WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to Congress
The Agriculture Department
appropriation bill for the 1955
fiscal year, which has gone to
conference to iron out differences
between House and Senate al
lowances, contains the full bud
get request of $270,000 for agri
culture research in Alaska as
agreed upon by both houses.
Certain payments for Experi
ment Station and Extension Ser
vice work in Alaska will be con
sidered in conference. The Sen
ate allowed the full budget re
quest of $75,000 for Experiment
Station payment to Alaska under
the Adams and Purnell Acts, $12
500 above the House allowance of
$62,500, and in addition approved
$17,300 for Extension Service
work in the Territory under the
so-called Smith-Lever Act, $3,350
more than granted by the House.
Transfer of Fisheries
Chairman Murdock of the
House Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee has announced
his belief that hearings should
be held in Alaska before any fur
ther action is taken on Delegate
Bartlett’s bill to transfer the
control of Alaska’s fisheries from
the federal to the territorial
government.
The views of the chairman were
made known this week when a
number of the members of the
subcommittee which reported the
bill favorably to the full commit
tee last week made an effort to
have similar action by the full
committee. Delegate Bartlett,
who pointed out that the matter
had been widely investigated
both in Alaska and Washington
over a period of many years, pro
tested such delay stating that all
necessary information was at
hand and the bill had strong and
virgorous support from Alaskans.
Gold Mining Claims
The House Judiciary Commit
tee has received a Senate- ap
proved bill which would permit
any owner or operator, of a gold
mine or gold placer operation to
seek reimbursement for losses
brought about, by involuntary
closure during World War II. Un
der the terms of the bill, recovery
could be sought through suits in
the Court of Claims.
The mine closing order, L-208,
was effective October 8, 1942, and
was rescinded on July 1, 1945.
“The records of the War Produc
tion Board,” the Senate report on
the measure stated, “show that
the gold mining industry was sel
ected as a guinea pig to test the
policy of shutting down so-called
nonessential industries during the
BOAT OWNERS
TAKE WARNING
Boat owners who harbor their
vessels on streams or lakes should
take warning from the tale of
“Seuffy,” a 20-foot fishing boat
owned by Henning Johnson of
Chugiak.
The boat, which was plainly
identifiable by a 1949 fishing lic
ense plate, had been tied up on
Knik Arm near the mouth of
Peters Creek.
Last Sunday Simon Media was
watching traffic go by Chugiak
when suddenly he saw a familiar
boat going by on top of a car
filled with a number of service
men. Recognizing the boat im
mediately as "Seuffy”, Media
hurried to tell the owner. Media
and Johnson set off in pursuit.
They passed the car with its
^‘borrowed” or stolen cargo just
before it reached the entrance
gate at the fort.
Questioned by authorities at
the gate, “the scavenger hunters,”
who included a commissioned and
non-commissioned officer in their
.group, claimed they thought the
boat had been abandoned. They
had planned to repaint the vessel
and use it for outings. According
to Johnson, the authorities passed
off the theft as a “boyish prank”
and suggested that charges be
dropped with the' return of the
property.
Johnson wanted to sign a lar
ceny complaint in the district at
torney’s office Monday morning,
but -it was indicated there that
the matter would probably be
turned over to the military-for ac
tion. Later that day a large group
war. The issuance of the order
l was based upon dubious if not
i nonexistent authority. The order
failed completely to make any
substantial contribution to the
war effort and inflicted ruinous
costs on the gold mining industry.
No similar order was issued
against any other industry in the
Nation during the war years.”
School Lunch Program
Legislation to increase the ap
portionment of funds'^ for the
school lunch program in' Alaska
has ben reported favorably to the
Senate, having passed the House
last October.
School-lunch funds are appor
tioned to the States and Alaska
and Hawaii on a basis of a for
mula which takes into account
the number of school-age chil
dren and the per-capita income
of the political division. However,
under present law the total
amount made available to Alaska
and Hawaii is limited to 3 per
cent of the funds appropriated
annually for the school-lunch
program. Under the bill now be-'
fore the upper house, Hawaii and
Alaska would participate in the
apportionment on the same basis
as the States.
If the bill now under consider
ation had been in effect last year,
Alaska would have received $28,
098 instead of $10,551 actually re
ceived in the 1951 apportionment.
SUTTON CHURCH CLUB
PLANS FAMILY PICNIC
There will be no additional
June meetings of the Dorcas Club
of the Sutton Community Church,
it was announced this week.
The next regular meeting will
be held Friday, July 11 at the
Wallace Moffit farm and will be
in the form of a family pot-luck
; picnic and weiner roast.
Starting at ten o’clock the j
1 morning of the 11th, the picnic
will last all day with entertain
ment and games b£ing planned
by Mrs. Hazel Harris of Eska.
of servicemen returned the boat
to Johnson at his home.
