The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 7, 1946, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,212 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1946 —_— — = pr—— MEM BER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS GOVERNOR ADDRESSES LEGISLATURE | BLOOD STAINS 'IMPORTANT, LASKAN NAVAL HERO PROMOTED T0 COMMODORE SEATTLE, March 7.—The most NEWPROJECT » IS PROPOSED TELEPHONE STRIKE 1S MITCHELL SEEKS | “FUNDS TO KEEP . FISH LABORAORY * WASHINGTON, March 7.—Sen- (D-Wash) CereSoksunde BOND ISSUE PROPOSED AS MEANS TO FINANCE i MEEKS TR I Al ;!amou:, beachmaster in the Pacific war, known from Attu to Okinawa, | | Capt. Carl E. “Squeaky” Anderson, | ator Mitchell announc- | ed today he would ask the Sen- ate Jor funds to keep the Wash- VET, HEALTH PROGRAM Auk Bay Residents Plan Cooperative Light and | Power Association | Murder TriaI_Approaches:‘ Conclusion-Witness- es Are Recalled 4 . yesterday was promoted to the flag rank of Commodore. He was nominated for the ad- vancement by President Truman, confirmed by the Senate and re- | ceived his new rank after qualify-, BULLETIN — Defense Attor- ney William L. Paul, Jr, went on the witness stand this af- ternoon to testify to where Meeks was on January 8, the ling physically at 13th aval District headquarters. He is now officer in int ted in the organization of a & i i vic light | charge of demobilized shipping on Dot Drcl booper e e t".he staff of Rear Adm. Randall and power association to serve their i Incobe, alstelt domisnduit \varying needs will hold a second | o5 i il | Throughout the long trail of is- Residents and property owners at 2! | Attention Isi;w Turned fo | Threatened Walkout of Railroad Workers (BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER) | A threatened nationwide walkout of some 250,000 telephone workers ington Fishery Technological Lab- | oratory, operated by the Fish and Wlfi}lle Service at Seattle, in full opefation for the 1947 fiscal year Istarbing next July 1. i M’chell said it would require only: $29,200 to continue the work jof imvestigating the extraction of | vitamin A oils from fish livers. | | A statement from Ira N. Gabriel- | 1 over a wage dispute was averted to- |Son, irector of the Fish and Wild-| day, & half hour before the 6 a. m.|life. Service said the industry pro-| | meeting Sunday afternoon {o'clock in the new DeHart Store at Auk Bay, to elect nine directors. as |required by the Rural Electric Ad- | | ministration and’to discuss prob- |lems and interests connected with The defense today attempted to the project. show that Clarence Campbell had| Under the direc date of $he alleged attack on Hartness. At the completion of his testimony the defense rest- ed its case. tion of Curtis H.! land hopping across the Pacific, strike deadline. |cumbat assault troops and supplies, White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said President Tru- man would name an emergency board “very soon” in a move to head off a coast-to-coast railroad on enemy beaches under fire. |tieup set for Honday. Alvanley The now Commodore Anderson Johnston, head of the Engineers’ “Squeaky” as he is affectionately known to the hundreds of men with whom he served, acted as beach- master, directing the landings of ducing natural vitamin A from fish- livers was centered aroumnd Seattle ‘and had grown to a business that | produced $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 jof the product yearly. | Gabrielson said that available information indicated fish common to the West Coast contain livers been alive subsequent to 7 o'clock the night of December 9, 1945 as the trial of George Harrison Meeks in. the murder case of Campbell wound ‘towards a conclusion. Again the defense concentrated its attack on the government’s ex- hibits of blood stained clothing found in Meeks' room several days after the murder is alleged. On an offer of proof by defense counsel, testimony of John Ritter was ad- mitted in which Ritter testified that Meeks had been in a fight at Gulkana last summer and that blood had been shed. Under cross examination Ritter James T. DeHart, 5 last Sunday for a|Was a naval reservist operating a jcannery at Seldovia, Alaska, when to 1 war came. Sherwood and the group met ‘ preliminary meeting. |" The organizing group plans \secure a loan from the REA, a Fed-| When American armed forces be- eral bureau created by Executive gan the first step in rooting the |Order in 1935 for the purpose of (Japs out of the Aleutians, bringing electric power to rural dis- “Squeaky” went into Attu as beach- tricts throughout the United States ' master—because he knew every cove and Territories by means of low ! and inlet of the Arctic coastlines. interest rate loans payable from 25 