The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1941, Page 2

. -~ {1 It - | nes HOTEL OFFERS Scouf Planes " FACLITIES FOR | Flying Along pusLic oFicEs Greek Bordel' Juneau Manager Says He | Can Meet All Regpire- BITOLJ, Yugoslavia, Feb. 18.—Re- H ok oot we om Grecer wwa ments of Agencies large flying scout reconnaissance e planes “positively identified” as Ger-| An offer to furnish “all space re- man, have been flying over Greek- quired” for Federal and Territorial Macedonia in recent days provoking offices here was made today by Clar- fears an invasion of Nazi forces is ence Wise, manager of the Hotel Ju- neau, in a spirit of cooperating in a imminent The planes are said to have ap- | community effort to give the agen- peared each day along the Bulgarian |cies facilities which are lacking due frontier and have caused as many | to overcrowding of the Federal build- as three air raid alarms daily in|ng Greek towns “The hotel will be glad to furnish all space required,” Wise said. He pointed out the Juneau Hotel's | particular availability for such use in view 6f its location close to the Federal and Territorial Building | it is in the same block as the Terri- FOR ERGUSONMMM Building and within a block — lof the Federal Building. The Adjutant General of the Al-| Wise said his building, which is of aska National Guard announced to- | reinforced concrete construction, has day that a Board has been :\ppmm-!all outside rooms, with connecting | ed by the commanding general of |facilities. the Alaska Defense Force to examine| One Federal office, that of Alaska Gordon T. Ferguson for a commis- | Selective Service Director Anthony sion as 2nd Lieutenant in the Medi- |E. Karnes, is already located in the | cal Administration Corps Reserve. |Juneau Hotel | Major Jesse E. Graham, USA, was| In his recent message to the Leg- | approinted President of the Board.|islature, Gov. Ernest Gruening spoke First Lieutenant W. E. Eveland of of the acute shortage of office space the Sanitary Corps Reserve and|for expanding Federal and Terri- First Lieutenant Richard Williams | torial agencies. of the Dental Corps Reserve are the | . other two members of the Board. | The Board will convene in the| near future to examine Ferguson. | D s FOUR FEET OF ICE. | Of interest to those purchasing lee pool tickets was the repor: today - New Wing Arrives For Doug'as DC.B that the ice at 4 o'clock yesterday |afternoon was four feet deep on | Arriving on the Alaska was a new | Chena Slough, which, as a rule, | YT 'WOMEN'S HO AIRLINETO W s ANCHORAGE gy wes, Jen: |S plANNED;WhiIe House af Skagway Is Hearing Sla—i?éaon Alaska Air Lines Application, Also PAA Change Bills Pass - A bill for constructing or purchas- ing a home for destitute women in Alaska was introduced in the House THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 18 Possibility-Two 3 -| papers of incorporation with Ter- | ONCHENA SLOUGH ; An application 'of Alaska Air Lines, Inc., for a certificate of pub- lic conveniencé and necessity for a plane service between Juneau and Anchorage, via Yakutat, Cor- dova and Valdez, has been received by the Civil Aeronautics Board, ac- cording to an announcement today by Thomas G. Early, Secretary. Alaska Air Lines, Inc., filed ritorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle last April 9, Incorporators are R. H. Goodman of Anchorage and N. C. Banfield and H. L. Faulkner of Juneau. In December, the corporation $100,000° to $250,000, A public' hearing on the appli- cation will be held February 25 at| 10 o'clock in the morning in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington before Examiner Willlam J Mad- den, Early announcetl. PAA Application At the same time a hearing will be held on an application of Pa- cific Alaska Airways,” Inc., for amendment of its existing certifi- ate to authorize service on a flag stop basis to and from Burwash Landing, Canada, and Tanana| Crossing, Alaska, and for authori-| zation to provide service to An- chorage by extending thg present | PAA route between Whitehorse and | Fairbanks from Tanana Crossing. e capitalization of was raised from ! Alaska, the Coffey memorial to build | wing for the Douglas DC-3 which | has been grounded here since the storm of two weeks ago. The wing With a net weight of | only 700 pounds weighed a full | 6,100 pounds with the prntcc!nve‘ crate in which it was shipped. Dick | Orton, PAA Chief Mechanic !mm: Seattie, will supervise the {hree-day | job of putting it on. | ‘The old wing, damaged only slight- ly, will be shipped to Seattle for the minor repairs necessary. Lack of heavy equipment in the local shop made repairs here impractical. ! ST i, | Subscribe for The Empire. breaks up within a day of the Ne- | nana ice where the famous tripod rests. CHAN TR 4 5 Of less interest is the report that . 