The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 21, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT FISHERIES UNION UNITE i DEMANDS; (0 CONFERENCES n Irpose S WILL INITIATE CLASS IN HONOR OF DON HcGRAW united f f securi in wages and conditior Alaska cannery worki Was nounced today from a conference of delegates of CIO fisheries unions which convened in Juneau over the ¥ weekend emp! the g to the release, ek the “elimination of and discriminations is improve- will equities that have who ‘are employed almon industry.” in the Alaska J. F. Jurich, President of the In- | ternational Fishermen and Allied Workers of America, presided at the conclave which had been called to- gether at the instance of his office. Eddie Lucas, a representative of Lo- cal 237 of the Food, Tobacco and Allied Workers, at Ketchikan, serv- ed the gathering as co-chairman.’ Other conferees represented CIO| cannery workers unions from | throughout coastal Alaska, as well as officers of two non-resident lo- cals with fishery workers in the Territory in season. Resident union delegates included: Joe Uashaolook who lives at Un- alakleet and who is the Secretary- Treasurer of the 1400-member Bris- tol Bay Resident Cannery Workers’ Local 46 of the IFAWA. H. J. Lannen, Secretary of the Copper River and Prince William Sound Cannery Workers' Local 10 of the IFAWA, and John MacDon- ald, also representing Local 10. Boul: ac from Cordova. olin Wiese, Secretary of the Westward Alaska Fisheries Council, and also representing Cooks Inlet Cannery Workers' Local 25 of tae| IFAWA at Anchorage. Anna May Anderson, Steve de Leon, Daniel Hocson and Pauline Tabernilla, all of Local 269 of the FTA at Juneau. Joe Romero of FTA Local 222, at| Petersburg; Evelyn James of FTA Local 265 at Craig, and Eddie Luc- as of FTA Local 237 at Ketchikan. NON-RESIDENT GROUPS | Conferees from non-resident un- ions included Robert Kinney, FTA regional director who was represent- ing non-resident cannery worke: Local 7 from Seattle, and Oscar Anderson, Seattle agent 3f the Alas- en's Union, representing | Local 160 of the bright. intern tive o/ the International Long men and Warehousemen's Union Alaska, also participated in mecting. “The biggest problems in emplo; ment in the Alaska salmon indus- try,” according to the statement re- leased from the conference, “are those of Alaskan resident employed as cannery workers.’ “Residents are not given the same earnings guarantees as are non- residents. They are, in fact, too|tion, this implementing decision to | nery worker groups of Alaska | often used as a standby labor poo! een forced upon the residents | { | Don McGraw (above) Deputy Su- preme Governor of the Territory | of Alaska of the Loyal Order of Mocse, arrived from Sitka Sun- | day and in his homor a class of 16 will be initiated by the Moose | tonight. The initiation will start at 8 o'clock and at 9:30 o’clock a dinner will be served and there will also be entertainment. Al | Moose are requested to attend to- night's affair. cannery work,” according to the re- port. “Alaskan cannery employers have had to deal quite realistically with |the nonresidents in the past and, thereafter, they then had easy pick- ngs with the resident workers when it came to bargaining with them one at a time” CHANGE IN HIRING The conference was called to HALBUTRLET . DOUGELAS GETS READY T0 LEAVE SEATTLE SEATLE, Mar. 21.—#— Seattle's fishing, fleet, the largest in the nation, is preparing to head for | the halibut banks of Alaska after | hundréds of fishermen took part in | the 20th annual Festival of Prayer yesterday at the Ballard Lutheran | Church. The founder of the festival and former pastor of the Ballara Church, the Rev. O. L. Haavick was liturgist. Greetings to the fishermen werc sent by Gov. Arthur B. ILanglie who was unable to attend. SKI FILM SHOWING - AT 7P. M. TONIGHT Time for showing of a highly touted ski move “Ski Three” has been changed from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Time change was prompted due | to conflict with a P-TA meeting. The film by Dr. Frank Howard is one of the best that the club has secured according to the Juneau skiers organization. Due