The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1945, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, P s e i Allied Infernees at Sanlo Tomas Prison (amp 1945 l.'\m'.fd States and British civilian internees stand with their baggage Japans quake, is. in backgreund. comers. (AP \‘\'lr(‘pho(n from D Women InIernees Wash Hair af Santo Tomas Using an old-fashioned bathtub, w Manila, rigged up, women wash their hair, washod. Photo taken by a Japanese serviceman and found in Jap barracks at Tacloban, Leyte, when American forces captured that Jap-held island. Labor Backs Compensafion Law Changes Senafe Hears Widened Scope of Unemployment Act by Green Measure That efforts to alter the provi- sions of the Green Unemployment Compensatien measure, on which attention of the Territorial Senate was focused yesterday, will meet with strong opposition from the ranks of organized labor was mani- fested in the “no compromise” at- titude of labor representatives who were heard in the Committee of the Whole session that occupied | the afternoon. Senate members, sitting in open hearing on Senate Bill No. 2, heard the intent and scope of the measure explained to them by of- ficials - of the Territorial Unem- ployment Compensation ment, and in addition, heard the views of spokesmen from both the AFL and the CIO.: O. S. Sullivan was the principal witness on behalf of the Terri- torial administrative agency. was first to be called to the stand and outlined the provisions of the bill, which had been prepared by his office at the request of Senator Joe Green, as being intended to bring about three changes in the present law; one of them a major change, the two others minor in effect. Sullivan Explains Senate bill No. 2 would, clared: ~ he de- teinment camp, in Manila, P. Depart- ! He | The shirtless men had beea been previously interned and are assisting the new- (Picture taken from Jap barracks after the capture cf Tacloban, hich the men inter nes at the Japanes In backg round is the troug Tower of the university, whi (AP Wirephoto from Navy). THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THE PICTURES BELOW OF THE SANTO TOMAS INTERNMENT CAMP IN MANILA WERE AIRMAILED T0 THE EMPIRE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND ARE MOST AP- ROPRIATE AT THE PRESENT TIME AS THE CAMP WAS TAKEN BY THE YANKS SUNDAY AND THE PRISONERS RELEASED. AS INDICATED IN THE CUT LINES THE PICTURES WERE FOUND IN JAPANESE BARRACKS AT TACLOBAN, LEYTE, AND ARE AP WIREPHOTOS FROM THE U. S. NAVY. on the grounds of the Santo Tomas, h later was damaged by an earth- The space allotted each taken by a Japan Wirepheto from Navy Leyte, by American forces). (LSRR & A ke # S et ae the Three women internces lounge in their quariers at the nternee, six feet by ese serviceman, was found in a Santo Tomas nche s, is that equivalen H H } oy A“““t..‘«“‘l } *F\U( o mees A% o ¥ e {\uu of muidence. oo e dus -t m%»fik anagrsn Hex e Yo wE m‘»‘v wthart yrpny i ¢ eh Bt e ?:c {e4 %um‘s Yoty ,-xm-m flietung sale thue »wm 5 ,ma i T ont i mash walomn wdaerd 4% s © R iy i o o ks 8, CIU e wnd ribey by pipng ST b M w wat's e 64 Jap barracks after the capture of Tacleban, Leyte. Women 3 Ouarler in Sanfo Tomas Prison (amp internment camp in Manila, P. 1. t to the size of the bed. This photo, (AP Jap Rules Posted Oufside Gafe fo Sanfo Tomas { ‘2go¢“lolo4‘ 1GHRO0O00R00Q0 l}OUDOUOULXfiDfi‘DL mt g Bt AW signs, one y\rriuul in Japanese and the other in English, lLst uw rul?q .m(l rPguLl(nnn xmnused by the Jap eommander-in-chief, were posted outside th > Sante Tomas internment camp in Manila, P. 1. This photo was taken by a Jap serviceman and was found in Jap barracks on Tacioban, Leyte, when American forces captured that island. “What is one-half of two, plus two.” “Two” w the reply. Senator Walker then counted on his fingers to demonstrate that “three” would |have been equally correct | internment camp at Santo Tomas, h at which dishes and clothing were Labor Expression Frank Marshall, organizer for the | American Federation of Labor in 1-—Change frem eight or more to! one or more the number of em- ployees necessary to bring an em- | ployer liable to the provisions of the unemployment act. It would thus broaden the act to encompass all employees not in specified” excluded employments. | 2—Would * open the coverage of the act to voluntary participation® by an employer, no matter what his | ield of occupation. Employers in (he specified excluded occupations (such as agriculture, governmental offices, domestic, etc. could, if they wished, obtain the benefits of | the act for their employees. 