The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT Inferior Depl. Endorsement Clears Way for Referendum To Decide Alaska Statehood New importance has been given to the reference propo- sition put on the ballot for the next General Election by the 1945 Legislature, The expressed will of the people reflected by the vote on whether Alaska should have statehood stand- ing will no longer have only abstract meaning, in view of the endorsement of statehood for the Territory by the Depart- ment of the Interior, disclosed here last week. Such is the prevailing opinion among Alaska’s present administration officials. That feeling has been definitely voiced by Gov. Ernest Gruening in a statement that follows, concerning the Interior Department’s new stand. Similar ex- pression has been made by Alaska’s Delegate to Congress,| E. L. Bartlett. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT STATEMENT OF POLICY: VERNOR E. GRUENING'S VIEWS CONCERNING ENDORSEMENT: 60 | | “The Department ot the Interior | “The official announcement that |economy. favors statehood for Alaska. It is self-evident that all Americans have the right of self-government, and it is clear that statehood is the Department of the Interior fav- or Statehood for Alaska is an event of major importance to the Territotry. Coming on the same day as the word the only form of self-government of Japan's surrender, it marks Aug- appropriate to the circumstances of ust 10 as a red-letter day in Alaska’s Alaska. Alaska is equipped for state- | history. hood. Its people, white and native| «rhe Interior Deptartment's en- alike, enjoy the privilege of VOtING gorgement of statehood is therefore for a number of Territorial orfi-“nmely in every sense. The influ- cials, including the Alaska Dele- ence of such a pronouncement is gate to the Congress. It becomes ' considerable. By it is removed one increasingly apparent that Alaskans source of opposition to statehood | desire to strengthen their allegi-| which has existed hitherto, leaving ance by being permitted to partici- |the issue between the people of | pate fully in the responsibility of |Alaska and the Congress of the| Federal Government. | United States. If the people of Alas- | gl {ka desire statehood and so record | Alaska is on the verge of @|yoir gesire at the referendum-es- | great post-war development. It tablished by the last Legislature offers real possibilities for veter- ¢o. (ne coming general election inl ans, and for men and women WhD\Oc(nbrr. 1946, 1 have little doubt have been uprooted in the states. that Congress, responsive to the Making Alaska one of the Federal States would link it more closely with the nation, speed the develop- meht of its resources, diminish the | evils. of outpostism, encourage new | gettlers and greater capital tnvest-: ment, give the people of Alaska a wishes of a vast and increasingly important area of America, will| grant statehood “This historic moment furnishes; the opportunity for me to express| the view that I have voiced on var- ious occasions, that statehood is not only desirable but indispensable to the welfare, development and pro- gress of Alaska. As one who has voting voice in the Congress of the | Utilted States, and give them greater opportunity to help write| o fthe family of sovereign states of the union. “But apart from these abstract advantages I know that statehood would mean a great and steady in- crease in the prosperity of Alaska. In this connection I desire to call at- tention to the statement of the Interior Department’s announcement that ‘the enabling Act should trans- fer to the people of Alaska the ob- ligations and responsibilities of sov- ereignty on a parity with the other states of the Union. These obli- gations include providing the fac- ilities which the people require for economic and social development, and the financial resources to pro- cure and maintain them.’ “This obviously means and must mean that the enabling Act should a sibstantial portion of the public {domain, over 98 per cent of which government. It should transfer to Alaska the control of our natural re- sources, the fisheries, fur and game, minerals and whatever else in the states is properly a matter for state control rather than federal. With the availability to the 48th state of these resources there can be no question of Alaska's ability to main- tain itself financially, and to develop an abundant and self-sustaining Actually. with the addi- tional powers given to the people of Alaska under statehood will come a far greater development of these natural resources than we have had in over three-quarters of a century of federal rule.” - e STATEHOOD SUGGESTED FORHAWAIl Ickes Approval for Aaska| Raises New Discus- sion Now WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Interior Department approval of statehood for Alaska raises the possibility that it might announce a similar policy for Hawail. Acting secretary of Interior Abe their pwn destiny. |for the past eleven years been deal- “The Enabling Act should trans- ing with various branches of the fer to the people of Alaska obliga- Federal government, legislative as tlons and responsibilities of sov-|well as administrative, I know that ereignty on a parity with the other until Alaska is represented in the | states of the Union. These obliga- | capital of the nation by two sena-| tions include providing the facili- [tors and at least one representative, ties which the people require for|all with a vote, Alaska will not se- economic and social development,|cure that share of beneficial legisla- and the financial resources to pro-|tion and of appropriations to which | ¢ure and maintain them. it is entitled. However effective « !may be our Delegate to Congress— It should be burne in mind, also, .+ 41 o bod veen more than fors s ensetiond’ dbes "O_! necessnrlly[mnflm in the last twelve years in bring with it ownership of all of ), ying Anthony J. Dimond and now the public domain within the boun- E. L. (Bob) Bartlett as its Delegate daries of the Territory. The states . yoteless representative can do of the Union, by federal grant, )i more than go with hat in hand | were given substantial acreage (nr;m committees of Congress and to schools, for roads, and for other public purposes, but the rest of the| federal land was reserved to the federal government for disposal under appropriate congressional di- rection. “In view of the composition of| the Alaska population, the Depart- ment deems it advisable to assure that the aboriginal rights of the| natives be specifically delineated, affirmed, or extinguished with proper compensation and their con- tinuing enjoyment be protected in the Enabling Act. “Objections to immediate state- hood for Alaska include its rela-| tively small population, lack of markets for agricultural production, | seasonal job opportunities, inade-! quate health service, lack of de- velopment of natural resources and | supposed inability to support an| efficient state government for such | & vast area. “All of these objections have some | basis in fact. Yet none of them, collectively or singly, constitute an| insurmountable obstacle to state-| hood. “The department is seeking to| overcome these obstacles in its day-to-day work with Alaskan problems. It seeks, among other| things, to encourage the settlement | of the Territory and the develop- meént of its resources on a sound{ |to secure adequate shipping and to government agencies which pay so vital a part in our Alaskan affairs. “Out of our immediate present may be cited any number of in- stances of discrimination against Alaska which would not have oc- curred had we been a state. Among them are: “1—The denial of overseas credit points for discharge to Alaskans in the Army. “2.—The attempt to remove the twenty-five per cent differential from Alaskan federal employees and yet to give it to those coming from the states to work in Alaska. “3.—The difficulties that we have permit us to continue to secure the advantages, brought by continued suspension of the Jones Act. “4—The failure to include Alaska in the Federal Highway Act under which millions of dollars for road building have been denied the Terri- tory to which it was rightfully en- titled. “5.