The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-05
NO JOBS IN ALASKA FOR
 OUTSIDE WORKMEN

Juneau like other cities in Alaska and particu- larly those located the coast and on the regular ports of call of the steamship lnes again IS raced with the problem of what to do with the influx Of men from the Outside coming to Alaska in search of work This does not refer to persons who are fn- anciay equipped and to the Territory seeking opportunity but rather to that rapidly increasing number of who, unable to find employment III the States are migrating northward, spending in many cases their last remaining dollars fo ranspor tation to Alaska the gamble that they will be able to find job when they get here.
 The fact of the matter is that there are no jobs available for these men in Alaska, especially at this time of the year every effort should be made to discourage them from spending whatever small re- sources they may have to come to tna Territory where scme of our own Alaska people are without work,
 Efforts have been directed toward that end The Alaska Chamber of Commerce as well as the Juneau Chamber have been working with the Seattle Chamber on the problem Last night the Juneau City Council took official cognzance of the situation and will get in touch with the Alaska Department of the Seattle Chamber and the various steamship com panes with the aim of getting the information to these Alaska bound ob-seekers that there jobs for them here
 As Acting Mayor G. E Krause pointed out at the Council session Juneau right is confronted with an unemployment problem which it is attempting to relieve The community is being called upon to raise funds which will be used in providing city work for those who are without employment and in need It is 10 small tack Tn fact may be larger one than the cs.y clone will be able to manage for the rest oe the winter Fearful of this very thing the Council last nant aso oee.1.G to confer with the Governor with the possibility of appealing to Washington for Federal assistance in caring for the unemployment problem There Federal funds or any other funds available in the Territory now which can be used for that purpose.
 In the face of such situation the man who comes north without funds hopeful of getting work is just up against it. He lands here and finds to his sorrow that he can't get job The next step after he spends his last few remaining dollars is to seek public aid. thus increasing our own local unemployment problem
 It works another way. too, as brought out at the Council meeting last night by representatives of organized labor They pointed out that during the peak of seasonal activities, many workmen came north flooding the labor market in building and other trades reducing regular income of resident Alaska workmen so that they find themselves often in straghtened circumstances during the dull season while the itinerant workman has gone on, taking whatever money he made with him. Spokesmen of oreanized labor at the meeting last night voiced them selves as heartily accord with the stand of the Council in attempting to discourage this influx of men from the States seeking jobs which are not to be had
 The facts are these:
 There is no labor market in Alaska at the present time.
 There is not sufficient employment to provide work for Alaska workmenL