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Ifety 29, 1952
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The BSFU and ^ocal 4t> signed agreements
with ASI at 11:15 A..M. yesterday morning,
Jlfay 28th, which assures the people of Dill
ingham that they will fish this season.
Fish prices, one of the main issues of
the strike, were amicably settled by in
creases of 10# for power boat company red
salmon, 15# for sail boat company red sal
mon, and 15# for set net company red salmor
Fishermen will receive #400.00 monthly
wages during previous rup-money periods in
lieu of run money; and, women setnetters,
who are not employed on monthly wages, will
receive #117.00 In addition to fish prices*
The damage suit by ASI against the Sea
farers International Union of North Amerioi
Sailors Union of ,the Pacific and Bering Soi
Fishermen’s Union for approximately
#209,000.00 was dropped by the Alaska Sal
mon Industry by written letter.
Mr. AIMn L. Peterson, Conciliator,
Elmer Harris, ASI representative, and
V/ynn Brindle, Cannes Ovmer, met with the
Union executives, here last week to con
clude the Naknek Village discussions and
settle the agreement. They deadlocked on
the fish price issue; the union refusing
to go below 45^ and the industry refusing
to go above 44^. The meetings were recessec
until Tuesday, May 27th. Final prices wereT
established at 44^ and 46^ depending upon
the method and gear used.
Union broadcasts are pr^pe»ed for Bay
listeners and sent out over station 3190,
the Union owned radio station*
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HIGH CANNERY OFFICIALS MEET CLERGY - ’
A special meeting of five high cannery
officials with Catholic Bishop Francis D
apd Fr* George S* Endal# S.
was Arranged by Ur* A.W.Brindle* owner of
‘ Red Salr.cn Canping Co. and held at the
Yfostward Hotel Anchorage on May 13th*
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LOCAii CAMii-KlaS SUFFbK hPJAYY LQS-°
A combination ice floe and h
were 1partners in crime* as t)
destruction on the water fro*
of the PAP Cannery and BBP C
on the night of May 26th* Su*.
Sig Johnson and John Head wer
witness the morning* s demoliti
The Bristol Bay Packers Cam.
135 piling sheered off by the i
the ice* with an estimated dame
* $35*000* The Pacific American Fi
Cannery*s damage can be estimate
than double this amount with 300
shattered by the ice permitting a .
section of the dock to collapse*
Machinery on the docks that stoo*
be damaged or lost with a repetion o
9 vicious two-some was moved by Salvage.
.Crews specifically released by the Uni
at a special meeting on May 27th to pel
form this special task* (At the time of
this emergency the Union was still on
strike*) _ _
BBA FLYS IN TWO NEW PLANES
tennis Fenno, owner of the Bristol Bay
Airlines, fley in a new twin-engine Cessn
from the states arriving here May 25th#
He was accompanied by his wife* Betty*
end Don Clary of Oregon, a new addition
to BBAts Maintenance Department, (Page 5)
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