WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to Congress
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Delegate Bartlett’s bill to trans
fer the control of Alaska fisheries
from the Interior Department to
the Territory of Alaska was en
dorsed this week by the Territor
ies Subcommittee of the House
Interior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee when the members unan
imously voted to report the bill
favorably to the full committee.
The measure provides that the
transfer would be made upon ac
ceptance by the Territorial legis
, lature of the administration of
the fisheries and the enactment
of law setting up regulations for
the protection and conservation
of the fisheries.
Half the net proceeds from the
sale of sealskins from the Pribil
of Islands would go to the Ter
sitory to aid in defraying the
cost of administration of the com
mercial fisheries, with the Inter
ior department continuing to sup
ervise and administer the fur
seal and sea-otter fisheries under
federal appropriations.
Delegate Bartlett presented
numerous letters written in sup
port of the legislation which have
been received from individuals
and fishing unions thorughout
Alaska. The only expression of
opposition to the measure came
in communications from the
State of Washington.
Three Bills Clear Congress
Final congressional action was
taken on three Alaska bills this
week and they are now before
the President for aDproval.
The measure permitting the
carriage of passengers on Can
adian ships between Haines,
Skagway, Hyder and other Alas
ka ports was among the three
bills sent to the White House. In
addition, the legislation would
allow the shipment of freight on
Canadian vessels from Hyder to
States as well as ports in the Ter
points in the continental United
ritory and passengers travelling
to and from Hyder could also
travel by such ships to and from
the continental United States.
The bill would be effective until
June 30 of next year.
Delegate Bartlett’s bill to in
crease by $21,500 a year allot
ments to the University of Alaska
BROWNIE TROOP NO. 15
HOLDS TE :. FOR MOTHERS
Brownie Girl Scout Troop No.
15 held a tea for their mothers
at the home of their leader, Mrs.
Oliver Onkka June 10. During
the afternoon the girls were pre
sented their membership cards.
Six girls from the troop plan to
attend Scout camp at King’s Lake
the latter part of June. These
include Viva Martin, Vickie
Graves. Pauly and Sara Moffitt,
Joan Stewart and Judy Everett.
The Troop is busy working on
their Tenderfoot requirements
and hope to have them completed
by Fall. Collecting wild flow'ers
and leaves is helping the girls fill
their scrapbooks.
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poses was the second Alaska bill
to clear Congress this week. The
total allotments for this purpose
to the University would thus be
increased to $71,500 as the Uni
versity now receives $50,000 un
der a law granting assistance tc
land grant colleges throughout
the country.
The third bill now before the
President would eliminate the so
called Alaska railroads tax. That
tax was spelled out in a law
passed 38 years ago and provided
a federal tax of one percent on
the gross income of railroad cor
porations doing business in Alas
ka which has had direct applica
tion to the Alaska unit of the
White Pass and Yukon route.
Tongass Forest Would
Supply 1,000 Tons
Newsprint per Day
WASHINGTON. D.C.—A joint
congressional committee “to for
mulate a national policy to meet
the immediate and future news
print needs of the United States”
has been proposed by Senators
Case of South Dakota and John
son of Colorado in a resolution
making especial reference to the
timber resources of the Tongass
National Forest.
Delegate E. L. Bartlett pointed
out in endorsing the intent of the
resolution that the Tongass Na
tional Forest could supply one
million tons of paper a year
which represents one-sixth of the
present newsprint consumption in
the United States. This supply
would be in addition to large
quantities of lumber, plywood and
other n<?n-pulp products.
“Tongass National Forest,” the
Delegate stated, “contains an es
timated timber stand of almost
80 billion feet board measure.
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where it is possible to block up
the huge, long-term timber sup
ply to justify installation of a
new plant making 500 tons 01
newsprint daily. But at Juneau,
the Forest Service has laid out a
timber unit which would support
in perpetuity a newsprint mill Oj
1,000 tons a day capacity.
“B. Frank Heintzleman, the
distinguished Regional Forestei
of Alaska, has spent almost a
working lifetime pointing out the
advantages which* would accrue
from utilizing me great stands Oi
western hemlock and Sitka
spruce in southeastern Alaska. Hi
has emphasized that the mills
could be located on tidewater ana
transportation would readily be
available through the network oj
deep narrow sea channels.
“Alaska has the timber. It hat
everything else needed to go with
the timber. All that is requireo
now is action by man. We have
in Alaska everything, positive^
everything, needed for a great in
dustry which would go far to
ward making this nation self-sup
porting as to its newsprint re
quirements. We should act now.
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OPS WARNS AGAINST
PRICE RISES BECAUSE
OF MARITIME STRIKE
JUNEAU — Merchants were
cautioned today by Charles L.
Beckler, Enforcement Director
for the Alaska Office of Price
Stabilization, not to take advan
tage of the current maritime
strike by raising prices.
Beckler said some reports had
already reached the O.P.S. office
indicating some merchants were
charging over-the ceiling prices
on scarce items. Overcharges sub
ject the violator to penalties, he
said.
Customers who "have been
overcharged may collect up to
three times the amount of the
overcharge, or a minimum of $25.
plus attorney’s fees and costs.
Reminding merchants of the re
quirements of Ceiling Price Regu
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