WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary lo E. L. <Bobi BMtML Rlwka t D*lo«ot« to Con«r»t»
MINING ON SCHOOL LANDS
Premdent Truman ha* •fgm'd
Delegate HurtlrIt'* bill pt event
.n* the location of mining claim*
>n land* reacrved for the bene
lit of territorial school*
Tin nev. land wa* sought, a*
pointed out by the Senate Com
mittee on Interim and Insular
Affair* in reporting the measure,
"to prevent the location of min
ing claim* and the depletion of
the territorial school fund. Tic
report continued. "Recently, min
ing location* for gravel were
made on a school r< m*i vc .section
near Anchorage. I' v. a - then teal
ized that instead of the Territory
I <und gett the b
of the value of this .section it
would all accrue to the locator jf
the mining claim except for the
mall amount realized if he wer
to apply for a mining patent.'
ADDITIONAL JUDGE FOR
ALASKA
The possibility for an addition
al judge of the District Court
of Alaska for assignment to the
Third Division was one step
closer to reality through action
taken last week in the House
Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill under consideration by
i Judiciary Subcommittee <*md re
ported favorably to the full com
mittee this week is one providing
for a number of additional cir
cuit and district court judge.
throughout the country, includ
ing one for the Third Division
It was passed bv the Senate last
October.
PUBLIC LANDS
Legislation wmcn wouiu
the sale or lease of unreserved
public lands in States. Territor
ies, counties, municipalities or
other political subdivisions, for
any public purpose and the lease
of land to nonprofit corporations
and nonprofit associations for an.,
recreational or other proper pub
lic purpose has been reported fav
orably to the House.
Delegate Bartlett has a num
ber of bills pending which would
allow the sale of tracts of land
to such nonprofit groups as
■hurehes and the Boy Scouts.
The enactment of the bill report- j
ed this week would do away with
necessity of such individual bibs
if the groups would be willing
to lease land rather than have the
opportunity to purchase land.
FOURTH DIVISION JUDGE
The Senate this week confirm
ed the appointment of Harry E.
Pratt of Fairbanks as United
States District Judge for the
Fourth Division.
Judge Pratt was first appointed
on June 1, 1935, and is entciing
his fifth four-year term.
HEARINGS ON PUBLIC LAND
WITHDRAWALS
Delegate Bartlett has intro
duced a bill in Congress which
would require public hearings in
Alaska in advance of further land
withdrawals in behalf of the fed
eral or territorial governments.
Additionally, the bill requires a.
reexamination every five yeaisof]
the need for maintaining in with-j
drawal status lands reserved be
fore or after the date of enact
ment of the bill.
RESERVES IN NATIONAL
BANKS
The House Banking and Cur
rency Committee voted to report
Delegate Bartlett’s bill favorably
to the House this week which
would permit Alaska national
banks to maintain smaller cash
reserves in their own vaults.
Existing law, enacted long ago
when transportation was uncer
tain and slow, required the na
tional banks in the Territory to
keep enough cash immediately on I
hand to meet any possible con-1
tingency. Now with daily air-j
plane service available to every
community having a national
bank, it is felt that Alaska banks
should be in the same status as
those in the States with respect
to reserves.
DIRECT HOUSING LOANS FOR
VETERANS
The Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency has re
ceived House-approved legisla
tion authorizing a sum not to ex
ceed $125 million to augment the
present revolving fund for direct
I housing loans' to vrtrrMli,
At the prevent tune the 1140
; million appropriated for the pro
(ram acheduled to continue until
June 30, 1953. ha* !*•« n rntireh
! allocated u ith futher loan* to b • •
made from a revolving fund
created thi ouch repayment* mad* j
to the Veteran* Administration J
In crcation of the revolvini fund
ln*t year, the Congreai also auth- !
ori*ed the Veteran* Administra-;
; turn to »ell previously made moi*
1 caste* to private source*.
Under the original appropna- j
tion and allotment procedure.!
Alaska received S2.359.200 and a> j
of February 29 of this year 310
loans hail liven made to Alaska
veterans. 9 partially completed I
and 25 pending, with $32,500 re-;
naming in the allotment on that
date. It is understood that on tlw
last day of February some 2.45JJ j
1 cases were pending throughout
J the country awaiting availabilitv J
1 of futher allotments fiom the,
i slowly-growing revolving fund
CLAIMS OF ALASKA
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
Commissioner Richard H
Akers of the Court of Claims is
: scheduled to hold heal ings in An
chorage the latter part of July on
| overtime claims of non-operating .
! and operating employees of The (
i Alaska Railroad, according to in
I formation given Delegate Bart- :
I lett this week.
The hearings have grown out
of claims pending in the Court
following a favorable decision on
the so-called Poggas test case
IXPT. STATION
PLANTING SEASON
TO START MID-APRIL
The Experiment Staten plant
me ie«mn i» expected to xtaid
m mid-April thi* yeai with the
fi-ililittng of pMturea, AT.S tech
nician* reported thi* wok
The 1 armor dtiesn't have to w ait
until the around i» thawed in or*
in to upload the fertiliwr. the
kpetialndx pointed out. he can
•piead while the around i* still
frozen However, it t* important (
in early spring fertilizing to have
a market on the ti actor or spread
er so that the operator can tell
where he has Ixen in the field.
Otherwise, tlie fertilizer won’t be
spread evenly By lailtmg a tooth
from a spring tooth harrow wme-t
where on the tractor or fertiliz* i
»preader a suit *.bie marker may
Ih- i m pro vis* it. ’tight now is the
lime •<> get llu- spreader fixed up.
it was added.
Soilman Allan Mick suggested
that the farmer who hasn't much
money to spend on his pastures
should spend what he can afford
m nitrogen. Nitric nitrogen is the
I.*- t kind to put on In tin' eaily
spring. If a farmer expects to
put on more than 40 pounds per |
acre on his pastures and hay- j
fields, then he should put on some
phosphate with it.
Continuing a trend started
three years ago, experimental
work will not be confined to the
Matanuska Station this year.
More plantings are planned to
be distributed widely over the
valley.
won last year. This case, brought
in behalf of George D Poggas.
section foreman of Campbell, al
lowed overtime payment under
the 40-hour work week law pass
ed in 1934. and some 800 cases of
non-operating employees a r e
pending before the Court as the
result of this decision.
Chitna Limousine Service
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a. m. each Monday (leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a- m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Tuesday
LEAVES PALMER FOR CHITINA
10:45 a. m. each Thursday (leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a. m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Friday
ALL THROUGH ONE-DAY SERVICE-NO STOP OVERS
Sheet Metal Work
Furnaces Stokers Pre-fab Chimneys
Stainless Steel Work
— Free Estimates —
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Phone: 62J3
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RECOUPERATING OUTSIDE
Mo. Wanda Wheeler has been
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