Show Jap Labor Proposed for Scenic Road Development of Baums Baum's s Vast Resources Discussed At Meeting Wednesday the projects As we go to pre press committee la is Informed by U S District Attorney Shields Shielda of Salt lake oke that there Is little possibility of securing securing- alien aJlen colonies In Utah at this tt s time Unus The committee ti plans for far full tall Thomas to call Senator Information The Geneva confer confer- conference conference prohibits the work work- workIng ence agreement prisoners of war warby war war-L- warby of Interned Ing lag by enemy nations and this i would preclude the possibility of nUlls lag Ing labor from detention camps Jap labor to construct a major to skirt the high highL scenic highway of Vernal to the L Inta range north of the Uintah basin wet boundary with roads from vernal and Duchesne was dis R H held at atthe atthe meeting ased It d at a mass the county court house Wednes Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday meeting was waa at attended attended evening The day officials of Uintah and tended by delegations counties Duchene ne ibm various civic groups of the the towns of the basin called by Uintah commissioners The meeting was called to dis- dis discuss discuss cuss dis-cuss cuss projects to be submitted at a held at Roosevelt to be March gathering LU u m Gov- Gov March ith to be attended by Continued on Page Four Jap Labor Proposed ed for Scenic Road Bond Continued from Page One H B Maw and members of the State Industrial Development and Publicity Commission The state officials will wUl consider pro proposals proposals for projects project in the basin to relieve economic distress and unemployment un unemployment unemployment employment to which the state will lend financial assistance Jape May Become B cm Problem After Arter a two-hour two discussion ot of the scenic highway and a number ot of other projects and the adoption ot of a resolution that Jap alien aUen camps of 1000 men each be establIShed established halted In Vernal Roosevelt and Duchesne the post war problem was projected Into the discussion If the Interned Japs would be followed followed fol followed lowed by their and should there be a possibility of or the per permanent permanent permanent manent establishment of ol a Jap colony In the basin when the orlen tale were not wanted It was pointed cut that the Japs were wasI I such thrifty farmers that they would 0 overrun errun the white farmers I ot of the basin and create a i y plex trig ing social and economic problem Committee Named l lA A committee was appointed to Investigate the nature of the pro proposed proposed proposed posed alien camps campe and to draft pro projects jests to be presented at the Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt elt meeting Two persons were named from Roosevelt Duchesne nd nd Vernal and C C Wright tram from Ft Duchesne Roosevelt s were Wilard Day and Louie Galloway Ducheine Duchesne Roy Rov and Arthur Goodrich Vernal B H and L P Christensen The meeting was called to order by J R McKee chairman of the board of Uintah county commis stoners Willard Day Duchesne county commissIoner was named chairman and Wm B Wallis see sec secretary secretAry Mr Wallis was also ream nam named named ed ad secretary of ot the committee A number of projects were pro proposed proposed proposed posed at t the meeting including th the development of ot the basin s vast asphalt deposits the construction I of roads to U the head of Dry Fork I Uinta River Red Creek and Du Duchesne Duchesne Mesne chesne River eradication of at nox I Ilous bus lous w weeds ds sugar beet seed l small I It reservoirs t nr ni d cl a fibre box factory Jap p labor would be bt- used u on all aU but butI I the last Mt named project |