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V. S. Calls On
‘Pioneers* To
Build Alaska
‘LAST FRONTIER’ PICTURED
AS RICH FIELD FOR IDLE
CAPITAL. INDUSTRY. LABOR
By Joseph Driscoll
WSHINGTON. Aug. 15 — Ex
tensive settlement and develop
ment of Alaska to strengthen
America’s defense against inva
sion, to relieve unemployment
and to accord a haven for ref
ugees from the persecution areas
of Europe was recommended in
a detailed survey published to
day by the Department of In
terior.
The ninoty-fnur-page docu
ment was signed by Harrv Slat
tey. Under Secretary of the In
terior, who stated that it did not
represent new research into the
resources of Alaska, but rather
an attemot to bring together the
results of research by many gov
ernmemal agencies and individ
ual scientists. The report would
serve its purpose, Mr. Slattery
said if it directed attention to
elementary facts too often over
looked by those who talk of the
passing of the American frontier.
For the detailed information con
tained in the report Mr. Slat
tery gave credit to a long list of
experts notably Vilhjalmur Stef
anssan, Arctic explorer.
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of
th£ Interior, in making public
the report, indorsed it as a “dem j
orurtration of the possibility and I
the importance of Alaska and an1
Invitation to private capital to i
cooperate in the development of1
-last frontier," The study was
undertaken after the Interior De
^-•parlment, which has jurisdiction!
ovCr Alaska, had received many I
requests for information concern j
ing settlement and development!
possibilities in the territory.
Basis for Future Planning
"The development of Alaska in '
accordance with, sound conservai
tion principles is a policy to >
which this department and this j
government are already dedicat-'
ed," Mr, Jokes said, “My visit to
Iasi summer convinced!
me that the development of Al
aska can be as proportionately!
'Trhjbbrtant to our present econ-’
omy as the building of the West j
was in the 19th century. There
has been much discussion of the
method of such development and j
because there seemed to be a
lack of factual information and
a tremendous public interest the
SIettery report was drawn to pro [
vide a factual basis upon which
those interested in the problem;
m'ght proceed.
** “rieTe is an intelligent frame-1
work upon which plans might
be developed. Prospects for A1
__P,'. m development are narticul- j
arly favorable today because of i
the possibility of transplanting !
to Alaska for the benefit of the
United States industries which
were developed in Europe but,
which have been broken up or
diverted by current waves of in-;
tolerance.
Invokes Aid of Pioneers
“The Slattery report shows
that Alaska has the resources of
water power, timber, minerals
fish and fur upon which a sound
Alaskan economy can be based.
Such development would offer
many employment opportunities
to American citizens and also to
artisans now fleeing Europe, who
with their specialized skills could
play a key role in creating in Al
aska various industries which un
til now have not been developed
in the United States. These
might include production of such
things as various types of fur.
leather, paper and wood pro
ducts which we now import from
European and Asiatic sources.
The industrial development of
this territory, particularly south
ern and southeastern Alaska,
where climatic conditions and
shipping facilities are favorable,
would mean a tremendous boom
for west-coast shipping, for
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heavy industry and for consum
er-goods sales in Alaska.
( "It is a matter for serious na
tional concern that Alaska, witl
a territory, climote and resoun
i a- territory, climate and resoun
r'nas a static population of nbnu
[fio.ooo as compared With a po|
1 1 -tlon of 13.000,000 In Scandin
; avia. I hope that the flatten
report will serve as a powerfu
thinking ind intelligent action it
the development of Alaska. Pa
: triotic capital and men and w<
j men with the spirit of our pio
1 neers have an opportunity to ei
list in the service of the natioi
, building cities on our last fron
ier.”
Stressing the military need foi
Alaskan development the repor
said in part:
“An underpopulated country
rich in natural resources am
poorly defended, offers a stand
ing temptation to overpopulated
resource-hungry, militarized na
tions. Yet there are few terri
tories in the world as rich in n
sources and as hungry for new
population as Alaska.
“The sparsely populated terri
tory of Alaska, with its potentia
wealth of minerals, forests, fisl
eries, agricultural and grazing
lands, lies closer by thousand:
of miles to Europe and Asia thar
do the eastern or western shore:
of the United States. The Alask
an mainland is approximate!}
54 miles from Siberia and e
scant 8 miles separates the Unil
ed States-owned Little Diomede
Island from Russian-owned Bij;
Diomede, both of which lie be
tween the two great mainlands
The western-most end of the
great Aleutian Islands “bridge’
jutting westward from southerr
Alaska into the Pacific Ocean is
only 660 miles from Japan’s east
ern-most port and naval base,
Horomushiro, whereas it is 3,400
miles from Yokohama to highly
fortified Honolulu; it is 750 miles
from Ketchikan in southeastern
Alaska to Seattle and it is 2,100
miles from Honolulu to San
Franciscb!
“Alaskan has been called the
Achilles heel’ of our national de
fense; only recently has Con
gress enacted legislation for the
establishment of two great naval
bases, one at Kodiak and the
other at Sitka. The Coast and
Geodetic Survey is even now
charting the waters surrounding
the strategically located Aleutian
Islands, with an eye toward no
tionai defense.
