The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1946, Page 6

s T et L g R T PD R UL R U L PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA That is so, he insisted, because ka could result, Skinner said; “disorganized service.” i%WH_,_,_H_H_H_H_,_ ( present rates are based upon but it hardly seems possible that! New ships, he offered, morc | | value of the Lir ar fleet legislation would be passed that|ficient ships, would do much (o] | which is but or invest- would "put our own unions out of | correct the conditions—including | | ment that would be d to put work” when so much legislation has'some labor problems, as 1| | A]I ROOT OF uitable new ships on the run. Mr advanced to give them work,/men naturally prefer the betier)] Skinner a said that he is con- t would be so much easier to ships X fident the company c finance merely to control them No suitable ships for the L b e T e B R e e o construction of a new fleat, but wder Canadian Flag senger traffic, he answered, arc! e - he 1 necessary to bring When Coles asked that he available under the Ship Sales A SHIP SNAFU n tnat investment, plu clude the labor factor in consid {and the term provided by the Act| ffln SALE ! REAL ESTATE in. nee and reciation chi ing the question, Skinner replied and price of ships make que | i . | LA would I w beyond the ability that his company probably would able their availability for the | PIANO; nineteen tube Scot radio Fon SALE | R ’ d of the peopls of the Territory to have to take steps to try to sail ka trade. | h box of tubes; White Rotary | New Bofloms, equ afe g under the Canadian flag, as open| Asked by Coles what solution 1| cabinet sewing machine 3¢ ROOM MODERN HOTEL | HH Linc's Purchase Price canadian ship competition could |has to advance, Scoll said the A | hats; dishe; pots and s In Southeastern Alaska | Compe'l“m AdVO(afed Committee Council Marvin Coles Put American lines out of the/ka Development Board has fc -| lamps and odds and ends. Miet- | This is the only hotel in one of | ' H . Y ' d C oned the Alaska ship ' Alaska trade. That is to, he offer- lated no recommendations, b tinen Apts. 3 Harris S[‘ . Alaska’s most progressive al nearing resierday method of establishing €d, because Canadian lines do not|own opinion suggests: (341-t3) | Costal Cities i investment. His quer-| face the same labor difficulties Suggestions Made Forore oy G0 e aoupie CAFE—Southeast Alaska. Continued from Page One brougt from nner that, Attorne Gener Rivers intel 1—Some form of assistancc \l- ith %8 it '\ 38 in Just renovated $4290000 was the purchase price Posed t his estion had pro-| provide new ships 'm’l“ R e Tt ellent I cation. occurrin, Se 1 hree of the line when Skinner and Eddy Poc2d only removal of the re Rt‘xml.\'x‘nn of competition | e W oy A BAKERY m.ul LUNCH ROOM crewmen wers apprebonded with Corp. bought it from the Ker triction from traffic through by ICC or CAB type ¢ “ vy Bd . 8 Has modern 5 room apartment ored cargo in their f ton (cit Copper Company in 1944, Of Prince Rupert cotion. Preeint SV Sobe i Uphelts & i and were. prossolited befate a U. S.!that ame 00000 was paid in In reply to Delegate Bartlett,(he said, has shown to be more| oy JOHNSON outboard motor _A:‘mu in Southeastern Alaska. | Commission, Publishod port Ve F: approximately $2,500,000/ Who asked the effect on earnings wasteful than beneficial 8 9 ph.: one heavy duty water ALSO--MODERN HOMES $50 cach B T fioe nent b were pledged ©f Alaska ship operators if it were|areas are over-served to the -1 tae ah WA IRA. Brove B I and near Junean against the three, Bak i, but on a I for