OROinflnCEZ? TO BE REFEREnDUfn RT APRIL ELECTIOn
PICKETS HOLD UP
GARLAND'S LOADING
IN SEATTLE
Pickets still are
preventing the load
ing of the Garland,
ship owned by the
Berger Distributing'
Co., at Seattle docks.
The picket line was
thrown up in an ef
fort to force the
hiring of a union
crew on the ship, it
was explain 3d in a
letter to John Groot
hof, local represent
ative of the firm.
The men on the
Garlanc5 are paid a
union-scale wage, and
in addition own stock
in the ship, so their
net returns in fact
exceed a union wage,
Mr* Groothcf said*
Heinie Berger,
owner of the Garland,
contends that because
the crew is also
sharing in the profit
of the Garland, the
venture is a coopera
tive and the crew
need not be union
members.
Hearing on the
dispute was to have
occurred in Seattle
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COUNCIL VOTES TO LET RESIDENTS
DECIDE WHETHER TO SCRAP EXISTING
ORDINANCE' NEW LIGHTS APPROVED
The final decision as to the fate of Ord
inance 27, the city's liquor regulation ord
inance, which the council and interested
groups of Seldovians have been debating for
some weeks now, will be made by the people of
Seldovia, The problem which has been furrow
ing the counoilmen's brows for some time,
smoothed itself out last night with the adop
tion of g resolution that the matter be deci
ded by referendum at the next general elec
tion on April 1.
ACTING A6ENT NAMED
Russ Bertesen has
been named acting
agent of the Alaska
Fisherman!s Union
while Buck Douglas is
Outside to conduct
negotiations on the
fish price of the co
ming season.
DENALI TARRIES
Another short de
lay in the Denali*s
sailing date was an
nounced by the Alaska
Steamship Co., this
week. The steamer is
now not scheduled to
leave Seattle until
March 6, a day later
than originally an
nounced.
me resolution,
introduced by Sari
Herr and unanimously
accepted by the coun
cil, states that
since the council has
been unable to agree #
as to the changes in
the existing Ordin
ance, and since it is
the right of the pe
ople to have a voice
in the fixing of
hours of business of
liquor establishments
citizens must have
the right to vote for
or against Ordinance
27 on the April 1
ballot.
Although council %
members found the re
solution an agreeable
solution of their
problem, Lin Rasmus
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