Since then he has served with to 35 years. | conspicuous gallantry in the same Howard Stabler is attorney for!hazardous job during assault land- the cooperative and the U. S. Forest ings on islands which read like a Service is acting in an advisory | travel brochure: Kiska, Amchitka, capacity to cover the details of | Tarawa, Apamama, Peleiu, Majuro, Jer.g;ineerln(; and construction. | Kwejalein, Eniwetok, Engebi, Par- Persons working toward the co-ry, Saipan, Tinian, Towa Jima and from which a higher vitamin A oil Union, said yesterday the Brother- can be extracted than those from hoods would “consider” any action by the government “because we have always bowed in respect to |the power of the government.” | After an early morning poll of union members on a settlement of- !fer from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, the exe- cutive board of the National Fed- eration of Telephone Workers in | Washington ordered cancellation of the threatened work stoppage. | As Edgar L. Warren, chief of the Foderal conciliation service, an- 'nounced that an agreement had been reached between the Federa- tion of Long Lines telephone work- A fund which Congress provided for research in production of the vitamin from fish livers will be lexhausted June 30, Mitchell said. The Otter Trawlers Union Seattle had written Mitchell urg- {ing that funds be made available to keep the laboratory operating, declaring it would afford employ- ment for fishermen. Gabrielson sald the fish livers sold for as much any other area. | of ! ¢puld ot recall the clothes: worn, operative organization represent | by Meeks at the time. The Prosecu- g eqq from Auk Lake to Tee Harbor, | tion then moved that his testimony ,,qyging Fritz Cove. e stricken as irrelevant on ground; that the defense had not suctess-' fully established that Meeks wore the same clothes at Gulkana as were on exhibit in the Campbell case. ' WAIVER EXTENSION | ability of Kelso Hartness the de-! IHROUGH SEPT. 3ol fense then summoned Hilda F_.ond- | Local fisher:,-2n were guests today | quist, a maid at the Gastineau ¢ the luncheon-meeting of the! Hotel. She testified that on Jan. 8 juneau Chamber of Commerce in | she heard a thumping noise in 2 the Baranof Hotel, A special pro- | room occupied by Hartness, had gram under direction of K. G. Mer- called to him and received no an- ritt and Dr. J. O. Rude featured two swer and that he later appeared technicolor movie films shown by | coyered with blood. | Trevor Davis. Earlier the defense had summon-; The films, taken and prepared ed Helen Jackson who said that for projection by Davis showed fish- she had been with Campbell on ing streams and general scenery the evening of December 9 until around Prince William Sound and about 7 o'clock. Under cross exam- a number of historic events in Ju- ination she admitted that she was neaw’s history. not certain of the time when she‘; Among the shots were the dedica- left Campbell. jtion service of the first airmail | Defense returned to the question 'between Juneau and Fairbanks, the of blood stains and attempted to burning of the Goldstein Building, bring into evidence reports from:a Coast Guard regatta steaming the Washington laboratories on|down Gastineau Channel for al stains found on Meeks’' clothing. i picnic, and the burning of the can- On subjects from the prosecution nery at Cordova. the move was defeated as being; At the business session Chamber “hearsay” evidence. \ members voted unanimously to have Testimony Questioned a written réquets sent the War; During most of the defense testi- | Shipping Administration asking that | New Witnesses H Renewing its attack on the cred- "attested to by his decorations; CC ASKS JONES ACT ' Okinawa. Commodore Anderson’s heroism is' ¢S NFTW affiliate, and the A. T, the & T picket lines already had been Silver Star, two Bronze Star med- est.gblished before exchanges in some als, two Presidentlal URIt: cita- Cities. In Washington, Philadel- tions, $he Nev$ Unif Gitation snd{PDIA. Beltimore and three —ofher o 4 Maryland towns the strike was re- o Sl BoulESynion, ol ported on, but most service in Phil- The Commodore and Mrs. Ander- SHFIpRl.: s, Teneried smmmnls son are currently living in Seattle. Get Wage. Increase PERISRRCn 80 S LN | Joseph A. Beirne, NFTW Presi- ” 3 ,dent, in @ telegram to member un= oll'amla"on of 'ions, said affiliates which had wage |disputes with the A. T. & T. were j“neau Band Is {“in general, in agreement with the b, settlement.” ]'aken uD I'omqm | The agreement with the Long |Lines provides for a wage increase ‘averaging 17.6 cents an hour, War- Musicians of Juneau, ama- o, goiq The NFTW had called teurs and professionals, will |ihe strike in support of demands meet tonight at 8 o’clock in