The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-08
Governor Warns Lawmak- CTS that Conditions Call
 for Serious Study
BALANCED BUDGET IS
 GREATEST OF NEEDS
Resources Unimpaired but This No Time for Waste,
 He Tells Solons
(For full teTt of GoU. Parks Message see pages 5, 6 and ?

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 Maintenance of taxation at ex- isting levels and curtailment of ap- propriations and expenditures dras- tically in order to achieve bal anccd budget were urged upon AL aska's lawmakers by Gov. George A. Parks in his biennial message to the Eleventh Alaska Legislature assembled in joint session this af- ternoOn in the Hall of the House of Representatives.
 He declared that while "our na- tural resources are unimpaired and our opportunities are greater than ever before" we are now entering what may prove to be one of the most critical periods of our history"
 Views Situation As Grave
 The Governor made no effort to conceal his concern over current conditions. Near the end of his message he pointed out that the preparation of the document, and the preparation of reports of the several Departments had required considerable time and naturally had to be started sometime before the Legislature convened. He then added:
 T wish to call this to your at tention because of the unusual and unforeseen developments of the past few days. Tn all probability the rapidly changing economic sit uation will have far-reaching ef- fleets upon our industries and our revenues. No one can anticipate what may develop within the next 60 days"
 Stood Biennium We'll
 Pointing out that the past two years had been marked by the most adverse conditions in the Territory's history the Governor asserted a record had been made by it's Government of which ''we should justly be proud" There is, however, in his considered opinion, no early sign of amelioration in conditions and the outlook calls for cautious and wise legislation rather than fads and experiments.
 The Territory is entering, he de- clared, on one of the most critical periods of it's history and it's future prosperity will depend to a large extent "on the outcome of your deliberations and the wisdom oi the policies we chose to follow. We may choose, and I am confident we will, to be guided by experience and sound principles of business and curtail our expenditures. or we may pursue the easier course and in so doing place added burdens upon the people and the industries of the Territory. We can not lose sight of the fact that in the last analysis the individual must as- sume the costs of government"
 Must Face Facts
 Observing that the duty of de- manding drastic reductions in all appropriations was not pleasant one, Gov. Parks said unless we recognize and squarely face the true conditions we can not expect to cope with the serious problems that must be solved" In sub mitting estimates for appropria- tions, that in every case are far below the estimates that were pre- pared by the various departments we have endeavored to provide sui ficient funds to carry on the essen tial functions, administrative, elee- mosynary and educational, of the Territorial Government for the next two years. It has been neces- sary to eliminate many items that have appeared for several years not that we do not favor the pro- jects, many of them are meritor ous, but for the sc.s reason that the probable revenues which We may reasonably anticipate will not
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