WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MART LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska’s Delegate to Congress
AIRPORT LEASES
The House this week passed the
Senate-approved bill permitting
20-year leases of real estate on
the CAA airports at Fairbanks
and Anchorage.
The legislation, sought to en
courage private interests to pro
vide adequate hangar facilities at
the two airports, has gone back
to the Senate to consider two
minor amendments to the bill
adopted by the House.
At the present time the secre
tary of commerce is permitted to
lease real estate on the airports
for 10 years only which, accord
ing to the House interstate and
foreign commerce committee re
port, “has made it impossible for
the civil aeronautics administra
tion to interest private persons in
providing adequate facilities at
the two airports”. The committee
further pointed out that private
^ interests “are reluctant to under
take the erection and operation of
hangars because if they are to re
gain their original investment
during the term of a 10-year
lease, the rental price per square
foot of hangar space would be so
high that few users could afford
to utilize such space”.
TOURIST FACILITIES
Delegate Bartlett has intro
duced legislation providing for
rthe establishment along the Al
aska highway of facilities for
tourists visiting Alaska.
The terms of the bill call for
construction of a "roadside dem
onstration facility” by the secre
tary of the interior to consist of
a building to accommodate the
public travelling over the high
way. These would be built to en
courage and establish a pattern
for the construction of similar fa
cilities by private persons.
The bill further provides that
the facilities would be operated
and maintained by the secretary
of the interior and that these
functions may be delegated for a
^ period no longer than 20 years to
“such persons or instrumentali
ties—public, private, corporate,
or otherwise—and under such ar
rangements, terms, and conditions
including the compensations to
be paid to the United States as
the administering agency of the
CHRISTMAS MAILING DATES
Christmas parcels for members
of the armed forces overseas
should be mailed between Octo
ber 15 and November 15, the de
partment of defense has an
nounced.
Parcels for delivery in Japan,
Korea and the Pacific islands
should be mailed not later than
November 1. Parcels for military
personnel serving in more remote
areas should be mailed prior to
October 15.
Boxes destined for overseas
must be of strong wood, metal, or
fiberboard. Each box should be
securely tied with strong cord,
and loose flaps should be sealed
with gummed tape. Unless com
pletely packed and tightly filled,
boxes may be crushed.
* Christmas cards carrying first
class postage should be mailed
prior to November 15 and those
with air-mail postage prior to De
cember 1.
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department of the interior may
deem proper”.
A revolving fund would be es
tablished through appropriations
made by the Congress and the in
come accruing to the federal gov
ernment through the operation of
the facilities. Any surplus above
the cost of operating, repairing
and maintaining the roadside
demonstration area would go into
the federal treasury.
Delegate Bartlett made it clear
that the bill is not intended to
open the way to construction by
the federal government of a chain
of resorts along the highway.
“The bill means just what it
says”, he declared. “It seems ad
visable to build a demonstration
center at a proper point which
will serve as a model for others
to be put up by private capital.
It should be remembered, too,
that the bill carries a provision
which would permit operation of
the facility by private interests”.
FWS ASKS HUNTERS
ALERT FOR "DYED" DOVES
If you see or shoot a brilliant
red, orange, blue, or green
mourning dove during the 1951
hunting season, don’t blame it on
your eyesight—just remove the
dove’s metal leg band and for
ward it to the Fish and Wildlife
Service, Washington, D. C., or to
your nearest conservation official.
The bird will be one of the new
‘‘rainbow doves” that has been
dipped in aniline dye solution.
When released, its bright plumage
will advertise to hunters and oth
ers the importance of returning
the leg band to the fish and wild
life service.
To stimulate public interest and
collect more scientific facts in
bird-banding recoveries, color
dyeing of mourning doves, al
ready successfully launched in
Florida, will be used this fall by
other southern states, which are
cooperating in the federal aid to
wildlife restoration program, ac
cording to Director Albert M. Day
of the fish and wildlife service.
After the program gets under
way, much additional information
DR. GRAVES AT FAIRBANKS
Dr. Earl F. Graves. Territorial
veterinarian, is in Fairbanks and
Big Delta area making tubercu
lin and Bangs disease tests on
cows and goats.
While there, he will test six
buffaloes at Big Delta, prior to
their shipment to the Yukon Ter
ritory, where a new herd will be
established.
Dr. Graves expects to return to
Palmer sometime this week.
on mourning dove movements in
southeastern states and eastern
Texas should be gathered by re
searchers. A better basis for set
ting hunting regulations will give
the hunter his reward for report
ing the spotting or shooting of
“rainbow doves”.
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