INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE ARCTIC WILDLIFE RANGE, ALASKA,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

OCTOBER 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 1959
AND APRIL 22, 1960

PART 2

KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, ANCHORAGE, SEWARD, CORDOVA,
VALDEZ, AND FAIRBANKS, ALASKA

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island
A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma
GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
FRANK J. LAUSCHE, Ohio
RALPH YARBOROUGH, Texas
CLAIR ENGLE, California

E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska
VANCE HARTKE, Indiana
GALE W. MCGEE, Wyoming

ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, Kansas

JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland
NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire

CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey

THRUSTON B. MORTON, Kentucky
HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania

EDWARD JARRETT, Chief Clerk

JOHN M. MCELROY, Assistant Chief Clerk
HAROLD I. BAYNTON, Chief Counsel
JAMES E. BAILEY, Assistant Chief Counsel
HARRY C. HUSE, Professional Staff Member

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island
E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska
CLAIR ENGLE, California

II

JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland
THRUSTON B. MORTON, Kentucky
HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania

CONTENTS

Ketchikan, Alaska, field hearings (October 20, 1959).
Statement of-

Baade, Mrs. Dixie M., Post Office Box 2391, Ketchikan, Alaska..
Boardman, W. K., manager, Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce,
Post Office Box 2637, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Hardcastle, Hon. Richard, mayor of Ketchikan, Alaska, 321 Dock
Street, Ketchikan, Alaska..

O'Brien, John A., Post Office Box 1274, Ketchikan, Alaska -
Smith, Hon. W. O., State senator for Alaska, 3104 North Tongass,
Kethcikan, Alaska..

Tobin, Emery F., Box 81, 423 Mission Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska, field hearings (October 22, 1959) -

Statement of

Boddy, A. W. "Bud," 939 West 10th Street, Juneau, Alaska___
Brooks, James, chief, division of game of the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game, Juneau, Alaska__

Buckley, Dr. John L., Department of the Interior, Washington,
D.C.

Cooley, Richard, 210 North Franklin, Juneau, Alaska.
Doogan, Frank M., Juneau Chamber of Commerce, Post Office
Box 1121, Juneau, Alaska.__

Downing, Richard A., commissioner, department of public works,
State of Alaska, Post Office Box 1361, Juneau, Alaska....
Holdsworth, Phil, commissioner of natural resources, State of
Alaska, Alaska Office Building, Juneau, Alaska....
Shenitz, Dr. Helen A., assistant librarian of the Alaska Historical
Library, Post Office Box 2051, Juneau, Alaska.

Statement submitted by

Anderson, Clarence L., commissioner, Alaska Department of
Fish and Game, Juneau, Alaska...--

107

Letters, telegrams, etc.:

Egan, Hon. William A., Governor, State of Alaska, Juneau,
Alaska

89

Fisher, Hon. James E., State representative, 534 Second Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska.

132

Gavin, Helen L., 641 Western Avenue, Glen Ellyn, Ill

133

Gunderson, Veryl, corresponding secretary, Juneau Garden Club,
Juneau, Alaska.

131

Jensen, Marcus F., game guide, Territorial Sportsmen, Inc.,
Juneau, Alaska.

95

Warner, J. G., Post Office Box 1989, Juneau, Alaska.

94

West, Charles B., president, Arctic Alaska Tours, Seattle, Wash__ Williams, James A., director, division of mines and minerals, State of Alaska, Post Office Box 1391, Juneau, Alaska. Anchorage, Alaska, field hearings (October 24 and 26, 1959).

132

133

135

Statement of—

Anthony, Leo Mark, Manley Hot Springs, Alaska.
Bading, Peter, 700 Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska

143

145, 147

Barber, Edward (Mrs.), president, Alaska Federation of Women's
Clubs, 1001 E Street, Anchorage, Alaska__

156

Byer, Hon. George, mayor of Anchorage, Alaska...

136

Harris, Buck, 2201 Turnagain Boulevard West, Anchorage,
Alaska..

161

Herbert, Charles F., consulting mining engineer, Anchorage,
Alaska.

181

Anchorage, Alaska, field hearings-Continued

Statement of-Continued

Hilliard, Douglas, biologist, Arctic Health Research Center, Post
Office Box 960, Anchorage, Alaska

Rausch, Dr. Robert, professional biologist, Post Office Box 960,
Anchorage, Alaska

Page

160

Irving, Dr. Laurance, 1511 Banister Road, Anchorage, Alaska.
Moore, Buck, 736 Third Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska

141

139

164

Rudisill, Dan L., president, Anchorage Chapter Izaak Walton
League, Anchorage, Alaska...

136

Ryan, Hon. Irene, State senator, first State legislature, Anchorage,
Alaska.

156

Strandberg, Harold, mining engineer, president, Alaska Miners
Association, Anchorage, Alaska

175

Vorys, Martin, Box 3291, EC Br., Anchorage, Alaska Letters, telegrams, resolutions, etc.:

170

Beckwith, H. R., Post Office Box 119, Anchorage, Alaska
Cairns, Mrs. William F., Star Route, Mile 16, Anchorage, Alaska
Cairns, William F., Jr., Star Route, End of the Route Road

187

187

fork of the Fish Hatchery Road, Anchorage, Alaska

187

Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. George, Anchorage, Alaska.
Peyton, Leonard J., biologist, Anchorage, Alaska

180

167

Rausch, Mrs. Reggie V., Anchorage, Alaska

Vogel, Oscar H., outfitter, Stepan Lake Hunting Camps, Anchor-
age, Alaska

145

167

Clark, Kim, Kodiak Outdoorsmen Club, Kodiak, Alaska
Petrovich, Hon. Alex, mayor of Seward, Alaska.

190

190

Letters, telegrams, etc.:

Hoover, Winford A., president, Kodiak Conservation Club,
Kodiak, Alaska..

191

Johnson, R. Holmes, president, Kodiak Chamber of Commerce,
Box 1155, Kodiak, Alaska

195

Wilson, Zora, president, Kodiak Outdoorsmen Club, Kodiak,
Alaska

191

Cordova, Alaska, field hearings (October 27, 1959) –

197

Statement of

Anderson, Hon. Barney, mayor of Cordova, Alaska.
Banta, Louis D., member, Cordova Council, Cordova, Alaska.........
Janson, Richard, Jr., chairman, Alaska Board of Fish and Game,
Box 505, Cordova, Alaska

197

206

198

Logan, Hon. Bob J., State senator, Alaska First Legislature,
Cordova, Alaska.

200

Valdez, Alaska, field hearings (October 28, 1959).

209

Statement of

Gilson, George, president, Valdez Chamber of Commerce, Valdez,
Alaska

White, Hon. Elmer, mayor of Valdez, Alaska_
Woodman, I. M., Box 573, Valdez, Alaska..

Fairbanks, Alaska, field hearings (October 29, 30, 31, 1959).
Statement of-

Ackley, Douglas, Alaska Sportsmen's Council, Fairbanks, Alaska. 295, 415
Bailey, Mrs. Helen, Fairbanks, Garden Club, 1324 Sixth Street,
Fairbanks, Alaska

Baker, Forbes L., chairman, Alaska Game Commission, 132
Kutter Road, Post Office Box 1479, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Beistline, Earl H., dean of the School of Mines, University of
Alaska, Box 4001, College, Alaska

237

239, 271

248

Boswell, John C., 507 Illinois Street, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Burnham, Mrs. Eleanor, Fairbanks Women's Club, 308 Noyes
Street, Fairbanks, Alaska..

374

289