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Alaska And
The Nation
By Anthony J. Dimond
Delegate to Congress
(Foreword: In the letters of
news and comment for Alaska, of
* which this is one, nothing will be
written which is based on secret
or confidential sources, and noth
ing which can be considered ob
jectionable by military or other
censorship in Alaska).
Fishermen's Bill, S. 930
Hearings on Senator Wallgren’s
Alaska fisheries bill, S. 930, com
menced on January 20 and are
still continuing. The bill seems to
be warmly supported by all the
salmon packers and their repre
^ sentatives and by the representa
tives of the C. I. O. fishermen's
and cannery workers’ unions in
the states. So far as I am aware,
no Alaskan except the few trap
owners who reside in Alaska and
the attorneys for the salmon pack
ing companies, was even consult
ed when drafting this measure.
The only way that I learned about
this bill and its predecessors, S.
1915, which was introduced by
him on January 6, 1942. was
through the Congressional Record.
I appeared before the subcom
mittee, which is under the chair
manship of Senator Bilbo of
^ Mississippi, and which was at
tended by Senator Bilbo, Senator
Wallgren. Senator Burton of
Ohio, and Senator Robertson cf*
Nome Directory
HENRY JOSEPH
LALLEY
ACCOUNTING, INCOME TAX
AND SOCIAL SECURITY
P. O. Box 156 Nome. Alaska
A IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
|mb 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office: I
1912-13 Smith Tower
Telephone Elliot 8249
6. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 111
Nome, Alaska _
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KIW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
( Phone Black 156
NOME, ALASKA
HAGEN
HiyKLKR AND OPTICIAN
Oanrt House Is Opposite Hi
Phone Main 41
I. 0. 0. F. No. A-5
NOME, ALASKA
^ Meets Every Friday—8:00 P. M.
Odd Fellow Hall
Wyoming, on the first day of the
hearings and was accorded an
early opportunity to testify. Be
fore any testimony was taken.
Senator Wallgren proposed a
number of amendments to the
bill, most of which w’ere of no
material consequence except a pro
posed amendment to Section 2.
the effect of which was to strike
from the bill the only part which
I could possibly support, namely,
the provision of tne original bill
which sought to extend our juris
diction over the Alaskan marginal
seas as far as the dividing line
between the United States and the
U. S. S. R. Senator Wallgren ex
plained that the secretary of
state opposed this provision as a
matter of legislation at this time.
In its stead, Senator Wallgren
proposed new language which
would incorporate in the bill pro
visions of the White Act, forbid
ding any “exclusive or several"
right of fishery in Alaskan wa
ters, with an amendment to the
White Act which would make the
original provision completely
meaningless. Accordingly, I was
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obliged to tell the committee that
I opposed practically the entire
bill as it stood because the pr.n
cipal purpose of it appeared to be
the creation of vested interests in
fish traps making them an even
more completely restricted mono
poly than they are at present. I
noted from a letter or report on
he bill by one of the Alaska fish
rmen's unions, which said that,
he bill was evidently intended
o assure conservation and the
ullest utilization of the suburbs
f Seattle.” Thi« characterizaf on
was completely justified by the
provisions of the bill which would
nandatorily compel hearings on
he regulations to be held in Sp
ittle, with permissible hearings
pe held in Alaska, and would pro
vide for an Advisory Fish Com
mission to embrace* the Secretary
>f the Interior or his nominee and
i wo other persons, one to be se
j 'eeted by the employers and one
i o be selected by the employees
I engaged in the Alaskan fishing in
j dustry, which would in practice
mean that no resident of Alaska
i would have a chance to serve or
he proposed Advisory Commis
sion. All the American Federa
; ion of Labor unions which are
concerned with fisheries in Alas
ka, and their representatives n
the States, opposed the bill and
asked that it be not passed. I
have a telegram from Harry
Lundeberg. president of the Sea
farers' International Union of
North America, saying: "We are
opposed to S. 930." The C. I. O.
