THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
_,' _“ALL THE IS Elf'S ALL THE TIME* __
VCL. XLIV., NO. 6736._JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934._MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS
SEC. ROPER IS
CONFIDENT OF
ALASKA FUTURE
Makes Nation-wide Broad
cast Setting Forth Ter
ritory’s Advantages
NEW DEAL AND NRA
AIDS TO NORTHLAND
Cites Changes in Fisheries
Regulations that Prove
Great Benefit
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23— Sec
tary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper
assured the nation's business men
last night in a radio address that
“the grovenment and the masses
of the people themselves resent
unthinking statements or subtle
suggestion that the profit motive
of American life has been or is
to be abolished.”
Secretary Roper's assertion is ob
viously considered by the Admin
istration to be a highly significant
statement, timed as it is to coin
cide with the Presidential reor
ganization of the NRA on a per
manent basis.
He also declared that business
is definitely on the upgrade.
I)» votes Time To Alaska
Secretary Roper devoted a con
siderable part of his address to his
recent trip to Alaska, and said
that the principles and purposes of
the New Deal have been applied
consistently and successfully in
the Territory.
-To illustrate specifically,” he
said, 'the fisheries regulations
have been changed so that indivi
dual fishermen have, during the
present season been able to fish
waters which were formerly closed
to them, and at the same time
monopolistic advantages are being
controlled to a considerable extent
through gradual reduction of the
number of traps operating in fish
ing areas previously closed to
small fishermen.
Rigulations Strengthened
“The department of Commerce
has strengthened regulations to
conserve the supply of fish so that
the industry will not be destroyed,”
he added.
