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The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07

the hearings and from personal in
terviews that the majority of the
fishermen and those connected
with the industry are opposed to
the split season-10 days open, 30
days closed period. The commits
sion has held hearings at Seattle.
Vancouver, Prince Rupert, ketchi-
kan, Petersburg and Juneau. 1t
consists of Milton c. James of the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Washington, D. c., and Edward w.
Allen, Seattle, for the United
States, and G. W. Nickerson.
Prince Rupert, and Stewart Bates,
Ottawa, for Canada.
The commissioners explained
that they were not particularly
pushing the split season, but rather
that it was a suggestion that had
been made and they were exploring
the idea. They said they were open
to all suggestions and felt that an
additional quota of halibut could
he taken without depicting the
supply If some plan could be work
led out where the fishing could be
extended over longer period.
Alaskan objection on the whole
to the split season is that 1t would
tend to siphon the halibut into Pu-
get Sound ports as against Alaskan
ports, due to the time allowed dur
ing the closed period for the big
loading and reoutfitting for an
other trip. Meanwhile, Alaska fish
ermen, particularly the smaller
boats, would be lying idle. Split
season was considered for 1949 but
was held in allegiance by the COM
mission until hearings could be
held in Alaska this fall.
| Indication that the commission
might be enlarged to six men, thus
permitting the appointment of an
Alaskan to the group was also
given. Assistant Secretary Chap
man said such a proposal was be-
ing made in the treaty changes
and that it had the support of the
United States. The Canadian mem
bers indicated they were not op-
posed.
Andrew Barlow, head of the
United Trollers, and Lew NJ. Will
liams, Secretary of Alaska, both
former Wrangell men, appeared at
the hearing in behalf of Wrangell.
Southeast Alaska came through
with a huge pink salmon, pack to
lput the total for the territory this
year considerably ahead of 194S.
The pack for the territory was
4,339,525 cases, compared with g.
99S,783 last year. The Southeast
pack was 2,475,990 cases, of which
2,086.077 cases were pinks. The
notwithstanding district put
up a total of 362.047 cases COM
pared with 136.056 a year ago.
While the run itself was COM
parable with 1871, the biggest sea-
son in fishing history, the actual
pack in the Misunderstanding
district this year was only about
half OF 1941 due to the lesser num-
Der of canneries. Seven canneries
in the district. three IN Wrangell,
; packed total OF 714,685 cases in
1871. That was when ARB, Bur-
nett and harvest were operating
in Wrangell; PAT, Kahler and
! Dahl and Glacier Sea Foods in Pc
terbsurg and Nakat at Union Bay.
The season then was virtually
, two months compared with slightly
} over two weeks during the past
season. II fishing had started this
i year around July 20, with the fast
lines now in operation, it is very
likely that 1949 In Southeast Alas
: ka would have surpassed 1s41 in
total pack
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
NEWS
BRIEFS
RECEPTION TOMORROW
FOR BISHOP GLEES0N

A reception for the Most Rev
Francis D. Gleeson, 81, ID, Cath
Ollie Bishop of Alaska, viii, be held
in the Parish House tomorrow eve
ming Saturday at s O'Clock.
Bishop Gleeson was due to arrive
today and will remain until Sum
day afternoon, when he will go to
Petersburg to administer confirma
tation.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
HAWAII DOCK
STRIKE ENDS
BY the Associated Press

HONOLULU, Oct. z Hawaii
docks, struck since May l, may be
humming again next week.
An agreement to settle the long.
bitter dispute with a accent hour
ly wage increase was reached oral
ly yesterday. the 159th day of the
strike.
Teh dock workers Immediately
ratified the agreement.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
ST. PHILLIPS GUILD
TO MEET WEDNESDAY

st. Phillips Guild will meet this
coming Wednesday, October IL, at
the home of Mrs. Hubert Welions.
All members are requested to be
at the Harry Coulter home at s
D. m. and transportation viii be
furnished from there
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
Drinking Water Here
Declared Unfit for Use

