AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
UNITED SONS OF ALASKA
Fort Ketchikan
RESOLUTION
Petitioning Congress of the United
States for relief from the discrimin
ation set forth in Sec. 27 of the Mer
hnnt Marine Act of 1920 known as
ie Jones Shipping Act;
WHEREAS, Section 27 of the
Merchant Marine Act of 1920 was fi
nally passed with a provision con
taining two words, to-wit, “exclud
in® Alaska,” the object of whici!
and result of which have been impo
siUon of a needles3, unfair and un
justified burden upon a structure
domain of the United States, creat
ing an expensive monopoly of one
single Pacific Coast Port, and to
what in its system of operation
amounts to one single water trans
nortation service 30 far as trauspor
tation of merchandise is concerned
and
WHEREAS, the exclusion oj
Alaska from right and privileges by
the same act made lawful to ports of
the United States alone, amount ’u
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this instance to one single port of
the United States, and in effect upon
Alt ska amounts to an enforced long
distance water transportation at
costs far and beyond rail costs for
like and greater distances.
WHEREAS, the effect of the
words “excluding Alaska” ha3 bro
ken the spirit of many loyal Alas
kans and has contributed most heav
ily toward retarding the spirit and
^.ogress of the Territory, Now
Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that this Or
ganization, composed of more than
six hundred (600) loyal Alaskans,
legal voters in the voting precincts
of Southeast Alaska, and represent
ing more than 3ixty per cent of the
entire registered electorate of Ket
chikan precinct, DO HEREBY PETI
TION CONGRESS for amendment of
said Act giving the Territory equal
rights with the United States in the
use of foreign ships, and for repeal
of the words “excluding Alaska’
from the provision in the said Act.
PASSED at regular meeting ot
the United S0113 of Alaska held this
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16th day of Dec., 1927, with no dU
senting voice.
UNITED SONS OF ALASKA
By F. J. Hunt,
Governor.
Attest: P. Gildea,
Secretary.
irlit. CARTER OF CALIFORNIA
The Rivers and Harbors Commit
tee of the House of Representatives
or April 13th, 1928, approved har
bor improvement authorization for
Ketchikan, Seward and Port Alex
ander.
The motion for approval of these
projects was made by Mr. Carter of
California.
After the crude deals Alaska has
received from the Currys and Frees
of California, it is well that the peo
ple of Alaska should know that one
representative from that State has
a friendly feeling toward the Terri
tory and is willing, in a most prac
tical way, to aid its development.
In order that you may know who
our friend is, we hereto append his
biography:
“SIXTH DISTRICT: — County,
Alameda. Population (1920) 344,
177.
“ALBERT E. CARTER, Repub
lican, of Oakland, Alameda County,
Calif.; born near Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif.; graduated from pub
lic school, the San Jose Normal
School, and law department of the
University of California, with de
gree of LL.B.; served as commis
sioner of public works of the city
of Oakland from July 1, 1921, to
February 21, 1925; while commis
sioner initiated plan for compre
hensive development of harbor on
eayi side of San Francisco Bay,
member of firm of Carter and Pe
terson, attorneys at law, Oakland.
Calif; married Martha Lee Grims
ley elected to Sixty-ninth Congress;
re-elected to Seventieth Congress
November 2, 1926, without having
had opposition either at the pri
mary or at the general election."