The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-10
ALASKAN WAR COUNCIL 10
 INVESTIGATE
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 ways to speed the entry of workers destined for defense jobs. Some of the workers have been lost to Alaska because of delays, the an nouncement stated. if
 A variety of complaints alleging that liquor shipments were given priority over food supplies snd other essentials were given, consid- eration and discusslon, and the Council voted for prompt inves- tigation to ascertain the facts so that if the allegations prove cor rect. remedial action can be taken.
 Bartlett To St title
 Secretary of Alaska E. L. Bart lett, member of the Council, was appointed by Gov. Gruening to make this investigator and ieit yesterday for Seattle on this errand'
 In the above connection, the an- nouncement said, the problems relative to the civilian food supply were fully discussed.
 The attention of the proper authorities was called to the pres ent practice of competitive bidding between various agencies now en- gagged in war construction in the Territory, as well as between con- tractors engaged in these projects. Certain aspects of censorship, insofar as it affects Alaskans, came up for discussion, and the War Council stated it's views which were transmitted to the various agencies dealing with censorship, with re- quest for modification of practices deemed unnecessary, Wasteful and undesirable.
 Resolution Given
 Following is the text of the Councils resolution on censorship:
 RESOLVED:
 "The Alaska War Council asserts that censorship, insofar as it de- nies to residents of Alaska news which has already been made pub lie and passed by official censor ship in the United States, is work ling an unnecessary hardship on the Alaskan people. The Council recommends that this practice be discontinued, and that Alaskan newspapers be not prohibited from publishing news dispatches which have been published or passed for publication in the States.
 "The censors' practice of clip ping newspapers in Seattle before transmitting them to Alaska is without justification, indicates a great waste of time and Govern ment money, serves no useful pur- pose and tends to impair the morale of residents of Alaska.
 "The waste energy and time now spent by censors in preventing this news from reaching Alaska is, moreover, nullified by the ability of Alaskans to tune in on long and shortwave radio broadcasts from Outside in which the same news is transmitted.
 ''The Council brings this matter specifically to the attention of the various censorship agencies and re- quests them to advise the Council what action will be taken to rec tify this unWarranted discrimina- tion."
 Members Listed
 The following persons attended 5he sessions: Gov Gruening, Chair man; Howard Thompson, represent ing the Department of Commerce; Hugh Wade, representing the Fed eral Security Agency; M. D. Will Hams, representing the Federal Works Agency; Ralph c. Vogel, rep resenting the Department of Jus tice; E. L. Bartlett, who was chosen by the other members of the Council to represent the people of Alaska; Lieut.. Col. Hobart Murphy appointed by the War Department as liaison officer for the Army Lieut.. Commdr. J. Simpson Mac Kinnon, appointed by the Navy Department as liaison officer fer the Navy.
 The only member of the Council not present was B. Frank Hcintzle- man, Department of Agriculture representative, now in the StaGeS.