the balar Short- ' assumed that percent rate in-|ment of others A 1 380 (341-13) If you are buying or wanting to added that he had h n 1y afterward, $210,000 more in cash se were given the companies; 3—Stabilization of labor rel sell see— other sources that the was was put into the business. Skinner and they were handed their ships|—"Compulsory Arbitration!” J-PLACE custom Waco, Wright only 40 ‘skch. " Tabar ummed up the total original in-|back tomorrow under prevailing; Scoll agreed with Rep. Blands| 285 hp. engine complete instru- GRADELLE LEIGH continued, the crew of t t four and one-haif mil- conditio kinner advanced thejsuggestion that it might be well\ ment and radio equipment. En-; RFALTOR the instigation of the A ail- | lior considerable portion of | Probability that tonnage handled|to make pilfering a felony )| gine overhaul just completed. Sl - | road, was interrogated by a man the loan has been repaid, he add- by the lines would decrcase andjthat any U. S. Attorney who dces! Hamilton two-position propeller. | Phone 557, Corner znd. and Franklin from the “Pilfering Department” of ut frem the prefits of Skinner the effect upon the economy of not want to be bothered with prose-| write Anthony Martinolich ;’47‘,{- LAl the WSA. Te investi: r was able and Eddy, not from Alaska Steam- the Territory would be adverse cuting apprehended offenders Ud| g Belt St., San vo0, Calif. i to learn nothing. The matter was ship Company profit Compulscry Arbitration immediately be removed from "" n:m-us-‘_‘ then taken to the Coast Guard,| Then, is not the company's act- Asked if his company would agree fice, and that any pilferer should READY MADE drapes Hots | Fun SALE i which refused to revoke the trio’s ual investmient a little over on to compulsory arbitration of labor'ke beached h L drapes A | certificates on the ground that the million dollars, plus notes. and was disputes, Skinner said he could see Remote CO’;"OI'I 4 w; Beautiful. Bt s W0 CABIN 'chufear- powerdd men already had been tried and not the basis for the 1940 rates an no objection, if labor would live, e M “FI s l_y %" | NOCRDUYN NORSEMAN; licens-| 100 Chrysler engine. Suitable | punished. Baker declared he then | investment of nearly seven million up to the results of arbitration. He|session was Waino Hendrickson, " 050" 0 0 P050™ ) 0ins total | conversion trolle: ! gave orders to the Alaska Line’s dollars? Cole asked thought its results might be far }1_‘4“‘ of IJ\_mr'_-_leQ fl gra)e 88 an S Rt R it S1I000 | =i Lot skt Bk personnel office not to hire the| Asked if any of the vessels built better than the present situation. instance of increased costs, the Stysto:Mare 415 NoHH FOrmom | sy tchto. SOvE. boiitas shllabib three men concerned for any furth- during: the war are suitable for In answer to Rep. Herter, he said cent raise in handling charge Avenns, TA8 AAGats 96, CHlre | ey e s vkl er sai : ! Alacka service ner replied that general labor agreements are reach- Juneau docks. Hz blamed *“re e ey s 36, Calif. | yeteran. Experience not neces- Unlsn Phroct me carge e, of the ed in San Francisco, but the Alaska control” a large part of the|grINGON 1-5G's; 190 hp. with 9-| Sary. The ‘union; . Baker “alisged, ith.