The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-31
RESULTS ON LABOR
 LEGISLATION POLL GIVEN BY CHAMBER

Results are announced by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on the Public Opinion Poll on Labor Legislation which was published in the Daily Alaska Empire recently A total of l02 ballots were returned
 Proposition l, stating that un- ionism is a form of freedom due labor, which should not be tamp- cred with by legislation, received yes votes, 92 no votes, with three persons not voting
 Number ?, stating that although unions are necessary, that there are practices which should he cor rected by legislation. received 95 votes approving and disapprov- ing. Two persons did not vote. The third proposition assumed that the voters experience had been that the bulk of laboring men were against any labor legislation wliat- soever. No votes were marked by 40 persons, yes votes B. and 23 did not vote.
 In contrast, proposition stated that in the voters experience he had found that the bulk of laboring men would welcome reasonable cor rective legislation as a long-rur benefit to labor. There were 65 yes votes, "A no votes. and II who did not mark their ballots either way
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 Number 5 saic: T believe every member of labor union should bt an American citizen" There were 84 persons in favor, Il not in fa- yor, and 6 did not vote.
 | Proposition Number stated 6 belief that no strikes should be le- gal if they are called before a req sonable cooling-off period. On this there were 92 yes votes, ? no votes and undecided
 On Proposition Number 2, which proposed that no strikes should bt legal until arbitration had beer tried, whether between union and management or jurisdictional, there were 94 yes votes cast, 2 no votes and 5 did not vote either way.
 Proposition Number 8, stated that secondary strikes should be illegal On this there were 99 concurrine votes, 2 opposed and only one who did not vote
 Union Interpretations
 Number g proposed that all un- ions should be required to incor. pcrate under the same laws which obligate private corporations. There were 97 yes votes. no votes, anc 2 undecided.
 On Number 10, which was deli cately phrased without the words closed shop" but searched for op- inion on the right to work as in herent in the American ideals ol freedom from oppression, there were 98 votes in favor, 3 against and none undecided.
 The Eleventh proposition was that it should be illegal for unions to require any but employees of g business to become union members It received 88 yes votes, no, anc 12 undecided.
 Number F proposed that employ CTS not be required to deduct un- ion dues from employees wages On this there were 86 yes, T no and 8 undecided votes
 Decentralization
 The final statement of the poll suggested that Alaska unions should be decentralized from Stateside un- ions, should have complete control over their own affairs, and that all their officers should be residents of the Territory. The vote was 95 in favor, opposed, with not voicing an opinion.
 A number of ballots were mailed in with written comments, mostly to qualify the voters position in regard to some certain question One ballot was marked as being the combined opinion of a husband and wife. H
 A rather incensed voter wrote on his ballot, and we quote: T am getting sick and tired being dictat- ed to by an organized gang run by radical hoodlums that elect them- 1 selves as delegates"
 Another person commented that it was his belief that no strike should be legal If the employee doesn't like the manner in which he's treated, he can quit he said And another person enclosed a typed page of comment in which he claimed that he was member of a union only because he had to be in order to work.
 It was understood that local la Dor unions had officially not re- cognized the Chamber of Con- '