WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to Congress
Fishery Control
Hearings will be held on June
4 and 5 in Washington on Dele
gate Bartlett’s bill to transfer the
control of Alaska’s commercial
fisheries from the federal to the
territorial government.
The bill, which is before the
House Interior and Insular Af
fairs, will be endorsed by the
Department of the Interior, ac
cording to assurances given Dele
gate Bartlett by Secretary Chap
man. The Department of the In
terior heretofore has opposed
such transfer under Territorial
status. The measure, which seeks
an amendment to Alaska’s Or
ganic Act, would transfer all con
trol over the fisheries to the Ter
ritory with the exception of the
fur-seal and sea-otted . fisheries.
Further provision is made that
half the net proceeds from the,
sale of sealskins on the Pribilofs
would be paid to the Territory to
aid in administering the commer
cial fisheries, although the ad
ministration and the cost of the
industry itself would be borne by
the Interior Department. Net pro
ceeds from the seal industry over
the past few years have aver
aged between $1^ million and
$2 million, half of which would
go to the Territory under the
terms of Delegate Bartlett’s bill.
Tan an a Sportsmen
The Tanana Valley Sportsmen’s
Association of Fairbanks will be
able to purchase approximately
25 acres of land through Delegate
Bartlett’s bill signed into law this
week by President Truman.
For the past several years the
land in question has been used
by the Association for a club
house site and recreational pur
poses under a permit issued by
the Interior Department. The
land is to be sold to the Associa
tion at a “reasonable value” but
not less than $10 an acre.
Public Land Bill
Preliminary hearings were held
this week by the Public Lands
Subcommittee on Delegate Bart
lett’s bill requiring public hear
ings in Alaska in advance of fur- j
ther land withdrawals.
The bill being considered by
the Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee subcommittee would
also provide a reexamination
every five years of the need for
maintaining in withdrawal status
lands reserved before or after the
date of enactment of the bill.
VA Housing Loon
Funds for Pending
Applications Expected
Funds will be available very
soon for direct loans to the 24
Alaska veterans whose applica
tions are pending, area Veterans
Administration Director Ernest
Lincoln said today.
The statement referred to the
announcement that Alaska has
received $200,000 for direct hous
ing loans from the national VA.
The money comes from an appro
priation measure signed into law
April 18 providing supplemental
loans for the program, which was
started in 1950.
Lincoln said that the $200,000
would practically all be used up
by the present loans, if all of
them are approved. Any further
loans would depend on later al
lotments, he said. It is expected
that further allocations will be
made as the new law provides
quarterly allotments up to the
expiration date in June, 1953.
Lincoln also revealed that the
latest allotment brought the total
made to Alaska to date $3,059,200.
He ' said that Alaska veterans
have made 525 loan applications
since the law went into effect in
1950.
Of these, 173 were either re
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Lubricating Station
To Open May 26
Palmer’s first lubricating sta
tion will open to the public Mon
day morning. May 26, it was an
nounced by the owner and pro
prietor, Philip Edleman, this
week.
To be known as City Auto Ser
vice, the new station is located
on Pioneer Avenue, one block
down from the theater. Although
there will be no motor repairs,
services offered by Edleman will
include free pick up and delivery
service, tire repairs, car washing
and polishing and special atten
tion to vehicle lubricating. The
station will be open six days a
week from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and
closed on Tuesdays.
Edleman and his wife Grace,
have lived in the Valley since
April, 1950.
jected or withdrawn, 324 were
granted and have been made, 24
are in a process of preliminary
investigation, and four have been
tentatively cleared.
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48 ALASKA TOWNS
NOW HAVE CIVIL
DEFENSE DIRECTORS
The number of towns which
have formulated a plan and se
lected a Civil Defense Director
has jumped from 34 to 48 since
the distribution of the Territorial
Civil Defense Plan. The influx of
new members has come mostly
from the interior where there
seems to be a stronger regard for
the necessity of a Civil Defense
program it was revealed today
from the Territorial Department
of Civil Defense.
“Although there is a marked
increase in our program, it will
be necessary to work harder than
ever to set the plan in motion by
the actual training of volunteer
workers of individual commun
ties in their respective services,”
Colonel Crockett, Territorial Di
rector of Civil Defense, declared.
“It is our intention to help the
training programs of local direc
tors by having them cooperate
and participate in alerts along
with the Army and National
Guard,” Crockett said.
Union Singspiraiion. Sunday,
May 25. 8 p.m. Church of God.
Special showing of film “Counter
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In time for week-end relaxing
and June-bride giving, is the
baked foods and fancy work sale
at Grassers Hardware, scheduled
by the Dorcas Club of Sutton
Saturday, May 31.
An all-day sale, the club plans
an abundance of home made
breads, cakes, pies and salads.
Lovely hand worked tea towels,
pillow slips, aprons and crocheted
| pieces will be on sale.
Proceeds from the sale will go
toward the t building fund of the
Sutton Community Church.
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