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VOL. 36, NO. 116 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
Ex-President Hoover Slams The NRA
WAGNER LABOR RELATIONS BILL IN SENATE
THREE MORE BILES ARE
ON PREFERRED LIST OF
PRESIDENT IN SENATE
Wagner Labor Relations Bill Is Now The
Senate’s Pending Business As Many Of
Issues Are Ended—Controversy Hot
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, May 16—Surprising everybody by its
burst of speed, the senate raced straight into the warmest
current controversy, the one surrounding the Wagner Labor
Relations Bill.
Arrayed for the bill are labor leaders, and against are
many industrialists. The Wagner bill is now the senate’s
pending business. Wagner hoped to get the White House’s
support for the bill.
The bill, backers say, it would be a bulwark for collec
tive bargaining, provisions of the recovery act, and would
outlaw company dominated unions.
Besides rejecting the motion for an investigation of
Farley and the passing of the Norris Bill to strengthen the
Tennessee Valley authority act, the senate passed the NRA
bill with sharply curtailed authority. .
Three major bills arc now on the Roosevelt preferred
list before adjournment for the summer.
These are the utility holding company, the so-called se
curity act, and the omnibus banking bill.
Lumber Industry Is
Virtually Stagnant
Only Few Small Operators
Still Working Northwest
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 16, — With only
a few scattered mills open in Wash
ington and two major operations go
ing on in Oregon, the lumber and
«, logging industry is virtually stag
nant, as a result of the widespread
strike.
Climax Nearing
On Wagner Labor
Bill In Cong ress
Fight Over Wagner Labor Re
lations Bill Expected to
Be Over by Friday
• (By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 16, — The
Long fight between the industrial
ists and union leaders over the
Wagner Labor Relations bill today
approached a climax.
Senate associates of the bill which
would set up a permanent national
labor relations board to forbid cer
tain practices by employees hope
to see it passed before nightfall.
Lawrence Still In
Critical Condition
Crisis Expected Condition Of
Lawrence— Unconscious
(By The Associated Press)
WOOL, England, May 16, — Col
onel Lawrence condition approached
the crisis today, and he still remain*
in an unconscious state. It is feared
that he may not win.
Lack Cooperation
Hinders An Early
Settlement Strike
Due No Cooperation Settle
ment Lumber Strike Will
Not Come Early Date
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 15, — Pointing
out that each of about one thousand
large and small operators must make
separate peace pacts with employ*
ees, E. P. Marsh, federal conciliator
was quoted at Portland as saying
that this lack of central organization
for dealing with organized workers,
handicaps an early settlement.
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OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
April 27, 1935
Peter Sather, who has been en
gaged in mining in the Nome dist
inct for some years, was in the Del
egate’s uffice Friday. Mr. Sather is
visiting his daughter, Kristie Sath
er, who has a position with the Bur
eau of Indian Affairs in Washing
ton. This is the first outside vaca
tion that Mr. Sather has taken for
many years and to make it com
plete he included a short trip to
Norway.
The Alaska Colony in Washing
ton is suffering many desertions;
James L. Galen left for his home
in Cordova last week; Col. O. F.
Ohlson, General Manager of the Al
aska Railroad, left Tuesday enroute
for his headquarters in Seward; An
thony E. Karnes, Commissioner of
Education, also left on Tuesday en
route to his office in Juneau; and
N. Lester Troast, Superintendent of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs is re
turning to his office in Juneau
The conference .committee to whir i
the Interior Department appropri.i
tion bill was returned last week ha
agreed on fixing the item for tin
work of the Geological Survey
Alaska at $70,000. As it passed tin
House this item was set at the am
ount called for in the Budget—$40,
000—which figure was raised by the
senate to $100,000. And while it i
regrettable that the full $100,000
could not have been left in, the $70,
000 that is now assured will permit
greatly extended work of the Sur
vey in its mapping of the Territory.
Alaska was represented at the ex
ecutive-session of the Inter-Depart
mental committee held on Monday,
by Governor John W. Troy; Hon
A. M Chamberlin, member of the
Territorial legislature; and Delegate
Dimond. At this meeting the plans
of the Matanuska Colony were thor
oughly gone over and it was agreed
that the facilities of the project will
be made available to the Alaska set
tlers of the Valley who have esta
blished themseles on their own re
sources. This will include the bene
fit sof the cooperative marketing,
creamery, cannery, school, livestock,
equipment, and in fact almost every
thing available to the present resi
dents, including a certain amount of
financing.
Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, President
of the University of Alaska, has re
covered sufficiently from his attack
of arthritis to leave the hospital
where he has been confined since his
arrival in Washington nearly a
month ago. Dr. Bunnell plans to
(Continued on Page Three)
HOOVER SLAMS NRA
HARO SAYS HOUSES
DUTY TO ABOLISH IT
Says NRA Ls Crushing Life Out Of Small
J A
Business!*nS Statement Brings No Com
mcnt f rom Either Of Two Parties
('Ey The Associated Press')
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 1(5—(Copyright)—Complete
abolition of the NRA is “the one right answer” which House
Representatives should make to the senate’s action of ex
tending its life,” former President Herbert Hoover told the
Associated Press in an interview here Wednesday.
He said: “We do not construct new buildings on false
foundations and we cannot build a nation’s economy on a
fundamental error.” He added that the NRA has been
crushing the life out of small business and "they are crush
ing the life out of every heart in every local community
body. This whole idea of ruling business through code au
thorities with delegated powers of law is un-American in
principle and a proven failure in practice.
“Codes are retarding recovery. They are a cloak of
conspiracy against public interest. They are and will con
tinue to be, a weapon of Bureaucracy device toward the in
timidation of decent citizens.”
con<;kkss pays litili; vitiation
WASHINGTON, May l(i—The sharp declaration by
Herbert Hoover that the NRA should be completely and
quickly abolished was interpreted by some members of Con
gress as a move to build up a 1936 Republican campaign is
sue, but otherwise stirred little comment.
Both republican and democratic leaders generally, re
served comment. Neither group seemed inclined to feel
that Hoover’s statement would in any way influence the
course of congress on the NRA problem.
Japanese Admiral
Doesn’t Like U. S.
Navy Maneuvers
U. S. Naval Maneuvers Are
Within Two Milometers
Of Japanese Territory
(By The Associated Press)
SHIMONOSEKI. Japan, May 15.
Admiral Kanji Katto. ex-chief of
the General Stall' of the Japanese
Navy, asserted that the U. S. Naval
maneuvers was like drawing a sword
before a neighbors house.
He stated the U. S. Naval maneuv
ers were within one to two thous
and milometers of Japanese terri
tory. 'If Japanese maneuvers were
that close to American shores, it
would greatly agitate American op
inion of the Japanese, which is nev
er on a calm basis, said the admiral.
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Winner Ire Pool
Interest In Drug
Store Fairbanks
Next Closest Guess was Also
From Fairbanks—Lucky
Winner On Minute
(By The Associated Press!
The following Associated Press
telegram was received too late for
last night's edition:
FAIRBANKS, May 15, The ice
broke at Nenana at 1:32 p.m. Wed
nesday and William Berrigan, mem
ber of the Cooperative Drug Store
at Fairbanks guessed the exact min
ute and wnn $61,000. T. M. Hunt al
so of Fairbanks, was the next closest
guessing 1:29 p.m. The entire pool
however goes to Berrigan.
This was the latest breakup in the
eighteen years history of the con
test, the previous record breakup;
being in 1927 when the ice moved
out on May 13th.
Fijjht Over NRA
Reaches Highest
Part Controversy
Clark Attacks Richberg Over
Extension of NRA; And
Richberg Eights Back
(Rv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 16, — The
struggle over the future of the NRA
continued at a high pitch with Sen
ator Clark of Missouri assailing
Donald Richberg, NRA chieftain, as
a would-be Mussolini.
Richberg is retaliating by doing his
utmost to combat Clark's ideas on
the extension of the Blue Eagle.
Angered by criticism of his meas
ure to extend that agency only ten
more months, Clark said he would
make a speech in the Senate on Rieh
berg and his ambition to be a Muss
olini in the United States.
Richberg meanwhile appealed to
leaders of the house to make major
alterations in the Clark plan, which
the senate has already approved.
Union Investigator
Narrow Escape
From kidnaping
Union \Ian From Portland
Escapes Being Kidnaped
Has Fractured Wrist
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May It), — Hal Mar
ant of Portland who said he was sent
by the Marine Fireman, Oilers and
Water Tenders Union to investigate
radical activities here, suffered a
fractured wrist as a result of a scuf
fle in which he told police he es
caped the efforts of six men to kid
nap him.
House Friday P.M
Will Prevent Return of Veto
Until Next Monday By
Delay in Transmission
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 16. — Indi
cations were today that the bonus
bill will be sent to the White House
Friday, after the senate adjourns
for the week-end, so that a veto can
not be returned until Monday.
As a passenger this afternoon re
turning from Golovin, was Paul
Stafford, connected with the U. S.
Reindeer Service. He came to Nome
aboard the Mirow Air Service plane.
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