to high demand for the film, it can be { shown only once. -~ JURORS REPORT TUESDAY The 43 members of the present trial jury panel will report in Dis- trict Court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for the next cases in the March calendar. The jury cases on the calendar are Lazetti vs. Glover, Holloway vs ring an end to this situation, says | the report. Between the respective| | IFAWA and FTA units of the CIO! n Alaska at this conference we \ave resclved to stand together for | 1ezotiations this spring and to stand Logether in any subsequent® action: at may prove necessary to sup- sort such negotiations. Furthermors hrough the representatives at the conference from non-resident lo-} als, we have assurance that we will | also get their support in this un- jertaking,” the conference report| urther states. | Most important demand to be made of the Alaska salmon indus-| |iry is that resident workers get il | -ame earr guarantees as is giv-! | 'n nonres.dents. In other words hire esidents on.the same b he same tim east, the iminations led ¢ for work to be ur week, with half to be paid overtin COLLECTIVE To give force and meaning | collective position, June 25 POSITION o a and for | Coughlin, and Oberg vs. Homer. ————— UNION OIL TUG SAILS The Union Oil Co. Tug Foss 1¢ and Barge Foss 106 sail tomorrow | morning on a supply run to Peters- | turg, Wrangell, Craig, Ketchikan, and Metlakatla. The tug and barge are due back about March 30. o DIVORCE ASKED THE DAILY ALASKA [M1ik1E--JUNIIAU, ALASKA MEASURE IS UNDER FIRE Vsl i His | school v wheel-ch: nicely. the 2 along selling in ticke NEWS TROOP 610 MEETING Boy Sccut Troop 610 will have its regular meeting at the school to- t at 7:30. Following the Troop neeting there will be a Troop STOCKHOLDERS MEETING stockholders in the Douglas Can- will meet this evening in the mneau City Hall at 8 o'clock. Sev- 1 articles in the corpdrate laws 1l be voted on for changing, and | { MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1949 Committee meeting. The over-all | purpose just now is concentration |on the Court of Awards to be held ; n Douglas in the near future. TROOP HIKE Brownie Scouts of Troop No. 7 went on a hike Thursday. They nunted odd and brilliant rocks for their rock garden for this spring. This group has finished cook | books which were on display at the Tot-to-Teen Shop last week for the Girl Scouts birthday week. | | FROM COBOL en residence in the Hoskins Apart- ments, with Mr. Josten to join her here in about a week. Mr. Josten has been with the mining properties at Cobol, but intends to mer. THEATRE RE-OPENS eral month shutdown. The theatre is under the management of the Gross chain of theatres and Is lo- cally managed by Ed Giovanette. vloyed as cashier and Phyllis An- ews as door girl. The show will run three nights weekly, Sunday, Wednesday = and I'riday nights. FLEEK BEVEFIT SUCCESS The Billy Fleek benefit dance, | sponsored by the Douglas Eagles, was a very successful affair last Saturday evening, with a large at- tendance and many channel resi- icnts, even though not able to at- | end the dance, purchased tickets. Billy, who is now up and con- Mrs. L. Josten, of Cobol, has tak- | The Douglas Coliseum Theatre | reopened last evening after a sev-| Mrs. Jesse Snyder has been em-| proposal made for the cannery The meeting is held in the Ju- neau location to " make it more 1vailable to a majority of the stock- holders. KAREN MORTENSON IS TEN Karen Mortenson enjoyed her enth birthday on Sunday afternoon vith a party, inviting nine of her friends to her home for ice cream and treats. Karen is the daughter sf Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mortenson. FIREMEN CONTEST Members of the Douglas Volun- | teer Fire Department have joined i1gain this year in forming a guess- ng contest on the Nenana ice | movement. The list is available at the drug store. nter the fishing fleet this sum-| EAGLES TONIGHT | Douglas Aerie, No. 117 ‘F. O. E,, will meet this evening in Eagles | Hall for regular business meeting, iccording to Lyle Lohr, president. BOBBY HAS BIRTHDAY Roberta “Bobbie” Thorpe was five | years of age last Saturday