WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to Congress
Judge for Third Division
A compromise bill- to create
new judgeships throughout the
country including one district
judge for the Third Division in
Alaska was approved this week
by the House Judiciary Commit
tee.
The measure takes the place
of a bill which was sent back to
the committee by the House in
April. That bill as approved by
the Senate would have created
23 new judgeships, with the earli
■er House version calling for 26
new judgeships. The new formula
reported to the House this week
cuts the number of posts to 16,
placing some of the judgeships
on a temporary basis and others
on a permanent standing. The
Alaska judgeship would be per
manent.
Oil Exploration Funds
The President’s budget request
for $6,100,000 for the oil explora
tion work in northern Alaska has
been approved by the House as
a transfer from the contingency
fund of the Defense Department
rather than a direct appropria
tion.
The permission is contained in
the Urgent Deficiency appropria
tion bill for the 1952 fiscal year.
Funds to continue the explora
tory work by the Navy during
the 1953 fiscal year in the amount
of $7% million are included in
the military appropriation bill
now on the Senate side.
Canadian Shipping
Legislation to allow travel on
Canadian vessels between Hyder,
Haines, Skagway and other ports
in Alaska until June of 1953 was
one step closer to enactment this
week.
A subcommitee of the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee has approved the
proposal already passed by the
Senate to continue for another
year present law giving permis
sion concerning passenger travel
between the three ports and
other points in Alaska which, in
addition, would allow the ship
ment of freight between Hyder
and Alaska and continental Un
ited States ports and permit pas
sengers also to travel on Can
adian ships between Hyder and
ports in the continental United
States.
Alaska Sportsmen's Assn.
The Alaska Sportsmen’s Asso
ciation of Anchorage would be
allowed to purchase approximate
ly 56 acres of land on Beach Lake
through legislation introduced by
Delegate Bartlett this week.
The bill is patterned on the
lines of Delegate Bartlett’s bill
enacted recently into law permit
ting the Tan ana Valley Sports
men’s Association of Fairbanks to
buy nearly 25 acres of land for
clubhouse site and recreational
purposes.
Alaska Game Law Amendments
Amendments to the Alaska
game law sought by Delgate
Bartlett in a bill introduced last
January were approved this week
by a subcommittee of the House
Interior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee.
One amendment would make
available 50 percent of the pro
ceeds from the sale of game li
censes and permits to be used
in carrying out the Alaska game
law. At the present time these
proceeds are covered into the
federal treasury. An additional
provision is made that 50 percent
of the proceeds which now go to
the Territory for school pur
poses could be used for maintain
ing an educational program for
wildlife conservation in the
schools in Alaska.
The second amendment would
continue the ban against the ap
pointment of federal or territori
al employees as members of the
Alaska Game Commission but
adds the words “insofar as practi
cable.’’ The bill would continue to
require five years residence in
Alaska before appointment with
no more than one resident of a
judicial division serving on the
Commission at one time.
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PARKER LESTER
AND BRIDE WED
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Of interest to many Valley
residents was the wedding Sun
day evening. May 25, of Parker
Lester and Mrs. Harriette M.
Pilcher, daughter of Mrs. Ada
McKibben of Douglas, Wyoming,
at the Methodist Church in An
chorage. Rev. Bruce Grosclose
performed the ceremony.
Th bride, an old friend of Mr.
Lester, arrived in the Territory
in the Denali May 15. This was
her first trip to Alaska. For her
wedding ceremony, she wore a
corsage of white carnations on a
burgandy suit. Her attendant,
Mrs. Audrey Davies, wore a cor
sage of red roses on a navy wool
suit.
Ferber Bailey, a long-time Val
ley resident was the groom’s
best man.
The couple will live in Palmer
on the Glenn Highway at its in
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Mr. Lester is well known in
the Valley, having lived here for
the past six years. Until this past
year he was district agricultural
agent for the University of Alas
ka Extension Service, and is
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structor under the University
sponsored program.
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p.m. in the United Protestant
Church. A reception will follow
the ceremony in the church par
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couple are cordially invited to
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