All drinking water should be
boiled until further notice. accord
ing to word received here from tho
Territorial Department of Health.
The department further recon-
mended that Wrangells water sup
ply be de-contaminated through
chlorination.
Recent tests have shown that
there is now an extremely high
bacteria count in the city of Wran-
CELLS water supply making it I'M
fit to drink until boiled or treated.
At this time of year, with heavy
rains washing large quantities Of
waste material down the mountain
sides into the watershed, this con-
dition is always more or less pre-
vailing but this year it is more
pronounced than usual.
Following is a letter received. by
City Clerk Robert Wickman from
the Department of Health:
Mr.. Robert Wickman,
City Clerk.
Wrangell, Alaska
Dear Mr. Wickman:
In view of the existing gross
contamination of water supplies IN
the City of Wrangell the following
are made:
Protection of the water shed
from hunters or other trespassers.
2. Close check of the plumbing
in the city for cross conneetio 8
between waste disposal facilities
and public water supply.
g. COLONIZATION OF all city water.
4. Warn the public as to the ad-
visibility of boiling drinking water
or using home chlorination.
s. Submit samples for analysis to
our Ketchikan Laboratory once 4
week
Sincerely yours,
ALFRED BAKER,
District Sanitarian
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
AUCTION TOMORROW

The Women's Civic Club will
hold an auction tomorrow in the
building next to the beauty shop.
Proceeds will go to the .Playgroun
Fund.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07

There were many names written
in the blank spaces for one-year
school board terms, as we'll as sew
eral other offices, but most re-
ceived only one or two votes.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
PLAYGROUND FUND REACHES
$1,263.90 MARK THIS WEEK

A total of $1,263.90 has been
donated so far to the Women's
Civic Clubs drive for playground
equipment.
Donations received this week
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
EMBLEM CLUB MONDAY

The regular meeting of the
Emblem Club will be held Monday
evening.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07
Sincerely yours,
ALFRED BAKER,

District Sanitarian
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ireatment.)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-07

II the consensus of those con-
nected with the halibut industry
from Alaska down the coast is ia
ken as the determining factor,
there probably will be no split
halibut season In 1860. This was
indicated in a statement made last
Saturday in Juneau by w. M.
Chapman, special assistant to the
undersecretary of state, at the
hearing held there by the Inter
national Fisheries Commission on
the proposed regulations for next
year
Chapman said that It was fairly
clear from information gained at
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Green Backs Red
Feather Drives

New York LPA)-AFL mem
bers have been urged to "contri-
butte as generously as possible
to community chest fund cam
paigns this year.
President William Green, in q
letter to Henry Ford ii, who heads
up the national federation of local
community chests, wrote:
81 take particular pleasure in
endorsing the community chest
campaigns because thru your policy
of federated giving you succeed in
diminishing the multiplicity of
time-consuming appeals to the
American public.
SECONDLY, in having representa-
tives from labor, management, and
the professions serve on your
boards and committees of the COM
munity chests and their participat-
ing red feather agencies, you ex-
the American and demo-
cratic practice of all groups in our
nation cooperating to serve all the
people"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
ANA Bid For
Negro Help
Is Exposed

Detroit (LPA)-An obvious eff
fort by the American Medical
Assn to line up Negro doctors
against President Truman's health
insurance program by capitalizing
on the appointment of Negro to
the AMA's House of Delegates ran
squarely into a charge here last
week that the ANA was blocking
adequate medical care for the ma
TONS 100000 Negro citizens.
Both developments came at the
annual convention of the Natl
Medical Association composed of
Negro doctors, most of whom are
excluded from the ANA because
of their color.
George F. Lull, general man.
ager of the ANA, announced the
appointment of DR.. Peter H. Muir
ray of the Harlem Hospital, New
York City, to the House of Dele
gates. The announcement was de-
nounced by DR.. Montague Cobb, of
Howard University, as an attempt
to "pull the wool over our eyes"
DR.. Cobb said the New York State
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Back To Work
Movement FIops
In Bell Strike