| ‘coasta the A has now lines also make contracts within dlm(’”‘““»\‘ in the !1\1_“’1“‘ = foot cargo or litter compartment, | FIVE-ROOM house on mediately came back with the Pul into ci ion to Alaska, such ports in Alaska. We reach agree- 1*'"1_ 1"}"“'” “‘»‘P"'V‘{»‘ H>vl; brand new, licensed, equipped for| near Juneau. Lights, etc threat that unless the three were e “Knot" st ments, he said, “but they don't'Cent strike here over $895. BRI floats, $3995. Strato-Mort, 415| THREE-ROOM hotise on 110 acres. rehired, no crews would be furn- Heeiar mean_much.” Referring to tie-ups sides 1‘*“‘"“] “”"-‘_\f“ us_"“l»‘ '® North Formosa Avenue, Los An-{$3500 BUYS three-bedroom home ished to any ships. “They'rs work-| Asked if thought hips in which no coentract pro- *“;‘I'-. ‘“““r“‘" “““-d"[s“ ;m to him| Ecles 35, Calif. i Douglas completcly furnished. ing,” he concluded to the operation involved, he cited the e bl (340-t6) | FOUR-ROOM compl furnished And, the situation is going to vesszls run to fon this summer when picket|that labor relations are better on { home Waynor addition. | “get worse,” Baker flatly stated. He bunch freight ! were thrown around the docks ' the Pacific Coast gt GARWOOD CABIN speed | THREE - BEDROOM home, fire- . cited that 32 watchmen cn the ner replied that it had been tried. i Seattle Lecause of a cannery and that it should “‘1{’1 , A-1 shape, new 110 Chrysler| place. furnace, washing machine, | company’s two docks at Seattle— A feedsr ship was run cut of Sew- S which the shipping lines away with “remote i ,¢, motor, just installed. Phone 777.f etc. Juneau. men who should be responsib!> ard Iafore the war, he said; but nter at all [y askeaidy ; ““‘“"‘“"“ )‘f\ i (340-t6) | GOOD BUILDING LOT, West Ju- solely to the company—ire now en- it was a very expensive operation ner admitted agreements with most of the difficu "“k e ST ———- | .neail rolled into a CIO union. As CIO|The reason it won't pay. he said, Sccll arguments regarding need foren since the WSA took ov h? GOOD ICOME PROPERTY. ADLGaRiN and boathouse. | watchmen they are now “watching” is that operating efficiency is mora|more modern methods of lm\.’lln‘l‘-““l» the M\‘:\m 3(‘1)}11"»1-‘[ i llh' \:. 1;\(- and cabin, See owner 142 i CIO longshoremen. What is to be than offset by doubled handling “l-\dy‘\lnlln.lf\)\uy “hm! ! m‘\’ L”fi:dn-ux oy AI;\:k(.v."\:%c‘r:'rxvxx]\r'm(h'd m: 7\\,“.. x.th,\ o i.fluvnr;munpfly & M“BPHY BECOCYSN Y ol B R DR yj Snotemen have Bet e oW el In hig . testimtiy Difle ABE 5 MODM houee on beach prapesty. R AT Baker repeated cORVErStion ] plvan. atlierodi e by Ju- initicn of an how’s work and they | In his L, R R Re Ak bay gl everihes | JUNTANTS with the WSA L Re s neau attorney N Banfield, handle only so much tonnage per;Manager Baker declared the oper-j cFFPS U { Phione 676 over First National Bank Manager in which the latter dis-|wko had appeared as.counssl for|hour, regardless of equipment—at dtors find “remote control o vow. 19 FT. ROUND bottom boat, plexi- | clesed that he had been told by the town of Haine: least that ars the way the: “regrettable” as Alaskans, 3 class shelter, 31F961, also 30 | CEMEERE RS three CIO dock watchmen at San, Banfield had cited that longshore- thing works. £ ihen . ioe 5"1' l“'l'l‘k‘"] “ hp., 2 cylinder outboard motor. | = Francisco that they would not ap- men here nc longer permit tr Don't Mcet Problems ibe ”'“)I"'”‘W \‘"‘ BYmed . Oub one 748; i WANTED prehend a CIO longshore if fermen or merchants to themeel Counsel Scoll had sum:r.arized j °rders of l.hv1 sA. av St i A they should him pilfer load a single trunk or ¢ caces testimony of witnesces he had call-| Nceded Equipment LARGE WARDROBE TRUNK. Has| __ S e that it's “not their job" of canned goods” cn the S. Es- cd during the forencon and earlyj In answer to Rep. Herter as to built in ironing board, electric ‘rxvtm, CED Stenographer. Sal- Subsidy Qt;l‘s.'lun tebeth for shipment tc a sme afternoon, with added opinions ”f‘(('”'pm"nfi_'mmvil ljt )‘.l\c gw.