The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1951, Page 1

b (%4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,708 “ALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1951 IH\‘H ER A — 70 Million § Earmarked Alaska DeveIOpment . DELINOUENT TAX STORY S DENIED BY COM. MULLANEY The article carried in the An chorage newspaper and carried the Associated Press, stated that the “Anchorage effice” 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 delingnent motices from A to Z were prepared and sent to the Anchorage office for collection, covered the Federal employees having 'an address within the Third Division, which include Anchorage, says M. P. Mullaney, Tax Commissioner. . “Our records reveal that maximum Alas Tax that m due from the above delinguencjes based on 10 percent of the Federal Income Tax reported withheid on earning over $660 during the year 1949, would amount to $38,571.31 an repi ents less than 1 percent of the total collections made under the Alaska Net Income Tax Act “Notices were sent to all nersons earnings over $660 during the year Government for the purpose of getting them to file a Tax return so as to deter tax liability, if any, unde: Net Income Tax Act “The Federal Agencies permitted to withhold taxes, however, they -have been very cooperative by submitting p: information that has been invalu- the are not Territorial roll able and has aided us materially in| our collection efforts NATIONAL GUARD HAS FAIR ATTENDANCE AT COPEN 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 the United States. Included in the equipment shown were M-1 rifles, weasel used fo: transportation over bad terrain and snow, aiming circle, fwbservation 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. Dedd and it was through his efforts that the open house was a success, , FROM ANCHORAGE C. Moriarity, project manager for Smith, Brown and 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, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON — 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 for Atlantic Pact nations. Yet the biggest propaganda boost for Communism and against the US.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— probably without realizing it. It shows that McCarthy charged the U. 9. Army with torturing Ger- man prisoners in order to extract confessions. And finally it shows that McCarthy’s speeches, made on (Continued on Page Four) 18 - YEAR - OLDS MAY VOLUNTEER, SAYS PRESIDENT Change Mafiu DraftReg- ulations Is Announce- ment by Truman WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— (& — | President Truman today changed the draft regulations to permit 18-10-26 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 run for longer periods, | Selective Service headquarters said the action has no affect on per- sons desiring to enlist fer a full term any the armed forces However, S y of Defen Marshall told reporters in Rich- mond, that all the | arme procure their lective rvice | '»v\mm ader amendments asked i the draft law. This proposal would require Congressional action. Marshall was in Richmond for a neetl of Virginia Military In- titute’s Board of Visitors. Col. Irving Hart, publi¢ informa- for Selective Serv bed the c today’s Presidential ord: in of men 1de by in this way: “It merely provides machinery youths to get into the Army ior 21 months by volunteering m-l stead of waiting for their draft call to come.” All those volunteering for hs will be placed in the Army, i Hart said. He emphasized the way still re- mains clear for anyone (o eniist in the usual way in any branchj 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 | on Youth” speech by ‘Some Observations is the topic for the Zach Gordon, at the meeting to- night at the Juneau Parent-Teach- er Association. The group meels’ t 8 oclock in the high school study hall. Mr. Gordon, dxrec!,orl of the Juneau Teen-Age club has/ a background of vast experience ! working with youth groups. His original gnment in Juneau, was when he was sent here as USO 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. {LSE KOCH GIVEN | | LIFE IN PRISON | FOR ATRO(ITIESi AUGSBURG, Germany, Jan. 15— (?