The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 25, 1947, Page 2

PROTEST IS MADE OVER UNION ACT Seatle Local of Sailors Un- ion Attempting fo Con- trol Ship Sailings FRANCISCO, March 25.— st coast ship operators pro- tested to the Maritime Commission hat the Seattle Local of the s Union of the Pacific (AFL) s attempting to control sailing schedules through a dispute which s tied up the motorship Rose not four da; The protest was sent by the Pa- American Shipowners Asso- on behalf of a member the Alaska Steamship which operates the mo- r the Maritime Commis- b= . > TSt 3 s SEA DOGC AND BOAT_nlackie, pet dog of Norman Berens, poses in Prospect Park, Brookliyn, alongside a new type model racing sloop with plywood deck, plastic hull and metal keel. It's 28 inches long. sion The telegram of protest charged that on March 15 the union refus- ed to move the p—loaded with supplies for Ala until certain changes were made the heating equipment of the Rose Knot and other ships. On March 20, the telegram con- tinued, the heating demands were 1w and 5 p.m. sailing time set. The sailors, the PASA said, refused to sail until midnight, demanding time to go ashore for clothes. Another crew was demanded un- der the contract and the striking crew discharged. “To accede to the union de- mands,” the wire said, “would mean to concede the right of unlicensed deck personnel to dictate the times at which a vessel will sail from various ports at which they call.” In Seattle, James Burke, acting i agent for the Sailors Union local, : % s relterated that the Rose Knot de- i - . o le controversy was caused by| ol o E et lure of emergency heaters to| RICHARD OPENS DOOR _ well-trainca Richard, tion and company refusal to| largest AKodi.ak bear in captivity, (above) shoves open a 200-pound f door with his paw when keepers in a New Orleans zoo, having set out his food, shout to him to open the door, them by the scheduled sailing time. L. W. Baker, Vice President and % e e cor with the - nection controversy. SAM ASP RETURNS Mr. and Mrs, Sam Asp and son returned to Alaska on the steamer General Manager of the steamship f{inal dig. I company, was in San Francisco in |championship team, composed en- THE DAILY ALASKA FM IROTARIANS HEAR SENATOR RIVERS ON TAX PROGRAM Juneau Rotary Club members (were addressed today at their noon |luncheon in the Gold Room of |the Baranof Hotel by Sen. Vict C. Rivers of Anchorage, chairn of the Senate Tax Commfttee Senator Rivers outlined the program which he and Senator |Norman “Doc” Walker of Keic (ikan had introduced to the Legis- ‘lature in an attempt to mc nearly balance the Territoria tudget for the next two years Outlining a tax program whict has been adopted in many of the |States as the basis of a sound tax structure, Senator Rivers named three taxes: an income or license tax on business firms based on t volume of business; an incoms on individuals, and a prope tax. The Senator pointed out that the income of the Territory has re- mained nearly static since before the war, while the increased pc ulations, especially in the schos has increased obligations and sponsibilities. At the same the value of the dollar, he has dropped to about half former valuz before the war. ‘The tax program in the Le lature by Senators Rivers Walker has been largely killed. The Property Tax was voted out of existence this morning, he adding that now untaxed propeit outside incorporate cities will cape “scot free” for another years. “We do have,” “an obligation, a sald the Sena responsibility pay in taxes what our society worth to us. The usual thir however, when a tax bill con before the Legislature, is that only voices to make themselves heard are those who are oppc to the bill. Very seldom is t anyone who will speak up for good of the Territory. “We must not evade the pr lems, we must face them,” stated the ator. ‘When these three tills have all failed to pass, a: expects, they will cause, he a discrepancy in the Territorys in- come and outg Rivers citicized the Sales now up before the Legislature being a heavy upon the low income person who has heavy re- sponsibil: Large incomes es- cape practically scot f corpor- ations pay little, trans 