The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-20
WITNESSES
 SUMMONED
 IN JUNEAU
Quick Action Hearing Takes Place by Investigaf-
 ing Congressmen
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good, or they might be bad. Kersten asked which it was, ano zuboff answered, I'll say it's bad Alaska is in a strategic area as far as protection is concerned,' Kersten said, with the mounting tension with Russia and with AL aska a potential base for military operations with that in mind do you feel that Communist mem- hers in this area might be danger ous?"
 zuboff agreed that it could be dangerous.
 Anderson On Stand Abel Anderson took the stand next to testify that he was not at this time a member of a union but that he had at one time been sec retary of Local Industrial Union, CIO organization which has since been dissolved. After a brief questioning on ac- tivities ot the above union Ker- sten asked Anderson what he thought of Communist influence in unions.
 "Haywire," said Anderson. Bad, very bad"
 Have you ever been member of the Communist party Kertsen asked
 No" Anderson answered.
 Lannen Testifies
 H. J. Lannen, executive secre- tary of the Cordova fishermen's ! unien, who, with Red" Chester Carlson, flew here for the hearing was sworn in next by Kersten.
 Kersten began questions with a ! direct approach
 Q.-"Are you familiar with Vest 1 srn Alaska Fisheries?" ] A.-"Yes. I am delegate
 Q.-"John Wiese is the head?"
 A.-"Yes."
 Q.-"When Wiese testified in An 1 chorage, he took the position in regard to Communist activities, that he did not believe it wise to bar Communists from office. Do ycu agree?"
 A-"No If a Comnie applied for a union job, I'd see to it that he didn't get it. 1 Lannen then asked to make statements regarding activities of the Westward Alaska Fisheries Council
 WAFC Birth
 "The original intention of the i WAFC wasn't dreamed up by Kibre and Jurich,' Lannen said. My organization is largely responsible fer the birth of WAFC. One of the main objectives of the organization was to bring fishery groups to- gether to even price structure. It is still young and hasn't ac- complished much.'
 II Lannen continued, At least as far as Alaska is concerned, in re- gard to IFAWA, it is only mail ing address, strictly paper organ ization. Our major objection has been that it is. not effective, no lune does anything" Kersten interrupted to continue his line of questioning. There is nothing wrong with the WAFC as such," he said, but organizations with such leadership think you should read over MT. Wieses testimony that he gave at the Anchorage hearing" Not Ccmmunistic Front Lannen finished his testimony by saying that the WAFC was not established as Communist Front organization.
 We have been for many years scattered groups of unions" Lan- nen said, while the canned salmon industries are highly organized. We have attempted to coordinate union activities in the same manner that the industry has coordinated fol it's own objectives.'
 Are there any party members around Cordova?" Kersten asked
 No" answered Lannen, but we have lot of radicals, left wing CTS who don't like the way things are going. They are not Commun- ist party members"
 i Red" Chester Carlson, member of ithe Cordova fishermen's union, took the stand next to testify regarding the WAFC.
 "Fishermen in Alaska are widely separated Carlson said, with nc facilities to get together. The WAFC is an attempt to bring the unions together for various pur- lposes'
 Political Action
 Carlson said that political ac- ton was one of the objectives of the Council, and that supplying statistics was another objective. ' Rep. Kersten said: The last man lin his speech set out many things which you refer to as objectives. The most active people in setting up the Council were Kibre, who ac- cording to California records is a member of the Communist party, and WieSe who in testimony in