New Statehood Bill Is One of 20
Bartlett Will Introduce in House
By Frank W. Vaille <•
WASHINGTON, MV—Delegate ,
Bartlett (D-Alaska» said Thursday ,
he has more than 20 bills ready
for introduction on opening day
of the new Congress. The big one,
of course, would bring Alaska into
the Union as a state.
Realistic wi h past rebuffs in
mind, Bartlett nevertheless is
hopeful the new bill will be able
to hurdle the barriers which have
blocked Alaska from statehood in
past years.
The bill he will drop in the
House hopper next Wednesday is
patterned largely after that which
passed the Senate early this year
but was blocked in the House.
It would provide for land grants
to the proposed state of 103,350,
000 acres, including mineral
rights; include financial grants to
finance harbor improvements,
land surveys, road construction
and maintenance; turn control of
federally-run fisheries over to Al
aska, and otherwise set up the
mechanics for statehood.
Several Bartlett bills incorpor
ate features included in whole or
part in the statehood measure.
In this category is one to grant
the territory 20 million acres of
its public domain and 400,000
acres of national forest la.id, each
to include mineral rights. Specific
tracts could be selected by the
territory within 25 years.
Another would transfer tc the
territory control of all its fisheries
except for fur seal and sea otter.
Although these would continue
under federal jurisdiction, 50 per
cent of the proceeds from fur sales
would go to the territory.
Among new bills which Bart
lett proposes to introduce for the
first time is one to give Alaska a
share comparable to that of indi
vidual states in receipts from oil,
gas and coal leases.
Under present law, Alaska re
ceives 37per cent of its oil and
gas lease receipts for road and
school purposes, but nothing
from coal royalties. States receive
37Vfe per cent from all three cate
gories, plus 52Vi per cent which
goes into their reclamation fund.
Bartlett’s bill would give Alas
ka 37VS per cent of its receipts in
all three categories with an addi
tional 52VS per cent going into the
territory’s general fund.
Another new bill would author
ize Canadian vessels.to carry pas
sengers between the various ports
in Southeast Alaska to take up the
slack in water transportation re
sulting from the termination of
passenger service by the Alaska
Steamship Co.
Bartlett will also propose par
tial distribution of roughly IVz
million dollars impounded in a
special fund pending settlement
of Indian claims to Tongass Na
tional Forest lands. He would give
25 per cent to public schools and
roads and 10 per cent to mainte
Adm. Radford
Arrives Formosa
TAIPEH, Formosa, Iff)—Adm.
Arthur W. Radford arrived yes
terday from Hong Kong and with
in half an hour had the first of a
series of meetings with President
Chiang Kai-Shek.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint 1
Chiefs of Staff, on a global survey ;
of American and Allied military
programs, told newsmen he didn’t
know what to make of the re
newed Communist threats to lib
erate Formosa.
“Maybe they don’t read the
papers,” he added.
This appeared to be a reference '
to President Eisenhower’s well
publicized statement that the Chi- :
nese Communists would have to
run over the U.S. Seventh Fleet
to take Formosa.
Asked if he favored a Northeast j
Asia alliance, Radford said he j
welcomed anything that would !
strengthen the free world.
nance and construction of roads
within the national forest.
Other proposals by the Alaska i
delegate, to be re-introduced on
opening day, would:
Permit mining within Katmai :
National Monument: alter boun
daries of McKinley National Mon
ument to eliminate some non
scenic areas; permit the Alaska
Road Commission to build roads
within communities when such
roads are part of the Alaska road
system; extend the Federal Import
Milk Compensation Act to Alaska;
permit the application of the Al
aska Workmen’s Compensation
Act to persons working on federal
projects; amend the McCarran
Immigration Act to eliminate re
quired screening of persons enter
ing the states from Alaska;
Require Bureau of Labor sta
tistics surveys of labor conditions
and living costs in Alaska at least
once every two years; provide for
elimination of fish traps in Alas
kan waters over a five-year per
iod; permit leasing of school lands
for periods of 55 years instead of
the present 10-year limitation;
and provide for the sale of gold '
on the open market.
It's high time to wish
you A Happy New Year
and thank you for your
wonderful patronage.
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