3—Would define casual labor | (not in an eniployer's regular pro- fession or business) and exclude it | from coverage. Quizzed By Walker Senator N. R. Walker, avowing his purpose to protect the interests of the small business man, queried Sullivan on the voluntary partici- pation phases of the act and as to the increased paper work that | would be required of the small em- {ployer. Senator Walker, who has |in his pocket an amendment pro- posmg to limit liability under the ct to employers of four or more | persons, drew from Mr. Sullivan the information that at present 26 states are still operating on the | eight employee basis, while 14 have already changed their laws to cover all employees. | “Does not that fact establish two-to-one evidence that the should be left as it is?” Walker asked. ! Employees — Employers | Questions addressed to Sullivan by several - Senators estallished that: The proposed legislation would bring within the Unemployment Compensation provisions an esti- mated 7,000 additional employees and 1,500 additional employera. That the special unemployment |benefit furd of the Territory auexm in the simplest sort of arith- | present totals approxlmate]y seven, imulmn dollars; - compensation law | Senator | Alaska, took the stand to speak the labor view which, he said, was completely in favor of widening the scope of unemployment com- pensation benefits to include all workers. Asked by Senator if his organization would not satisfied with “twice as much” at present, he stated that the feel- ing is general within labor ranks that just to reduce the limitation to four employees would be to “sell out” the workers in small es- tablishments. That the fund could, however, be seriously depleted if there should occur sudden widespread unemploy- ment; That there is at present ng pro- vision for contribution to the fund by employees; | That so far only:five ployers have made” appl voluntary coverage of ployees. be v six em- ion for' their em- Payroll Levy Mr. Sullivani explained that und(r the Federal law, the 2.7 per cent ! payroll levy collected from employ- |ers by the Territory is a credit allowed the employer against the Federal 3 per cent tax. Employers |of less than eight persons would, under the Green Bill, be liable to !the Territorial agency for the 2.7 |per cent of their payrolls, but {would not have to pay the addi- tional 3 per cent to the Federal| ploy: any,” he declared. Marshall admitted that his unions had not used pressure on employers to further voluntary coverage, because such action xmgm result in loss of support for a change in the law. In response to a question by fying basis of eight would remain unchanged. Sheldon Target Following Mr. Sullivan, E. Sheldon, ‘executive Director employees in the chair for the hearing, Mr. |Marshall stated his opinion “‘labor would be glad to help pay of better unemployment coverage, but pensation Commission, was the compensation itarget of the Senators' questions. cient.” He stated that three additional em-| Speaking for the CIO, F. F. Davis ployees for his.staff should be able stated the belief that the discrimi- to take care of the increased load nhation of the present act should be that would be developed by pas- eliminated. His organization would sage of the bill under. considera-|not oppose, he thought, paying part tion. jof the cost, if all workers were His commission» had, he said, brought within the scope of the paid out a little less than $30,000 act. in loexro!its from the $7,000,000 fund| Declaring himself pledged to se- during 1944, while approximately curing the passage of Senate Bill $1,500,000 had been received from No. 2, as it stands, Mr. Davis said {employers during the year, He it would be “just as well to let it compared the benefits paid out last 80 as compromise on discrimina- year to $350,000 paid in the year tion.” 1939. | One other witness, Russell May- Senator Walker, pointing out nard, was briefly ‘questioned be- that it had been stated that addi- fore, on motion of Senator Walker tional records and forms to be and after two full hours of discus- required of employers would be Sion, the Senate Committee of the simple and easy to compile, illus- Whole voted to arise and “report trated the confusion that could Progress.” Senate Bill No. 2 is continued in second reading on the calendar { today. benefits are suffi- metical problem when he asked Sheldon’s answer to the Question: Walker | as | dena club to discuss+ public (AP Wirephoto from Navy). WCMAN'S (LUB HEARS TALK BY GOV. GRUENING Club fo Have Mass Meeting on Utilities Ques- tion Soon A mu\;s meeing will be called in the near future by the Juneau Wo- own- 'ership of local utilities as a result of action taken by that organization vesterday. A committee from the “I would consider it disgraceful | club will study the problem and to agree to fewer than eight em- |make a report at the open forum s yet still discriminate a'ramsl‘BU&m“ and professional men and |women and other interested persons are invited to attend this meeting, the date of which will be announced 'scon. | spéaker yesterday at |luncheon meeting; Government; as the