The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-17
Finds Official Washington
Interested in Alas
ka and Anxious
to Aid
ALASKA SHARES
FAIRLY, RELIEF
ACTIVITIES
Extension of Emerg ency
Program Depends
Upon CONGRESSES
Action

1.-THE attitude of official Wash
ington, from President Roosevelt
down, toward Alaska is distinctly
friendly" said Gov. John w. Troy
who returned home last night aft
er an absence of two and one
half months, most of which was
spent in the National capital con-
ferring with Interior Department
officials and others regarding Alas
kan matters.
Secretary Ickes is particularly
interested in Alaska, because the
Territory is his own particular con-
Germ. He and others want to give
us every reasonable aid in meeting
emergency conditions and in pro-
noting Alaska development on
permanent plane" the Governor
added
Territory Shares Fairly
To date, he pointed out, the Ter
ritory has shared fairly and equal
" in all emergency relief activities
such as the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration, Public Works
Administration, Civil Works and
others. Every effort has been made,
and. the Governor feels, with
large measure of success, to pro-
vide work for every person needing
it.
Future assistance from TIL csc
sources depends, of course, upon
their extension by Congress. i be-
lieve that Alaska will continue to
fare we'll and receive every reason
able aid if more appropriations for
Public or Civil Works activities are
made by Congress" Gov. Troy SAID.
Home Loan Plan Drafted
A Home Loan program for the
Territory had been drafted and
tentatively approved when he left
washington last month and II
was expected then that necessary
arrangements to put it into effect
could shortly be perfected. Delegate
Dimond, who has taken the Keen
est interest in this since the in
PRODUCTION of the bill in Congress
last Spring and who obtained an
amendment to it to cover the Ter
ritory, is pressing for action 1t
was due to his insistence that the
plan for the Territory was worked
out. the Governor said.
The system proposed IS believed
to be workable and practical. IL
calls for local representatives OF
the Board in every community OF
any size
President Outstanding Figure
Commenting on the national sit
nation, Mr.. Troy said: president
Roosevelt is the great driving
force of his Administration. He is
in complete command of the situa-
ton. His popularity is greater to-
dav than it was when he was
elected by such a great majority,
when he took office on March 4,
last year. And it is increasing rath-
er than lessening.
sHe is furnishing leadership
that Congress is wholly willing to
follow. The general impression in
Congress and outside OF 1t, here
and abroad. is that he is the out
standing figure of the entire world.
His grasp of government finances,
of social, business and economic
problems, above all his desp con-
sideration for the human factor IN
industrial, business and govern
ment life, is stronger, finer and
deeper than any man ever occu-
plying the Presidency He has dem
onstrated convincingly that he is
his own brain trust"
Humanizing Business
The Presidents effort to human
lie business, added the Governor,
is succeeding remarkably well. More
than that, today the States gener-