and had !a party at the home of her par- | ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thorpe. ‘esides having a nice party, all her invited guests were given prizes to take home. e —————— COL. FRITCHMAN ON ACTIVE DUTY | Col. Nell Fritchman, USAF Re- | serves, left yesterday on military |leave from the Veterans Adminis- tration Regional office, taking a 15-day tour of active duty for ;Ara ning purposes at Fort Richard- |son. Colecnel Fritchman is chief of the Vocational, Rehabilitation and iducation Divisicn of the Juneau | Regional Office. FROM HOUSE (Continued from Page One) Guard Act that contains such a clause. “How could you combat Commun- sm if it should break out in & asked. Col. Alexander said he had mo suggestions on that point, but add- ed that if the Guard should clause would be automatically sus- pended. Cites Communism Senator Munz quoted from @ Congressional Committee report on ‘infiltration of Communism into 4laska Fisheries Unions” and mov- ed to amend the clause by chang- ing the wording to “shall not be used against a labor organization for strike-breaking purposes.” His motion to suspend the rules for that purpose failed, first by a 7-9 vote, then by a 5-11 vote. A citizen's army is one of the basic principle’s of the American lorm of government,” Senator Mc- Cutcheon said in speaking for the bill. The only opposition to the National Guard in Alaska can be Irom those who fear it will be used for political purposes and from those who fear it will be used against communism.” The unanimous vote for the bill, totally unexpected, brought a round of applause from the gallery, the iirst heard from the Senate gallery this session. 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Paul, Jr., represents the plain- tiff. —————————— NEW ANS NURSE etti is new Alaska Na- tive Se public health nurse at leet. ss Jettl, who comes from public health service in Maine, enroute her new station after ing ch Juneau last week - FROM SHEMYA Miss Iris thr HERI G. R. Olson of Shemya register- | ed over the weékend as a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. the Alaska Salmon Industry repre- has | sentatives meet in Juneau later this | | | cen set as a deadline for strike ac- spring for negotiations with all can- e voled upon by memcerships of through a joint negotiating com- A NEW SCHEDULE CF HEBURS by cannery operators and they get|'ocal unione before it becomes finally nfittee to be selected in the work- work only when the crews shipped!cffective.” ers' organizations, the statement from Outside can’'t complete the' An attempt will be made to have concluded. For Rent Immediate Occupancy ... 65 feet long, 10 feet wide Two Story with Elevator Rent $100 per Month In George Brothers Building Also . . . 50-foot wide front, 84 feet deep Will rent all or half For Information Sce Joe George GEORGE BROTHERS 110UOR STORE Also . . . 240 Lpid, TRIANGLE CLEANERS 116 Franklin Street Telephone 507 CITY CLEANERS. South Franklin Sireet " Telephone 877 -==Starting March 2¢, 1949 Closed Saturdays-- This change creates a short week. The new arrangement is already effective. Please remem- ber the Saturday closing and bring in your dry cleaning. EARLY IN. THE WEEK: or phone for ' The Management of The Triangle Cleaners and The City Cleaners hereby announce that the shops will close Friday evenings, and will remain closed until Monday mornings. service promptly. Send Cleaning Work Early in the Week We will do our utmost to miaintain the ‘same service that was previously given, In our endeavor This change in hours is necessary as the result of complying with demands of the Union for a forty-hour work week. The new forty-hour week will, however, be maintained : “take-home” wages as a forty-four hour work ne were formerly paid for week. to ‘meet problems the new situation creates, we This means a wage increase of ten percent, respectfully ask our Patrons not to request special plus the lo servige unless it is absolutely necessary. - CITY CLEANERS WAYNE JOHNSON of four production hours per week. TRIANGLE CLEANERS A. R. DUNCAN 0 square feei, iwo-story building on waterfren!. Building on concrete 5150 month. i e LY