1 actically nothing in ‘I have opposed such bills," said “and I intend continu tem to the best of r Hogue repor to the ancial results of the ;ponsored C nd Con- cert. Gross receipts were $575, he said, and the net profit after expenscs was $275.25, which will be turned over to the City Band for their uniform fund. Hank Harmon asked committee chairmen to be present Monday evening for the Soap Box Derby lub meeting at the Grade School auditorium to answer questions. Jack Burford reporied the re- sults of the fact-finding commit- tee appointed from the member- ship of five Juneau clubs and which went to the City Council meeting last Friday night were successful, he said, in moving the Council to hire Walter T. Stuart to make an investigation of the Public Utility question and present untiased facts for publica- tion. “Study the reports care-® fully,” urged Burford, “then vote which ever way you decide.” Ernest Parsons also spoke brief- ly, and said that plans are under- way for a town meeting in Ju- neau Sunday afterncon to dis-, cuss the Utility question | Editor Bob Atwood of the An- chorage Times, a visitor at today's ! meeting, was called upon to givei his town's version of the contro-| versy over the All-Alaskan basket- Lall championship. He read a| telegram which had been sent | him containing information on the| background of the situation. | It stated that since Juneau had refused to enter the Fur m-miez—l vous tournament that she thus had disqualified herself from any chance to play for the All-Alaska baskatball title, which, the wir€ sald, was decided at Anchorage. The telegram mentioned plans for next year to charter special airplanes to carry Southeast Alaska teams to Anchorage for the tourn- ament, which is probably to ke held the week before the Fur Rendezvous. Juneau, the wire concluded would be put at the Lcad of the list for invitations next year. Even High School Rotarian-of-the- month Herb Mead laughed at that Mead is. captain of the tirely of graduating seniors. Visiting Rotarians at | today's luncheon were Senator Gunnard Engebreth, Senator E. B. Collins, Bob Atwood, Chris Rouse of Nome,| and Senator Ed Coffey. Guests were Jay L. Prescott, superinten- dent of schools at Palmer, and Lt. Col. Arthur Hopkins of the Sal-}| vation Army, from Santa Cruz, Calif. e ,—-—— - HAAS RETURNS HERE | Michael J. Haas, Territorial Re- presentative of the U. S. Depart- Aleutian, and are registered at the BE 4 B Baranof Hotel, He is of the Ten- I ] ikce Canner Studv Cour S S ey EGSY Home Jm"‘ Lourse The flea, world’s champion “Doctor of Podiatry” De jumpber, is one-tenth of an inch : i . kut can leap cight inches vortically and 43 inches laterally. UE ATASKA T T“E ALA-"K"\' A giant power hoe has been de- veloped which can dig 400 feet of and a half boot trench per three hour. ment of Labor, has returned here aiter six weeks in Washington, D. C., where he was in conference with Federal labor officials, _ straighten ‘EHey: Bk This merning the Senate .washed out yesterday's passage vote on H. B. 24 by the exped- ient amending the Journal to shew the bill failed to pass and deleting all other matter per- taining to the vote. No action was taken to rescind or recon- sider the Mcnday vote. This | | ident Teferred the problem to tie | | Rules Committee for an an: | The Rules Committee could not agree. Nerland's Conclusion reached the new conclusion that a protest to further consideration of passage then—before the 56th day deadline-—was voted down. On that ’ q jed for its consiaeration. | An appeal from the President's | | ruling was taken and the chair was | that would establish a precedent to In the meantime, President Ner- the bill had actually been voiced reasoning, he gave notice of his in- | not sustained, whereupon the Pres- g0 by. Neone such was fortheoniing land in talking over the situation Saturday when advancement for tention to ask reconsideration to- day was carried e D 24 st I by & 08 raadortiy with . Sexiior The intent oi i T. 24 Is (o re- Butrovich not voting write and clarify the unworkable Af spending the morning in W collsotion. siatite (DEEHEIE However, in the rewriting, “executive session” and most of the afternoon in