The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-17

E. G. Krause, Chamber of Com. merce, T. B. Judson, Moose, Curti. Shattuck, Scout Camp. E. L. Redlingshafer briefly em phasized the value of Scout train ing and stressed particular need fol local leadership. The Chamber al lotted $50, the usual sum, to the Scouts for 1884.
 MetZgar on Mining Code
 L. H. Metzgar, General Superin tendent of the Alaska Juneau, talk ed briefly on the progress of the production of a national code for the gold mining industry. It was largely identical with his statement to The Empire yesterday, reviewing his recent attendance at the New York conference of the industry the succeeding meeting at Wash ington, D. c.
 The code has been presented tc the National code authorities. Bas- ed on the experience of other in- dustries, he said, it will be some time before it is rewritten to &C., cord with the procedure and forms used by the NRA It is possible, he added, that the Administration may be waiting for the results of the meeting that opens in Denver to- morrow That gathering, however he said, will not be largely at tended by mining operators.
 Back to Normal MT. Metzgar pointed out that the National Industrial Recovery Act is particularly for the reha- bilitation of industries. The act itself, with the Roosevelt monetary policies, he said. have put the gold mining industry back on the same basis it enjoyed 20 years ago. AL ready, he said, stimulus has been given to development of new prop critics and stabilizing existing oper- ations.
 There is nothing in the situation to justify a boom" he said. More benefit will be gained from stabil- ized and expanded operations than from trying to launch a boom that has no backing He warned that too much must not be expected from a code. He pointed out that there are only about 10000 men employed in the gold mining in dutsry.
 Community Is Fortunate
 This community is very fcrtun- ate compared to other industrial towns" he declared We have been able to take care of Ulr own people very we'll" The influx Of labor, many of them "unemploy- ables," he said, has complicated the situation at times.
 Many applicants for work, he ex- plained, while undoubtedly fitted for some kinds of labor, are not the type that can be used in the company's operations.
 While he did not have an oppor- tunity to study conditions in the States, the great increase in rail- road travel indicated considerable improvement generally.
 Miss Todd Appointed
 Miss Carolyn Todd was selected as attendant at the Chambers in formation booth for the tourist season, it was announced by the Executive Board. There were 15 applicants for the position.
 The Chamber has allotted s10o for the City Band for 1884.
 Glen c. Bartlett, representing the Seattle Greeters Association at the National Convention of Greeters to be held soon in New York City was authorized to extend an invi- tation to that organization to hold the annual meeting here sometime in the future.
 The Chamber ratified the stand taken by the Executive Board rela- tlVe to the settlement of the lono- shoremen's strike and approved the messages sent to President RooSe- Velt, Secretary Ickes, Gov. Martin of Washington State, and Delegate Dimond.
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 Everett Novel;, local representa- tlve of Blake Moffitt and Towne was greeted by the Chamber today