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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
\ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TlMtr
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11.708
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICK TKN CKNTS
70 Million $ Earmarked Alaska Development
DELINQUENT TAX
STORY !S DENIED
BY COM. MULIANEY
The article carried in the An
chorage newspaper and carried by
the Associated Press, stated that
the “Anchorage office” had a stack
of delinquent tax notices covering
an estimated $100,000 to $500,000 in
overdue taxes. This statement is
incorrect as the records of the De
partment of Taxation, Juneau,
Alaska, from which the delinquent
notices from A to Z were prepared
and sent to the Anchorage office
for collection, covered the Federal
employees having 'an address w itlnn
the Third Division, which include
Anchorage, says M. P. Mullaney,
Tax Commissioner.
“Our records reveal that the
maximum Alaska Tax that may be
due from the above delinquencies,
based on 10 percent of the Federal
Income Tax reported withheld on
earning over $660 during the year
1949, would amount to $38,571 31 and
represents less than 1 percent of the
total collections made under the
Alaska Net Income Tax Act.
“Notices were sent to all oerr-ons
earnings over $660 during the year
Government for the purpose of
getting them to file a territorial
Tax return so as to determine their
tax liability, if any, under fhe Alaska
Net Income Tax Act,
“The Federal Agencies are not
permitted to withhold Territorial
taxes, however, they have been very
cooperative by submitting payroll
information that has been invalu
able and has aided us materially in
our collection efforts.”
NATIONAL GUARD HAS
FAIR ATTENDANCE AT
OPEN HOUSE, DISPLAY
Approximately 70 townspeople at
tended the Alaska National Guard
open house Sunday afternoon to
view the latest equipment used by
the guard in the defense of thr
United States.
Included in the equipment shown
were M-l rifles, weasel used for
transportation over bad terrain and
snow, aiming circle, observation
scopes, sleeping bags and a .50
calibre machine gun set up on a
special mount for antiaircraft fir
ing. A ski training film and a film
on the first 40 days in the Korean
war were shown. The latter film
was shown in the rifle range that
is near completion .
Thirty guardsmen were present
to explain the operation of the'
equipment. A lunch was served at
the conclusion of the two hour
open house.
In charge of arrangements for
the open house was Warrant Of
ficer J. C. Dcdd and it was through
his efforts that the open house was
a success. . j
FROM ANCHORAGE
C. Moriarity, project manager foi
Smith, Brown ana Root, Inc., An
chorage contractors, stopped over
the weekend in Juneau from the
states enroute to Anchorage. He
plans to leave tomorrow.
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, Dy Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
WAshington — There is no
part of the world where the .United
States has battled harder to pre
vent Communism than in Germany
whose military-minded people and
vast iron and steel resources can
turn war into^ victory or defeat j
for Atlantic Pact nations.
Yet the biggest propaganda boost
for Communism and against the
U.S.A. ever given the German
people came from the man who
sets himself up as the great enemy
of Communism—Senator McCarthy
of Wisconsin.
Supporting this grave statement
is evidence locked in the secret
files of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, evidence which a sub
committee went all the way to
Germany to collect.
It shows that McCarthy allowed
himself to become the mouthpiece
of a German Communist agent— i
probably without realizing it. It
shows that McCarthy charged the
U. S. Army with torturing Ger
man prisoners in order to extract
confessions. And finally it shows
that McCarthy’s speeches, made on
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18 - YEAR - OLDS
MAY VOLUNTEER,
SAYS PRESIDENT
Change Made in Draff Reg
ulations Is Announce
ment by Truman
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— (2P) —
President Truman today changed
the draft regulations to permit
18-to-26 year olds to volunteer for
21 months of military service.
Previously it had been impossible
for draft-eligible youths to enter
the military for the 21-month per
iod until they are actually called
in the draft. Regular enlistments
lun for longer periods.
Selective Service headquarters said
the action has no affect on per
sons desiring to enlist for a full
term in any of the armed forces.
