The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-14

for the Territory to prepare setup to sponsor Public Works projects along the lines that being practced by States and municipalities If such program is fol at the earliest possible time as the PWA available funds from the present appropriation rapidly being allotted
 PLANNING BOARD
 The last Legislature at my request authorized the creating of a Planning Board such prevails in many States. did not put this into effect for two or three reasons One of which, there appropriation to bear any cost of organization. Another that after further experience became convinced that probably the best Planning Board would be the Territorial Board of Administrations The National Resources Board has indi cated willingness to assign competent engineer at Government expense be utilized by the Territory in pairing plans for development If the Territory should undertake to further a program outlined in this sage we should have Planning Board and could utilize the services of Government engineer.
 Aside from the air field program Alaska has num- Der of major projects in all four Divisions that ought to be under construction The interior country IS anxious to get road connecting from Fairbanks to tap the Goodpaster country and the Forty Mile region This could also connect up with the International Highway whenever that might be authorized Such road would probably start somewhere the Richardson Highway and extend through the Goodpaster region and on into the Forty Mile and finally connect with the Canadian road from Dawson the boundary Another large merltorlous project is development in the Kena Peninsula country. Another would be connection between the railroad and the Richardson Highway Another one would pc tne % con
 nuaton of the road leading out of Ruby into the Inter or Another would be the construction of road up the Taku Valley River to the Canadian boundary Another passage tide water up the Unuk River to the Canadian boundary In fact there are roads needed in all four Divisions If get set-up that would cooperate Tn public works size of the project would be deter all Roads bring people making the country larger and Alaska needs population more than any one thing A program of this sort would make relief work un-l necessary.
 believe that the Legislature should prepare or more memorials setting forth to Congress extensive program and the therefor of development The Federal Government should contribute to all of our projects. Most of Federal property The Federal Government has locked up our timber coal oil and other to which the people of other Ter rores in their day could obtain title and for develop ing industries that brought population and capital The development of these in the other Territories and improvements available for taxation Under the circumstances the Federal Government should consider itself Aaskas largest taxpayer The development of our resources develops Federal owned property.
 SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION
 This Legislature has many important problems con fronting it, of which none is more important than the welfare laws that they will conform with the requre ments of the Federal Social Security Act
 In my message to the 1885 Legislature stated that the Federal Government planning, as condl- ons permitted to retire in large degree from caring for either directly by work relief the needy and une poyed leaving this problem to the State or Territorial governments. TT, present administration has, through the Social Security Act legislation that substance states that the responsibility of caring for the aged needy people ana ndgent children, and planning against the hazards o1 unemployment IS local one.
 The Federal Government recognizes that the cost of carrying out such program will added financial burden to the local governments Apprecatng that the States and Territories would find it difficult to finance such program they have provided in the Social Security Act plan for Federal financial aid to those States, and only those States that pass legislation for their needy and unemployed Briefly, this plan is to grant money from Federal Treasury to aid the States to for their needy people and provide against unempo ment The amount of money granted to any State is dependent upon the amount of money expended by the State.
 There are three phases the Social Security Act that should be of interest to the residents of Alaska and recommend them to you for your consideration:
 l. Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance.
 g. Grants to States for Aid to Dependent Children.
 B. Grants to States for the purpose of sstng the States in the Administration of their unemployment Compensation Laws. The Territory of Alaska the first political sub division the United States Government to provide aid for it's needy aged This law in amended form is still in effect in Alaska The Territory also has law that provides for the of ndgent children These laws in their present forms do not meet the requirements of the Social Security Act The Territory of Alaska is not quail fled to and will not receive any financial aid from the Federal that would assist it in providing aid for the increased number of needy persons.
 In the past our present laws have proved to be ade quate The depression has, however created condition that requires the Territorial Government render nan