The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
Surplus Property Sales Suspended Pending Action
 By Dept. Of Interior

5UNEAU-Sales ok all types of
 urplus property in Alaska with
 he exception of aircraft par.s are
 be suspended temporarily pend
 ng assumption of the responsibil-
 ty for such sales by the Depart
 lent of the Interior. Advice to this
 fleet has been recently recieved
 y the Surplus Property Division
 the Reconstruction Finance
 corporation at Fairbanks.
 n accordance with these instruc- ions the REC. has halted all sales in the territory with the ex- seption of aircraft and component parts and those items on which commitments had been made at the time the instructions were received.
 The original program for hand ling surplus properties in the Ter ritory of Alaska unified the re- sponsibity for such dispositions in the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, and in October 1944 the Surplus Property was set up in Fairbanks by D. E. Brown, SpeciaI Representative of the Reconstruc- ton Finance Corporation. How ever, on May 1, 1945 this unified responsibility was revoked by the issuance of Regulation No. l of the Surplus Property Board. Ac- carding to this regulation dispos- ition of surplus property in the Territory of Alaska was to be dis tributed as follows:
 1. Reconstruction Finance Cor poration - aircraft and componet parts. .4..I
 2. United States Maritime Com mission - ships and maritime property.
 8. War Food Administration - agricultural commodities and food stuffs.
 1. Department of the Interior all classes of property not assigned above. IA
 Inasmuch as none of the agen- cies designated, with the exception of the REC. possessed organ1za- tions in the Territory for carrying on this work, assumption of their responsibilities under this regula- tion was postponed until these organizations could be set up, and the REC has continued to handle disposal activities during the in- Jerim on a somewhat limited scale.
 In view of the decision of the Department of the Interior to sus- pend sales by the REC. of surplus property for which they are to be responsible, it may be assumed that sales will be resumed in the near future by the Department of the Interiors own organization. Public notice will undoubtedly be given when this occurs. All in- auiries of individuals interested in the purchase of surplus property will be turned oyer by the REC. for the use of the Department Of the Interior.
 The REC. will continue to maintain an office in the Territory for the disposition of aircraft in accordance with it's responsibilities under regulation No. of the Sur plus Propehty Board. All commun- ications or inquiries with regard to surplus aircraft or aircraft parts should be addressed as in the past to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Box 1349, Fairbanks. Alaska. The response of the people of the Territory of Alaska to the Surplus Disposal Program has been most gratifying to the REC, and it is sincerely hoped that this same interest will continue to be shown in the activities of the department of the Interior After all, it was pointed out, this property belongs to every one of us and it is Of vital importance that we, as whole. receive the maximum bene- fit from the disposition of this property with a minimum of dis turbance to our territorial and national postwar economy.