The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
EXECUTIVE ASKS LEGISLATORS TO PROVIDE FUNDS
Points Out Failure May Jeo- pardize Major Alaska De-
 velopment Program MUCH FEDERAL MONEY GIVEN TO TERRITORY Welfare of All Alaskans Is Dependent on Co.,
 operative Principle

Pointing out that the major AL aska development program may be endangered if the Territory does not do it's share in providing school transportation, Gov. John w. Troy, in a special message to the 18th ex- traordinary legislative session, ask ed that the Legislators provide funds for transportation of school children at the Palmer Colony.
 "The Territory cannot afford to jeopardize the work of these peo- pie and the prospect of getting oth- CT funds for other development in other places in the Territory by failing to grant the relatively small amount needed to carry on this transportation for the Palmer school children" the Governor stated in his appeal to the two houses
 Would Cost S65.0OO
 It was estimated at the regular legislative session that $65, 1000 would be adequate to handle the trans portation problem at Palmer and elsewhere in the Territory for the next two years, including the Gla- cier Highway route out of Juneau, but in the closing hours of the ses- sion the Legislators decided to elin1- mate the transportation item en- tirely with the result that there are no funds for that purpose after the present school year.
 The Governors complete massage follows:
 T am asking the Legislature to provide funds for the transporta- tion of school children at the Mat anuska Colony. The Palmer and Washington officials who are in con trol of the Matanuska Colony unan- imously agree that it is impossible for the Alaska Rural Rehabilita- tion Corporation to spare the funds to carry this work on. The proper ties of the Matanuska Colony will not be subject to taxation for some time-a year or two longer.
 Serious Menace
 "The Interior Department is con- vinced that the Colony control is right and that failure to continue this service will be a serious men, ace to the success of the colony.
 50 universal is this opinion in Washington that Acting Secretary of the Interior, Charles West, de- clares that the failure of the Ter ritory to produce the funds and to continue this public service will jeo- pardize the position of the Interior Department before other Federal agencies. MT. West emphasizes the circumstances that the colony erect ed the schol building, equipped it, built roads, bridges and other items of importance to the Territory, he is convinced, and the Interior De- partment is convinced, that the Territory cannot in fairness do less than bear the burden of maintain ing the school.
 Much Done for Alaska
 ''The Interior Department during the last three years has been instru- mental in getting hundreds of thou sands of dollars for Alaska. It is sponsoring the millions that will have been required before the com pletion of the Matanuska Colony, which adds not less than 1000 pop ulation of the Territory and pro- vides employment to hundreds of others. It is also, in cooperation with Delegate Dimond and Senators and Representatives in Congress and other Federal Agencies, devel- oping a plan for large Alaska de- velopment that will involve millions of dollars of Federal money.
 Tt is important to the Territory that nothing be done to dampen the ardor of the Interior Depart ment in it's work in behalf of the Territory. The welfare of the im- portant City of Anchorage and it's environs consisting of a large pop ulation is involved in the success of the E01onv and oil Alocko ic in-