ALASKA MINERS
CAN USE HELP,
SAARELA SAYS
JUNEAU — The importance of
aiding the Alaskan miner was
stressed by Leo H. Saarela, com
missioner of mines, upon his re
turn from Fairbanks where he at
tended the anti-trust trials of the
Interior coal operators.
Saarela said that most miners
at the meeting of the Alaska
Miners Association, which he also
attended, felt that some effort
should be made by the federal
government to encourage Alaskan
producers of strategic metals and
ores.
The Miners association passed
a resolution to investigate what
might be done to aid in the re
establishment of base metals pur
chasing depots in the Territory.
“Various programs that are
being carried out by government
agencies are helpful but as there
is no Alaskan program of taking
the product off the producers’
hands, there is little incentive to
mine,” Saarela stated.
The mines commissioner said
that most miners are too busy
trying to make a living to bother
with the marketing of a base
metal or strategic mineral. He
said it should be up to the gov
ernment to encourage these in
dividuals by paying them on the
spot for their efforts.
“After all,” he said, “that is
what made the gold mining at
tractive in the early days and
there was no marketing prob
lem.”
Saarela reports an adequate
supply of coal is now available
in the Tanana Valley region and
that the consumer market there
is in good condition. But he says
the operators in the Matanuska
area are being hard pressed to
fill the needs of the rapidly ex
panding Anchorage area.
He emphasized the needs at Al
aska coal mines for an extensive
safety instruction program. A
study is being made which may
begin a program of safety and
first aid by the Department of
Mines.
Saarela gave credit to union
safety committee inspections at
mine properties for the excellent
safety record of the past several
years.
Originator of Yellow
Fever Vaccine Dies
OAKLAND, Calif., (/P) — The
scientist who developed the first
successful vaccine against yellow
fever died here Monday.
Dr. Wilbur A. Sawyer, 72, de
veloped the vaccine in 1930 while
head of the Rockefeller Founda
tion yellow fever laboratory in
New York.
His son Wilbur, then 10, was
the first person innoculated.
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Mac Arthur Turns
Down Prohibition
Ticket I
INDIANAPOLIS, (JP) — Gen.
Douglas MacArthur Monday
turned down a chance to head
the Prohibition party’s ticket for
1952.
Asked if he were available for
the party’s nomination for presi
dent, party leaders said the gen
eral replied: “I am not a candi
date for the office of president
and have no political ambitions
of any sort.”
On the other hand, a church
leader made a strong bid for the
nomination as Prohibition party
delegates opened their nominat
ing convention, but chances that
he would get the nod were re
mote.
That’s what party chairman
Gerald Overholt, Houston, Tex.,
had to say about the bid made by
Bishop Homer A. Tomlinson, add
ing:
“It isn’t likely we’ll elect a man
who is not a registered party
member and carries no state dele
1 gate credentials.”
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