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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
Workers Can Come North
Action of the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce to
make known in the States, particularly those on the
West Coast, facts relating to industrial conditions and
the employment situation in the Fairbanks district and
other parts of Interior Alaska is sure to prove bene
ficial.
Mines will be worked, virtually all of them having
supplies and equipment sufficient for the forthcoming
season. Owners and managers, as customary, after the
close-down last fall arranged for this year’s require
ments. With the mining industry in operation all other
lines of business will be active.
Exaggerated reports of evacuations from the Terri
tory have given rise to the belief in many quarters
in the States, particularly on the West Coast, that the
Northland is losing her permanent population.
In reality, evacuations have been limited, here as in
the defense areas elsewhere, to families of men asso
ciated with the military establishments either as mem
bers of the armed services, or as contractors or work
ers on federal defense projects.
No evacuation of permanent residents has been or
dered and no interference by the authorities has dis
turbed aliens free of suspicion of subversive conduct.
Persons now in the States, having interests or want
ing work in the Territory, may come North, provided
of course, they are not enemy aliens or citizens of Jap
anese lineage.
The well-intentioned on lawful mission are not
barred from travel to Alaska, any more than such in
dividuals are restricted in their travels in the States.
In arranging for publicity as to actual conditions in
Alaska, the Chamber of Commerce is performing a
signal service.
With the United States Treasury urging mainten
ance of gold production, there should be no curtail
ment of the mining industry. With many young men !
entering the armed services, there wil be no lack of1
employment for any who seek it.
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J. K. Hopkins Explains Rule
Vs To raveling of Aliens
Restriction on the traveling of aliens between the.
Coast states and Alaska is occasioning some concern to
employers of labor in the Fairbanks district.
At a noon luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce,
recently J, E. Hopkins.' manager of the Fairbanks De
partment of the United States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company spoke briefly on the subject. He said
he had communicated with the Seattle offices of the
company, and that he had received a message saying:
“Neither, alien enemies nor Japanese-American citi
zen ts will be allowed to travel. Every other alien must
show an immigrant alien identification card or a valid
declaration of intention to become a citizen, such dec
iaration to be no more than several months old. The
fact of former employment would be given favorable
consideration, but would not alone constitute a right.
“If space is available the Alaska Steamship Com
pany will sell transportation to anyone acceptable to
immigration officers.” In discussing employment gen
erally, Lowell Morgan, in charge of the Fairbanks of
fice of the United States Employment Service, stated
that there was a scarcity of skilled labor, because of
entries into the Selective Military Service and because
of the attraction of high wages on defense projects.
He declared his office would exert every effort to
fill any application made to it by employers.
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iib:j baj Ox Palacio Itamarati, the Brazilian foreign ministry in
ltio d \ i. iro, where foreign ministers of the American republics
meet starting Jan. 15 to consider wartime conditions.
BASE WORKERS NOT
EXCUSED FROM SERVICE
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A rumor being widely circulated throughout the
Territory that all defense base workers are deferred
from military servic is utterly incorrect, John L. Mc
Cormick, Territorial Director of Selective Service, an
nounced. In the first place, such blanket or group de
ferments are specially prohibited by law and no one,
including Selective Service boards and officials, can
arbitrarily set aside the laws passed by Congress.
In the second place, such group deferments would
create a haven or refuge for slackers. Director McCor
mick further stated that the National Director of Sel
i ective Service has announced that no profession, no
skill, no occupation, and no industry shall become
such a refuge. The National Director has also empha
szed that while requests for deferment made by Army
and Navy authorities will be given sympathetic con
sideration, the decision as to whether or not any reg
istrant is deferred from military service can and shall
be made only by the local boards and appeal agencie1
of the Selective Service System.
Director McCormick pointed out that a number of
men are applying for defense jobs immediately after
passing their physical examination in the hope and be
lief that having such a job will keep them out of the
armed forces. Such men are laboring under a delusion,
the Director stated, as National Headquarters has
given definite instructions to the effect that local
boards shall make diligent efforts to ascertain if the
lan requesting deferment can be replaced. If such
registrant is not absolutely irreplaceable, the request
for deferment will be denied.
We realize the extreme importance of our defense
bases,” Director McCormick said, “but they cannot
and shall not be allowed to become a means by which
a man who does not wish to enter the armed forces
of his country can gain an automatic deferment.”