Federal quali- Senator O. D. Cochran, who was | guests. that | Gov. Ernest Glucmm; was guest the monthly women legisla- tors and wives of members of the House and Senate were the honored talk Governor Gruening gave a jon Democracy and the definite ob- Robert 'its own way” in order to provide the Territorial Unemployment Com- that “we do not feel that present ligations which each American has in maintaining and safeguarding this precious possession which we |50 causually take for granted. In discussing the war and our part in this world-wide conflict the gov- ernor said: “Germany made an idealogical assault as much as an as- sault by arms, proclaiming as its basic tenant that the average man is not fit to rule himself but must be ruled. The price that the world must pay to refute this tenant is staggering. There is only,one thing more costly than fighting this war and that is not to fight it.” The speaker next turned his at- tention to local obligations and priv- | ileges particularly those of the next 60 days during which the Territorial | Legislature is in session. re- | minded his attentive listeners that| there are two parts to defending democracy, “Our sons,” he said, “are | yhting over seas and suffering hardships and the correllary of | t is the maintenance of our in-| utions here at home. “Our Legislature is here in its full r of function to carry out the wishes of its constitutents or what| the members of the Legislature in- terpret their wishes to be. ‘Each and every decade brings its new problems which we seck to, meet within a set of rules which we| consider elemental. Government by | the majority, protecting the inter-! €sts and rights of the minority.” Governor ~ Gruening spoke Of | civil liberties, those enumerated in the Constitution and those which Americans simply accept as tleir| right, such as the choosing of vo-! cations and the privilege of asso- Wanted! Men And Women Who Are Hard of Hearing To make this simple, no risk hearing | test. If you are temporarily deafened, | bothered by ringing buzzing hewd noises | due to hardened or congulated wa u men), try the O th hear well again. You must hear after making this simple home You will get your money back at once. Ack sbout Qurine Ear Drops today at Butler, Mauro Drug Co. Your Rexall Store Lm'luu with heir own choosing He discussed the quality the men who framed the Constitution and how ideas democr have an, since its w How these first men were in par vn- ers of slaves; later came the eman cipation of the colored people; and stll later came ation that man cannot enjc and the pursuit of an empty stomach. econctnic security insecurity any persons of itir been c} 18 life, liberty happiness on the importance of the tragedy « the members their att he Territor- eus The speaker of the club to f on the func ial government uggested that the women will finc it stimulating enlightening 1 hearte g to fol- low the work of their law makers. He spoke with regret that no com- plete record is all that is said ¢ ions; that ar smal hould like He spoke too of the im- »f helping themselves by legislators, by support- their presence when by their encouragement their interest in the legis- tions and accomplishments, , said Governor Gruening, “in the long run people get the kind of government t deserve.” He spoke of the enthusiasm and to work which the Leg i ure howing this scven- teenth ion, and asked the women to do what th2y can to uphold and with the men and women so d In closing, the Gov reminded his aucdience that . can egress as we progress and that cternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” Sgt. William Weaver, accompanied by Mrs. Carol Berry Davis, sang two| £ 5. His numbers were “Wanting| You" from “The New Moon” and | “Tramp, Tramp” from Victor Her-| Lerts “Naughty Marietta.” Mrs. Tom Pa , legislative cha! man, presided at the luncheon meet- | ing and introduced the guests of honor. At the conclusion of the juncheon program Mrs. Harold Emith, club president, called the| ' business meeting to order. ! Mrs. M. O. Johnson reported on| the health council activities and the | danger from rats coming into Jun-| eau via boats arriving from other ports. Mrs. Johnson also discu ed the health bill which is now be- sons unable to attend portance helping ing the or PAGE FIVE fore legislature for their consids Mrs, O. 8. Sullivan was appointed chairman for the scrap book for the Alaska Federation of Woman'’s clubs. Tom Parke read a brief opsis of the tegchers’ retirement bill which the club voted to sponsor. The club also went on record as favoring the increasing of old age assistance to be given to womep in the Territory from the present. maxs imum to $65 per month. Newly clected members includé Mesdar Judy Frank, J. A. Smith and Leonard Evans Announcements were made ‘by ious departments. 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