The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-29

cuos other serious diseases hospitaized Tn sanatora in Alaska or in the States The Board of Public Welfare faced the alternative last May of suddenly removing these unforunates from the sanaoria and hospitals or asking
 those institutions to the patients on credit until the matter could be presented to the next legislature Likewise it should be recalled that fearing empty treasury and exercising proper prudence the Board of
 temporarily rescnded $2O0000 of the aocations for roads and trails and or two other projects authoNed bv the last legislature but for which funds were not surely in hand The determination to the realotmen of these funds is matter for this legislature to decide It should however be noted that if appropriations had been made to cover the requirements for hair seal bounes hospitazed indigents and to carry out safely the last egsature wishes for roads and other projects should now have balance of $357 436 the lowest record since 1853
 Increases for Regular Departments
 As for the requirements for the next biennium the reouar epartments the show increased re- ouirements amounting to about $6OOOOO The che1 items in this increase some s42oo for schools ana toI hv the Board of Educaon for the running expenses of the University of Alaska $6ooOo for 0ld o Age assl
 traton for the Department Public Welfare $2800 for the Pioneers Home including both Ska and Goddard and various lesser ltems Decreases ~ . ao by the Board of the Budget for eagle @ ma % sOOOO or for Dolly Warden trout bountes $25ooo me Territorial Highway Engineer has decreased ms request substantially, for set forth Tn ms penna report which I commend to your attention
 National Guard Armories
 There are other needs Last July four companies ot Noonal Guard were formally authorized for Alaska Last snrng while Congress session. in anticipation of ths authorization every effort made to secure 1edera for consrucon of the armorie which required by fed era regulations The estimated cost of these four armores ; Aaska was S6OOOOO Delegate Dimond and personally
 t ha assstance of the War Department for legislation from Congress to funds for these armores How ever it been the established policy o the War Dep ment not to appropriate money TOT arm9rles ana o W Department officials further pointed out that m ne con-
 ing year $25oOo0oo would be expended on nat @
 nsances the precedent that had been established should not be and the funds should come from the territory The legislature not then in session and there was no authority to commit it to any expenditures Neverheess in the face the national emergency it was unthmkaoe what the other territories Hawaii and Puerto Rico had done much earlier and on larger scale The sum lvoeo M substantial Nevertheless shall ask this Legislature to appropriate that amount for the four armores Ill question These armores will be of great social value beyond tn a fense purposes for which they are required TOT Nao Guard needs the federal requirements are merely iIr building of certain floor dimensions which must pc apso storage and custody of arms ammunition and other aaup ment provided by the federal government The actual M one night week for drill But these structures can De used for community purposes and they respond to na need in Alaska life One of the great problems pro wc duty to face here and throughout the that of youth Alaska communities ao not at pese provide adequate recreational facilities for ner during the long winter months The intensive use Una. ID
 made such few facilities there are such as the gym nasiums the high schools, where they exist and wnel they exist they seldom suttlclent) IS all of the great need of such additional facilities Tn the ap these sory needed opportunities for ana play youngsters drift into undesirable places Know ol greater responsibility that Alaska faces than to provide adequate facilities for exercise and heath1u TOT this growing generation of youngsters know of no way in which our funds can expended frutfuy 1t IS an investment good citizenship in public health in con- munty morality in Americanism These armorles would six nights days in the week. offer facilities for basketball volleyba handba for great variety games the physical facilities for which are now lacking ,
 The desires four largest cities to which these National Guard units have been aocated are not i the It is my suggestion that the of $5OOOO for an aroy each of them be appropriated gvng each community the opportunity to modify and to add to tne arory plans furnish such special recreatlona facilities such the building civic center as each city desires The people of Ketchkan have offered to con tribute 900 additional maybe more necessary so that their armory may contain the variety o tactes which that city feels badly needed.
 Federal and Territorial Building
 In Juneau while the recreational needs fully as great as anywhere the territory have also another problem confronting which is not merely locai-lne shortage office for the steadily increasing and ex banding federal and territorial agencies When the present Federal and Territorial building completed 1t was des tined before long ovecrowded three later new wing to house the additional deemed neces sary Plans for such wing drawn and steps taken to see whether additional federal appropriation could not be secured that purpose but these efforts proved un avang Meanwhile the congestion increased still further new agences came into existencea situation only slightly