—TIise Koch was sentenced to life imprisonment today for causing the murder of Buchenwald concentra- tion camp prisoners. The “Red Witch of Buchenwald,“l 44-years-old, was convicted of] crimes against Austrian and Ger- man prisoners of the Nazis. The red- 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. Thel first, imposed by an American War Crimes Court the war, had been commuted to four years. She was convicted by the US. Court| i for crimes agmm( Allied perwm.el STOCK OLOTNIDNS NEW YORK, an. 15 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3'., American Can! American Tel. and Tel. 151% Anaconda 42, Douglas Aircraft 107%, General Electric 517%, Gen- eral Motors 49%, Goodyear 68} | Kennecott 77%, Libby McNeil and | | Libby 33, Northern Pacific 33" Standard Oil of California 92%, Twentieth Century Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 457, 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. ait i Johnsons in the Alaska Le; | who lone A NORTHERN NOTEBOOK By BOB DE ARMOND ) s (Fifth of a Series) ) If there have been a somewhat . disproportionate number of An-| dersons, Jensens, Gundersens and lature during the past 38 years, it is 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 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 and built to present estate without the Johnsons. 1t Johnson, back its was a those can rememi school, on June of the g in mod will 1867, pr Alh"h(l atest real es history—the pur That was Andrew President the who 20, deals ase of 2 chnson, United S Whether e had iska soen bec of or not the President’s anything to do with it ame the land of the ply evidenced by ) of the country. There are Johnson Creeks almost ond 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 Buy J. M. KELLER 'PASSES ON AT SKAGWAY SKAGWAY, Alaska, Jan. 16 (Special Correspondence) John Michael Keller died Saturday eve- ining at 8 o'clock in the White Pa Hospital following an illness of tw 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 hi¢ 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, IIL STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seattle scheduled to arrive at 10 a.m., Tuesday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouve:, 8 p.m., Wednesday. Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle 4 p.m., Friday. ® o o o o 0 o 0 o WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 31; minimum, 21. At Airport—Maximum, 28; minimum, 18. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) 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 &.m. today City of Juneau—0.01 inches; since Jan. 1 — 381 inches; since July 1--41.80,inches. At Airport — 0.04 inches; since Jan. 1 — 219 inches; since July 1—30.19 inches. ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 eeescee OFFENSIVE ISSTARTED, UN FORCES In early years there was even a Johnson City, a mining camp up in the Fish River district of 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- terested in the area. Towns Recaptured- Planes Pave Way (By the Associated Press) Allied forces struck out today a sudden offensive on the western front. Tank-infantry teams by 2hifall h. tured these towns Osan, X and Chon. The att Army that ‘had in re late Novem- hours after said Ameri- stay and It has been sald 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- ailable indicates that this is not an exageeration, The directory Dawson he stance, d e then located in than 143 Johns Johnsons, John, What must in ng n the City treat 1901, tor here were |Gen. J no fewer not counting i other hy- at. Dawsop had 143 Dawson came the those imperishable The the bene- urists, All ot in- for since ame only few year that Daw Lawton Colii will ns forces ainly Collins made hi ment during a vi A blazing morni Air fighters paved on fighting state- to Korea. strike by Fifth and bomber: rtack woes e ster have Force the It Johy was one of sub yay for the who Replacements The US. Army Chief said troop replacemer | o flow into Korea in | months. He ference during his the Korean theat One new regular ill be organized . will be Some replacement al Kiondike ory ainly for heard it the s Statf begin three ol will two or news con- visit 1o here 1 added at a happen fourth ytherwise Dawson evening Sideboard, perh: Johns iniden- ne live visited i turr Bonanza, the / 1er saloons and was ould momer undered into th galvation Army hall where a meet- ing was in full swing. Abashed by the eyes turngd on him, Johu son slunk into a corner and slump- ed down to wait for a chance to slip out unnoticed. on. Army tional nto American the division Guard serviee the and his ary be- | troops front ol making for going w as best Monte Carlc ddlement, \ Planes Lash Out Allied warplanes Monday with punch. B-26 down the las] Al Suwon blazing bombers airport city 20 miles south of Seoul shortly after day- As the evening went on, however, bredk; bombing and strafing enemy and the band played, the hymns troops and buildings. Then the colled forth and the repenters told | fiehter- bombers F-80 Shooting their stories and made pledges | Star jets, F-84 rjets and the of better things, Johnson got into piston-engined F-51 Mustangs the spirit of the affair. Before