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German Jews Unsuited For Alaska Settlers Is Prevailing View HereInterviews With Loco! Residents on Buckley ProposalWidespread interest has been oc-cisioned among Alaskans by the l.'-oposai of Representative Charles A. Buckley, New York member of Congress, to send German-Jew refu-«.-es to Alaska. As reported in the press dispatch Saturday, Mr. Buck-1 -y would colonize them in Alaska.Buckley -said he would introduce i,.'. Congress a bill to exclude Alaska { •otn immigration and similar pro-4 sions.To get a cross-section of opinion cl local Alaskans, the News-Miner obtained interviews from various veil known residents. Following arc meir expressions in brief:Leslie Norland, Mayor of Fair-i-.uiks and prominent businessman .—‘Making a haven of Alaska for v-fusees of any kind is not favored ).• me. Such a proposal, in mv opinion is almost as unpopular among Alaskans as the suggestion some time ago that the Territory be used .for the location of penal colonies, t,aae up of convicts from prisons i'j. the states.”.Victor C. Rivers, Democratic Territorial senator and civil engineer— -The present federal program of bureaucratic conservation ir. Alaska, ■which is becoming more ar.d more oppressive in an economic way, is vot conducive to even a reasonably iull development of our economic possibilities. It is impossible at theFrank S, Gordon, Territorial legislator ar.d iJioneer merchant dealing in drygoods and women’s wear—‘T am unalterably against intolerance.I favor giving the persecuted Jews in Germany habitations somewhere in the United States, her territories or possessions. I am not prepared to designate any particular place or places for such habitation or habitations.Jess Lauder, Territorial legislator and businessman—T do not believe a Jewish or any other racial group of alien origin would be able to maintain themselves in Alaska. I da not believe the suggestion that German-Jews be given refuge in Alaska is feasible.Andrew Xerland, former mayor of Fairbanks, former legislator, president of-the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska, pioneer and leading businessman —1 ’There i s j plenty of land in Washington and j other western states, and perhaps in j places as far east as New York, suitable for settlement for Jewish refugees from Germany. Alaska's agricultural possibilities for large-scale development are not inviting. We need prospectors and miners, rather than farmers, just'now.James Barrack, hardware and machinery dealer—We don’t need them in this part of Alaska unless they are miners prepared to carry on themselves. Some of our greatest American mining men have been Jews, but Alaska is not prepared to.j care for colonists who have no *
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Fairbanks Alaska Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Tue, Nov 29, 1938
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