The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-28
 Board Offers
 Alaska Aims

observation-disclosures reached by the Alaska Development Board. at it's second meeting held here last week, encompass many fields 'of activity. according to a summary of the accomplishments of the meeting, released here by Robert A. Henning, Acting Secretary of the Board
 The Board launched a lobby pro- gram to keep Alaska on the Ori- 'ental air route across the North Pacific; to register board support of additional air connection with Seattle: to ensure maintenance of Haines Highway; to secure eX- tension of the waiver of the Jones Act; to get tourist developments into Natiorl Parks. and wolves out of the parks.
 Pressure was also applied to get relaxation of Department of In terior land controls with the eliIni- nation of emergency reserves and to get release for civilian use of Alaska geologic information and maps.
 Congress was advised of the need for housing facilities in the switE expanding North. and the Territorial Chamber of Commerce was advised of tbe need for an Alaskan Better Business Bureau.
 A program was begun to secure an index of Alaskan businesses and employment opportunities; the Legislature approved survey of Southeast Alaska for a branch of the University of Alaska was urg- ed immediately; funds were loaned to the Department of Health for a survey of needed hospital facilities
 The Territorial Commissioner of Agriculture was given tickets to Washington to get help for the Alaskan farmer and the board it. self took the stand for the Alaska fishermen in demanding an Alaska seat on the International Fisheries Commission.
 The Secretary of War was asked to get Excursion Inlet prisoners of war out of the Territory.
 Development Board guns were leveled at Seattle groups, which are attempting to knock out a re- cent Civil Aeronautics Board exam iner's findings that estimated present and future air traffic to the Orient from the United States warrants Chicago gateway" route through Alaska.
 Wires To Atwood
 Taking no exception to Seattle's desires to route an OrientaI air line through the Puget Sound me- troplis, but maintaining Alaska needs a backdoor airline connec- tion to the Oriental route to insure the Territory a definite place on the North Pacific route and the fullest development through broad CT acess to markets, the board sent the following telegram to Anchorage Times Editor R. B. At wood, representing the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce against the Seattle attempt to kill the Chicago route:
 "Robert Atwood is authorized to represent the Alaska Development Board in presenting it's view that it is not opposed in any sense to Seattle run to the Orient through Alaska and in fact favors it, DOT vided it does not jeopardize the route from New York and Chicago to Alaska and thence Ito the Ori- ent, which the Alaska Development Board considers indispensable to the future of Alaska'
 Development Board members de clared: Considering the Oriental route strictly by itself, Alaska is certain to be on the Great Circle air route, if at least one route is certified from eastern United States through Alaska. A single North Pacific run, Seattle to the Orient, might conceiyably result eventually in a Seattle-Adak-Orien