—The denial to Alaska of the increased appropriation for agricul- tural experiment stations recently granted to these stations in the states. These are only a few of a long list, but- I mention these because they are all timely. “It was precisely this type of ex- perience that long since convinced our devoted former Delegate to Con- :u?d permanent basis by gathering;gress, Tony Dimond, of the impera- and disseminating the facts which tive necessity of sécuring statehood are an essential prerequisite of such|at the earliest possible moment, and settlement and 'development. It 'similarly convinced Delegate : Bart- seeks to establish year-round in-|lett. dustries that will support year-| “Finally, it is not only proper and round homes. It is trying to raise|desirable but in conformity with the the standard of living of the A]~\baaic principles of democracy that askan natives, who constitute about |the people should have the right to half the permanently rooted popu-|elect ‘their own Governor, and also lation. It seeks to aid the Tprri_gthe Secretary of the Territory, who torial Government to assume larger |15 in effect the Lieutenant Governor. responsibilities in the rendition and| “One need not, therefore, go into financing of public services to the ‘e abstract and imponderable ad- people of Alaska. It seeks to stimu- 'antages of statehood, which are late greater tourist traffic. It seeks |‘Nemselves clear, in order to grasp to encourage further prospecting that statehoed will be tangibly and and mining. It seeks to solve the Materially beneficial to Alaska. As two most difficult problems of the|'CF the abstract reasons, I think frontier, transportation and com-| .. need 1 STgoe tagt ._Amencun munication, by working toward re- | C..2enship is the most precious pos- ducing shipping costs, adding new wsmtfn M the world.. We in Alaska shipping routes, lowering communi- :;Jui 1 oply ?“ part. A long. a8 cations rates, and increasing all m:' v:t;err‘l::n;rzszzrluol}'sv;e P80 communication facilities to “w‘l\l;‘sk' renaiin & T ong 38, principal centers of Alaska. It seeks ' o n?m..un. & TRy e g B late 485 development of air not register our will effectively Cottas withia Alasks Ttaelf Tt s(Aeks‘l]uuugh the Congress of the _Uml,ed to utilize Alaska's sv.rateéic posi. m.‘d:“ 1t geems (o g WNGEAKRbE tion on the globe by encouraging 1n';;)0r‘v‘.:’i‘n:r§2u:’zz;fivizgllva:ri:dd;ss: air routes through Alaska to link| ) L gl | Fortas told a reporter today that if the House Territories committee now in Alaska, goes to Hawail this| winter as planned there might be an announcement about “statehood for for Hawail. Fortnas didn’t say whether the an- nouncement woud approve or dis- approve statehood for the Territory of Hawali. It was noted, however, | that some of the reasoning support- ing Alaskan statehood in the de- partment's statement Saturday ap- plies equally to Hawaii. For example, the statement said Alaska is equipped for statehood | since its citizens now have the right to vote for several Territorial offi- cials including a delegate to Con- gress. “It becomes increasingly apparent that Alaskans desire to strengthen their allegiance by assuming their full share in the responsibility of Federal government,” the state- ment added. The same might be said of Hawail. It, too, elects a Delegate to Con- gress, and in a plebiscite in 1920 its people voted 46,174 to 22,428 in favor of statehood. The Department’s statement as- serted that a relatively small pop- ulation was among objections which had been raised te immediate state- hood for Alaska. Hawail is in a much stronger posi- tion in population. In the 1940 cen- sus, Alaska, with an area of 586,400 square miles, had a population of 72,524. Hawalil, 6,454 square miles in area, had 423,300 population. Both houses of the Hawaiian Terri- torial Legislature this year passed| resolutions favoring statehood and| calling on Congress to approve Hawaii’s admission to the Union at the earliest possible moment. Two bills to accomplish this have been introduced in the House and referred to the Territories Commit- tee. The committee, headed by Rep. Peterson (D-Ga) has been author- ized to visit Hawaii and has been asked by Delegate Farrington of Hawaii to study the statehood ques- tion. The group has téntative plans to make the trip this winter at a date not yet determined. ————.