Mr. ABBOTT. Off the record. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. O'BRIEN. I am going to suggest, Mr. Abbott, in view of the schedule which the young lady faces, that at 25 minutes to 1, if we are still in session, we proceed without a formal record, with the right reserved to any witness to send a statement to us later. With that in mind, I would like to ask the indulgence of this witness for the purpose of making a brief statement. First, I would like to point out there has been considerable discussion here today about Alaska becoming the 49th State. The gentleman at my left is about to embark on a career which constitutes a new state for him-the state of matrimony. The tall, dark, and handsome counsel of this committee will be leaving us tonight to prepare to become a bridegroom on October 1, and I would like to say for myself and for all the members of the committee that he has performed for us a yeoman's service not only in the preparation of our schedule in Alaska, but in his handling of witnesses. It has been my experience and this is the first experience that I have had in this kind of an expedition-it has been my experience that the committee has learned almost as much from the questions asked by the counsel as we have from the responses by the witnesses. I just want to extend on the record my personal thanks to one of the most brilliant young men I have ever met in Washington, and I congratulate him for myself, the committee, and I am sure for all of the people of Anchorage on his dangerous expedition of October 1. Mr. ABBOTT. Mr. Chairman, in normal committee procedure you would ask at this time of other members present if there are any objections to the statement that you made. Let me say, without agreeing to the tall, dark, and handsome business, if I miss-again I reiterate if I miss an appointment which I have, I will come back shrunken, shriveled, and unidentifiable. I deeply appreciate the remarks of the chairman. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. O'BRIEN. May I suggest, Mr. Czaplinski, could you prepare after you have testified-I am not going to shut you off on your testimony-but could you prepare at some later date a synopsis of what you will tell us today and send it to Washington, the Interior Committee, House Interior Committee, Washington, D. C. With that understanding, we will proceed without the formal record. (At 12:35 p. m., the reporter was dismissed.) INDEX Civic affairs: Axford, Fred, member, Anchorage Port Commission, Anchorage.. Page 28 176 League of Alaskan Cities, resolution of 182 Matkin, George, city engineer, Anchorage 33, 35 McKinley, William H., superintendent, Municipal Light and Power Shannon, George C., city manager, Anchorage- Taylor, Maynard L., Jr., mayor, Anchorage_. Commonwealth status: Atwood, Robert B., Chairman, Alaska Statehood Education: Cato, Julia, school district tax assessor. Fridley, Don E., assistant superintendent of schools, Anchorage_ Newell, Dwight H., assistant superintendent of schools, Anchorage- 121 Atwood, Robert B., chairman, Alaska Statehood Committee, An- 280 Kendall, Bruce, Anchorage. 257 Owen, Alfred A., Jr., Senator, Third Division, Alaska Territorial 189 Fish and wildlife: Key, Wendell P., speaker, house of representatives, Alaska Territorial 114 Ricketts, Lee, North Pacific Fisheries Association, Anchorage......... 104 Industrial possibilities: Asplund, John M., chairman, trade development committee, Anchor- Baker, Robert A., member, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce_ Browne, Ralph, Anchorage_ Phillips, E. Bradford, vice president, Arctic-Alaska Travel Service, Judicial system: Plummer, Ray, attorney at law, Anchorage_ Labor: Owen, Alfred A., Jr., Senator, Alaska Territorial Legislature_- General discussion, Anchorage. Hubbard, Oscar E., M. C., chief, mental health section, Alaska Health Moran, William J., United States Commissioner, Third Division, 248, 256 Parsons, Alaska Department of Public Health, Anchorage_ 248 Military installations: Atkinson, Lt. Gen. J. H., United States Air Force, Commander in 295 Farrell, Col. Carl Y., district engineer, Alaska District, Corps of 295 Matkin, George, city engineer, Anchorage. 34, 72 Owen, Alfred A., Jr., Senator, Alaska Territorial Legislature, Anchor- age. 325 Shannon, George C., city manager, Anchorage_ 46 295 I Mining and mineral resources: Browne, Ralph, Anchorage- Chipperfield, W. H., Territorial land commissioner, Anchorage_ National parks: Hanson, Garner B., manager, McKinley Park Hotel.. Jacobs, Wayne D., assistant superintendent, McKinley National Phillips, E. Bradford, vice president, Arctic-Alaska Travel Service, Prasal, Richard G., Park Naturalist, McKinley National Park. Public lands: Atkinson, Lt. Gen. J. H., United States Air Force, Commander in Chipperfield, W. H., Territorial land commissioner_. Tidelands, statement of Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage__ Axford, Fred, member, Anchorage Port Commission, Anchorage. Page 329 101 229 92 3 186 1 205 1 302 101 183 167 168 28, 70 Fischer, Victor, executive secretary, League of Alaskan Cities- Atwood, Robert B., chairman, Alaska Statehood Committee. 273 Fischer, Victor, executive secretary, League of Alaskan Cities- 178 319 289 289 182 Lightwood, Milton, member, board of directors, Operation Statehood. 323 317 Retherford, Robert, member, board of directors, Operation Statehood 324 289, 320 42, 78 305, 316 Transportation: Asplund, John M., chairman, trade development committee, Anchor- 230, 243 Axford, Fred, member, Anchorage Port Commission.. 28, 70 Bentz, Claude, chairman, maritime committee, Anchorage Chamber 245 Croul, John E., manager, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce- 226 209 3 Hinchey, Ken, chairman, Knik Arm Causeway Dam Committee, Jackson, George D., chairman, Anchorage Port Committee, Anchorage 224 League of Alaskan Cities, resolution of 182 Manly, John E., Assistant General Manager, Alaska Railroad. 290 36. Owen, Alfred A., Jr., Senator, Third Division, Alaska Territorial Whitman, Reginald N., General Manager, Alaska Railroad. 189 209 1 Water and power resources: Bittner, William E., Anchorage. Page 265 133, 260 265 Boyko, Edgar Paul, corporation counsel, Chugach Electric Associa- Central Alaska Power Association, Anchorage, memorandum from__ 171, 173 Letter to Assistant Secretary of the Interior Aandahl from Cen- Letter to Hon. Clair Engle from Alaska Committee for Public Memorial No. 16 in Legislature of Alaska Farrell, Col. Carl Y., district engineer, Alaska District Corps of En- 144 157 157, 261 84 Gustafson, George E. M., member, board of directors, Chugach 336 Hickel, Walter J., chairman, electric power committee, Anchorage 246 Mackle, Terrence G., chairman, board of directors, Chugach Electric 336 Matkin, George, city engineer, Anchorage- 36 McKinley, William H., superintendent, Municipal Light and Power 21, 25, 46, 64 Retherford, Robert W., consulting engineer, Anchorage.. 133 Seiser, Virgil, Anchorage__ Stewart, Marlin S., manager, Chugach Electric Association, Inc., and о 336 133, 260 |