The Nenana daily news., 1919-01-27
CITIZENS HOLD
 MASS MEETING

,and was enthusiastically and un-
 anin2pusly carried.
 Frederick D. Browne, on request, , then made a statement regarding the lay-off. He said that the article appearing in the Nenana News of Saturday was substantially correct,
 and that in addition to the funds
 actually available for construction
 purposes, money set apart for the payment of obligations already in cured, but which were not payable
 until spring, would also be used to continue the construction work.
 Even with this additional sum of money, he said, by very careful
 management it was just barely pos
 sible to continue the railroad work with very limited forces until such
 time as the appropriation becomes
 available. He expressed regret at
 being forced to lay off so many
 employees, and stated that it was
 beyond his power to avert the cut
 in the forces. He had made two
 appeals to the chairman of the
 Alaskan Engineering commission for
 help, but with no avail. He had in
 structions to shut down entirely just
 as soon as the funds available for
 railroad purposes on this division
 had been exhausted.
 Following Mr. Browne's remarks, suggestion was made that com mittee be appointed to represent the people and to take steps to send the proposed wires immediately; motion to this effect being made and carried A further motion em- towering the chairman to select a committee of three being also car ried. The chairman named Messers C. N. Graham, Frank Cleary, rep resenting the employees of the Alas kan Engineering commission, and R. c. Morris, representing the business men of the town, to act as a com mittee.
 A motion to take up collection to defray the cost of the telegrams and for advertising purposes was then duly carried, and the hat was passed aronud. A motion was also made and carried empowering the committee named by the chair to consume the entire collection taken up, in a publicity campaign, by sending as many telegrams as possi- ble to officials in Washington, the chambers of commerce where it would do some good, and to news papers in the States.
 A resolution embodying a hearty vote of thanks to those who were responsible for getting up the meet ing was then duly adopted, after which, on motion, the meeting ad- journed.
 Int I by Nenanaites at the calling of the mass meeting and a very large at tendance eloquently showed the ex tent to which the lay-off, at this particular time of the year, exer- clsed the minds of the people of this district, who yield to none in their loyalty to the government, and who have, at all times, nobly re- sponed to every appeal made by the { government in times gone by. They feel that the treatment they are now subjected to is altogether un- merlted and are confident that when the matter is properly represented to those in authority at Washing ton, immediate relief will be in- stantly forthcoming, and the de- l plorable state of affairs now exist ing will undoubtedly be remedied. 1,
 As an instance of the support given the government during the war, Nenana's support of the Fourth Liberty Loan is cited The quota allotted to Nenana was $3O,OOO, and the amount actually subscribed by Nenanaites amounted to s77.- 800. A large portion of this amount, in fact the bulk of it, was sub- scribed to by the employees of the