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Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published
ey at Nevada City.
aioe ee ater and Be--+. :
Published Semi-Weekly, Monday, ana fhursd4y
‘at Nevada City, California, and onter+d a5 Ma
matter of the second class in t'. postoffice at
-Nevada City under Act of Cor.ess, March 3;
1879."
SUBSCRIPTION RA‘ ES
One year (In Advance)
Nevada City Nugget — April 3, 1944
niciaemeiaaia
a ne — aaa
all over the globe.
One Month
liar paradox is evident in the wild °
ts for boys thousands of miles away with a wa
ds, while unparalleled numbers of good
af ei
public affairs depended on exercise of the franchise.
would be so precious everybody would scurr
just as great as though
ege
e it. The moral responsibility is
were such a law on the statute books.
6. Have You Registered >—Contributed.
istus Craemer, Orange County publisher, and one of
or candidates for U. S. Senator at the May primary,
> ‘endorsed the position taken by Edward H.
n of the Republican State Central Committee,
sublican County Committees to refrain from presements in coritests where there are several
as a candidate for U. S. Senator and as a former
State Chairman,’ said-Craemer, ‘] want to voice
‘endorsement of Chairman Tickle’s stand against
yendorsements by Republican County Central
in contests where there are several Republican
the question of endorsing a candidate in the
inate race came before the San Francisco Remty Central Committee recently, I asked that
‘be submitted if an endorsement was contem‘a pre-primary endorsement, and I believe that
tees should follow this policy, both be‘the spirit-of the primary law, and
monious party when the pridike: a OL r}
rts that‘allied bombing
he magnitude of those destructive
ry men point out. They are
ever directed against single
‘00 teas OF leh
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te i ant. ah
ClY . 'duction of
“Panes “Dhebe' pe
citizens .
re at home fail even to register! State registration figures .
/ in 14 years! If the right to criticize public offi.
} the co
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begged Company
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trading phrases with Africans, Australians, Moroccans Indians and Fijis an imaginctive and amusing mixture come
It will make the hot “jive” talk so.popular now among
young folk, as passe as the “hello kiddo” jargon that marked
the “solid” youth of grandfather's day. While it
ably will be popular over a wider world front than Esperanto
ever was or basic English may ever be, but like all its tangy
predecessors in popular speech, it will be a
losing its following shortly after the smoke
. . It happens after every war-—as well as in between.
if The welcome the né wdo
. \ among parents may be due in
=—/ from the dizzy aberations of “jive” talk.
ne
lasts, it probtransient thing,
EER, . TT TE
Let me call your attention to the . &
ee Ce
wording of one paragraph of Order
L-208 which is as follows:
“(p)—Restrictions upon _production. (1) On and after the effective
tial mine shall immediately take all
such steps as’ may be: necessary to
close down, and shall close down, in
the shortest possible time, the operations of such mine.”
I have not read all orders of the
‘of’ battle settles.
will receive ubletalk for youth
it offers good part to the relief
oo
me OM
PROTESTS INJTSTI
Kditor’s Note: Following is an a4
dres:. by the general manacer of the
i Homestake Mining Company at Amevican Mining Congress, Western
. Division, in its recent ~mecting at
The deadline ig . Denver. George Hallock received a arty 27,
copy of the address and has loaned
it to the Nugget. Hallock was a delegate trom the California Hydraulic
Miners Association to the Congress.
The views expressed here,
lieve will be of ‘wide interest in this
gold mining community.
This is the first installment.
THE GOLD MINES’ PROBLEM
By Guy N. Bjorge, General Manager,
Homestake Mining Co.
Sometimes one gets a reputation
rather cheaply. I was very much surprised last week when I received the
circular of the Colorado Mining Association to find that I was a former operator in the Cripple Creek district. If spending one’ summer vacation while in mining school, part of
the time working an old mill and the
rest of the summer monkeying at
the Golden Cycle makes me an operator in the Cripple Creek district,
well and good.
We of the gold mining industry of
the United States are unanimous in
the opinion that the order of the
War Production Board forcing suspension of production: at all gold
mines which did not have important by-product metals was an injustice. to the workers in gold mines,
‘+to the gold mining communities, and
to the stockholders in gold mining
companies. I shall.outline our reasons for this opinion. In so doing I
shall offer evidence from our own
community at Lead, South Dakota.
Data as to the results in Lead wil
nét differ from those in other gold’
mining communities except in de‘gree.
‘The order suspending production
from gold mines was issued by the
War Production Board at the insis‘ténce of the War Department on the
thidory that. mining of gold is non@sséntial in time of war. I shall ‘not
argue this question. But I do want
‘to emphatically state my opinion
that “thig is a question of vital imPottande that should’ be decided by
gress and not by the War De‘partment nor by the War Production
. Board! with’ the ‘trité argument that . . Yor" cannot ‘shoot gold “‘buttets.”
