March 25, 1990

Dear Walt,

As you may already know, I have been a union Ironworker for thirteen years, specializing in the construction of commercial and industrial buildings. Three years ago, my combined experience as an ironworker and as a political economist identified the requirement that Alaska begin investing in rail-crane buildings for research and manufacturing.

The rail-crane building is required for Alaska research because it has the ability to lift heavy industrial technologies off the workbench and on to flat-bed trucks. These technologies can then be transported to remote or industrial sites for testing, then returned to the laboratory for repair and redesign.

This is the reason why only the modern rail-crane building has the ability to institutionalize manufacturing sciences in Alaska.

My never-ending commitment to establishing Alaska’s industrial science policy led me to the lower 48 where I helped to build nine rail-crane buildings. Some of these buildings were so advanced that we were not allowed to take photographs. I am now Alaska’s resident expert on rail-crane building design and construction.

My conceptual designs for a research laboratory at U.A.A. now only lack a few key specifications. I may need your help to access this information.

Inclosed is my manuscript,” The American System of Political Economy in Establishing Alaska’s industrial Science Policy.”

Charles E. Duncan