The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-04
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE


 western states through the confer ence of governors held semi-annual- lv may prove to be one of the most important steps for the Territory toward attaining development and ultimate statehood Problems of the western states and Alaska are sim liar in many respects. The west IS trying to get industry to move closer To the source of supply. It is attempting to get established in dustries which heretofore have cen tered largely on the eastern sea board to spread to the coast and rocky mountain areas. It Is trying to get development of it's natural resources by battling for lower freight rates and for release o1 led eral control over some of the vast areas of public lands in the west. All these fit in with the Alaska picture. Gov. Gruening reported on his return from the recent Keno tioyernors' conference that sentl- ment appeared to be universal with western states to aid the Territory wnne helping themselves. For eA- ample, Nevada and Montanah nave, ,,.r,ugb their legislatures, urged congress to give Alaska statehoou .oam the conference went on re- rord urging extension of the Feeder al rpgn,yay Act to Alaska, a re- n.arkaDle action when cohSlaeIeu in the light of the fact that It Is me western states who get ,a,.pe mart of the federal road mon iss ana should Alaska be includ- ., under the act they stand to ,nse certain portion of thelr nnds. Another significant IacI' hose IL western states are repre- ssnlea Ill the Senate ot the onlIeu ..,alss py z2 votes, and the Sen .,e .s all eX.ehent place to nave ,,, friendly votes.
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 ..#.,... IL seems that Miriam ,...., >,.ps ugnt hand man. lh- e,rnc,,d tile NewsMiner to lay n, ,.- ,.o,e.nors message. Mean 1 >ynli,. A, I5raHsJead, who manages KtAK TOT l-atnl op, got hoid or Ine manis. r.pt and thinking 1t would ha good stuff for his Know Your Alaska" orogra.n gave it a 15- minute spJu. somebody hit the cell ing in the Lathrop domain, the report continues, and a little nell was dished out all around It ap- pears Miss Dicky gave the News Miner it's running orders but some how overlooked giving the radio station it's instructions from on high. It's management having lad an egg. News Miner broke out in front page editorial giving the Gov ernor heck, while many of the resi- dents of Fairbanks smiled.
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 There's been many raised eye brow since a communication ap- peared in the Juneau Empire re- gently signed by Senator Doc Walker of Ketchikan in which the Senator took a crack at the Govern or, his great American privilege, but toward the end of his letter stated that Judge Anthony J. Di~ mond of the Third Division, former Delegate, subscribed to his thought. Alaskans who know Tony Dimond's absolute sincereity and honesty cant understand why the Senator from Ketchikan would try to drag Tony into Docs own bonfire.
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 Hope, they say, springs eternal in the human breast, and, it might be added, little more so in the political breasts. Most obvious ex- ample at the moment is found a- mong the appointed guardians of the anit-Goyernor ramparts. Some of them home from the recent legislative wars, bearing their own cross of reaction, envisioned a new glimmer of hope with the ascend ancy of MT. Truman to the Presi- dcncy Now, they figured, is new opportunity to drag out the hate lruening medicine bottle and try and get a little sprinkled on the White House steps. Reportedly in spired in the Third Division, where Senator Ed Coffey is still presiding over a defunct Senate which, to date, has never legally adjourned, the antis decided to promote a Hit lie fund to send the right man. back to Washington to see if lit tie skid. grease couldn't be put un- uer Gov. Gruening Some difficulties have arisen. Mainly, the man elect ed to carry the torch turned the overture down flatly, although the