3 o |7 d ice on Bering Sea is 45 incrr:es thick ‘ l-egISIaflve La les Weather, throughout the Interior is | p * | moderate. | ‘over 50 members and guests of Snowfall is deepest at Nome with ! the Juneau Woman’s Club gath- 14 inches. Barrow ties with Fair- |cred today in the social rooms of banks with seven inches, Bethel has | the Metropolitan Methodist Church| thrée and one-half inches; Dutch at 12:30 o'clock for a luncheon in| Harbor, one inch; Cordova, a trace ponor 'of Representative , Crystai and Juneau, Ketchikan and Kodiak | gnow Jenne and wives and daugh- Luncheon Honors ROk gt | ters 6f the legislators. ———————— i 3 | A patriotic color scheme of red, WHY | white and blue was carried out SUFMER with your feet?| Phone 648, Chiropodist Dr, Steves |0 the table decorations and in |the flag place cards. Guests were HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 18— They have built a nice bit of for “The Devil and Miss Jones.” or maybe it is, for several times action the sound of a hammering intrudes. Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coens. presented corsages by the club. | with Mrs. Harold Knight, Presi- dent of the ¢club presiding, the program was opened with an invo- | cation by Mrs. G. Edward Knight followed by a flag salute and the !singing of God Bless America by -Set-ups: the group. Coney Island on a sound stage | Mrs., Henry Harman sang several selections. She was accompanied It is not exactl; v @ sound stage, ||\ yg Robert White. of Representatives today by Mr: Crystal Snow Jenne of Juneau, only woman member of the 15th Territor- ial Legislature. The bill would appropriate $35,000 for construction or purchase of such a home and directs that the White House at Skagway be investigated as a possibility, and ¥ féund suitable, purchased for not more than $8,000. An additional $15,000 is appropri- ated for maintenance’ of the home. Half a dozen othér bills showered into the hopper today but all dealt with minor mattérs. Bank Bill Passes The House passed Rep. Leo Rogge’s bill providing for Territorial bank examinations and appropriated $5,000 for the purpose. Also. passed, after- considerable discussion, wa: bill by Rep. William Egan to pay the Northern Commercial Company $1300 for a diesel plant for the Griffin'. Memorial Hospital at Ko- diak. Rep. James V. Davis opposed the bill because the purchase was madeé without calling bids and in violation of Territorial law. Egap said he did not condene the method of purchase and did not wish it to be | considered a precedent but said the plant was bought as it was through a 'misuriderstanding and that it had proved a good purchase. Oppesiticn te MacDonald Gift Committee recommendations to-| day found the Roads Committee en- dorsing the Shattuck: memorial to exténd the Federal Highway Act to a road from Palmer to Copper Cen-| tér and the Gordon bill for a $5,000 | appropriation for Donald MacDon- ald. ‘Davis refused to concur in the “do pass” recommendation on the MacDenald appropriation. Rep. Al- mer J. Peterson’s memoria! for a Congressional investigation of the | Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Com- migsion received “do pass” recom-| mendaticn, with Reép. Charles Her- bert dissenting. The Ways and Means Ceminittee approved the bill for an appropriation for the Seldovia Hos- pital, though asking that the amount be reduced from $6,000 to $5,000. Rep. Harvey J. Smith’s bill to raise the excise tax on hard liquor was recommitted to the Education Committee for specific amendment The House rejected a Commitiee re- commendation that the tax be made $1 per gallon instead of $1.50 as Smith suggested (present tax: 50 cents) and the Committee will now suggest some other figure. The House adjourned until 1| o'clock tomorrow. | - D 1941. 