LET'S UJBITfl BIT On THIS
"Send the displaced persons wandering
over the continent of Europe, particularly
the Polish soldiers who fought for the Al
lied cause, to settle in Alaska."
The idea has been suggested in Washing
ton, and is being pushed by some newspapers
in the states as being a good thing for Al
aska and a "humanitarian" thing to do for
these suffering people.
On the face of it, the idea sounds good
to Stateside dwellers who live smugly in
their concrete and steel apartment houses,
and who refer all their little eveiyiay pro
blems of heat and plumbing to the building
engineer.
However to those of us who have lived in
Alaska, the thought that there would be any
humanitarian ism in such a project is incon
ceivable. It is true that ‘A laska needs a
bigger population, and it is equally true
that the displaced persons 'of Europe need
homes. But before our government takes any
steps to move more people into the territory
it would be the. wiser part of humanitarian
ism to see to it that there were houses for
• those people to live in, and materials en
ough here to supply at least the essentials
of living if not some of the luxuries.
It is doubtful if even the poverty-stric
ken Polish soldiers, who at least may wander
to a warmer climate than anything Alaska af
fords, could find any humanitarlanism in the
prospect of facing a northern winter without
adequate shelter and fuel.
Let!s get the materials we need to build
the necessary homes for those of us already
here before we begin to consider any states
hatched schemes of colonization.
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Centralization at the national capital or
within a business undertaking always glori
fies the -importance of pieces of paper.--Da
vid E. Lilienthal, U. S. Atomic Control Com
mission Chairman.
ANCHORAGE PLANS
BOAT HARBOR
The way was clear
ed for the building
of an adequate small
boat harbor somewhere
along the Anchorage
waterfront last week.
Col. John Johnson,
general manager of
The Alaska Railroad,
announced that his
office had received
the okay of the De
partment of the In
terior for the re
lease of the neces
sary land now held in
the Railroad reserve
along the waterfront.
The Railroad of
ficials will make an
early study of port
facilities and then
will invite all ci
ties of the Railbelt
to send representa
tives to a meeting in
order to discuss the
best methods of de
veloping the Anchor
age waterfront for
boat use. *
The Railroad has
requested the city of
Anchorage to make
plans for setting up
a port authority, so
that the port facil
ities can be control
led by the city.
WEDDING PLANNED
A marriage license
was issued to Dan
Hanson and Miss Bar
bara Nyman last Sat
urday afternoon# The
couple plan to be
married some time du
ring the coming week b; %
the Commissioner. " 4