The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-12
CHAMBER ASKS FOR REVIEW OF KRUG'5
 ACTON ON LANDS

The Juneau Chamber of Con- merce today moved to send a let Ter to Secretary of the Interior Os- car Chapman asking him to re- view at his "early convenience" the offer of reservations to Alaska na- tives by former secretary Julius Krug
 The letter, read at the noon meeting of the Chamber today in the Gold Room of the Baranot Hotel, was unanimously approved by all members present.
 It argued that the segregation of natives to reservations is wrong in principle,
 Such a move" the letter said would be in conflict with the na- tional ideal of integrating to the greatest possible extent all of the racial groups of our country"
 WOULD HARM NATIVES
 It pointed out that the natives of Alaska have never been "reser- vation Indians" and that they are now and always have been free to conduct the.r own affairs"
 Putting them on reservations would remove "all incentive fol further improvement" the letter stated.
 
 "Tha uncertainty which has hung as a cloud over Alaska lara and resources for the past four or five years since this reservation idea was first actively hroached is highly injurious to the Territorial welfare" it said.
 The letter was after a message was received from Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett saying that the &C., tion of former secretary Krug should be called to the attention of Chapman.
 Harry Sperling, chairman of the tourist committee of the Chamber for 1949, reported that due to in clement weather not as much use had been made of the Tourist In- formation Booth as in 1948, when it was operated in conjunction with the Alaska Travel Bureau booth.
 He also said that the booths being in an airline office had made it less evident and it may have been passed by many tourists.
 Sperling also pointed out that in the l949 tourist season strict enforcement of Coast Guard regu- lations had decreased the number of charter boats in the vicinity.
 BILL IN CONGRESS
 In making his report 10 the chamber on the activities of the Legal committee during 1949, Cur tis Shattuck said that more than 20 g.ills before Congress had been reported to the Chamber. He said that like number had been re- viewed but not reported upon be- cause they would possibly have brought on stormy political dis cussions.
 B. Frank Heintzleman told the Chamber that plans for new li- brary have been completed, a lot upon which it can be constructed has teen purchased, and $47,O00 in cash and pledges toward it's cost has been collected.
 An application has been pre- sented to the Community Facilities Service for funds with which to construct the library under the Public Works Bill for Alaska. Un- der the act, 50 per cent of the cost would be supplied by the Federal Government
 FUND FOR LIBRARY
 Heintzleman pointed out that $23,000 remains to be collected be- fore the city's 50 per cent of the cost is made up. The building will cost $l4o.000.
 He. said that when the applica- tion for funds under the Public Works bill has been approved, drive will te started to obtain the remaining $23,00O of the city's share of the cost so that the build ing can be constructed this sum- mer.
 A member complained from the floor of the condition of sidewalks in front of some downtown shops. He said that there was danger of someone's breaking a leg if slip pery sidewalks aren't cleared off.
 Mayor Waino Hendrickson ln-