————— ATC OFFICER HERE T0 VISIT LT. CARO Coming to Alaska for a purely| personal visit to an old college companion, Lt. Col. Sidney J. Ber- ger, Judge Advocate for the Carib- bean Wing of the Air Transport Command, U. S. Army, was an arriv- al in Juneau last weak. Col. Berger came here from his headquarters at West Palm Beach, Florida, to visit Lt. Warren M. Caro, USCGR, Naval Aide to the Governor of Alaska. The two offi- cers attended Cornell University to- gether and were law office asso- cites in New York City. Lt. Caro left here Saturday to tour Alaska with the Congression- al Committee on Territories. | A South African race called the Cape Colored is a mixture of | reservoir of national resources should the United Btates with the Orient, any longer be kept from a full self- u_u! through the back door of Asia, government and the right to rule with the great markets of Europe.|within its own house, as & memier | 4 her Malay, Hottentot, Bantu and European. e —————— Sugar Bowl Open Tomorrow! provide for the transfer to Alaska of | Territory-wide plan of meeting in THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— SOCIAL SECURITY. HAS ANNIVERSARY ON AUGUST 14TH Signed 10 Years Ago by FDR (Continued from Page One) than before. The Social Security Board believes that the organized escapable costs is more economical and more effective than past is now in the hands of the Federall ,othods in preserving human dig- |nity; and, in the case of children is developing unscarred citizens. Public assistance payments gen- erally are made to those who were | already old when the insurance programs were started (the aver-| recipient is 75), or to children| whose supporting parent died with-| NORTH SEA IS IN PORT Louise In From South T0 CONSIDER SUSPENSION Far- Reaching Legislation | The Princess Louise arrived Sat- urday evening with the following iq') passengers arriving from the |South: Robert Applebaum, Oberlin i‘E. Arnold, Dorothy M. Arnold, Clif- iford Bebell, Dale Butler, Evelyn | Butler, Patricia Butler, Irene M. | Bishop, Allen E. Bishop, Vincent Cataldo, Helen H. Carlyle, Jack H. more nearly adequately supported | Carlyle, George M. Dale, = Barbara, | M. Horner, John M. Horner, Mil- dred W. Hanson, Lillian E. Kemp, |Margaret Kemp, William Lippman, | Anne E. Leonard, Robert V. Loftin, | Peggy O'Nela, Belle G. Simpson, |Lauraine F. Shandley, Fred S. |Shandley, Esther G. Shandley, Lil- |llan Spoon, Arthur C. Whitney, \Gwynn L. Holtby, Milton J. Snyder, |Helen Beukers, Herman _Beukers, |John Beukers, Mrs. Helen Beukers, }George Beuker, Johanna Beukers, Katherine MacGregor, Lance E. age age of an old-age assistance|gengrickson, Evelyn Hendrickson Burger, and Mrs. W. T. Stewart. Leaving at midnight Saturday| out gaining insurance status or is evening for Skagway were the fol- absent from home or disabled. |lowing four people: Pat Carroll, Wm. | Hopes For Future | Capcenvich, W. Irving and Mrs. W.! The North Sea arrived in Juneau Saturday afternoon with the fol- lowing 27 passengers from Seattle: Mrs. Robert Pollack,, James T. Mat- 'hewson, Mrs. E. M. Snethen, Terry ‘Snethen. Mrs. H. C. Rudolph, M. W. !Murphy, Mrs. M. W. Murphy, Mrs. |P. C. Ramer, James J. Connors, Mrs. |James J. Connors, Ann Hinkleman, Mrs. Mary Doogan, G. L. Morrison, | Mrs. Mildred Smith, Richard Smith, | Valerie Smith, Judy Smith, Renee ‘Ted A. Colby, L. B. Harrison, Mrs. | L. B. Harrison, Dianne Harrison and | T. Bavilla. Incoming from Wrangell were Eli Tanner, J. S. Jeffrey, Mrs. J. S. Jeffrey, Mrs. Minnie Barnes and/ Carl Lippert. From Ketchikan' the following passengers were listed: Paul M. James Cannon, Foster Trainor, Bert Flotre, Earl Fosse, Clif- ell, Hoeg Harold, Leo Nett and John Clausen. Sailing early Sunday morning, the Mts. G. L. Morrison, Owen Morrison,! Smith, LeRoy