The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-12
SETTLEMENT pROGRE55E5
 ONE REPORT
One New Condition Drop ped Into Picture Re-
 gdrding Agreements

| s1 -Y- Little change has developed since yesterday in the strike of long shoremen tying up Alaska shipping. l Agreement on all other issues has left as the sole stumbling block the new union demand dropped in to the strike picture yesterday. The condition that 'all provisions of pending Pacific Coast longshore agreements and all agreements in tre future automatically be ex- l Tn a teiepnone conversation tended to Alaska"
 this morning with Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Williams, Jack A. Talbot of the Ketchikan Water front Employers Association stated that negotiations t.lere with the Alaska Negotiating Committee of the International Longshoremen's end Warehousemen's Union (CIO) have progressed to the point of agreement upon all other issues. but the employers definitely refuse to bind themselves on future commit ments. Specifically agreed upon, as a basis for return to work, are these conditions:
 Return Conditions l--Longshoremen will be paid s1.32 per hour straight time and 1.98 per hour overtime from April !, lD46.
 2--Dr Vernon Mund. of the Uni- vetsity of Washington. will be call ed upon as arbitrator; his decis- ion to lpArr's hQkh xi<l1a
 Submitted to arbitration will Le - for what period prior to April l. l946 are longshoremen entitled to retroactive pay on the differance between wages actually paid them and the s1.32 base rate; for what prior period are the workers en- titled to retroactive pay on the dif- ference between the prior going base of s1.26 Ia per hour and wages actually paid them; what other conditions of the War Labor Beard directive of August IS, l945 concerning Pacific Coast ports should be applied to Alaska ports.
 Additional Issues Any settlement made in the cur- rent longshore strike Is expected to 9 announced at Ketchikan by the Waterfront Employers Association and the Alaska Negotiating Com naittee. Whatever agreement is adopted there is expected to be tte moCel for other Alaska ports. shipping officials has stated. i However. there is an additional issue to be settled between the employers and longshoremen at Juneau. ILwU Local 16. here, has demanded pay increase, over and above the $l32 base scale to $1.72 per hour straight time, $259 over- time. Operators contend that any increase above the $1.32 scale should be left to negotiation of new working agreement and should not be an issue of the current strike negotiations.
 Attention Tn Washington While opposing camps are getting closer together at Ketchikan. the Alaska longshore strike is now re- nciving attention in Washington, J D. c. From the National Capital, Edwin G. Arnold. Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions of the Interior Depart nent. has advised that he has discussed the Alaska ship tie-up with the War Shipping Adminis- ltration.
 ] Also. Arnold expects to confer with Harry Bridges, Internation- al President of the ILWU, upon Bridges expected arrival in wash- ington today or tomorrow. Arnold will seek to have Bridges act to secure unloading of such vessels as are now tied up in Alaska ports including the steamer North Sea I in Juneau
 ] Today the Juneau Industrial Union Council-CIO advised the Empire that It has adopted the following resolution:
 The Juneau Industrial Union CIO went on record. one hundred percent, to back up the ILwU Lo- cal IS in their present work stop page. We consider the longshore- men have just cauoc and worthy tof Labor's support in the matter. tSigned-Clyde Turner. President: R S.. Hough. Secretary.)"