BRADLEY TALKS ON WAGE
HOUR BILL AT JUNEAU
Alaska-Juneau President Says
5-Dav Week May Not Af
fect Gold Mines
While consideration is being
given to a ftve-day week at the
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pany operations at Juneau, in
connection with the new u'age
and hour bild which becomes ef
fective in October, P. R. Bradley,
president of the company, told
the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce no definite program has
yet been worked out pending a
decision of whether gold mining
companies come under the act.
"The company is now giving
consideration to the new wage
and hour bill that is to go into
effect soon,” Mr. Bradley said.
"It is necessary that we first de
termine whether or not the gold
mining companies come under
the act; a recent decision by a
federal court in the State of Cal
ifornia seems to indicate that
mining is’not a part of ihterstate
commerce, and would, therefore,
not be affected by the act. If the
gold mining industry is deemed
to come within the act then our
consideration of the wage and
hour law, insofar as it affects our
operations, is first from the com
pany’s point of view, and second
from the employee’s point of
view.
Simplest Method
“It is our desire, of course, to
see that the c mpany’s profits are
not adversely affected, and it is
also our desire that no action
will become necessary that will
adversely affect the employees’
monthly earnings.
“I might point out that there
is a mistaken notion prevailing
in certain quarters to the effect
that the wage and hour law af
fects the number of working
hours per day, but such is not
the case. It is the hours ptT
week that is involved.
“The simplest way to compfly
with the act is to put all employ
ees on a five-day week basis, but
there are so many other factors
to be considered that a five-day
week plan is not altogether de
sirable. It is self-evident of
course that if a man works five
days per week at the eisting
daily wage his monthly earnings
will be much less than at pres
ent, yet still much higher than
the minimum provided for in the
act, and while our wage scale is
higher than that of other gold
mines, we wish to work out some
program that willl avoid a reduc
tion in the daily rate of pay.
“It may require some time to
work this problem out to its best
conclusion, and it will probably
need the exercise of patience of
all concerned before the matter
is finally workd out.”
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Mining Deeds, Placer and Lodf
Location Notices. Vouchers,
Special Power of Attorney forms
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The S. S. Denali of the Alaska
Line, is expected to arrive at
Nome within the next few days,
but definite information as to the
exact arrival time has not yet
been received by local agent Joe
Harnish.
The Chamber of Commerce
which is in charge of the enter
tainment of the fiflty tourists
aboard the vessel, met Saturday
and formulated plans for a well
balanced amusement program,
beginning at 10 am. with a sight
seeing tour to the nearby mining
camps, including the USSR&M
dredges, and ending with a dance
in the School Auditorium.
A program of native sports and
dances will be held at the King
Island village at 2 pm. and the
An in-coming passenger aboard
the PAA Electra was Mrs. Wily
Post, wife of the famous flyer
who met his death three years
ago in the plane crash near Pt.
Barrow.
Mrs. Post, who is enroute to
Barrow, has been in Fairbanks
for the past six weeks. She plans
to go north on the North Star,
and will return either with the
vessel or by plane down the
coast route. She expects, upon
her return, to make another visit
in Fairbanks, perhaps remaining
until Christmas. Says Mrs. Post:
"I dor.’t know whether I like Al
aska or Texas best”, and she
should be prejudiced, as she was
born in'Texas.
When questioned as to the pur
pose of her trip, Mrs. Post re
plied: “I have no particular ob
jective in making the trip. I
have always wanted to go to Pt.
Barrow, and so. here I am.” Mrs.
Posit was unable to secure trans
portation to the northern village
:n time to be present at the dedi
cation of the memorial farker
erected on th_ scene of the crash
bv the Post-Rogers Memorial Ex
pedition this month.
Arctic Cruisers will have an op
portunity to observe the local
color of the village, including the
ivory carving, the building of
skin boats, and other native
crafts. A visit to the Lomen
Comm rcial Company fur room
is planned for 3:30 p.jn.
The various places of business
will cooperate in displaying na
tive products—ivory curios, par
kas, mukluks, Eskimo slippers,
etc.—and any other items of
local nature. The restaurants
will feature such typical Norm
dishes as reindeer steak, native
greyiing and other fish, and blue
berry deserts.
The welcome dance which will
wind up the day, begins at 9 p.m.
and closes at 12, as the last light
er to the boat leaves at 12:30.
The ship's orchestra has been in
vited to furnish the music.
Dr. Luella King, associate su
perintendent of elementary edu
cation for the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, arrived in Nome on the
PAA Electra Friday. Dr. King,
whose headquarters are in Jun
eau, is making a suiperv:sory
tour of the schools in the Sew
ard Peninsula and the northern
villages. She will remain in
Nome until the North Star comes
in, and will make the trip to Pt.
Barrow aboard the vessel.
While in Nome she is working
with Mr. Fisher pertaining to the
Induan Affairs school here. It is
an interesting personal note that
Dr. King was acquainted w th
Mr. Fisher in the Southwest, b- -
ing supervisor of the district r.
which was located the school of
which he was in charge.
Dr. King is a comparative new -
comer to Alaska, having been ;n
the territory only a little over
a y : !-. During that time she has
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made tours of the schools in S.E.
Alaska and the Fairbanks sec
tion. but this is her first visit to
Nome.
Dr. King says that so far she
has greatly enjoyed her stay here
partieuiarly a visit to the King
bland Village, as it was her first
rpn rtuniiy to observe ivory
carving and the construction of
skin boats, which is carried on
[here.
$100 EXEMPTION ON
FOREIGN GOODS BROT
INTO ALASKA AFTER
JULY 25th, 1938
On and after July 25. 1938, pel
sons entering United States soil
from foreign countries will not
be allow ed exemption of $100 for
foreign articles brought in, it was
announced by the U. S. Customs
Offic at Juneau, providing that
the persons bringing in such ar
ticles have been out of the Unit
ed States less than 48 hours.
It will affect persons buying
goods in Vancouver or Victoria
and arriving in Ketchikan with
in 48 hours, it was explained, and
M. S. Whittier, Assistant Collec
tor of Customs of Juneau, said
it was aimed particularly at
week-end excursionists.
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