The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05
G0v.L0DGE5 PROTESTS ON
 FED. POLICY
Discrimination Against AL oskans on Army-Navy
 Jobs, Fish Ceilings Hit

sd north with the SWPC group vis-
 ting the Territory, Gov Ernest Gruening today declared himself in ! ! protesting mood" at the "col- onial attitude taken by the Federal Government toward Alaska.
 The Governor has wired strong protests against recent Federal ac- | ions affecting the Territory: 1 1-The Army Navy determination that employees for graded positions I in Alaska, hired within the Terri 1 tory are not to receive the 25 per- cent cost of living" differential granted in the pay of those hired from the States.
 2-The OPA ceiling set on seine caught salmon, especially that there is no ceiling put on trap-caught fish and that the ceiling is too low 3-The decision of the War Ship ping Board against further suspen- sicn Of the Jones Act limitations on Alaska shipping.
 The recently re-affirmed rule of the Army that Alaska residents not be given overseas credit for armed forces service in Alaska
 Already today the Governor had received response from Fort Rich ardson, stating that the protest con- cerning the wage differential had been forwarded to Washington, D. C.
 In joint wire to the Command ing General, Alaska Department, and the Commanding Admiral, Sev- enteenth Naval District, Governor Gruening stated:
 'EeSire to protest most emphat- ically against recent joint Army and Navy determination denying graded civilians employees hired af- ter June 30 a 25 per cent differen- l tial unless hired in 48 States or District of Columbia It is diff cult to conceive of a more direct and fragrant discrimination against Alask3ns. All Federal government employees stationed in Alaska re- oeive a 25 per cent differential be- cause of conspiciously high living costs in Alaska. Same policy should apply to Alaskan workers. Re- quest removal of this discrimina- ticn and placing of civilian work CTS hired by Army and Navy on same status as workers imported from States
 The order protested by the Gov ernor had decreed that after June 90, Army and Navy civilian en- plcyees hired for duty outside the United States will not receive 25 ger cent differential unless hired Wit>,in the 48 States or the District of Columbia, CT unless originally hir- ed in the States for the War De- p2rtment or a Government con- tractor and subsequently, transferred without 9 break in service to the War Department at an extra Con tinental location.
 An additional exception is person. nel discharged at an extra -Continen- tai location from the armed forces or Merchant Marine, provided they were inducted within the AS States or District of Columbia
 Nationals of countries other than the United States will not receive the differential regardless of where they were recruited All other per- sonnel hired outside the United States for graded positions with the Alaska Department will not receive the wage differantial.
 Further pointing out the injustice and harsh discrimination existant in the order, against Alaska resi- dents, officials in Juneau averred that the purpose of the 25 per cent differential is to counteract the higher cost of living, and that work CTS recruited in the Continental United States are furnished board and room on jobs at an average nominal charge of $150 per day, whereas, frequently residents of AL aska live at home and are the ones who are really affected by the higher cost of living.
 The OPA fish ceiling, objected to by the Governor, recently was issued Tor the stated purpose of encouraging the sale of seine caught salmon to canneries rather than through fresh fish outlets, where higher prices have previously been paid. The ceilings set are Seine caught chums, 18c; pinks, 17c; sockeyeS, 49c-regardless of size of fish or style of dressing, landed ex-vessel at cannery or cold stor- 1 age.
 The ceilings represent an in- crease of lc per fish over 1922 prices for pinks and chums and 4c for sockeyes, whereas, in l943 and l944 prices were 7To above 1922 and last year prices paid on fresh fish market ran as high as 75c for bright chumS.
 There is no ceiling put on trap caught fish, opening the fresh fish market to them Gill netted fish from the Stikins and Taku Rivers are ceilinged as follows:
 Pinks, in the round, 17c per fish: ! chums, l7c; sockeyes, 86c; echoes in the round, l0Ac; choes drawn, ] l3c: regardless of size A 14-nOund