The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
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 Hedging his support wholeheart- edly to Alaska, which he termed the real American frontier" Sec retary of the Interior Julius A.. Krug this noon predicted a new era of friendship between the De- partment of Interior and the people of the Territory of Alaska.
 Approximately 160 luncheon guests, including members of the Secretarys party, Mayor Waino Hendrickson, Mayor M. Jensen, Delegate E. L. Bartlett and the Gov ernor, gathered at the Baranof Gold Room to hear Secretary Krug's first public address in the Capital City
 T meant it sincerely" he said, when I said I came to Alaska not to speak, but to listen to your problems However, have contract ed an irritated throat in the last few days, evidently the result of speaking. I find it difficult to re- sist expressing my pleasure in the wonderful visit through your great Territory.
 Tt was not too long ago that I felt a bit sorry for people who went to Alaska. though of the Territory as being rugged coun- try, filled with ice, snow, grizzly bears, etc, and fed by odd concoc- tions mixed up locally or shipped in from far distant place called Seattle, .-..,..
 ENVY ALAsKANs
 "Now I envy people who come here. I have offered to change jobs with you Alaskans, and some- day you may find me settled here in your community, enjoying the great opportunities your country of fers."
 PURPOSE OF TRIP
 Stating that in making his trip his reasons were initially two-fold, Secretary Krug said they were: first, to find out about Alaskan problems, how they affected the residents of Alaska and their re- spective welfare; second, to deter mine the many ways in which the future economy and prosperity of Alaska is tied up with that of the entire nation A third reason has now entered the picture, he said the ways in which the security of Alaska and the security of the U. s. at large are tied together for ultimate peace and national dignity.
 All of your problems now go be- yond any one of you, or any group of you," the speaker said They are irrevocably intermingled with those of your fellow citizens in the U. S."
 VISIT TOO BRIEF
 Terming his visit too brief and k~owledoe still too incomplete to adequately summarize his impress sions of Alaska's many-faceted problems, Secretary Krug neverthe- less headlined one imminent need, he termd "a major problem, that of bringing more people into the Territory.
 DAY-To-DAY PRoBLEMG
 We can't get more people until we do something about day-to-day problems-which because of their lack of political aspect and glam- our, I like to call 'diswasher prob lems'," he said. "These are such things as housing, cost of living, and health
 They cannot be solved by the Federal government, although that agency may offer effective aid, he said. They can only be solved by such men as you who are attend ing this luncheon today"
 Tn saying that you are the leaders who must see that such problems are resolved, I am not stunning the responsibility" the Secretary said.
 PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT
 You will have the full support of the Secretary of Interiors of- fice-I pledge that. but no amount of fancy blueprints can straighten out these problems from Washing ton, D. c. The. practical solution lies with you as leaders of the Territory. We, in Washington, stand by to give you every assist ance."
 In commenting on the tangle of red tape that faces many residents who attempt to expand their bus mess, or newcomers who plan inde- pendent enterprises, Secretary Krug said "in some manner this confus- CT, perplexed situtaion must be lev eled out"