The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-22
Chapman Hears Protests On Warne's Scheme of
 Inferior Dept. Empire
By Alice Frein Johnson Empire WashingtCn COrrespoud,


 Empire Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov 21-Pro- tests against the "paternalistic" and "grandiose" schemes by which Will liam E. Warne, Assistant Secretary Of Interior in charge of Alaskan affairs, is seeking to develop AL aska through the Alaska Field Committee, last week were relayeG to Interior Secretary designate Os- car L. Chapman.
 All protestors, it was learned, were residents of the Territory. Some went so far as to advocate the demotion of Warne, referring to him as 'czar"
 The majority, however, sought only the abolishment of the Field Committee which the press of AL aska, almost 100 percent, has criti- cized bitterly ever since the com mittee was established by Warne two years ago.
 Chapman was told that Kenneth J. Kadow, head of the FieiG Con- mittee in Juneau, consults neither Territorial residents or officials be- fore initiating enterprises which he is reported to believe will aid AL Iaska, but which Alaskans say are contrary to their desire for free enterprise.
 Money Set Aside
 Warne, regarded here and in AL aska as "Krug man., two years ago asked Congressional appropri- ations committee for funds to es- tablish the committee. He was turned down flatly. He then went to the head of each Interior De- partment division represented in Alaska, requesting that portion of the divisions appropriations be set aside for a field committee. The committee was inaugurated. and Kadow sent to Juneau to represent it there.
 Chapman also was informed that Alaskans resent the continuation of Interiors policy of withdrawing huge tracts of land from the puEJic domain. When Secretary J.. A. Krug was in the Territory three years ago, he said no more land would be withdrawn without public notice and the opportunity for opponents to be heard.
 Residents claim this policy soon was abrogated by Warne, when large areas near Fairbanks and on the Kenai Peninsula were with drawn 'in anticipation of legisla- tion.'' That legislation was Warnes farm settlement bill, which still is locked up in the House public lands committee.
 A committee member declared last summer that Warne's bill never would be reported because two other measures enacted at the last ses- sion would provide whatever re- medies were needed to cure Terri torial agricultural maladies-and without paternalistic colonization schemes"
 The measures referred to were asked by Territorial farm experts: One allows homesteaders to borrow money from the Federal Govern ment to clear land and erect build ings, prior to obtaining patent, thereby giving aid when it most is needed. Heretofore, unlike farmers in the states, Territorial farmers have had virtually no Federal as- sistance.
 The second measure allows home steaders to organize farm loan as- sociations, which enable them to gain access to the credit facilities of the Federal Land Banks.
 Withdrawn Land
 Of the approximately 365, 100000 acres of public land in Alaska-less than one percent of the land IS privately owned-one-third has been withdrawn by the Government as follows:
 Oil, gas reservations near Point Barrow (Navy) .-.,...--... 6h44o,oOo National forests (Agri- oo oAo nno culture) ...-......-..-.---..---..--- zo,o4o,Vou Fish and Wildlife reserv-
 ations and preserves 7soo,ooo National parks and monuments ..................... 6,936,0 ,00O Native reservations -..4-.--. 3,94o,oO0 Military and Naval (ex- cluding secret reserva-
 lions, ....................... 2,76O,0O0 War transportation reservations ....................,. 2,7O0,0O0 Miscellaneous ..................... 2,40O,0O0 Total acres ......-...--.----.ll4 ,924 ,0O0 PFC SPARROW LEAVES | EN~~. <.R IL