‘.l ;vri iron $100. Phone Black :’,22;.4 ey ?;\:m $2,700. Room 504, {!‘4‘5—:13 Determined questioning of Mr. instead, they now-require the call- his own, by comparing efficiency vice, D“k’.l..',w“‘,,""t f'“;tr-‘:f,-pfll,}l{ S s 4-t3)| Bldg Skinner by Subcommittee Chair-|ing of sh fiv2 jof Alaska operations with what hejtt2 company bad formulated and, —eor—rrrar i (o MAN—To represent manu- man Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash,) |men and a boss—for least two called similar service on the Great|announced a year ago B R e s R el 1 Shempm e SRR s + o % ree mocar! ew big fast pass- , 415 S Franklin and furnish urer o I was pointed at determining if heurs to do “a five- te job." |L Alacka operators, he charg-| Three moczrn ne 3 v i s R . 8 s B o) 5 : in f b s e e yar S A 5 {ehger and refrigerafor’ ships to $12,500, $5,000 down and Attractive com percent new construction subsidy. Servic Adequatc cd, have not attempted to meet;enger an = A iz i i Sirs. Al seibidiinis 3% - such as that given to regularly sub-, In opening his statement, Skin- problem by modern stowage Serve Kcl‘chxk n, Juneau and \\.c.\.» alan S '\u&;c]um-m.fi Co., 253 sidized lines, would ble the mer volunteered admission that the|methods. They are operating old ard or Whittler, 8coastal-type car~| =~ {ud b e el Sl Alaska Steamship Comp: to put, service his company h sen able ships on which the maintenance 80 l\t'»'-‘ _5“}‘1“ 2 ‘10” “ . 3,’0 .l,: NOW 1IN STOCK—Gray Lugger e ) 3 new, modern, efficient ships into!to 8ive Alaskans—particul costs cross the line of efficientiwith the four passenger ships 226 engines with 2 to 1 and 3 to e SR operation on Alaska routes without Senver service—is not adeq operation. They handle cargo um‘vthx- Drr,\t‘n\yfl.v(‘_ 0\.‘( .n(;\'\x L:ln(l_lv- i e \,\'.‘m.‘ul:!‘:s's MARING oni citeretinns increase in present rates. 50 percent of the Line tonn; same way as 30 or 40 years ugn‘vxmnun fmi”‘_“ :‘l p for nx‘m- : i ing’and Machine Shop. (329-Uv', Phone Black 694, Kiloe mocsiog. Bhinner stated or disposed of during the war despite the fact that they are really vice, and two more passenger and PR . . ¢ ot 3 would not and finally set an 80 should be replac ke offered. in an ‘“expre business, handling 'four more cargo ships 1 E”‘r”l‘ MISCELLA“EOUS {w D — Experienced barber. rercent cost differential as asking th laska ship op- cargo in small lots, for which M;‘Blffv, ls‘in ‘N‘b:;“";)‘i e o | w Jopes Barber Shop, Sitka.| ary avi rate paS crators be certific ed, Skinner held ency demands devzlopment o he three g passenge: s he — T T S % - i O, WL e Al mele D"gx,:n(lld(h or rights giving |new handling methods ! {estimated to cost between four and KIRSTEN'S Beauty Shop, ‘E:!u‘mcIF‘EMAI.'L‘ laundry worker. Alaska | e pricrities to companies already es-, All testimony on the point of five million dollars each. He agr °d| 5536, 3rd and M:m‘x. bx.))ccm;lzmg.‘ Laundry. [ W "//////% tablished in the service service, Scoll contended, has de.,‘v\{lh Sf‘t)ll that new, faster ships, in pein:mncntus. Open "““‘;;gfml;”lw;\x'l""Io BUY—Small housé orl $\ /; Questiored regarding his reaction | veloped that service provided is not,are needed. | appointment. { 6 o Bh o tyo bR mon 4 to elimination of Jones Act discrim- satisfactory. | The Alaska trade is the most' op—riumn™ g 3o "1 or other type income ticn against Alaska service gn ships, as had besn suggest- the first witness of the da ir SOME LIKE IT HOT ;' Asked by Barlett his opinion LAR K testimony laying 90 percent of the' it is “silly” to try to compare its Alaska shipping problem upon the rates with any