The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-02

laws directly affecting the Depart
ment of Public Welfare: % Plac-
ing all native juvenile delinquent:
under the Welfare Department; %
Inclusion of all native INDECENT
children and mothers under the
Child Welfare and Mothers Allow
ance Acts, thus greatly expanding
the services and personnel of the
department, with consequent higher
cost of administration
For some reason or DINER. the
Senate cut around 100000 off the
submitted administration budget
after having been approved in its
original form by the House in the
General Appropriations Bill This
has acted as a brake and a decided
handicap to the Welfare Depart
ment in its endeavor to carry out
the mandate of the 1915 Legisla-
ture
Again, in view of the sudden
ending of the war and cessation
OF wartime construction projects,
resulting in unemployment, the re-
quests for relief and medical care
are already beyond the estimates
made, proportionately speaking
when submitting the Departments
budgeted requirements for the 1885,
as biennium, to the last Legisla-
ture. A review of these matters
and d ditional appropriations
should be made as soon as pos
sible
Roads And Fields
The 1945 Senate cut 1925 900 from
the 100000 allotted for roads and
airfields in the House General APP
preparations Bill The main reason,
the war was still OHIO one knew
when the war would end-let the
Army build and maintain roads
and airfields. The war has been
over for some time and the Army
is no longer in the construction
business. 1t is now, perhaps sooner
than expected, entirely up to the
Territory to maintain and build
its own roads and fields. Congress
sional help, as already indicated
will be slim.
I'm view of these facts, together
with the immediate necessity of
repairing old and constructing new
roads in the various mining dis
tricts of Alaska, steps should be
taken to restore the 1925, 600 to the
Road Fund as originally approved
by the 1915 House of Representa-
tives This will also assist in giving
employment to hundreds of re-
turned war veterans and defense
workers. there will be no dearth Of
labor in 1896
Taxation
I'm order for an extraordinary
session CT the Legislature to ac-
complish the above mentioned
urgently needed appropriations, it
may not be necessary to pass any
new tax measures, though perhaps
it may be desirable to again work
over Senate Bill 53-eXtra case tax
salmon, and added trap and trap
caught fish taX-estimated to raise
approximately a half million dol
lars during the 1886 biennium.
Il am in receipt of a recent letter
from Territorial Treasurer Oscar
Olson, wherein he states that as of
Oct l, 1945, there was on hand
S1,672, 1921 with all obligations
paid up to that date This means
one year and three months remain
to complete the 1945-46 bienuium,
to complete the 1945-46 biennium,
with all the 1945-46 salmon taxes
1916 mining tax
From this, it should be APP
parent that we have the funds on
hand with which to satisfy the
crying immediate needs of the
Territory, for in no other way can
We adequately and satisfactorily
accomplish the transition from our
former insular and backward
looking economy to the demanding
present, which is SO dependent for
success on Alaska's attitude and
actions, right now.