The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 5, 1936, Page 7

’F ishermen’s P r‘esig\levn, t Asks 1 Help of Alaskans in Keeping Bristol Bay ORen to Residents The following is a letter from| Walter Wassenkari, President of | the Unitcd Fishermen of Alaska, f discussing some of the issues in con- | flict between that union (resident| fishermen of Alaska) and the Al- aska Fishermen's Union: | Editor, The Empire: | I have just completed a trip through the fishing villages of the Bristol Bay region, and the Cook | Inlet Area, and believe that all Al- askans are interested in the situa- tion confronting Alaska resident fishermen who wish to fish- nex | canneries—and each boat so THE DAILY- ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, OCT: 5, 1936. THEM AR GOLF CANES'LL BE TH' RUNATION O WEAZY-- HE STAYED ULP BY LANTERN LIGHT LAST N(GHT R(IDDLIN' OUT SART'N WAYS TER POUND TH' BALL-- T non-operaiing canneries, and used these boats to fish for opgrat'ng used deprived two resident fishermen of work. The discrimination has gone on' against resident fishermen for yea but it has now come to a point where, if not stopped the resident | fisherman will cither have to move| out or face starvation. | The non-resident fishermen are members of the “Alaska Fishermen’s | Union,” with their main office in Jan Francisco. Many of us r dents were fellow-members of t BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG YOP--Him AN’ PAW HEV BEEN AT HIT TH' LIVE-LONG DAY- WELL-('M GLAD HE'S GOT SOMETHING TO OCCURY HIS MND-- (T'LL KEERP HIS THOULIHTS OFF OF MARCELLY FoR A WH(LE--- WHERE (S TH' KID 282 CHASE TH' BALLS FOR season in Bristol Bay. s o | Harry Stuhr of the Alaska Fish- 20 union in the past, but we ermen’s Union is out campaigning, eSidents were not accorded the pro- for members. He has contacted L°Ction nor given the privileges giv- Anchorage, Kodiak, Nushagak, Sel- 0 Other members, Instead, we were dovia, and is at present in the Sel-|¢¥Poited and dpscriminated dovia district, and from® there wil 28anst by these non-resident broth- probably come here to Sewaxd. ers to such an extgnc that we were Our organization (the United pompelled to organize our own un- Fishermen of Alaska) is very solid| %™ in all districts, 3 r pk- nek and liflzt'flihs;ccg;tffi\“;‘hewb;‘;té It is the growth of our gnion Um.l they brought so much pressum,h“‘_ caused the Alaska Flshgrmens against us, i Union to take such steps this year. | They know that if our organization cannot be wiped out, we the resi- dents, will do more and more of the |Bristol Bay fishing each year. Therefore, the Alaska Fishermen’s | Union this year opened their books |to Alaska residents for this branch only, so that when they close their beoks again they will have a group of residents under their control. our desire to have a chance nd. Redistricting the resi- dents to a certain small quota of the fishing boats ought to be con- trary to the ideals of all true Al- ‘iaskans, The growth of Alaska is bringing in many new residents Worrying Others Pressure Brought I am convinced that with this bressure they are bringing against us, they are instrumental in elim- ‘hating themselves from Bristol Bay, because our people of the Ter- ritory are not going to stand by and watch all of the employment taken by the non-resident element, and leave the resident laborers standing «nemployed on the sidelines. 1 am very much interested in this vear's experiment of sending mem- bers of the Alaska Native Brother- hood into Bristol Bay and if the Brotherhood is planning on send- | 'nz more of their men next year, they can give us a boost in helping g us to open more of the Bristol Boy to the resident fishermen. I have g asked our local to extend an invi- tation to the Brotherhood to send ® frateinal delegation to our con- vention in Alaska will be in control of the nen-residents, there will be no in- ducement for fishermen to estab- lish their homes in Alaska, espec- ially in the Bristol Bay area. We are asking the people of Alas- | ka to help us keep Bristol Bay open Need Support to the resident fishermen of Alas- | ka—a right which we are in danger situation on Bristol Bay agrees the, °F 0S8 Next season. resident