The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-27
SAILORS MAKING
 DEMANDS
Want Certain Issues fo Be -Loneshore-
 men BdlIoiing, Terms
lBv The Associated Pressl

1 (By The Associated Press)
 Early resumption of normal ship ping operations along the strike bound East and West Coasts hing ! ed today on vote among dock workers on terms for ending the costly work stoppages
 The rank and file of the long, shoremens unions at ports along the two coasts started balloting on ratification of the agreement reach ed between union officials and em- ployers. The outcome of the vot- | ing was expected to be disclosed i tomorrow.
 Acceptance of the wage and oth- CT terms would return some 92,000 workers to maritime jobs. Thous- ands of railroad and other work CTS, made idle by the sparalyzing {. walkouts, also would he called back to work.
 More than 500 ships are tied up at ports, those on the West
 Coast since after the start of
 strike on Sept by CIO long
 shoremen and four other unions.
 The 5000 AFL longshoremen at
 East Coast ports struck on Nov. 10.
 Wages are the chief issue in the
 disputes.
 Millions Are Lost
 The cost of the strikes runs into the millions of dollars The Pacific American Shipowners esti-
 mated the tieup on the Pacific Coast, second longest in history, has cost about s344,ooo,ooo in trade. 4-.~---~~4s~ The opposition among the rank and file accepting the terms de- veloped yesterday at a meeting in Brooklyn Those attending the 1 meeting claimed to represent l3,0o0 members in 13 Brooklyn locals 'of the AFL International Long, shoremen's Association.
 Tn New York, Joseph P. Ryan, ILA president, termed the Brook
 lyn action "an attempt by the : Communist party to becloud the T issues. He said many at the meet : ing were not bona-fide union mem- . bers.
 t West Coast Sailors d On the West Coast, Harry l.. d I,undeberg, head oi the nonstrik- y ing AFL Sailors Union of the : Pacific. said his union members
 would not return to work until q shipcwners honor our agreements m The Waterfront Employers Associa- - tion has ratified contract with ,o the CIO longshoremen, the key v union among the five involved Ill
 lthe strike
 re, Agreement has been reached be- v tween the employers and the ClO d Marine Engineers and early settle Id ment is expected with the Fire n men, the Marine Cooks and Stew n ards and the Radio Operators. L. Demands by Lundeberg included In guarantee that the CIO long, ct shoremen will not use a new con-
 tract to infringe sailors cargo
 working right on coast-wise and
 Alaska shirs, and wage hikes in ss line with any gains to be award \ ed CIO Marine Cooks and un- affiliated Marine Bremen. Not Almost Over" sE SEATTLE, Nov. 21.-lR- Ed ,ys coester. Seattle agent of the AFL- Y sailors Union of the Pacific, said
 he had received word from Harry Lundeberg, San Francisco, union eo oresident. to disregard reports ' that the tmaritime) strike is 'al- ~. most over"
 'V "The West Coast maritime tie .a up will not be over until various TO- jurisdlctional issues now pending ~ are settled to the satisfaction oi ue ou membership" Cotester com ad mented.
 eo He said those tissues" included 'a the question of jurisdiction ovel
 Alaska ship steward department
 personnel and the controversy be-
 tween AFL-Sailors and CIO-Long.
 shcremen over certain work or Il. coastwise Alaska ships. , The AFL-Sailors Union has petl' -lo tioned for a National Labor Rela'
 tions Board election to determine
 jurisdiction for Alaska ship stew
 ards department employees. Th'
 iCIO- Marine Cooks and steward lr- Union claims jurisdiction. i've Officials of the Alaska Steam led ship Company. only remaining shil Ior, line in the Seattle-Alaska trade he said the situation had mot ye ar been clarified" in regard to