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Show WOULD THROW , ALASKA OPEN Secretary Fall Denies He Is Trying to Assist Predatory Preda-tory Interests m:v EOftK, Feb. 3. Declaring ilo crniiicnt ' hns interfered vllh !)rsin?ss too much alrearli'." Secretary of the Interior l'.-ill in a speech be-IfOre be-IfOre iho women's department of the National Civic federation Thursday advocated the development of Alas-i;a'H Alas-i;a'H resources by private interests. "It is (ftiarsred,V he Bald, "that I am trying to turn Alaska over to the pre- datory Interests by lending my ear to plans for the development of Alaska's I oil resources. Congress is being asked 1 to permit 4" claimants to mines to j form a company to develop the lands "The government is In this business land it should not be. The government j has Interfered with business too much .already, but the pc ipi.- m Mils country will eventually hui' to decide what ihey want to do with Alaska and how ready they are to help to develop th:s great unproapected wealth." Secretary Fall also denied chaises! i of extravagance leveled apalnst gov-icennient gov-icennient departments and advocated a (reorganization of ihe department of the interior and co-ordination of the work of the various bureaus. |