the *for pay boosts of 18 1-2 cents an Grade School auditorium todis- &6, by 17 of the Federation's 51 cuss feasibility of or.::nlzlng affiliated unions. - a Juneau City band. The Ro- | A waikout of the telephone work- tary Club is sponsoring the erg haq threatened wlzhsrupt ser- musical organization and it iS |yice throughout the country, with expected there will be a large number of mausicians at to- night’s meeting. SENATE SITS AS COM. OF WHOLE (Continued on Page Two) "The Washington, Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — If there were more men like housing expediter Wilson Wpyatt around, President Truman would have easier sailing. The other day in Chicago, Wyatt was guest speaker at a banquet of the National Association of Home Builders, 3,200 strong, all hostile, all prepared to boo at the man who proposed revolutionary building re- ! the steamer North Coast be returned to the Alaska Service. It was also {moved and voted that a wire be sent the War Shipping Administra- jtion requesting that present expir- ing waivers in the Jones Act be iextended from March 31 to Sep- | tember 30. | Harry Godson, Canadian Pacific iRailway agent in Juneau, who is leaving next Wednesday to take over wharf agent duties in Victoria, B. C, was given the Chamber’s {best wishes and an official farewell from Chamber President Charles W. Carter in behalf of the organiza- tion. Among guests at today’s meeting !were: Olaf Larsen, Olaf Swanson, Harold C. Aase, Howard Kresge, THIS AFTERNOON The Senate of the Alaska Legisla- ture assembled this morning at 11| as called but, without launching into any consideration of legisla- tion, quickly recessed to the House Chamber to hear the Message of the ordered to quit work starting Mon- | lopg distance and non-dial service hit first. Union officials had said eventually all service would be affected by equipment failure due to lack of maintenance. This would have silenced radio networks halted transmission of news over A. T. & T. wires. R. R. Strike Called With the telephone dispute set- tled, the government was expected (to intervent to delay the threaten- (ed nationwide strike of ! railroad | workers in two big brotherhoods, scheduled for 6 a. m. Monday. Nearly 300,000 members of the ! Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen |and Locomotive Engineers have been Governor, which occupied nearly all|qay through Thursday. Presidents the remaining morning period. lof the two rail unions did not pre- Re-convening fololwing the Gov- gict whether Presidential appoint- ernor’s address, the Senate accepted ‘ment of an emergency board to con- the suggestion of Senator Norman |gider the wage dispute would post- R. Walker that the body resolve| pone the strike. The railway labor itself into a Committee of the Whole | 53¢t provides such procedure, which to meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock to hear the Territorial Board of Health. transacted this morning, the noon recess being taken immediately No other business was | 60 days while the Board studies the strike dispute. | G-M Still Deadlocked | Negotiations in the General Lester Weiss, Bernt Alstead, F. M. | Afterward. The full Senate member- | notors strike remained deadlocked ship was present this morning with | |as the Detroit city council appeal- would delay any strike from 30 to forms in order to complete .'i,ooo,ooo%Slngle, Dan Twiedt, Peter Hildre, homes in two years. Senator Andrew Nerland from Fair- | As Wyatt arose, the atmosphere | banks, Mr, and Mrs. Anderson of the was charged with hostility. How- Forest Service at Cordova, the Rev.! ever, he told stories, explained mis. R. Armstrong, pastor of the | program, made no anumms‘nqlmml l.’resbyterian Church at An- | , statements. choragé; Represtntative Walter E. “If you gentlemen are u,uist'!-lunney from Palmer; Val A. Poor, this program, then you don't under- Secretary of Douglas Chamber of | stand it” Wyatt said. “It's my Commerce; Representative Almer J. fault for not making it clear.” Peterson of Anchoarge; Senator Don After 45 minutes, having won |Carlos Brownell from Seward; F. over a considerable part of the |Kirk Jones of the Washington Lab- audience, he stopped. Then for 45 joratories . at Seattle, and Harryl minutes more he answered Qques- O'Neill, Anchorage merchant. tions. Every inch of the way he _All members of the Legislature fought for his program of low-! cost housing for veterans. ber next week. | builder in the huge dining room ' ! rose to his feet and cheered. Anfhorafle Man Io { . i tional Association of Home Build-| M Se "l H ers had adopted a resolution op-' arrv 'n a e‘ SEATTLE, March 7—Guy L. 000,000 to spur housing. Wyatt pro- Howard of Anchorage and Helen —_———————————————— (Conitnued on Page Four) | will be invited guests of the Cham- Finally, when he finished, every ! Prior to Wyatt’s speech, the Na- | | posing premium payments of $600,- | a marriage license, the arrival of Senator Howard eq to President Truma i Lyng, of the Second Division. = bi e Inte: |day work stoppage. Seeks Permif for | \pw BT HALSE 5. 