Seward Sea
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Seward. Alaska
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Mildred Kirkpatrick .Managing Editor
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Editorial . . .
OUT OF 20 MEN inducted
into the Armed Forces from
this district (Anchorage Board),
in November, five were Seward
boys. A sixth was called in
October, and three others are
in service—one in Guam, one
in Korea and one in a Tokyo
hospital. To call one-fourth of
the men in a single draft from
one community of relatively
small population seems rather
a large figure.
Col. Glore, Chief of Trans
portation, U. S. Army in Alas
ka, speaking in Seward Wednes
day night, stated that the prob
lem facing the military defense
of the Territory in 1951-52 is
that of transportation. 80,000
measured tons per month is
scheduled to pass over the docks
of Seward. “The question for
Seward is not what is to become
of the ARR but how are you
going to handle this cargo?”
said Glore.
There have been complaints
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of shortage of longshore labor.
80.000 tons is not an excessive
amount for this dock, and long
shoremen insist that it is not
a lack of workmen, but rather,
poor management and lack oi
equipment that causes any delay.
LONG SHORING is a job for
young, strong men. Many older
men are working at it, but can
not produce on a 10 and 15
hour shift what the younger
man can. Our young men are
being drafted at such a rapid
rate, that in a very few months
the job of moving cargo is
certain to.be materially effected.
IT IS EASY to tell the people
of a community that they MUST
move a certain amount of goods
that 'if they fail, men will not
live it down for 20 years to
come,” as Col. Glore stated.
BUT, UNLESS transportation
authorities can and will give
men on the Peninsula some as
surance of a steady living wage,
it will be IMPOSSIBLE to per
suade men to leave their homes
and stay in Seward to unload
one or two ships a week.
Men must be assured of a
steady stream of shipping and
a place to live.
The ARR general manager
and Army Chief of Transporta
tion threw the responsibility
squarely into the lap of Seward
without any warning, assurance,
or offers of assistance. THIS
calls for cooperation of several
agencies, including the draft
board.
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In Col. Johnson’s, reply to
Sdward’s question as to the con
tinuance of the railroad into
this port, he tied up the issue
into a neat little bundle, then
tosed it squarely into the lap of
Seward.
“IF,” he said. “If we can
compete with the highway.”
And “If, YOU can handle the
cargo in sufficient volume to
permit the railroad to continue
without a raise in rates.’’
Or words to that effect.
1 It seems to me that Col. John
son overlooked the cruicial,
number one item in the handling
of cargo. He and the Dept, of
. Interior have, as one man put it,
| locked the barn door after the
; horse was stolen. They should
have forseen five years ago what
highway competition would do
to railroad trafic. Railroads in
the Slates went broke during
the ’30s, as the Colonel himself
mentioned. Why then, did they
not anticipate such happening
on the Kenai Peninsula? It may
be due to the unexpected mili
tary influence and the Alaska
defense plan.
However that may be—Sew
ard CAN take care of cargo,
either for the railroad or for
highway freight, thus providing
the much needed volume for
support of the railroad in com
: peting with trucks—IF.
If the railroad secures the
cooperation of shippers to guar
antee a specified amount of
cargo within a specified time
and get away from the present
system of “so many tons—
maybe”—depending upon how
many tons are taken off at
Whittier.
If the railroad can give this
guarantee, local businessmen
will feel justified in setting up
a dormitory and mess hall to
take care of non-resident long
shoremen, thus insuring the
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It is neither just nor reason
able to throw the blame, or such
a challenge, at the resident long
shoremen here without any guar
antee of performance concern
ing the proposed 80,000 tons
of cargo. j
Men cannot live on two days
work per week—not even long- •
shoremen. They must be assured
of enough steady work to keep
their families going before they i
will undertake the added ex-'
pense of living away from home
to longshore in Seward.
Yes, Col. Johnson and Col.
Glore, Seward will do its part,!
if you will do yours. Let’s get.
together and plan this thing i
out, so as to know what we are
doing, what is expected of us,
and what we can do—for the
railroad, for the defense work,
and for Seward.
Irresponsible youthful drivers
seldom improve with age.
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