The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-11
ROOSEVELT
 ON ALASKA
TELLS PUBLIC IN 1.-THE OUT. Lookv THAT HE KNEW WHAT
 HE WAS DOING.
Report Was That Garfield and Pin chot Had Taken Action Without His Knowledge in Alaska
 Land Matter.

New York, Aug. 1O.--Former Pres ident Theodore Roosevelt has an ar- ticle entitled Alaska again" in the current number of The Outlook.
 After taking issue with newspa per statement that during the Roose welt administration the same course nad been pursued as had been pur- sued later in connection with Con. troller Bay' MT. Roosevelt discusses some of the general phases of Alas kan development, and adds:
 The government must itself con trol the development of Alaska, and adopt as the guiding principle the icea of shaping that development III the interest of the people primarily a. whole, the syndicate or other developing agencies thus receiving benefit only as an incident 70 con feiring 1t.
 T don't think the task is very difficult one if only we, the people personally and through our represen- tatives approach it With this purpose clearly in mind, and if we insist that the agents of government act With an understanding of the needs of the people and a resolute purpose to see those needs accomplished, even though it be necessary to override the representative of the great Tn terests who wish to prevent Alaskan development unless 1t is shaped prl- marlly to benefit those interests"
 MT. Roosevelt begins his article with reference to an article rom the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune of July 2S, Iusti lying the withdrawal of the Control CT Bay lands from the aorest reserves on the grounds that similar action had been taken by MT. Garfield and MT Plncnot in eliminating certai. areas at Eyak and Valdez Alarm rom the forest reserves.
 MT. Roosevelt continues:
 The article assumed that was deceived by Messrs Garfield and Pin- chot. It is hardly necessary to say that any such assumption must De made either with intent to be humor ous or with a full Knowledge of US falsehood was in peculiar sense responsible for every act Of MT. Pln- chot and MT. Garfield when they held office under me. Taey repre- sented to a very especial degree the policies and principles which I had especially at heart, and while oi course, there were necessarily many actions 1 took on their recommends tions with the details of which it was impossible for me to be acquainted l was absolutely and entirely cogni- zant of the principles in accordance with which each of these acts was taken and each act faithfully repre- sented the putting into effect of the principles in which l believed and which 1 had laid down for the guid- ance of my administration.
 Mir. Roosevelt points out that chm nation of forest reserves for town sites and for agricultural and manu featuring purposes and the Ike, vii be necessary from time to tune 1ui that each case snouid find 1ustiiica- tion upon existing conditions.
 Tt may be not only proper tc eliminate given tract of land, put highly improper not to eliminate It., he continues, and yet, if the elim nation of another tract of laud vii give monopoly 10 a mln'ig company or a transpce attcn company, CT any other company. 1t may be to the las uegsce improper. At the lime th' elimination at Eyak and Valdez Arm were made no suggestion had beer made to me from any source anf was there any public knowledge una there was the slightest danger of th' Guggenhem syndicate, or any ooael syndicate. obtaining control of Alas ka as the developments during thu past three years have shown to b' the case, and as has been matse of public notoriety for at least twt years.
 Months after the date of thes' eIiminations Cunningham made an davit that ne knew of no entrymel in the Cunningham group mat nat any contract with the siuggenneln syndicate the eliminations belnl