The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-14

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 which dctcrmned the final results in the Fifteenth Session of the Territorial Legislature. A majority of the legislators could not be di- rectly affected by the Lobby. Rela- lively few in our public life can be DIRECTLY influenced by it; and those are known in advance to the Lobby. Often they have sought election for the sole pur- pose of protecting certain inter- ests. For broadly speaking, le2is- lators fall into two classes. Those who seek to represent their con- stituents honestly and honorably, and those who are there to serve something else, themselves includ- ed. It is not difficult to recognize in most cases into which class the legislators fall. There are some who unabashedly and quite shame lessly serve the private interest which hires them and who un- hesitatingly sacrifice the public in- terest and the interest of their con- stitnents. Among the majority of honorable legislators, there are na- turally some who can be misled, some who can be intimidated. some who, can be tricked-and in all these methods the Lobby is par ticuiarIy skilled z
 Fine ;. Territory is now growing fast t33 l73 percent since the 193C census and this growth brings with it many requirements. Tn ( Board of the Budget, composed oi two elected officials Terri torial Treasurer, the Territorial Au- ditor-and the Governor, found that with the utmost prudence and economy. the expenses of the regu- lar Territorial departments would be $6O0, GOO in excess of anticipat- ed revenues. 1t was evident also that many new requirements we:c not included.
 Needs of Territory
 Additional or better school facili- ties are needed almost everywhere Vocational education, cut off foul years ago with the yearly forfei- ture of $300O0 of Federal funds is sorely needed so that our AL aska youngsters shall not continue to lose opportunities for steady gainful employment which would be theirs if they were technical, trained. The University of Alaska with the largest enrolment in it:
 history-307, of whom TIT ar. Fresnmen-is obliged to turn away Alaskan boys and girls because there are not accommodations fol them
 In this national defense crisis Congress and the War Department allocated four companies of the National Guard to Alaska The militia is an institution as old as our United States; it harks back in spirit to the days when t. c minute men took down powder horn and musket from over the mantle and went forth to defend their liberties. Today everything that we hold dear. the liberties for which our ancestors fought and died, are imperilled as never be- fore. In this fateful hour, our Fed eral administration is pouring $70,- 000.000 into Alaska for defense Much of this expenditure is also of great economic. and social bene- fit to Alaska Great airp0rts, long needed, new roads such as tn e trunk-line connecting Anchorage with the Richardson Highway, are being constructed. Nearly every community in Alaska has been. is being. or shortly will be, materially aided economically by the Federal Treasury. For the National Guard -an institution of which the 48 states and our other territories have been proud--the Federal gov ernment has started to send into the Territory additional hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly for equipment and pay. The one and only collaboration which the Fed eral government has ever expect ed of the Territory the first re- quest of Alaska in it's history, was that Alaska build it's own armorjes as every state and Territory has done. It is hard to believe that the Legislature, in response to this call for patriotic service, did not cheer. fully do its. small part. But no measure was more sayagely fought by the gold and cannery lobby, whose policy, frankly declared was mot cent of expenditure by the Territory for the Territory that we can prevent" To the everlast- ing credit of the Fifteenth Terri :.