The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
AIRPORT HANGAR PLANS PRESERVED
 AT CHAMBER MEET

Plans for a 194 by 200-fooJ hangar and a 32 by 200-foot operation building for the Juneau Airport were presented to the Chamber of Commerce at it's meeting today in a report by Tom Dyer. head of the organization Aviation Con- mittee.
 Dyer said the project will be heartily supported by the Aviation committee.
 He expressed belief that the con- struction of the proposed hangar at the Juneau Airport is definite necessity If Juneau is to continue to develop and expand it's air com merce."
 The plans were drawn up by Felix J. Toner at the direction of G. Tony" Schwamm, director ot the Territorial Board of Aviation.
 The project could be financed one-half through bond issue and one-half through the funds granted by the Federal government through the Public Works Bill for Alaska, Dyer said.
 Estimated cost of such a project would be s255,3oO.
 Public Works Funds
 Mayor Waino HendrickSon said after that meeting that no definite steps can be taken to get Public Works funds for the project until certain legal matters are settled. As the most outstanding of these, he cited the difficulties in securing a title to airport land as site for the buildings.
 The airport is on Civil Aeronau- tics land, and the clear title, which would be necessary before the Pub lie Works funds could be obtained, might have to take the form of a long-term lease, he said.
 Runway Extension
 Legal technicalities also stand in the way of getting Federal Aid to Airport funds for construction ot a 25O0-foot extension to the Juneau airport, according to Dyer.
 He said endorsements had been received from military leaders and commercial airlines' representatives agreeing that such an extension is needed here.
 In his talk on the Welfare State, Dr. l. J. Montgomery, head of the Alaska Merit System, called at tention to the fact that the current Federal Budget calls for expendi- lures of $29 billion for past, present and future wars" and only S6.2 bil- lion for services which would be considered as those given by well fare state.
 He said he was not describing the defense, Marshall Plan, armament aid, or veterans aid expenditures unnecessary; but considering the comparison between expenditures to pay for defense and to pay for social welfare, the term for our present system of government might more aptly be Warfare State" than Welfare State"
 He called attention to the pro- vincial attitude shown in every part oi the United States which called for Federal aid here but not there Government today is expensive" ]" he said, but that is because we ask for it."
 Government Economy
 He pointed out that there is plenty of room for further economy in government. Calling attention to the Hoover Report, he said every public-spirited citizen should study it.
 The head of the Chambers Tour ist Committee, Charles w. Garter, said that the Chamber of Com merce Tourist Information Booth would not be opened this season Instead certain business houses will be designated as Tourist Informa- tion centers.
 He said it is hoped that this will increase the interest of local mer- chants in the tourists who come here.
 Guests at the Chamber meeting included Robert E. Ellis, president of the Ellis Air Lines, Melvin w Peterson, member of the Anchor age City Council, and Perry s. Mo.