The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-29
Gruening Returns from Ex- tended Stay at
 Washington hIASKA WILL HAVE
 LABOR C0NCILIAT0R
Housing, Scholarships, [i- braries Figure in
 Developments

BedrlnB IluCl SOOu AO"o Aoi " aska, Gov. Ernest Gruenlng re- turned to Juneau Saturday eve- ming after four months trip to Washington. He was accompanied by Mrs. Gruening.
 The Governors news, some or it already reported through the press services and some of 1t brand new is briefly as follows:
 1. Ten new student aid scholar ships will be set up at the Uni versity of Alaska by the National Youth Administration.
 2. A vocational training program will be established in the Terri tory by an IVA representative who will come here this summer.
 Labor Conciliator
 3. Labor Conciliator John o. Conner. now in Seattle, will be stationed in Alaska permanently by the Department of Labor to untangle industrial snarls.
 4. Reconstruction Finance Cor poration or Rural Electrification Administration loans for moderni- zation of utilities at both Sitka and Kodiak are expected to be available after H. V. L. Wright, utilities expert at present in AL aska, completes an investigation at the two towns.
 5. The Federal Government, through the Alaska Railroad, will take over and manage tourist fa- cilities in Mount Mckinley Nation al Park.
 Housing for Alaska
 6. A housing bill for Alaska has been reported favorably by the House Committee on Territories and, depending upon several ''ifs," should result in slum clearance program for Alaska Nathan Straus, U. s. Housing Authority Admins trator has promised not less than S1 ,OO0, ,OOO this year for Alaska, if the legislation passes.
 T. Dean Frederick Keppel, Exc cutive Director of the Carnegie Foundation, is expected to make a trip to Alaska this summer to do something for the libraries of the Territory.
 8. An additional $1OO,000 grant for new wing on the Federal Building at Anchorage has been provided.
 Steamer Rate Probe
 g. The U. s. Maritime CommiS- sion will make an investigation of the rates of Alaska steamship lines.
 10. Plans for the International Highway are definitely moving ahead"
 II. President Roosevelt intends to come to Juneau this summer. Anchorage Base
 The major piece of unfinished business, Gov. Gruening said, is the Anchorage Army airbase. He is hopeful that the Senate will restore the appropriation for start on the field, and if it is restored is confident it will pass. Army officers testified in Wash ington that the item was the most important in the entire bill, es- pecially in view of world conflict and definite information that mili- tary and naval bases are being built across Boring Sea on the Kommandorsky Islands and at Kamchatka.
 Air Service
 Most important thing accom- plished for Alaska in recent months, in the Governors opinion, is the establishment of air service be- tween Juneau and Seattle. The Governor said it is unfortunate that only two planes per week will be on the run to begin with, but that was probably due to g lack lack of planes and possibly a feeling of doubt on the part of the opera tors as to the proportions of the traffic. The Governor says he has no doubts whatever, and believes daily service will be justified.
 T believe, however, the boat trip
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