The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-07
FRIDAY, MAY 7, I948

recognize any legal decision binding on us.
 Carter: If they move the picket line will you open the mill?
 Card: If they will do everything they are supposed to do.
 Carter: If the court rules that the contract with the longshoremen is legal will you open?
 Card: If the picket line is re- moved.
 Carter Even if the court decision goes against you?
 Card: We will abide by any legal decision.
 Carter: It is always well to have it in black and white.
 Card: I learned long ago we cannot think of everything. I wish we had had everything in black and white before
 Carter Have you anything furth- CT to say, MT. Hawkins?
 Hawkins: No Carter: Do you think this is fair?
 Hawkins: If this court rules that the longshoremen have the jurisdic- tion and we abide by their decision and later the C.IO. or IVA. de- cioes that their contract was meant to cover loading, would the court decision be binding on them?
 Carter: I may be old fashioned, but I stlll have faith in our courts. I think the court would be impar- tial I think, this court would be fair to you. Card. I think that we would not be held liable.
 Garter: We are trying to base this on common sense. If they did load those barges, how many man days would that be a month?
 Card: That we will not discuss.
 Carter: We only want a compari- son. 400 men may be out of em- ployment in Southeastern Alaska because of this.
 Card: That would only mean a change of employees. If the long shoremen do the work we would have to fire the men who are doing 2 it now This is a strike to make us replace present employees with others.
 Hendrickson: How many men?
 Hawkins: Two men on the barges and one man on the dock.
 Hendrickson: Three men.
 Hawkins: Later we can re-arrange the work to use only two men.
 (Mr Walther had to leave to go back to the store). Ninnis: Where do you class this work in your production?
 Card: The contract says anything from beginning to finished product. It says nothing about where the production ends.
 Hawkins: The finished product is where it leaves our hands
 Card: You can set the finished product any place. You can say it is finished when it leaves the trim mers. When it is ready to sell. The rumor in this regard was raised by a man who is not in the IVA. and does not know conditions. There is nothing in the contract to explain when it is the finished product.
 Kirkham: When we wrote the contract up we intended to cover all the work
 (Mr. Card, MT. Hawkins and Glen Kirkham leave). Moore Glen is not a member of the union now. He is foreman and is excluded under the contract.
 Ninnis: But he said the union wanted to do the work and the sec retary said yesterday they did not care. Moore: If they take off the picket line and let the IVA. load they lose their right to protest.
 Hendrickson. If the district court would take it and settle it in a day
 Carter: If it could settle it in week ..
 Hendrickson: If it were brought to court without removing the picket line Carter: How long would it take to get Guy here?
 Hendrickson. I don't know.
 Carter: We could see him and ask them to take it back to the union and answer us Monday.
 Newmarket: I think the judge would cooperate.
 Hendrickson Would you want to meet at l 80 to talk to the long, shoremen?
 All: O. K.
 Hendrickson: Garter, could you stop by his house and tell him?
 Carter: Yes.
 (Adjourned at 11:20 A. M.) Meeting at 1850 P. M., May 1, 1948 Present: MT. Hendrickson