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VOL. 37. No. 259 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
COAST STRIKE IS DECLARED
One Hundred Eighteen Vessels Tied Up Last Night
LANDON ASKS ROOSEVELT HOW STANDS
ROOSEVELT LEAVING FOR
FINAL SPEECHES OF HIS
CAMPAIGN, IN NEW YORK
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oet. 30,
—From a five speech political
foray into Pennsylvania New Jer
sey and Delaware, President
Roosevelt returned to Washington
D. C. Thursday night for a twen
ty hour stop before setting out
on his final campaign, in his home
state of New York.
Greeted by huge throngs in ev
ery city where he spoke, Roose
velt talked on such subjects as
prosperity, social security, and
liberty.
The President will leave the
White House Friday night for
New York City, for the windup
of his campaign.
Advertising in the Nome Nug
get can be a paying investment.
Why not try it
English Flyer
Broke Record
On Atlantic Hop
(By The Associated Press)
CROYDEN, England, Oct. 30,
—Shattering all speed records
for an eastern crossing of th£
Atlantic Ocean by air Captain
Mollison landed here thirteen
hours and seventeen minutes af
ter hopping off from Harbor
Grace New Foundland, arriving
at 9:57 a.m. or 1:57 a.m. Pacific
Standard Time.
He was in the air from New
York, 19 hours and 58 minutes.
Mollison will possibly take off
in a day or so for a record attempt
at a speed record to South Africa.
Alaska Ship Operators Issue A Public
Statement About The Strike
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 30, 1936.
JOE HARNISH,
Alaska Steamship Co.,
Nome, Alaska.
Please release following to the
Press, quote:
“We regret the action taken by
the maritime unions calling a
Coastwise strike including oper
ations to Alaska. In cooperation
with the government we joined
with other operators on the Pa
cific Coast in an effort to continue
operations under present agree
ments pending a full and com
plete investigation by the United
States Maritime Commission.
“What effect the action of the
unions will have on the peaceful
means for settlement provided by
this governmental agency we do
not know. The men working on
our vessels have better conditions
With higher earnings than on
vessels operated in any other
trade and have been working un
der agreements negotiated direct
ly with them effective as late as
April of this year. We have no
present plans for resuming opera
tions.”
“ALASKA OPERATORS:
Alaska Steamship Company,
Northland Transportation Co.,
Alaska Transportation Co.,
Santa Ana Transportation Co.”
Steamer Victoria
Arrived Seattle
Be Discharged
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Oct. 30—The steam
ship Victoria arriving here yes
terday afternoon from Nome with
one million dollars in gold, three
hundred sixty three passengers,
tied up to the Spokane Street
Terminal, was unable to dis
charge fifteen hundred reindeer
carcasses, the same number of
reindeer skins, and forty-three
barrels of salmon, as all refriger
ation was turned off and it is
feared the carcasses will spoil.
The Lomen Brothers announced
that they appealed without avail
to the strikers in cooperating to
move the reindeer carcasses from
the steamer Victoria.
“Editor’s Note—Alfred J. Lo
men, manager of the Lomen Com
mercial Co. at Nome, received
word today that the reindeer
meat was being unloaded this
morning.”
BERING WAS DUE
The steamer Bering of the Al
aska Line, was expected to arrive
at Seattle late last night, accord
ing to information received by
the Lomen Commercial Company
Nome office.
Landon Wound
Up Campaign
In Questioning
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, — Gover
nor Alf M. Landon closed his
eastern campaign for president
Thursday night, with a personal
demand before tumultous thous
ands, that President Roosevelt
state “his purposes and inten
tions” toward the Constitution,
“which he swore to uphold”.
Landon said he was against ec
onomic planning by the govern
ment. He said he was against
the principles of the agricultur
al adjustment act and against the
concentration of power in the
hands of the chief executive.
“Tell us where you stand, Mr.
President”, Landon demanded, a
statement which wras followed by
an eleven minute ovation.
The Republican candidate for
president was greeted with a bar
rage of applause and was prevent
ed several times from beginning
his speech by applause.
On his way to Madison Square
Garden from his hotel Landon
heard some hissing and booing
from crowded sidewalks.
Work for Early
End of Strike
fBy The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30th—
Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed
ward McGrady, in a statement
today said, "We are moving for
quick settlement of this strike
which is detrimental to the un
ions and employers, as well as
the public. Common sense must
prevail,” in a telephone commun
ication to Secretary of Labor Per
kins at Buffalo.
