The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
Three Million DoHar Poy-Day Takes Place, Bristol Bay; Fish Catching Most Alluring Camble

the residents actually living in that district.
 Holu Fishing Is Done
 The fishing is done by drift gill nets worked from double ended centerboard sailboats about 30 feet long and packing from 1900 to 250C fish. Motor boats are prohibited by law. There are approximately 1900 of these sail boats, all prac- tically identical in appearancee, and when the fleets from the different canneries are getting away on the tide before the opening of the season, or before re-opening each Thursday and Monday after being closed Wednesday and Sunday, the sight is something hard to equal in any part of the world. It is said that this is the largest fleet of iden- tical boats to be found anywhere in the same limited area.
 Creao ot Ta0o Men
 Each boat has a crew of two men, which means there is work for only 2400 men in this field, and for a number of years now the competition for these jobs has been growing tremendously keen The situation is complicated by fur ther competition between the res ident and the Outside fishermen. Originally practically all of the fishermen were brought in each Spring by the packers, as there were but few resident fishermen in AL aska, and only small number of natives were employed.
 AlaSkanS in Boats
 The steady increase of settlers in Alaska has brought more and more residents into the boats each season. This year about two-thirds of the boats were allotted to Out side fishermen, and the remainder to Alaskans. With the exception of a few dozen privately owned boats, the fleets are owned by the canneries, which also furnish the fishermen with nets and food. The fishermen are paid flat price for the fish, the rate this year being 1219 cents, which is the highest ever paid in Bristol Bay. Last year it was twelve cents, the year be- fore 9h.
 FiShern1enS' Union
 The Outside fishermen, and now quite a number of the residents, are members of the Alaska Fisher mems Union, one of the oldest fishermen's unions in the world, and one of the strongest. It is af filiated with the American Fedora ton of Labor through the Maritime Federation, and this spring the lat ter organization held up the sail ing of some of the cannery ships in San Francisco until terms were reached with the newly formed Cannery Workers Union. The AL aska Fishermens Union had al- ready made it's agreement with the packers at this time. It is this agreement which has been the source of considerable friction be- twen resident and outside fisher men.
 Terms of Contract
 For the terms of the contract be- tween the Alaska Fishermen's Un- ion and the packers provides that whenever the packers employ a fishermen fot member of their union, the packers will pay to the union treasury a sum representing one-third of the earnings of such independent fisherman With ap- proximately 800 Alaskan or "Inde- pendent" fishermen this year, earn ing something like $1,000,000, it means the packers will be paying the union several hundred thou sand dollars. Exact figures are not possible, for it is not known how many of the residents joined the Alaska Fishermen's Union. T e packers took no hand in the strug-