fishermen are in need of T discriminations shown against us S| F. AGENT SAYS this year are only a sample of what| hundred resident fishermeén were Wit on the beach this year, while| dent fishermen. These men who A I- A sK A STA N D lost out in fishixg are facing a win- clothing for their families, as there is no other employment to be had Y been fisking here for ye: POSI[IOI’I i B“StOI Bay Every Alaskan familiar with the | support for the coming year. The might happen. Approximately a U N I 0 N F A IR | the fishing was done by non-resi- ter withcut means to buy food and SR Harry Stuhr Sets Forth These mep who lost out Controversy sober, conscientious residents of this arca. Siz Boats to Linz Under the agreement between the packers and the Bureau of Fish- ®ries, the packers were to hire only six boats of non-resident ermen Empire, requests space to set forth each line of machinery at each that cannery, the rest of the boats to be s made up of resident fishermen. This past season, the packers hir- ed six boats to a line but also fi- ;ured six boats for each lLne in Harry Stuhr, official representa- tive of the Alaska Fishermen's Un- ion. of 49 Clay Street, San Fran- in a communication to The v over Bristol Bay fishing. The letter is as follows : Juncau, Alaska, Oct. 3, 1936. Editor, the Daily Alaska Empire, The Alaska Fishermen’s Union (A. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juncau and vicinity, beginning at 4 pm., Oct. 5: Rain tonight and Tuesday, strong southeast winds, decreasing Tuesday. - v LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 2072 51 87 SE 12 19.78 50 80 SE 13 .29.44 51 86 SE 22 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4a.m. temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather ... 48 48 6 Pt. Cldy 52 — — —_ 24 Cldy 4 Clear 46 Clear 38 Cldy 30 Cldy 48 . Cldy . 46 Cldy 50 Rain 48 Rain 51 Rain 54 Rain 50 Rain 54 Clear 60, Clear| 60 Clea 64 Cleal 60 Clear % 60 Cldy Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today ... Hoon today ... Weather Rain Rain Rain » r Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel | Fairbanks ®awson St. Paul . Dutch Harbor . Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan 5 Prince Rupert . Edmonton [ Seattle gortland an Francisco Ngw York Washington 49 50 46 38 50 48 54 52 54 48 50 WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Ketchikan, raining, temperature, 50; Craig, raining, 56; Wrangell, raining, 51; Sitka, cloudy, 54; Juneau, raining, 50; Radioville, rain- gng, 48; Skagway, raining 44; Soapstone Point, raining, 50; Cordova, raining, 47; Chitina, raining, 40; McCarthy, raining, 40; Anchorage, cloudy, 44; Fairbanks, cloudy, 26; Nenana, partly cloudy, 32; Tanana, clear, 18; Hot Springs, clear, 28; Ruby, clear, 13; Nulato, clear, 24; Kaltag, clear, 24; Unalakleet, clear, 18; Flat, .clear, 19; Crooked Creek, clear, 21. L] 50 50 38 52 50 54 WEATHER SYNOPSIS A storm area of marked intensity prevailed this morning over the Gulf of Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 28.60 inches at latitude 54 degrees and longitude 146 degrees. The pressure was fall- ing rapidly this morning throughout Southeast Alaska. High pressure prevailed over the Pacific Northwest States. ‘This _pressure distribu- "tion has been aticnded by easterly gales over the Gull of Alaska and over portions of Southeast Alaska, by rian along hte m@ Te- gions from the Aleutians, southeastward to British Columbia, by snow wver the lower MacKenzie Valley, and by generally fair weather oyer the remainder of the fielZ of observation. s+ Temperatures were below freezhw throughout the Interior, west- ern and northern’ portions of ‘Alaska. Ruby reported a temperature of 13 degrees at 8 am. and Tanana reported a litle ice in the river. who are fishermen, and if fishing |F. of L.), has recently been made the subject of attacks, and has been charged with “discriminating” |against resident fishermen. The prim reason given for this charge is the one-third price | penalty laid upon the packers for buying from non-union fishermen. We will quote clauses from the agreement between the union and the packers: (g) Fishermen and trapmen hired in Alaska shall commence |work with the arrival of