The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-13
SEATTLE TAKES
 REVERSE STAND,
 SAYS FAULKNER
Chamber of Commerce Re verses Self on Transfer
 Local Land Office.

The Seattle Chamber of Commerce has reversed it's position regarding the removal of the United States Land office from Juneau to An chorage according to H. L. Faulkner who returned yesterday from Seat tie. and has asked President Hard ing to defer the removal until after the Presidents visit to Alaska sug- gesting that an investigation may develop the necessity for land offi- ees at both Anchorage and Juneau.
 Mr. Faulkner appeared at lunch con given by the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce last week and embraced the op- portunity to set the matter clearly before that body. He made 1t per fectly clear that in asking the sup port of the Seattle organization the people of Southeastern Alaska were not attmepting to have Seattle be- come involved in a local or internal affair of Alaska; that Juneau was not attempting to retain it's land office at the expense of any other section of Alaska, but because 1t Is a public necessity that there be such an office at Juneau.
 One by one as the light dawned members arose and expressed their appreci ation of the situation as ex- plained by Mir Faulkner and action was immediately taken to counter act the error of the former stand by She sending of the following tele- gram to President Harding:
 "Our attention has been called to the executive order removing the land office from Juneau to Anchor age, Alaska, effective July first next. There, are very strong arguments advanced by Alaskans against the wisdom of this step from many points of view and urgent requests for postponement of the change until a hearing can be had on the matter by all parties interested. Be- lieving this altogether reasonable and especially advisable in view of the intended visit of the President party and of the Secretary of In. terior to Alaska to take up and ad just matters as this, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce respectful. endorses the request of the Alaskan. for a reasonable delay in this matter until such investigation can be had
 .The argument that further in quiry may develop necessity for Ian, offices at both Anchorage and Ju neau seems especially appealing foi careful consideration.
 Jones Sends Telegram.
 Senator Jones of Washington, alsC sent a telegram to the President al MT. Faulkner's request asking that removal of the land office from Jul neau be deferred until after tht Presidents visit to Alaska.
 The following telegram was also forwarded to the President from Seattle:
 ''The undersigned residents both of Alaska and Seattle and patrons of Juneau Land office protest its removal from that convenient cen ter of mining industry to Anchorage at extreme north end of distric' which has extremely limited busi. ness and so remote that communica. ton is delayed additional two week: for bulk of district. We respectfully represent. that order of removal was made without notice or hearing and pray that public hearing be granted or at least that removal be deferred until Secretary of Interior can per sonally investigate situation and as- certain desires of vast majority of people interested and affected by the serious injustice which the re- inoval would impose"
 It was signed by l. Goldstein, Mayor of Juneau. Juneau Chamber of. Comerce by Allen Shattuck, Presi- dent, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, Alaska Gastineau Mining Company, Jualin Berners Mining Company, Cbichagoff Mining Com pany. H. L. Faulkner, Ralph E Robertson. Hellenthal & Hellenthal Ketchikan Commercial Club, Ketchi- kan Power Company. H. c. Strong J. c. Barber, Sea Coast Packing Company, Daly Alaska Mines Com- pany, Hyder; Virginia Alaska Com- pAny., Hyder; Charles P. Lindfors, Katalla; Chilcat oil Company, Ka- talla; Falcon Joslin. Robert M. Jones, Thomas R. Lyons, Maurice