The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-06-03
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE

A group representing the Hous- ing and Home Finance Agency and the Federal Housing Administra- tion will arrive in Alaska next week, flying from Seattle to An chorage on Sunday, to confer with the Alaska Housing Authority re- lattve to plans for the proposed Is million dollar Federal housing program in Alaska. The Alaska housing bill has passed Congess and the appropriation request of 15 million to carry it into effect is now before the Senate appropri- ation request of 15 million to car is now before the Senate appro- priations committee where favor able action is anticipated. It is hoped the money will be available in the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
 The housing party will spend week or 10 days in the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas and then ex- pect to spend some time in South east Alaska towns before return
 
 tive schedule calls for two-day stops at Juneau and Ketchikan and visits to such other points in the Southeast as time affords. In the party will be John M Dobbs, Assistant Administrator of the Di- vision of Lanham Act Functions; Burton Young of the same divi- sion; Robert King, agency ac- counting officer; Joseph Woods, underwriting supervisor; Eugens Conger, market analyst for FILA; Ashley Foard, legal representative, and possibly a representative of the Federal National Mortgage As sociation.
 If plans for military and naval installations in Alaska carry through Congress as anticipated it will mean that approximately 13O million dollars will be expend- ed on these projects. Army con struction includes an item of $66,- 480,700 to be expended at Eielson Air base, near Fairbanks, at Fort Richardson, near Anchorage, on a pipe line survey at Valdez and on installations at Whittier. Another $38, ,43O,8 300 is planned for air force projects and the Navy ex- poets $25, ,000 for constructioH at Adak and Kodiak.
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 In view of the above millions, most of which will be spent in the Third Division, adding to the mil lions of Uncle's money already spent there. your Periscoper has little difficulty working up smile whenever reading the Anchorage Times. The Times, which is for tunate to be located in the heart of an area where good old Uncle spends millions, is constantly worried about Southeast Alaska Getting something that the Times thinks should be in Anchorage. Its latest stew is that the Census office for taking next years cen sus will be in Juneau, although Clarence Heating, good Third divisioner, is going to head it. Do they move the Census Bureau from Washington to New York because the latter happens to be the cen ter of population in that area? The Times apparently wants the Ma tional Guard office in Anchorage. It probably would like. to have the Coast Guard, or just anything that's available. Reflected in the Times, is an attitude which was all too prevalent in the recent Legislature. The Third Divisioners came down to Juneau to take over." The attitude was one of we'll run this show, and we'll go home with the capital tucked in our brief case" It developed there were other Divisions in Alaska - namely, the First, which is the largest in vote count, the Second and the Fourth. The Thirds gigan- tic take over" plans just didn't work out with the result that some of the boys from the mighty Third went home with a mad on. Half the wailing and gnashing of teeth you hear from up in the Third these days is attributable to fail ure of the take over" project. Of course, a lack of maturity often shows itself in new towns which suddenly find themselves basking under Uncle Sans richly laden Christmas tree.