By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett,
Delegate in Congress from
Alaska
Interior Department
Appropriations
Alaska items in the Interior
Oepartment appropriation bill for
"She 1955 fiscal year as reported
Mo the House this week suffered a
~"25 percent cut to the budget re
quests for the Office of Tdrritor
■Ses. ; ■
The President’s budget had
sought $31,364,000 for roads, The
Alaska Railroad, Alaska Public
Works, the Governor’s office and
for legislative expenses and the
care of the mentally ill. • The
MIouse Appropriations Committee
*Ss reporting the .bill recmmended
v$23,421,000, or a slash of $7,943,
000. The committee allowance re
presents a 32 percent cut below
appropriations of $34,726,100 made
Mast year for these programs.
In addition the committee cut
$3,450,000 from the $4,612,000 re
quested for the Eklutna hydro
electric project near Anchorage,
"recommending only $1,162,000 for
■•this activity.
Military Allowances
Delegate Bartlett appealed this
week to members of the House
Appropriations Committee to do
•away with an existing provision
which discriminates against Al-:
•askans serving with the armed
-services in the Territory. . , ,
Since last year Delegate Hart
Nett has continued representations
Mo the Department of Defense that'
Nhe officials there join with him
■•in having the provision eliminat
ed this year. Assurances were
■*given Delegate Bartletf by the
•Defense Department that the of
ficials there believed; the law
should be changed and .wJhen the
"•President’s budget came to the
"Hill earlier this year such a. rec
ommendation was made.' . ’
In appearing before the. House
Appropriations subcommittee con
sidering appropriations for the
Defense Department for the 1955
"fiscal year, Delegate Bartlett stat
ed: “The elimination of station
allowances from Alaska boys who
-are in the service brought about
a situation of absolute hardship
rn the case of practically all of
"those youngsters who are in uni
-form and who are stationed in
Alaska. The fact is that most of
these boys serve either at Fort
"Richardson, which is adjacent to
Anchorage, or at Ladd Field,
close to Fairbanks, or at Eiel
son Field, 26 miles from Fair
banks. They* come from all over
the Territory. Those boys are
married and have had their legal
residence we will say at Ketchi
kan. The cost of living will be
as much at Anchorage as for a
boy from any state in the Union.
“Some terrific situations of
wardship developed after the sta
tion allowances were eliminated,”
Delegate Bartlett continued. “I
have received many, many let
ters from Alaskans regarding
this. When I was there last fall
I discussed the situation with
Lieutenant General Atkinson,
Commanding General of the Alas
kan Command, who expressed
concern over the consequences of
the continued application of Sec
tion 460 and informed me that
he hoped the Congress would see
fit to restore the station allow
ances to these boys.”
Territorial Bonding Bill
^ Congressman Saylor of Penn
sylvania introduced a bill this
week authorizing the Territory
of Alaska to incur bonded indebt
edness.
The face amount of such bonds
would not exceed $10 million out
standing at any one time. In ad
dition the legislation would al
low the Territory in cases of em
ergency to borrow up to a total
of $200,000 at any one time.
Free Market For Gold
Delegate Bartlett appeared this
week before the Senate Banking
and Currency Committee in sup
port of legislation which would
provide for a free market for new
ly mined gold.
The Senate legislation now un
der consideration and which
yrould allow gold to find its own
price rather than the fitted $35
an ounce now paid is similar to a
measure sponsored by Delegate
Bartlett in the House.
“I believe,” Delegate Bartlett
has stated, “that Alaska’s econ
omy would be stimulated and bet
tered in direct relationship with
,the prosperity of the gold mining
industry and I have for several
years been working assiduously
in company with many others to
bring about a situation whereby
the price of gold would be in
creased or at a minimum Ameri
can miners would be allowed to
sell their product on the world
market.”
Travel on Canadian Vessels
The Senate Interstate and For
eign Commerce Committee re
ported favorably last week to the
upper house Senator Magnuson’s
bill to permit transportation of
passengers and merchandise on
Canadian vessels between cer
tain Alaska ports and the contin
ental United States for another
year.
Land Restoration
The Interior Department this
week released 1,181,261 acres of
land and water from naval re
resvations established in 1929 in
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GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR
CRANKSHAFT GRINDING
REBORE SERVICE
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Palmer/ Alaska
ALASKA RAILROAD TRAIN SCHEDULE
Northbound Each Thursday Southbound
Read Down Read Up
7:30 a.m. Lv. Seward Ar. 8:05 p.m.