Buffalo (LPA) - Attempts by
Bell Aircraft Corp. to reopen its
strikebound plant here have been
termed ga flop" by United Auto
Workers.
UAW represents 100 production
workers at the plant where strike
is now in its tenth week. Picket
lines were so solid that on July l3
the company resorted to securing
a court injunction limiting picket
ing.
Last week, Bell vice-president
Julius ]. Domonkos said that the
company is in danger of losing con-
tracts unless production is resrsn-
ed. Following a plea directly to
the workers, he claimed that 938
strikers reported for work.
UAW representative Paul Russo
asserted that the number was mac
curate and included office staff and
engineers. Very few production
workers, he said, have reported to
work. Even the office force, Russo
declared, was reduced prior to the
back to work movement.
UAW regional director Martin
Gerber declared "it is quite evid-
ent that the company's attempt to
smash the strike has failed COM
pletely."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Slave Labor Probe
Voted Down By UN

Geneva (LPA)-A United States
proposal for an inquiry into forced
labor thruout the world has been
voted down by the United Nations
Economic & Social Council.
The slave labor commission sug-
gested by the US was objected to
by Britain and other countries on
the ground that it would be use
less unless all member countries
agreed to let it inside their bound
aries.
US delegates stuck to the argu-
ment that an investigation is nee
essary for whatever good it can
do. They said they were prepared
to take the risk of .peonage prac-
tices turning up in their own
backyard, in an honest effort to
uncover even worse practices in
other parts of the world. 1t was
the British who took the lead in
exposing Soviet slave labor but
now they do not want an investi-
cation unless it is possible to carry
it into Russia.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
June Case Load
Of Labor Board
Highest For Year

Washington (LPA)-More cases
were filed with the Natl Labor Re-
lations Board during June than in
any single month since November
last year, it was announced last
week.
The total was 1740 which was
3.3 percent more than were filed
in May. Of the 1740 total, 1893
We're election petitions and SAT
were charges of unfair labor prac-
tices.
Petitions for certifcation as
bargaining agent decreased II per-
cent, but union-shop authorization
petitions increased II percent, the
Board reported. AT the same time,
charges of unfair labor practices
increased 22.6 percent. The A COM
plants issued in June constituted
the greatest number in any month
since the record of 54 was reached
in January of this year.
At the end of the fiscal year on
June 80, there were 5,858 cases
pending at both national and reg
ional levels, a decrease of 81 per-
cent from the 1854 pending on
June 80, 1948.
Of the 1893 election petitions
filed in June, CTS were for bargain
ing elections, 492 for union-shop
"a for decertifcation of
unions and two for liberalization
of union shops.
The election petitions were dis
tributed as follows: BAT by AFL
affliates; 126 by CIO affiliates;
40 by independent unions; II by
AFL and unaffiliated unions filing
at the same time; A by employers
and two by individuals.
The union-shop petitions were
in this manner; 339 by
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18

Washington UPA)-Under OBJ.
jections by both "right-wing" anC
"left-wing" union members, the
House Un-American Activities
Committee held hearings last week
on Communist infiltration in Unit
ed Electrical, Radio & Machine
Workers.
While the committee was inves-
tigating CP influence in Pitts
burgh's Westinghouse Local COL
evidence of national importance
emerged.
All union members appeared
under pressure of subpoenas is
sued early in August.
The position of the left-wingers
was summed up in a statement to
the press by Russ Nixon, Washing
ton representative of UE. Nixon
charged that the hearings were
called for the purpose of influenc-
ing August IA elections of dele
gates to the UE convention in
September.
He charged further that they
were arranged Eat the nefarious
request of a Catholic priest. Faith
er Charles Rice" and "the Assn
of Catholic Trade Unionists."
The position of anti-Communists
in UE was expressed by witness
Charles Copeland, business agent
of local COL. Copeland stated his
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Will Make Full
Report OF Hearing
In Washington

