CONGRESS™ VISIT THE VALLEY pp. 1 '
The cream was really appreciated as
it is rare•ip, Alaska, All this was
made possible by the Homemakers
Clubs of -the Valley and' consisted >
of th-j following-committees :
Food r Mrs. Irwih; Chairman; Mrs. R.
Thuma, Mrs, I.M,Sandvik, Mrs, Li-.'
Smith, Mrs, I. Hewville, Mrs, B.
BouwenSj *^rs. L» Bergen, and lwrs.
^rank Linn.
erving: Mrs. N, Miller, Chairman;
Mrs. A,R, Moffitt, Miss Ruth Havenoi
Room,Dishe'S,Tables: Mrs, W, C, Mau,
Chairman; Mrs. C,A, Sandvik and Mrs
Wallace Ebert.
Clean-Up; Mrs. Wm. Bouwens,Chairman
Mrs. L, McKechnie, Mrs# Wm.Hoskins
Rolls were furnished by Mrs. C.E.
Albrecht, Mrs. M.L, Snodgrass, Mrs.
A.R, Moffitt. ■ Cak-e-s were furnished
by i'-rs, L. Bergen, Mrs. I.M.Sandvik
Mrs. r'. Thnmn, Mrs. H. Duff,' Mrs.
McMann, and »*rs., B. Bouwens.
Tick- ts to the dinner were sold to
all those who wished.to attend.
About 52 persons werr seated at the
tables counting the committee,
attendants, and valley people.
Following the dinner Delegate
Bob Bartlett acted in the capacity
of Master of Ceremonies. All of
the Congressmen were introduced and
express d their appreciation for
their r- caption and commented upon ■
the success of the Matenuska Veliev
project. The Valley residents were
requested by some congressmen to
express themselves. One represents—
tive said that he had to listen t«
"these other birds talk by the
hour" .and he wanted to hear from
the people of the Valley, Accord
ingly. Don Irwin, M.D. Snodgrass,
nn.d yRolf^nd Snodgrass spoke on the
/3qv'elopment of the'.Valleyj and thu
Co-op.
On the following,day several
people of the Valley drove into
Anchorage to attend the Open Hearing
that was held in the High School
'Auditorium, Some of the problems
discussed included the, high freight
rates withi>)Alaska which the Congress
men felt were entirely too high,
'Mr. Hoppin of the CAA was asked
about the Airport at Palmer, Ralph
Rivers and others brought up the
subject of the acquisition f land
in Alaska, and the existing reser
vations. It was brough'; to.' chat
although the reserva:ioii3 consisted
of I to 2 percent of che land that
in flying over the Terrice? ,: •: nd
looking at forests and valleys- one
was viewing reservations; but that
in flying over a tundra one was
looking at the public domain Jinny
witnesses testified that the attempt'
ted program of Conservation was
really a program of Reservation end
could not be used at all under the
present government regulationsIt
was also pointed out that 16 states
in the Union-had less population *
than Alaska at the time they beca ae
states,
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