WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska’s Delegate to Congress
Alaska Legislation
Delegate Bartlett introduced
o bills in the House this week,
e designed to aid in procure
;nt of construction material and
2 other to provide public and
vernmental facilities on the
aska Highway at the border
tween Alaska and Canada.
The first measure authorizes
e Secretary of the Interior for
15-year period to permit the re
>val of volcanic ash, commonly
iown as pumicite, from areas
mg the shores of Shelikof
rait in Katmai National Monu
?nt.
The Secretary of the Interior,
ider the terms of the second
11 dropped in the hopper this
3ek by Delegate Bartlett, would
authorized to select a site and
nstructed suitable facilities at
laska-Canada border to house
deral agencies and provide ad
;uate facilities for the comfort
id convenience of travelers to
laska over the highway. The
fice facilities would be available
such agencies as the Bureau of
jstoms, the Immigration and
a^uralization Service, the Post
ffice Department and perhaps
hers. No facilities now exist for
e performance of these govern
ental functions at or near the
jrder, the customs office now
nng approximately 100 miles
om the border.
Assistance ..To ..Schools
The Office of Education of the
ederal Security Agency has al
>cated $54,541.06 for assistance
) Palmer and Anchorage schools.
The funds have been provided
5 federal assistance for current
<penditures under existing law
hich provides financial assis
tnce for schools in federally af
icted areas. The total allowed
ris week, according to informa
on given Delegate Bartlett by
. S. Commissioner of Education
arl J. McGrath, includes $52,
12.87 for the Anchorage Inde
endent School District and $2,
98.19 for the Palmer Incorpora
3d School District,
ands For Temporary Federal
Employees
The House this week passed a
ill allowing temporary employ
es of the Bureau of Land Man
gement to acquire public lands.
Present lav,- prevents any em
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Territorial Meat
Inspection to Aid
Consumers, Industry
Meat inspection is a service
whi^h protects the public as it
promotes the industry”, said
Clyde Sherman, Territorial Com
missioner of Agriculture on his
visit to Palmer this week.
Explaining the extension of
meat inspection service made pos
sible through the addition of a
new veterinarian to the Depart
ment of Agriculture staff, the
commissioner quickly quashed
any rumors about Territorial re
gulations regarding meat inspec
tion.
‘‘Such regulations”, he said,
“depend on city ordinance which
follows demand by the consumer
that meat sold in local stores be
inspected.”
He said that farm slaughtering
was permitted in almost every
state in the Union. Required in
spection of single carcasses meant
for a farmer’s own consumption
with maybe a quarter or a half
for a neighbor-would not be feas
ible. Producers of meat and poul
ployee of the Interior Department
agency, no matter how tempo
rary his employment, from ac
quiring any interest in public
lands during his employment.
“Such interpretation works
hardship in the recruitment of
appropriate personnel in certain
cases,” the Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs stated in re
porting the nev,- measure to
the House. “For example, fire
fighting personnel cannot home
stead public lands although they
may actually be on the Bureau
of Land Management’s payroll for
only a few days during the year.
In Alaska the situation is parti
cularly acute because most of the
land is held by the federal govern
ment and it is difficult for a fed
eral employee to acquire a home
that is not on federally owned
land,”
The provisions of the bill would
apply only to employees whose
work for the agency does not ex
ceed six months in any one cal
ender year.
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| try on a commercial scale, how
! ever, will welcome inspection,
i With the Territorial inspection
! stamp, their products can com
pete favorably with U. S. inspee
! ted meats and poultry shipped
in.
The Veterinary department
will offer inspection of livestock,
including poultry in various areas
throughout the Territory. Inspec
tion consists of ante and post
mortem examination of animals
slaughtered. The Territorial in-,
spector’s stamp will be placed1
on each carcass inspected.
Sanitary rules and regulations
are being inaugurated which will
set up minimum requirments for
approved farm slaughter houses.
Greatest emphasis will be placed
on sanitation with a reasonable
amount of time allowed to per
mit modernization of plants and
equipment to meet the regula
tions. Again the commissioner em
phasized that such rules and re
gulations apply only to meat or
poultry intended for commercial
channels.
“The method of handling is
more important than the equip
ment,” Mr. Sherman added. “Em
phasis will be placed on sanita
tion and cleanliness involved in
handling the products.”
Poultry Inspection
To promote and protect the
Alaskan poultry fryer and broiler
industry, it is proposed that those
who request it will be given sup
ervision. Products coming from
plants inspected by a Territorial
Veterinarian will be marked with
a special stamp showing that the
product has been produced under
sanitary conditions. Poultry bear
ing the Territorial stamp would
have the same guarantee of qual
ity as poultry produced in the
States bearing the U. S. inspec
tion stamp.
Every day the poultry produc
er butchers, the veterinarian will
be there to make sure that no sick i
birds are passed through. In
packaged products, the stamp
“inspected for wholesomeness’
will appear on the package.
Inspection does not relieve the
food merchant or the housewife
of the responsibility of keeping
meats properly refrigerated. Sher
cautioned. The stamp of whole
someness applies to the product
as it leaves the producer’s hands.
Nominal Fees
Fees charged for inspection will
be very nominal and will be kept
as low as possible, the commis
sioner said. It is the desire of the
Department of Agriculture to as
sist in stimulating the industry as
much as possible.
In the Palmer area. Territorial
Veterinarian Earl F. Graves,
D. V. S., will be in charge of in
spection. His present territory al
so covers the Anchorage and
Fairbanks areas, as well as the
Kenai Peninsula. He makes trips
periodically to Kodiak.
Mr. A1 Salliss, of Sacramento,
California, arrived in Palmer this
week to take over his duties as
chief of survey for the Eklutna
project.
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Word from Hugh Johnson re
vealed that he has reached San
Francisco in his circle trip through
the western states and Canada.
A side trip to Washington. D. C..
has been added to his original
schedule, so he won't return until
late in August.
THREE DRAW FINES FOR
EXCESSIVE SPEEDING
Three drivers were tried in
U. S. Commissioner’s Court here
Monday on charges of excessive
speeding Sunday. July 22.
All pleaded guilty to the char
ges and were fined as follows:
Luther M. Carlson. $35; David
Bennett, $35 and Ronald Rebar
chek, $30.
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