other service. of seasonal in the world, he said, and Boat Harbor. Ph. 861. (256-tf) “It's WINTER & POND CO.,, Ine. Complete Photographic Supplies Developing — Printing — Enlarging Artists’ Paints and Materials of Finest Quality » PIANOS RENTED ana TUNED Anderson Shop. GUARANTEED Realistic Perma- nent, $7.50. Paper Curls, $1 up. Lola’s beauty Shop. Phane 201 Wi g orney General Ralph J. Rivers, shculders of labor, Scoll contended}a one-way haul” | and some like it iced — but skinngr said he could mnot s that several problems are involved,! Airplanc Service Asset 1 they all agree on RELIANCE. | where it would make much differ-|of which labor is but one element.| He answered Coles that airplane! - 3 {ence if applied only to traffic Misbehavior of labor is no ex-,service creates business for the| through Prince Rupert to Alaska.|cuse for mismanagement, he said. ships by developing the Territory. Wholesale —— Juneau —— Retail Also B | Only carload shipments from the In answer to Rep. Bland, he de- Theyre an asset, not harmful, to Available eastern part of the United States|clared: The public has the right|the ship lines. “God help Alaska, in could likely ke so handled, he of-|/to demand that both labor and|if it had not been for planes dur-| Tea Bags fered, and they would be few. The management operate honestly and!ing the 1946 season, he opine | % principal effect, he contended. would | efficiently J. A. Talbot, President of the be .to deprive American railroads “Disorganized Service” Alaska Transportation Company: of business and give it to a n-| Scoll concluded: All testimony and Alaska If:velopment Board| adian railway | | | | | points to the need of some form i, if the restriction were re- of public financial assistance by NATIONAL GRoceRy ¢o, | oved for shipments out of Seattle Cengress, even if labor conditions 1000 beurh Ave. S | 11502 questicner Coles asked. oothed. SIATIUL, WASHINGTON Somewhat be ® 71 PASSENGER DOUGLAS “STARLINERS" D-C3 HOSTESS SERVICE MEALS SERVED ALOFT INCREASED FLIGHT SCHEDULE DAILY FLIGHTS — JUNEAU. ANCHORAGE, FAIRBANKS COMPLETE AIR EXPRESS and FREIGHT SERVICE 10% REDUCTION ROUND TRIP FARES GOOD FOR ONE YEAR OFFICE BARANOF HOTEL Phone 667 r service for| The present service, he said, is a members, offered that longshore re-| lations at Ketchikan until this year, had been smooth. He ascertzd that labor should be made as responsible as management, which would result in benefit to both. | ATCO Manager Swanson esti-| ;mated the cost of labor tie-ups) ‘in the Alaska service at one and one-half million dollars a year, at the present occurrence. He oppos-] ‘ed a subsidy except as a last re- sort, declaring labor leaders would juse it for a reason for further ag- ! gravations, as costs would come out |of the subsidy. He suggested that 1it would help to divert military car- 180 to commercial bottoms. | Others who testified during the| morning session yesterday besides Banfield and Rivers, wer | Henry Clark, Alaska Develop- ment Board General Manager, who {recited the shipping cost factor in {calculatiaons of new industries con- _sidering Alaska establishment; Wil- fred Stump, for tke Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce; Jack Fletcher for the Juneau Chamber: Jess Ballard fer the Petersburg CC; Norman Stines, Fairbanks CC; Al Anderson, Alaska Miners' Associa- | tior d Homer Garvin, Juneau Merchants’ Association. | Stump and Ballard both brought ‘out diversion of fish catches to Prince Rupert and Seattle because of freight tariff incre result- ing in lower prices at cold storage facilities in their cities. | Garvin produced invoices showing relative costs of goods and ship- ping and handling charges. Of pe- culiar point was an invoice show- ing $27 charged as trucker standby time for six hours to deliver $9.90 worth of goods to the dock at Seattle, because of inadequate dock facilities. | | ases, ——————— ‘There are more than 4,000 silver fex farme in the United States. 