he|swooped low rocketing and quite knew how it happened he|"‘ fhegunning the fleeing Reds, 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 bletckecs and, w+ubbled jowls and a flicker of light came to his blocdshot eyes. He said: e “Boys, I was a bad one; yes,|"" " \vorseymnn bad. But boys, bad as| The withdrawal s I been, there is one bad thing I mounting pressure against the U.S. ; Second Division, which has been i e h I been :e":;ni? ‘1’1‘:’;1& :f:”v,fir e holding off powerful Red forces near Wonju, 30 miles northwest of Yong- wol. one light roared on Thun ma- Reds Cut Down The Fifth Air Force said nearly 1,000 Communist troops were cut down as they fled northwards. While Collins taking look at the Korean war situation, Allied troops withdrew under heavy fire from Yongwol, on the east- central front. They had recaptured Jthe fire-blackened fown only Sun- highlighted the Lack of space prevents a census _ i of the many Johnsons of Alas Switch Comma Wit & tew who have el some|, & Srigh in command special mark upon the history of ‘}“\ v:"lu!u.\ l:}\x “Hl] S the country come readily to mind; [1OURCec. Ma), Gen. . £ & e Gharles 5, Johnson wWas District | RuLLRer. replaced Maj, Gen, obert Judge back in the days when the B. McClure, Because McClure is f‘" whole of Alaska was one distric n\prvu on China and formerly was it ty chief of staff to Chinese hnson, a few years |1¢PU :li:!:r A?:: S A g | Nationalist ~Generalissimo Chiang crier in it DISrich) | ohek, this led to speculation he A might be assigned to some position 'Frozen Fo s STty ecting the Chinese - Nationalists, hibition officers many @ MEMY| o 5uve oy army of around 400,000 ghai amnd JUEClie e ‘.h'\:xm-u in Formosa. Chiang offered years and recelved _speclal atleh- |, 000 ipoce 4t the beginning of tion one fine Saturday . afteinoon | bt ho WA AR when the still blew, up’ in hislthe Horean LA house on Gastineau Avenue, down. Jeff Johnson used to cook up on Anvil Creek; Peter H. Johnson | was captain on a steamboat dowin- river from Whitehorse; Don John- son ran the little steamer Flect- 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 mir Y51 cording to advices in the Unuk River country more|p.onarq Evans, Dept than a little trouble, and Sam/| .. i.f“here Johnson was an Indian policeman. | woeon has “Moose” Johnson was well KuoWn | ajacka several weeks, He attended from Huwrricane Gulch to Fair-|, . nference school for the appren- banks; John Johnson and his fin€) icechip program in Denver, Calo- dogs won the Nome sweepstakes:|,.q and then went to California J. H. Johnson was deputy Marsh- | ere he and Mrs. Norton spent the al at Koyukuk, and “Tolem POI¢" | oyrigimas holidays with relatives. Johnson got his nickname by X¢a-!niyo Norton is accompanying him son of fits that completely immobil- | ¢ runeay. ized him for as much as an hour s Bl IR | IMMUNIZATION CLINIC A few of the other notables in- SCHEDUL 3 clude “Crooked-Nose” Johnson i “Grindstone” Johnson, “Stampedc' The regular monthly immuniza- Johnson, “Shoemaker” JOWNSOL. | tion clinjc will be held Wednes “Gee-Pole” Johnson and “Hard-|poming january 17, at 10 am., at pan” Johnson. Oh, yes, and her€fn. juneay Health Center. Immu- was Jack Johnson, whpse = real name was neither Jack nor JOhn-|yiheria whooping cough and teta- son, : nus and also vaccinations for And let us not forget the John-|smajipox. Booster shots will also be son bar, a great implement that,|given for the same diseases. in this day of self-starters and| All interested persons are in- multi-cylindered Diesels, is almost |vited to attend of phone 218 for in- a museum piece, gm,m,m. ers s of was the an- Johnson led pro- NORTONS EXPECTED TO RETURN WHERE TODAY Eugene W. Nortong Alaska rep- | resentative of the Department of | Labor Apprenticeship program is duve to return to his Junean head- received by of Labor been absent from Suddenly Strike Back, 3| a close quarters today from the states, ac- | nizations will be offered against dip- | Truman Asking By CHARLES MOLONY SHINGTON, Jan. 15 sident Truman today sent gress a $71,594,00,000 spending {get for the government next nd_ said boost of $16,45 000,000 is needed to balance it The President told reporters at a budget preview session that he will ask a tax hike of at 1 amount—and perhap: much 0.000,000,000—in a special me ress he hopes to have about three weeks. He said he would like Congress to all tax increases retroactive ast January 1. But he showed no confidence that would really pen Pre Jon- bud- a st age ready in For In his mes s today, National Security » to the new Con- the President said: budget for our jonal security in a period of grave dan- The spending program Mr posed