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ALASKA STATE

MAR 19 19&

DOCUMENT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 50

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMISSION OF ALASKA
INTO THE UNION

JANUARY 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, FEBRUARY 1, 2, 3, 4, and 24, 1954

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1954

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National Park Service:

Conrad Wirth, Director, National Park Service; Ben H.
Thompson, Chief, Recreation Planning Division, National
Park Service; Anthony T. Lausi, Deputy Director, Office
of Territories; and Robert Coote, Staff Assistant, Tech-
nical Review Staff___

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Additional information:

Data on administration-native use areas in Alaska, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, submitted by Harry M. Critchfield, Chief, Division of
Lands, Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Disclaimer provisions affecting public and Indian lands in enabling
acts, States admitted to the Union, 1864–1910 - -
Letter from-

Arnold, W. C., managing director, Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.,
to Hon. Guy Cordon, February 10, 1954, re Submerged Lands
Act

Bartlett, Hon. E. L., Delegate in Congress from the Territory of
Alaska, to chairman, January 18, 1954, re boundaries of Glacier
Bay National Monument...

Bartlett, Hon. E. L., Delegate in Congress from Alaska, to Hon.

Clinton P. Anderson..

Bartlett, Hon. E. L., to Hon. Guy Cordon, with enclosures, Feb-
ruary 15, 1954, re declaring Bristol Bay as an historic bay..

Bartlett, Hon. E. L., to Hon. Guy Cordon, February 20, 1954, re

amount of land which should be taken from existing Federal

withdrawals and turned over to the new State...

Carson, Comdr. M. V., Jr., USN, Director, Naval Petroleum

Reserves, to chairman, November 30, 1953-

Cordon, Hon. Guy, to W. C. Arnold, managing director, Alaska

Salmon Industry, Inc., February 18, 1954, re Submerged Lands

Act__

Du Pont, F. V., Commissioner of Public Roads, Bureau of Public

Roads, Department of Commerce, to Hon. Hugh Butler, Au-

gust 13, 1953, re highway expenditures in Alaska and approxi-

mate amounts of Federal-aid funds to be apportioned to Alaska

if present formulas extended to include Alaska..

Floete, Hon. Franklin G., to chairman, with enclosures (memos

from the Department of Defense, Army, and Air Force), Febru-

ary 5, 1954

French, Stewart, committee counsel, to Hon. Guy Cordon, Febru-

ary 2, 1954, re effect of statehood upon navigable waters..

French, Stewart, counsel, Senate Interior Committee, to Hon.

Guy Cordon, February 3, 1954, re sea boundaries in enabling

acts of State constitutions approved by Congress

Gates, Hon. Thomas S., Jr., Acting Secretary of the Navy, to

chairman, February 17, 1954, re suggested language_

Heintzleman, Hon. B. Frank, Governor of Alaska, to Legislative

Counsel, Office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior,

March 3, 1954, re suggested amendment to section 38 (b) of

S. 49---

Morton, Hon. Thruston B., Assistant Secretary of State, to

chairman, January 20, 1954, re establishing of no limit beyond

the 3-mile limit_.

Studds, Rear Adm. R. F. A., Director, United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, to Hon. Guy Cor-
don, February 1, 1954, re nautical, geogrphical, and statute
miles__

Memorandum from Orme Lewis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior,

to heads of bureaus and offices, May 18, 1953, re review of land

withdrawals in Alaska

Native use and administration areas in Alaska established by Execu-

tive order and special acts of Congress (population and location),

submitted by Harry M. Critchfield, Chief, Division of Lands, Bu-

reau of Indian Affairs..

Negotiations with Canada on Alaskan problems, statement by Senator

Hugh Butler in the Senate, January 29, 1954---

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Proclamation No. 2688, signed by the President of the United States,
September 25, 1945-Policy of the United States with respect to
coastal fisheries in certain areas of the high seas..

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Grant to Alaska right-of-way along highways presently reserved
by the Federal Government (the Chairman)-

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Tongass National Forest Act..

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Grant of fisheries and wildlife lands and control thereover;
percentage of proceeds from sales of seal and otter skins..
Grants of land and structures in Juneau_.

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