INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION PURSUANT TO H. Res. 30 TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR OCTOBER 1, 1955-SITKA OCTOBER 1, 1955-PETERSBURG OCTOBER 3 AND 5, 1955-KETCHIKAN OCTOBER 4, 1955-HYDABURG, KLAWOCK, AND CRAIG PART 5 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs CONTENTS Sitka, Alaska, October 1, 1955: Statement of M. L. Borders, administrative officer of the medical center, Frank Calvin Warren C. Christianson, attorney at law. Dan Doyl, secretary of the Central Labor Council. Andrew Hope, member of the executive board, Alaska Native Charles W. Kidd, chairman, public schools committee, Chamber of William W. Knight, representing the Sitka Chamber of Com merce Page 61 18 40 50 52 4 2 Dr. Carl Mankinen, United States Public Health Service, Mount William Olsen, area director, Alaska Native Service. Mrs. Hopewell Rands, Chamber of Commerce committee on Myrth B. Sarvela, secretary, Northern Fishing Vessel Owners Fred Van Horn. Leslie Yaw, superintendent, Alaska Miners Home, Sitka.. Petersburg, Alaska, October 3, 1955: Statement of Ralph Hall, president, Chamber of Commerce. Malcolm E. Hardy, professional forester, United States Forest Lester L. Wingard, Superintendent of schools. Ketchikan, Alaska, October 3, 1955: Statement of-- i Georger Anderson, Industrial Unity Council, 634 Grant Street_ 107 93 83 74 87 105 113 144 120 W. K. Boardman, manager, Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce_ 160 J. E. Danielson, superintendent of schools, Ketchikan_ 154 185 J. F. Krause, representing the Southeastern Alaska Seine Boat Hydaburg, Alaska, October 4, 1955: Summary of hearing. 133 217 231 239 III Robert E. Ellis, territorial senator from the first division, Oscar Erickson, Alaska Fishermen's Union, Ketchikan branch.. D. Force, district commander, southeastern district of the Mark Glover, territorial department of mines. W. M. McCall, secretary, Fishermen's Allied Workers Union.... Frank M. Williams, fisherman__. Annette Island Reserve, Alaska, October 6, 1955: Summary of hearing-- ALASKA, 1955 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1955 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TERRITORIAL AND INSULAR AFFAIRS Mrs. Prost. The Subcommittee on Territories and Insular Affairs will now come to order. We have 221⁄2 hours at our disposal this morning. I would like in opening the meeting to introduce to you the subcommittee members present. On my left is Congressman Utt, of California, next is Judge Chenoweth, of Colorado, then your own Delegate, Bob Bartlett. To his right is Congressman Sisk, of California. Traveling with us are three very able staff members. Here behind us is Dr. John Taylor, consultant for our subcommittee, and to my left at the end of the table is Sid McFarland, who is our full committee engineering consultant, and our very able reporter is Karl Veley. We also have with us Colonel Libby who is keeping us on schedule. We have now spent three most enjoyable and constructive weeks in the Territory of Alaska. But this committee has had little time to relax, to go sightseeing, or to otherwise participate in the pleasant social functions here. We have spent 67%1⁄2 hours in actual hearings. We have heard from 182 people, and we expect to increase that somewhat today. We are told, however, that we must be finished by 12 noon. Our able chairman, Mr. Leo O'Brien, found it necessary to leave from Juneau to return to his home in Albany, N. Y., last week. We are sorry because Mr. O'Brien is an Alaska enthusiast, and you can depend that he will be selling Alaska legislation to eastern Members of Congress when we all return to the session next January. This group, as you know, is a two-party group. We have 2 Republicans and 2 Democrats at this time with us. However, in committee work we do not indulge in party politics. We have a common desire to search into your problems, and we will assume a nonpartisan approach in attempting to solve them. Yesterday afternoon we viewed the site of the new pulp mill which, I understand, is a very fervent hope of this community. We, along with you, certainly hope that you will be able to induce that industry to locate in your community. I understand too, that hydro projects are something that are vital to this area. I might add that they are most important in my own State of Idaho. We have that great, deep Hells Canyon gorge on the Snake River, which I have been trying to get authorized since my election to Congress 3 years ago, so that we may develop our natural resources in Idaho. |