"With a population running
into the millions and with the de
velopmeni ox means oj transport
ation and communication that
such an increased population
would demand and make pos
sible, the problem of Alaska de
fense would be very much sim
plified. Both the War Depart
ment and the Navy Department
have expressed their willingness
to cooperate with and support
other government departments
in formulating plans for develop
ing the facilities in Alaska that
contribute to the national de
fense, such as—(a) civil aviation
establishments, airways, aids to
flying and weather reports; (b)
mapping; (c) charting and aids
to ship navigation; (d) develop
ment of mineral resources, part
icularly of strategic war mater
ials; (e) roads; (f) control of
alien fishing boats and fisher
men: (g) prevention of alien
monopolies of Alaskan resources;
(h) the economic and commerc
ial development of the territory
as a whole.”
Defending Alaska’s much-ma
ligned climate, the Slattery re
port laments that people whc
think of Alaska as a land of ice
and snow, fit only for Eskimos
whereas the winter temperatur
es of its southern seaboard are
higher than winter temperature:
of New York, Chicago, Bostor
or St. Louis.
Of the attractions of Alaska a:
a haven for European refugee:
as well as America’s own unem
ployed, the report says:
“In the Alaska for the futun
there is room for men of man’
talents and of many lands. Then
is room for American technician
displaced by the contraction o
I our foreign trade and the slow
j ing down of our populatioi
! growth for boat builders and fisl
| ermen from the shores of th
i Mediterranean, for trained to;
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• makers and machinists, skilled
• leather workers and cabinetmakT
ers from central Euope, and
, workers on wood from North
[ Europe, who can fransp’ant to
Alaska the industries of fheir
, native lands. Those who made
the mountains, forests and min
erals springs of Europe world
■ centers for health seekers, sport
lovers and travelers can help to
develop the recreational areas of
Alaska, its mineral springs and
its tourist facilities.
The problem of Alaskan set
tement need not necessarily be
viewed as a purely agricultural
prohlem, says the report, after
paying some attention to the Mat
anuska and Metlakatla settle
I ment projects. There is no rea
! son, says the report why settle
: ment should not be viewed in
I terms of commercial and indus
! trial potentialities, and from this
broader standpoint Alaska “ap
' pears to offer room for settle
■ ment on a scale that no other
pari of the word can approach.”
“At the present time,’ the re
port continues, “ pubic invest
ment in the development of Ai
! aska does not appear to be feas
I ible. If Alaska is to be devel
! oped, it must be on the basis of
private capital. The amount of
private capital available in Al
aska itself is too small to make
much of a dent in the problem.
I The development of Alaska there
fore depends upon the invest
ment of funds now idle in this'
country. The responsibility of|
the Federal government for the!
development of Alaska can be dis1
charged only by encouraging i
sound investment of idle funds.!
1 The stimulation of such invest-1
ment will serve not only the
i cause of Alaskan development
! but the wider causes of domes
| tic prosperity,
j “Legislation modeled in part
| on thfe £hina trade act of 19221
might provide for the organiza-!
| tion of Alaska development cor
[porations, privately financed, but;
bound by the terms of their char
1 ters of incorporation to conform |
I to such conditions as Congress’
might prescribe with reference |
to the type of industry to be |
i developed in Alaska and the1
type of settler to be admitted.!
The corporate charter might like
I wise contain limitations upon the j
! amount of income returnable to;
‘ stockholders and bondholders,;
so as to insure that the corpora- i
tion will serve its original pur-f
; pose of aiding in the develop
! ment of Alaska and will not be-!
[come, as so many industrial corj
, porations in Alaska have become j
merely a means of draining the)
[wealth of Alaska to the pockets;
| of absentee owners.’’
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WIIAT DO YOU THINK
OF COLONIZING ALASKA?
Under the sponsorship of the N
W Alaska Chamber of Com
! merce, a public meeting is ex
j pected to be called in the near
| future to discuss the recent plan
' j of the Interior Department to
I colonize Alaska with European
i refugees.
! At that tme it is expected a
cross-cut opinion of residents of
. Nome and this secion of Alaska
r will be obtained.
In the meantime, the public
P is invited to express its opinion
. concerning this issue in the form
i of letters, not to exceed one hun
* dred fifty words, which will be
" published in an “Open Forum”
in The Nugget.
While it is realized that the
full report of Under Secretary
; Slattery is not available, and
therefore, the proposed plan of
colonization without detail, some
constructive thought on this ques
tion should bear fruit.
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! A CONTINUANCE FOR WAR?
i Last night we listened to the
impassioned address of Cmancel
lor Adolph Hitler, in the German
Reich in Berlin, as he exhorted
his followers and disciples to
further combats of force.
Built upon the theory that
| “Might makes right.’ the German
nation is today living only for
the aggrandizement of its so-call
ed leader’s Military aims.
As ever before, the brunt of
criticism is not on the German
people got on the savage German
war machine, led by soch men as
Htlerfi. Goering, Goebbels and
Himmel.
His address to the Reichstag
last night symbolized his unciv
lized taste for force. He has com
mitted the German nation to ever
lasting war in order to attain his
aims. True the offer of peace
hangs In the air, after Hitler and
Stalin succeeded in dismember
ing Poland.
But what civilized nation could
barter peace on the prostrate &
demolished states of Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Moravia
and others where human liber
ty has been destroyed?
Such a state of affairs must
have an ending and it is the pray
er of nearly everyone in the civ
iiizied world that the ending will
see the complete abolition of
Nazism —that policy whch wor
ships force.
Mankind falls into three class
es. Immovable, movable and
those that move.
It is the man of superior intel
ligence who knows when to
laugh when a woman is telling
a funny story.
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