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ate consideration in .view of the fact j
that it was announced at the outset'
that business would be confined chief-'
ly t oadministration proposals* a pro
gram which was followed with prac
tically ,na deviations.
It is perhaps noteworthy tc* remark
th*t while all resident Alaskans nom
inated. for federa* positions in the
Territory were promptly can firmed,,
no action was, taken on the nomina
tion of George F. Alexander, of Port
land, to be judge of the First divi
sion. ...
His nomination was- stilt before the.
Senate judiciary committee at the
session’s close without any action
having been taken on it.
The first and most important office
in Alaska to change helmsmen in the
new administration was that of Gov
ernor, John W. Trny succeeding
George A. Park. Later James J. Con
nors was confirmed as collector of
customs in place of John. C. McBride,
and subsequently William A. Holz
heimer was appointed United States
Attorney for the First division, Ralph
J. Rivers United. States Attorney Jot
the, Fourth division, and Joe McDon
ald United. States Marshal for. thi
Fourth division. There were several
changes in postmasterships. The
only change in presidential postmas
terships was at. , Fairbanks, where
Robert! E. Sheldon was named.as act
mgi.postmaster.
Effects.egrried on over a period of
several weeks hy Delegate- Dimond to,
convince the Nayy Department .. that.
the.Corffova naval radle.static nought
not: to be closed came to a conclusion,
with the department holding tp- its,
original attitude. It was explained
thati in iyew <ftf the hudget cut of a p-,
projeimately $55,0W),000< for.the com*-,
ing'jyear many, activities of similar
nature had Ui Cease and it.was simply,
impossible' to -make an exception >in
the case of the Cordova station.
Captain Stanford C. Hooper, chief
of naval construction, confessed
of na.va Lcommunication, confessed a.
sentimental regard for the Cordova
station, in. that he had directed its
construction fronk Washington and it
is with the greatest regret that he
sees its abandonment for the present.
He added that there was no alterna
tive because of • positive directions
from budget officials'.
Due to the limited appropriation
available, the Postoffice Department
advises that it will not be possible to
authorize regular air. mail sevice by
taking vrst class mail from north
bound vessels, at Ketchikan and by
airplane expediting. its. delivery at
‘‘ V, ersburg, Wrangell, Juneau and
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However, service-has been author>
izcd for carrying first class mail
froni Ketchikan to- points on the west
coast, of Princei of Wales Island,
Wrangell and Petersburg to Juneau,1
and from Juneau toi point son Upper
Chatham Straits and Icy Straits to
S tka, and back, when planes happen]
to top at those points.
The Delegate ha!s; bhdiR.^ery much
concerned with one detail of the re
organization plan .submStted to Chn
gress last . week. The section whchi
! particularly enlisted his attention was
the one’which cut 25. tier cent from
the Federal appropriation fon > land
grant colleges and for agricultural
experimental stations* That would af
fect the Alaska College very serious
ly, as it would reduce the annual sum
received under thetland grant appro
priation from $50,000 to $37,500, and
would also curtail hy 25V-per cent the
•funds which are turned over to the
college for- administration of -the ex
perimental stations at Fairbanks and
•Matanuska.
Strenuous .opposition to the pro
posed! reduction developed in the Sen
jBte* and that body, on the night of
adjournment, .passed a. resolution
which would have the effect of mak
ing that part of . the reorganization
plan' ineffective. However, the House
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did not act on the resolution, which
means that, the President has author
ity to reduce those appropriations by
25 per cent. That he does not intend
to do so-in ■view' of the opposition was
indicated by Senator Robinson, Dem
ocratic leader, who stated on the floor
of the Senate that he believed the.
President would, respect the wishes of
the upper house. Unless a later de
cision is reached, that means the*
Alaska College will continue to. re
ceive the same sums as in the'papt.
Many Alaska dshermen 1 became j
worried when a rumor spread that!
Commissioner of Fisheries Frank T. j
Pell was about to issue a regulation
declaring that length of purse seine |
boats in Alaska should no longer be
restricted to 50 feet. It was-feared
that such an order would result in an
nflux of longen boats from southern
waters. Delegate Diniond immediate
ly got in touch with .Voting Commis
sioner Charles E. Jackson, who in
turn commuieated with Commissioner
/Bell, then at Juneau. The commis
sioner wired; “There will be • no
change in lengt hof hoats in opera
ction of purse seines. I do not-contem
plate change in any..regulations, at
this time.’"
Because of .restrictions imposed by
"the Bureau ol the Budget, the $8,000
appropriated for construction of a j
new Office of. Indian Arfhirs school at j
i-’ouglas will not be available by July.
1, when the* appropriation will lapse.
oHwever, M. Ditnond has been in
formed by Commissionej "John Collier
that plans, are being made 1 to build
the school at Douglas and two others,
in Alaska from funds made available
hy tte public works act.
WHAT RECENT LEGISLA
TURE ACCOMPLISHED AND?'
WHAT IT DID NOT DO
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of decedents by unscrupulous admin-,
istrators, were also killed. Had they
passed, they would have offered no
inconsiderable protection to the most
helpless of all persons , within the Ter
ritory, the widows and.orphans whom
we have always , with us. Lingo’s bill
prviding for regulations to safeguard
those of the public who travel via air
plane^ was found objectionable as im
posing too hard a burden on the air
plane companies, and it was slaugh
tered by the Senatorial ax.
And not the least important among
all the bills received with disfavor and
promptly annihilated were the reve
nue bills. In all/ nine revenue meas
ures, including the beer bill, which
was not primarily a revenue measure
at all, went down to defeat in the two
houses, the Senate and the House of
Representatives alternating in killinb
them. Of these, wo were of minor
importance—Green’s tax on mining
Srofits, which, he vigorously upheld in
>e face of the combined opposition
df the mining companies, and Hof
ipan’s graduated fish tax bill, which
passed the House unanimously but
was lost bf a 5*3 vote in the Senate
after representatives and legal coun
sel of fisheries and canneries had
gathered en masse, to protest its pass
tge. Some of these men came from
eattle to Juneau solely to protest
this tax, and that their voice was the j
“voice of God-/” so far as a majority!
of the Senate was concerned, was in
dicated when the measure went down
to defeat, Brag&w, Campbell, and
Walker alone voting for the bill. Had
this bill passed,, financing of the Ter*
ritosy would have fallen heavy on the
shoulders of the larger canneries, and
'.that was a burden the Legislature
-preferred to leave Mr. John Henry
Average -Man. to bear.
> We offer the above facts without
comment. They are all provable if
one cares to read the journals of the
two houses. There are many other
things that we might .say to prove our
contention on tins point, but they are
based on observation only, and we
have preferred to present the facts
which tha, records, of the Legislature
show. On the face of this showing
those of our readers who are accus
tomed to think about matters for
themselves may well wonder why all
the enconioms that have been printed
during the past few days relative to
the work of the 11th. session of the
Legislature. . Certainly, the actual
facts call.for no throwing of boquets
As a matter of fact we may very well
fcu pardoned for wondering if the
Federal Government got very much.
either for itself or for Alaska, for
the ¥46jD00, exclusive of election ex
penses, which the Legislature has cost
it this year.
Swan AnAanom, of Little creek,
was among those present at McGrath
on the Fourths
* Waino Puntila, manager of the
Little creek and Ganes creek dredges,
1 was a recent town visitor.
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