The Kusko times., 1931-03-28

NiUOS, WHllAm X. SAllance, aSS1Stan6 solicitor, Department of State, and chairman of the interdepartmental board; Dr. J. H. Dellinger, chief, ra- dio section, Bureau of Standards; Commissioner William B. L. Star buck; Assistant General Counsel Duke M. Patrick, of the Radio Con- mission, and Captain S. c. Hooper. director of naval communications.
 The bureau will submit to the Pres ident, it was explained, a proposed draft of such enabling legislation for submission to Congress. This prob ably will be done within the next few days, it was added.
 The following additional informa- tion concerning the proposal was made available at the Departments of War and State, and the Federal Radio Commission:
 A method of assuring prospective bidders for the property that the ire quencies now employed in the radio links will be turned over to them was one of the problems around which the interdepartmental conversations re- volyed. This, however, has been sat- isfactorily met, by complying with the terms of the law, and through q cooperative arrangement with the Radio Commission.
 The frequencies, for the most part by executive order, are vested in the Department of War, although under recent arrangement the Signal Corps superviaes the general use of commercial radio facilities in Alaska allocated to fish canneries, mining camps, and other commercial enter prises, so they would be employed economically, and will not duplicate Signal Corps circuits.
 Records of the Department of War show that since tn eintroduction of radio the busi4,ass of the combined cable-radio service has increased steadily. The continental terminal of the cable and of the radio circuits are at Seattle, Wash. In the lscal year l93O the business had amounted to S66O,OO0, of which S3OO,OOO was for the Government. Altogether there were 695,00O messages transmitted.
 A radio link now is being installed to parallel the n!ain Alaska cable running from Seattle into the Terri tory, it was explained. More than l,eoo miles of wire telegraph system installed in the Territory has been abandoned for radio-telegraph ser vices.
 Four officers and 175 enlisted men operate the Signal Corps communi- cations activities in Alaska. This sys- tenn includes the submarine cable from Seattle to Ketchikan and Sew ard. Cable stations also are located In Cordova, Juneau and Petersburg. each of these points also having j a radio circuit to the interior. There are 31 radio-telegraph stations in the system.
 In the view of Delegate Dan Suth- erland, Alaskans need have no alarm about the transfer of the Alaskan cable from government to private ownership, declares the Anchorage Times.
 Replying to the cablegram sent by the Anchorage Chamber of Com merce protesting against the pro posed sale of the Alaska Washineton military and telegraph system to pri- vate interests, the Delegate sent the following message:
 Bill authorizing sale of Alaska cable system was given no considers tion by House committee and noth- ing will be done with it at this ses- sion, although it may be re-introduced in next Congress. War Department has no desire to dispose of Alaska system unless under guarantee of just as good service for future as has