Fate of Lumber Cargo
in South Watched
Unloading of C. I. 0. Product
Would 'Open' Port,
Union Claims
A 288-foot steam schooner,:
the W. R. Chamberlin Jr., now'
at sea, bound for San Pedro with I
a mixed load of C. I. 0. and A.
F. of L. lumber, appeared yesterday to hold one of the keys'
to the tieup of Portland saw-
mills and the partial blockade
of the Port of Portland.
If the Chamberlin's 2,250,000
feet of Oregon lumber is unload-1
ed and dispatched to its destina-1
tion by unions in California, the!
Port of Portland must be con-j
sidered "open" and the A. F. of;
L.'s policy committee lere "out
of order," it was declared.
Vessel Declared 'Unfair'
The A. F. of L. policy commit- 
tee and the river pilots' union
here already have declared the
vessel   "unfair."   The   Portland I
<JentraI Labor council will be
asked to ratify the action at its
meeting tomorrow night.
"We will make a fight against
all operations of the W. R. Chamberlin's ships and mills," Kelley
Loe, spokesman for the policy
committee, declared.
Mrs. Mina Keswick, districts
manager for the ChambefTin,
company, declared that the crew
of the 1300-ton schooner is 100
per eent A. F. of L., that none of
the crew was "imported," that
Captain J. Jacobson is an A. F.
of L. member, although not of
the local river pilots' union, and
that the lumber is part A. F. of
L. and part C. I. O.
Mill Intends to Open
The A. F. of L. replied that
Captain Jacobson had been declared "unfair" months ago by
the maritime federation, and that!
this fact alone was sufficient for
an A. F. of L. "unfair" placard1
against all Chamberlin operations.
The West Oregon Lunrber company, from which the Chamberlin sailed, reiterated its intention
of reopening Monday, "now that
the blockade has been partially
broken."
Although the A. F. of-L. failed
in its attempt to hold the Chamberlin here, its mission will be
accomplished if the vessel is not
unloaded in the south, and the
"blockade" will remain in effect
against movement of C. I. O.
lumber.