ppR Describes Trip, Mentioning
Kodiak; Sees Alaska Growth
Bremerton, Wash. (JP) Aug,
j2—President Roosevelt, who ar
nved here today after his in
action of the Pacific war zone,
jeclared the United Nations
mlist prepare permanent defenses
(„r any future aggressions of tne
Japanese
“The word and honor of Japan
jjnnot be trusted,” he said.
During his absence he visited
pearl Harbor and inspected min
ify bases in the Aleutians. It
brought a laugh when he said
yt played hookey near Juneau
ong enough to sneak 3 hours
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ier.
Permanent Pacificbasesmustbe
ibtained, Roosevelt said, to pro
wt this hemisphere from Alaska
0 Chile. Speaking of his trip to
0 Uaska he said:
“This trip has given me a
ihance to talk of the social and
iconomic future of Alaska with
Sov. Gruening. He asked me to
®ure you that the tan which I
®ve acquired in the last few
lays is from the Alaska sun. You
rholivein the Pacific Northwest
ealize that a line for sea and air
nvigation following the great
lircle course from Puget Sound
»Liberia and northern China
lasses very close to the Alaskan
mast and thence westward along
the line of the Aleutian islands,
tom the point of view of nation
il defense, therefore, our control
if this route must be undisturb
td That is a simple statement of
the military, naval and air point
if view, But when we end the
iapanese threat there is an excel
ent outlook for permanent peace
n the whole Pacific area, and
herefore it is natural and proper
or us to think of the economic
md commercial future It is log
ical that we forsee a great inter
change of commerce between our
chores and those of Siberia and
China. In this commercial devel
opment Alaska and the Aleutian
islands become automatic step
ping stones.
The President said that on his
return to Wa hington he intends
10 set up a study of Alaska and
the Aleutian islands as a “place
"hich many veterans of this war,
especially those who do not have
strong roots in their own homes,
540 go to become pioneers ”
After leaving Hawaii the Pres
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ident said, “We headed for the
Aleutian islands, 4 days later ar
riving at Adak, one of the most
westerly islands. There we found
intense activity at what might
be called a nearly completed ad
vance base. It was from there
that a great part of the expedi
tions to recapture Attu and Kis
ka started.
“Adak 2 years ago was a bleak,
practically uninhabited island,
and with other Aleutian islands
seemed relatively unimportant
in plans for the security of our
own continent. You here well re
alize the commotion which fol
lowed the Japanese occupation
of Attu and Kiska, Many thought
the chiefs of staff in Washington
were not paying enough atten
tion to the threat against the Al
aska coast. We realized, of course,
that such a Japanese threat could
become serious, if unopposed,
but we knew also that Japan did
not have the naval or air power
to carry this into effect. Prepar
ations to throw Japan from the
toeholds had been laid even be
fore the Japanese got there. The
rest of the story you know It
took great preparations and
heavy fighting to eject them
from Attu, and by the time a
great expedition to reeapture
Kiska got there the Japanese de
cided that discretion was the bet
ter part of valor; they decided
retirement and retreat were bet
ter than harikan; they aban
doned the Aleutians.
“The climate at Adak is not
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the most inviting in the world
but I want to say a word of ap
preciation to the thousands of
officers and men of all services
who have built this base and
other bases in such a short time
to the point where the people of
the Pacific coast, British Colum
bia and Alaska can feel certain
we are safe against Japanese in
vasion on a large scale.
“We were delayed by the fog
and rain and had to give up put
ting in Dutch Harbor but we did
stop at Kodiak, a large island at
the end of the Alaska peninsula.
Here also the 3 services have
completed a very excellent
though smaller base and there is
actually a small community
there. It was the first little town
we had seen in Alaskan waters
and the first trees. That'own,
and those trees, made me think
of the coasts of Newfoundland.
We were told that a number of
officers and men at this base and
other ports are considering settl
ingin Alaska after the war. I
hope this is so, because the de
velopment of Alaska has only
been scratched It is still a
country of pioneers. Only a small
part of its mineral rtsources
have been explored, and there is
of course an abundance of fish,
game and timber, together with
great possibilities in agriculture.
“I cou d not help remember
ing that the climate, crops and
other resourses are not, essential
ly different from the northern
Europe of Norway, Sweden and
Finland and the people of these
countries, in spite of cold win
ters and darkness, have brought
their civilization to a high pros
perous level.
‘ Alaska is a land of small pop
u'ation but I am convinced that
it has great opportunities for
those willing to work to help
buiid all kinds of new things in
lands.”
Mrs. Celeste Lewis left this
week on a trip to Anchorage,
Fairbanks and planned to go as
far north as Nome. Following
her trip she expects to locate
permanently on the mainland.
Carol Warnkey and Esther
Riep, waitresses from Kodiak,
are now in Minnesota for the
summer but are planning to re
turn to the mainland in Septem
ber. Miss Riep is in Minneapolis
and Miss Warnkey. who worked
here at the Victory cafe, is va
cationing at Island Lake, near
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