2 THE NOME NUGGET Friday. September 3, 1954
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LABOR DAY
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—Its Origin and Significance—
By MARTIN P. DURKIN
“Labor Day differs in every essential from the
other holidays of the year of any country,” said Samuel
Gompers, founder and long-time president of the Am
erican Federation of Labor, in an address almost 50
years ago. “All other holidays are in a more or less
degree connected with conflicts and battles of man’s
prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and
power, of glories achieved by one nation over another.
Labor Day ... is devoted to no man, living or dead; to
no sect, race, or nation.”
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a
creation of the present-day labor movement. In a
larger sense it is a holiday dedicated to the social and
economic achievements of American workers, and
constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions
they have made to the strength, prosperity, and
weL-bsing of our country.
The form that the observance and celebration of
Labor Day shouid take were outlined in the first
proposal of the holiday—a street parade to exhibit to
the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the
trade and labor organizations” of the community,
followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement
of the workers and their families. That became the
pattern for the celebration of Labor Day. Addresses
by prominent men were introduced later, as more
emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic
significance of the holiday. Still later, by the adoption
of a resolution introduced into the American Federation
of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding
Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated
to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor
movement.
As the leadership of the United States in world
affairs expands, and as the struggle between democracy
and other ideologies intensifies throughout the world,
Labor Day in this country gains deeper meaning. The
vital force of labor is responsible for the highest
standard of living and the greatest production the
world has ever known. The strength and activity of
the American trade union movement are evidence of
the real attempts of this nation to provide and maintain
freedom for the individual and his voluntary
association.
It is appropriate, therefore, that Labor Day is a
time to take stock of and pay tribute to the creator
of so much of this nation’s strength, freedom, and
leadership—the American worker.
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Sen. Charles Jones Reports on
Alaska Legislative Council Hearing
Sen. Charles D. Jones, who re
turned Wednesday from a meet
ing at Anchorage of the Legis
lative Council, reports that an in
teresting program was held on
September 2nd.
The Quota Club, a woman's or
ganization of Anchorage, had pre
pared a well-thought-out program,
were first to be heard on juve
nile delinquency, assigning cer
tain phases of the problem to
some particular person to pre
sent. It was well handled and the
extent of the problem, as affect
ing Anchorage was well presented
by Anchorage- policewomen, the
chief of police, welfare workers,
the U.S. commissioner, the city
magistrate and others. Much of
the material was presented in
written form which will be of
material assistance- to the Council
in their final presentation to the
legislature.
Local government was present
ed by city officials, citizens and
the secretary of the League- of
Alaskan Cities. This presentation
was also in written form. In the
areas where boom growth is af
fecting their economy, the act
authorizing incorporation of cities
needs revision. Many problems
are quite acute in Anchorage and
Fairbanks with some already
showing up at Ketchikan. When
all of the material gathered is
digested by Mr. McKay, the exec
utive secretary, it will allow the
Council to prepare a summation
of the conditions to be corrected
and presented to the legislature
for action as a guide for legis
lative enactment.
Witnesses speaking on the road
situation and financing all were
opposed to road money being
taken from the gas tax monies for
the operations of the Territorial
Police and expressed the need
for more money for both the
Highway Engineer and the Police
Department.
Bureau of Public Accountancy
representatives appeared recom
mending changes in their laws
and regulations. Others appeared
requesting a board and a commis
sioner of insurance, -believing that
it had grown to be too large a job
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, to be handled as an adjunct to the ,
office of the auditor, the now of
1 fice to cover all types of insur- ,
j nnce. Requests were received for
j another hearing o'n this subject.
Mr. Chipperfield, of the Depart
ment of Land Management, pre
sented a very concise verbal re
I port from a written report he had j
prepared with proposed changes
in the enacting bill. Unquestion
ably this bill will have to be care
fully considered and changes
made. This is especially true with
the new activity in oil prospecting
and the immensity of the job of
the rectangular survey of the ter
ritory into townships and the allo
cating of school lands to the ter
ritory.
The Anchorage Port Commis
sion Board was given a good
hearing as to the necessity of port
commissions in the territory with
the pending increased operations
in the timber resourses and pos
sible oil developments. These
questions are all the result of
increased population and eco
nomic activity in the territory.
Sen. Jones enjoyed dinner at
Fred Henton’s place, 123 miles
from Homer. He was a boy in
Teller, where his father was U.S.
commissioner in the early days.
He recognized Jones at once. He
said he had been nine years in
building the place and asked to
be remembered to any who knew
him there as a boy.
Survey Team To
Study Alaska’s
Highway Program
WASHINGTON, UP) — George
Goodrick, a staff assistant in the
Interior Department’s manage
ment research division, left for
Portland, Ore., Wednseday to ac
company a two-man survey team
to Alaska to study the adequacy
of the department’s highway pro
gram in the territory.
Secretary of the Interior Mc
Kay said Goodrick will confer at
Portland with the survey team
members, Charles H. Reynolds,
Oregon State Highway Commis
sioner, and W. C. Williams, assist
ant Oregon State Highway Engi
neer, and go to Alaska with them.
McKay added in a statement
that during his recent inspection
trip to the territory he was im
pressed with “the excellent pro
gram of construction and main
tenance now being carried on by
the Alaska Road Commission.”
But, he said, he had decided “a
survey by non-departmental high
way experts wo'uld be of invalu
able assistance in furthering the
development of a long range high
way program keyed to the future
progress of the territory.”
The survey team will study all
operations of the Road Commis
sion, review both the immediate
and long range programs and in
spect actual construction opera
tions. It will report its findings
and recommendations for im
provements direct to McKay.
FWS Stream Guard and 7
Fishermen Arrested For
Bribery and Conspiracy „
KETCHIKAN, MV-A southeast
ern Alaska Fish and Wildlife
Service stream guard and seven
commercial fishermen were under
arrest on charges of bribery and
conspiracy to allow two boats to
fish in closed waters.
The fishermen included George
MacKie, Ketchikan, captain of
the fish packer Fairbanks; and
Frank Jones, 26, skipper of the
seiner Brae. The arrests were an
nounced by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
The FBI named the other six
men as:
Lewis Staudt, 27, the stream
guard; and Andrew and Cecil
Dyakanoff, Carl Noon, John Jen
sen and Ed Polk, all crewmen of
the Brae.
Staudt was accused, the FBI
said, of accepting bribes on four
occasions, totaling $350, to allow |
the Brae to fish in Hunter Bay, ’I
which has been closed to com- J
mercial fishing. ,i
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