After reading the story in the
"Wellsville Press" on the hearing
at Washington, d. c., also the
stories which appeared in the EAST
Liverpool Review" and the "Pot-
ters Herald, | suppose many East
Liverpool potters are just as much
confused as myself.
If things turn out as planned
the members of Local Union 124
will have the opportunity at their
next meeting on Tuesday, August
%, to hear first hand just what did
take place at the hearing conduct
ed by Congressman Jacobs.
President Duffy and Secretary
Jordan have been invited to attend
this meeting and Bros. Armstrong
and Whippler have already stated
they intend telling the local their
side of the story.
The new officers have been in
stalled and it behooves every mem
Der to get behind these new offici-
ais and lend them every aid we
can in carrying out the duties Of
their respective Offices.
Our next meeting which has
been scheduled for Tuesday even
ing, August % will be held in the
-O.C. 124
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Widespread Communist Activities In
Unions Described At House Hearing

belief that there should be no inter-
ference by any government agency
in the internal affairs of union.
Such problems as UE has, he as
serted, should be resolved within
the union.
Nonetheless, the hearings went
on and, under questioning, the wit
nesses told stories of Communist
operations within the labor move
ment. Joseph Zack Kornfeder, not
a member of UE, told in general
terms how the Communists center
their activities inside the unions.
Kornfeder, now writing and lee
turing in Detroit, was member
of the Communist Party from 1919
to 1884 under the name of Joseph
Zack. He told the committee that
he had known UE organization dir
ector James Matles since 1925 and
at one time gave Matles assign
mentS in the CP.
In 1882 when Zack was on
the District Committee of the New
York State Party, he asserted
Matles was on the committee with
him. In previous hearings, MatleS
has refused to answer the ques-
ton of whether he is or ever has
been a member of the Communist
party.
This same line was taken by
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Contract Signed
By Auto Workers

Louisville, KY. (ILNS). = Local
906, AFL Uni ID Automobile
Workers of America reports sign
ing of a model new contract with
the Devoe-Reynolds Co. of this
city. The new agreement maintains
the locals position of having one
of the best pacts in Kentucky.
Among the provisions are an all
union shop, stringent seniority pro-
visions, a general wage increase,
and 7 paid holidays without any
restrictions.
The union reserves the right to
require that the company re-evalu-
ate any job classification in dis
pute. Two paid rest periods plus z
paid cleanup periods are also part
of the contract as is liberal paid
vacation plan allowing up to 8
weeks. Severance pay is provided
in accordance with seniority. All
time lost processing grievances is
paid for by the company. This in
cludes any time spent during con-
tract negotiations. Employees are
also allowed 8 hours time off on
each official election day at their
regular rate of pay.
With this new agreement, Devoe-
Reynolds workers enjoy the best
wages and conditions in the indus
try, it was said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
SIaven Is Recent
Visitor At Local
116, Lincoln, III.

Lincoln, Ill.-At our last regular
meeting in July, a report of the
convention proceedings was given
by delegates Jess Sampson, Glen
Hale and Bessie Willis. The report
was well received and the dele
gates extended a rising vote of
thanks.
Third Vice President Slaven was
a recent visitor in Lincoln and met
with the shop committee and firm
on several important matters that
were bordering on the dangerous
point. Following the meeting with
plant officials and the shop com
mittee, a special meeting was call
ed and full report made to the
membership. Many questions were
asked Bro. Slaven and your scribe
is glad to report Jimmie had all
the answers.
The following day before he left
town, Bro. Slaven and the shop
committee held another meeting
with plant officials and cleared up
several problems.
Our sincere thanks to Bro.
Slaven for his visit and we are
quite sure everything will roll
along in fine style from here on
in. -O.C. 116
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Cheap Foreign Labor Threatens United
States Farm Workers If Bills Pass