The Director further mphasized that the appeal pro
cedure outlined in the Selective Service Regulations
and Law shall be followed in every instance. It cannot
be emphasized strongly enough, the Director said, that
the many rumors of blanket deferment are utterly
false, nor can it be too strongly emphasized that no one
has any authority to interefere with the actions of the
local boards. The Director advised all registrants to
remember that they are required bv law to obey the
orders of their local boards. Any registrant disobeying
| or disregarding such orders from his local board is
liable to the penalty of the law, which is five years im
prisonment or a $10,000 fine, or both,
Only Nine Questions In Registration
Only nine simple questions will be asked those men
who register on February 16 for possible military ser
vice under the provisions of the Selective Service Act.
! John L. McCormick, Territorial Director of Selective
Service for Alas'ka, emphasized. Registration of the
individual should require a comparatively short time,
1 the Director said, pointing out that the registrant will
not be asked to fill out questionnaires but must only
answer interrogations about his identity, his place of
residence, and his mailing address. Also he will be
j required to list his telephone, if any, his age in years
and date of birth, place of birth, the name and address
J af the person who will always know his address, his
mplover’s name and address, and his place of em
i ployment or business.
While it is important that registration be conduct
ed as speedily as possible, Director McCormick said
hat every registrant will be given ample time to re
j spond properly to the questions on the registrations
card, which on this occasion will be green. White and
melon colored cards, respectively, were used for the
first and second Selective Service registrations. No
questionnaires will be given registrants w’hen they
register February 16, nor will they then be required
to undergo any physical examination, Director Mc
Cormick emphasized.
Questionnaires are given to registrants after their
order numbers have been determined and reached by
• their local boards. Physical examinations are given
only after the boards have passed on the general qual
ifications of registrants and have determined that they
should not be deferred for reasons of interest to the
Nation.
When registered, each registrant must answer, ac
cording to Diretor McCormick, the following nine
| questions: (1) Name of Registrant; (2) Place of Resi
dence; (3) Mailing Address (if other than Place of
Residence); (4) Telephone; (5) Age in years and
Date of Birth; (6) Place of Birth, (7) Name and Ad
dress of Person who will always know your Address.
| (8) Employer’s Name and Address, and (9) Place of
Employment or Business.
After a registrant has answered all questions and
signed his name to the registration card, he will be
given a registration certificate signed by the registrar.
This certificate must be in the personal possession of
the registrant at all times, Director McCormick warn
ed. Failure to possess the certificate, or to show it to
authorized persons, constitutes a violation of Selective
Service Regulations and is considered prima facie evi
dence of failure to register, Director McCormick said
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C. S. Retirement Act
For Employees, ARC
The employc- s of the Alaska
Road Commission who have not
■ in the past been able to soeure
the ben'fits of the Civil Service!
|Retirement Act bccau.se of the'
seasonal character of their em
ployment will be covered into
the retirement svstem under the
terms of the Ramspeck-Mead
Act recently enacted, which was
H. R. 3487, to amend the Civil
Service Retirement system.
Delegate Dimond, in January,.
. 1941, introduced a bill. H. R. 1590
I to specifically cover the regular
jAlaska Road Commission em
iployeos under the retirement sys
item. In a letter d3?ed January
! 14, 1942, adressed to Chairman
Rnmspeek of the House Commit
tee on Civil Service. Mr. Lewis
H. Fisher, Chief of the Retire
ment Division of the United Stat
es Civil Service Commission, stat
i cd that the enactment of the bill.
H. R. 3487 would serve the same
purpos as H. R. 1590 and would
render unnecessary any action
by Congress on H. R. 1590.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given th,a‘
William J. M;i oney has been ap
pointed by the Probate Court
for the Cape Nome Precinc*,
Second Division, Territory of
Alaska, Administrator of the Ks
1“ of Julius Patterson, deceas
'd, and all persons having claims
against the said estate are re
quired to present the same with
in six months from the date of
this notice to the undersigned
idministrator at Nome, Alaska.
Dated this 26th day of January,
1942.
Wi liam J. Maloney
Administrator of the
estate of Julius Patter
son deceased.
Publish Jan. 26. Feb. 2, 9, 16
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WITH THE PEOPLE
BY THE PEOPLE
FOR THE PEOPLE
PANTS CURBING DOESN’T SCARE HIM
This picture is from Holly
wood and this is the caption:
My name’s Baby Corey.
I’ve just read a story
That the government’s after my
pants.
If I’ve gotta lose ’em
They’re welcome to use ’em.
I’m glad that they guve me the1
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chance.
I’m proud my britches can
Be of help to Uncle Sam
In shortening the conflict’s du
ration.
So now that the Government’s
got ’em.
I’ll uncover by bottom
And help in defending the nation