However, Secretary of Defense
Marshall told reporters in Rich
mond, Va., today that all the
armed services would procure their
, men through the Selective Service
system under amendments asked
in the draft law. This proposal
would require Congressional action.
Marshall was in Richmond for a
meeting of Virginia Military In
isticute’s Board of Visitors.
Col. Irving Hart, public informa
ticn officer for Selective Service
headquarters, described the change
made by today’s Presidential order
in this way:
"It merely provides machinery
for youths to get into the Army
lor 21 months by volunteering in
stead of waiting for their draft
call to come."
All those volunteering for 21
months will be placed in the Army,
Hart said.
He emphasized the way still re
mains clear for anyone to emist
in the usual way in any branch
of the military if he can qualify
and if he enlists for a full hitch.
"SOME OBSERVATIONS
ON YOUTH" GORDON'S
SUBJECT, P-TA MEETING
‘Some Observations on Youth”
is the topic for the speech by
Zach Gordon, at the meeting to
night at the Juneau Parent-Teach
er Association. The group meets
at 8 o’clock in the high school
study hall. Mr. Gordon, director
of the Juneau Teen-Age club has
a background of vast experience
working with youth groups. His
original assignment in Juneau, was
when he was sent here as USD di
rector in 1942.
Fourth grade mothers will act
as hostesses at the refreshment
hour following the program. Mrs.
W. A. Elkins is in charge.
USE KOCH GIVEN
LIFE IN PRISON
FOR ATROCITIES
AUGSBURG. Germany, Jan. 15—
(jpl—Use Koch was sentenced to life
imprisonment today for causing the
murder of Buchenwald concentra- j
tion camp prisoners.
The "Red Witch of Buchenwald,” j
44-years-old, was convicted of
crimes against Austrian and Ger- j
man prisoners of the Nazis. The red- j
haired widow of the camp’s war-!
time Nazi commander was not in (
court to hear the verdict.
It was the second life imprison
ment sentence for Mrs. Koch. The
first, imposed by an American War
Crimes Court alter the war, had
been commuted to four years. She
was convicted by the U S. Court j
for crimes against Allied personnel. ■
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Jan. 15 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3':, American Can
98%, American Tel. and Tel. 1511 . j
Anaconda 42, Douglas Aircraft
107%, General Electric 51 7k, Gen
eral Motors 49%, Goodyear 68%.
Kennecott 77%, Libby McNeil and
Libby 33, Northern Pacific 33%,1
Standard Oil of California 92%,
Twentieth Century Fox 21%, U. S.
Steel 45%, Pound $2.80, Canadian
Exchange 94.
Sales today were 2,830,000 Shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 245.02, rails 82.40, utilities
42.11.
ANORTHERN NOTEBOOK 1
By BOB I)E ARMOXD |
(Fifth of a Series)
If there have been a somewhat
disproportionate number of An
dersons, Jensens, Gundersens and
Johnsons in the Alaska Legislature
during the past 38 years, it is a
phenomenon as natural to this
country as northern lights or ptar -
migan turning white in the fall.
Take, for example, the Johnsons,
of whom there have been four in
the Legislature, in addition to a
Johnston.
A careful assay would probably
| show more Johnsons per ton of
i population In Alaska than in any
| place west of Minnesota.
it is doubted, in fact, that Alaska
could have been explored, settled,
prospected, mined, logged, fished
aid built to its present estate
without the Johnsons.
I! was a Johnson, those f you
who can remember back as iar as
your school.book days will recall
| who on June 20, 1867, proclaimed
one of the greatest real estate
deals in modern history—the pur
chase of Alaska. That was Andrew
Johnson, 17th President of the
United States.
Whether or not the President’s
name had anything to do with it.
Alaska soon became the land of th<
Johnsons, as is amply evidenced bv
the map of the country.
