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JUNEAU DEFENDS WORKERS
COMPENSATION ACT
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The general superintendent of :
| the A.J. Mine at Juneau ro&e on
his hind legs and defended the |
Alaska Compensation Act in no
uncertain terms. The occasion
for said defence being the Hyder
Chamber o Commerce’s petition
printed elsewhere in this issue.
Says Mr. Metzger “Our com
pany is for compensation and
| tail* treatment to injured em
ployees and their dependents.”
He characterizes the Hyder pe
tition as “ridiculous.” Stating
further that the position of the
Hyder Chamber was not sound
and apparently based on a lack
of information regarding actual
(conditions. He pointed to the
work of the past three Legisla
tures to bring the law to per
i fection.
One of Poorest On Record
! According to the A. F. of L.
students of workmen’s compen
sation laws, the Alaska edition
is one of the poorest on the stat
ute books and one of which no
state or territory need be proud.
It was written by attorneys
for the Big Mine of Juneau, lob
bied through by them and Uncle
Joe Murray, the Kennecott re
presentative with a bunch, of
circus seals and monkeys all
blatting “aye” when the boss
cracked his whip. Talk about
“mass voting” and “voting en
mass.” The educated sheep had
it all over the “ignorant Indian”
when it came to being real dumb
sheep.
Naturally, the general super
intendent would be proud of his
own baby. The trouble with this
abortion being an albino or
something else less beautiful
only the father of it is color
j blind and otherwise cockeyed
| and doesn’t know his son is a
| real monstrosity.
The Hyder Chamber of Com
merce is to be commended on
its stand for labor. May other
' chambers of commerce in Alas
ka be as strong to make right
jthat which is wrong.
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CITIZENSHIP PLAN
By Joseph W. Latimer
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We consider it a settled ques
tion that since Congress has de
clared the American Indian a
! citizen of this country he is en
titled to all the rights, benfits,
!and duties of any other citizen.
! Certainly he should now “be re
1 cognized as an American citi
zen: treated as such; educated
as such.”
j Fortunately if handled ac
: cording to established funda
mental laws, many of these In
dian citizens have vast proper
ty interests of which they are
the beneficiaries. This property
consists of both real and chattel, i
and though this has been held
for years and is now held byI
a Government , there are fun- ,
damental laws in this country
which could protect these bene
j ficiaries on the same principles
:as other properties are protect
ed for beneficiaries. The fun
damental question this change
involves is in no way complicat
ed, though working out details
i would involve careful and ex
perienced service.
Again, if Congress now votes
such vast sums to the Bureau
for Indian maintenance, cer
! tainly the same policy should be
I as freely continued when the
! funds already establish nmlew
’ funds go into already establish
ed State departments all con
ducted with equal impartiality
to' all its citizens no matter of
what race or creed,
i Therefore, as a working basis
for fundamental relief for the
American Indian from the pres
ent control the following plan
has been suggested:
1. Free the Indian at once
fro mBureau wardship of his
person.
2. Each State through its'al
ready established channels un
j» \ der which and in the same man
ner they now treat their other
citizens, but the Indian—to ed
ucate, to guard health, and to
police the Indian. Congression- j
al approprialons (from Indian 1
funds where treaties permit or
from taxes as now- now voted
annually to the Bureau (and j
more if needed) to go to the !
State to cover all cost of fore
going. ,
In cases of emergency the
Reel Cross should be given all j
power,'free from Bureau con- ]
trol, to immediately take charge
of the Indian health and life
situation .
3. Begin at once with compe- '
tent heads to untangle the In- 1
dian property mess existing in
the Bureau, with the view of
creating legally, active trustee- j
ships, subject to court review,
of this property, including trib
al fund. These trusts should
be created on same fundamental'
legal basis as other innumerable
trusts which now hold property
all over the United States. I
At no time ,of course, during
the above program is the Indian
to be inequitably disturbed in
the rights, occupancy, and use
of any Indian property now by :
him possessed.
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RESOLUTIONS OF IIYDER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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dustrial insurance available in
Alaska, whereby an employer
can protect himself against loss
es, ,which in the'majority of
cases are absolutely destructive,
resulting at times in no protec
tion to the employee and ruin to
the employer; and,
Whereas, as a result of this
and previous legislation along
the same lines, there has been
an actual withdrawal of capital
from Alaska, or a refusal of cap
ital to engage in gainful enter
prises therein—particularly in
the business of mining -upon
which the Territory so largely
depends;
Nov/, Therefore. Be It Resolv
ed that the HYDER CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE protests against
this state of affairs and demands
a change in the law at the earli
est possible moment, and urges
upon proper officials of the Ter
ritory a careful study.of the Bri
tish Columbia, Oregon and
Washington Compensation Acts,
and especially the Oregon Act,
with a view to the immediate
preparation of a Compensation
Act that will invite rather than
into this Territory and that will
enable business men and large
and small corporations to en
gage in productive enterprises, !
