The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31

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OF the problems are closely allied.
Many large industries, which would
employ thousands, once established
are seeking place to begin work.
England already has benefited from
many new Czech industries
CAMDEN POST = ITO Alaskans.
development would offer all-year
commerce and industry, thereby
eliminating seasonal unemployment:
new facilities Of transportation and
travel, thereby lowering the cost OF
living, and opportunities to obtain
new conveniences ~. To the Unit
ed States, an expansion of Alaskan
civilization would offer a market
greater than we now have in all
South America, some relief of the
unemployed, stimulation of our
heavy industries and strengthen
/ ing of national defense.
UTICA OBSERVER DISPATCH
This would build a new market for
American goods, a new source for
American energy and strength.
new bulwark of defense, a new ma
tional inspiration for achievement.
And all without injuring the people
Of any other country"
DIES MONIES REGISTER - "Of
course it alaska is largely unde-
veloped industrially. All the more
reason why the United States stands
to be advantaged by new industries
that, among these peculiar resources,
could profitably be added to our
economy, and by the more intensive
development of infant industries
If we have any conscience at
all regarding the broad flow of hui
man progress, it must be acknow-
lodged that certain stages of social
and political evolution in the world
do demand migrations of consider
aolc numbers of people. Our own
Nation IS actually the product of
such a mass migration All of
us are descendants of the migrants
Far from being weak or char
acterless because of this melting"
process, we have, on the contrary.
derived many Incompatible bene-
fits as people from it there
are tragically few areas to which the
overflow of oppressed and driven
peoples can turn Alaska is. to be
sure, but one of the relatively I'M
exploited yet enormous regions of
potential habitation. 1t is one, how
ever, over which we have immediate
jurisdiction.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
EAGLE NEWS idle American dol
lars would be put to use in a way
that would directly benefit this
country by providing a potential
market for our products"
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS - THE
report suggests a large-scale settle
ment by refugees, who would build
a new market for American goods,
especially important to the Pacific
Coast No doubt Governor Gruen-
ing will direct his energies toward
developing this new American from
tier
PHIL A ID f LPHIA RECORD
Properly financed and scientifically
balanced Alaska settlement is no
less important as a measure of self
protection.
NEW ORLEANS ITEM-"The Ickes
proposal, we should say, makes more
sense than any scheme to make AL
aska an agricultural empire by
transplanting our own farmers or
admitting farmers exiled from Eu-
rope. For the mechanical indus
tries are less restricted by climate
than agriculture is. And Alaskas
industrial resources are SO vast that
Mr.. Ickes' terse enumeration is really
understatement.'
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT - "The
fascinating aspect of the Ickes pro-
posal is its suggestion that we might
build in Alaska a balanced. stable
economy that would capitalize all
we have learned through our other