The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-08-02
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERFSCOPE

Hearings will be opened in Ju- neau Monday by the Merchant Marine and Fisheries committee of the House of Representatives on Alaska's shipping problem and al- location of fish trap sites. Sehdy- Ter Otis Bland of Virginia, who " s up in the Territory two years ago with a portion of his committee, is coming with the subcommittee which consists Of Congressman Henry Nj. Jackson of Washington States second district, Chairman ot the subcommittee Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts and Dele gate b. L. Bartlett.
 Congressional party is scheduled to arrive in Ketchikan tomorrow by air andN from there will take the Coast Guard cutter Halda to Juneau In time to open the hear ing Monday morning, August G. AS this will be the only hearing held in the Territory, it is antici- pated that representatives from various communities will be on hand to present information to the committee. Due to arrive from Seattle are Gilbert Skinner, head of Alaska Steamship Company and the Northland; L. w. Baker, Gen eral Manager of Alaska Steam and William Semar, Manager of the Northland Transportation Comp any.
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 Arrangements have been com pleted so that live breeding ami mals such as mink and fox can a. gain be shipped by commercial steamer to and from Alaska. Dur ing the war shipment of live ani- mals was prohibited. Now with the revival Of the fur farming indus try shipment of live animals be- comes one of the important keys to whether fur farming will de- velop. Shipments of animals for breeding purposes is one of tleI major sources of income for the farmer who raises choice stock. AL aska Development Board, giving it's support to revival of the indus try, got on the job with the steam ship companies, government of ficials, express companies, etc, with the result that live animals now may be shipped via express, as was done prior to the war, and the comm ereial steamers will car ry them. Air lines also have been contacted and one company already has indicated it will be able to take live animals as soon as cer- tain new equipment is available.
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 Drew Pearson, who writes the breezy column Washington Merry Go-Round, calls attention to what he terms the Washington State Gang" m one of ais more recent columns, pointing out the influence some of it's members have in the national capital, particularly Gov Mon Wallgren of Washington state and Nick Beg, the cannery king. The column appeared in the Washington Post on July 21. Sev- eral Alaska papers buy the Pearson column, among them the Juneau Empire. It will be interesting to note whether the Empire ever publishes that particular column.
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 Delegate Bartlett who is coming up with the congressional commit tee this week end, plans to stay on In the Territory for some time, visiting various communities and getting his political fences in or der for the fall campaign. Bob has made an excellent record in his first two years in Congress and many Alaskans already are label-i ing him as a second Tony Dimond. The latter, now Judge in the Third Division, was considered one of Alaska's greatest delegates in Con- gress. Bartlett is an able successor
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 Republican candidate for Dele gate, Amer J. Peterson of Anchor age, is down in the Southeast do- ing a little campaigning. Amer says rain makes for COP votes. Could be that's why we've had such long, dry summer.
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 After a two-day delay the
 company paid the $455 un-
 der protest and cargo was dis
 charged at the Juneau dock.
 Average cost of operation of
 these ships is $2.500 per day,
 which is paid by the War
 Shipping Administration
 which, in turn. is supported
 by the American taxpayer.
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 The total amount involved was $4.55 but for that sum the resi- dents of Juneau were taking it on tho ohiu thio Woak mhiIo fw0 AL