WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
Br MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary lo E L (Bob) Bartlett. Alaska's Delegate to Congress
Statehood
Two national organisations en
dorsed immediate Alaska state
hood. three Senator* reaffirmed
their belief that Alaska and Ha- ,
wan should be admitted as states
without delay and President Tru
man. in meeting with the Boys’
Nation last week informed them
that their affirmative vote on the
statehood bills pleased him “im
mensely.”
"It quite clearly appears from
the evidence which was received i
by the committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs." Senator O Maho
ney declared in the Senate last
week, “that a clear majority of
the Congress of the United States ^
is in favor of the enactment of
the tv.o bills.” The Wyoming le-'
gislator. chairman of the commit- i
tee which favorably reported the
Alaska and Hawaii statehood
bills earlier this year, was joined
in his remarks by Senator Know- |
land. Republican of California, |
and Senator Murray. Democrat of
Montana.
Senator Knowland pointed out
that “no one should get any false
ideas regarding the American po
sition relative to Alaska” in stat
ing that he had heard that Com
munist propaganda might be
used “that Alaska once having
been Russian territory, might in
the not too distant future be re
turned to the ‘mother country.’ ”.
He stated. “It seems to me that if
any such propaganda is being
spread, before it gains circulation
elsewhere in the world we should
definitely serve notice that Al
aska is a part of the Union, a
member of the sisterhood of,
States ...”
Chairman O’Mahoney declared.
“Statehood for Alaska would
mean the greater use of Alaska’s
natural resources and the produc
tion of more wealth for the Uni
ted States. It would mean the de
velopment of new bases for a
sound economy. All arguments
which were presented to the In
terior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee with respect to both these
bills, seemed to a majority of the
committee to sustain the conten
tion that these last two remain
ing incorporated Territories of
the United States should be
granted full statehood . . . the
people of the Territory of Alaska
and Hawaii are American citi
zens, and they were made Amer
ican citizens by our voluntary
act. They are loyal, they are able,
they are intelligent; they have
rendered excellent service to the
people of the United States, and
they are entitled to recognition. ’
Following Senator O’Mahoney’s
speech in which he spoke at
length on the history, economics
and the importance of the two
territories to the United States,
Senator Murray remarked, “The
Senator from Wyoming has made
a very powerful and unanswer
able case for the admission of the
two Territories to the Union. I
hope that will come about very
soon, because I belive, as does the
Senator from Wyoming, that is is
a very serious matter, and that
we should not delay further the
admission of these two Territories
into the Union.”
The national affairs platform
of the American Veterans Com
mittee recently adopted at the
fifth annual convention in New
York urged Congress to “im
mvaiawiy an in csifna natrn'KKi
to the Tern tori** <»f Alaska and
Hawaii *' and in Washington this
week the 21st convention of the
A. F. of L. Retail Clerk* Interna
tional Association unanimously
endoraed a resolution railing for
no delay in the admission of Al
aska as a state.
Eighty-five boys, representing
43 states, cast their votes in fa
vor of statehood. The boys, mem
bers of Bovs’ Nation sponsored
by the American Legion, met in
Washington this week in annual
convention The Alaska and Ha
waii statehood bills were among
two legislative questions discuss
ed in this year's meeting. In vis
iting President Truman on the
afternoon following their affirm
ative vote on the statehood issue,
they were informed by the Presi
dent that their action “pleased
me immensely.”
Miliary Public Works
The Armed Services of the
House has approved the author
ization of $337.717,430 for expend
iture in Alaska for the Army,
Navy and Air Force in reporting
the military public works bill to
the House this week. The bill
which authorizes a total of $5,768.
720,928 for public works inside
and outside the United States is
close to a billion dollars less than
the $6,561,262,387 requested sev
eral weeks ago by Secretary of
Defense Marshall. The construc
tion program sought for Alaska,
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PALMER. ALASKA
Su* prised by Frkndi From
Wntberough. Mm.
The Paul Martin* were nirpiu*
ed Monday when old friends from
Wmnif't honw town of Wt-M■
borough, M«os»ehui*ptts stuck
their head* in thr hack door and
said, "hello".
The friends \.ere Mr and Mrs
Elwtmd Hennessey. and they
have been guests at the Matanus
ka Hotel thi* week They are in
the middle of a four month’s trip
through the States. Alaska, and
Canada Already they have visi
ted several towns in Northern
Alaska Their planned trip to the
K< nai peninsula and Seward had
to oe cancelled when it wag
learned that the road was closed
to traffic. Now they plan to put
their car on a boat at Valdez,
disembark in British Columbia,
and proceed through Canada.
however, suffered relatively few'
cuts, the committee allowing the,
full requests for the Army and
Air Force in Alaska. The total
request of $346675.630 for the
Territory w’as reduced by the'
committee to $337,717 430 by cut
ting $8,958,200 for naval con
struction projects.
The authorized projects as car
ried in the committee-approved
bill are earmarked as follows: Al
aska. general, $61.223800: Big
Delta. $13,506,200; Eielson Air
Force Base, $1.571.900; Ladd Air
Force Base, $10,370800; Fort Rich
ardson, $12,009,930; flood con
trol at Skagway, $84,000; and
Whittier, $5 688,500.
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AUGUST 12
RADIO TELEPHONE
LINKS EKLUTNA
PROJECT OPERATIONS
The mobile unit of the Eklut
n» Project'* new r»dm transmit
ter lyHaw la-inn tried nut on a
run from project headquarter* in
Palmer to the Ekiutna Lake camp
Wednesday afternoon reported
excellent reception all the way.
even while crossing the Kmk
River bridge.
At fixed unit Station KWFlHi
in the project headquarters, re
ception from the mobile unit was
equally good.
The transmitter system oper
ates on a high frequency 164 000
megacycle band.
The Anchorage Communica
tions Equipment Co. is installing
the equipment.
Byron Felkner. in charge of the
Ekiutna Project, explained that
the system will be of great bene
fit as construction begins on var
ious phases of the project since
there is no telephone communi
cation available between project
headquarters, the laboratory, and
the plant at Ekiutna Lake.
If the system proves satisfac
ory. it is planned to install fixed
units at those places and add
three or four more mobile units.
Mrs. Audrey Stewart will be
radio operator at project head
quarters.
GRANDMOTHER VISITS
YOUNG DAVED CASEY
Mrs David Bjork arrived m t
Valley this wwk to viMt het
daughtei and *»*n in law Jean,
and Ed Caaey
The most important attraction
' which drew her from her home
in Evanhton. 111., is her grandson.
David, who will have his first
birthday this month Mrs Bjork
plans to spend the rest of the
mmmei hen
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