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WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska’s Delegate to Congress
Interior Dept. Appropriations
In reporting the Interior De
partment appropriation bill for
the 1952 fiscal year to the Senate
this week, the Committee on Ap
propriations increased the sums
allowed by the House for the
Alaska Public Works program,
the Eklutna hydro-electric power
* project and operation and main
tenance funds for roads.
The funds approved by the
House for construction work on
The Alaska Railroad and roads in
the Territory were agreed to by
the Senate committee and repre
sent reductions below budget re
quests.
The allowance of $8^2 million
recommended by the committee
for the Alaska Public Works pro
gram represents a 50 percent in
crease over the reduction made
in the House. The budget request
totalled $10 million which was
cut by the House to $7 million.
At the time of the Senate hear
ings it was revealed that the Pub
lic Works District Office in Alas
ka had received more than $38
million worth of applications
awaiting allotment as appropria
tions are received. A tentative
list of priorities amount to $12,
300.000 v.as presented to the com
mittee, which is almost $4 million
more than allowed by the Senate
committee. The projects on the
priority list included schools at
Kodiak. Kake, Fairbanks, An
chorage, Sitka, Wasilla, Fort Yu
kon, Sand Point, Ketchikan,
Skagway, Craig and a dormitory
at the University of Alaska. Wa
ter and sewer projects for Wran
gell, Craig, Seward, Eastchester,
Cordova, Valdez and Nenana
were listed, together with utilities
for Fairbanks, a warehouse at
Anchorage, a municipal building
at Juneau, streets for Cordova
and Pelican, and fire protection
facilities at Nome.
The House allowance of $20 mil
lion for road construction in Alas
ka was agreed to by the Senate
committee, representing a reduc
tion of $1,700,000 below the bud
get request. This amount includes
$8 million for liquidation of last
year’s contract authority. The
Senate, however, increased the
funds for the operation and main
tenance of Alaska roads from the
House allowance of $2,600,000 to
$2,900,000. The President had ask
ed $3,300,000 for this work. Offi
cials of the Interior Department
tn appearing bcJorr the St*naie
rommiltfr to re^ucM rrstarilion
of the full 121.700.000 denied fot
conatrudton of r<»ads listed how
fundi- r*>( i'mmcftdcd by the Houm
would be distributed The $20
million was allied as follows I
$300,000 for preparation of plan*.
$514,000 for continued v.ork on
the Eagle-40 Mil<-Alaska High- j
way road. $6,530,000 for surfac*
ing of the Richardson Highway, :
$3,350,000 for surfacing of the
Alaska Highway, $400,000 for the
Richardson Highway. Mount Mc
Kinley Park road, $200,000 for
local farm and industrial roads
and $2 million for surfacing of
the Tok cut-off. In addition. $1,
431,000 was earmarked for recon
struction of the Tok cut-off and
$550,000 for improvement of ex
isting roads and bridges. New
construction was earmarked in
the amount of $4 million for re
construction and paving of the
Seward-Anchorage Highway,
$550,000 for new road construc
tion at Naknek airport, $75,000
for new construction at Kodiak
to the Kodiak Naval Station and
$100,000 for the Cordova-Rich
ardson Highway road. Funds in
the amount of $600,000 for the
Chena Slough bridge at Fairbanks
would be eliminated, according
to the officials who appeared be
fore the Senate committee.
The budget request of $2‘/2 mil
lion for completion of the rehabil
itation and construction program
for The Alaska Railroad was cut
to $2 million by the House, and
the Senate committee sustained
the House action.
The full budget request of $5,
761,400 for the Eklutna hydro
electric power project near Pal
mer was allowed by the Senate
committee, the House having re
duced the funds for the project
to $5,478,040.
Although overall reductions be
low budget requests were suf
fered by other agencies of the In
terior Department, the reductions
were relatively small, and until
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final action is taken by Congee**
the effe.t of the reduction* on the
Alaska program* of the different
agencies cannot be definitely
stated It is understood, however,
that the program for the Bureau
of Indian Affairs would not be
affected and the full budget re
quest of $10,194,141 would be al
lowed. Funds for other agencies
for W’ork in the Territory are esti
mated at $763,763 for the Bureau
of Land Management, $2,752,000
for the Geological Survey, $401,
384 for the National Park Service.
$512,000 for the Bureau of Mines
and $1,896,037 for the Fish and
Wildlife Service. Other items are
$502,141 for the care and custody
of Alaska's insane and $96,140
for the Governor's office.
The Senate committee recom
mended a 10 percent reduction in
all personal services for the De
partment, but operation and main
tenance personnel for such facil
ities as Indian schools and hos
pitals, The Alaska Railroad and
other specific agencies would be
exempt from the 10 percent re
duction.
Withdrawal of Public Lands
A tract of land totalling 6,400
acres in Alaska has been with
drawn under the public land
laws, including the mining and
mineral leasing laws, and re
served for the Air Force for mil
itary purposes through an order
signed this week by Secretary
Chapman.
The land is described as “Be
ginning at a point in the valley
of the Tataline River, from which
the intersection of the centerline
of the Kuskokwim Landing-Ta
kotna Highway Bridge and center
of the Tataline River, approxi
mately latitude 62t,53'30" N„ long
itude 155°56'30" W., bears North
1.000 feet, thence by metes and
bounds: West, 2.5 miles; North
4.0 miles; East, 1.5 miles; South,
2.0 miles; East, 2.0 miles; South,
2.0 miies; West, 1.0 mile to point
of beginning.”
The order states that anyone
objecting to the withdrawal
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should by August 24 present his
objection* to the Secretary of the
Intenor filed in duplicate in the
Department of the Interior. Wash .
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New Anchorage Jail
The Bureau of Prisons, at the
specific suggestion of Senator Pat
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