The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-10
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STATEHOOD REPORT TIES UP CHAMBER
 IN LONG SESSI0N

IN LVNU 1t91IVN
 Juneau Chamber Of Commerce at it's weekly meeting this moon f displayed surprising ability to be- come fouled up in it's own traces where it comes down to the ques- ton of discussing Statehood fol Alaska.
 Scheduled for discussion today was a report of the special commit tee on Statehood, one which ir large part re-emphasized the argu- ments of terrific added burdens of expense under State government as compared to Territorial.
 In contrast, the report could find little in the way of possible in- creased revenue which might &C., crue to Alaska if the present En- abling Act passes Congress this year, and the Territory went on to become State.
 The report brought up once more the suggestion that the Alaska Native Service would can eel its four million dollar annual activities in Alaska if Statehood became a reality.
 Allen Shattuck brought up a number of points which had been made by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce last year in criticism of the Statehood bill put before Con- gress the previous session He suggested that these be restated and added to the report this year, since the present Enabling Act has not corrected the points.
 Not clarified in the present bill, are the following points which were suggested by Shattuck; the question of whether Native children would attend ANS schools or Pub lie schools; whether the Federal Highway Act would be extended to Alaska; what definitions would be made of Indian reservations. and what specific clarification of ab- original claims. In all there were seven points to Shatttuck's motion, which he asked be added to the report.
 A secondary motion was prompt ly added by Eckley Guerin, which . uynIIld ctotn tho Ct,o y,,h hny,c proval of Statehood in general, with the exceptions of the desir- ed qualifications and additions which would help to put Statehood on a sound financial basis.
 With actual discission of the committee report thus sidetracked, R. E. Robertson suggested a fur ther addition to the Enabling Act to divert the reveues from the Fur Seals obtained under treaty by the U. s. from the herds on the Pribilof Islands.
 Howard Stabler, dissenting mem Der of the special committee, en- phasized further the need for clari- fication of the question of whether ANS school children would be turned over to the new State There also is a need, he stated, for clarification of whether the Federal Highway Act would be extended to Alaska, and for the setting of a fixed percentage basis for matching funds.
 I'm in favor of Statehood now" said Stabler, but until we know just what the conditions of Statehood will actually be, no man can know his position for certain" |"
 William Paul Jr., explained as unfounded the rumor that the Alas ka Native Service would pull out of Alaska if it were made a state. With the meeting running half an hour overtime, it was finally de- cided to table everything until next week.
 Previous to the discussion on the Statehood report, the Chamber gave unanimous approval to a recom- mendation condemning the Lemke Bill, HR. 868.
 The resolution points out that the bill would open the way for grand scale scandal in timber claim jumping, and the possibility that lumber companies could sub sidize war veterans to obtain title to prize timber areas and in turn purchase them for indiscriminate numbering at prices far below the Forest Service stumpage sales price
 Two guests were present at to- days Chamber of Commerce ses- sion. They were Charles R. Grif- fin from Seattle, and Frank Cas- hel from Sitka.