The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-19

groups but that it had only the au- thority given it at the Moose Hall meeting. Asked if he thought the Ju- neau Mine Workers Association had the right to bargain with the com pany, Kannviden said he had never given the matter any thought but that he believed it had as it repre- sented large group of the men.
 Labor Sympathizers
 Kannviden described himself as favorable to organized labor and formerly was member of the Alas ka Mine Workers Union No. 1, now I Local 203 of the International. He said he was a member of several trade unions in the States before coming north in 1883 and believed in ] the principle of organized labor He declared he dropped out of Local No. because of what seemed to him the growth of the radical element and its apparent control. Kannviden declared as did Ed Rodenberg that the Union would not call rank and file vote on the strike and he did not like procedure of that na- ture because he believed the main purpose of such a move was to strike at any cost.
 Rodenberg, who h ad preceded Kannviden on the stand. also was on the Moose Hall committee, he said, and lie presided at the second Moose Hall meeting. Al Nygren, President of the Union, presided at the first one. Rodenberg said he had never been involved in any strikes and that at first he got kind of a kick out of it, but that later when he saw the seriousness of the situation T decided to use my head"
 "'r'Hs Other Miners Called
 A group of other miners were called by the defense this morning 1 including Eli Lindstrom, George Hall and John Nelson. They testified as to how they dropped out of the Union due to various reasons and later went back to work when the mine reopened. 'i,'iN
 District Attorney William A. Holz- heimer was called to the stand for a ! few moments this morning in con- nection with testimony given earlier in the trial One government wit ness had stated he saw the District Attorney in an automobile with H. L. Faulkner, City Attorney, stopping near various picket lines during the strike. Judge Holzheimer denied en- lphatically that he had visited the picket lines with MT. Faulkner.
 T don't believe I ever rode in an automobile with MT Faulkner he said, but I'd like to qualify that by saying that would ride with him if he asked me" He explained it just happened the occasion had never arisen when they were to- gether in a car
 Tired of Waiting
 Events leading up to the concerted action to go back to work and the city election poll were gone into this afternoon again at some length with Jack Finlay, Farlin Cameron and Ronald Lister on the witness stand.
 Finlay who was a mine contractor when the walkout occurred, explain cd that he with a large group of other men were tired of waiting for something to happen He charged the Union attitude was to sit tight and that he was against it. He want ed, action, he said, aimed toward returning to work. He said he was getting tired of the "old ballyhoo about sitting tight Finlay declared things were at a standstill and that was why a group of the men petition ed the City Council to hold an elec- tion to determine how many wanted to return to work The result of that poll, he Said, was that 467 voted tc return to work, three voted against 1t, some 40 or 50 ballots were throwr, out and like number who wanted to return to work voted too late tt be counted.
 At one stage of the proceedings Egan objected that Croson was lead ing the witness with his questions but Examiner Hope held that the information being given might bt helpful to the Board and he wanter the whole picture