Scott, Doris Peterson,' ford Fosse, C. A. Runnels, R. Mitch-| {and family. Ted 1is still looking for “Ultimately, the insurance pro-, gram will carry the greater load,”| Mr. Wade said, “since more people are gaining insured status. As the greater proportion of the older!' population becomes insured, these people will draw insurance benefits rather than public assistance pay- ments when they can no longer wark. The effect of this is already | being felt. The same is true in! aid to dependent children; each month a larger number of chil-| dren in families where the bread- | winner dies are placed on the in- | surance benefits rolls.” Out of its experience in admin- istering the act, the Social Se-| curity Board has recommended to congress that the law be expanded to cover sickness, permanent dis- ability and medical care insurance; and extended to include millions not now covered by its provisions. In Alaska, the federal insurance | program is administered by the Territorial office, which is located at Juneau; and that office wllli welcome any inquiries from those | wishing information on the law. | DOUGELAS NEWS VACATION HERE T ’ Fifteen-year-old Ted Colby just completed a big adventure. He ar- rived here Saturday, making his first trip to Alaska, on his own all the way. Ted is a nephew of Mrs. Willlam Boehl of Douglas;, and came here to spend the balance 'of the school holidays with his-aunt. " | Eskimos and polar bear and we hope he gets somef good* pictures to show when he returns to schooi this fall at his home in Longvidw, Wash. ; AMBULANCE TRIP The ambulance service was called Saturday evening to rush Mr. Dan Moen to St. Ann's Hospital in Juneau, after he became ill fol- | lowing a day’s sport fishing. Mr. Moen 1§ a contractor superintend- ent with a Juneau construction firm now working on the Juneau Cold Storage plant. VISIT HERE Mrs. Herbert Snethen and daugh- ter, Terry, arrived in Douglas Sat- urday to spend several weeks visit- ing with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Martinson, parents of Mrs. Snethen. This is their first visit in the old home town in four years. EMIL UBERTI SOUTH Emil Uberti left Saturday via PAA. for Seattle, where he will undergo treatment for a throat ailment. MRS. CARLYLE HOME Mrs. Jack Carlyle and son, Jackie, returned Saturday evening from a two months’ vacation in the states. Most of their vacation was spent at Soap Lake, Wash., at a summer resort, and visiting friends in Seattle. Mr. Carlyle came home from his business at Haines to meet them. 4 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning o o o In Juneau—Maximum, 64; minimum, 53. At Airport—Maximum, 65; minimum, 48. o o FORECAST o o Variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with some sun- shine Tuesday. Temperatures continue mild. ® e 000000000 - ANCHORAGE SPORTSMEN PLANT SHRIMP IN eee00sscs0000000000 e LAKE In conjunction with the Fish and Wildlife Service, members of the Anchorage Sportsmen Association North Sea had the following pas- |scngers for Sitka: Mrs. J. M. Dietz, 2 %Mrs, J. Statter, Denny Statter, Mrs. IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED, {J. Boyd, J. C. Warwick, Mrs. B. L. ANCHORAGE PLAYGROUND | Blomgren, James C. Ryan, Dennis Ryan, Steve Vukovich, B. F. Kane, Bob Paxton, Mrs, Anne Forbes,! Irving. B A In addition to a wading pool for small tots, improvements planned for the children’s playground in An~ chorage include a 24 by 30-foot frame structure for which bids will | soon be called. The building which | is a Park Board project, will contain | a large. playroom for rainy days, | lavatories and a storeroom for play- | ground equipment. Plans call for an attractive build- ing and landscaping of the grounds with trees and shrubs. — e ANCHORAGE CHAMBER SEEKS CITY MANAGER PLAN OF GOVERNMENT | ley, Mr. Elma Hurley and A. Van Mavern. i gl it ROGENE MOORE HONORED ‘The home of Mrs. D. D. Drawley iwas the, scene of a lovely shower party Saturday evening honoring Rogene Moore, whose engagement /o Mr., Richard Stryker was an- nounced last week. | Assisting Mrs. Drawley as