The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
CHAMBER URGES NATIONAL B 0DY
 TO BOOST ROAD
Sends Resolution Urging 1t to Support Pacific
 Yukon Highway

A resolution seeking the support of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for the Pacific Yukon Highway was passed today by the Chamber of Commerce by a unanimous vote. It declares that such a route would be "of incalculable benefit to both the United States and Canada"
 The resolution will be forward cd to the Secretary of the National Chamber at once, and will be placed by him before the annual convention meeting in Atlantic City late in April.
 Text of Document
 The text of the resolution de- clares that the local Chamber has repeatedly placed itself on record as endorsing the proposed Pacific Yukon Highway to connect the northwestern part of the United States with British Columbia, Yu- kon Territory and Alaska.
 That this project has been for mally approved by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska, and by every Chamber of Commerce in Alaska; also by the Seattle Cham ber of Commerce, the American Automobile Association, the Amer ican Road Builders Association and many other civic, automobile, road and other organizations in the United States and Canada.
 That the United States Con- gress has taken cognizance of the proposed highway, and that a special commission has been ap- pointed by the President of the United tSates to study the project in cooperation with a similar con- mission appointed by Canadian au- thority.
 Benefits are Great
 That such highway extending from Seattle, Washington, to Fair banks, Alaska, through the great frontiers of Canada and the United States will be of incalculable bene- fit in that it will give both these countries additional opportunities to develop their great mineral ag- ricultural and other resources; will provide a tourist highway over which thousands may travel through a wonderland of scenic beauty unsurpassed; will promote trade and good will between ad- jacent friendly nations, and will bring about such increased com merce between Alaska and conti- mental United States that the United States will reap rich re- turns for it's share of the invest ment.
 That such highway is an eco- homie necessity, in that Alaska's resources can never be fully de- veloped without it.
 wherefore, your petitioner re- spectfully and earnestly urges that the Chamber of Commerce of the United States endorse and recom- mend the following action in be- half of this project; CD Coopera- tive action between the United States, Canada and the states, provinces and territories directly concerned, to secure thorough con- sideration and study of the bene- fits to be derived from such high way, and the cost of constructing the same; (2) Appropriations to cover the cost of surveying, locat- ing and constructing the United States and Alaska sections of the most advantageous route for the proposed highway that may be feasible and economically practi- cable.
 Your petitioner further urges that the Chamber of Commerce of the United States give every aid to the United States and Canadian commissions appointed by their re- spective governments to study the project, and that it use it's in- fluence to the end that the utmost publicity be given the proposed highway"