The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-21
CITIZENS URGED ATTEND MEETINC; VOICE PROTESTS
Mass Meeting to Take Up Protests Against Re-
 moval Land Offices

There will be a mass meeting held at Elks' Hall this evening at S o'clock to consider the question of the order for the removal of the Land Office from Juneau to Anchor age and to take steps to secure, if possible, "a suspension of the order until such time as the President and Secretary of the Interior may investi- gate conditions on the ground
 The meeting was called by Mayor l. Goldstefn. acting pursuant to a resolution by the City Council to consider the proposition of entertain ing the Presidential, Congressional and Brooklyn Eagle excursion parties when they shall be in Juneau, and to consider steps that may be deemed advisable regarding the removal of the Land Office. At the suggestion of Gov Scott c. Bone, Mayor Gold stein had appointed committee of citizens to act as reception commit tee and committee of arrangements for the expected visitors, and to that lIillIlte ilt -udJOi thC AN to consider the Land Office .en wa, question.
 This committee met at tha City Council chambers Saturday nielt anG committees were appointed CT the purpose of making arrangement, for the mass meeting and preparing tcle grams that should be sent u tn Secretary of the Interior and Val ous other towns and organizations lskine for cooperation in the Land Onice matter
 The committee desires that al. or ganizations of men and wome'. in the city of every kind and dascrip- ton, civic, fraternaa and otnel wise, be represented at the mee..ag m order that it may be made plain that all phases of Juneau activities are behind the movement and that e2e"y man and woman in Juneau at.ond the meeting.
 ,nhe committee selected H. l.. Faul';. 'ner to preside at the meeting tE's evening.
 The executive committee of Ihs C J. zens' committee has charge of the arrangements for the meeting. It consists of R. E. Robertson, chair man; B. M. Behrends. P. R. Bradley, Charles Goldstein, H. L. Faulkner and J. A Hellenthal.
 The committee named to prepare telegrams, etc, consists of J. A. Hellenthal, pr. H. c. DeVighne and John w Troy.
 The meeting at the City Hall was presided over by Mayor Goldstein The opinion seemed Ito prevail that the order for the removal of the Ldni Office was likely to be first step toward the removal of all Inte.ior Department agencies to the ylcilty of the Alaska Railway.
 It was such a conception of the situation which caused the Alaska Bar Association to wire the Secre- rary of the Interior asking that such action should not be taken, and pointing out that there is more busi- ness in the Land Office from the vicinity of Juneau than from all other sections of the Territory A reply to this telegram from the Secretary of the Interior said that the order for the removal of the Land Office and the Field Division headquarters had already been signed. and saying. "the other offices have not been deter mined upon"
 Wrangell In Line
 Mayor Goldstein today received telegram from Mayor John Grant, Wrangen, assuring him of the sup port of Wrangell in protesting against removal of U. s. Land Office, which Mayor Grant said would be a blow to all of Southeastern Alaska. MT. Grants message was an answer to one sent him by Goldstein last Sat urday.
 The matter has been presented tc other Southeastern Alaska cities.