The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-05

MayTakeBay
Salmon South
Chamber Hears Union S
Suggestion for Joint
Use Of Ships

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Plans for Army and Navy trans
ports and supply ships to carry the
1912 Bristol Bay salmon pack south
after discharging their northbound
cargoes at Alaskan bases are I'M
der consideration by the Maritime
Commission, Fred Scheel, Secre-
! tary- Treasurer of the International
Fishermen's Union said today.
Guest speaker at the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce weekly
luncheon, Scheel stressed the i'm
portance of Bristol Bay to the Ter
ritory's fishing industry and point
ed out that two-thirds of lastyear's
Alaska salmon pack went to the
armed forces.
I'VE had IL ships lying idle in
Bristol Bay last summer awaiting
the pack" Scheel pointed out
This year, those ships are in Fed
eral service, but it is hoped they
will be permitted to carry the pack
to Seattle when they make return
journeys from northern bases"
For Equitable Plan
Scheel said commission repre-
senting the canning industry, un-
ions and the armed forces may be
created to work out an equitable
plan for sharing the ships during
the Bristol Bay season. He added
that the Navy has given assurance
es of protection for the fishing
fleet, while the Army looks favor
ably upon union plans to guard
Bristol Bay canneries by arming
fishermen as defense guards.
Another national defense subject
discussed at the luncheon was the
purchase of pursuit plane -
through the purchase of defense
bonds and savings stamps. Al
though no direct outlay of money
would be required, the city would
be given credit by the Treasury
Department for having contribut-
ed enough money in stamps and
bonds to purchase one of these
planes, which cost approximately
$l37,o 900.
May Buy Pursuit Plane
In other words" explained Joseph
T. Flakne, chairman of the COM
mittee investigating the idea, when
Juneau citizens have purchased
$1370O north of stamps and bonds,
that will mean we have loaned the
government enough money to buy
pursuit plane. Similar plans to
stimulate defense savings are being
followed out by cities in the States"
The plan was returned to COM
mittee for further consideration,
with the Chambers tentative en-
dorsement. In the meanwhile, Act
ing President j. B. Burford pointed
out, the Treasury Department itself
will start an Alaskan drive to pur-
chase a bomber by the same means.
Cities throughout the Territory will
participate in the drive; when suf-
ficient funds have been accumulat-
ed, the Territory will be credited
with that amount and a bombing
plane will be named spirit of AL
aska"
To Drive for Base
Executive board actions reported
at the luncheon included the initia-
ton of q Chamber-sponsored drive
to secure the. designation of Juneau
as marine boat headquarters for the
Fish and Wildlife Service, which is
seeking an Alaskan base for its
many small craft. Adequate marine
ways are available here, the execu-
tive board pointed out. Officials of
the Fish and Wildlife Service will
be urged to consider Juneau as the
base.
Also requiring Immediate action
was another executive board sug-
gestion, resulting in approval by the
Chamber of efforts to retain the
headquarters of the United States
Weather Bureau for Alaska in Ju-
neau. Although many activities of
the Weather Bureau recently have
been transferred to Anchorage, the
executive board pointed out that the
logical place for the bureaus ex-
ecutive headquarters is the capital
of the Territory.