New Britain herald., 1919-12-11
LIBERAL POLICY IN
 ALASKA NECESSARY
Freat Resources There Should Be Developed, Says Governor

U0i0iup6u, odyS GOYerlOf
 washington, Dec. 11.-Declaring
 aiat Tor lack of intelligent govern #Aehl assistance the truly great re- @Yufces or Alaska must perforce lie Mi luleness, Governor Thomas Riggs III ms annual report. voiced a @iea TOT the adoption by the govern Nlent or a more liberal Alaskan 8ohcy The report said: "Lawless- Nsss' particularly that fomented by @No-GermanS, l. w. w. and Bolshevih &iements" was becoming a menace. N appropriations are placed at such low hsure as to preclude effective #ess; rich mining regions are made MnaVailable for lack of transportation Macilities; fisheries are threatened with 8Xhaustton for lack of protection; &atiVes, in time of epidemics are al #owed to die of disease and starvation |And, as q result of laws and regula- Mlons, at every turn appears the huge #eutonic sign 'Verboten,''' the govcr- a Or said.
 E The people of Alaska, he added M hold out their hands to Washington @ot as supplicants for bounty, but in Soetition to be allowed to develop as #vere the western territories, now the #reat western states" M \ :sls Invade Country. N Referring to tho menace of incrcaS- Eng radicalism in Alaska the report #aid:
 # Indications point to continued Mmmigration as the result Ot army iemobilizatton' and the closing of war a ime industries. Alaska Is receiving #he extremes of the social scales. On H he one hand the fine young men of 8 he type who developed the great #Rvestern states are becoming evident a In increasing numbers and, on the #other hand, the I. w. w., alien enemy #and Bolshevik, knowing the unpro- # #ected condition of the territory, are &arriving in force and making their 8presence known. The great numbers For foreigners in Alaska who can #hardly speak the English language 8Eall easy victims to tho lnsldious of the seditious agitator. #It does not seem right that the decent, law abiding majority should Nnot receive full protection at all *times."
 Criticizes Congress. The governors report deplored the &action of congress in failing to ap- $ propriate money for the relief of the @native population during the recent 8 severe outbreak of influenza in the \ far north. There were more than &I.6o0 deaths chiefly among the lln- lives, Governor Riggs reported and Conditions In the interior of the # country were beyond description. TSl.a l,,1 la yiIloges was wiped out, the report stated and hundreds of children starved or succumbed to cold. x Despite this serious situation, said Governor Riggs, "a bill introduced in N the senate appropriatng $1O0,000 for Alaskan relief passed that body but failed in the house. although at the same time congress was considering appropriations of $100, 1000, 900 for the relief of the destitute in Europe and StiOOo. 900 for fighting influenza in the United States.
 Many Recommendations. Great credit was given the Ameri- ean navy and the Red Cross for vol untary assistance during the epidemic. The report incorporated the follow ing recommendations: l. ,#Reim bursement of the territory for n1oneV spent for the rclleI or IabiNSS. Generalization of all governmental authority possible In the department of the interior.
 5Removal of restrictions on export of birch timber from public lands. Establishment of a uniformed con- stabulary. Assignment of naval or coast guard ships to continuous duty in Alaskan waters.
 Transfer of jurisdiction over hshef-
 les to the territory.
 Y Assistance to farmers by loan of
 money and cattle.
 Restoration of national forests to
 the public domain.
 Appropriation for Mount Mckinley
 National park.
 Increased telegraph service.
 Increased appropriation for work
 among natives.
 Increased appropriations for the
 protection of game and inc suppros-
 sion of the liquor-trafIi
 Increased appropriation for the
 Establishment of ads to navigation.
 Increased appropriations for coast
 surveys.
 V Renewal Of mall contract system
 for the delivery of mail.