Carpenters Agree
On Tentative Contract
ANCHORAGE W) — A tenta
tive agreement for a new work
contract has been announced by
bargaining agents for the Asso
ciated General Contractors and 11
Carpenters Union locals in South
central and Southeastern Alaska.
The agreement, reached in a
meeting here Wednesday, must
now be ratified by the members
of all groups represented, the
announcement said.
Until that is done, no terms of
the settlement will be made pub
lic.
Representing the carpenters in
the wage talks were Robert
Powell, of Anchorage; Irvin Hill,
Juneau, and Leslie Callan, state
wide representative of the Bridge
and Dock Builders.
Negotiating for the AGC were
Leonard Thomas, Jack Doane, Mel
Braund, James Gordon, David
Stock and Leo Walsh.
The union local membership is
expected to vote on the new con
tract, to replace one expiring
March 15, at their next regular
meeting.
Representatives of both sides
expressed complete satisfaction
with the new terms.
Still to be settled are the ne
gotiations between the AGC and
Northern Alaska Carpenters which
are being held in Fairbanks. There
has been no report on the progress
of these talks.
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to the punch if he makes a strike.
In federal mining law, as in
most other state mining regula
tions, the prospector has no rights
in the land he is exploring until
the time an actual discovery is
made.
Two Years to Explore
Under a mineral prospecting
permit, a prospector has two years
in which to explore the tract
covered by his permit.
“If they convince us that they
have been actually engaged in
exploratory work, but haven’t
had adequate time to complete
their discovery work, we can give
them one two-year extension, but
no more,” James Williams, Di
rector of the Mines and Minerals
Division, said.
If the prospector does make a
strike, he can obtain a non-com
petitive mining lease on all or
part of the tract covered by the
prospecting permit, if he proves
a workable claim.
“This regulation represents a
major break-through because it is
what mining people have always
wanted but have never been able
to obtain,” Bell and Williams said.
Williams said he does not know
of another state with a similar
prospecting permit which guar
Jk^wo
rights.
An estimated $80 to $100 million
in placer gold was taken from
the three beach lines of Nome.
“People have had the sub
merged lands up there on their
mind for years and years,” Wil
liams said.
“The major drawback to ex
ploration and potential mining of
the submerged lands has been
the weather. It would be difficult
to get equipment to safety be
cause of the speed with which
storms whip in off the Bering
Sea.”
Williams said Shell Oil has not
indicated it plans to mine the
shallow bed of Norton Sound, if
explorations indicate a profitable
operation is possible.
John C. Williams of Oakland,
Calif., who has been granted a
permit to explore the Stephens
Passage Channel south of Juneau
for gold-bearing mud and sand,
plans to use a deep-water, clam
;ype shovel.
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an administrator.
“I devoted as much time as
possible to fiscal matters,” Sher
ard answered.
“This is a point which bothers
me,” Bradshaw said. “I think the
top man should also be the best
fiscal man.”
“It’s desirable, but not neces
sary,” Sherard replied.
Under question by Coghill at
the start of last night’s session,
Sherard said that many people
believed that when the federal
state matching formula for fed
eral aid highways fund was
changed in 1960, that more money
would be available for highways.
“Such was not the case,” Sher
ard said. “Prior to the change we
had a total of about $41 million
available. After the change the
total dropped to about $39 mil
lion.”
Coghill then started a series of
questions about the highway bud
get and its funds, concluding with
the question:
“How can we determine that
there is any budgetary control in
the Division of Highways?”
“This gets right back to what
I said at the first,” Sherard re
plied, “there is no budgetary con
trol in the Division of Highways.”
Replying to questions by Cog
hill about the $4 million suuple
mental appropriation, Sherard
said:
“As I get it, this $4 million is
being described as an emergency
appropriation. That means this
money is needed by the end of
this fiscal year.
“This money isn’t needed until
we start paying off highway con
tracts. It isn’t needed during fis
cal 1962.
“It seems to me this is being
asked for as some kind of a slush
fund. I don’t know why.
“Speaking candidly, I wonder
I if this $4 million is really needed
or is being asked for just to hang
me around the neck.”
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