confiscated and that they will be seized and pro
secuted under the admiralty feature of the fish
eries law. This in turn means that United States
Attorney Howard D. Stabler will continue the pol
icy of his predecessor and proceed against the
boats without proceeding against the men.
We call attention to this announced policy as
being just another act of persecution on the peo
ple of Alaska.
For many years, and even today, the law has
required all fish traps to be closed to fishing by
dropping 25 feet of the wall of the heart nearest
t'i? pot. Judge Jennings ruled that this meant
a dropping “‘like a window shade” and that the
opening must be 25 feet wide at the bottom of the
heart as well as the top.
But the Bureau of Fisheries wrote a letter to
all the BIG packers and told them that if the;/
pushed the web aside “V” shape with an opening
25 feet at the top ONLY the Bureau would con
sider that as a compliance with the law.
Henry O’Malley’s department has not inter
preted the law strictly either before or since tb?
decision of Judge Jennings. But now when strict
interpretation will hurt the residents of Alaska
without harming O’Malleys friends, the big pack
ers, he and Dennis Winn are for “strict interpre
tation of the law.”
THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
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the crowds of local elite for
whom it was a fashionable Sun
day dinner rendevous.
In the third place, the most
exclusive tea-room was operated
by a Negro woman whose parlors
were much in demand by mem
bers of the social clubs for the
entertaining of large groups.
Again, the president of one of
the banks, an elderly widower,
entrusted the care of his person
and much of his property to an
old Negro whose parents had
been slaves in the family of the
banker’s parents. This old man,
because of his connection with
the banker, was accepted any
where in the town, and was one
of the staunch members of the
Presbyterian church.
Thus, while the community
ran amuck under the leadership
of the K. K. K. in asserting white
supremacy over the “damn nig
gers” who they felt must be kept
in their places, certain individu
al Negroes were accepted and re
spected.
Turning now to the University
itself let us consider’ in the first
place, the type of Negroes found
there. Most of these young men
and women were citizens of the
state in which the college is lo
cated. A number, however, had
come from an adjacent state,
■West Virginia which does not
accept its Negro citizens in its
own state university.
Alter learning to know many
of these Negro students person
ally, and after studying their re
cords to some extent, I reached
the conclusion that they com
pared very favorably with any
other group of students on the
campus. In the three years of
my work at Ohio University, the
two students who graduated with
highest honors from the School
of Music were a Negro girl “in
voice” and a Negro man “in pi
ano.” The young man received
two bachelor’s degrees at one
time and was sought for employ
ment by several prominent wel
fare organizations including the
A. A. C. P. While in college he
conducted himself with a degree
of modesty and gentlemanliness
surpassed by few of the more fa
vored white students. Yet when
this young man gave his gradua
tion piano recital, he was hissed
by a considerable number of
white students in the audience.
Another young Negro won a
place on the University football
team by sheer ability and good
sportsmanship. This man was
tolerated by the mass of white
students only so long as he was
helping win victories for “Alma
Mater.” Nothing like true com
radeship or fraternity in the
spirit of the common alma ma
fer was permitted him.
Needless to say, these instanc
es of group behavior, which were
typical and not isolated cases,
tended to stir up bitterness and
resentment which rankled in tl o
experiences of many of the N»
gro students and later sought,
expression.—The World Tomor
row.
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RESOLUTIONS OF IIYDEIl
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
With Reference to the Alaska
Compensation Act
Whereas, the employer of five
or more employees in any busi
ness or industry in the Territory
of Alaska, excepting domesf-*
service, agriculture, dairying ar •
the operation of railroads m
common carriers, under Chapt' r
25 of the Alaska Session Laws r f
1929, commonly known as t1 e
COMPENSATION ACT, as w. !
as his employees, are direct1-;
and adversely affected thereby:
and,
Whereas, the Compensation
Act now in force in Alaska pro
vides that the family of a mar
ried employee, in case of dea1’!
from injuries received in th^
course of his employment, cm
receive up to a possible sum rf
$9,000.00; the relatives of an un
married employee up to a pos
sible $9,000.00; married alim
employees’ families up to 60
cent of any amount obtainable
by the family of a married ch;
zen of the United States; and t^e
relatives of an unmarried alim
employee 50 per cent of apy