The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-11-26
BOMBS DROPPED NEAR BRITISH COLONY
JUNEAU RELIEF
 COMMITTEE TO
 ABANDON WORK
Lack of Response and Sen timent Against Public
 Aid Cause for Action

Reporting that it had little re- sponse to its request for funds for relief purposes and had met with a definite sentiment against relief at this time due to labor troubles in the community, the Juneau Re- lief Committee at it's meeting this afternoon voted to discontinue its activities for the present.
 Checks totaling $2150 received from 1900 letters requesting assis- tance will be returned to those send ing them and $115 raised at the vau- deville entertainment presented by Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne, Mrs. Ire vor Davis and Charles D. Beale, Thanksgiving afternoon at the Cap- itol Theatre was voted turned over to the City for relief purposes.
 The committee approved a rec ommendation to the City Council that it retain Ed Jahoda during the winter to coordinate the relief work done by various organizations in the city. He has been assisting the com mittee in gathering data on the need for relief in the community. Representative of various organi2a- tions present expressed the need for such coordination of work.
 In dropping relief work for the present, the committee adopted the following report:
 The Committee sent out 1,200 let ters to residents of Juneau asking for monthly contributions for the purpose of taking care of the relief of needy persons during the winter. Very few responses were received, and the Committee received mostly criticism.
 The Committee is of the opin- ion that it is impossible to raise funds in Juneau because of the fact that the public feels that the need for relief arises out of conditions of unemployment largely brought About through labor troubles, and the Committee has come in for a great deal of adverse criticism for even attempting to raise funds un- der the circumstances. Practically all building work going on in Ju- neau is going on behind picket lines, and there is much work that could and would be available if it were not for the labor troubles.
 "The Committee looked into the matter of establishing a woodward and a place where the men could work for their board during the winter months, but the establish ment of wood-cutting operations would entail considerable expense, and no money is available.
 'The Committee then thought of asking the Council to levy a special tax of two mills for the purpose of raising funds, but the Committee is firmly convinced that the public would not support the Council in any attempt to levy taxes for this purpose under the circumstances, where work is being prevented by labor disputes and pickets.
 ''The Committee pointed out that it had been severely criticized for supporting picket lines and furn- ishing free meals at picket head quarters, but it was brought out at the meeting that the Committee had not supported any organization that it had not contributed any funds to the headquarters of the pickets nor to any other source, as it was absolutely without funds, and no city funds were available for this purpose
 For the reasons stated by the Committee and for the fact that public opinion in Juneau at the present time makes it impossible to raise any funds for relief, the Com mittee decided to report to the Mayor and Council that it's work would have to be abandoned, at least until the labor troubles are set tied"