recess, the Alaska nate got itself wound up in a rules tangle when it did try to con- sider a bill yesterda The bill apparently passed, sub- ject to a notice of reconsideration by President Andrew Nerland who took that route to attempt to out a ruling he after- is felt was wrong. some provisions that several Sen- ors termed “absolutely vicious” appeared in the bill, Particularly objected to are provisions that re- quire posting of an abstract of the law by all employers—even where y single stenographer is em- —under criminal penaities. enator O. D. Cochran took his principal exception to the provision that an employer ¢ all conceded wa The bill in question was Rep. An 3 wage m““m'“ to be due an employee when the o Whieh purportedly total amount of wages is in dispute, s dead when it failed to receiv wificient votes to be advanced for passage last Saturday. Since it car- vied neither tax levy nor app priation, it w not thought th measure could win consideration after the 56th day without prejudicing the employ: claim tug‘cco\'m' further by litiga- ticn. Cochran pointed out the pro- visions would upset the present “ofier of compromise affect the payment of costs of lit- igation, The Attoriiey General con- ;[ cne of the a statute ;\”(]‘OI Skill and Fire Safety. 7 i Den No. 2, Mrs. West, Den mo- TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1947 passed a measure with the most top-heavy heading seen in many session: Senate Committee Sub- stitute for House Commiitee Sub- stitute for House Joint Memorial 34, This second replacement on an original memorial by Rep. Ost drew some discussion and was still fur- t amended before being passed unanimously. It calls upon the Fed- eral government to contribute to the education of native Territorial schools by p: $100 a year t 1 eac Cost to the Territory is -approximately $200 per pupil. The memorial points out that the Federal g iment pays for education of Indians in the «Schools of the States of California, Oregon and W Senate adjournment +0'clock morning pupils in nyment of was to 10 A .- CUB SCOUT BANGUET IS NEXT SATURDAY: DENS GIVING SKITS 1 [ Every registered Cub Scout is eli- i gible to attend the annual blu d |gold Cub Scout Luncheon Banquet i to ke held at the Gold Room of the | Baranof next Saturday noon. Each den is preparing skit based on hievements of a bear !Cub Scout, with the dens listed as 1 follows: { Den No. 1, Mrs. Hank: “Feats ther, Roy Peratrovich, Den Health Achievement. Den No. 4, Mrs, Hedges, Den mo- Chief, ied that the charging of costs However, the Senators chose to ©¢¢ 5. jenore the rules completely and Might be affected, but thought| ¢ there still would be room for offers | ther, Selected. devoted nearly an hour to discuss- of compromise. 1 ing the bill, with the Attorney Gen- eral called to explain it to them Cochran’s Views ¥ Then, when the vote was taker Cochran indicated a fear that and the bill was found to cisputes over amount of wages passed, 9-6, with Peratrovich weuld multiply enormously under there was an immediate at- the bill, as the claimant could not! e. If a claim were lost the Ter- | upset the passage by declaring a ritory would have the bill of costs two-thirds majority was necessary. to foot and if any part of the| President Nerland ruled the bill claim were upheld, the defendant had received the nine votes requir- uld have the costs to meet, since ed by the Organic Act and had t bill provide: that disputed passed. He agreed with Senator ned to the La- empt by the opposing Sen: Commissioner John Butrovich Jr. that failure to bLor for collection protest when the bill first was and th the Attorney General called up for consideration implied must prosecute them afternoon consent that the rules be susper The Se U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA ! WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A, M, 120TH MERIDIAN TIME Max. temp. TODAY Lowest 4:30am. 24 Qrs s Weather at Precip Stat temp. temp. 4:30 am. Anchora 24 26 Trace Cloudy Barrow -17 11 13 07 Cloudy 32 32 12 Snow 9 Pt. Cloudy 33 Cloudy Snow Juneau Airpert 31 10 Cioudy Ketchikan 41 .10 Cloudy Kodiak 26 Trace Pt. Cloudy Kotzebue -22 Trace Snow Los Ang 52 0 Clear