Bartlett Believes Trade With Japan
Offers Key to Alaska's Development
Oil, Defense,
Tourism Cited
As Future Boons
By Thomas A. Snapp
Times Staff Writer
(The second in a series of articles)
Trade with Japan offers a big
key to the development of Alaska.
This is the opinion of Alaska’s
senior senator. Bob Bartlett, accord
ing to his wife. Mrs. Vide Bartlett
recently gave her views and that
of her husband to the Tundra
Times in an exclusive interview in
Juneau.
“Alaska is growing and the state’s
resources along with development
of commerce is eventually going to
make us the richest state,” Mrs.
Bartlett said.
“Maybe not today, nor tomorrow,
but not too far away.”
For the last two years, Mrs.
Bartlett said her husband had con
centrated on stimulating Japanese
trade and had made many trips
there seeking this aim.
“Tokyo is only 6'4 hours away by
air and Japanese people are eager
to trade with us but we are not al
ways as helpful as we could be,”
she said.
“We can’t expect them to come to
Alaska with empty ships and take
products home. They want our raw
resources: but many Alaskan op
pose this and sav we should process
our resources first.”
Mrs. Bartlett stressed there must
be a compromise, a reciprocal plan
worked out for mutual benefit.
There have already been some
beginnings, she said, pointing out
the contract Earl Pilgrim has of
selling tungsten to Japan. She also
pointed to the Japanese pulp plant
at Sitka, which she said her hus
band was instrumental in getting
established.
Flowing In Gold
“If projected Japanese trade de
velops. Alaska is going to be flow
ing in gold again,” she continued.
Then Mrs. Bartlett emphasized
the big increase in oil activity in
Alaska and stressed the importance
of oil in the future development of
the state.
Oil Leases
“It was Bob who saved the royal
ties on the oil leases for the state j
of Alaska. I' was a long, hard fight,
the royalties were originally slated
to go into the federal treasury.” she i
said.
“Now look what they’re doing:
they’re helping to support the ,
state."
Next, Mrs. Bartlett commented !
on the effect of military expendi
tures on Alaska's economy.
Strategic Importance
“There are some in Washington
who say that Alaska’s military stra
tegic importance is nil, nothing, but
not all conform to that opinion.”
“It’s ridiculous. All you have to
do is look at the globe.”
Mrs. Bartlett said many critics
often stated that Alaska would suf
fer if the military were to be pull
ed out.
“Tell me one state that wouldn't
suffer tremendously if the military
were pulled out. It's ridiculous to
say that about Alaska and not say
it about all the other states.”
Tourist Industry
Mrs. Bartlett then went on to pre
dict a steadily increasing tourist
industry that would improve the
health of the state’s economy.
Because Bob Bartlett had been
a delegate to Congress for 14 years
and had served on many commit
tees. when he was elected Alaska’s
first senator he was appointed to
two important committees. Usually
Senator E. L. •'Boh” Bartlett
a new senator gets only one such j
slot.
v ‘‘He got a place on the Commerce
Committee which is the most im
portant,” Mrs. Bartlett said, ‘'be
cause his work on that committee
encompasses his three greatest in- |
terests, transportation, fisheries, and
aviation, all vital to Alaska.”
He is also a member of the Arm- i
ed Forces Committee and the Small
Business Committee.
“One of the big fights Bob had
was in regard to fish traps. He op- !
posed them as depleting the natur
al resources. Of course, statehood
took care of that,” Mrs. Bartlett
said.
Mental Hospital
Another long, hard fight was for
the mental hospital for Alaska.
“People outside got all stirred
up with bad publicity and hearings
stretched for weeks and months.”
It was proposed that 10 million
acres be withdrawn to support the
hospital and it sounded like such
a big area that people came from
all over the U. S. to testify against
it, she said.
“Despite the obstacles, today we
have our mental hospital,” she
pointed out.
Mrs. Bartlett said her husband
carried on an enormous correspon
dence to keep informed about Al
aska and traveled the state widely
when Congress is net in session.
So Rig
“Bob will travel three months in
Alaska and when he gets to a place
like Fairbanks, people will come up
to him and say. ‘Well, did you just
leave Washington’?”
“The trouble is. Alaskans them
selves don't realize how big Alas
ka really is,” she said.
(To be continued. In the next is
sue, Tundra Times will relate the
personal lives of Alaska’s senioi
senator and his wife as they live
them on capital hill in Washington,
D. C.)
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The Legend of the Mad Trapper !
By George Jennings Gtle
Mealy Correspondent
Two Eskimo boys, namely, John
Agwaik and Hultman Jacobs, were
trapping on the Kobuk River. They
heard of another trapper who could
not speak. The grizzled old gent
could only howl and bark like a
malemute.
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this story:
“While trapping up on the Mac
Kenzie River a few winters ago, I
was having a lot of trouble with a
wolverine.
“One dark afternoon I ran the
beast down with my dogteam. I
was just fixing to shoot the var
mint when it spoke to me, clear
and simple.
"Oh. please, Mister,” It said.
“Don't shoot for I am a magic de
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mo hunter who died but now I
am a wolverine, dealing misery to
those who deserve it. But I can
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I was startled so I lowered my
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“Well. I guess one more wolver
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I drawled in my bc;‘ Texas fashion.
“I’ll let you live but I don’t believe
in those d— wishes you are brag
ging about.”
“Come on whiteman, make your
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wolverine snapped.
I said, “Wall, I'll take the body
of Max Baer, world's champion
heavyweight boxer. Then, I will
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dolph Valentino. I was, or am, tha
best friend that John McCormack
had. Yes. I will take the great voice
of my best friend. Yup, rr.y best
friend in all the world.”
“Granted.” said the wolverine and
it slipped off into the brush.
The trapper quivered as he re
lated the story. “I began feeling
quite different on my way back to
the home cabin. In fact I was
growing larger, for the buttons on
my shirt and underwear were snap
ping off.
“Upon arriving at my cabin I
looked into the mirror. Yup, in
deed I was a most handsome man.”
And the Eskimo boys noted that
under the filth and dirt, indeed
the white trapper was a magnifi
cent specimen of manhood and ever
so handsome.
“Hitting it for town,” the trapper
continued. “I noticed that no one
recognized me. Then I started to
tell of my experience with the wol- -
verine. But all I could do was howl,
I bark, and growl like my lead sled
| dog.
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