the first | vessel carrying cannery crews and cease work with the departure of the last vessel of their stations and |shall each receive in place of run money the sum of one hundred | dol together with any other | compensation provided for fisher- !men and trapmenh in this agree- jment | Only When Working i “(h) iermen and hired in Alaska and not performing such work before and after the | fishing season shall not receive said {sum of one hundred dolla Such [ money not paid to be distributed to | needy ien or their depend- lents, or as a majority of the fisher- !men at the station may decide. j) For salmon transferred from Nushagak, Evichak, Naknek, Egekak or Ugashik, or received from other sources, all fishermen |and trapmen employed at the re- | ceiving station shall share equally |in extra compensation equal to {one-third the price paid for such transferred salmon where caught No such extra compensation shall be |paid for salmon caught by boats | transferred to another station. Must Pass Tests The union fishermen from below are hired on their merits as fish- ermen and are required to pass union’s side of the controver- | DESTROY trapmen physical examinations (not roquh‘ed‘ of resident fishermen), and to sign articles before a U. S. Commission- er agreeing to handle ship and 'go to and from Alaska; make, clean and repair fishing equipment. On reaching Alaska these men re- pair the fishing boats, nets and gear, and ai the end o season clean and store the tishing boats, strip, wash, and hang up all gear, and load the ships for the return wip. 1eir compen for this ndred and fifty (150) of this work is done 1 men( although they gear, equipment and epared for operations union men. The one-third pen-, alty thus compe! the union men for the extra work performed in preparing gear and eqyipment r the nonunion men, as well as for handling fish transferred from| ions other than the one they| dollars. 7 non-L bo: hird penalty is paid , not by the non-union non-union man, if ts a shave of this bonus mon- n it by joining the un-| es the same the has always weleemed the membe a resident fishermen, ks are always open to them. e have only closed the books to members frem “below,” not to Alaskans. Neither can the union be held re-! | sponsible for men being left upon {the beach at Bristol Bay. It may 2lso be said that there were many fishermen left unemployed in San co and Seattle. After r".: only many men can be used at| Bristol Bay ¢ only a limited amount of cidentally, the comparatively high' prices paid for fish in Bristol Bay has brought there a good many sen who are not bona fide fishermen and the canneries have refused to entrust expensive gear to the hands of these amateurs. The Alaska Fishermen's Union is the oldest organization of its na- ture in the world. We have had jurisdiction in Bristol Bay for more than thirty years, and this juri: diction is ognized without ques tion by the pac s and organized labor of the United States (the Maritime Federation and the Inter- national Seamen’s Union especial- ly.) Our eiforts have obtained for Bristol Bay the best fishing condi tions and prices in all Alaska. Other Fishing Cited And why, may we ask, this sudden attack upon an old and recognized union that has enabled its members to get a price for their efforts? We call the :ntion of the public to the sorry plight of the troilers, halibuters, and seiners in South- eastern Alaska. Their organizations no outside affiliations and | members get fauch less for ish than the members of organizations that are affil- with the A. F. of L. | == The true is not one ¢ dent, but one non-union man man has no right cause the union an organization, his efforts ation in Bristol Bay resident or non-resi- union man and The non-unicn| to protest be- | man, backed by obtains more for of >ee - RHODA, MAY CLARK—Foot cor- rectionist. 517 Goldstein Blde. adv. -< > Try. an Empire ad. 1936 OCTOBER 41010 eIR: PREVENTION O | The Targets of Fire! It is wholly human to make dumping spots of the attic, the cellar, closets, dark corners—but, such habits breed fire traps, filled with highly inflammable trash, ready to burst into flames in an instant. 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