The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-07-20
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Johnson of tbe Nore place. MT E Jensen, longtime farmer, and Mr. Ddorsuak, veteran editor, sad they believe steps must De taken to speed up the lssulug of palenr= to Alaska lands 50 settlers can ge, their piece oi ground and build homes without undue red tape
 Today was tJ be spent i'll eX- .plOring Tracy Arm alter stopping lat Petersburg last night. The visitors Nlu conduct a brief hear ing a. Juneau saturday. ylsit Gia- .cIer pay monument 10 inspect sites .of possible national park lodge Sunday and Monday, then fly 10 Anchorage Tuesday Coy Grueu- ing WIIl leave the party at Fair banks to return to ketchlkan where subcommittee on Terri. .3ries interested in Organic Act changes and four members of the roads committee are due to arrive August {.
 Hearings At Ketchikan
 AL heLcnikan Wednesday, the solons held a 4-hour hearing at City Hau in which Fish and Wild life needs TOT research money, reg .uIatory Knowledge and equipment and exploratory equipment were pointed out J A. Talbot of the new Alaska Development Board urged tuat match money be appro- priatgu by Congress to develop "this great treasure chest, and also asAed tor the loan of indus trial sApeuls to help bring new industles to Alaska.
 A heLcnikan Chamber committee asked LOT understanding, an end to dissemination against AIashaus iu ma.teIs ot pay and overseas ser vice points, and pointed out tnat Alaskans nave spent and Will spend more in exploring Job op-| portunltles.
 Wufred C. Stump of the Ketchi- kan committee, former Mtansed resident, suggested that Alaska be refunded part or all O. what II pays to the Internal Revenue (es- timated at 25,00O,000 per year including taxes earned in Alaska and paid elseWhere) for a lew years to be used in building up .the Territory. This system has made Puerto Rieos public treasury overflow, he said.
 Lyle Anderson, former director of the Fishery laboratory ln het- chikan, told Rep. Jensen he could make a nYIng processing al least K different fishery porducts here. He said dI With so"'1 Knowledge could Uake over Afin' cold storage plants at Cold n"s' Kodiak and elsewhere aHa so '-.-~ business freezing and llllelsne 1.1.. caught in those vicinities. lie asA- |ad SIOO,U0U per year special "l- fproprlatlon for fishery develop ment. .,., leeds hospitals most of all. lie said N-ray examinations ln Hoon- Barrow and other native villages show z6 per cent of Alaska natives in be tubercular. 'sYet to handle the estimated 1000 cases We have auly 354 beds, and over 100 ol these are needed for general cas E Hes." -,..
 Attorney A. Il zeigler, ketchi- lran Chairman oI the Alaska Board of Education, suggesIeu merging native schools with WnlIe schools in Southeastern Alaska us a fest of an Alaska wide merger, Foster approved when we get the tuberculosis cleaned up Aleglef said U s. grant to the senool board would be needed but that more efficient and more economl- cal education would result.
 Walker Sqelshed
 Highlight oI the hetchlkah nearing was an effort by Alaska seatno Norman k Walker, recent ly a bitter foe of the Governor to turn Congressional wrath onto Al aska's Chief Executive. Thls Was checked sharply by Republican Jensen of Iowa who said "Ihe ] Governor is entirely within his province in telling Hhe legislature and the people of Alaska when h. believes they are not taking enough in taxes from the canned salmon industry or any other lh- dustry. and in keeping on ttlllhs them until they wake up.'
 Kirwan joined in by upholdlnG the principle of executive leader ship. In response, Governor Gf"~.. ing drew applause by saying --, agreed with Stump that Statehood is desirable in Alaska and with zieqIer that the Governor snoulu