3,000 Mento Tongass In Be Employed During Night At Anchora o o1 Three thousand men will be em- Joyed at the Anchorage Army Air Base at the peak of construction this summer, according to Major B. B. Talley, who was in Juneau last night after arriving on the steamer Tcn- | zass en route to Fort Richardson Major Talley is the officer inj Whistling into Gastineau Chan- nel at 8:30 ¢'clock last night, the stcamer Tongass of the Alaska ; Transportation Company, docked here to unload six passengers and freight before sailing on to Sitka at 9 o'clock this morning. Passengers arriving here from Se- attle—Mr. and Mrs. W. W, Roger: Bonita Clark, Mr, and Mrs. Clark and Major B. B. Talley. H L| “harge of Army construction in the| The vessel is scheduled to re- Alaska Sector, and a Major in the|turn to Juneau sometime late Corps of Engineers with headquar- | Thursday. RIS S QIR ters at Fort Richardson, Anchorage. Alaskans First | Speaking with Joe Flakne, Director of the Alaska Temritorial Employ- Iu‘kahoe (rew '0 ment Service, the Major said thut‘ residents of Alaska will be given| R ' ' s l" preference in the hiring of men for | e u’n o ea e the bases, and that Outside labor will be used only when Alaskan la- bor supplies are depleted. Talley pointed out that all hiring would be done in cooperation with | the Territorial Employment Service | and that all men applying for work | on a Base must have proof of his citizenship. Flakne Warns Men desirous of obtaining work | on the bases should register with the | Employment Service, Flakne sadi,and | not migrate to the Base towns in| hope of being employed. Much need- | tess migration will be eliminated by |by unfavorable weather until to-| registration, said Flakne. day when they were taken to Cor-: The Anchorage Base will be under | dova by a Cordova Air Service way at its peak by April 1, according | plane. to Major Talley who is expecting| A wire was sent to Cordova 10| weather cond‘tions to be favorable by [secure the registration number of then and that work can continue at [the boat and complete information a normal rate. tas to details of cargo, value in-| Board and Room $2.20 surance, ete. He said that arrangements have been made to board and rcom sin- | gl at the S { - 1 cle men at e sucerson cam ot G,0| () Produdtion q_uarv.ers have been set aside for mar- ; " Vitally Necessary, g, PN National Defense’ 'The Major is returning to his head- (Continued from Page One) A radiogram received today from Zordova by the Juneau office of the U. S, Customs states that Jo-| seph P. Crock, Master, and Elmer | Little, crew member, of the gas- boat Tueckahoe of Seattle are at| Cordova awaiting transportation back to Seattle shipwrecked sailors, Incomplete information stated| that the gasboat was wrecked at Katalla on January 25 and that| the two men had been held Lhcre{ as San Francisco for the purpose of | coordinating the flow of supplies to | the various bases so that construc- quarters after a trip to Seattle and 11934, was fixed by law at one- ounce of uulll.i | | THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 18: Fair, but with morning fog in channel tonight and Wednesday; little change in temperature, lowest temperature tonight about 28 degrees, highest Wednesday 40 degrees; gentle variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly fair but with local patch- es morning fog in channels and straits not much change in tem- perature; light to gentle variable winds. g of winas along the coast of the Guif of Alaskss Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Gentle easterly to southeasterly winds; mostly fair but with patches fog; Cape Spencer to Cape Hin- chinbrook: gentle easterly winds; partly cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Moderate southeasterly winds; local showers; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: Moderate southerly to southeasterly winds; local showers. . LOCAL DATA ‘Time * Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.15 34 96 w 4 Mod. Fog. 4:30 am. today .. 30.08 32 9% s 2 Clear Noon today ... 30.07 41 66 swW 6 Clear RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Barrow ot -1 4 T Snow Fairbanks .. 38 6 6 .01 Clear Nome - 29 25 28 o Cloudy Dawson e 12 =1 -6 0 Clear Anchorage - 29 29 0 Clear Bethel 36 32 33 T Cloudy St, Paul .. 36 31 35 .06 Clear Dutech Harbor .. 39 7 39 .0 Rain Wosnesenski ... 39 317 37 16 Cloudy Kodiak . 40 317 31 .10 Rain Cordova 40 33 34 0 Foggy Juneau 34 30 32 0 Clear Sitka 34 0 Foggy Ketchikan 44 32 33 [] Clear Prince Rupert .. 49 | 42 35 0 Clear Prince George .. 38 | 7 8 0 Clear Seattle . 57 31 32 [ Clear Portland 58 | 35 36 [ Clear San Francisco .. 