The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-09

[ coulds not understant why surplus l lumber and other materials at Ex l cmsion Inlet could not be used t rebuild the Indian village a , Hoonah.
 Public Work Legislation
 Two projects in Alaska totallin{ S1,150,O00 are included in a bil , authorizing a total appropriation of s193, 3,000,000 for Federal building projects outside the District O. Columbia. One item, S1,0O0,00O, call, for remodeling and extending tht Federal Building at Juneau, anc the other, S150,000, is earmarkec for post office site and building at Kodiak.
 The purpose of the new legisla- ton is to grant authority to the Public Buildings Administration tc purchase sites, prepare working drawings and specifications and construct those building projects most essential to efficient operation of the Federal Government. l Commissioner of Public Build ings, w. E. Reynolds, pointed out that the inclusion of a building in ! the eligible list is no indication that a recommendation for it's con- i struction is to be expected in the near future and that many may not be constructed for years, but, rather, the Public Buildings Ad- ministration will be able to start construction of certain buildings having high priority and do all preliminary work on the others, "so that in case it is judged in the public interest to undertake a large e-scale federal building pro- gram to combat a recession, the government will be in a position to Qo so"
 Bartlett On Committee
 Delegate Bartlett has been ap- pointed Vice President for Alaska on the Advisory Committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Con- gress.
 The purpose of the Congress is to promote a sound and orderly de- velopment of national water and land resources for flood control. navigation, irrigation and other beneficial uses.
 Retirement Of Alaska Judges
 The House Committee on the Judiciary has reported favorably with amendment the Senate Bill which extends retirement privileges to the judges of Alaska. Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the Canal Zone.
 The legislation provides that upon reaching the age of 70, after having served eight aggregate years on the bench, a Federal Judge of the District Courts mentioned will be eligible for retirement and will receive annually a sum equal to such proportion of the salary re- ceived by him at the date of re- tirement as the total of his aggre- gate years bears to the period of 16 years
 The bill passed the Senate con- tanning the provision that service must total 10 aggregate years, but the House Committee has amended this to read eight years.
 Resources of High Seas
 Upon the recommendation Of the Secretary of State and the Secre- tary of the Interior, the President has proclaimed the jurisdiction of the United States over the natural resources of the continental shelf under the high seas contiguous to the coasts of the United States and it's territories, and has provided for the establishment of conserva- tion zones for the protection in certain areas of the high seas contiguous to the United States.
 Such action, it is believed, will enable the United States to pro- tect the valuable Alaska fisheries from indiscriminate fishing. It was stated that through painstaking i conservation efforts and scientific management the United States has made excellent progress in main taining the salmon at high levels. However, since the salmon spends a considerable portion of it's life in the open sea, uncontrolled fishery activities on the high seas, either l by nationals of the United States or other countries, have constituted an ever present menace to the salmon fishery"
 Generally speaking, the continen- tai shelf is submerged land con- tiguous to the continent and cov- cred by no more than 600 feet of water. International law recog- nizes ownership of submerged land up to the three-mile limit, but the continental shelf, now proclaimed to be under the jurisdiction of the United States, extends in many instances far beyond the three mile limit.