thereby bringing profit to them
selves and affording constant
employment to the workers .of
Alaska; and
Be It Further Resolved, that
the Hyder mining district,.as-a
particular instance, has been
held back by bad laws, inimical,
alike to capital and a proper ex
ploitation. while our Canadian
neighbors, on three; sides, of us,
are prosperous, aided as they are
in every way by wise and stable
laws, beneficial to the workers
and fair in their treatment of
capital; that not the least port
of their excellence is their sta
bility,, one of the hardest .things
in British Columbia, as indeed
hinder the. entrance ,of capital
in every, progressive country, b.e
ing to change a basic law—
Which results in the security of
labor and capital alike; and,
Be It Further Resolved that
we now pledge ourselves to this
work of a repeal of the present
Compensation Act, to which we
■as a body here set our hands, be
lieving as we do that such repeal
is vital to the future prosperity
of the Hyder mining section as
well as to that of the entire Ter
ritory.
It Is Further Resolved that the
Secretary be instructed to trans
mit copies of this Resolution to
•che various Chambers of Com
merce; in Alaska, to the I^abor
krnions, newspapers of the Ter
ritory, Territorial officials and a
] copy to the Honorable Daniel
Sutherland, Delegate to Con
gress from Alaska.
Hyder, Alaska, June 4 1929.
THE HYDER CHAMBER OFF
COMMERCE
By Frank Reichenbach
Its President
By S. V. Warren
Its Secretary
FIRST IN ELEVEN YEARS
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A Negro entered the U. S. Mil
itary Academy at West Point
last week, the first Negro cadet,
in eleven years. Inevitably,
press spotlights focused upon
him, Alonzo Souleigh Parham,.
20, of Chicago appointed by Ne
gro Congressman Oscar De
Priest of Illinois (Time May 20).
Erect and alone, Cadet Par
ham approached “The Point’s”
vine-clad walls, walked through
its arched entrance lugging a
suitcase, wearing a dark suit, a
grey cap. With 385 other cadets
he presented himself at head
quarters for the routine of en
rollment. On his registration
blank under “Father”s Occupa
tion” he wrote: “Nothing spe
cial.” He took a bath, was given
a close hair-cut, his undress uni
form. His room was a single
one in south barracks. On the
basis of height he was assigned
to the Second Company where
he got a place in the front rank.
Late the first afternoon with
other new cadets on the parade
grounds he took his oath of al
legiance to the U.‘ S.
No flutter in the routine did
West Point’s officers permit Ca
det Parham’s presence cause.
Warned Major General William
Ruthven Smith, Academy Su
perintendent, “There wifi be no
distinction made eitheir official
ly or unofficially. Mr. Parham is
here by law.If any cadet
thinks the white race is a su
perior race, he can go ahead and.
prove it.”
Heywood Broun, New York
Telegram colyumist, commented
“This young Negro_will be
called upon to exercise as high
a degree of courage as any flier
who ever crossed the ocean.”
Prior to Cadet • Parham in
West Point’s history, many a Ne
gro had applied for admission.
Twelve got in,.three were gradu
ated as second-lieutenants. The
last Negro Cadet was James B.
Alexander, of Ohio who entered
in 1918, v resigned . ofter six
months. The cost to the U. S.
of making an Army, officer of
each West Point cadet, white or
black, is $19,989.—TIME.
AFRICAN BIRD MAKES BOOZE
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The Rev. W. T; Logan, return
ed Buffalo missionary to Africa
tells of a Tittle bird that - lives
near the headwaters of the
Zambesi and there makes and
drinks its o^/n hard liquor from
the juice of. a tree. •
We know some “birds” that do
the same thing in Alaska and
elsewhere in the land of liberty
and they don’t make it out of
trees, nor do they drink it alons.
And some of them wind up as v
“jail birds.”
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Eddie Morrissey, erst-w
fisheries scientist of Ketchikan,
is quite optomistic as to the .a
salmon run of this year. He se^
sez he: “Since the opening
of the trap salmon, fishing Rea
son the catches have been a lit
tle better than normal in the
Ketchikan district. It IS eSti-' * ‘
mated that the 15 canneries In
the Ketchikan district have put
up 50,000 cases, which compares
favorably with last year.” "
The only trouble with this re
port is that last year was one
of the greatest failures iti- tfefc--***
packing of salmon ever experi
enced in Ketchikan and Alaska
in general.*. * * j {- *■•,? ;?■*
Another poor indication of “a
normal run” being that 15 can**- r
neries had up only 50,000 cases
of salmon, a little over 3,000 y
cases per cannery.
PERHAPS
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Said a fisherman recently:
The government has a bounty Y
on . eagles, seal and wolves. The
wolves because they kill deer. *
The eagles and seal because
they are “depleting” our fisher- . •
ies. What ought to be done is
put a bounty on O’Malley and a
few of his* ignorant, narrow- »
minded servants of the Fish <
Trust.”
Face the sunshine and the
shodaws will fall behind you.
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