Wildlife Organization’s Threat to
Opp ose Alaska Statehood Brings Heavy
Resentment from Territory Officials
JUNEAU, UP — The National
Wildlife Federation’s threat to op
pose statehood for Alaska unless
Acting Gov. Waino Hendrickson
vetoes a bill setting up a new
game commission has caused a
furore in the Legislature and a
protest from Delegate E. L. Bart
lett.
The bill, just sent to the gover
nor, would create a seven-man
commission controlling both com
mercial and sports fishing in
Alaska.
A telegram, from an official of
the federation to the governor
angered the Territorial Senate
— and it was denounced with una
nimous endorsement of the mem
bers and later by Bartlett in Wash
ington.
The conservation director of the
federation, Charles H. Callison,
called the bill “unsound legis
lation.”
He charged it created a depart
ment which he said would be
“controlled by special interests to
(the) detriment of natural re
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Wash. Legislature
Ends Session With
Budget out of Tally
OLYMPIA, OP) — Washington’s
Legislature adjourned after 4 a. m.
today after approving a state bud
get $41,700,000 out of balance.
The deficit figure was conceded
on the Senate floor by Sen. How
ard Bargreen, Democratic major
ity caucus chairman and head of
the Senate Ways and Means Com
mittee.
Despite the apparent deficit,
Gov. Rosellini said he does not
plan to call the Legislature back
into special session immediately.
He added, however, if, after
analyzing the stte fiscal picture,
he finds the Legislature has ap
propriated funds “substantially
beyond foreseeable income, he
“will not hesitate to call a special
session.”
Ignoring warnings of the Repub
licans, amid wrangling, the Demo
cratic majority hiballed through
two major appropriation bills
authorizing state agencies to spend
more than a billion dollars during
the two year period beginning
July 1.
Cracked Fingers From
Jingling Pocket Coins
LINCOLN, Neb., — T/Sgt.
Kenneth W. Stevens of* the Lin
coln Air Base suffered for eight
years from dry and cracked fin
gertips.
Stevens said his trouble puzzled
10 doctors over the years and
finally a specialist was called in
by the Air Force for tests.
Today Stevens knew what he
had to quit doing.
No more jingling coins in his
pocket. He is allergic to silver
money.
Which of the following rid Ire
land of snakes?
a. The Royal Zoological Society.
b. Nobody—there were never
any snakes there.
c. Irish terriers.
<L Si. Patrick.
Answer on Page 7
sources.”
Callison said his organization—
made up of sportsmen’s organiza
tions in the 48 states — “will be
forced to oppose statehood” if it
is not vetoed.
Senate President Victor Rivers
(D-Anchorage), called the telegram
“the arrogant and egotistical opin
ion of one man.”
Rivers said the threat to fight
statehood because of the bill is
“the most flagrant example I
have ever seen of an attempt to
interfere in internal territorial af
fairs and government by a na
tional pressure group.”
Rivers later talked by telephone
with Bartlett.
He said he was told by Bartlett
that the federation had sought to
testify before a House subcom
mittee now meeting on statehood.
Bartlett later sent a telegram to
Governor Hendrickson.
In his telegram Bartlett said:
“Conservation organizations are
doing themselves and all their
members a most serious disserv
ice by announcing by way of
threat they will oppose statehood
if local Alaska government will
not bow to their will.
“I am shocked to lear.n of this
unprincipled declaration and can
not believe it will be subscribed
to by rank and file members. If
these groups were to oppose state
hood on principle or because of
provisions of the statehood bill
under consideration, that would be
one thing — this is quite another.
“I hope every Alaskan will join
with me in feeling and expressing
displeasure at what I consider an
unwarranted, underhanded attack
which seems, to force you unfairly
into a position where you would
be responsive to demands of these
non-Alaskan people as expressed
by their duly elected Legislature.”
The bill which has caused the
controversy finally was approved
Tuesday by a conference comit
tee of the House and Senate —
after it had passed with a slight
amendment by the House. The bill
was delivered to the governor’s
office late Wednesday.
No indication on what action
Governor Hendrickson might take
is expected until at least today.
Psychologists Seek Reasons
For Public Buying Whims
DETROIT—Why do you -buy
the things you do? That’s a ques
tion psychologists are exploring
today, seeking the reasons behind
our buying habits.
A few years back, they pojnt
out, the average American pre
ferred a solid black oar two-to
one over all other colors.
But today’s free and easy times
have brought changes, and one of
them, reported recently by one of
the nation’s leading auto manu
facturers, is the emergence of
white as the most popular single
tone car on the road.
According to figures released by
Dodge, white now holds the lead
over black.
Psychologists account for the
change by saying that the average
American wants his personal pos
sessions to reflect his personality,
pointing to the overwhelming de
mand for deluxe two-tone combi
nations.
At present, metallic gold and
white lead all other color schemes
at Dodge, with 12 percent of total
output, while 10 percent of Dodge
buyers prefer a white and flame
red design.
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JUNEAU — Alaska is in dire
need of additional medical, dental
and veterinary medicine practi
tioners. Facts pointing up this need
have been released by the Alaska
Health Education and Welfare
Council. Answering the question
—Why does the Territory of Alas
ka need incentives for its young
men and young women to study
medicine, dentistry and veterinary
medicine and return to Alaska to
practice? — Jim Couch, council
secretary, cites the latest data col
lected by AHEWC on this sub
ject, showing that today Alaska
has one medical practitioner for
each 2,300 patients. The nomal,
safe, patient ratio is 800 to one
doctor. Today Alaska has one
dentist for each 7,000 people. The
normal, safe, ratio is approxi
mately 1,000 patients per dentist.
In short, Alaska has the highest
ratio of patients to doctors and
dentists and consequently the
poorest record of patient care in
the civilized world, the council
secretary said.
In actual practice the loctors and
dentists practicing in the territory
have settled in the urban areas
and are not available, without un
reasonable economic hardship, to
the 60 percent of the population
which resides in the remote and
isolated areas of Alaska
Alaskans must face the fact that
to obtain trained personnal the
territory must compete with the
various states where the shortage
is acute enough to force these
states to offer special incentives.
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