EXCERPTS FROM A3I LETTER
(This letter was sent to The Beacon
under the date of May 10, and is
sifmed by Peter F, Gilmore for ASI#)
1/e have been advised today that the
District Court has rendered an opinion In
the suit brought by tie Fidalgo Island
Packing Co# against John McLaughlin and
the Employment Security Commission with
reference to Regulation 10 of the Commis
sion, which discriminated against Salmon
Industry employees in the matter of s ea
eonal payments of unemployment benefits#
•••••We understand that the Commission
will meet in Anchorage on May $$# During
past months the Commission has been pay-*
ing out very lar^e sums to defense work
ers by way of unemployment benefit*: while
withholding payments to Saloon Industry
employees#
Hie law intends that both groups shall
be classed as seasonal and unemployment
benefits limited to the period during
which they normally work* It is on this
theory that the Salmon Industry has paid
many millions of dollars into the fund
for the future protection of its employees
Unfortunately for the Industry and for Trs
duBtry workers, several millions or dol
lars have been dijjbt&^sed from the fund
to defense \ workers* At the
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CA DET GETS OFF
Marshal D# Ponko, Jr*, Cadet Captain*
took off from Anchorage for.* :rv
D#C. on April CO# In his a3s>o1* x..- :v.rt/
were Col# Jack Carr* Commander ol \y.e
Alaska CAP Wing, Col. Virgil Stone, De
puty Commander, and Major Bob Strong, Air
Force liais on officer. These four men
'will sdvise congressional leaders on the
progress of the'CAP in Alaska.
Ponko, Alaskans Cadet representative,
has been with the cadets about a year
and attended the summer encampment at
Elmendorf Air Force Base in *55.
BELUGAS WATCHED
Beluga whales in Bristol Bay vn 11 draw
the attention of Alaska Department of
DifaLeriub preuator control men this year,
Cilarenct} L* jmaerson, director of the
Department, announced#
An investigation of the beluga sit
uation to determine how serious is their
predation on salmon will bo instituted
soon and a control program set up if
ihat is indicated as desirable#
• Members of the AFB decided at their
spring meeting that the entire problem
of predation on salmon by various species
of animals, birds and other fish should
be made the subject of a long range irw'
vestigation to determine which species
make the most serious inroads on the sal
mon population and to devise economical
methods of predator control#
There once wa s a plenty embarrassed
Scotchmen,«..he would a*sworn the sign
on the door read: "Laddies"«
Clam Gulch, Alaska
May 2, 1P54
To tli© people of jiiliiifcliaa,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the "vote
of confide nee" you gave me in the recent primary election# Your vote
helped to a great degree to get me through the primaries.* Of course
I am assuming that the few precincts yet to com* in do not reverse
the trend#
In only a few weeks now the fishing Beason starts on Cook Inlet.
Like many of you folks I am getting my boat ready and my gear hung.
Our busy season is coming up and we will have little timo to think of
anything but fish. I know the problems facing the people in the Bris
tol Bay a re many and varied but I hope to understand more about
, them this coming summer and fall. % family and I are looking forward1
to our arrival in Dillingham.
In the meantime may I wish all of you a vary successful summer#
Gbod Fishing!
Very sincerely,
Jim Hawkins