The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-13
ALASKA MUST BE INCLUDED
 IN BENEFITS
Campaign Begins for Extension of Federal
 Highway Act
MEANS ROAD BUILDING
Alaska Department of Chamber of Commerce
 Lending Support

The Alaska department of the Chamber of Commerce is giving strong and effective support to the campaign which has for it's purpose the extension of the Federal High way and Postoffice Road Act, so as to include Alaska and Hawaii in it's road building disbursements.
 Under the terms of the act as passed by the Congress, Alaska and Hawaii were not included, hence the campaign on now to include them As a cogent reason why every Alas kan, every Alaska organization and every agency interested in Alaska and it's development, should lend hearty support to the present aglta- tion, it can be stated that if Alaska should be included as a beneficiary of the Federal Highway Act, it vii! receive, under it's terms, about S3,- 100000 per annum for road and trail work.
 As evidence of it's helpful sup port, the Chamber of Commerce, act ing through the Alaska department, nassed the following resolution:
 Resolution
 Whereas, The budget director in the last Congress allowed only $465,- 900 for construction of roads in Alaska, this amount being so barely sufficient for the maintenance or the present highways that Congress increased it to about $700,000, arc
 Whereas, so long as insufficient funds are provided to build roads to noints where tonnage already for the railroad and for the purpose or furnishing means of transportation and travel to those districts where 7mnortant development would take n1ace if the same could be had, the Government will have to continue to make operating deficit approprla- tions and the general progress Of the Territory will be greatly retarded and
 Whereas, under the Federal High way Act and Postoffice Act there IS fund of approximately $1oo,Oooo ooo' the former act providing for distri- button of these funds among the states upon basis of one-th1rd on population, third on area and one-third on road mileage, and
 Whereas, if Alaska is placed under the provisions of the Act there would be made available from the fund approximately s3000,0o0, and
 Whereas, the American Road Buil- ders' Association assembled in Chi cago in February, 1922, and agan in January, 1923, passed a resolu- ton urging Congress to extend the Act to Alaska; Col. J. G. Stecse, president of Alaska Road Commits sion testified before the House Com mittee on Roads strongly favoring the same; the Alaska Delegate pro posed an amendment providing for the extension upon the basis of one IOuItH Ol lle area "AiCA No"A" 'N more advantageous than the one third allotments, it is therefore
 Resolved, by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce that the extension of the Federal Highway Act, with the proposed amendment, to Alaska will greatly assist in not only providing for tho con cfru rtinn Of feeders to the Government railroad, thus putting it upon supporting basis but for the progress and development of the Ter ritory, therefore action to this effect is strongly favored and like action is urged upon all kindred bodies and as- sociations, and it is further Resolved, that copies of these reso- ltions be forwarded to the Governor of Alaska for presentation to the Legis- lature now in session in Juneau; that memorial of joint resolution may be enacted for submission to Congress, to the Delegate from Alaska, the Pres ident of the Alaska Road Commission, the United States Chamber of Con- merce, American Road Builders As sociation and other interested par ties. Recommended by the Alaska Commit tee in session, March 21, 1923. Approved by the Board of Trustees, March 27, 1923.