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EDITORIAL
SEEKS PRIORITY FOR
ALASKAN WORKERS
In two bills introduced in Con
gress by Delegate Anthony J Di
mond priority of employment in
-Alaska’s largest industry is
sought for Alaskans. Denied the
right of management of this huge
industry, Alaska has for many
years been forced to sit idly by
see thousands of outside work
ers brought to the Territory and
employed a varying rates of pay
for the length of the fishing sea
son and then returned to the
Outside. Of this influx of by far
the greater were orientals. And
still Alaskans seeking employ
ment were told there was no
room for them and that the jobs
had already been filled.
Delegate Dimond is seeking
Congressional legislation guaran
teeing to Alaskans a priority of
opportunity in applying for jobs
in the Fishing Industry. Hearings
on the measures are to be held
soon, when undoubtedly many in
terests will be present to fight
such type of legislation.
However this is still another
move to bring the management
of our largest industry back to
Alaska where intelligent, exper
ienced persons familiar with the
conditions could administer it to
the mutual benefit of private busi
ness and the Territory as a
whole. At least it is a move in
the right direction to see that
-Alaska labor has a chance to en
gage in the production of this
industry.
NOW MORE THAN EVER
GUARD AGAINST SYPHILIS
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Syphilis and its fellow scourge
gonorrhea are still far more pre
valent in this country than any
other serious irafetious disease.
We have hardly more than come
to grips in the struggle to throw
off the burden of sickness and j
sorrow and death loaded on the i
American people.
These are the urgent needs of
the social hygiene program for
the future:
Increased activities to inform
the public about syphilis and
gonorrhea—their nature, diagnos
is, treatment, cure. To help them
too to guard against unscrupul
ous quacks and the sellers of
worthless remedies who promis
ing quick cure mercilessly exploit
their unfortunate victims.
For the many cities, towns and
rural areas where they go un
checked, a vigorous plan of at
tack on the twin scourges, syph
ilis and gonorrhea.
Enlightened and persistent ac-j
tion against commercialized vice
and the prostitution racket.
Sound legislation to prevent j
congenital syphilis and the;
spread of the disease in mar-!
riage.
Help for youth — instruction j
and guidance through homes, j
xhurches and schools—education \
to enable parents, pastors, and
teachers to aid young people.
The enlistment of additional
citizen groups, to make public;
opinion about syphilis more ef
fective—to organize it and put it,
to work.
These are the means by which j
we shall gain final victory over [
one of mankind’s deadliest en- ]
emies —an achievement possible
within a single generation.
—And by so doing we shall
clear the way for great advane
es in the broader field of social
hygiene, particular in the import
ant matter of education and train
ing for marriage and family life
which in the long view—“the long
look ahead”—is so vital to the
future of the nation.
The Washington
News-Letter
J. J. Eckles, Secretary
To the Delegate
It now appears that most of the
disputes with respect to the em-!
ployment of resident of /Alaska
I in work on the naval air bases
: at Sitka and Kodiak are in a fair
! way of being adjusted.
| Before the bill carrying appro
j priations for these two bases
was passed by Congress, Dele-;
gate Dimond requested the Sec
retary of the Navy to employ
Alaska workmen on the projects
so far as available, pointing out
that the Territory of Alaska as
a Territory in cooperation with
the Federal Government main
tains an employment service[
which would be helpful in sup
plying all types of labor and that
the American Legion posts in Al
aska would be in a position to
render assistance in seeing that
Alaska workmen had a fair op
portunity to obtain whatever
jobs were available. The Secre
tary suggested that it would be an
advantage financially for the con
tractors to employ as many skill
ed mechanics and laborers at or
near the site of the work as pos
sible and therefore, it was likely
that full usage would be made of
services of qualified workmen in
construction of the projects.
However after the contracts
were awarded to the Seims-Spo
kane Company, Johnson, Drake
and Piper, Inc., and the Puget
Sound Bridge and Dredging Com
| pany, by the Navy Department,
[ the contractors entered into a
contract with he A F of L unions
in Seattle that in reality discrim
inated against resident of Alas
ka. Those discriminations were1
of four types;
(1) The contract provided that
although bona fide residents of
the Territory who are qualified
to work should be given prefer
ence of employment, they might
be hired only at the site of the
job.
(2) It contained a provision
that each craft involved would
be allowed as a first placement
on each project one man exclus
ive of the foreman to be hired
through their respective unions
in Seattle;
(3) The contractors agreed
that all labor called for and hired
in Seattle should have minimum
first-class transportation paid to
the site of the work; and
(4) Provision was made that
any employee hired in Seattle,
who became incapacitated thru
sickness or injury, should have
his return transportation furnish
ed to Seattle if so elected upon
the advice of the physician.
So it was clear from the con
tract that any Alaskans employ
ed would be obliged to pay their
own transportation from their
places of residence in Alaska to
Sitka or Kodiak, as the case
might be; and if they became
sick they would have to return
home at their own expense; and
instead of being able to get jobs
at some point in Alaska other
than Sitka or Kodiak it would be
necessary for Alaska residents to
proceed at their own expense to
Sitka and Kodiak and just take
a chance that work would be
available when they arrived
there. So the provision giving pre
ference of employment to Alas
kans in the work to be done on
the projects was little better than
meaningless, except as to the
comparatively few workmen
who might reside at Sitka or Ko
diak.
Shortly after this contract be
tween the Seattle unions and the
contractors was entered into,
I
Delegate Dimond and Governor
Gruening who was then Director
of the Division of Territories
and Island Possessions in the De
partment of the Interior protest1
ed against it and demanded that j
Alaskans be given the same ad
vantages as the residents of Seat
tie with respect to Navy base em
ployment. Acting Governor Bart
left and Joseph T Flakne, Direct
or of the Alaska Territorial Em
ployment Service exerted every
effort to see that Alaskans were
given a square deal. Aiter as
suming tht Governorship, Gover
nor Gruening made a trip to Sit
ka and upon his return publicly
denounced the existing set-up as
highly discriminatory against
residents of Alaska.
