The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-03-13
ContIude Testimony In Labor Department
 Hearing Last Nighf

WiAdl yCdio ii"s'' aiuN eoii' " school, both Mccain and Sen. N. R. Walker objected,
 Sen. Coffey stated that he did not intend to get warm about the question but that there was a mat ter of residency he wished to es- tablish, both for the benefit Of Haas and the information of the committee. T believe it will be to Mikes benefit to establish the dates" Coffey said
 Haas stated that he had attend ed the University of California off and on from 1921 until he came .d Alaska and stated that it was better than ten years.
 Outside in '34, '35
 Rep Smith asked Haas if he had gone outside in 1894 and 1885 and Haas said he had Haas de- nied having established a residence in California at that time but ad- illlLltO lildb l1t littd Ottli dttifC III the campaign of a political candi- date. Asked if he had voted, he said no" Haas said while he was outside at this time he had spent some time in California. gone to Illinois and then returned to AL aska in 1885. During earlier ques- tioning regarding his residence, sfiaas repeated his testimony of Thursday, that he had come to Alaska ill 1930 and had come on the Northwestern.
 Questioned as to whether or not he had been in Fairbanks, March 25, l942, Haas was indefinite about dates and said that he had been there around June. On further questioning, the March trip was established and, asked whether or not he had made political speech. Haas replied that the miners had held an open meeting and that he had made a speech after hours, the same as Tony Dimond an d other candidates for office"
 Clipping Introduced
 Rep Christian A. Roust present. I'd newspaper article from Fairbanks paper regarding the meeting, which was introduced as ,vidence. Haas said that, after all, he Commissioner of Labor had been an elective office.
 Rep. Smith then asked if Haas lad any other mission on the trip md Haas replied that there was a discussion between members of the AZ. of L. and CIO that was quite xtensive and that he had attend d conferences.
 Asked by Sen Coffey as to whether or not the speech was a furely political speech with no uestions regarding the Labor De- ,artment, Haas replied that it was, md every other candidate made a jpeech, too. He said perhaps ques- ions regarding the Department were asked at the end of the meet ing.
 Sen. N. R. Walker then asked if it was an open meeting and not one called by Haas, and Haas re- piled that it was.
 Upon being asked by Sen Cochran if he had gone any other place on that trip, Haas replied that he could not recall. Sen. Cochran asked if he had made the trip by steamer and Haas said he believed he had flown.
 Not Sure
 To several other questions by Sen Cochran as to whether or. not he had visited any other place. the time he had left Juneau, and when he had returned to Juneau Haas replied that he did not know could not recall or was not sure. He said he believed he left Juneau in March, flew to Fairbanks. went to Anchorage ,and perhaps Seward and then back to Fairbanks, but was not sure.
 Asked by Rep. Smith if there was any labor question in Anchor age when he went there, Haas re- piled that if it were possible for him to remember everything he had done over period of IS months. he would be glad to an- swer
 Rep. Smith pointed out that he had remembered that there was a labor discussion going on in Fair