There are Johnson Creeks almost
beyond counting and they are scat
tered from Dixon Entrance to the
Arctic Circle, or beyond. Johnson
River is in the Tanana Valley and
Johnson Mouutain is near the
head of Portland Canal. Prince of
Wales Island has a Port Johnson
and Sannak Island a Johnson Bay.
i. M. KELLER
PASSES ON
AT SKAGWAY
SKAGWAY. Alaska, Jan. 15 —
(Special Correspondence) — John
Michael Keller died Saturday eve
ning at 8 o’clock in the White Pass
Hospital following an illness of twe
years.
Keller was born in St. Paul, Minn..
August 10. 1871. He came to Skag
' way in 1906 to be editor of The
Daily Alaskan published by his1
brother, Dr. Louis Keller. He opened
a drug store on July 4, 1910, on
the same site as present. He pub
lished the newspaper until 1921.
Keller and Myrtle Alice Lindset
were married on October 25, 1916
He was a member of the Masonic
and Elks Lodges, President of the
Alpine Club for many years, coun
cilman for 17 years, chief of the
Arctic Brotherhood and whose last
candidate he initiated was President
Harding.
He is survived by his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. David O. Byars of
Grand Forks, North Dakota, and
two grandchildren, Anne Byars and
David Byars, III.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Boranof from Seattle scheduled
to arrive at 10 a.m., Tuesday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver, 8 p.m., Wednesday.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle 4 p.m., Friday.
• •••••••••a
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
a Temperatures .for 24-Hour Period ®
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 31; •
• minimum, 21. •
® At Airport—Maximum, -28; •
® minimum, 18. •
• ®
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Fair and cold tonight. Low •
• temperature tonight near 10 •
• degrees in town and as low •
• as zero in outlying areas. •
• Continued cold Tuesday. High •
• temperature around 18 de- •
• grees.
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m today •
• City of Juneau—0.01 inches; •
• since Jan. 1 — 3.81 inches; •
• since July 1—41.80,inches. •
• At Airport — 0.04 inches; •
• since Jan. 1 — 2.19 inches; •
• since July 1—30.19 inches. •
• ••••••••••
In early years there was even
a Johnson City, a mining camp up
in the Pish River district ol
Seward Peninsula. The camp even
tually played out, but that seems
not to have been because of a
shortage of Johnsons but for lack
of gold to keep the Johnsons in
teiested in the area.
It has been said that no fewer
than seven shiploads of Johnsons
arrived in Alaska and the Klon
dike during the great gold rushes
1897-1902. Such evidence as is av
1 ailable indicates that this is not
| an exaggeration.
The directory for the City ol
Dawson in the year 1901. lor in
stance, discloses that there were
then located in Dawson no fewer
than 143 Johnsons, not counting
Johnsons, Johnstons and other hy
brids. What woes that Dnwsop
postmaster must have had
It was one of the 143 Dawson
Johnsons who became the sub.
bet of one of those imperishable
stories of the Klondike. The story
is retold here mainly for the bone
lit ul cheechakos and tourists. All
of the old-timers have heard it or,
probably, saw it, happen.
Tin Johnson, otherwise uniden
tified. one lively Dawson evening
visited m turn the Sideboard, the
Bonanza, the Aurora and perhaps
other saloon- and was making his
way as best lie could toward the
Monte Carlo In a momentary be
fuddlement, he floundered into tie
Salvation Army hall where a meet
ing was in full swing. Abashed
by the eyes turned on him, John
son slunk into a corner and slump
ed down to wait for a chance to
slip out unnoticed.
As the evening went on, however,
and the band played, the hymns
rolled forth and the repenters told
their stories and made pledges
of better things. Johnson got into
the spirit of the affair. Before he
quite knew how it happened he
found himself before the gathering,
recounting his own many short
comings. It was a long story and
a black one and he stood at last
in utter dejection, appalled at the
lack of a single redeeming feature
in a misspent life.
Then the trace of a smile lifted
his blctchscv and,v Rubbled jowls
and a flicker of light came to his
bloodshot eyes. He said;
“Boys, I was a bad one; yes,
worse than bad. But boys, bad as
I been, there is one bad thing I
never yet done. Never have I been
a dance hall girl!”
