The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-06
SENATOR ODD|E COMESONvISIT
 T0HELP ALASKA
Interest Evinced in Roads. Government Railway
 and Minerals

T am anxious to help Alaska and my mission is to acquaint my self with her needs SO I may be able to promote and support in- lteliigently legislation in her be- half" said Senator Tasker L. Oddle, Republican of Nevada, yesterday while the Aleutian was in Juneau enroute from Seattle to Seward. Besides voicing an earnest inten- ton to promote the interests of this Territory, he also set forth plans for rehabiltating silver. The Senator will remain in the Terri tory at least two weeks and mos of the time will be spent in ar official investigation of conditions in Mount Mckinley National Park
 At Seward, he will disembarh from the Aleutian to take a train over the Alaska Railroad. He wi, 20 to Fairbanks. On return, h, may retrace the route over the railroad to Seward or he may motor over the Richardson High way to Valdez, and from there board a southbound ship. He hopes to spend few days here on his way back to the States
 Lands and Communication
 As member of Senate commit tees on Post Offices and Post Roads and on Public Lands and Surveys, he is interested in inves- tigating means of communication and transportation and in ascer- taining methods for the use or the settlement of unoccupied domain. The Senator was emphatic in as- serting that he favors no policy having for it's object discontinuance |of operation of the Alaska Rail- road.
 T am booster" he declared. T believe in building up and am opposed to tearing down. Alaska iis a Territory of vast area and of manifold resources. should like to see her population augmented and her natural riches further de- veloped. I shall do all I can to achieve these results"
 Interested in Mining
 Senator Oddie is chairman of the Senate Committee on Mines and Mining. His home State is fa- nous for past and present mineral production. He is familiar with Alaska's mineral development and optimistic over her mineral pos abilities. In the brief while that he was here, he talked with P. R. Bradley. Consulting Engineer of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com pany and of the Treadwell Yukon Mining Company, a silver enter prise in the Mayo district of Yukon Territory. The Senator was taken through the Alaska Juneau Mill here by MT. Bradley.
 For the rehabilitation of silver which is at it's lowest price on record, the Senator favors chang ing the sizes of dollar and half dollar coins. He is of the opinion that the use of smaller coins of these denominations would soon become popular, and thus crease a strong demand for silver. He proposes that the dollar be reduced to almost the size of the present half-dollar and that the new half dollar be of size between the present half-dollar and the 25- cent piece He advises no change in the 25-cent piece.
 Urges Silver Conference
 In the interest of silver, the Senator has also asked the Depart ment of Commerce to call na- tjonal silver conference in Decem- Der to meet in Washington, D. c. He likewise urges research work by the Bureau of Mines and Bureau of Standards in an effort to work out new uses for silver.
 On the arrival of the Aleutian at 11:30 yesterday forenoon, Sen ator Oddie was met at the wharf by Gov. George A. Parks, and by Charles Goldstein and Frank A. Boyle, representatives of the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce. Sena- tor Oddie and Mrs. Oddie were talk en to the executive mansion for MT. Bradley was lunch