UNION NEV/3 BROUCrF.T UP TO DATE
According to a te ; cg\. am dated May 23th
to Bering Sea Fishermen"^ Unio*.-- from
E3.mer Harris, A3 £ ska So Lmon I nun 3 r ry * s
Representative, the nlauha FiBhentsn* s
Union signed the 146? Bristol Ba^ .agree
ment, with the same fish prices as 1452 .
i,e, 44jj for pow^r boat fish (C-ompany)
and 47/ nail boat, with some .clarification
not applicable to Bering Sea Fishermen’s
Unio;n«
Seme confusion existed* on the ©stab
lishment- of a fifth line at A#P,A«>!s
UN Cannery, with objections mainly from
the kitchen gang;' cn a percentage, of <raso
paoke However# it was reasoned out that
it would mean one-fifth of a one, line
operation, 30 settled on that basis# •
Seattle, Portland and Astoria voted a
gainit the 1952, but 3an Francisco with,
its outlying districts—Monterey, Pitts
burg# etc, predominately Italien voted
in favor, as fiAn-prices are of secondary
importance to them always, as it is a r,
fill-in period for their off season, -
BSFU hes no -negetipted signed agree
ment as yet, either for Company or Inde
pendent fishermen cr :v 0montary work
ers,
Elmer Harris starr-i £ .i v l?' wj r«
if we wished we cou d 1 ' gr a z'x&i is t- agrao
ment for 195?, Cur attorney, John Ceih
ness, who in all probability will- be here
for negotiations,. was wireci to the-effect
that negotiations were necessary for clar
ification, etc,, to avoid any repetition
of somo of the-confusion existing in 1952
over Section 14 of aur A greement, re*
garding rur. money, etc*
Harris states that he will be here no*
later than Tuesday, -Tvna 2nd, so our no
gotiating committee from the various dis
tricts have been wired to this effoet, A
number of independent boats are lined up
for Naknek, besides a bunch of setnetterar
for Naknek, Kvichak and Lgegik, while
Togiak area is being studied for a com
mercial operation,, «
EkuK: Cannery!(Libby’s) will can King
.Salmon with a limited amount of gear,
while E. Bendicksen of the "Alaska Queen" *
and Martin Hegebe.rg of Parks Packing Co.,
with a floater, have been wired to the
effect that a number of independent boat
fi-jhermen and sotnetters# besides company,
are available to fish king salmon with an »
answer due in any time now.
' The prospects of an early settlement
appear favorable, then the burning ques- *
tion comes next, "Y/hereT s the.fish?"
So, as the Crcvornor cf Tennessee used to
say, "Well, let11 s wait and eeel"
(Signed3 Jim Downey)
A drunk who fall out of a sixth story
window and'landed in the street without
apparent harm was soon surrounded by a
crowd# one ..of whom rushed up and said#
"What happened?"'
"I don*t know#" he said rising and
•brushing himself off, "I just got hero
-myself ," ; ... ■ • _ ....
'"You de« eTve'd mel Before our marriage
you said you were well off." .
"1 was,».but I aian.?t know it,"
home new paint jobs-about town give
a brighter look--at least to the horizon*
Carl Nupn1s home , Dennis1 Hangar, the
Schoolbuilding, and the Standard Oil
Tanks have new summer outfits cf white,
orange, gray and silver respectively*
Your worst stumbling bfcook is under your
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