‘. Mhat argument Was ‘the only ‘one
‘that Was ‘presented at" the’ hearings
Min ‘Washington at the time the order
“at the'outset I wish to say, that
all’ whd are concerned with the profuetién of gold, including workers,
‘operators, stockholders and ‘business
men in gold mining communities are
‘just . ag” thoroughly ‘patriotic ‘ahd as
deeply intérested in doing everything
. posstble to. speed 1 te ‘defeat
‘of the Nazi and the Japs’ in’ this
_tiworld conflict as anyone tn the coun-. :
Ptry. "The way in which the gold min. tng bi. pr bp taken this orer, which they all deem to be unjust; “and” the tite ‘pint in which
‘they have carMéd on with war work,
byes oA ae napl agM i
other War ‘fuhd ‘drives iq ample proot
qo? TR i ' 1 b 2s PRES
* The gold mining communities have
in “dkceptional record for number of;
en’ in the armed forces, It is: with,
‘donable ‘pride that I cite
of the Homestake
and our own C
a, which. iq dout
“other “gold mining “
There"are'in the armed .
he poodbtonape tour Hundred twenty
fiers mire ot the ‘Homéestake
‘equivalent''to nineteen pare of is
total number of oyees. ‘There
‘Mré’ in thé“armea Phi Racca
‘to twelve’ pef’cent of iis population.
As you doubtless ‘know, tliee : atidti “aliniost’ wholly of the
Homestake ro pe and their famétitagés “aré comput-.
ed on the population of Lead ’ and
Honiestake « ana in 1940 and.
‘nok Gn! ‘today’s greatly reduced numjbers. Our community takes commendable pride in this record. ‘We
believe that the percentage of our
Citizens in armed forces of country
in the armed forces of our country
is the greatest percentage enjoyed
‘by any community in the United
States. It is almost gouble the averwe be-;
'try eight Hundred ninety etght citizens of the City of Lead. ae ie
ESTAKE MINE
CE OF CLOSING
} try.
. “Ag presented at Joint Meeting,
. American Mining Congress, Western
‘Division, and Colorado Mining As' sociation—Denver,
Colorado, Janu1944.
We'of the Homestake have repeatedly stated that we would: not
‘have appealed from. this order nor
in any other way questioned it if the
following conditions had been: met:
(1) If it. were essential for an all{out war effort; (2). If it could be
‘made effective in the . accomplishment: ofits avowed purpose; 3) At
equal treatment were accorded to ail
workers in all industries; (4) If
ithere were comparable treatment of
the gold mining industry in allied or
other’ countries.
I have no hesitancy in: saying that
the gold mining industry as a whole
is in full accord with this attitude.
I shall discuss each of these con-!
ditions and show that not one was '
met but that,;on the contrary, this
industry was singled out for special
and unusual treatment.
As compared to
whole in this country or even to the
gold mining industry in some other
countries, gold mining.in the United
States is a small industry.:When this
order Was under consideration there
were nunterous newspaper items and
statements on labor statistics to the
effect that 6,000, 8,000, 12,000 or
15,000 miners were engaged in gold
mining and, closing of the gold mines would make’ these available for
non-ferrous metal mining. Gold mining. These figures were all over estimates perhaps as a result of using
old data’. Gold mining, and particularly ‘those’ districts that were fairly
close to war industry centers, had
dlready lost a very substantial pereentage of its employees,
districts less than twenty five percent of the number employed in 1940
remained and these were old employees’ that could not well -be askHomestake, because of remoteness
from war industry centers and other
favorable conditions, was in a better
situation than any other mine. While
‘half of our normal number of employees had left to enter the armed
‘forces orto go to war industries, replacements had been available locally and when ‘this order was issued
we still had about eighty per cent of
our normal number of employees.
For the entire country the number
of men, that would be displaced as a
result of this closing order and so
available for -work .elsewhere . was
actually but slightly more than twenty. five hundred. It can hardly be
‘argued that this number of men
‘mhade the closing order. essential to
the war effort nor that the results
could gustify the economic dislocation in our gold mining communittes. ‘
The avowed purpose of this order
Was to obtain men to make up the
shortage: at non-ferrous metal mines
and particularly copper mines.
; There. wags not then, nor is there
even yet, any legal machinery
drafting labor. But here, the small
number of;men in gold ‘mining were
singled out. for ‘virtual draft and replacement of men that had left their
jobs ‘in copper and other non-ferrous
metal mining for jobs that ' were
more, attractive: to them.
. Naturally the men in gold mining,
Af they. were to be forced out of theit
debs.and compelled to leave theit
. homes desired to go to the work that
}appeared most attractive to them.
-When the order for closing of the
gold mines were under. consideration,
representatives of some of the gold
mining companies.wete called to
Washington for a hearing. This
ating was held on. October 1, 1942.
A review of current employment at
gold mines made at this meeting indicated that, if the closing order
were issued, the total number of
men that. would be released would
approximate twenty five hundred ana
that non-ferrous metal mines would
probably get about five~ hundred
closely borne out. by results. It is
my information that the total num‘ber of men obtained by non-ferrous
metal mines from the gold mines for
the entiré United States as a result
of the closing order lies between
five hundred and six hundred men.
It is obvious then that the order did
not accomplish its purpose. jage potepntage for the whole coun:
she
R LUMBER YARD"
industry as aj
In some
ed to leave for other employment. r
for . :
men. These estimates have been very}
War Production Board in fact, far
. from
. saying that this is the only
. specifically requiring the closing of
jany business or indusiry. Other: 12. dustries were denied the’ use of critical materials for making specified
artiéles. But they were not barred
from operation if they get along
with substitution of other material.
In talking with Mr. Knoizen after
lunch, I find that statement was not
‘lentirely correct:
that . there were
some other industries that were ordered to cease operation unless they
were producing for war purposes,
but I believe that they were very
few.
(TO-BE CONTINUED)
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chaplain in 1579.
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Jj. L. “JERRY” SEAWELL
/ FOR 7
State Senator
7TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Primary Election
Tuesday, May 16, 1944
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