for the fiscal year July 1=-nearly three-fifths | military services — figures about, $471 for every some 152,000,000 men children in the U.S. And if the President has his on taxes, just about that samé ave: unount will be collected although of will be in the form of indirect costs, unprecedented “peacetime™ Truman pro- starting of it Jul out to| one of the women and way age citizens it, of course, den taxes some or Congress Has Say-So The say-50 on whether raised and by what amount. can block or control part spending program past laws on a big scalé The President told newsmen that actions by past Co esses $30,462,000,000 of the funds to carry out his plans. He needs to look to the new Congress only for maining $41,132,000,000. But of it his unless the re- | Controversial Document Mr. Truman’s bulky budget sage was a more controversial docu- ment in respects than his State of Union” address last Monday He called in it for many of his pet “fair deal” measures h as the civil rights program, federal medical insurance Brannan farm n to arouse gressional quarte some the plan. That seemed “Economy” from “economy” appeared Outeries for Fierce outcries advocates also that Mr. by laying down a defense of spending program in advance Observing to reporters that opin- ions differ on what are “defense and “non-defense” outlays, he tdropped the heading of “defense” direct military costs and strategic stockpiling—which had been used 14 IN, 31 SOUTH ON DENALI SUKDAY Denali yesterday passengers while Ketchikan 50 his Arriving on nu morning were 14 31 embarked for Seaitle, and Petersburg. Arriving from Seward were: W. R Nichols, John Marinovich, Mrs | Mildred M. Hansen, K. Glen Wilder, { Alfred Halverson, A. L. White, John Gaughan From and Mrs, Nielsen { Sraith, Departing C. Hudson, Mrs. Paul Schnec Harold Bates, Mr. and Mrs. W, Fleck and child; Mr. and M M. Kardanoff, George Donner and Mrs. Tilford E i Alimpolo, Mr. and Mr son, Will John G Stewart and child For Ketchi : A. Lubche, E. M. Stanish, Gertrud Austin ‘For Petersburg: Mrs. William An- derson, Mr. and Mrs. N. Pasquan Mr. M. R M. Antonse, and son; Park, Albert Valdez: William Anna E. Mis. Mr. and and Mrs ittle we! Lowell. for S¢ John and Mrs O. KB F Botelho, Neamie AT THE ¢ TINEAU | Trollers here to attend the Ewnven(inn who are stopping at the Gastineau Hotel include Carl Gug- igenbickler and P. W. Binkley of [ Wrangell and T Anderson of Peli- vear | that | 15 | was price-tagged for $19,084,000,000 hap- | | hid- new Congress will have full| taxes should be | it repeals | authorize | and a mdjor part of the | ire in some Con-\ sure | Truman anticipated them | Emcleo | eeman, | UTA | tor Over 71 Billion, with Tax Increases, For Our National Secunly RESOURCES He the |in past budgets. security” tag on put a “nat new listing Major Programs Then he budgeted “meje tional security programs 1 510,000,000 for next year | crease of $25.466.000,000 over | fiscal year, now half gone The “remainder” of his th program | He described that as $1,082,000,000 from thi even though it contains operatior “influenced by the present eme; | zeney”; for example, Coast Guard, port security work, and FBT loyalty checks vernment worker urity Costs | In a statement to new { supplementing the big budget docu- | ment the President listed the { jor national security programs | their costs as follows (in mi | dottars) | Military services International | security Atomic Energy | Commission | Defense production | and controls | civil defense | Maritime Activities Defense housing community facil- ties Government agency dispersal program 164 In the budget itself, the President Military Services 1. Bstimated US. military service cost for the year g July 1 At $41,421,000,000--58 percent’ of the budget total. That is more than double the $20,427,000,000 the Presi- dent estimated will ally be spent in the current year. Itf counted on active armed force strength of nearly 3,500,000 by mid- 1052, with “our troops supplied with | | the best weapons in the world.” 2. Proposed a $7.461,000,000 outlay military and economic aid to friendly fore countries comi- pared to $4,726 000,000 this year fo further the cause of “interng- | tional security.” The foreign pro- gram would take nea ten of each dollar spent On Home Front 3. Assigned $22,712,000,000 or 32 enit of the total to multipie othe of government, increase over a saying year's costs on ¢ $20.994 None star | of cents [ {home front co $1,222,000,000 | year 4. Included in this total proposed {outlays of $1,100,000,000 to help ex- pand production .of such basic¢ pro- ‘Ihu-lx rubber, steel and alumi- | num; $1,277,000,000 to eniarge out- ;pul of “atomic materials and wea- | pons”; $276,000,000 to enforce the | price-w 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 { major items which fly the Truman | “fair deal” flag -- including the FEPC plan for equal job rights for Negroes, federal aid to state schools, | federal medical insurance with | first-year payroll tax totaling $275,- 1 000,000 and .housing for “low in- come groups.” 