B 3B BARTLETT REQUESTS W.T THEY KEEP ATOMTC,-BOMBS OUT OF THE NORTH PACIFIC
’alegate Bertlett has requested that .the North Pacific be ruled out as an area for
the contemplated experiment of dropping an atomic bomb on a number, of warships to de
termine the possible effect of the bomb on naval warfare. .
Stating in a letter to the Secretary of the Navy that he entertained "a certain amount ,
of apprehension as to what might occur' If this experiment is carried cut in the North
Pacific," Delegate Bartlett continued;
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"In the belief that too much care canncrt be exercised ih all this, I desire to express
the urgent hope that this contemplated tofcbing not be carried on in the North Pacific*
There are several r easons for this. Alaska produces more salmon than any ether
place in the world. From the streams the salmon go cut from Alaska’s shores -to remain
for varying periods of time according to the species. No one knows where they go,
or, in fact, knows anything ubout their existence from the time they set out until
they return to spa wn. It is improbable, but also'possiblej that the salmon are
schooled together out in the ocean reaches and that the dropping of a single atomio
bomb might at one stroke do a way with, the fishery .which produces in*the amount of
around $50,000,000 annually. Likewise, great and lasting damage might be* done to
other kinds cf fish which live in these northern waters.
"The bomb ought not be dropped-, in my judgpeht, anywhere in the vicinity of the mi
gratory seal herd, which, as yoii know, each winter goes to the coast of California or
even farther sough and in the summer returns to the Pribilof. Islands. It might w ell
be that forces would be sot in motion by the dropping of the bomb which would result
in tidal wo ves, and if the experiment wore carried out in the. North Pacific grave
d anger might be done in Alas ka.", • • . „
ABQUARTERS ALASKAN DEPARTMENT, 24 Nov, Personnel whc entered upon active riiljtary
.ty service in Alaska will be returned to the Territory for separation. Exceptions
will be made to the foregoing only1 in the case of those' Alaskan residents who are in
the Continental United Statea, are eligible for discharge, ond who present satisfac
tory evidence of the followings , ’ •
1, A permanent change of residence to the continental United States and separation
in the vicinity of the current assignment wili prevent unnecessary travel, or
2, An offer of employment and separation near current assignment will prevent a sub
s tantial delay in separation* . ')•! ■;
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HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN DEPARTMENT, NOV. 26. All German and Italian prisoners of War
will be shipped out of the country by the end of April, 1946, Secretary of War Robert
P, Patterson announced, /
Mr, Pa tterson said that ho rtffde this statement after conferring with members of
Congress ond representatives !of Agriculture interests, who asked for .a War Department
statement of policy in order that farmers might plan for thej.r 1946 farm operations.
The prisoners, who hove been doing an average of mere than 10 million man-days of wo
work per month for industry, agriculture and the Army and Navy, will be entirely out
of private contra ct work, by the end of February and will be withdrawn from military
work by the end of March, No prisoners of.war will be available for work in con
nection with the 1946 farm crop, the Secretary said.
It is estimated that 32: 6,000' German and 24,300 Italian prisoners of war will be re
turned to Europe during theiperiod from December 1945 to.April 1946, inclusive.
Have you Heard---- (
..about the little moron who put iodine on his pay check because he got a cut in
.ary? , 4 !
,*icr the one who took a quart of milk to the movies* because he heard there was
going to be a serial? \
111. or the one who got drupk every night so he e^uld;sleep tight?
or the moron who put qorn in his shoes to feed his pigeon tees?