: unions in Alaska at Cordova, An
chorage and Bristol Bay oppose
the bill but the C. I. O. repre
, sentative in Washington never
: theless gave full support to the
measure and suggested only minor
i amendments which would not al
! ter its general scope and purpose
Yesterday. January 21. Dr. Gao
rielson testified for the Fish and
Wildlife Service and expressed his
opposition to the giving of any
, vested interests in fish traps but
; supported other features of the
j bill, particularly the provisions
|
which would permit limitation of
the amount of gear to be used in
any specified area. The department
■ proposed a very considerable
number of amendments, some of
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.;etm to do important, but
at this time it is almost .mpossi
l t o say just what the bi would
‘ .he amendment? were adopt
e . ">ne amendment I nave noted
t>t not declare tha: f,sh traps
■ h never be considered as a
< ' • merest, but the legal ef
fi\' * that language uncertain.
representative of the War De
■lart-nent recommended :he pass
' that j i.rt of the b 11 which
• r Department nermit
- he c nstrucrion of f h traps,
rrv-'ng practically full con
trol of the is-nance of such per
m:ts to the Fish and Wildlife
Serv ice. I was thereupon com
pelled to .-av that the present pol
icy of the War Department in iim
n? a War Department permit
for the construction of any fish
Tap to one person only, and thus
excluding all others, was com
pletely without support in law.
The hearings were attended by
Edward W Allen of Seattle; W. C.
Arnold of Ketchikan; Dr. E. D.
Clark of Seattle; Bjome Hailing,
C I. O. Maritime Committee;
Nick Boz. president of The Inter
national Packing Company; F J
Gunderson, an independent fish
trap owner of Wrangell; H B.
Eriele of Seattle; E. E Wilikie of
Chicago, Captain James V Davis
of Juneau; and many others, all
of whom, so far as I know, fav
ored enactment of the legislation.
It must be noted, however, that
Dr. Gabrielson opposed the bill
as written but favored its enact
ment as amended in accordance
I
with the views of the Department
of the Interior.
One further feature is deserving
of comment. The bill provides
for judicial review as to practi
cally every act of the director of
Fish and Wildlife Service, in the
making of regulations or other
wise, and under the bill as writ
ten the judgment of the court may
be substituted for the judgment of
the director. The effects of this
provision are almost incalculable
but one feature of it is distinctly
repugnant to Alaskans: that fea
ture leaves the judicial review to
the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals for the Ninth District
or to the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals for the District
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of Columbia, courts which are
, just about as accessible to the or
dinary Alaska fisherman or can
nery worxer as the man in the
moon
W. h ie opposing the bill I urged
upon the committee the desirabil
| i‘y of making the district court
! for the Territory of Alaska a tri
jhunal m which any judicial re
view should be considered, that
court being available to all citi
zens of Alaska
The bill as written wrould al
most completely exclude Alas
kans from any participation in the
Alaskan fisheries, except as such
participation may be graciously
permitted by those who live out
side of Alaska.
AIRWAYS
Wien Alaska Airlines
Pilot Frank Whaley made a trip
to Fortuna Lodge yesterday via
Moses Point and Unalakleet, with
Mr Mozee, to bring back a pris
oner They are due back today.
Sig Wien is in Pt. Lay today.
Alaska Airlines
Tuesday, Pilot Weaver made a
round trip to Usalakleet with
freight mail and the following
passengers: Hans Samuelson,
Gladys Samuelson, L. C. Cogdill,
Helen Nushulook. He returned
with R. C. Wallen.
The same day Pilot Lynn ar
rived from Fairbanks with Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Eastman, A! Bar
nett and W. H. Zieroth.
(Pan American Airways
Yesterday. Capt. McDonald ar
rived in the Electra from Fair
banks with Albert D. Stormfeltz,
John J. Caragher and Ruby
Stormfeltz.
The Pilgrim, with Capt, Ley ar
rived yesterday with a full load
j of mail. Captain Ley returned im
mediately to Fairbanks.
Capt. McDonald left immediate
1 iy with Carl M. Chenoweth of
the FCC, Jerry McCarthy of PAA.
and Leo Seidenverg.
VOTE TO GO
BACK TO JOB
Hoquiam, Wash., Feb. 9.—(AP>
—Vital war production rayonier
pulp paper plant, scheduled to
start today following action by
striking members of the CIO In
ternational Woodworkers of
America last night voting three
to one in favor of returning to
work.
The action came two days be
fore leaders of the unions were
scheduled to meet with the War
Labor Board in Washington.
The men had been on strike for
nine weeks.
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