The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-01
Ruin Facing Seward Pen- insula Says Wire-P.A.F.
 Seeking Ship Release

While Gov. Troy today awaited word from Washington on his recommendation that the Govern ment, if necessary. start commerce moving Alaska ward, he was be- seiged with appeals from all sec tions of the Territory. Grant Jack son, President of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce and banker of Nome, wired from Seattle that facilities for 500 passengers and 1000 tons of cargo are needed immediately if Seward Peninsula is to be saved from utter ruin.
 The Pacific American Fisheries, wiring from Bellingham, declared it's supplies for Bristol Bay must start moving by next Monday if it's canneries were to be operated this season. And an urgent ap- peal was received from the inhabi- tants of the Kuskokwim River Valley.
 Jackson Sees No Hope
 MT. Jackson's wire to Gov. Troy said:
 "The longshoremen's strike has now reached deadlock. No hope for resumption of shipping for ex- scrded period whict. will result in complete ruin of Northwestern AL aska mining season, requiring sub- stantial Government relief funds next fall and winter. On May "A as President of Northwestern AL aska Chamber of Commerce, I tele- graphed the President, Secretary of Interior Ickes, Delegate Dimond and Assistant Secretary of Labor McGrady stressing our predicament and urging the Government to furnish boats and men to send all forms of supplies and mining ma- chinery and equipment and pas sengers for Seward Peninsula, for which service shippers would pay regular tariff rates.
 Newspapers now state Govern ment proposes sending steamer Box CT as relief ship. This wholly and totally inadequate for our needs. We feel that the Government should charter the Victoria and additional freight steamers, and place whatever Government officers and men thereon needed and sup ply Government men to load them allowing our people and supplies to ,go forward to commence our mining season. I hope you will present this to Washington and urge such procedure be followed immediately. Facilities for five hundred passengers and seven thou and tons of cargo are required to meet the situation"
 Appeal to President
 The Pacific American Fisheries, which has offered to meet every union demand, advised Gov. Troy it had telegraphed Delegate Di- mona as 1OllOWS.
 We wish to acquaint you with the facts concerning this company in the present longshoremens strike and to urge you to assist us in every way. Following are the facts. On the day this strike was called we went before the Executive Com mittee of the longshoremen's union and explained to them we were not a commercial company but were operating fishing vessels to carry our own men and cannery supplies to Alaska. We told them we already had over 300 men in Alaska who would soon be short of food and that we had hired over 500 men to go north on the steamer North King and was then ready to load. We were accompanied be- fore the committee by represen- tatives of the sailors union, the firemen's union, the cooks and walters union, the marine engin- eers' union and the delegate of the Alaska Fishermen's Union, all of whom stated to the committee that as far as their associations were
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