Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-03

HaAt ANA ffaAA AAatAta W itt AA HAARAAAA S6.l04. 900 for Alaska activities.
 The Agricultures Departments S5.292.8i0 Alaska program in- 664 represent S325.00O for the op- eration Of the Fairbanks and An ehorage airports, Sl0760.50o for salaries and operation. Sii35, 900 for establishment of air naviga- ton facilities and s225.000 for the Federal Aid Airport Program, all under the Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration The Civil AeronaUa ties Board will have approxl- mately Sl20,000 for its Alaska op- erations; the Coast and Geodetic Survey, S2,763,000; the Weathcr Bureau, Sl.830,i64: and the Blu reau of Public Roads. S5,256,000, including S3 i2 million for roads in the Tongass National Forest and $l.756009 for forest high- ways. A supplemental appropria- ton of $3l2 million brought to $7 million the total allowed by Congress for the special Tongass road program.
 The Coast Guard for the oper- ation of the Alaska District and other activities in Alaska will have $6,359,000 for the 1852 ifs cal year; the Bureau of Customs, $203,500; and the Bureau of h. ternal Revenue, $107,500, bring cludes $56,740 for the Extension Service, $91,795 for Experiment Station work, $250,000 for the ag- ricultural research progra $553,930 for the Forest Service, $93, ,345 for the Soil Conservation Service, $50,000 for Production and Marketing, $197, ,0O0 for pro- grams of the Farmers Home Ad- ministration and $4 million for the estimated Rural Electrifica- tion Administration loan pro- gram.
 Funds earmarked for the De- partment of Defense, exclusive of the public works program, to- tai $6,052, 200, to be applied as fol- lows: $5,576,0O0 for Alaska Con- munication System operation, maintenance and construction, 1000 for the continued dredg- ing of Wrangell Narrows and $229,200 for the National Guard
 The Public Health disease and sanitation control program, op- erated in conjunction with the Territorial Department of Health will continue with $1,211, ,129 ap- propriated by Congress for this activity.
 The supplemental appropria- tions amounting to $15,275, ,0O0 ln- clude $312 million for the Ton gass National Forest roads, $3E million for a hospital at Bethel. $4 million for rebuilding burned shop facilities of The Alaska Rail- road, $3,875,0OO to supplement the Aleska Housing Authority re- volving fund and $400,000 for a federal jail at Anchorage.
 Other Legislation Affecting
 Alaska
 The Senate received it's h. terior and 1nsular Affairs Com mittee's favorable report on AL aska statehood in a companion bill to Delegate Bartlett's meas ure pending in the House. The bill, sponsored by 19 Democratic and Republican Senators, is listed as a major piece of legislation for consideration during the second session of the 82nd Congress con vening in January.
 Bills enacted into law in 1851 of especial interest to Alaskans included Delegate Bartlett's mea- sure permitting until June of next year the carriage of passengers on OdndQldn NeSSGlS DSlWGSll Haines and SkagWay and other ports in Alaska and the carriage of freight and passengers between Hyder and Alaska ports and points in the continental United States Other measures included legislation to allow lease of prop erty on the Anchorage and Fair banks airports for 20-year peri ods instead of 1O-year periods as