52 50 52 18 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Rain was falling this morning at a few stations from the lower Kuskokwim Valley to the Aleutian Island and to Kodiak, and snow was falling at Barrow. Clea generally elsewhere over Alaska. Rain or snow had fallen during tr r or partly cloudy skies prevaile previous 24 hours from the lower Tanana Valley to Barrow, and from the Bering Sea to the Kuskookwim Valley, and along the coast uf the Aleutian Islands to Kodiak. The greatest amount of precipitation was 70 inch which was recorded at Dutch Harbor. The temperaturcs had fallen slightly this morning over the Interior, Barrow hav reported four degrees and Fairbanks six degrees this morning. Mosi ly clear skies and good visibilities, but with patches of low stratus clouds and fog with ceiling and visibility very low, were reported this morning over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway. The Tuesday morning weather chart indicated a low cenler of 094 millibars (29.35 inches) was located near St. Paul Island a scc- ond low center of 1000 millibars (2).53 inches) was located at 41 de- grees north and 165 degrees west; a third low center of 1002 milli- bars (29.62 inches) was located a’ 35 degrees north and 145 deg west; and a fourth low center of 9)7 millibars (29.44 inches) wa: cated at 30 degrees north and 13) degrees west. A high press area of 1019 millibars (30.09 inche) was centered at 27 degrees noith and 161 degrees west, and a high ‘pressure area was centered to the east and southeast of Alaska. Juneau, Feb. 19 — Sunrise 8:2' a.m., sunset 6:03 p.m. In the days ahead, we will be obliged to lose some of our great store of gold, for our own benefit and for that of other countries. How much we cannot now predict. slavery of tne numan race. Hitler is utterly inconsistent in his severe denunciations of the Gold Standard and of the money and credit system which has been carried on in national and inter-| This will make it imperative that national trade for thousands of we maintain and stimulate our gold years. As proof of this, he hasipmductiom seized all the gold he could find| This problem is so closely con- in the nations he has conquered, nected with the very life of our as he considers gold the most val-| Government, its monetary and cre- uable prize to be had in the world. | dit structure, that it has become as Director Sam Wood orders workman down the studio street Coney is somewhat disjointed, though in the picture they'll doubtless fit the pieces together expanse of sand, the boardwalk, the bath-houses. Right in front neatly. Over here is a Httered a lifeguard station, over there, | of the camera, a separate setup | on a raised platform, is a bit of breeze-blown beach. Iying side by | side on the sand are Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings, whis- pering. Asleep directly behind Spring Byington and Charles Coburn. small fan off-stage, and the san white. Thi sis imported sand fr the sand is sufficiently similar Atlantic beach sands. them, also side by side, are | The breeze comes from a | d — in the close-up — is very rom Pismo Beach, Calif., where in texture and whiteness to Before one of the takes, the cameraman asks Coburn to move his hand down over his vest. tle wheeze, almost a snore. On the set of “The Man WI ward Ludwig wishes the title could be changed. edy,” he says, “but he title doesn't say so.” PERCY’S CAFE [ J “We have lightened things up around here some, however,” he remarks, referring to John Otterson’s lavish set representing a “See the light finish - wealthy home. the big picture frames, on the m: comedy — strikes a light color ar else, we'd use heavy colors, purposely massive gilded frames, dark tapestries.” Kay Francis, smart in a strik brightening on her dressing room. Now, seated at the piano where sl she goes through the scene with dignity — concluding, after Ludwig’s “Cut,” by making faces a dignified star, but adding to the gaiety of this set. ... Joan Wife,” and today’s is a funny sce a similar movie theatre customer lure. The young couple, who need cash badly, are asleep in their little apartment when a neighbor awakens them with flews that they've won $200 at the movies and must be there within three minutes to collect. There is no reply, except a gen- Then Sam Wood has to wake up Coburn so that he can play the part of a sleeping man. . . . own while co-star Kay has been working on bundles for Britain. Blondell and Dick Powell, reel life after elicking in “I Want a Divor ho Lost Himself,” Director Ed- “This is a com- sTOP AT PERCY'S CAFE Breakfast, Dinner or Light Lunches ® DELICIOUS FOOD © FOUNTAIN SERVICE ® REFRESHMENTS on the woodwork, on antel, everywhere. It's good for nd sets the mood. For anything ing modern gown, is doing some Brian in his Aherne is he will be photographer playing, and comic nosies, unworthy of married