Rnss Crab Fishing . . .
(Continued from Page 12)
settled matter, however, by any
means and the final agreement was
to go very slow, increasing the fleet
to some eight or 10 draggers in
1964, again with American and Ca
nadian observers invited to be
aboard.
“A great deal more was discussed
in Vancouver, but little other sig
nificant action taken. In a sense,
of course this last meeting was a
holding action for all three parties,
for this commission is living on bor
rowed time. The Japanese notified
us last spring, as was their right,
that they wanted the treaty negoti
ated. These negotiations started in
Washington in May continued in
Tokyo in September* and will re
sume in Ottawa next spring.
“The American section of the
commission, and the U.S. team ne
gotiating for a new treaty, comprise
roughly the same people and Alas
ka has strong representation. Our
r mmissioner b Fred McGinnis.
president of Alaska Methodist Uni
versity and our industry advisors
include Walt Kirkness our com
missioner of Kish & Game, Frank
Peratovich as personal representa
tive of the Governor, John Smitn
from Metlakatla, Gorden Jensen,
from Petersburg, Pete Tanstad of
Cordova, Bill Arnold from Anchor
age, Truman Emberg from Dilling
ham, Senator A1 Owen and yours
truly. The other U.S. commission
ers are Clarence Pautzke of Wash
ington, D.C., Ed Allen of Seattle
and Al Gatov of San Francisco. The
commissioners are appointed by
and responsible only to the Pres
ident and we advisors serve at the
pleasure of the U.S. commission
ers. Commissioners and advisors de -
vote from one to two months a year
of hard work, and none receives
any pay whatever for his services.
“In negotiating the new treaty,
we are fortunate in having as chief
spokesman Ambassador Ben Smith,
former Senator, Jack Kennedy’s
roommate at Harvard, a man who
grew up in the fish business in the
port of Gloucester and in my opin
on one of the most powerful voices
raised in its behalf in this genera
tion.
“I know of no member of the
U.S. team completely satisfied with
the present treaty. But internation
al contracts like agreements in any
other phase of human activity must
involve compromises sufficient to
achieve at least minimum accepta
bility to both sides.
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