The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-29
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in nonuation as substantial as that which has come to us increase which has only barely begun-we should not expect to appropriate money to take of the n of increased and further increasing popu tion If wse shal be able to profit immensely by this which has and is continuing to come to us shape of people and activities As said before the growth of population has created new problems which to meet Present facilities Tn school accommodations communications in public utilities in housing in public health, in roads, in many other ways which possibly adequate for population of fyodd thousand not adequate for population o over ooooo That is what population will be before the end of this year and from that point it will move rapidly higher
 know that there those who will be inclined to say
 Let the federal government do it. We relatively small m de Ao we are territory W and ao a of a ward of the federal government If Uncle Sam to include the national defense program let uncle Sam pay all the blls.'
 am convinced that this is not the spirit in which we tackle problems is it, feel the true Alaska spirit Permit me, also, point out what perhaps is not fully realized by everyone-that the Federal Government particularly the last eight has been more than gen. erous with the Territory Alaska That does not that shall not every effort and that should all utmost to continue to all federal appfo naions possible wherever it is fair and reasonable to to secure them But review that the federal contrbu tons Alaska have been under this Up to SG e62 777 The Public Works Administration had spent total $5 26552 Their predecessors the EZRA and the CWA spent respectively 900 and total for passing without thought of political emphasis but merely reasoned observation that the combination Of the New Deal administration with Tony Dmopd the job early and ate in Washington has proved beneficial to Alaska to degree that could scarcely have been dream of anticipated
 
 believe that who has seen Delegate Dmond in action day day in the Committee of Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives and over In the Senate in the countless offices of the numerous Deparents agencies and bureaus Washington can appre ca how invaluable and how machess his service to Alaska has been Apart the seventeen million dollars distributed v these four agencies above mentioned let us note such new Federal contributions $2904OOO spent in the last year in the installation radio beam stations and air fields by the Civil Aeronautcs Administrations plus the recent alo cation of S major arpors to be constructed this year. Incidental the past years construction the CIVIL Aeronaucs Administration has accepted the transfer rom the Alaska Aeronaucs and Communications Commsson o six communication stations, namely Nome talrpanks Anchorage Cordova Ketchikan and the beam sta ton Island effecng annual saving hence1orth to Territory of $60000 for their operation ana mante
 
 Besides the regular services of the federal gov ernent Alaska have substantially increased their appro prations the Territory In the last eight years the Army Engineers alone have expended in Alaska SlH7294 on river harbor projects which included the development of small boat harbor harbor improvements in ketchikan Wrange Petersburg, Stka, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova Valdez and $643620 flood control projects chefy in Seward and Fairbanks total of two million and quarter dollars in the territory. In Nome, the Army EI
 neers continue spend for dredging having made their single largest expenditure here OO8 in the last eight years which brings the total federal expenditures since the beginning that project $822 58quite sum- It not necessary for to through the various federal