The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-24

 COMING TO
 N0RTHLAND
Pickefing Continues on Ships Destined 10 Load
 Cannery Supplies

SEATTLE, April 24.-Two &c., attle-Alaska steamship lines today scheduled more sailings north, promising an early end to tieup of the Territory's ports as far as non cannery freight is concerned
 William Semar, General Manager of the Northland Transportation Co.,, said the North Sea, now on her way here from southeast AL aska, will sail May 9 for retui'n with tul cargo of non-cannery shipments. including food and gen. eral merchandise. It will be follow ed by the Square Sennett, also with full cargo.
 The Alaska Transportation Go, announced that the steamship Ton- gass which sails tomorrow evening with capacity cargo of non-can- nery freight, has been scheduled for second voyage about May l5. The Sword Knot will also sail May 4. They will load for points on the Yukon river.
 The Alaska Steamship Company announced earlier in the week the steamers Cordova, Denah and Col umbia were to load immediately for sailings to westward Alaskan ports.
 The Baranof is scheduled to sail May tor Ketchikan, Juneau. Ya- kutat. Cordoya. Valdez and Seward.
 Craft Pfcketed
 Alaska cannery workers. mean while, continued to picket craft loading cannery supplies for Alas ka in an effort to bring a settle ment in their demand for wage increase of 20 cents an hour Long, shoremen stopped work today on the British motorship Silver Oak and the Army cable ship Lenoir when cannery workers pickets ap- peared at the pier
 M. c. Ringenberg. Vice President and Manager of the Waterfront Employers of Washington, said at noon that picketing of the Ames Terminal had been stopped after the concern gave the union assur- ance no Alaska cannery cargo would be received or delivered there
 Arbitration Offer
 The Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc, representing packers, announc- ed 1t had submitted an offer of arr bitration to the Consolidation Service of the Department of Labor. Albin L. Peterson, Cancellation Service spokesman, commented, however, that mo progress has been reached toward settlement
 The Unions Regional Director, Wendell Phillips, said the industry had offered to submit to arbitra- tion only those points upon which they want to arbitrate."
 ACTION BY GOVERNOR
 Gov. Ernest Gruening today tcok the following action on the strike 
 To Steve Gluma2, ILWu repre- sentative, he wired: After hear ing both sides see TO reason for ETA refusing to arbitrate issues in conflict with Salmon Canneries. This is orderly. fair and decent way to proceed. If union has confidence in justice of its demands it should not be afraid to arbitrate. Why not the FTA?"
 To Donald Henderson. President of ETA, he wired as follows: "Af- ter three weeks strike by longshofe- men which we succeeded in settling satisfactorily to all parties. ETA is now picketing Alaska bound steam CTS in Seattle on the basis of con- tracts for the coming season. which does not begin until several weeks hence. and attempting to use the pressure on the cannery operators which can only work great hard ship on lot of innocent people in Alaska who are in no wise related to this conflict. Another stoppage on top of three weeks stoppage which the people have already en- dured will work irreparable dam age since activity in Alaska are largely seasonal.
 Union Must Act
 T have urged both cannery op- orators and officials of union in Wendell Phillips and Pru- dencio Mori. to submit dispute to arbitration suspending pickcting pending decision of arbitration. Cannery operators have agreed to arbitrate. Refusal of the union to submit this matter to arbitration