The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-08
HOPE EXPRESSED
 BY 0'(0NN0R IN
 LABOR DISPUTE
Chamber Passes Resolu- lion Endorsing Action of
 Aeting Gov. Griffin
CContinueo rum Page One)

Commerce. that the action of Act
 ing Governor Griffin and the state
 ments made in his telegram in reply
 to Congressman Buckley be approv-
 ed. and that the Juneau Chamber
 of Commerce represent to the Presi-
 dent of the United States, to Con- gress and to the departments of the
 United States government concern
 ed in the administrati ton of the af-
 fairs of the Territory:
 CD That the resources of Alaska
 at the present time are it's mines and fisheries, and that employment in the industries of mining and fish ing is seasonal and furnishes em- ployment on an average of less than half of each year That the fisheries are probably already over-developed, and that there is no such increaS- ed development in the mining in-
 dustry as to necessitate the impor-
 tation of laborers from the states or other countries, and that the need of the Territory at the present time in the mining industry is for capital and not labor;
 (2) That AlasKa has received much harmful publicity in the past two or three years from uninformed persons and from unreliable sources which has brought to the Territory <lc o| ment for whom no employment is available, and many of whom have become a public charge, necessitat- ing expenditures for relief far be- yond the Territory's ability. That practically every one of the incorp- orated towns in Alaska, and part icularly every one on the SeacoaSt, | is now overrun with destitute men who have come here seeking em- ployment. who do not belong in the Territory and who have not suffi- i cient means to return to the states:
 t3) That while Alaska may have potential resources in mining, which | are undeveloped, the development of the same will be slow and will re- quire large investments of capital | and that the present labor supply i probably far exceeds the greatest | demand for labor which could pos i Sibly be created in the next ten | years, even if capital were readily | available;
 Ht4 That several articles have been ] written for magazines with national | circulation by writers who have either disregarded the facts or who ! are ignorant of conditions in the ] Territory-such articles as that which appeared commencing at page g of the Cosmopolitan Maga- 2.ne for December l938 entitled Cpportunity-Ho or Cold written by Herbert H. Wiltshire. Even though it is stated in that article that any person planning to come to Alaska tc seek work or an opportunity to make living should have a round- trip ticket and thousand dollars in capital, still the general effect of the whole article is that Alaska pre- sents a great opportunity fer em- ployment;
 (5) That the Territory has neces- sarily limited revenue. That taxes | have about reached the limit and 1 that it is in no position to absorb any increased population of any kind, and that there are already several thousand men and many families in the Territory who do not belong here, who have been here a short period of time seeking employ ment or an opportunity to make living and who have been induced to come to the Territory through unfavorable and misleading public ity. That most of these are charge upon the Territory, with its limited resources;
 . (66) That most of the unemploy- ed who are now charge upon the Territory and who do not belong here, but who belong in different states of the union should have Transportation provided for them by the federal government back to their homes or the places from which they came;
 CD That the President of the United States, Congress and the heads of the departments of the government connected with the ad- | ministration of the affairs of the Territory be urged to take some steps immediately to prevent any further influx of men and their families to the Territory, and that they be urged to bring to the at tention of the country that Alaska needs capital and not labor and | that any further influx of persons without means will result in suff- ering to such persons and burden on the people already in the Terri | tory which will be beyond their ! power to bear;
 t8) That copies of this Resolution | be sent to the Territorial Chamber ----------------