still in real and " are making “Model ene built around bank night or | presented by the president with a | tality chairman, The guest of honor, Mrs. Jenne, only club member and the second woman in Alaska to be elected to the ‘Territorial Legislature, was gift from the club. After a gracious response by Mrs, Jenne, Mrs. Burras Smith, hospi- introduced the | guests and spoke briefly on pend-| legislation of interest to the ing club. | Mrs. i Smith, program| | chairman, ~then introduced the | speaker for the afternoon, Dr. James Ryan, Commissioner of Edu- | cation who discussed the “Pros and Cons of Progressive Education.” | Mrs. Smith then gave an outline |of the work done by the Juneau | Woman's Club, after which the chairmanship was turned back to| the president, Mrs. Harold Knight who introduced Mrs." Ernest ‘Gru- ening and Mrs. Mildred Hermann,| each of whom spoke briefly. | Guests asked for the occasion in addition to Mrs. Jenne were: Miss Shirley Peterson, 'daughter of Representative Almer Peterson; and the Mesdames Stuart Stan- groom, Frank Whaley, Leo Rogge, Hjalmar Nordale, Charles Herbert, James Davis, Allen Shattuck and Henry Roden, Mrs. Gundérson, an active member of the Wrangell club, was also a guest for the occasion, Harold NEW YORK, Feb, 18. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4':, American Can 83'%, Anaconda 22 7/8, Bethlehem Steel 76, Commonwealth and South~ ern 3, Curtiss Wright 7'z, Gen- eral Motors 41%, International| Harvester 47, Kennecott 32, New; York Central 12%, Northern Pacific 5 17/8, United States Steel 57%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGI The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 11898, | rails 26.75, utilities 19. - SALOUM FAMILY OUT Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Saloum, ac- companied by their daughter, Ele- anor, left for a visit in the States on the steamer Yukon. They may | go as far south as California. ey B (MARY VANDER LEEST - | mission Office where she will re- | place Mrs. Luther Leaguerfi In Practice for - ComingProgram Last Sunday evening members of the Luther League held a rehearsal | of acts for “Luther Leaguers on the | Loose.” AnotHer rehearsal will be held this coming Wednesday evening | at 7 o'clock, and all persons partici- pating in the program are expected to attend. The tickets, which are priced at| 25¢ and up, are selling like the pro-| tion work can continue at its sched- This morning, accompanied by |thirty-fifth of an en. He will inspect the Army Air|gold dollar is the standard unit Guard beat which will meet him at | Treasury is under the legal duty, Major stopped at Annette Island tc |{which constitute about two-thirds RAD'O INTERVIEW IS | two provisions of the law consti-| The Federal Government owed serve Banks 626,728,173 ounces of The radio program of the Juneau | Ceurtney Smith, Assistant Territor- troversial aspects of the bill to le- FOSS TO ANCHORAGE weeks’ business trip to Anchorage. in the sale of tickets, stated that| After the House had moved, de- The program will be held on the 1,300 claim, Speaker H. H. McCutch- eran Church parlors. A record crowd | With a small bill like that, what are PARENTS OF LEERAY ™" cn the pan by the House Ways and Seward youth who was acciden- Shattuck put jt, “of justifying the uled rate. Flies To Yakutat Gov. Ernest Gruening, the Major was | This is declared by law to be the flown to Yakutat by pilot Alec Hold- | “Standard unit of value.” Thus, the Field there and continue to An-|for measuring the value of every-| chorage via Sew on a Coas: |thing of value. Our United States| Yflk\lt‘dl_- of keeping our paper money, in- On his way up from Seattle, the |cluding Federal Reserve Nots confer with officials. {of our currency, and our subsidiary TR ceins, on a parity with gold. These tute “Gold Convertability.” T0 FEATURE HEALTH | e ‘Sovcn” Conemt {on December 26, 1940, and h: B“_l (o"‘kov!ksvmn‘oxnimd to pay the 12 Federal Re gold for the same amount of gold Woman'’s Club tomorrow at 11 o'clock it has received from. them, and will consist of an interview of Dr lial Director of Health. Dr. Smith | will answer questions on the con- galize the Department of Health. RSP Architect Harold Foss left today on the steamer Alaska for a two Sidelighis onthe | | verhial “hot cakes.” Several League| g | members reporting of their progress people were decidedly generous in |bated and roll-called for half an hour their donations. this morning over a bill to pay a 24th and 25th of this month at 8|¢on admonished