By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett,
Delegate in Congress
from Alaska
1955 Budget for Alaska
President Eisenhower is asking
, for some $24 million less this year
for Alaska activities of federal
agencies than was appropriated
for 1954 fiscal year.
The largest differences between
the 1954 appropriations and the
1955 requests are in the Post Of
fice, Interior, Defense and Com
merce Departments. Congress ap
propriated $114,359,530 for the fis
cal year 1954 as contrasted with
the President’s budget request of
$90,068,422 for the 1955 fiscal
year. Both figures are exclusive
of military public works.
The Interior Department with
$51,714,334 requested for its 1955
Alaska budget represents more
than half the money sought, with
the Commerce Department re
quest of $15,553,793 coming sec
ond, following by $6,815,362 asked
for the Agriculture Department’s
Alaska activities $4,558,0000 for
Defense other than public works,
$4,497,933 for Treasury, $4,199,
000 for the Post Office Depart
ment, $1,376,700 for the Justice
Department, $1,062,000 for health
purposes, and $291,300 for the
Judiciary.
Interior Department
The Interior Department total
of $51,714,334 is some $6 million
less than the 1954 appropriation
of $57,546,140. The major portion
of the money requested of Con
gress would go to the Office of
Territories for the Alaska Public
Works program in the sum of
§5 million, road construction tot
alling $9,940,000, Alaska Railroad
construction in the sum of $11,
994.000, road maintenance in the
amount of $3^& million, $784,600
for Alaska’s mentally ill, $48,000
for legislative expenses and $97,
400 for the Governor’s office. The
total was $34,726,100.
[ The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
'seeking $10,146,959 for its Alas
, ka activities.
Construction of the Eklutna hy
droelectric project in the Anch
orage area would continue with
the $4,612,000 requested for the
Bureau of Reclamation. The Bur
eau’s survey and investigation
program would continue to be
curtailed as compared with years
prior to the 1954 fiscal year with
the $1000,000 allowed in the bud
get. The total of $4,712,000 for the
Bureau of Reclamation is some $3
million less than the $7,850,000
appropriated for the Bureau of
Reclamation last year. If the
money sought for the Eklutna
project is made available, it will
bring to a total of $31,804,853 the
money made available. The Con
gress has authorized $33 million
for this project.
The Geological Surrey would
have $1,786,000 for its 1955 fiscal
ye(ar activities if the amount
sought is appropriated. The mon
ey would be divided as follows:
$625,000 for topographic surveys
and mapping, $800,000 for geolog
ic and mineral surveys and map
ping, $310,000 for water resource
investigations, $30,000 for class
ification of lands and $21,000 for
supervision of mining and oil and
gas leases.
The Fish and Wildlife request
in the President’s budget totals
$1,590,840 as compared with last
year's appropriation of $1,297,
581. The bulk of the request
would go to the administration of
the fish and game laws in the
sum of $1,082,000, $800,000 for
the former and $282,000 for the
latter. Other Fish and Wildlife
requests would be earmarked as
follows: $71,300 for predatory con
trol, $246,440 for investigations of
fish and wildlife resources, $75,
000 for construction, $52,200 for
mammal and bird • reservations
and $63,900 for general admin
istration.
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment would have $1,099,000 for
its 1955 Alaska activities under
the budget as compared with
$819,058 appropriated last year.
This would be divided into $35,
060 for lease and disposal of lands
and mineral resources, $239,615
for land use and disposal, $99,
360 for forest management, $242,
105 for fire protection, $268,780
for cadastral surveys, $120,750 for
fire suppression, $13,600 for main
tenance of physical facilities and
$79,730 for general administra
tion.
The remainder of the funds
sought in that part of the budget
dealing with the Interior Depart
ment would go to the Bureau of
Mines in the sum of $416,530, and
$599,005 for the National Park
Service.
Commerce Department
The Commerce Department to
tal of $15,553,793 contains no mon
ey for the federal aid airport pro
gram in Alaska.
The bulk of the $15,553,793
sought this year would go to the
Civil Aeronautics Administration.
The sum is some $3 million less
than last year’s appropriation of
$18,424,474.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey
has sustained a tremendous cut
below the amount made avail
able last year. The 1955 request
is $1,107,00 as compared with last
year’s apporpriation of $2,710,
395. This means, according to
Survey officials, that the Survey’s
vessel PIONEER will go in moth
balls eliminating plans for survey
work in the Bering Sea.
The remainder of the Com
merce Department requests would
go to the Civil Aeronautics Board
in the amount of $84,793, the Bur
eau of Public Roads for forest
highways in the sum of $875,000
and the Weather Bureau in the
sum of $1,675,000.
Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department’s
1955 request totalling $6,815,362
is about $1 million less than the
1954 appropriation of $7,968,146.
The money for the next fiscal
year if granted would go to the
Rural Electrification Administra
tion in an estimated amount of
$514 million for its loan program,
of which $4 million would be for
electricity and $1*2 million for
Mike McKay to Be
Guest Speaker at
Youth for Christ Rally
Mike McKay, who recently re
turned to Alaska from his theolo
gical studies in the States, will
be guest speaker at the Youth for
,'hrist Rally on Saturday night,
■'ebruary 27. He is presently in
charge of the Native Baptist Mis
sion in Anchorage.
This youth rally will feature
special instrumental music, group
singing of favorite choruses, and
a quiz. Teenagers will especially
enjoy the meeting, the leaders
stated, but a cordial invitation is
extended to people of all ages.
telephones. The rest of the money
would be divided among the Ex
tension Service in the amount of
$65,746; Experiment Station,
$415,101, including $270,000 for
agricultural research; the Forest
Service, $621,900, including $425,
100 for protection and manage
ment, $132,000 for roads and
trails, $52,5000 for research; and
$12,300 for pest control surveys;
$62,615 for Production and Mar
keting, including $30,764 for the
school lunch program; and an es
timated $150,000 for the Farmers
Home Administration,
Alaska's Mentally 111
The Interior Department has
promised “fairly soon" its long
delayed report on Delegate Bart
lett’s bill to provide a new proce
dure for the voluntary and in
voluntary commitment and treat
ment of Alaska’s mentally ill.
Many individuals and organ
izations in Alaska have written
to Congressman John P. Saylor,
chairman of the subcommittee
considering the legislation, in
such a way as to make it appar
ent that there have been miscon
ceptions in certain quarters that
action on the bill has been de
layed because of his subcommit
tee. The delay, however, has been
caused by the Interior Depart
ment’s failure to submit its report
to the subcommittee. Congress
man Saylor stated this week that
he considers the bill “one of the
‘must’ pieces of legislation in the
second session of the 83rd Con
gress.”
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Match Positions
In the sixth match of the In
land Empii*e Rifle and Pistol
tournament, the Matanuska Val
ley Rifle club teams are still hold
ing their own. The first team tak
ing two in this match; the sec
ond losing two; and the third also
taking two. Scores and totals are
as follows:
Palmer No. 1: Contini 390;
Dodge, 390; Westenbarger, 388;
Athearn, 388; Harris, 385. Total,
1941. Competing team scores
were: American Legion No. 9 of
Spokane, 1936, and Wenatchee,
1916.
Palmer No. 2: White, 383: Lee,
382; Miller, 381; Niemann, 380;
Fleming, 377. Total, 1903. Com
peting teams: Anaconda, 1922,
and Bonners Ferry, 1920.
Palmer No. 3: N. Richie, 375;
Woods, 375; Bellringer, 374; Rich
ie, 372; and McRae, 371. Total,
1867. Competing teams, Almira,
1838, and Bonners Ferry, 1850.
Team standings: No. 1—won 5.
lost 2; No. 2—won 4. lost 8; No.
3—won 12, lost 0.
In the fourth week of the Utah
State Intermountain Postal mat
ch, the local teams are still on
the up list. Standings this week
are as follows: No. 1—won 7, lost
0; No. 2—won 5, lost 0; No. 3,—
won 4, lost 2.
The five shooters on No. 1 team
came up with a total of 1462 to
top Laurel. Utah’s 1458 total and
Salt Lake City’s 1458. Members of
the No. 2 team topped their op
ponents, Bountiful, Utah with to
tals of 1439 to 1428. The Wasatch,
Utah team was topped by the Ma
tanuska shooters No. 3 team, 1411
to 1398.
Shooting against the Salt Lake
Small Arms club of Salt Lake
City, Utah, the three Sportsmen
teams took top billing, with the
following resulting scores: Pal
mer High Fire, 1456. Salt Lake
High Five, 1447. Palmer Second
High Five, 1428. Salt Lake Second
Five, 1408. Palmer Third Five,
1396. Salt Lake Third Five, 1303.
Plans for a 30-bed community
hospital at Cordova are well ad
vanced and bids will be called
in the near future, Dr. C. Earl
Albrecht, territorial commission
er of health recently announced.
The hospital will be financed one
half by federal Hill-Burton Act
funds, $154,000 approprif.ed by
the 1953 territorial legislature and
partially by local interests.
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