A. E. Goetz, representing the
Douglas Chamber of Commerce,
said that town has already put in
its bid and has asked the Building
Commission to inspect the sites
that were available and other ad
vantages Douglas has to offer. He
said Douglas wanted and hoped to
get the support of the local Cham
ber.
Sitka Proper Place
“Sitka is the proper place for the
' Home," declared Lockie MacKin
non, a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Home for the past
12 years. Time after time, he add
ed, the residents of the Home have
signed petitions urging its reten
tion there, and today all of them
are against removal to any other
place.
President Allen Shattuck, a for
mer member of the same Board, de
clared he had been committed to
Sitka for some time. He cited that
the most serious competition Sitka
has to face is from Anchorage. The
Commission created two years ago
by the Alaska Legislature had re
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CHANGES WILL
BE MADE FOR
VETS’SERVICE
Regulations to Be Review
ed—Cuts to Be Made
Less Severe
STATEMENT MADE
FROM WHITE HOUSE
Conference Held by Presi
dent, Budget Director,
A. L. Chief
WASHINGTON, May 11. — The
White House announced last night
that economies to toe effected
through the reduction of pay
ments to veterans for service con
nected with disabilities, will be re
viewed with a view of making the
cuts less severe.
The statement followed a con
ference between President Roose
velt, Director of Budget Douglas
and Louis Johnson, National Com
mander of the American Legion.
