The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-08-08
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First of four Congressional eom mittees which will visit Alaska this month and the fore part ol next. arrived in the Territory tnls week. IL was the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee headed by Rep. Charles A. Wolyer. ton of New Jersey and including Delegate |. l. Bartlett. The party came into Anchorage by air Tues day and was spending the week at various points in the Interior lu- cluding Fairbanks, Point Barrow and Nome, investigating airpon facilities. This committee woulu not make the Southeast but would go back to the States from Anchor age next Monday.
 Three other Congressional groups were due the last of this month, The Senate Small Business Com mittee, headed by Homer Capeharl, (R-lnd.1. will arrive in Ketchikah on August 27 10 look into the pulp and paper situation. Il is made Up of Senator Capehart and his wife, Harry Cain, tR-Wash.1; Allen El lender ID-La.) and his wife ana James Murray. lD-MontD and a,si son. Accompanying the committee will be Lee Muck, Assistant to h. terior Secretary Krug in charge Of land utilization; Roy Dickey counsel; Charles Egenroad, com mittee Secretary and six publish CTS. The party will spend two days in the Ketchikan area then pro ceed north via Coast Guard Yessel l to Juneau. It is expected to stOb at Wrangell and possibly make d trip up the Stikine After Juneau, Senators Capehart and Cain. as members of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, will continue on to Anchorage ana Fairbanks 10 hold airport hearings, l returning to Juneau September 2 to join the rest of the party ana return to the States.
 On August 29. the Senate Pub lie Lands Committee will arrive lnl Ketchikan. It will be made up ot Hugh Butler, lR-Neb.) Chairman; Ernest Mcfarland, (D-Ariz.) zales Ecton, tRMont.) and Artn- ur Watkins, tR-Utah). Also in the party will be Senator Buffers brother, Frank Butler and wlfe Mrs. EctOn and son, Mrs. Watkins. Mrs. Mcfarland and daughter, Jewell; Hugh R. Brown, Chie1 Clerk of the committee, Mrs. Brown and daughter. Patty Mae. This group will board the Wildlife vessel Bfant at Kerchikan for Jul neau and is expected to call at Wrangell and Petersburg en roule From Juneau il will continue on to the Interior via the Haines Cutoff, visiting Anchorage, Palm CT, Mckinley Park and Fairbanks before returning to the States. This committee will be mainly con cerned with gathering information on statehood and is expected to hold hearings in the major towns.
 The House Public Lands sub committee will arrive in the Ter ritory August % at Whittier vta Army transport. It will visit An chorage, Fairbanks, Point Barrow, Nome, Kodiak and Cordova before coming to Southeast Alaska. It is due in Juneau September 6 for a two-day stay and thence will go to Ketchikan for two days. This com mittee also will be concerned with statehood and plans to hold hear ings in various towns. Rep Fred Crawford, (R-Mish.l will be chair man of this group. List of it's members is not yet complete bul will include Edward Jenison. CR- ILL.) and William Dawson, (R- Utah). T. will be accompanied by Joe Flakne, Chief of the Alaska Branch of the Division of Terri tories, Interior Department.
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 In addition to regularly schec uled Congressional parties, Con gressman William Hill, CR- Colo.) is making a vacation trip to Alaska this month. scheduled to arrive in Juneau August 23 with members of his family. He plans to stay in the area about two weeks.
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 Assistant Interior Secretary Will liam E. Warne, appointed recently as successor to Warner Gardna: will spend most of August in the Territory. He is due to arrive a. Anchorage August II and will coy- CT the Interior, Aretic and isIano areas before coming to Southeas; Alaska. He is due in Juneau from the Westward August 27 and plans to spend three deys in the South east.