Lack of space prevents a census
ot the many Johnsons of Alaska,
out a few who have left some
special mark upon the history of
the country come readily to mind:
Charles S. Johnson was Di-trict
Judge back in the days when the
whole of Alaska was one district,
and Adam Johnson, a few years
later, was crier in the Distiict
Court at Nome.
‘‘Frozen Foot” Johnson led pro
hibition officers many -a merry
chase around Juneau in the dry
years and received special atten
tion one fine Saturday afternoon
when the still blew up in his
house on Gastineau Avenue,
Jeff Johnson used to cook up1
on Anvil Creek: Peter H. Johnson
was captain on a steamboat down
river from Whitehorse; Don John
son ran the little steamer Fleet-1
wing out of Teller, and "Laughing"
Johnson was skipper on vessels of
the Seattle-Alaska run.
Johnson Old Man, of the Cape
Fox tribe, gave the early miners
irx the Unuk River country more
than a little trouble, and Sam
Johnson was an Indian policeman.
“Moose'' Johnson was well known j
from Hurricane Gulch to Fair-1
banks; John Johnson and his finei
dogs won the Nome sweepstake
J. H. Johnson was deputy Marsh- ]
al at Koyukuk, and ‘‘Totem Pole'
Johnson got his nickname by rea
son of fits that completely immobil
ized him for as much as an hour
at a time.
A few of the other notables in
clude “Crooked-Nose” Johnson ,
“Grindstone” Johnson, “Stampede
Johnson, “Shoemaker” Johnson
“Gee-Pole” Johnson and “Hard
pan" Johnson. Oh, yes, and there
was Jack Johnson, whfase real
name was neither Jack nor John
son.
And let us not forget the John
son bar, a great implement that,
in this day of self-starters and
multi-cylindered Diesels, is almost
a museum piece.
OFFENSIVE
IS STARTED,
UN FORCES
Suddenly Strike Back, 3
Towns Recaptured
Planes Pave Way
(By the Associated Press)
Allied forces struck out today in
a sudden offensive on the western
front. Tank-infantry teams by
nightfall had recaptured these town
O.san. Kumyan :,,:)(* and Chon.
The attack, by an Army that had
been in retreat since late Novem
ber came only few hours after
Gen. J. Lawton Collins-said Ameri
can forces "will <-e> ;a inly stay and
fight" in Keren
Collins made liis lighting .state
mem during a visit to Korea.
A blazing morning siiikc by Fifth
I Air Force fighters and bomber
paved the way for tia attack
Replacements
The US. Army Chief of Staff
said troop replacements will begin
to flow into Korea in two or three
months. He added at a news con
ference during his fourth visit to
the Korean theater:
Ont new regular Army division
will be organized. National Guard
units will be called into service.
Some replacements for American
troops already are going to the
front. v
Planes Lash Out
Allied warplanes lashed at Suwon
Monday with a blazing one-two
punch. B-2>i light bombers roared
down on the airport city 20 miles
souih of Seoul shortly after day
break. bombing arid Strafing enemy I
troops and buildings. Then the
fighter-bombers F-80 Shooting
Star jets. F-R4 I humlci \iet.s and the
piston-engined F-&1 Mustangs
swooped low. rocketing and ina
clvherunning the fleeing Reds,
Reds Cut Down
The Fifth Air Force said nearly
1,000 Communist troops were cut
down as they fled northwards.
While Collins was taking a close 1
look at the Korean war situation, j
Allied troops withdrew under heavy I
fire from Yongwol. on the east
central front They had recaptured
the fire-blackened town only Sun
day.
The withdrawal highlighted the
mounting pressure against the U.S.
Second Division, which has been
holding off powerful Red forces near
Wonju, 30 mile: northwest of Yong
ami
Swilili Commanders
A switch in commanders of the
US. Second Division was an
nounced. Maj. Gen. Clark Louis
Ruffner replaced Maj. Gen. Robert
B McClure. Because McClure is an
expert on China and formerly was
deputy chief of staff to Chinese
Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek, this led to speculation he
might be assigned to some position
affecting the Chinese ■ Nationalists,
who have an army ol around 400.0U0
men in Formosa. Chiang offered
30.000 of these at the beginning of
the Korean war but he was turned |
down.
