Bill Would Apply Economic Sanctions
Against Russian-Japanese Fishermen
Harassment of American fisher
men in international waters and
failure on the part of foreign na
tionals to follow sound con nerva
tion practices would form the basis
for the President to impose eco
nomic sanctions under an amend
ment proposed this week by Sen
ator Bartlett and Senator Magnu
son of Washington to the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962.
The Bartlett-Magnuson amend
ment would expand the circum
stances under which the President
may withhold or withdraw from a
particular country the benefits of
trade concessions given to all other
countries. The House-passed bill
now before the Senate Finance
Committee permits the President
to suspend or withdraw any trade
concession to a nation which en
gages in an action burdening or
restricting United States com
merce.
HARMFUL PRACTICES
The Alaska Senator expressed
particular concern over the harm
ful fishing practices of the Japa
nese and the pressure on Amer
ica's fishing conservation efforts
by the Russians in North Pacific
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CAMPAIGN
COMMENTS
IPrimary election is only a few
days away. We all know the cha
otic conditions brought about by
Gov. Egan, and we know too
that none of my Republican op
ponents for the post of governor
have had the courage and fore
sight to offer constructive pro
grams or to face the basic issues
of this campaign. I might use
Senator Pollock as an example,
as the other candidates work
much as he does. He has failed
to offer a single constructive
suggestion for the betterment of
our state. He has failed to dis
cuss such major issues as right
to work, operation of the ferry
system, rights of natives, sales
tax, highways, airports, ESC,
use of oil lease bonus money.
Mr. Pollock and none of the
other Republican candidates
have made suggestions for re
habilitation of our fisheries
(and as you know, I have out
lined a complete program which
has received the approval of
both the fishermen and indus
try). He has outlined nothing to
aid our timber industry or to
provide industrial expansion
and new job opportunities. All
Pollock and the other Republi
can governor candidates have
said, is that Egan spends too
much money. This we know.
Ask yourself this question. If
Pollock and the other Republi
can governor candidates do not
have the courage to face the is
sues in the campaign, will they
have the courage to face the
same problems as governor?
In print and in speeches, I
have met every issue and out
lined my program on the issues.
I did this after making personal
investigation of the problems in
all corners of the state. Combine
my governmental and admini
strative background with this
knowledge of local conditions
on a state-wide level, as gov
ernor I will have this state op
erating smoothly, efficiently and
at the lowest possible cost.
fPoV j*d written and paid
for by Verne O. Martin)
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and North Atlantic waters.
He warned that the salmon runs
of Alaska and the Pacific Coast
states will be eventually destroyed
without sound conservation prac
tices and cited particularly the
taking by the Japanese of Salmon
in waters off Alaska. “An area in
my state of Alaska offers an out
standing example of what can hap
pen to salmon runs which have
been overfished on the high seas,”
he stated. “Historically, the Bristol
Bay area was known as one of the
great red salmon producing areas
of the world. In the last ten years
the runs have been drastically re
duced.” He stated that the Japa
nese do not impose conservation
regulations of the type recognized
by our states and federal govern
ment and “having few spawning
streams of their own, have moved
out into the high seas, particularly
the Bering Sea, to take salmon
contrary to sound conservation
practices.”
In stating that the United States
has never sought unilaterally to
extend territorial jurisdiction be
yond three marine miles off shore
and does not recognize greater ter
ritorial jurisdiction of other na
tions, Senator Bartlett declared:
NO PROTECTION
•‘But lack of recognition of vari
ous nations’ claims beyond the
three-mile limit has not been ef
fective in preserving the rights of
our fishermen. Our shrimp fisher
men from the Gulf Coast states
and tuna fishermen from West
Coast states have been fired upon,
their boats seized and fines levied
upon them, and we have had no
practical means for protecting
them. One incident may and does
lead to others. As long as we do
nothing to protect our fishermen,
as long as we do nothing to pro
tect their rights on the high seas,
we can only expect further oppres
sive acts against them at the hands
of foreign authorities.
“The longer this type of situa
tion is allowed to continue, the
more we are placing our fishermen
in jeopardy and the worse the
situation becomes.
ALASKA IS
GROWING
WITH
GROWING in power development, federal aid for highways, airport
construction, financial assistance in the transition from territorialism to statehood.
GROWING in surveys of the public domain, land law revision, correction
of long standing injustices in the application of federal grant-in-aid programs.
GROWING in improved mail service, establishment in Alaska of federal
laboratories and institutions of various kinds, better financial business and farm
loan programs, and much, much more that Senator Ernest Gruening has
successfully sponsored in Congress.
GROWING too in the respect which our stafte commands on the
national scene.
Here is what fellow Senators and others with whom he works in Washington say about Senator Gruening:
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY: “I have the highest re
gard for Ernest Gruening. His keen mind and vast knowledge
of Alaskan and international affairs are greatly needed in the
United States Senate.”
VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON: “In the Senate
we value his advice highly and we are proud to have his
friendship.”
SENATOR MIKE MANSFIELD of Montana, Majority Leader,
U.S. Senate: “You have been a strong right arm in the Senate.
Your conscientious attention to duty and the needs of your
state, our country and our party have been outstanding and
the effectiveness of your efforts has been a tribute to
your career.”
SENATOR ALEXANDER WILEY of Wisconsin (Republican):
"... a great guy and great senator, Ernest Gruening.”
SENATOR HUBERT HUMPHREY of Minnesota, Assistant
Majority Leader: “You are truly one of the outstanding states
men of our time. I know of no one with a more impressive
record and productive career.”
SENATOR JOHN O. PASTORE of Rhode Island: “Eloquent,
energetic, informed — genial to win friends — dynamic to win
causes - Ernest Gruening has helped to make Alaska a mean
ingful partner of all the States and a front line bulwark in our
country’s world responsibilities.”
SENATOR VANCE HARTKE of Indiana: “I enjoy a deep
sense of pride knowing I am serving in the Senate along
side such a distinguished and dedicated public servant as
Ernest Gruening.”
SENATOR E. L. (BOB) BARTLETT of Alaska: “Twenty years
of close association and the handclasp is still mutually firm.”
28 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE TO ALASKA AND ALASKANS
ERNEST GRUENING
X Director of Division of Territories and Island
Possessions, 1934-1939.
Governor of Alaska, 1939-1953.
x Member of Alaska International Highway
^ Commission, 1938-1942 (Alaska
Highway completed 1943)
X Author of “The State of Alaska” published
* in 1954.
X Keynoter at Alaska Constitutional
w Convention, 1955.
X Elected Alaska-Tennessee Plan Senator
by Alaskans, 1956.
X United States Senator from Alaska, 1958
to present.
Much remains to be done to fulfill the hopes which
you and Ernest Gruening share for Alaska.
In its doing, a strong, united congressional delegation
such as we have had — one of the same political
persuasion as the administration in power and the
majority controlling the House and Senate
— is essential to success.
★
ON AUGUST 14 YOUR USE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC
COLUMN WILL ENABLE YOU TO VOTE FOR
UNITED STATES SENATOR
[x] GRUENING, ERNEST
KEEP ALASKA GROWING
“THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE”
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