho had with Pres, Roosevelt pric
to this settlement. At this tine Governor
Omening was Giroctor of Territories and In
sular Possessions,
Governor Omening spoke mostly of current
problems confronting the people of Alaska in
general. He confined his talk mainly to the
need for better cooperation from the Federal
Government and Statehood. At the beginning
he pointed out that Democracy depends unon
pcoplo—"thev get out of Democracy what they
put into it.” Ee also emphasized the fact
that'people should have corresponding assis
tance to the extent that they want something
and work for it.
Regarding batter cooperation from the feder
al Government, Governor Gruoning‘said that
Alaska should have more home rule and loss
absentee rule. In regard to Statehood, he
said, "VT cannot afford to be without it,"
In listing some of tho benefits ro are losing
by not being a state, Governor Gruoning point
ed out that Alaska docs not como under tho
Federal Highway Act—and Alaska is the only
area under tho American flag that is not in
cluded. Had Alaska boon included wc might
have had around •‘5300,000,000.00 for better
roads. Anothor oversight was in the natter
of Air Fields, he said. Until the war, wo
had no Airfiolds for largo planes. Alaskan
pilots had developed air travel in Alaska and
had worked out a system of their own. ^-on
rar camo the CAA came too, (con’d pago 5)