Alaska Mails To
Handled in Any
Way Possible
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Oct. 30—Superin
tendent Lawrence of the United
States Railway Mail Service an
nounced receipt of authorization
to “use any means of transporta
tion in his power,” to insure mail
deliveries to Alaska and the Or
ient. “It is too early to say what
will be done.” He said however,
that the Alaska mail might be
carried by Canadian ships.
PACIFIC COAST STRIKE
WENT INTO EFFECT AT
MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT
(By The Associated Press)
BULLETIN—Pacific Coast strike of thirty
seven thousand maritime workers called at
midnight Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, — The walkout of
thirty-seven thousand maritime workers, which has
been threatening for several days, was called into ef
fect at midnight last night.
The strike call was announced through Assistant
Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady, which was
issued by F. M. Kelly, secretary of the joint union nego
tiating committee, representing all major marine un
ions. Kelly said the comm:",je voted unanimously to
call the strike, after the meeting last night at which all
angles of the labor situation were discussed.
East Coast Strike May Follow
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, — A partial East Coast and
Gulf port “sitdown” strike, in sympathy with the walk
out of Pacific Coast workers, was announced by Joseph
Curran, chairman of the Seamen’s Defense Committee,
who said that this would mean a possibility that all
Eastern seaboard members of the International Long
shoremen’s Association, would also be ordered out on
strike.
“What can 1 do”, said Joseph Ryan, president of the
International Longshoremen’s Association, who pre
viously announced that there was no alternative but
to support the demand of West Coast members.
Curran estimated that from one hundred and fifty
to a hundred and seventy-five thousand would be aff
ected in affiliated, west coast unions, and his seamen’s
defense committee.
I _
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30,
From Seattle to San Diego, men
began dropping their work and
picketing wharves. The number
w'ill be swelled steadily as ships I
arrive on the coast from the Or
ient, Alaska and South America.
One hundred and eighteen ves
sel were promptly caught in the
strike net last night, some of them
foreign craft.
Police chiefs ordered extra
duty forces to the waterfronts.
Private companies posted their
own guards. Four hundred pol
ice has been assigned to duty
both in San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
_ i
New York Strike
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, — The
port-wide sitdown strike did not
materialize at noon today, but
the Seamen’s Defense Committee
announced a meeting of union
ship labor for tonight to vote on
a general strike for the eastern
seaboard.
Whether, if it is voted, the
strike will include longshoremen
was not determined because Ry
an, head of the I. L. A. has been
in conference with his aides most
of the day.
Are Optimistic
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, —
Stevedores are optimistic regard
ing the strike. One said “This
will be over in no time; maybe
today.”
Another said “We don’t expect
the trouble we had in the 1934
strike. We’re too well organized
now.”
Most of the strikers gathered
across from the Ferry Building,
in the center of the Embarcadero.
Winches were silent today as
forty vessels lay at the piers,
none of which had up their cust
omary steam.
Alaska May Be
Without Turkey
ForThanks^ivV
r d
fBy The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Oct. 30, — Unless
the Pacific Coast maritime strike
is lifted by November Ifith, Al
aska points open to navigation
will set their Thanksgiving tab
les without turkey it was said
today.
The last Alaska Line steamship
north reached Seward Wednes
day night, offic.als said.
Steamship authorities said that
a vessel would have to leave
Seattle on the Ifith at the latest,
to reach Alaska ports with tur
keys in time for Thanksg: ving.
Three Alaska ship- were tied
up here today—the S S Victoria
from Nome, the S S Depere and
the S. S. Yukon.
The Northland Transportation
Company reported that the:r ves
sel the Norco had been tied up
here for several weeks. Anoth
er of their vessels, the North
Sea is southbound from Alaska
and the Northland, also of the
same company is now north
bound.
Negotiations Are
Showing Progress
c C
< Bv The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, —
Progress is being made toward
new wc ! -t agraen _*" between
sea,: ting unions a- J coastwise
fro.get operators, one of the 3
amp1 iyer groups, involved in the
rom plica led situation.
Offshore perators ended their
anal conference with the sailors’
union of the Pacific, in a J sagree
ment.
The third of the employer
group, the Eastern and Foreign,
lines, had received no replies to
a separate peace offur made to
[he International Longshoremen’s
Association.
McGrady, Assistant, Secretary
af Labor, who had been here for
several days attempting to avert
the walkout said he would stay
on the job and continue efforts to
bring a speedy peace.
“What’s happened in this situa
tion is sheer madness. We will
leave no stone unturned in our
effort too reach a speedy settle
ment,” he said. McGrady declar
ed the first step would be to call
a meeting between the Master,
Mates, and Pilots union and the
coastwise shipper, later holding
conferences with other groups.