The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-19
JUNEAU SPRUCE
 SAWMILL BEGINS
 ON PRODUCTION
FadIing Says ILWU Would Not Cooperate = Dis-
 counts 'BIaCk list'


 eau Spruce Corporation sawmill here when the o'clock whistle blew this morning for the first, time in over three months. The smiling faces belonged to mem- bers of the CIO International Woodworkers of America who had been out of work for three months due to dispute between the company and the CIO Internation- al Longshoremen and Warehouse mems Union.
 The glum faces belonged to the two regular ILWU pickets and the dozen or so other ILWU members who stood outside the plant and watched the IVA return to work in defiance of the ILWU picket line.
 Freeman Schultz, Juneau Spruce Vice President and General Man ager, said that there were 97 per- sons on the job today, GA of these actually engaged in mill work. Production began today and it is expected that more men will be added to the mill crew as pro- gress is made.
 Fading Comment
 President J. E. Fading com- menting on the situation stated.
 "The Local Unions of the IVA have complete autonomy. We, the International, supported their previous position of respecting the ILWU picket line and tried our best to work out some settlement between the Juneau Spruce Cor poration and the LongShoremen that would allow our membership to return to work and still re- spect the Longshoremens position. Failing to get the parties to come to any settlement the Internation- al turned the entire matter back to the Local Union. Now that the Local has taken the action they have we will again cooperate and assist them in every way possible '
 T know" said Fading, that every avenue was explored by the Local Union before they took the action they did. The IVA mem bership supported the I.L.W.U. for three long months and gradually saw their Local Union being smashed Even though there was possibility of sister CIO Local being broken the ILWU Local per- sisted in their picketing and I am sure had the ILWU Local given the same kind of consideration that was given to them by our Local the matter could have been settled satisfactory to all parties.
 Jurisdiction, Black Lists
 "The International Woodwork CTS at onetime proposed that this dispute be put in the hands of the CIO jurisdiction committee but the idea never got very far" said Fading. The CIO jurisdiction committee is made up of members of the CIOs Executive Board and hands down decisions on such cases as this one in an effort to keep one or more CIO unions from getting involved in disputes. Had both parties agreed to such a procedure and the Longshoremen granted jurisdiction the IVA Local would no doubt still be supporting them"
 He added that, such talk as is now going around about black lists would have been unnecessary. As far as the IVA is concerned, these men now working are good union men protecting their own interests and anytime the ILWU can establish their jurisdiction over the job they claim, the local will gladly give the Longshoremen the work"
 The black list in our opinion" he added, will not be effective. In the past the black list has been the tool of interruptions, la bor-hating employers and never before, to my knowledge. has it been used by one union man against another"