NORTONS EXPECTED TO
RETCRN HERE TODAY
Eugene W. Norton.* Alaska rep- ]
resentative of the Department of
Labor Apprenticeship program is
due to return to his Juneau head
quarters today from the states, ac
cording to advices received by
Leonard Evans. Dept, of Labor
chief here.
Norton has been absent from !
Alaska several weeks. He attended '
a conference school for the appren- j
ticeship program in Denver. Colo
rado and then went to California
where he and Mr Norton spent tlie i
Christmas holidays with relatives, j
Mrs. Norton is accompanying him j
to Juneau. ;
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC
SCHEDULED WEDNESDAYi
The regular monthly imntuniza-1
tion clinic will be field Wednesday !
morning. January 17. at. 10 am., at!
the Juneau Health Center Inimu- !
nizations will be offered again t dip- ;
htheria. whooping cou"h and feta- ;
nus and also vaccinations for
smallpox. Booster shots will also be
given for the same diseases.
All Interested persons are In- ;
vited to attend ot phone 218 for in
formation.
i
Truman Asking for Over 11
Billion, with Tax Increases,
For Our National Security
By CHARLES MOI.OXY
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 !'
President Truman today sent Con
gress a $71,594,00.000 spending bud
get for the government next year
and said a tax boost of $10,450,
000000 is needed to balance it
Tlie President told reporters at a
budget preview session that he will
ask a tax hike of at least that
amount—and perhaps as much as
$20,000,000,000 in a special message
to Congress he hopes to have ready
in about three weeks.
He said he would like Congress to
make all tax increase retroactive
to Inst January 1. But lie showed no
confidence that would really hap
pen.
For National Security
In his message to the new Con
gress today, the President said:
"This is a budget for our national
security in a period of grave dan
ger.”
The unprecedented "peacetime"
spending program Mr. Truman pro
posed for the fiscal year starting
July 1 -nearly three-fifths of it for
military services figures out to
about $471 for every one of the
some 152.000.000 men, women and
children in the U.S.
And if the President has his way
on taxes, just about that same aver
age amount will be collected from
citizens although some of it. of
course, will be In the form of hid
den taxes or indirect costs.
Congress Has Say-So
The new Congress will have full
say-so on whether luxes should be
raised and by what amount. But It
can block or control part, of his
spending program unless it repeals
past laws on a big scale.
The President told newsmen that
actions by past Congresses authorize
$30,462,000,000 of the funds to carry
out lii.s plans. He needs to look to
the new Congress only for the re
maining $41.132.000.000.
( bntrovcrsial Dora men l
Mr. Truman’s bulky budget mes
sage was a more controversial docu
ment in some respects than his
"State of the Union" address last,
Monday.
He called in it for many of his pet
“fair deal” measurer such ar the
civil rights program, federal medical
insurance and a mdjor part of the
Brannnn farm plan. That seemed
certain to arouse ire in some Con
gressional quarters.
Outcries fur Economy
Fierce outcries from "economy"
advocates also appeared so sure
that Mr. Truman anticipated them
by laying down a defense of In
spending program in advance.
Observing to reporters that opin
ions differ on what are "defense"
and "non-defense” outlays, he
dropped the heading of "defense”
direct military costs and ..trategic
stockpiling- which hud been u«ed
14 IN, 31 SOUTH
ON DENALI SUNDAY
Arriving on the Denali yesterday
morning were 14 passengers while
31 embarked for Seattle, Ketchikan
and Petersburg.
Arriving from Seward were: W. R.
Nichols. John Marinovich, MTrs
Mildred M. Hansen. E. Glen Wilder,
Alfred Halverson, A L White. John
Gaughun.
From Valdez: M. Antonse, Mr.
and Mrs. William Egan and son; M.
Nielsen, Anna E. Park, Albert R.
