The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-19
SEES NEED FOR LEvEL!NC SIGHTS ON NSTATEH00D
Territory Should Ha V e Greater Share from Prof.
 its of Industry, He Says LABELS DEVELOPMENT
 ALASKA'S PROBLEM
Uses Gold Tax as Illustra- ton of Future Ex-
 pansion Picture

Alaska needs to change it's
 psychology. Alaskans need to
 get away from the idea that
 they can build a state by taking
 out all the natural resource
 wealth and putting nothing
 back in it's place. You can't
 build a modern civilization on
 mining"
 These were some of the gen.
 eral impressions. expressed by
 Secretary of the Interior Har-
 cid l.. Ickes when he arrived
 here today with Mrs. Ickes
 aboard the Coast Guard cutter
 Ncrthland after two weeks
 trip through large part of the
 Westward and Interior regions.
 There is nothing wrong with mirl- ing, or with the big fishing indus tries as such, the Secretary ex- plained, but Alaska, he declared, isn't getting it's fair share of the return from those industries to build up other industries and wealth for the Territory against the time when, for example, mining is ex- hausted.
 Theory of New Deal
 "The whole theory of the New Deal is to place fair taxation on those persons and industries who are profiting and able to pay in order to build up further industries and spread the benefits to those who are not so well off" he said.
 The Secretary pointed to the three percent gross gold tax in Alaska in enlarging on his point.
 That isn't a fair portion to the Territory compared with the mil lions that are taken out" he said. You can't ever get back any of those hundreds of millions of dol lars of mineral wealth which have been taken from Alaska. If you don't get it when the industry is profiting, you'll never get it.
 Look at che Kennecott, one of the largest copper mines in the world Now that it's supply of wealth is exhausted, it is closing up. What has the Territory to show for it? Has any thought been given to the employees? supposed they have been paid for their work and that is all there is to it. And what will become of Cordova? What is there to replace the Kennecott? It will revert back to just village, the people doing the best they can.
 Change Psychology
 You need to change your psy- chology up here. You have every thing. Excellent climate, plenty of timber: as fine an opportunity for development into state as any, where on the face of the earth. But unless Alaskans change their psy- chology of just making stake and getting out to the viewpoint of AL aska as a place to live and raise their families and build up its in- dustries you won't get anywhere" '" Secretary Ickes saw the crops Of the Matanuska Valley and was greatly impressed, he stated:
 Marvellous peas, wheat, oats, a market for poultry and eggs" he said They can't raise corn, true, but they can grow nearly everything else. There are countless other val leys in Alaska where similar agri- cultural development can be carried on. But nothing is being done to build up agriculture with the ex- cep.ion of the Matanuska."
 Territorial Needs
 Commenting on the needs of the Territory, the Secretary said:
 You need internal improve ments; you need roads, you need airports. You need to develop the tourist industry; the finest oppor- tunity in the world for it right up here in Alaska. We Americans like to travel: we like to see things. You need hotels and other facilities to accommodate these travellers. And you can get them if fair share of
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