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^ YOU THINK YOU’VE GOT TROUBLE !
Our Labor Problem . . .
BY THE NUMBER OF LABORERS, both skilled
and unskilled arriving here by plane loads for
project work lin the area, it is plain to see that the labor
in the communities of this district has not been re
cruited or advised of work openings.
Local village people could be obtained more
readily, with less cost, and would be more adaptable
to the outsude work as they are acclimated and ex
perienced for the weather conditions that prevail.
The welfare rolls will remain saturated with the
unemployed as long as the local laborer is not given a
chance to work.
It is probably too late to do anything about it this
year, but a full time unemployment office which has
been sought should be one of the avenues for compil
ing the labor force available for next year.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
CORPORATE TAX MEASURE
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy signed today a bill keep- I
ing in force for another year the !
52 per cent corporate income tax !
and a series of excise taxes peg
ged at high rates 10 yars ago as
emergency mesures.
Kennedy’s signature extended i
the taxes on the day they were ;
due to expire. They bring in more
than $3.6 billion a year.
The excise taxes continued at
their present levels are on al
coholic beverages, cigarettes, au
tomobiles, telephone service and
passenger transportation.
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TWO ALASKA SCHOOL v
DISTRICTS GRANTED $30,032
JUNEAU UP) — The U. S. Office
of Education has authorized the
immedate payment of $30,032 to
two state school districts, the
Alaska congressional delegation
reported yesterday.
In a wire to the Associated from
Washington, D. C., Sens. Bartlett,
Gruening and Rep. Rivers said
$18,830 would go to Nome and
$11,202 would go to Seward.
The money was allocated under
the terms of a law providing aid
for the operation and maintenance
of schools affected by federal ac
tivities.
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Embargo Placed on Lard
Shipment Headed for Cuba
HAVANA UR — Government
officials up to Prime Minister
j Castro appeared angered today
i by a Florida embargo placed on
j a shipment of lard destined for
| Cuba. A government announce
i ment said Castro plans a speech
Tuesday on “food supplies and
the crude measures taken by
American imperialism.”
The lard, awaiting shipment to
Cuba from West Palm Beach was
embargoed by a Florida court at
the request of Harris and Co., a
Miami Public Relations firm
; which claims the Cuban Tourist
Institute owes it money.
The Communist newspaper
“Hoy” said “this imperialist ma
neuver forces us to earmark all
available lard for hospitals,
schools and the food industry.”
Cuba is dependent on the Unit
ed States for most of its lard.
Hoy said a plan is under way
for producing edible oils and lard
| in Cuba to replace imports from
j the United States.
| FIRE CALL LAST NIGHT
The fire alarm last evening was
caused by a fire in the garage oi
Maurice Kelliher. There was slight
interior damage. The cause of the
fire has not been determined.
Egan Will Use His Office In Any Way
To Get Contract Talks Going Again
JUNEAU IP — Gov. Egan said
yesterday he will use his office
in any way possible to bring a
resumption of contract talks be
tween negotiators for the Asso
ciated General Contractors and
1 six construction unions.
Egan said he had sent State
Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson
i and Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody to
| Anchorage to keep in close con
I tact with every development and
! to do what they could to get nego
tiations going again.
Egan, commenting on a report
from Anchorage that the AGC
was displeased because he had
asked the unions and the contrac
tors to keep work going on de
fense projects, said:
“I can’t understand why the
Associated General Contractors
would resent my asking about
their position on military jobs.”
Egan had received assurances
Monday night from six of the
unions — the Teamsters, Cement
Finishers, Plasterers and Lathers,
Bricklayers, Laborers and Oper
ating Engineers — that they
would remain on defense jobs
deemed advisable by military au
thorities.
The governor said that immedi
ately after talking with Russ
Conlon, negotiator for the unions,
he talked with Everett Dunn,
chief negotiator for the AGC.
Put AGC on the Spot
“He seemed to think I was try
ing to put the AGC on the spot,”
Egan said. “Such was not the
case.”
Egan said he was told that the
contractors would have to get a
military determination as to
which projects were critical.
Tuesday, the Army Engineers
office in Anchorage said it has
no jobs deemed critical at this
time.
“There seems to be some con
fusion,” Egan said. “I talked to
a high military official and he
told me there is no such thing as
a non-critical military job in
Alaska.”
Egan refused to identify the
Army official he talked to, but
the governor said the official was
in Alaska.
Wednesday, a spokesman for
the AGC was quoted in Anchor
age as saying Egan had not men
tioned a continuance of work on
non-military jobs and asking why
the governor wants “to throw
private investors to the wolves
when the Legislature has appro
priated money to attract new in
vestment capital. . . .”
“Of course, all work is neces
sary to the progress of Alaska,”
I Egan said Thursday, “but mili
tary work in particular is vital
j if it relates to the safety of our
nation.”
Egan said some state highway
projects could be considered de
! fense projects.
The seventh union involved in
the dispute, the Ironworkers
j Union, said yesterday it would
not assign men to new jobs until
the contractors signed a new con
tract at the Ironworkers terms.
The AGC meanwhile, said the
Ironworkers were asking for a
wage increase of 25 cents an hour
in addition to fringe benefits
which include free room and
board on bush projects.
The AGC had offered a 23-cent
hourly pay boost, but had flatly
rejected the union’s other de
mands.
Soviet Paper Warns U-2
Flights Near Alaska Could
Harm U.S.-Red Relations
LONDON IdP) — The Soviet army
newspaper Red Star warned to
day flights by U-2 reconnaissance
planes near Alaska could “serious
ly harm the international atmo
sphere.”
Red Star, quoted by Tass, said j
high rank U. S. military men are
“doing everything to prove that
they know nothing about these
flights.”
And it added:
“The strange position on the
part of the U. S. servicemen is
j at the very least, astonishing . . . j
facts on the resumption of the
U-2 flights have received confir
mation even in the U. S. press.”
Red Star said the U-2’s are
testing equipment designed to be
used in American spy satellites.
“Certain U. S. circles seem to
be unable to give up the disgust
ing habit of looking through their
neighbors’ keyholes,” the news
paper added.
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AFL-CIO Chart
New Drive for
Day Increases
UNITY HOUSE, Pa. UP) — The
AFL-CIO yesterday charted a
new drive for pay increases des
pite an administration call for
wage restraint.
Federation leaders said in a
policy statement that wages have
been rising too slowly for the
good of the nation’s economy. And
they said that fears of inflation
expressed by some of President
Kennedy’s aides are utimely and
unwise.
George Meany, AFL-CIO presi
dent, took issue with assertions
that the recession is over. He in
sisted the recession continues so
long as there are nearly 5 mil
lion unemployed.
“The problem is not inflation,”
Meany said. “The problem is to
put the economy back to work
and that means putting unem
ployed workers back to work.”
The AFL-CIO executive coun
cil in adopting its economic policy
statement Wednesday, said that
Secretary of the Treasury Doug
las Dillon and Walt Rostow,
deputy special assistant to Ken
nedy, have urged unions in recent
talks to exercise wage increase
restraint to avoid a new wage
price spiral.
“American labor,” the council
said, “now as always is willing to
take the lead in any sacrifice re
quired for the safety and welfare
of our nation. But higher wages
under the circumstances nor are
not a danger but a positive good.
“It is argued in some quarters
that wage increases will force
prices up, harm the competitive
position of American goods in the
world markets and therefore
weaken us in our struggle with
international Communism. The
exact contrary is true.”
The union leaders again called
for a $1 billion public works pro
gram, a tax cut for workers and
lower interest rates as steps to
stimulate the economy.
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