Smith.
Departing lor Seattle were: Mrs.
C. Hudson, Joint Lowell, Mr. and
Mr,s. Paul Scltnee. Mr. and Mr-.
Harold Bates. Mr. and Mrs. VI. L
Fleck and child: Mr. and Mrs. R.
M. Kardanoff. George Donner Mr.
and Mrs. Tllford England, Emcleo
Alintixtlo, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fager
son, William A. Avery, Mr. and Mrs.
John Goss, Mr. and Mrs. B. D.
Stewart and child.
For Ketchikan: O. E. Freeman,
A. Lubchc, E. M. Botelho, Neamie
Stanish, Gertrud Austin.
'For Petersburg: Mi William An
derson, Mr. and Mrs. N. Pa; ituun.
AT THE GAST1NEAI
Trollers here to attend the UTA
convention who are stopping it the
Oastmeau Hotel include Carl Gug
genbickler and P. W. Binkley of
Wrangell and T Anderson Peli
can,
I
1 in past budgets. He put a “national
security" tag on the new listing.
Major Programs
Then he budgeted "mejcr no
tional security programs" :■< S-2.
510.000.000 for next year, an in
crease of $25,406,000,000 over litis
fiscal year, now half gone.
The "remainder” of his program
was price-tagged for $19,084,000,000.
He described that as a giving of
$1,082,000,000 from (hi year’s costs,
even though it contains operations
"influenced by the present emer
gency": for example. Coast Guard,
port security work, and FBI loyalty
checks on government worker.
Security Costs
In a statement to newsmen and
supplementing the big budget docu
ment the President listed 1 lie "ma
jor national security programs” and
their costs as follows tin millions of
dollars):
1951 1.952
Military services $20,994 $41,421
International
security 4.726 t 7 401
Atomic Energy
Commission 818 1.277
Defense production
and controls 296 1.403 1
Civil defense . t 15 330 j
Maritime Activities 189 354
Defense housing,
community fatal
ities ... None 100
Government agency
dispersal program 6 164
In tlic budget itself, the President:
Military Services
1. fd-timuted U.K military service
cost for the year starting July 1
at $41,421,000,000 58 percent of the
budget total. That is more titan
double the $20,427,000,000 the Presi
dent estimated will actually be
spent in the current year It
counted on active armed force
strength of nearly 3.500.000 bv mid
1952, with "our troops -applied with ]
the best weapons in the world.”
2. Proposed a $7,461,000,000 outlay
of military and economic aid to
friendly foreign countries com
pared to $4,726 000,000 this year
Co further the cause oi "interna
tional security.” The foreign pro
gram would take nearly ten cents:
of each dollar spent.
On Home Front
3. Assigned $22,712,000,000 or 32
■pereent of the total to multiple other
i home front costs of government, a
$1,222,000.000 increase over this j
| year.
4. Included in this total proposed
I outlays of $1,100,000,000 to hell) ex
pand production-of such basic pro
; ducts as rubber, steel and alumi
!m»m: $1,277,000,000 to enlarge out
: put of "atomic material- and wea
I ports”; $276,000,000 to enforce the
i price-wage controls Mr. Truman
| says are inescapable: $24 000.000 for
; rent controls; $90,000,000 for busi
: ness loans.
•Fair Deal" Flag
5. Tucked in quietly most all the
I major Items which fly the Truman
' lair deal” flag — including the
FEPC plan for equal job lights for
Negroes, federal aid to state schools,
i federal medical insurance with .1
i lirst-year payroll tax totaling $275,
j OCO.OOO and .housing for "low in
1 come groups.”
6. Confronted Congress with an
I overall budget $24,384,000,000 big -
j ger than this year's and one within
! $27,209,000,000 of the World War 1!
■ peak.
Stitfesl of Taxes
7 Faced Americans with prospects
j of the stiffest taxes in history
draining more than 27 percent of
tin national income into the federal
chest. The $16,456,000,000 tax hike
suggestion, details of which will
corny Inter, posed a nearly 30 per
cent increase in revenues.
