The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-11
COMMUNICATION

4O tiiC LliJOl
 Daily Alaska Empire
 Dea. Sir.
 Your name-calling editorial That Chamber Vote" which appeared in the Friday issue of your paper, in- ferred that the Juneau Chamber of Commerce is opposed to national unity, that it's members are un- American, and openly stated that those of us who opposed the motion for 100 percent endorsement of the Democratic administration are dis grlmtled-uninform and that we are ''impervious to a noble thought or human impulse
 Your editorial inferred, also, that the Chambers vote to expunge from the record all reference to the de- feated national unity motion was for the purpose of hiding its stand from the public because it was ashamed of it or wanted to keep it a secret
 Your entire editorial, in the first place, is based on story that the Chamber of Commerce voted against resolution, telling tthe President they were "behind him 100 percent in the interests of national unity That was not the motion.
 MT Beale called attention to the national unity movement, and then said we should have resolution len dorsing the administration 100 per- cent" One of the members got up and said T make such a resolu- tion' and that was the matter voted upon.
 Your editorial is masterpiece for creating disharmony and de- stroying in Juneau that very unity which you say is so necessary.
 The expunging motion was made in the interests of national unity the same national unity about which you made so much noise. At the same meeting - and your representative was there, MT. Editor-the Cham Der, by vote, directed that an ap- propriate national unity motion be brought on the floor at later meeting. Had no expunging motion been carried, the Chamber would indeed have been on record as be- ing opposed to national unity, which we are not, in spite of your state ment that we are.
 Had you been willing to wait until the Chamber had time to draw up an appropriate resolution, all this fuss would have been avoided. In short, the Chamber voted against the national unity motion because it considered it was not apprOp- riate-with the idea of having such a moton later that was appropriate , I'd like to explain why the mo- ton was not appropriate. First however, let me ask you two ques- tions. by way of illustrating why the Chamber probably will not ia vor endorsing any national unity motion which endorses the admin istration 100 percent.
 First, do you favor the plan tc colonize Alaska with foreign refu. !, gees? Second, do you favor an percent gross tax on gold, which would stifle most, possibly all future mining development in Alaska? The Chamber of Commerce i' against these two things becaus' we believe they are against the bes interests of Alaska We exist, de spite your apparent belief to thu contrary, for the purpose of fightin. for what will help Alaska, anc against what will hurt Alaska.
 The colonization plan and thu percent gold tax are both admin istration measures.
 Now. MT. Editor, how can we sup. port the administration 100 percen if we are opposed to the gross golc tax and colonization? Since we art already on record against these two items, we would be inconsistent anc two-faced to support everything i the administration has in mind