12:01 p.m. Ar. Anchorage Lv. 3:30 pan.
ANCHORAGE. McKINLEY & FAIRBANKS
Mon.. Wed.. Fri„ Northbound — Tues.. Thurs., Sat., Southbound
8:30 a.m.
12:50 p.m.
4:36 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
Ar.
Lv. Anchorage
Lv. Curry Lt.
Lv. McKinley Lv.
As. Fairbanks Lv.
ANCHORAGE AND WHITTIER
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
8:15 pan.
4:10 pan.
12:26 p.m.
8:30
3:60 pan.
Lv. Whittier Ar.
Lv.
11:45 a.m.
9:30
5:05 pan. Ar. Anchoraae
Call Your ALASKA RAILROAD Agenl for
lufomalloB
. Annual Deg Show
Set for May I, 2
Every dog will have his day
when the Alaska Kennel Club
holds its sixth annual dog show
at the Anchorage Junior High
School gymnasium on Saturday
and Sunday, May 1 and 2.
Charles G. Elliott, club presi
dent, announced this week that
the number of entries in nearly
all breeds has increased yearly
since the first annual all-breed
dog show was held in Anchorage
on August 7, 1949. Two hundred
and twenty dogs, representing 40
different breeds were entered in
the show last year.
Entry blanks and premium lists
have been mailed to former ex
hibitors. Additional blanks can
be obtained from Mrs. Cease at
the Glass Stopper in the Central
building; Mrs. Hall at the Sur
prise Shop, and at Dr. Graves’ of
fice in Spenard.
Due to the large number of en
tries anticipated, the terrier,
hound, toy, and non-sporting
groups will be on exhibition Sat
urday and the sporting and work
ing groups will be benched Sun
day. Winners of the groups judg
ed on Saturday, will be brought
back Sunday for the best-in
show judging that night.
A. W. Forbes of Tacoma will
judge the entire show. He is li
censed by the American Kennel
Club to judge all breeds of dogs
and has had many years of judg
ing experience.
Show hours will be from 6:00
to 11:00 p.m. on Saturday and
from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on
Sunday, t
Cold Bay-Dolgoi Island and Wide
Bay areas of Alaska.
Approximately half the land
restored from the Cold Bay-Dol
goi Island naval, reservation,
however, remains in an Air Force
reserve created during the war
years, according to information
given Delegate Bartlett by Bur
eau of Land Management offic
ials. It is anticipated that nearly,
if not all, the military will be re
stored at a later date.
Band Concert
Well Received
The annual Palmer School band
concert was presented last Fri
day evening in the school gym
nasium before an appreciative
audience, under the direction of
band master, Leo Getsgo.
Among the nine numbers pre
sented was a musical story of
Cinderella, “The Glass Slipper”
by Paul Yoder.
The program, which opened
and closed with popular marches,
was highlighted by well-present
ed numbers, including a musical
story of Cinderella—“The Glass
Slipper”, by Paul Yoder, and
“Joshua”, a novelty number bas
ed on the popular Negro spiritual
“Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho”,
also by Yoder. Other numbers
were “Arabian Nights”, an Orien
tal intermezzo by K. L. King; “So
This is Dvorak” by F. L. Buchtel;
“Syncopated Clock”, by Leroy
Anderson;' “Sun Valley Moun
tains” by Gene Ogden and the
following marches: "Hosts of
Freedom”, by King; “E. Pluribus
Unum”, by Fred Jewell, and Sou
sa’s “King Cotton”.
The 27-piece band will travel to
Anchorage later this month where
they will participate in the an
nual Music Festival to be held
April 23 and 24.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
New Shipment of
POTTED CAMELIAS
GERANIUMS
HYDRANGEAS
also
BLACK MAGIC,
Plant Mix for House Plants
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SPEAKERS NAMED FOR
Three distinguished Americans
will participate in the University
:>f Alaska baccalaureate exercises
May 16 and commencement May
17,. Dr. Andrew Nerland, presi
dent of the Board of Regents, an
nounced this week.
They will be Dr. Henry Sch
mitz, president of the University
of Washington; Judge George W.
Folta, U. S. District Judge, First
Judicial Division of Alaska, and
UNIVERSITY EXERCISES
Colonel Bernt Balchen, arctic pi
lot-explorer.
Dr. Nerland said both the bac
calaureate and commencement
exercises will be in the Univer
sity gymnasium. He will an
nounce the time when arrange
ments are complete. Dr. Nerland
invites the public to attend and
said the University is anxious for
a large turnout of Alaska resi
dents to honor the graduates.
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