The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-23
REYNOLDS FLIES
 TO SEATTLE FOR PERSONAL STUDY
Local Appeals Bring Med- iator to Seattle to
 Study Situation
ALASKA MASSES DRIVE
 TO RESTORE SHIPPING
Governor and Chambers of Commerce Act Tn Unison
 to Get Settlemen ent

In response to appeals from this city, telegraphed to him yester- day, Judge Charles A. Reynolds, Federal mediator in the longshore- mems strike, flew from San Fran cisco this morning to Seattle to investigate the situation In the meantime other telegrams were dispatched today to Edward F. Me Grady, Asst, Secretary of Labor, MT. Reynolds and the Longshore Mediation Board, all at San Fran cisco by Gov. John w. Troy. The local situation as well as the industrial tieup were presented to Judge Reynolds yesterday by the Chamber of Commerce and the AL aska Territorial Chamber of Com merce. In response, radio was received from him today by the Juneau Chamber saying: Leaving by plane today for Seattle on your matter. q SEA sk
 Wires Labor Leaders
 The local organization also sent messages to William Green, Presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, Joseph H. Ryan, Presi- dent of the International Long shoremen's Association now en- route to San Francisco, the Long shoremen's Mediation Board and Volney Richmond, Chairman of the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
 Its wire to Judge Reynolds said:
 Continued tieup of Alaska bound shipping will ruin seasonal industries that employ thousands and pay eighty percent Territorial taxation. Unless immediate relief given Alaska will be unable finance her institutions and other obliga- tions. Unemployment and finan- cial disaster caused innocent par ties by shipping strike seems en- tirely unjust and we cannot urge too strongly absolute necessity inn mediate relief to this shipping
 Not Concerned With Issues
 Its telegram to the Mediation Board declared: We are not con- cerned with the strike issues," only with obtaining relief from the ef- fleets of the shipping tie-up which were briefly described in the tele- grams also sent to MT. Green and MT. Ryan.
 To MT. Green it wired:
 Alaska and her industries fac- ing financial disaster unless im- mediate relief given Alaska bound ships. We urge you consider that Alaskan industries are innocent parties suffering critically from shipping strike and that they will be ruined and great unemployment will result unless relief given. These industries pay eighty percent Alas ka's revenue. Please do utmost se- cure this relief"
 Its message to MT. Ryan was along the same general lines.
 Urges Extreme Efforts
 Gcv. Troy's message to Judge Reynolds was as follows:
 Please allow me to urge that extreme efforts be made to obtain release of Alaskan sailings having in mind especially a sailing for Southwestern Alaska points in similar manner as Victoria was permitted to sail last Saturday for Southeastern Alaskan points. Our salmon canning season is fast approaching. Preparation for it ought to be in full swing. If our canning operations in Bristol Bay and western areas are to be saved for this season sailings of ships carrying these supplies must be permitted at once.
 Failure of our fisheries opera tions means loss of major por- ton of our Territorial revenues with attending curtailment of ex- penditures in all useful activities carried on by our government. I request and urge that every effort be made to release these ships to save our Territory from ruin. Sev- eral thousand workingmen now idle on account of strike and every
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