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OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
J. J. Eckles.
Secretary to the Delegate
Reservation of a small area near
Kodiak was made by executive
order signed by the President on
Nov. 20. The order withdrawing
the area from settlement.or entry
states that it is "eservd for the
use of the Navy Department for
present and prospective uses.”
The reservation set up embra
ces about 8 square miles of land
and water southwest of the town
of Kodiak,dimensioned to include
the entrance to and a consider
able part f Womens Bay, together
with the shore region on two
sides of the bay.
Official announcement of the
“present and prospective naval
purposes” for which the reserva
tion is made has not been releas
ed by the Navy Department, but
it seems almost certain that this
is another step forward in the
program for the naval defense |
of Alaska, as urged by Delegate j
Dimond since he first started to j
serve the Territory in Congress.1
In line with customary proceed- j
ure the Department has not dis
closed its intention as to the am- j
out of or character of construe- j
tion projected for this new reser-.
vation.
The first step in the present
program of naval defense taken
this year was inaugurated last[
spring when the Navy Depart
ment commenced rehabilitation
work on its buildings on Japonski
Island near Sitka. Construction
there will cost about $100,000 &
it is expected that nearly $30,000
more will be required before the
project is complete. This estab-j
lishment was made to be a sea-1
plane base to serve a twelve
plane squadron of patrol planes
and a plane tender. Operating
personnel will require 3 officers
and 15 men. In view of the lo
cation of the reservation now es
tablished near Kodiak it seems
probable that it too will be pri
marily used as a seaplane base.
At present all naval stations in
Alaska are under the 13th Naval
District with headquarters at Se
attle. Washington. However, be
cause of the prime strategic im
portance of Alaska in national
defense. Delegate Dimond is work
ing to have a separate naval dis
trict established for and in the
Territory., ontinued development
of naval operations in northern
waters may be expected to re
quire such establishment in the
reasonable near future.
In reporting to the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs on the
Dimond bill now pending before
Congress, which would authorize
the establishment of a naval sta
tion in Alaska and carrying au
thority for an appropriation of
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100 million dollars for that pur
pose, Hon. Claude A. Swanson,
Secretary of the Navy, stated,
“Present indications are that the
strategic imortance of Alaska will
soon increase to a point where
naval facilities in those waters
sufficient to support a limited
naval force will be essential." He
then pointed out, however, that
naval operations in the area will
be limited, “at least initially”, so
that extensive shore establish
ments will not be required “for
the time being to support them",
and recommended against enact
ment of the bill. The Delegate
has indicated that he believes the
station will eventually be requir
ed through development of grad
ually increasing naval activities
in the Territory and that he will
continue to urge such action even
though on a more limited scale.
Alaska Interests in Congress
In attempting to outline pro
gress made during Congress in
developing necessary new legis
lation or acting upon pending
bills it is difficult to point out
any particular accomplishment of
national significance that would
properly fit the pattern for which
the extraordinary session was
called.
However, this pattern has not
been closely defined, for when he
called the session, the President
stated that ‘‘public interests” re
quire that the Congress should be
convened in special session. Opin
ions differ among legislators as
to just what these public interests
are, as might be expected when
each Member of Congress has in
mind the most urgent needs of
that particular district and State
he represents. Perhaps it is only
reasonable that all, or even a ma
jority, of these opinions could be
immediately fitted together to
form a comprehensive national
program in the public interests.
But this situation may mean
that underneath all of the argu
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merit on th.- wages and hours bill,
crop surplus control, revision of
taxes, and what have you. that
real progress is being made in
setting up a program of national
worth. Underneath the lots of
talk and little action, which has
characterized the week's work in
Congress, it is likely that r al ad
vancement has been made by the
Members in getting a grasp of the
manner in which their colleague's
problems fit in with or conflict
with their own problems and to
see the give and take necessary
in the many compromises requir
ed for a comprehensive program
for the national welfare.
And it is obvious that through
all of the apparent turmoil and
confusion the welfare of Alaska
is just as much involved as that
of any of the several Stat.s. whe
ther they be in the cotton South,
the wheat, lumber or fruit of the
West, or industrial New England,
or elsewhere. Experience of the
last few' years shows that the ups
and downs of prosperity in the
States is reflected in the prosper
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ity of the T alth ugh f r
tunat.ly, tine h - be en a dent
ite la? in tha downward curve
and a corresp .idir g acceler ■
in the up-cl:.n.b favoring Alaska
over the States,
And bearing in mind the fact
that the general welfare of the
Territory goes as d finitely hand
in hand with that of the nation
as does the welfare of any indi
vidual State, it is obvious that
the general legislation now occu
pying Congress to the exclusion
of all regional mea-ures includ
ing, of course, those sponsor-d bv
the Delegate fn- the particular
benefit of A! iska and its residents
will, indirectly j; leas-, benefit
the Territory.
Federal Alaska Planning
B. Frank Heintzl man. Region
al Forester f ir '.he national for
ests in Alaska, arrived in Wash
ington to a d at this end in sett
ing up the comprehensive plan
desired by the President for pro
per developer n; of Alaska resou
rces. Mr. Hein.zleman is chair
man of the Alaska Planning Coun
cil and so thoroughly familiar
with many of the Territory’s re
sources that Delegate Dimond re
quested the Department of Agri
culture to authorize his present
call in Washington to help in
forming this plan.
Recognizing the need for lati
tude in the operation of radio
transmitting stations in Alaska
the Federal Communications com
mission has amended its rules and
regulations pertaining to the ter
ritory.
The amendm nts are intended
to expedite action on applications
for station licenses received from
Alaska, to authorize transmission
of messages under certain condi
tions not heretofore authorized,
to assure emergency radio service
to aircraft, and to provide a base
on which may be built aeronau
tical radio chains
Some of the amendments were
proposed at a series of conferen
ces held in May and June by offi
cials of the Commission and at
tended by Delegate Dimond and
representative- of the War De
partrr.ei'. Coast Guard, Bureau
of A r C- mm.- e and Department
of the Inter. >r. Other amend
ments resul'ed front the nt etings
ha’d at .T.ineau ir August, at whi
ch designated representatives of
the Fed. -a! Communications Com
mission and of other Government
ag-ene'es and d partments confer
red with Territorial officials to
work out problems of radio par
ticularly needing attention on ac
count of conditions peculiar to
the Territory or to certain regions
n .ne Territory.
The amendments, published on
Njv -mb. r 23. contain provision
whe. tby a ship in an Alaska port
where radio service is not avail
ab.e may accept messages for
tran-mission to the nearest pub
lic coast station. and that the
ship's transmitter may be operat
ed at the dock or while at anchor
in such port without regard to an
existing rule to the contrary.
Any station in Alaska is author
ized to transmit messages “con
cerning sickness, death, weather,
ice conditions or other matters
relating to safety of life and pro
p rty" where there Is no estab:i'h
e:l communication, and when >
charge is made for the servk
P: jvt-.oi is made that aeroi
tlcal stations shall furnish er
gertcy service to itinerant ;
craii on request, and additional
service may b. rendered provid
ed suitable arrangements have
been made for cooperation in
costs. Assignment of certain fre
quencies for aircraft and aeronau
tical stations is made which are
exp.cted to aid in building up
airways radio chains in Alaska
for increasing safely in the air.
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