Ferry Strike Still
Continues
SEATTLE, (fP\ — Negotiations
toward a settlement of the four
day-oid i’uget Sound ferry tieup
.* ,vu 'g toward Olympia today with
representatives of the CIO-Marine
engineers beneficial association
: i i the management separately
and jointly with Governor Wall
g.. i i and the state mediation
board.
Ward Toner, supervisor of the
state mediation board, said he had
no idea of the length of the meet
ing once the Governor the board,
management and union represen
tatives and federal conciliators sit
down together around the table.
OLYMPIA, (#*>--Resumption of
Puget Sound ferry service tomor
row appeared probable today with
Governor Wallgren’s announce
* ment that representatives of the
CIO-marine engineers beneficial
association and thqj Puget Sound
navigation company have reached
AMERICAN LEGION HELD
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
A mar .can Legion Post No. 19
icid y business meeting Monday
light at the City Hall, during
which pertinent facts pertaining to
ic Territorial bonus and loan act
set up were discussed. All those
who have received bonuses or
loans, or whose applications are
‘.111 pending, should contact C. E.
Godsbe, as this information is
needed for presentation with the
* derails Board at Juneau.
The next meeting is scheduled
for Monday night, March 31, at the
Pioneer Hall, when following the
business meeting refreshments will
be served.
a tentative agreement.
No details of the agreement, an
nounced by the governor shortly
before midnight, were divulged.
Representatives of both factions,
however, indicated the terms were
satisfactory.
The agreement is subject to the
approval of the union membership
at a meeting to be called today.
Thompson Official
Georgia Governor
ATLANTA, Ga. (A*)—The State
Supreme Court ruled today that
M. E. Thompson is the Governor
of Georgia.
In a 5 to 2 decision, the state'
highest tribunal rejected claims o.r
Herman Talmadge and held that
Talmadge’s election by the legi L-,
ture was unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court thu smoved
to end nine weeks of political tur
moil in which rivel governors oc
cupied the capitol and contended I
for control of state agencies and
departments. Talmadge operated
from the executive suite, howover,
and a great majority of the depart
ments recognized him as governor.
The court’s decision will not be
come final until disposition of a
motion for rehearing expected to
be filed by the losing side. Both
sides have said there would be no
attempt to carry the dispute into
the federal courts.
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Seeing The
Legislature From
The Gallery
• Continued From Page One
the House and Senate in joint ses
sion assembled.
The general appropriation bill
introduced by the ways an t m :-.u
committee in the Hou-e to I .v cuts
three million from the budgets
submitted by heads of Territorial
departments of the government. It
leaves a total of eight million,
which is the largest appropriation
measure ever submitted to the leg
islature. This does not include ap
proximately one million dollars
covering appropriations for other
measures which have passed the
legislature this year.
Following are the cuts reduced
to round figures; Slightly over fif
teen thousand dollars for the of
fice of Governor; almost twenty
five thousand for attorney gener
als office; sixteen thousand from
appropriation for the auditor’s of
fice; twenty-two thousand dollars
from the appropriation for the
treasurer’s office; almost seven
hundred thousand dollars cut from
appropriation of the University of
Alaska; six thousand dollars from
the office of highway engineer: s x
hundred thousand dollars from
road appropriation; sixty -1 w o
thousand dollars cut on Pioneers
BOB” LEDGERWOOD
CELEBRATES 91st BIRTHDAY
•
On Monday, March 1 Robert
• Bob* Ledgerwood celebrated hit;
91st anniversary. He received sev
eral gifts from friends and the sev
eral orders to which he belongs.
He was bom in Paisley, Ontario,
Canada, in 1856 ,and came to Alas
ka at the age of 39, and is still
very active for a man 91 years
young.
Home appropriation; forty thou
sand dollars cut from labor com
missioner’s office; all other gov
ernmental functions seriously cut
below estimates made by heads of
departments.
In general the appropriations al
lowed fail to take into considera
tion the increased costs and ex
pand functions ot government.
.No appropriation was made foi
tiie Alaska Development Board.
The Senate yesterday passed the
F.ngebreth bill raising the salaries
of Territorial heads of departments
to $6,600 per year, an increase of
$1,000 and raising assistants to
heads to $5,600 with an over-all
fourteen percent increase for all
clerical help.
The House has passed the mea
sure appropriating money for as
sistance in construction and equip
ment of community owned non
profit hospitals.
It also passed the measure pro
viding for equal pay for equal
\v rk for women employees.
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