THE AMERICAN LEGION
AND LITERACY TEST
TOR VOTERS BILL
In their recent convention at
Wrangell, the American iLiegion
endorsed the movement to recog
nize the principle of community
property in Alaska. They even went
so far as to advocate such a law
to the next legislature.
We wish to commend the Amer
ican Legion for their recognition
of the wife. There is today no
such thing as community property
in Alaska. In nearly every case,
it is the wife who does the saving,
who cooks for the workman, and
makes possible the prosperity of
men now called “leaders of in
dustry.” But these wives are not
recognized by the law. Alaska re
cognizes no community property.
When the efforts of the American
Legion become successful, and the
intelligent citizens of Alaska give
to the white mothers of Alaska
their just rights, then, and then
only will Alaska regain for woman
kind the rights which have been
a part of the common law of the
Indians who lived here. Long ago,
the Indian mother had the first
right and property was enjoyed
“in common.”
Of course, if the Indians of long
ago had a literacy test, such as
was recommended by the American
Legion, they too might have shown
their “intelligence” and their “civili
zation” by discriminating against
womankind by giving the MAN the
right to sell the very homes out
from under the feet of the “in
ferior sex.”
“By their fruits shall ye know
them.”
HERRING RCJN
INCREASING
During the early part of July
some of the herring packing plants
in the \Southeastern Alaska district
were turning away workers because
of the cessation of the herring run.
However later reports indicate
that a fine run has begun and that
the reduction plants are swamped
with fish and are ninnintf fijll
prm overtime
FISHERMEN’S UNION
HAS 20,000 MEMBERS
The fishermen of Newfoundland
are demonstrating the beneficial ef
fects of organization, according to
a survey by the Department of
Commerce just published.
Their standards of living, says
the report, have been improving
steadily for the past ten years.
This is due to the work of the
Fishermen’s Protective Union, a
cooperative organization with 20,
000 members. A company affiliated
with this cooperative markets
fishery products and buys supplies
for members. It does a business
of about $3,000,000 per year.
One-fifth of the population of
Newfoundland is directly depen
dent on the fisheries for a liveli
hood, and of the exports of the
island, $13,000,000, or more than
half of the total, are fish.
Living and working conditions
among the fishermen a decade ago
were deplorable. The union has
made a steady improvment, and
is still going ahead.
SITKA CAMP
ALASKA NATIVE
BROTHERHOOD
Meets 8 P. M. Mondays
President: Secretary:
Mark Jacobs A. Hope
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Pool Hall—Cigars and Tobaccos
Furnished Rooms
Wrangell, — Alaska
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School Tax Collector
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Hours: 1 to 4 and 6:30 to 8
Sunday by appointment only
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