8 Asked a ,351.000 000 increase
in postal rates mostly on news
papers, advertising matter and tin
like to trim a threatened $521.
000.000 poswffice deficit. Without 1
the rate hike, the budget deficit will j
go to $16,807,000,000.
Work Longer, Harder
t). Claimed "strict economy in j
non-defense spending” was his policy j
and it was "incorporated in this
budget."
10. Called on the nation to "m rk j
longer and harder" and be pre
pared for prolonged sacrifice' be
cause “the present emergency may
be of long duration and we must uc
prepared tor crisys in the more dis
tant as well as in tlie immediate'
future."
WILL BUILD
UP NATURAL
RESOURCES
President Submits Needed
Sums for Improvement
in Northland
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 P —
President Truman said today the 12
months beginning July 1 will see
continued elliptic is upon the de
velopment of natural ri sources in
Alaska.
Hi,' budget, submitted to Congress
today, contains item totaling $70.
000.000 specifically earmarked for
Alaska. In addition, Alaska will par
ticipate generously in general pro
grams for the health and security of
the nation.
"The resource programs of the
various agencies emphasize the de
velopment of Alaska for economic
-eourlty and national defense." the
President said in his budget mes
sage.
Millions for Roads
Major items for Alaska include
$21,700,000 for roads, $20 000.000 for
I lie Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 for
31 public works projects, and $5.
701.400 for the Eklutua Reclamation
project.
Expenditures for military public
works, the Alaska Communication
System and the Indian Service in
Alaska arc not itemized in the bud
get.
The mud program includes a
road "of high military priority”
connecting the military airport at
Nakriefc wuh the ship port. Ollier
project.-, include beginning hard
surfacing of the Turnagain Arm
road: partial reconstruction of the
remainder of the Seward-Anchor.lge
highway, and construction of u new
bridge to replace a dangerous ■ truc
ture at Fairbanks.
Highway Extensions
Funds estimated for the coining
12 months also will permit comple
tion of improvement work on the
Tok cutoff road in preparation for
surfacing, advancing work on the
new road from the Alaska Highway
to Eagle, building 25 mile- of the
Richardson Highway-Mount Mc
Kinley Park road and 20 miles of
local farm and industrial roads.
Estimates for the Alaska Railroad
Include $17,500,000 for operation and
maintenance. $1,000,000 to complete
the $75,000,000 rehabilitation pro
gram for the railroad begun in
1048, and $1,500,000 for the purchase
of a river boat and two barge - and
improvement, of marine ways at
For Public Works
The $10,000,000 for public works
Is a part of a $70,000,000 five-year
program authorized by Congress in
1919. With $700 000 allotted for ad
ministration. the program tor the
coming year call: for letting con
struction contracts totaling $9,
500.000 for 31 projects for such pub
lic in: ill ties as schools, hospitals,
streets and water and sewer sys
tems.
The Reclamation Bureau ~ stepped
ifp program for the Eklutna power
project calls for completion of pre
construction surveys, excavating
about half of the tunnel, relocating
the Anchorage-Palmer highway ad
jacent to the power house site, com
pletion of the transmission line to
Palmer, and preparation of de. igr.
lor the power house and switch
yards.
Timber Resources Aid
President Truman said lie will ask
Congress to include $3,500,900 .n a
supplemental appropriation bill im
mediately and make another $3 -
500.000 available July 1 for forest
highways in the Tongass National
Forest. Highways are essential, lie
aid. Tor the development of timber
resources.
Airport construction by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration at Fair
banks and Anchorage is ahead of
schedule, the budget message said,
and will be completed before next
Jan. 1. The budget propose- $331,388
for construction at Anchorage $5u.
000 for Fairbanks, $90,399 for ad- f
ministration and $950,000 for opera
tion and maintenance of the air
ports.
Ollier Budget Items
Other Alaska items in the budget
include:
Wrangell Narrows river and har
bor project of the Army Engineers,
$297,000 Public Health Service di
tConiihued on Pa/e Six