Johnson stated that another I
boat had been taken from him not |
long ago and that other items had
been missing as well.
Work Caravan Loaves
Visible Record
Of Accomplishment
When the Work Caravan of
Whitworth College students
leave the United Protestant Man
se next Monday, visible evidence
of their three-week work achieve
ment here will remain for years
to come.
Carefully the four students,
Helen Greiner, Genece Oshanyk,
Douglas Black, and Douglas
Gates—have sanded each log, ap
pled a coat of sealer and two
coats of varnish. The result is a
transformation of the United
Protestant Church.
B!y the time the four leave
Monday, they expect to have
completed the front, the east
side, and a part of the west side.
They have been joined in their
face lifting task by several of
the parishioners, who have put in
an hour or two of labor as they
had time. With well over half of
the work done, the remainder can
be completed at a more leisurely
pace by the church members.
From Palmer the group goes to
Tok for a few days of camping.
They will be back at King’s Lake
for the Yukon Presbytery camp
session there. The remainder of
their two-month assignment will
be spent in Anchorage where
they will help with a Bible School
and work on the Presbyterian
Church in that City.
Local Boys Leave on
Fifth Explorer Scout
Encampment Sunday
Eight Matanuska Valley boys
leave Sunday at 1 p.m. from
Elmendorf AFB to attend the
Fifth Alaskan Explorer Encamp
ment at Eielson Air Force Base.
Leaving from Palmer are Harry
Campbell, Eldon Sandvik, and
Douglas Bixby. From Wasilla go
Ed Wilkes, Gerald Sorenson,
Gerritt Hjellen, John Rich, and
Jimmie Hillburn.
The Scouts will spend six days
in and around Eielson, where
lectures and demonstrations are
scheduled for mornings and the
afternoons will be devoted to
tours around the area and a swim
in Lost Lake. The last four days
of the encampment will be spent
at McKinley Park. About 12a Ex
plorer Scouts from all over Alas
ka are expected to attend the en
campment.
Insure today, see Ray.
Better still. SEE BILL!!
Chitna Limousine Service
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a. m. each Monday (leaves Anchorage al 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 al 9:15 a. m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Friday
ALL THROUGH ONE-DAY SERVICE—NO STOP OVERS
Draft Status of 1952
Hi-School Grads,
Collegians Clarified
In order to clarify the draft
status of graduating high school
seniors, the University of Alaska
recently mailed to all Territorial
high schools a bulletin present
ing the latest information, helpful
to men students who are trying
to decide whether or not they
should enter college in the fall.
The bulletin was prepared by
Lt. Col. C. J. VanSickle, com
manding officer of the ROTC i
division at the University. It is
based on the March 1, 1952 direc
tives of the Selective Service
Board.
It is pointed out that, after reg
istering with his local board as is
prescribed by law, a student who
desires to be considered for de
ferment in order to attend college
must make a written request to
his local board, secura from the
registrar a statement certifying
his student status, and take the
Sel^-tive Service College Quali
fication Test. Deferment will
largely depend on his scholastic
ability as revealed by the test
and by his academic work.
Students who are enrolled in
an ROTC program and have sign
ed a valid agreement can con
fidently expect to be deferred.
The University of Alaska offers
such a program.
High school graduates who are
thinking of entering college in
the fall and are undecided be
cause of uncertainty about their
TREASURE CHEST !
Gifts of
Distinction
Works of Art—Ceramics
Crystal—Lamps—Fine China
Costume Jewelry—Linens—
Baby Gifts and Gift Ware.
Fine China Dinnerware from
famous producers in Bavaria:
Schumann. Heinrich of Bava
ria and Johann Haviland. Ask
about our Lay-Away Plan
An interesting shop in which
to browse.
Next to Hyland Hotel
draft status are urged to consult
with their local high school prin
cipal who, with the assistance of
this bulletin, should be able to
answer their questions.
NEW USGS ENGINEER
ARRIVES WITH FAMILY
New hydraulic engineer with
the U.S. Geological Survey head
quarters in Palmer is George
Smoot, who arrived Saturday in
Palmer with his wife and their
two children, George, age seven,
and Sharon, age 5.
The family came to Alaska
from Wetumpka, Alabama, and
are making their Valley home on
Wasilla Road in the Murphy
house.
Mr. Smoot will be working on
surface water investigations dur
ing his permanent assignment in
Alaska.
Insure today, see Ray.
Better still. SEE BILL!!
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New and Used Cars
NEW
1952—LI 20 3/4 ton International Pick Up
1952—LI 10 Vi ton Internatonal Pick Up
USED
1946— 3/4 ton International Pick Up
1947— 1 ton Ford Stake Truck
1948— 4 door Chevrolet Sedan
1949— 3/4 ton International Pick Up
1949—1 ton International Pick Up
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