The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1931-12-23
CANNER|ES TO Be
URGED TO HIRE
ALASKA LABOR
Board of Territorial Cham
bers Acts on I'M
portant Matters

To effect employment of Alaska
labor by canneries operating in
this Territory, the Alaska Chamber
of Commerce will obtain from can
merry interest information as to
the number of workers wanted next
season and from member cham
bers of the Territorial body the
number of persons in the various
communities that can be relied on
to take cannery work.
At a meeting yesterday afternoon
of the Board of Managers of the
Alaska Chamber, Executive Secre-
tary M. S. Whittier was asked to
write letters to the canneries re-
questing them to state what
amount of Alaska labor they would
guarantee to employ next season
provided all the Alaska labor they
want is guaranteed them.
To Communicate With Chambers
On receipt of responses from the
canneries, the secretary will COM
municate with the Chambers of
Commerce in the Territory request
ing them to survey labor conditions
in their respective communities
and to report to the Alaska Cham
Der the number of available work.
ers in the various places.
This information relative to
the supplies of labor will be sent
to cannery interests.
The Alaska Chamber is convinced
that cooperation between cannery
interests and Alaska communities
will prevent the occurrence of any
unemployment situation in the Ter
ritory.
Reports On Correspondence
AT the Board meeting yesterday.
Secretary Whittier submitted re-
ports of his correspondence with
Delegate in Congress James Wick
ersham and heads of Departments
in Washington relative to resolu-
tons recently adopted on referen-
dunn votes by the Chambers of
Commerce in the Territory. These
are the resolution that advocate
establishment of airplane fields
and seaplane bases by the Army
and the Navy, and maintenance of
an air force in the Territory" re-
quest that fifty per cent of the
revenue derived by the United
States from the Pribilof seal fish
cries be allotted to the. common
school fund of Alaska" and pro
test against the sale of the cable
to private interests"
Supported By Seattle
The Secretary read a letter from
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
stating that it had gone on record
in favor Of the resolutions adopted
by the various Alaska Chambers
and that its representatives in
Washington, D. c., would work to
make them effective.
From the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, resolutions were received
urging the repeal of certain sec
tons of the compiled laws of Alas
ka relative to the location of placer
claims and assessment work on
them. Repeal of these sections was
advocated by the Alaska Legisla-
ture at its last session.
Lower Rates Endorsed
The Seattle Chamber also adopt
ed resolutions favoring the lower
ing of freight and passenger rates
on the Alaska Railroad, as pro-
posed by Chambers in this Terri
tory.
r. E. Robertson, of Juneau was
elected by the Board to be National
Councillor, representing the Terri
torial Chamber.
Yesterdays meeting of the Board
was held yesterday in the offices of
treasurer of the Alaska
Chamber. Other members of the
Board present were Executive Sec
rotary Whittier, Mr.. Robertson, and
3. H. Walmsley, all of juneau, and
3. A. j. Gallwas and L. W. Kill
ourn, both of Douglas.