5. Lines fo Also yycr . pRESIDENT 0F Operae Alr Routes py . pyrigs GiveN WASHINGTON, Mar. 7—Steam- ship companies would be guthoriz-! LOS ANGELES, March 7.—Adm. ed to operate air routes under leg-“wullam F. (Bull) Halsey, islation introduced by Rep. Celler der of the Third Fleet during the (D-NY). war, has been named vice-president The bill would authorige the Mar- of Pan-American World Airways itime Commission to grant certif- and will be in complete charge of icates to steamship companies to the lines’ Pacific operations. engage in “overseas air transporta-! Halsey will maintain offices in tion or foreign air transportation.” Los Angeles, San Francisco and The CAB has denled an applica- Seattle. As Pan-Ametican’s senior tion of the Mattson Steamship Lines officer on the west coast, he will for permission to opérate an air spur development of mass air trans- route between the West Coast and portation .to Alaska, New Zealand, Hosfield of Seattle have applied for Hawaii in connection with its ex- Australia and possibly to terminals| isting ocean liner service. in Japan and the Orient. vene in an attempt to end the 107-| as $12 a pound. — e BULLETI | . WASHINGTON—Dr. Tra N. Gab- rielson will retire April 1 after six years as the first director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Announc- 1ing this today, Acting Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman said {Dr. Gabrielson would be succeeded by ‘Alfred M. Day, now Assistant Director. WASHINGTON—Stripped of pro- !visions for construction subsidies and price ceilings on existing ho ing, the administration’s housing bill finally passed the House today, 357 to 24, roll call vote. J | OTTAWA—Canada has granied Britain a credit of $1,250,000,000 at the same terms as provided in the proposed American - British loan, Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King announced today, The amount | granted by Canada is one-third the amount of the American loan, which still awaits the approval of Con- gress. PARIS — President Felix Guluil‘ {declared today that the fate of| ! French economy rests with ihe United States and appealed for Am- erican aid to restore his nation’s productivity. WASHINGTON — Senator Cape- hart (R.-Ind) told the Senate {Banking Committee today that jWinston Churchill is opposed to the proposed $3,750,000,000 loan to Great | Britain, and suggested he be called as an “opposition witness” by the committee. | SAVANNAH, Ga. — Russian ob- servers will attend the International | | Monetary Conference of nearly two | {score nations opening on r’marby} Wilmington Island tomorrow. An-| ncuncement that Russia had be- | lated accepted an invitation to| be represented was made at wnsh-‘ Iingum today. | BERLIN—The American Military | { Government has arrested 12 Ger- man Communist leaders in Schoene- berg borough, in the United States | with intimidating German civil of- ymerger ‘of Communist and Social | Democratic parties . | FORT DIX, N. J.—Movie Actor | !Mick,ey Rooney received his dis- lclmrge from the Army yesterday at | the Separation Center here, and | departed immediately for Hollywood | Jane, and their eight-month-old son, Mickey, Jr. Rooney, who ar- > been in service for 20 months. He | holds the bronze star. { - ¢ 1 USCG MEN | | R. E. Nelson and C. C. Tschir-| hart, USCG, are at Hotel Baranof. .- — FROM SEATTLE Hotel Baranof. STORK flew over the Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Hollywood and left a 6-pound, 5-ounce girl for Singer-Actress Deanna Dur- | bin, above. The baby is Deanna’s first and will be christened Jessica Louise. Proud father is Producer Felix Jackson. (International) SAYS OIL WELLS - OF AMERICANS IN ~ HUNGARY RUINED 'Message Held Up by Cen-| sorship Lays Charges Against Russians (The following dispatch, filed in Budapest Feb. 19, still is withheld by the Russian cen- sor there. However, it was sent by ccurier to another European capital for radio transmission. Indefinite suppression of this dispatch without notification to the writer that it was being withheld was ene reason for a protest filed with the Allied Contrel Commission for Hun- gary by Jack Guinn, AP Cor- respondent.) By Jack Guinn BUDAPEST, Feb. 19.