The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-16
MASS MEETING
 REVIEWS AIMS
 OF UNION MEN
Maritime Federation Con. vention Ends with
 Public Session

Accomplishments and aims of the Maritime Federation of the Pa eific and it's affiliates were re- viewed here last night at mass meeting which concluded the an- nual convention of the Maritime Federation's Alaska unions.
 About 250 persons attended the meeting. which was held in the Union Hall.
 Calling Juneau "one of the fin est labor union towns on the Pa cific Coast" George Lane of Bel lineham, Business Agent of the AL aska Fishermen's Union, said that transport workers, retail clerks and miners here enjoy working condi- tions superior to those anywhere else in Alaska, largely due to ef- forts of the Maritime Federation.
 i@ Work for Residents
 Conrad Espe, President of the Can- nery workers Union of Seattle said the Federation and his union "haven't yet accomplished condi- tion in which resident workers are earning as much as non-residents, but we have asked for it.. when we get through" he de- clared. "a cannery worker isn't going to be any different because of his color, the way he combs his hair or whether he lives in Alaska or Outside"
 Espe said unions this year would Dgo to the limit" to get industry wide working conditions and de- clated unions don't like to fight with operators year after year. haS Guarantees Demanded
 a..Our answer to the speed-up ir the industry is that labor mus have seasonal guarantees from now on,'s Espe said Guarantees will bt asked for both resident and non resident workers, he said
 Espe said his union would con tinue to send organizers and fin anciaI support to the workers il Alaska ito make this one united Alaska where the labor movemen is going to be dominant in politics economics and every other elemen of life in the Territory
 Joe Jurich, of District Counci No. 1 of the Maritime Federation said that since new Bureau O Fisheries regulations have close' herring fishing for reduction pur poses in Southeast Alaska ant s.tlifown 300 men out of work, tn Federation would attempt to SC up a herring saltery industry t' employ these men, take fewer fisl from the water and make nor from them.
 te Trollers Invited
 Jurich urged trollers to unite il a single organization, declaring 1 troflers '"have an idea they ar businessmen whereas they are ac tually laborers.
 q John Clofson, Business Agent c the Alaska Ffshermen's Union a
 Ketthikan, stated that fish trap eliminated by the new regulation of the Bureau are "those whicl were opened since Bells appoint nnent. r'ai iis9s
 Harold Jones, President of tn l CIO cannery workers union am | fishermef1's union at Petersburg I thanked Delegates from Seattle fo s'coming all the way up here am l helping draw up resolutions whicl he said would strengthen the posi-
 ton of the Maritime Federation il
 Alaska: Jones claimed that througl
 union efforts in l938 workers ob taified s5O0,O00 in increases ove
 1887, previously the best year. ' Ais eofneWilling to Help
 lWi.We' are willing to help flask ,, I residefits;s Jones said provide l they come into our house and liv
 with us.'
 Other speakers were Ragnar Han , son, Secretary of the Distrie council No. at Ketchikan, an Martin Hageberg, representative c the Copper River and Prince Vii liam Sound Fishermen's Union g I Cordova. F. F. Davis, Juneau long
 shoreman. presided. A public danc
 followed the meeting.