The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-08-01
THROUGH THE SENTINEL RERISCOPE

way for the actual establishment Of pulp and paper plants in Alas. ka. The resolution authorizes Lne Secretary of Agriculture to sch timber over long-term periods, thus assuring the potential inuus- try adequate timber supply for many years to come Receipts from the sale Of timber will be put in escrow until such time as the ques- ton of Indian possessOry rights Is settled. It is anticipated that bid- tor the sale of timber will be cal ed for within the next few montus, but actual production of pulp O. paper need not be expected before early in 1850 Installations such as are at present planned will take time for construction. Power plaLts must be built, housing and accom- mOGations for workmen provided and in one instance at least plans call for the laying out of an en tire town site This, coupled with the building of the plants them selves, establishments of logging operations, etc, will take money. work and time. Earliest estimate for actual production is three years.
 Meanwhile a Senate committee. headed by Senator Homer E.. Cape hart, lInd.-R) and including Allen J Euender, (La.-R), Harry r. | Cain lWash.-R) and James E. 1 Murray (Mont -D) will come to the Territor in August to look over the pulp and paper possibilities. They come as a subcommittee of the Senate special committee toI study problems of American small business. Tentative schedule calls for them to leave Seattle for Alas ka August 2S.
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 As predicted in this column last winter Senator Norman R. Doe Walker of Ketchikan will be a candidate for the nomination Tor Delegate to Congress on the Demo cratic ticket against Delegate E. L. Bartlett next year. At least Doc 1 let it be known politically in Ju- neau this week.
 
 There's a concerted move abroad | in the land to try and get a spec. ial session or the Legislature cal. | led for next winter. It has two main obJecU. es: 1J To slap on l an addiuonaI sales tax ear-marKea | for the general fund and (2) to | help some Of the boys who are seeking re-eIectiOn next year to fix their political fences. Action or the last session in failing to raise additional revenue to meet apprh. priations amounting to over ten million dollars Was beginning 70 boomerang. It was hard to explain to the voters back home how such a nice, big, fat appropriation bill \, as passed with no provision made 1 for raising the money to meet t. 1 It was difficult to explain to olu age pensioners aud mothers Of de ! pendent children that they would 1 have to get along with less because there wasn't any money. It was equally embarrassing to try to ey> plain to parents of unhouseu ! school children that they couldn't i have a school house this year De cause there wasn't any money. II was hard to explain to the yeter- ans why the Board of Administra- ton was making demand on the | veterans board for S35O,O00 al ! yanced it when SS1 vets were .stln hafr | 370 had applied for loans they weren't able to get until some money came in. Yes, it was eli barrasslng for some of the jaw makers and so the pressure for a special session when eyerythi lg would be fixed up. The voters would forget the fiasco of 194f and look at the swell results al. tained by the special session. But it was a forlorn hope. The chances of a special session are just about nil, mainly because there is no reason to believe that the same lawmakers who failed in then duty of balancing the budget fast session would perform any difser> ent at a special session.
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 Indications were that Wrangell's sawmill, closed since May, would be operating again within a short time. Action was brought this week in District Court by creditors ask ing for the appointment of a receiver. (See story elsewhere today's paper). Under the plan lne mill would be operated in receiver ship for the Alaska Asiatic Comp any until indebtedness is paid eff and Army contracts fulfilled. The Ilill has a contract with the Army to furnish 3O,0O0,O0O board feet of lumber to Army installations I'll Alaska and the Army has signifieG a. willingness to go ahead with. the