—(Delayed Highlights 0f Governor's jer than in the United States. The reason for acting now is that cer- tain facilities, Army and Navy hos- pitals and medical supplies, are available for the first time, pro: vided we move to take advantage Message of them, and to hospitalize our 2k 1—Enactment of quarter million tyherculosis patients in them, dollar Tuberculosis program now| 1 will not detain you at this while Army and Navy facilities are time, therefore, with a detailed dis- available 2—Provide benefits for Alaska's { veterans of World War II, includ- ing cash bonuses, Territorial back- ing of small interest loans, voca- tional rehabilitation, educational facilities through establishing Southeast Alaska branch and en- I larging facilities of present Univer- {sity of Alaska and providing ap- | prentice training. { 3—Public Health and Veterani programs to be financed by bong- 1 ing the Territory—sales tax deemed | clearly objectionable. | 4—Highway act to make provision ! for expected influx of tourists, plus | new road construction, with Naknek ;mnd particularly referred to as :‘hpm-mc needed project. . Before overflow galleries in the | Chamber of the House of Repre- i sel s this forenoon, Ernest | Gruening, Governor of Alaska, ad- ;idre&sed the joint membership of | the two houses of the Alaska Leg- | islature, delivering his formal Mes- :snge for the audience of the legis- lature. The Governor delivered his ap- | proximately 3,000-word message in ims usual straight-forward, undra- tmatic manner. His address was ‘ completed in 26 minutes. The Mes- ! sage, less lengthy than is custom- iary, also went straight 'to the pur- | pose for which the current special {session of the Legislature is called | and was well received by both law- makers and spectators. Post-Mes- sage comments were mainly con- | cerned with the Governor's. surprise | recommendation that the Territory {be bonded as the way to finance proposed programs. s Houses met at 11 o'cloek | this morning to open the day's business, the Senate recessing to the House Chamber approximately {16 minutes Iater, when Senate Pres- lident Edward D. Coffey took over i Both by censorship)—Responsible Ameri- | the chair for the Joint Session can sources said today that “the|from Speaker Jesse D. Lander. Ap- Russians have ruined one American ' pointed a committee to inform the oil well” in the Lespe area fields in 'Governor that the two houses stood Southeastern Hungary and that the | ready to hear his Message were: total damages to date from the|Senators Howard Lyng, Frank Gor- ‘Russian operation of this Ameri- |don, Don Carlos Brownell; Repre- can property amounted to roughly | sentatives Bess Cross, Curtis Shat- I $25,000,000. i tuck and Robert Hoopes. This se- The sources, who asked to.remain lect committee returned within a anonymous because of a desire “not very few minutes to escort the to get invelved with the Russians,” said another well on the American- owned Hungarian-American Ol Co., property “is being ruined, and if the present method of operation is continued, it will be a matter of months before the pressure is down and the entire area damaged.” It was reliably learned that the Governor to the rostrum. Incomplete text of the Governor's Message to the Seveneenth Alaska Legislature, assembled in extra- ; ordinary session, follows. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE (Note—Because of space and time limitations, portions of the Mes- merican military mission sent a|sage deemed editorially to be mere- note to Marshal Klementi Y. Vor-|ly explanatory or cumulative have oshilov—expected back by plnne)heen deleted from the text as print- from Moscow—calling attention to,ed.) the company claim of one well ru- ined. ‘The sudden and unexpected early ., STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW. YORK, March '7.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, Alleghany Cor- poration 67%, American Can 95Y%, Anaconda 46%:, Curtiss-Wright 9% International Harvester 90, Kenne Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 900,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are ending of the war, less than five 'munths after the adjournment of ‘the 17th Territorial Assembly, has magde the calling of this special ses- sion both desirable and necessary. {The nation in general and Alaska ino less in particular, are confront- ed with pressing problems which require attention. In the case of !Alaska, the solution of some of sector of Berlin, and charged them |0t 52%, New York Cenbral 28%, |4 000 problems could not wisely be Northern Pacific 30'i, United Cor- Ehcinls I promoting & proposed | Poration 5%, U. 8. Steel 82%, 1947 idelayed until the regular session of The call for this special session was issued both in response to pub- lic demand, a demand chiefly re- | as follows: industrials 191.46, ‘rails lating to tuberculosis, and because 62,60, utilities 39.92. G RENAOY i Ih DROWNING AT CRAIG Deputy Ken Sampson of