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LETTER TO EDITOR
DearEditor:
• Several months ago an item
appeared in the MIRROR
which tried to make a com
parsion between the long
shoring as done in Kodiak by j
. members of the International
1 Longshoremen Association
and longshoring as done at
NOB by Navy personnel. I
i In view of the fact that this j
comparison put us in an un
favorable light, we would like
to submit in our behalf a few
1 testimonials from men we
know are best qualified to
judge, the men who call at
this port as well as all other
1 Alaskan ports, and whose i
duties as supervisors of cargo
| handling make them qualified
1 to make a comparison. They
are the first mates on Alaska
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I representing the Territory's
l most important industry,
jt as a public service.
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Ste. mship vessels.
At NOB the bulk of cargo
is handled on pallet boards
with fork lifts. They have
sufficient equipment to effici
ently handle cargo. The Navy
dock warehouse is of ample
size and has enough doors to
permit the fork lifts to work
at a good rate of speed with
out interfering with each
other. When they get the car
go in the warehouse it is left
on the boards and stacked.
Their loads do not have to be
broken down into “forty
eleven" different piles so
each consignee gets his in a
separate pile. Hence, more
handling of cargo.
In Kodiak, the warehouses
are toe narrow for two jitneys
to work without getting in
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each o.hei's way. The ware
| houses are strung out too far
for efficient longshoring. Also
they have insufficient door
ways.
Too many people leave part
or all of their goods on the
dock long enough to interfere
with unloading the next boat.
Two boats in a row with 600
‘ tons of cargo on each would
! swamp the capacity of the
Kodiak warehouse.
Occasionally some enter
prising citizen drives his car
jinto the warehouse while a
ship is in to pick up a couple
1 of items he just has to have.
He creates a traffic jam ami
1 earns himself a gentlemanly
but definite bums rush-a-la
i wharfinger.
, The port of Kodiak does not
(have enough longshoring to
j provide full time work for
• longshoremen. In season the
j majority of longshoremen
| fish. The dispatcher then has
! a problem to get a crew to
i gether.
| Pilfering of cargo is not a
serious problem in Kodiak as
far as the longshoremen are
concerned. We have seen a lot
of Kodiak cargo that was
broken into but it occured be
fore the vessel arrived in Ko
diak. Kodiak is usually the
j last port of discharge and
other ports unloading ahead
j of us cause Kodiak cargo to
l take a measure of abuse,
j If any member of the ILA is
! caught pilfering cargo he is
subject to severe disciplinary
action by the rank and file of
| the union.
: Kodiak longshoremen are
doing their job well, and with
improved facilities you will see
! them do it better.
[signed]
Melvin Rockstad
president local 38-157
ILA.
Editor’s note: Four testi
monials from the first mates
of Alaska Steamship Com
pany vessels will be published
in the Dec. 15, issue. Space
limitations prevent us from
doing so in this issue.
Mrs. Herbert Spiegel has
replaced Mrs. 0. F. Jessie as
bookkeeper at Knudsen’s.
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