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various factors to be considered in
deciding on the location of the pro
posed base, and also to learn the
initial steps contemplated by the
Committee towards determining the
locations of the bases.
While the whole subject of nation
al defense in the air was being tak
en up from various angles, Col.
Reardan said that the Committee
already had before it all statements
and arguments made by the Dele
gte on the floor of the House, be
fore the Committee on Military Af
fairs and to the members of the
General Staff of the Army, in con
nection with the strategic position
of Alaska in a plan of national de
fense and that a careful study was
being made of all available data
concerning Alaska. Col. Reardan
was unable to say how soon the
actual designation of the location of
any of the air defense stations would
be made, but it is generally believ
ed that no definite decision will be
made in any case for several mon
ths.
The bill relating to the survey
and construction of the Pacific-Yuk
on-Alaska Highway was enacted in
to law, August 26th, when it was
approved by the President.
The President approved the bill
to reimburse Joe Reno of Anchor
age, in the sum of $500 which was
the amount of an appearance bond
that was covered into the Treasury
through an error some years ago.
The bill was signed August 26, 1935.
Delegate Dimond called on the
President last Thursday, August 29,
and talked with him about Alaska
matters. The President expressed
very deep interest in the Interna
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gate that he had just signed the
bill, with pleasure, looking toward
the survey and construction of the
road. He reiterated his intention of j
making a visit to Alaska, but said
that it could not be this summer.
The President follows carefully the
development of the Matanuska Val-;
ley farm settlement. The Delegate
called the President's attention to
the fact that the construction of the
road between the Richardson High
way and Dawson, on the Interna
tional route, would open up for
settlement a very considerable area
of agricultural land, reported to be
one of the most pnoductive regions
of Alaska when developed, lying
north of the Tanana River between
the Tanana and the Fortymile, and
particularly along tne south fork of
the Fortymile River.
Mr. Dimond reports that despite
long hours of incessant work and
the strain imposed by the burdens
of his office, the President looks ex
tremely well, is calm, cheerful, con
fident and in conversation again dis
played his amazing memory and his
knowledge of Alaska affairs.
Hearings on H R 4254 and H R
8213 for the elimination of fish
traps in Alaska, have been set for
Wednesday, January 15, 1936, by
Hon. Schuyler Otis Bland, Chair
man of the House Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Rudd Smith, representing the Sea
Scouts of Ketchikan, was in Wash
ington last week to attend the Boy
Scouts National Jubilee. Although
the Jubilee was not held because of
the danger of infantile paralysis,
many scouts were in the city making
an unofficial convention of their vis
I it.
Prosecutor And
Preacher Clash
Over Long Case
(By The Associated Press)
BATON ROUGE, Sept. 23, — Dr.
Carl Weiss Jr., assassin of Senator
Huey P. Long, met death through
pistol wounds in the head, chest and
abdomen, a coroner’s jury decided,
after hearing bodyguards of the late
Senator testify to riddling the body
with bullets.
District Attorney. John Drew Od
um, conducted the inquiry. He said
the inquest was closed so far as he
was concerned.
Murphy Roden, the bodyguard
who grappled Weiss, said he fired
ten shots at .the assailant.
Joe Messina, the Senator’s fav
orite bodyguard, broke down and
wept, saying: “'When Weiss fired
that shot, I knew Long was killed.
I ran up and unloaded my gun into
Weiss. 1 ran up an shot the man
who shot the Senator.”
A dramatic touch came when the
Rev. Gerald Smith, organizer of the
Senator’s Share-the-Wealth Societ
ies, refused to answer questions
when called as a witness, calling
Odum a "murder plotter".
Odum said, "I care nothing about
his opinion of me, or my acts, but
he or anybody else who says I en
gaged in a plot to kill Senator Long
is a willful, malicious, and vicious
liar."
Reelection Issues
Congressmen May
Be Clouded in 1936
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al districts because the Republicans
also voted preponderantly in favor
of them.
The figures on the Guffey bill are
inconclusive, and it is impossible to
arrive at definite conclusions from
the Bonus roll call, since both par
ties strongly supported the bonus
(against the desires of the President)
and the whole battle is to be fought
over again in January.
That leaves three issues on which
a rather widespread battle is in
dicated in the congressional wars j
of 1936.
One is the Works Relief program,
favored by Democrats almost 25 to
1, and opposed by Republicans about
2 to 1. A second is the wealth taxes,
supported by Democrats 10 to 1, and
opposed by Republicans 3 to 1. A 3rd
is the utilities holding company
“death sentence"—the issue on which
the Democrats split widest and on
which the Republicans showed the
greatest solidarity.
Every One For tlimsell
When you come down to the rec
ords of individuals, the case is even
more confusing.
There will be only a small number
of Senators and Representatives who
can go before the electorate on a
platform of complete support for all
of the President’s policies, and only
a small number who can claim to
have stood completely against him.
So in these local elections, it will
t
have to be pretty much every man
for himself. That will not make the
job of the presidential nominees or
their managers any easier.
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