Ketchi- comman- (Where he will rejoin his wife, Betty kan -is enroute to Hydaberg and Craig to investigate the alleged drowning .of Lloyd Scott of Hyda- ed from Europe last Friday, had | burg. An inquest will be held by of | Craig according to advice received Commissioner James Brown at the Marshal’s office here. e GRANTS ARE HERE Mr. and Mrs. B. Y. Grant of Wrangell arrived here on the Bar- anof. They will, remain in Juneau situation in the Territory. E. B. Whitmarsh of Seattle is at|over the weekend, and are register- incidence of tuberculosis in Alaska ed at the Baranof Hotel. lital also seemed to me necessary, both on account of the tuberculosis emergency and because of the need for action in behalf of our veter- ans. So in the call, those two main subjects were emphasized for your consideration: Tuberculosis and Veterans' Legislation, and also a revision of our highway traffic llnws. 3 Health Legislation and | Appropriations It is, pretty well known to all of us how serlous is our tuberculosis ‘The is approximately eight times great- | cussion of this vital problem. The Territorial Commissioner of Health will be available for that purpose. The program presented for your consideration calls for an amend- ment to existing laws concerning the care of tuberculous persons and an appropriation of $250,000. Certain other health proposals will also be presented to you, par- ticularly a vocational rehabilita- tion bill. Finally, there is need of an Alaska hospital survey, which is required if we are to be included in a pend- ing Federal Hospital Program. Veterans' Legisiation - Loans And Bonuses No greater responsibility confronts the Territorial Legiglature at this special session than to take con- structive aétion in behalf of our war veterans. Alaska remains the only State or Territory in the Union that has, so far, passed no Veterans’ Legislation. Other States and Territories began passing such leg- islation four years ago. At each successive legislative session, their legislators have added to it, until now, a great body of legislation, designed to assist out returning hoys and girls, has become law. * The reasons for such legislation are obvious. Under the G. I. Bill of Rights passed by the Congress, much well-designed and well-in- tended legislation is, because of lo- cal conditions, virtually inoperative. It needs implementation by States and Territories to make is work- able and practically beneficial. Without such supplementary legis- lation, the excellent purpose of the Congress remains, in its practical application, a bitter disillusion and a Letrayal to the returned service- man. Conisder the two outstanding as- pects of the G. I. legislation. Per- haps the most striking is that under which a veteran is entitled to a loan. He is entitled, the G.I. Bill of Rights says, to a loan of $4,000 of which $2,000 is guaranteed by the Federal Government. The purpose of this loan is to enable the returned veteran to set him- celf' up in business or to acquire a home. Unfortunately in Alaska, and to a somewhat lesser extent in a few of the States, it is virtually impossible for the vetéran to se- cure this loan. Therefore, it seems to me our first duty to our re- turning veterans, who number be-, tween five and six thousand, to make it possible for them to se- cure loans and, to whatever extent may be necessary to enable: them to do so, to back their loans with the funds or the credit of the Terri- tory of Alaska. Not all veterans will desire loans. Some will return to their old jobs or find employment in such a way that they do not require a loar either for business purposes or to establish a home. It is among those veterans that there is, in- stead, a desire and demand for a bonus. A number of states have adopted bonuses and an increasing number are doing it in their pres- ent legislative sessions. In this connection, I desire to read to you several letters from Alaskans re- turned veterans, which I think ex- press a fairly typical view. (At this point in his address, Gov. Gruening quoted three lettérs he has received in recent weeks from Alaska veterans of World War II All three letters pointed a need prevalent among returning service- men of cash bonus and small inter- est loans which would enable them to start in business and establish their families.) Educational Provisions For Veterans No less important than the loan- ing provisions of the G.I. Bill of Rights, are the educational provis- jons. Under these, the = Foderal Government permits the returned veteran either to return to school or college and complete his unfin- ished education, or to secure addi- tional education, technical train- ing or training of any kind, that will better fit him for the battle of (Continued ; i’aae Twa)