Last week Delegate Dimond
and Governor Gruening had an
extended conference with Secre
tary of the Navy Edison and a
number of Navy officers and an
other conference with Represent
atives Magnuson and Wallgren of
the State of Washington and
James Taylor of Seattle, a rep
resentative of the unions involv
ed. The dispute was not one be
tween tht unions and Alaskans,
since the skilled workmen be
longed to branches of the same
unions anyhow. Nor was it a dis
pute with the Navy Department.
The arrangement now made
provides that Alaskans may be
hired at Juneau or Anchorage,
and their qualifications examined
into there, as well as at the sites
of the work, and that if found
qualified they will then be paid
transportation from Juneau or
Anchorage as the case may be, to
tlie place where they are to be
employed and that the facilities
of the Alaska Territorial Employ
ment Service would be used to
the fullest possible extent. Fur
ther provision is made that if
residents of Alaska become ill on
the job they too may have their
transportation paid back to the
place where they were employ
ed. In this way by having em
ployment offices, even on a part
time basis, in two of the main
centers of papulation in Alaska,
the citizens of Alaska are given
the same advantages with res
pect to employment as enjoyed j
by those in the States who may
be hired in Seattle.
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Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
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FRONT ST. NOMB.
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No. 1418
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of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Pioneer Water Co.
Fresh, Sparkling Spring Water
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NELSON AND BULLOCK
Phone Black 44 or Main 15
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Report Increased
Activity Both Sides
PARIS, Feb. 9 GP)—The French
general staff reported increased
activity in artillery and patrols
including a “severe” engagement
yesterday in which both sides suf
fered losses.
Ex-Ambassador
Dies
ROUNDHILL, Va., Dr. William
Dodd, former United States am
bassador to Germany died at his
estate here from an attack of;
pneumonia.
Mirovv Air Service
Activities
Pilot Sasseen left for St. Law
rence Island with the mail and
express and on landing there the
propellor hit a snow drift and
was bent, making it necessary
to send another plane over with
another prop to replace the dam
aged one. Both planes are ex
pected to arrive in Nome this af
ternoon.
Pilot Jefford returned Thurs
day from Teller where he had
been storm bound for several
days and will leave for Bethel
this afternoon with the Reindeer
party expects to be gone for
several days.
Pilot Sasseen will leave tomor
row for Anchorage to meet pas
sengers there for Nome and ex
pects to return Monday.
Pilot Chambers is due in from
Unalakleet Monday with the
mail and expects to leave soon
on the return trip.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
Write to your friends and rela
lives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
Kick out of it.
Of interest to Alaskans who
wish to prepare themselves for
any of the various classes of Com
mercial or Amateur operator’s
licenses, or who will merely wel
come the opportunity to obtain a
course of study in radio tech
nique and radio law at a nomin
al cost, is the recent announce
ment that a 95-page publication
known as the “Study Guide and
Reference Material for Commer
cial Radio Operator Examina-1
tions” is now available and may
be obtained by sending a money
order for fifteen cents to the Su
perintendent of Documents, Wash
ingon, D C and requesting the
Study Guide by its full title.
The Study Guide has been pre
pared by the Federal Communic
ations Commission to assist candi
dates for operator’s examinations
to prepare themselves by study
ing along the necessary lines nec
essary for the particular class of
examination in which they are in
terested. The Guide is arranged
in such a manner that the re
ference material progresses thru
Elements 1 to 6 to he more ad
vanced phases of the Radiotele
graph and Radiotelephone engin
eering and operating fields.
Persons now operating radio
stations in the Territory will al
so find the Guide a handy refer
ence volume to have in the sta
tion.
Federated Church
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11 a.m.—Church School.
7:45 p.m. Worship Service.
Sermon topic, based on . the
editorial in the January Fortune
“The Christian Church and War"
Anthem by the choir.
ESKIMO METHODIST CHURCH
Miss Sarah Taylor, Deaconess
11 a.m.—Church School.
5:00 p.m. — Worship Service
Sermon topic, “The Experience
of Redemption." W P Wood will
preach.
ONE SHOW FRIDAY, 7:30 PM Adm. 55? & 25<
“Bulldog Drummond Comes Back” ,
with John Barrymore—John Howard—Louise CampbeU
A New Thrill From Fiction’s Most Daring: Adventurer * '
also “Trade Mice” and “Wild Bill Hickok” — No. 2 of new serial
ONE SHOW SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. Adm. 55? & 25?
“NIGHT MUST FALL”
with ROBERT MONTGOMERY — ROSALIND RUSSELL
and “SERENE SAM”
rWO SHOWS: SUNDAY 7:15 & 9. AdraTw^ & 25?
“PENITENTIARY”
with JEAN PARKER—JOHN HOWARD—WALTER CONNELLY
Sirens Shriek Terror As Machine Guns Spit Death
and “WATER EVERYWHERE”
ALABAMA QUADS AND PROUD MOTHER
V.W:
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Mrs. Clyde Short, wift of a Jaspaer, Ala. coal miner was the proud
mother of quadruplets—three girls and a boy. She is the mother of
fivt other children. The quadruplets (top) are shown in an impro
vised cardboard incubator. Unnamed boy in foreground. The girls,
Faith, Hope and Charity are behind him. Mrs. Short (bottom) is
shown smiling in a 'hospital bed at Nauvoo, Ala.
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NOT THE RUSSIAN BEAR ■ *,
I pr,ce asked by this bear for giving Naai salute at Sydney, N.S.W.