Washington (LPA)-If identical
bills, now before the House and
Senate are enacted into law thous-
ands of farm workers in California,
the southwest and the deep south
will be thrown out of jobs, H. l..
Mitchell, president of the Natl
Farm Labor Union-AFL, declared
at his office here last week.
The two bills-HR 5828 and
S 272-would allow thousands of
foreign workers, mostly Mexicans,
to cross the border to pick cotton
and other crops, Mitchell said, al
though unemployment in agricul-
ture is already serious problem in
many areas. Both bills have been
cleared by committee and can be
brought up for a vote at any time.
The two bills would dignity as
law what has long been vicious
practice, the union official said,
adding that big agricultural inter-
ests such as the Associated Farm
ers of California were behind the
measures. The House bill was in
troduced by Representative John
Phillips, a California Republican,
and the Senate bill was offered by
Senator Clinton P. Anderson, the
Democrat from New Mexico who
once was Secretary of Agriculture.
The bills would ease the import
ing of cheap foreign labor by set
ting aside immigration rules. Nit
chell demonstrated their inevitable
effect by pointing to cotton pick
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ing. If American workers were get
ting four dollars hundred pounds,
the foreign workers could be ex-
pected to force the scale down to
three dollars or lower.
Just to make matters worse, the
State Department recently con-
cluded an agreement with the
Mexican government whereby 35,-
900 Mexican nationals can be
brought over the border. Since 80,-
900 Mexicans are said to be gath
ering at the boundary it is likely
that more than $4,000 will actually
enter the states. Many will wade
the Rio Grande illegally and come
in as "wetbacks," Mitchell and
other NFLU officials reported.
The NFLU has protested the
Mexican IDEAL" by picketing the
Mexican consulate in Los Angeles
and by wiring Secretary of State
Acheson, Governor Warren of Cal
ifornia and senators and congress-
men. Among those picketing the
Los Angeles consulate were Mexi-
can-Americans, members of the
NFLU.
AS a member of the AFL dele
cation to the convention of the
Inter American Confederation of
Workers, to be held in Havana
early next month, Mitchell will at
tempt to reach a working agree
ment with organized Mexican labor
to prevent the US farm labor mar
ket from being flooded.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Large Crowd At
Annual Reunion
OF French Liners

Sebring, Ohio = More than 40
family groups were represented at
the 10th Annual Old French Liners
picnic held at Silver Park, Alliance,
Wednesday, August 10.
The picnic table was decorated
with a table spray given by Mae
Vaughan. 1t was given to the old
est member, Mrs. Teresa Kinkel-
man of Alliance who is 85.
Reunited in the annual affair of
men and women who first learned
the pottery lining trade at the now
non-existent French pottery, were
families of Alliance, East Pales-
tine, East Liverpool, Salem and
Akron.
Fred Morrow was reelected
president of the group for the
coming year with F. j. Conway,
vice president; Martha Toban,
treasurer; and Pearl Eckelberry,
secretary, who led group singing
at the close of the program. Nor
row gave historical remarks and
the group decided to meet again
next year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-08-18
Fate Worse Than
Death Awaits US,
Say Steel MoguIs

New York (LPA)-A violently,
worded attack on the United Steel
workers wage and social security
demands, and on the three-man
factfnding board named by Pres
ident Truman, led off the steel
companies presentation of their
case before the Presidential board
here last week.
Speaking as keynoter was Pres
ident Clarence B. Randall of In
land Steel, who called the Steel
workers demands an invitation to
disaster"
President Truman in setting up
the fact-finders' board twas in fact
announcing an industrial revolu-
tion in America" Randall assert
ed. Retorting at a White House
press conference, the President
pointed out that factfinding boards
are nothing new, and have been
used for over dozen years in i'm
portant disputes.
The steel companies first wit
ness warned that there will be no
possibility of turning back" from
Truman's step which "is always
the first one taken by those who
set out to establish a socialist or
cooperative state"
Apparently forgetting the six
years of war on the European con-
tinent, preceded by years of Hitler
terror over large areas, Randall
said that "the final step of nation
alization" resulted in Europe's
coming "close to starvation"
Randall also tried to smear the
factfinding board as the fruit of
political alliance with the gov
ernment" which has given Steel
workers President Philip Murray
"the power to induce the President
of the US to take extra legal action
at his request"
Murray, who was present during
Randall's TRADE, is expected to
reply next week, as the union has
reserved three days for rebuttal.
The union is asking soc an hour
pay boost, consisting of a pension
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Aussie Miners Strike
Ends In Connie ROut

Sidney, Australia (LPA)-By a
vote of 1923 to 2714, members of
the Australian Mine Workers Fed
Grafton have decided to end their
seven week-long strike.
They are expected to return to
work this week, after overriding
the proposals of the unions Com
munist leadership to continue the
stoppage.
Earlier, Fuel Minister Ashley of
Australia's Labor government had
assured strikers that the soldiers
sent in to work the mines were not
trying to break the union. The gov
ernment officer charged that the
unions top leaders were mislead-
ing the rank and file, who were be-
ing "led like dumb cattle"