315 Decker Way. LOST AND FOUND FOUND—Package containing 3 pr. wool sox in front of Governor's Mansion. Owner may have by paying for this adv. LOST JULY 18—From Baranof Ho- tel Lobby tan hat box with red stripe identification tag attached. Finder please notify Etolin Coulter. (329-t3) LOST—Billfold Sunday night, will appreciate rerurn of billfold. Margaret Colliton, Baranof Hotel. (328-12) WANTED—W~ will buy burned out motors and generators suitable for rebuilding. Parson’s Electric Co. (318-t0) DON FOSTER, JR. IS BACK FROM STATES Don Foster, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Foster, returned here yesterday by Pan American Air- ways after two and a half months in the States. On his first trip Outside unac- companied by his parents, young!| Foster visited relatives in Kansa: Oklahoma, and Carson City, Nev. He left Juneau by boat and went by plane on his trips across “"'| States and returni to Juneau: Manager of last year's basketball team, Don will enter his Junior year at Juneau High this fall. — e NORMA BROWN HERE Norma Joe Brown, of Anchorage,’ is staying at the Baranof Hotel | during her visit in this city. — e, - Mohawk rugs, $58.50 to $75.00 at| Juneau Youne Hardware (‘nmmny,& 1 | | { They bunched up and kept running property Does not need to be in excellent condition. Box 242, City. (330-tf) or man di WANTED—Woman Cafe. WANTED—Used furniture. 306 Wil- loughby. Phone 788. FOR RENT TWO OFFICE ROOMS 11 x 22 and | 14 x 22. Shattuck Building, Allen Shattuck. (340-t3) | | | CLEAN STEAM HEATED rooms,| men only. Haven Rooms, Phone 281. (340-t3) BUILDING for Rent at Seward-Marine Way and Way. Gecrge Bros. (327-tf) 3 ROOM FURNISHED Apt, oil range, bath. Inquire 513-A Wil- loughby. (316-13) ROOMS—Kitchen privileges. Home Hotel—Ph. 886. STORE South Ferry HEATED ST6RAGE~Ph. 861 Cash Coly (260-tf) SEAVIEW APARTMENTS. Under new management. renovated. 1 and 2 room apartments. One block from Federal Bldg. (241-tD) PICNIC FOR WOLVES LEES SUMMIT, Mo— Some 300 men went on a wolf hunt but only | one wolf was killed. Eight others escaped. The farmers who organized the| hunt blamed its lack of success on inexperienced city hunters. “Those city guys all wanted the first shot. ahead of the lines,” one farmer com- mented. “If wolves can laugh, they’ll knock themselves out, now.” - New store hours 8:30 to 5:30 at Juneau Young Hardware Company. e ——— e 8 Gray Marine Motors Lugger Models Available SALE and SERVICE Juneau Welding & Machine }! TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1946 Just in the ten years from 1930 td "40 average horsepower of cars increased 99 per cent! That means a fot toug job for motor oil. And that's why RPM Motor Oil has extra ingredients oblems of today’s to solve all the § high-powered engines — problems that a straight mineral oil just can’t handle. These compounds in RPM Motor Oil end carbon trouble; pro- tect hot spots that other oils Ieave bare, exposed to wear; prevent cor- rosion, sludge, foaming. Iry it! Zoet Avam h Manager phone 280 e o e bbb e & 4 bl e e | BUS SERVICE to Fairbanks, Anchorage Whitehorse VIA HAINES FIRST TRIP—. ——AUGU .; [ T 15 EER TRIP with ALASKA’S TRAILBLAZERS " IH AN TR IR A\ BUS LINES JACK BURFORD—Local Agent JUNEAU, ALASKA Shop—Phone 525