McGrath -11 13 Snow Ncme -7 0 Cloudy Northway -2 0 Cloudy Petersburg 32 23 Cloudy Portland 57 0 Cloudy Pi'nce George 43 25 0 Clear Rupert 48 38 5 Cloudy 57 42 Trace Cloudy 46 36 Trace Cloudy Whitehor 42 ‘2 Trace Snow Yakutat 40 2 32 03 4:30 2. m. ye: SYNOPSIS: The low pressure center which was located 2 Sea continued to fill during the past 24 hours and a second- w center is forming in the Gulf of Alaska this morning. A trough ctends from the northern Plains States across Montana, aneda and tral Alacka to the low pressure center in the 12 Sea. A ridge of high pressure extends from the Rocky Mountain gion of northern United States and southern Canada and thence south- westward across Graham Island to a high pressure center located about 1500 miles south of the Alaska Peninsula. Colder air moved across South- east A last night and temperatures along the coast from Vancouver Island to Kodiak Island ranged from 31 to 40 degrees. Below zero tem- peratures continued over the north central portion of Canada and north- western Alaska. Rain or snow has fallen during the past 24 hourse along. the coast from Washington to Kodiak Island and at many stations across céntral Canada, the interior of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports from Marine Stations at 1:30 P. M. toeday in the ary 1 of low WIND Height of Waves Station Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) Cape Spencer Drizzle 37 S 26 1 foot MARINE FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD ENDING WEDNESDAY EVENING: Protected waters of Southeast Alaska north of Sumner Strait—southerly winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. Protected waters of Southeast Ala: south of Frederick Sound and outside waters, Dixcn Entrance to Yakutat—variable winds 15 miles per hour or less becoming southerly to scutheasterly winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. Cloudy with rain showe - WATCH FOR SAILING DATE M.V.SOUTHEASTERN * Prompt, Low Cost Service bE ¢ BRIGGS STEAMSHIP CORP. Juneau, Alaska i Den No. Mrs. om, Den mother, Jimmy Sofoulis, Den Chief, Knot Achievement 1 Den No. 7, Mrs. Blan Den " mather Cub Helps Den No. 8 Mrs. Blanton, Den mother, v & Den Work: Each Cub who has or will week madé an advancement 1 be given his bad by Cub and Committee, a the Cemmittee will make the award: honor for the dens. Den a ade on percentage ding, percentage of Cubs of tered, perccntage of ented by at least one parent, y of skit, and table deccrations and centerpiece. It Cub h 't earncd his cwn price of a ticket, he still ha time beicre Satur Last year few enterpr Cubs gave their mothers corsages—maybe this they will ke able in some c “help in the home” by their mother's ticket— i5 beyond what is Ine of duty.” e - t-ads for bargains! year ses to also earning hough this expected “in ; office . QUEEN _miss Anna May George, representing the mining town of Kirkiand Lake, wears the crown of “Queen Winter” at the second annual snow frolic at North Bay, Ontario, STOCK QUOTAJIONS NEW YORK, M quotation of Alask stock s Ame 2, Araconda 38%, Curtiss-Wright 51, Internaticnal Harvester 84, Kenne- t 46, New York Central 17%, Northern Pagific 18%, U. S. Steel 71%, Pound $4.02%. Sales today were 660,000 shares. Merrill-Lynch aver today are industrials 175.2¢, rails ch 25.—Closing Juneau mine can Can 93': > - GRONROUS niTURNS B. Gronroos, Veterans Employment Representative in Al- the U. 8. Department of Labor, has returned to his Juneau ollowing an 1l-day trip to Anchorage and Fairbanks. His trip was made in efforts to find em- - ployment ior Alaskan residents with Army officials and contractors. *of 36 College Avenue, Somerville, Mass. calvert Reserve BLENDED WHISKEY ~86.8 Proof—65% Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert Distillers Corp., New York City Salmon €'reek Finest Couniry SUNDAY at Country Cluab VERNA CRONE’S SGUTHERN STYLE BAKED HAM DINNER 50 Baked Ham - Mashed Potatoes New Peas - Spiced Apple 'HOT BISCUITS WITH HONEY Half poriions served youngsters '] DINE and - Night PHON MEMBERS 3 miles north of Jn;;ga Aaska's Finest Salmon Creek Couniry Club Couniry Club Club in Alaska BANCE at Club - E 015 HIP CLUB u on Gl_,g ier Highway.