The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-29

mentioned specifically the case o
 one persons occupancy of al
 apartment large enough for sey
 eral, and also cases in which entirt
 houses were unoocupied and ye
 not offered for rent.
 He asked that members of tht chamber try talking sense to any
 such occupants or house owners. Commenting on the same situa.
 ton, J. B. Burlord suggested 6 possible solution to the immediate housing problem in the establish ment of chamber committee tC
 meet with local owners of ole buildings which might be torr,
 down, remodeled, or rebuilt foi
 occupancy. Tn this way the chamber could actually back some of these owners who may need help in reconstructing liveable quarters" he said.
 OPA Regulations
 In regard to Juneau houses standing vacant when tenants are clamoring for accommodations Curtis Shattuck said this condition was undoubtedly due to OPA's regulation that even when a house is sold, tenants must be given six months notice before having to va cate Naturally, he said, the person wishing to sell his house will leave it vacant until the transaction is completed. His suggestion for im- proving the housing situation was in asking that OPA make some emergency revision of the regula- tion involved.
 w. M. Whitehead, president of the chamber, said that housing situation suggestions, together with all others offered at the meeting would be turned over to the new executive board when it goes into office next year.
 Nominations for the new board made at the executive meeting yes terday noon were announced today as follows: G. Earl Cleveland, Norman R. Banfield, K G. Merritt, Curtis Shattuck, O. F. Benecke and w. Carter No additional names were added to the list at this noon's meeting. The nomina- +;oY,. ,,,;li ,.ay,,o,,, o,Na,, ot tho ,,avt and members will be elected Dec 13.
 It was also announced that Art Hedges and Harry Sperling will be the program committee for De- yember.
 Members of the Chamber have sold or purchased bonds amounting to $73,875 in maturity value during the current drive, Allen Shs tuck, bond chairman for the organization The total bond sales the following classified tions: c Bonds-$52 ,o00; Treasury Bonds-$l00G0; G Bonds-$5,500; E ,375.
 Juneau Is Thanked
 A personal letter from Command sr J. B. McAuliffe of the USS Pana- mint to the Chamber in which the thanked Juneau the biggest little city in the world Tor it's hospitality and entertainment during Fleet Week was read by the Rev. w. Robert Webb, secretary
 Also read at the meeting was Delegate Bartletts bill and speech to Congress proposing that in the event freight rates are increased Alaska Railroad take over all ship ping franchise to and from the Territory.
 The material was turned over to he Transportation Committee, headed by Bulford, for considera- 5ion. The committee will report on the issue at the Chambers next when appropriate action will be taken.
 llt lCCClltly Qtu luestionnaire asking Juneau mer- chants for definite freight rate in- should not be construed as merely inquisitive, Jack Fletcher said during the discussion of freight rates. He asked that Chamber mem- bers spread the word" among mer- chants that the questionnaire may be answered in percentages and is not designed to 'pry loose" private 
 If we are going to successfully fight this proposed freight rate in- crease, we must have definite in- formation with which to back up our protests, and these question naires are one way of getting it" MT Fletcher said.
 Guests at the meeting were: Eckley K. Guerin, Victor Rogers, Huntington Gruening, Cecil G. Cas- Ter, and Joe Mclean.