members: “If you o'cleck in the evening in the Luth- \gcmlcmen take up that much time is expected to attend. you geing to do with this one?” He Al VA<, S Al brandished the 96-page income tax AREE Ro [ g “ Dr. Charles Bunnell, President of " uTE So 'H the University of Alaska, was put Parents of Lee Ray, 21-year-old|Means Committee this afternoon for the purpose, as Chairman Allen tally lost overboard from the A steamer Alaska last week, near Se- incr‘cases‘ he asks for the next bi- ennium. attle, are enroute south on the steamer Yukon. Sy 5 L. V. Ray, well known Seward Rep. Leo Rogge went so far in the House today as to suggest that Territorial Highway Engi- neer William A. Hesse, who is in St. Ann’s Hospital, would prob- ably change his mind now about not signing a voucher for Ko- diak hospital equipment pur- chased without a bid call. Even with the best hespital care and attention in the world, we deubt whether Bill Hesse would change his mind abeut anything. “Just one of those things that do happen, even in the best regu- lated families,” Rep. Frank Gordon said of the Kodiak purchase, made without formality of abiding by Territorial law. attorney, and Mrs. Ray, are accom- panied south by another son, Wal- ter. T0 HAVE NEW JOB Miss Mary VanderLeest, who has been employed in the Office of| Indian Affairs, will start work to-; morrow in the Alaska Road Com- Astrid Fennessey who is resigning. Mrs. Ernestine Tyler| will replace Miss VanderLeest on| a temporary basis in the Office of | Indian Affairs. | —————— i MRS. HARRAIS HERE | tecitaiors have becn pretty | w up of . ni FOR EDUCATION MEET they went to the Jiggs Dinner Mrs. et Harrais ited| of the American Legion. To- rs. Margaret Harrais, UDILEQ| oy ypey will be guests of the has promised to pay in gold for all other paper money and coins in circulation. If our Government, or any other, should find itself at any time un- able to meet its obligation in gold! when called upen to do so, it would| be compelled to _“Suspend Pay-| ments” on its promises to pay gold. This inability tQ maintain “Gold Convertability” for a period of| time is generally called “Going off the Gold Standard.” This does not mean, however, that=gold is no longer considered the basic mone- tary unit of value in such country, because it is considered so everv-} where, and has not been demoni- tized in any country. It is generally believed that there} nevar will be found a universally acceptable substitute for gold which will be an international standard of value as well as the metallic backing and measurement of value of practically all the currencies in the world. Others have been tried and found wanting and abandoned during the ages past. Gold the Only Standard of Value Gold is, and under any and all| conditions will continue to be, the world’s absolute and cnly standard of value, irrespective of the recent threats by foreign dictators to make it valueless by changing the world’s standard of value from gold to the Nazi New Order of In- ternational Trade by the Barter System, in all countries. Such a system would be as im- possible of fulfillment as it would be unwerkable, impractical, sense- less, destructive to human welfare everywhere and utterly world- wrecking. The ablest economists and financial authorities in Ger- many have repeatedly advocated the gold standard as the only work- ble and practical system, but n they must submit to the dictators views. A world wide substitution of a barter-exchange system for the present money and credit system in international trade would mean; the decreasing of such trade on which our civilization depends. It would result in lowering the stan- dard of living to a condition of poverty on a huge scale in the countries of the world. This sug- gested and threatened barter sys- tem by Governments would mean absolute control of the economic [This is additional proof of the value of gold and the permanent stability of the Gold Standard. Government Centrols Gold Our Government has exercised extensive control over the gold mining industry in many ways. It has enacted the Gold Prohibi- tion Law giving itself entire con- trol and ownership of all gold in the country. It has decreed that gold is the one and only standard of value, and that the gold it owns is the back- ing and foundation of all our banks, insurance and all other in- stitutions, and that our entire fin- ancial and credit structure rests ab- solutely on it. Also that as future contingencies during or after the war may cause much of our gold to leave our country