hos- | tesses were Miss Ruth Sawyer and Miss Margaret Welsh. Mrs. Haold E. Smith, Mrs, Elma Hur-| = S. E. FISHING A meeting of salmon packers and interested fishermen with fisheries officials, to discuss “suspension of salmon. fishing in all districts of Southeast Alaska, pending possible development of runs” was an- nounced here this forenoon by J. !Steele Culbertson, Fisheries Man- agement Supervisor for the Fish and Wildlife Service. % The meeting, reflecting the very poor pack resulting from Southeast | operations so far this season, is to be held at Juneau this afternoon. {MURDER, SUICIDE RESULT OF ROSE INLET SHOOTING I Advices received here today by U. 8. Marshal William T. Mahoney | brought clarification of a reported dual murder occurring at Rose In- | let last Friday. In light of the| added information; the case has resolved into a single murder, an' MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1945 attempted murder and a suicide. Slain was Joseph Nix, Indian youth, who was fatally shot by hig step-father, Andrew‘ Natkong, of Hydaburg. The youth’s mother, Mrs. Emma Natkong, was also shot by her husband, a bullet from a .38 calibre pistol entering her abdo- men. Following the shootings at Rose Inlet, Natkong returned to Hyda- burg where he committed suicide, shooting himself with a .22 calibre rifle, it was stated by U. S. Deputy Marshal Nate Hardy, who was dis- patched from Ketchikan to investi- gate the affair. Coroner’s inquest concerning both deaths was held at Craig Saturday. Mrs. Natkong was sent to Ketchi- kan for hospitalization. 18 10 SEATTLE ON PAN AMERICAN Pan-American Airways Saiurday carried 18 passengers to Seattle and two to Fairbanks, while incoming | passengers from Seattle, Juneau and Fairbanks totaled 17. Sunday flights of Pan American carried 34 passengers to Seattle, Three the Ketchikan and three to ‘Whitehorse. ‘Nineteen passengers came in from . Seattle, three froni Fairbanks and three from Whites horse. PRI A T Sugar Bowl Open Tomorrow! Members of the Anchorage Cham- ber of Commerce placed petitions a special election on the city man- | ager form of government in circula- tion recently. The petition was placed in cir- Many lovely gifts of silver were received by the bride-to-be. The evening was spent playing | requesting the City Council to hold | bridge, with Mrs. Homer Garvin winning first prize, and Miss Marian Jensén receiving second. | Guests included, in addition to | the honor guest, Mrs. Homer Gar- | | U. 8. rents have advanced three culation after a poll of Chamber|Vin, Mrs. Hans Berg, Mrs. Lee members which showed only two op- | Dunlap, Mrs. Vernon Tomlin, Miss posed to the proposition. { Catherine O'Connor, Miss Eleanor el e ek | Warren and Miss Marian Jensen. ————— Australia has about 3,000,000 square miles of land, and about 7,000,000 people. per cent since May, 1943. | e Sugar Bowl Open Tomorrow! el IR B <0 — 4 ‘ A g ’O.D — LY - YES....WE HAVE GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS Plocly #reedy PHONE 16 - 24 Two Free Deliveries Daily FRESH RASPBERRIES They Are PHONE 704 Juneau Deliveries— i0 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Deliv i RELI Delicious! ery—10 A. M. AR AR ANCE EORGE BROTHERS § Super Market Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. WE ALWAYS CARRY THE LARGEST SELECTION OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Lettuce Celery Calavos Cabbage Cantaloupes Plums Peaches Honey Dews COFFEE DRIP or PERCOLATOR A Really Fine Coffee Pound 3 5¢ 2 Pounds §9¢ TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A, M. MINIMUM—$2.60 have completed the transplanting of fresh water shrimp in lakes near Anchorage. Three cans, each = taining about' 100,000 shrimp 'a‘u placed in Lake Spenard and ‘Lake | Hood. Fish are to be placed in the |? lakes soon, it was announced by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Apricots _Grapefruit Lemons Bananas Casabas Grapes erts Asa;l GROCEF Gravenstein Apples Cauliflower Bunch Carrofs ‘Tomatoes Dry ‘Onions Peppers EORGE BROTHER Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M.