The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-31
OVER $2,000,000 1. ALLOTTED HERE ! FROM MIRA FUND
Delegate Lists 'Proje C ts Covered - Additional
 Works Being Urged

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-(Spec- ial Correspondence)-In what rela- tion does Alaska now stand with respect to the public works section of the Industrial Recovery Act? Many Alaskans are doubtless ask ing themselves that question after the confusion of recent weeks when one set of figures after another has appeared before them. For their benefit resume of the en- tire situation is given here:
 l. There has been allotted to the Alaska Road Commission S1,- 100000 for roads and $96,OO0 for airfields
 2. There has been allotted to the Office of Indian Affairs $60,- coo for construction of school build ings. s'ks
 3. An allotment of $350,000 has been made for forest roads and trails in Alaska.
 4. Under the Public Works Ad- ministration the sum of $l50,000 will be expended upon the roaS system in Mt. Mckinley Park. This is S100,C00 less than the sum pro- posed by the National Park Service, the decrease representing a general pruning down of park expenditures throughout the country. at.is.
 5. The Alaska Railroad is re- ceiving $210,008 for a new round- house at Curry and for right-of- way maintenance and improve ment.
 l 6. Nine thousand dollars is set aside for use by the Bureau of Fisheries in repairing buildings on the Pribilof Islands and recondi- tioning a number of weirs.
 T. For the Lighthouse Service there is provided the sum of $86,- OO0
 The above represent the projects already approved. a.
 Others Urged
 There are, in addition, many others being urged before the Public Works Administration by Delegate Dimond.
 Among them may be mentioned the Geological Surveys proposed allotment of $150,000, various riv- CTS and harbors projects and public buildings, particularly in Ketchi- kan and Anchorage.
 The Delegate is also holding many conferences with various of ficials with respect to a $315,000 program advanced by Dr. Paul w. Gordon, Director in Alaska for the Office of Indian Affairs.
 This program is designed to provide roads, water systems, sani- tary and other works in or near Indian villages.
 MT. Dimond has had several talks about this with John Collier, Com missioner of Indian Affairs, the result being that the latter has approved the program in toto and sent it to Harold L. Ickes, the Public Works Administrator, with strong recommendation that it be carried out
 If this is done, the plan is to employ Indians whenever possible so that they may receive as large proportion of the expended funds as possible. MT. Collier, Dr. Cor don and Delegate ,Dimond find themselves in complete. agreement on that point.
 Road at Hc0nah
 Works would be carried out in Indian villages all over the Ter ritory. It may be mentioned in passing that s35,000 has already been made available for a road at Hoonah, the survey for which has already been made by the Bureau of Public Roads.
 There are 87 separate projects in the program, ranging from Bar row in the north to Alaska's south- ern boundary An Indian popula- ton of 14,653 persons would derive direct tnd immediate benefit.
 Tn a lengthy letter which was the medium for formal presenta- tion of the program to Commis- sioner Golfer, Delegate Dimond said in part:
 "1 All of these projects are for the welfare of the native popula- ton of Alaska, covering both the Indians and the Eskimos, but not including the white population. The past winter was terrible one for them, and the next winter un- fortunately gives promise of being almost equally severe, by reason of the general economic depression affecting adversely the fishing in- dustry. upon which most of these people depend, as well as all other industries. The public works funds heretofore allotted for Alaska will