a heavy-ob- ligation rests on our Government, which it has actually and by im- plication assumed to maintain and stimulate our production of gold. Increased costs of gold produc- tioh cannot he passed on to the consumer, as is the case in other industries, as the Government is the only customer and by law takes the whole output of the mines and at its own price. Danger of Increased Costs Reduction in gold production costs results in making workable and profitable large tonnages of ore of too low a grade to be other- wise commercially valuable. This results in an increased output. Conversely, an inerease in costs of gold production will convert large tonnages of pay ore into waste rock. The results will be a decrease in gold production and an economic loss of large proportions to our country. History shows that business and economic conditions languish when the monetary gold stocks of the world have become inadequate to carry the currency and credit bur- a Government obligation to en- courage and stimulate an increased production of gold, and to render encouragement and aid to’the gold mining . industry in every consist- ent manner at its command. Taxes are a Menace A serious menace and drawbaclk to our gold mining industry lies in the damaging and destructive Fed- eral and State taxes imposed on |it. Some of these, like the Excess Profits Tax in particular, are tend- ing to discourage and retard tne development of new gold-producing properties as well as those in op- eration, Furthermore, the costs of mining are liable to increase be- cause of war conditions, and there- fore, taxation on the industry should be decreased or eliminated altogether. The gold mining industry in the United States began a campaign 'o obtain temporary congressional re- lief in 1918. For 12 years, from 1921, I was privileged to partici- pate in this movement as its leader in the United States Senate. Amonz the results obtained were indirect assistance granted in 1922 in the form of exemption from Excess Profits Taxes, and in creating the Senate Commission of Gold and Silver Inquiry, whose research Aas- in maintaining and improving the monetary pos tion and status of both gold and silver. ¢ Gold Should be Exempted It is my understanding that in the legislation passed during the last session of Congress, gold was at first included among the stra- tegic metals to be exempted from the Excess Profits Tax, but that at the last minute, gold was elim- inated from this list of exempted metals through a misunderstanding of some kind. As gold is as important as any- {thing we know in the National De- dens imposed on them. Also that fense program, and as fhere is an panics and depressions have been tempered in the past|cbligation on our Government to and brought|stimulate the industry and brin: to an end by large increases in|about a larger production of goid gold production. Various countries in the world have in the past taken steps 1o aid their gold = mining industries, and always with great benefits Lo their /financial and - economic sta- tus. Our country has done there is dlso an obligation on it to prevent serious harm from coming to it, and to render it the aid .t needs by exempting it from the Excess Profits Tax. This is as necessary, important the|and far sighited a step as our Gov- same in various' ways, and with|ernment can take in carrying. out very beneficial results. our National Defense program, and The ensuing scramble to get dressed and make the theatre is wild — so funny that visitors from other sets and studio depart- States Cemmissioner at Valdez and DT (ot AP member of the Territorial Board of JOHN HERMLE SOUTH | Education, arrived in Juneau on the - ments . drop- in ‘before the final take. b i 3 " John Hermle, owner of the Home|yukon today to be present at the Grocery, sailed south on the steam-|meeting of the Board of Education, er Yukon on a business trip. scheduied to begin February 24, activities of all citizens in all na- tions, also absclute control over prices, sales and all production. It would be the end of all freedom and would result in the ultimate Pioneers of Alaska. Tomorrow they have been invited to a doings in Douglas. RS P A Try a aassified ag m The Emplre Government Sheuld Aid Productien | in making our country strong and As the future of our eountry is|safe during the trying days ahead beset with hazards because of thejand in fhe difficult world recon- war, we must proceed promptly “to|struction period which will follow put our house .in order”. . . lthe war, iy