5 6. Confronted Congress with an loverall budget $24,384,000,000 big- {ger than this year's and one within | $27,209,.000,000 of the World War ‘I)l.’ | Stiffest of Taxes 7. Faced Ameéricans with prospect the stiffest taxe: nistor draining more than the national income into the chest, The $16,456,000,000 ts estion, details of which will comg later, posed a nearly 30 per- ['cent, increase in re 8. Asked a 351000000 in postal rates—mostly on papers, advertising matter and the |like—to trim a threatened $521.- 000,000 postoffice deficit. Without | the rate hike, the budget deficit will 20 to $16,807,000,000. Work Longer, Harder 9. Claimed “strict economy non-defense spending” was his policy and it was “incorporated in this budget.” 10. Culled on the longer and harder” and be pared for prolonged sacrifices | cause “the present emergency be of long duration and we ni prepared for crises in the mor tant well in the immedicte fut ' this lor i percent. of fec in “work D b I nation to as @ smen and | 1y increase | WILL BUILD UP NATURAL [President Submits Needed Sums for Improvement in Northland WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 — (¥ | President Truman said today the 1 | months beginning July 1 will see continued upon the oure emphasi | velopment of natural re in A | His budget, submitted to Congress | today, contains items totaling 000,000 specifically earmarked Alaska. In addition, Alaska will par- | ticipate rously in general pro- ms for the health and security of the nation “The various agencies emphasize the velopment of Alaska for économic ecurity and national defense,” the President bis budget mes- suge $70,~ the de- resource programs of said in Millions for Roads for Alaska include roads, $20,000,000 for ka Railroad, $10,000,000 for 31 public works projects, and $5.- 761,400 for the Eklutna Reclamation project i xpenditures for Major items 00,000 for military public the Alaska Communication System and the Indian Service in ta are not itemized in the bud- - | 2 road includes a road “of high military ' priority” | connecting the military airport ab | Naknek with ' the ship-port. Other I projects include beginni hard | surfacing of the Turnagain Arm | rond: partial reconstruction of the mainder of the Seward-Anchorage | highway, and construetion of a new | bridge to replace a dangerous struc- ture Fairbanks. program at | | | Highway Extensions Funds estimated for the coming (1", months also will permit comple- tion of improvement work on the Yok cutoff road in preparation for surfacing, advancing work on the new road from the Alaska Highway to Eagle, building 25 miles of the Ric! son Highway-Mount Me- | Rinley Park road and 20 miles of local farm and indu 1 1o 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 11948, and $1,500,000 for the purchase of a river boat and two barges and | improvement of marine ways at 1ana For Public Works The $10,000,000 for public is a part of a $70,000,000 I3 program authorized by Congr 1949. With $500,000 allotted for ministration, the program for coming year calls for letting con- struction contracts totaling $8,- 500,000 for 31 pr for such pub- lic facilities schools, hospitals, i streets and and sewer tem The Reclamation Bureau’s stepped Wy program for the Eklitna power { project calls for completion of pre- construction surveys, excavating about half of the tunnel, r ing the Anchorage-Palmer highw jacent to the power house site, com- pletion of the transmission line Palmer, and preparation of de: for the power house and yards, a orks year s in ad=~ the eots as wa e imber Resources Aid Truman said he will ask $3,500,000 in a appropriation bill im- nd another $3- 5 able July 1 for highways in the Tongass National Forest. Highways are essential, he aid the development of er President rest the Civi! at Fair- af construction by tion Alrport Acronautics Administre ks and Anchorage schedule, the bud and will be completed Jan. 1. The budg for constr Anchorage, 000 for Fairbanks, $90894 for ministration and $450,000 for opera~ tion and me \ance of the air- ports ihead next 56 $50,~ i message before t propose ction at ad- Other Budget Items Alaska items in the budget Other include Wrangell bor project of | $247.000; Public Narrows river and har- the Army Engireers, Health Service di- (&0 wnued on Page Sk