Alaska Senator Asks For Bio Military Boost
Bartlett Urges Transfer Of
Weapon Bases To Alaska
‘ Intelligent use of Alaska’s potentialities” for defense was
the subject of a speech delivered to the Senate last Week by
Senator E. L. ‘'Bob” Bartlett. “As long as we must prepare to de
fend ourselves and strike back against foreign attacks, Alaska
provides an unequalled platform for counterattack weapons,”
senator Bartlett said.
Senator Bartlett urged that the
United States exploit Alaska as a
future base for counterattack
weapons now located in allied coun
tries. Ke pointed out that. “In these
countries, however friendly they
may be, local political considera
tions inevitably impair our freedom
of action and the money spent to
maintain weapons and operating
personnel in those countries is a
foreign exchange outflow."
Senator Bartlett then went on to
say, “U.S. funds spent on defense
in Alaska remain in Alaska; the
only political considerations are
those which are identified with the
best interests of the United States;
and if our weapons systems—where
ever they are located—become the
targets for enemy attacks, those at
tacks, if the weapons are located in
Alaska, will not affect major friend
ly population centers.”
Strategic Position
He declared, however, that these
advantages would be second to the
fact that by polar projection. Alas
ka is closer to Eurasia than is any
other place in the continental
United States. “This reduced dis
tance,” he said, “improves accuracy
and thereby the effectiveness of
missile-borne weapons.”
He pointed out that the closer
range would allow the use of less
sophisticated and possibly cheaper
weapons. He also pointed out that
the reduced range would give each
weapon a wider target selection,
thereby increasing the flexibility of
our counterattack capabilities.
He also pointed out that it would
be much cheaper to place ICBM
sites on public lands close to the
targets than to place them on ex
pensive real estate in the southwest.
Senator Bartlett also suggested
using Alaska for full-scale field
maneuvers. “Since the Communist
bloc lies largely in regions in which
cold weather is a major environ
mental factor,” he said, “the Army
should emphasize the kind of train
ing in which the American soldier
receives in Alaska today. Serious
consideration should be given to
establishing at least one training
division in Alaska in the early fu
ture.”
Lafferty Named
To Committee On
Curriculum Study
Dr. Charles Lafferty, Superin
tendent of Fairbanks Public Schools,
has been appointed by Dr. Theo. J.
Norby, State Commissioner of Edu
cation to a State Curriculum Plan
ning Committee. The seven member
committee includes professional
school people from throughout the
State of Alaska.
In appointing the committee Dr.
Norby stated: “The area of curricu
lum development is one in which
direction and leadership requires
the assistance and cooperation of
outstanding teachers and adminis
trators at all educational levels.
“Although it is true that Alaska
has at the present time a good school
system, we must at the same time
constantly work to discover and
put into practice better methods
of improving instruction. In an at
tempt to achieve this aim the State
Department of Education is forming
a State Curriculum Planning Com
mittee.”
The committee will have several
functions, most important of which
will be: 1. Reviewing all of the
existing courses of study and cur
riculum materials; 2. Identifying the
curriculum problems and formu
| lating objectives; and 3. Assisting in
the creation of learning area com
mittees which would be responsible
for developing curriculum materials
! in accordance with the objectives
I formulated.
The first meeting of 'he commit
tee will be in Anchorage, January
25th and 26th.
JOHANSENS HERE ON VISIT
E. K. Johansen, former tugboat
captain and miner, anch long time
resident of the Seward peninsula,
visited in Fairbanks last week with
his daughter, Mrs. Richard Ludwig.
Johansen, who now resides in
Napa. Cal., was accompanied by
Mrs. Johansen.
Johansen, together with Harry
Gabrielson, started the tugboat and
lightering service in Nome in 1917.
In the thirties, Johansen operated
a mining venture in the Kougarok
area which he continued until his
i retirement several years ago.
Prior to coming to Fairbanks, Mr.
and Mrs. Johansen visited with
another daughter, Mrs. M. A.
Braund, in Anchorage.
In Fairbanks the Johansens rem
inisced with an old friend, A1 Polet,
of the First National Bank.
They departed Sunday via the
: Alaska Railroad for Anchorage on
i their return trip.
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Book By Pearson
To Be Published
Grant Pearson, longtime Super
intendent of Mt. McKinley National
Park, and presently a member of
the Alaska State Legislature, was
a recent visitor in Fairbanks.
Grant was on his way to Juneau
to attend the Legislative Session.
While here he visited with many of
his old friends.
Pearson reports his 60.000 word
book, “My Life of High Adventure"
is due to be published soon. When
he returns to Fairbanks, an auto
graph party is planned at Adler’s
Book Shop.
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