Japan’s Efforts Are
6Not Appreciated,’
Says Embassy
WASHINGTON, — The Jap
anese Embassy said yesterday
Japan is being unjustly blamed for
the federal ban on red salmon
fishing this year in Alaska’s Bris
tol Bay.
“The bearing of the high-seas
catch upon the conservation meas
ures which have been found neces
sary in Bristol Bay has been great
ly overstated,” the embassy said
in a statement.
It also maintained that “the
willingness of the Japanese, at
sacrifice to themselves and with
out any legal obligation, to make
accommodations to assist the Bris
tol Bay problem has been insuffi
ciently appreciated.”
The statement said the current
small red salmon run in, Bristol
Bay, which has led to the hotly
criticized Interio Depatment ban
“results mainly from causes uncon
nected with Japanese fishing.”
Among the causes, it said, are
the cyclical nature of the Bristol
Bay run, and a gradual decline in
peak runs which has been noted
since 1935.
It noted a 1938 Bristol Bay run
of 32 million red salmon. A 1947
run of 23 million and a 1956 run of
21.5 million, with runs down to
11 million and 6.27 million in years
between these peaks, illustrated
the decline.
“It should be noted,” the state
ment said, “The small runs of 1953
and 1954 were apparently due
entirely to the natural cycle of
Bristol Bay red salmon. Further
more the high run of 21.5 million
in 1956 occurred despite any pos
sible effects of the Japanese high
seas fishery. . . . An important
factor must be the natural cycle
of the Bristol Bay salmon run.”
“The concern of American sal
mon packers and fishermen for
the continuation cf a valuable re
source is entirely understandable,
and it is unfortunate that the
authorities have found it necessary
to close the fishery this year,” the
statement said, adding: “In per
spective, however, it should be
borne in mind that:
“The low 1959 Bristol Bay run
results mainly from causes uncon
nected with Japanese fishing.
“The high seas fishing area in
volved is in the eastern Pacific,
remote frorft the United States, and
subject to no treaty limitation.
“Japan and Japanese fishermen
have displayed great reasonable
ness and willingness to accommo
date themselves to U. S. views.
“Reasonable access to the fish
ery resources of the high seas is
vital for Japanese subsistence.
“There is every reason to anti
cipate a restoration of the Bristol
Bay fishery. . . .”
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The Pentagon recently reported
asking its electronic computer to
total the number of combinations
possible to make out of our 26
letter alphabet. The astounding
answer was 6,000,000,000,000,
000,000!
Commented the Chicago Trib
une: “The Army has also unveiled
a new teletypewriter which ran
the other day at a speed of 5,000
words p'er minute. This is twenty
times faster than the average per
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wonder is therefore capable of
running at the phenomenal rate
of 500,000 words a minute. At
this rate, it would type the entire
Bible in a minute and a half. How
this would also remind us of that
famous Bible verse in Hebrews
5:12 . . . “The Word of God is
quick and powerful. . . .”
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SPECIAL ELECTION
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
CITY OF NOME, ALASKA: n
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to Resolution passed
by the Common Council of the City
of Nome, Alaska, on the 23rd day
of March, 1959, a Special Munici
pal Election will be held at the
Nome City Hall on Tuesday, the
5th day of May, 1959, between
the hours of 9 AM. and 6 P.M. of
said day, for the purpose of sub
mitting to the qualified voters of
the said City for ratification or
rejection, the following proposi
tion:
"Shall the Common Council of
the City of Nome be authorised
to enact an ordinance for the City
of Nome which shall change the
percentum rate of the consumers'
sales tax from two (2) to three (3)
percent of the sales price on all
retail sales and services made
within the city, for the purposes,
first, of establishing and main
taining a revolving fund of 925,
000.00 for maintenance of the
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City Clerk.
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U. S. Airlines Want
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WASHINGTON, Uh — British
Overseas Airways Corp. balked
Wednesday at providing details of
its planned operation between the
United States and Japan.
BOAC also declined, at a Civil
Aeronautics Board hearing on its
proposal to extend its London
New York-San Francisco route to i
Hong Kong by way of Tokyo, to
give any estimates of the diversion
of traffic from U. S. airlines that"
might result.
Northwest Airlines, opposing
BOAC efforts to add Tokyo to its
trans-Pacific route, estimated that
if the British airline got into the
U. S.-Tokyo market it would di
vert almost 13 million dollars a
year from the U. S. operators
across the Pacific.
Northwest asked BOAC to pro
vide the additional information at
the hearing before examiner Fer
dinand Moran.
BOAC refused on the basis that
it had presented information fully
at initial hearing sessions earlier
this year.
M. J. Lapensky of St. Paul,
Northwest’s director of economic
planning, noted that the U. S.
operators had developed transpa
cific traffic by means of govern
ment subsidy support totaling
$24,069,000 for Northwest and 63
million for Pan American World
Airways. Pan American also has
requested 14 million for 1957 and
may seek greater amounts for
1958.
Northwest noted that it had had
U. S. authority since April, 1949,
to serve Hong Kong, a route which
it said would have a “relatively
minor competitive impact” on
United Kingdom airlines in com
parison with BOAC’s request.
“Yet in spite of repeated efforts
by the U. S. government to obtain
this authority, the United King
dom has repeatedly refused to
grant a long sought entry to Hong
Kong for Northwest,” Stewart
said.
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