Published every Friday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate $8.00
Second class mail privileges authorized at Kodiak, Alaska
Send notices of undeliverable copies to:
No Other Choice
Last week Kodiak’s fishermen took a stand on matters relating
to the fisheries of the North Pacific. We stand with our fishermen.
Just as with the fishermen, we have no other choice. At the risk
of being trite we point out that we are all in the same boat in this
matter and it is imperative to the well-being of all of us to pull to
gether on the oars to bring the boat to safer waters. If past experi
ence is to be any guide at all it is sufficiently clear that those respon
sible for maneuvering our fisheries, our boats so to say, into rough
and dangerous waters, are not only going to refuse to help man the
pumps and guide us back into protected waters, but are apparently
completely indifferent to our plight and seem to be busily engaged
in boring more holes into our already leaky craft.
Our skipper. Governor Egan, is in the precarious position of
attempting to steer our boat to safety through reef-studded seas
while shore-bound sabateurs and bureaucrats send forth false com
pass readings and wrestle for control of the wheel.
It becomes clear, in the wake of the Seattle and Tokyo fishery
meetings that the treaty itself under which the North Pacific Fish
eries Commission operates, does not any longer serve in the inter
ests of American . . . Alaskan . . . Kodiak . . . fisherman. And what
is not good for our fishermen is not good for our community
Being in a generous mood we will accept as so, statements of
commissioners and others, that they were forced by the terms of
the treaty into accepting furher encroachments of foreign fishing
interests into our Alaskan fishery resources. This only strengthens
our belief that the treaty itself should be scrapped and that the
U.S. should embark unilaterally on a strong steady course of its own
in its own interest. By this we mean to say we are in agreement
with our fishermen that the U S. should extend the three mile Jimi
to include the entire continental shelf . . . and to twelve miles out
wherever the continental shelf does not reach that far. And it
should embark on a forceful program to protect all of the resources
of our continental shelf . . . WHEREVER IN THE PACIFIC THEY
MAY GO . . . just as in the case of the fur seal. In short, armed
gunboats should undertake to make sure that our salmon, crab,
shrimp, halibut, and all other resources, will receive the same de
termined and LAWFUL protection given to our fur seals on the high
seas. We demand that the federal government show the same courage
and determination here in the North Pacific as it displayed a few
months ago in the Caribbean.—K.A.
A Last Ditch Fight Against The Ferry
Last week an Anchorage Senator, Vance Phillips, introduced
a concurrent resolution in the legislature relating to the inaugura
tion of an air ferry service between Kodiak and the Kenai Peninsula.
The resolution points out “the need for heavy freight carrying
faciltiies to facilitate and expediate the hauling of goods to and from
the island including the expecitious handling of fish and seafood.”
It continues: “Whereas the surface transportation now planned
would be more expensive than a state sponsored air ferry service
with lease or purchased cargo planes, be it resolved that the Gov
ernor is requested to direct the Department of Public Works to
abandon its surface ferry transportation plans and to inaugurate in
their place an air ferry system to haul heavy freight, fish and sea
food products to and from Kodiak and points on the Kenai Peninsula.”
This Senator Phillips is the same man, one of a trio of State
Senators, who so strongly opposed the Ferry Bill when it was intro
duced in the last session of the Legislature
One thing we can say for the man, “He dies hard.”
The bid on the Ferry Boat is due within two weeks and this
is an obvious attempt to kill it. What Sen. Phillips has aganist Ko
diak we do not know, but we trust our own State Senator A1 Owen
and Rep. Gil Jarvela remember this when some of Phillips’ pet
projects reach the Senate floor. They had better.—Bill Mason
HEADACHE TIME!
It’s no easy job to make out your income tax.
Miss one deduction and it’s simply money out of
your pocket.
» _•_«_•
That’s why it is so important to have a com
plete record of expense. If you pay by check all
the information you need is right there on your
stubs. And if you don’t, you would be wise to open
an account before another day passes by.
STOP IN TODAY
C KODIAK BRANCH
NATIONAL BANK
OF ALASKA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corpu
and Federal Reserve System
Federal And State Legislative Bills
Occupy Attention Of Kodiak Chamber
Legislative matters occupied
most of the two-hour Chamber of
Commerce meetnig, Thursday noon
at the Town Club, both on a fed
eral and state level.
On a national level, the chamber
read letters from Sen. Ernest
Gruening and Rep. Ralph Rivers
that they were working with the
Interior Department in an effort
to end restricted deeds and could
expect a report back before too
long.
On the Alaska level, a letter
from the Homer Chamber of Com
merce sought assistance in halting
the Air Ferry Bill of Sen. Vance
Phillips to replace the surface fer
ry for which bids will be let the
middle of the month.
The Alaska State Chamber urged
repayment of the Reed loan to the
unemployment insurance fund and
urged opposition to the bill which
would place state employes under
the act costing an estimated $600,
000 a year and raising unemploy
ment payments from $45 to $50
which would cost another $440,000
annually.
ACTION ON BILLS
Attorney Roy Madsen on the leg
islative committee read a number
of bills pending before the state
legislature with the following ac
tion taken:
(1) Opposition to HB 90 which
would force Kodiak to become an
automatic first class borough as of
Jan. 1, 1964, based on the Kodiak
election district.
(2) Opposed the bill on permit
ting commercial fishing anywhere
in Alaska without the approval of
the ADF&G.
(3) Approved Senate Joint Res
solution No. 10 which would extend
the territorial waters of Alaska to
broad water areas (not specifically
specified).
(4) Violently opposed an act
which would appropriate $200,000
for the governor to spend on rural
development work projects.
(5) S.B. 58 which would estab
lish another branch of the Alaska
Pioneer Home in Anchorage. The
principal one is in Sitka. This was
referred to the civic committee.
(6) Favored Senate Bill No. 17
introduced by Sen. A1 Owen which
would give communities until 1970
to form boroughs and opposed any
restrictive legislation on borough
formation.
Norman’s Photo
(Across from the
Orpheum Theatre)
Portraits By Appointment
Phone 486—5282
Dr. McKinley Will
Start Here Soon
Dr. Larry McKinley., a dentist
from Anchorage, was scheduled to
arrive in Kodiak Thursday evening
preparatory to opening his dental
practice here early in March.
Dr Larry McKinley is the son of
Dr. Lee McKinley who has made
frequent trips to Kodiak in the in
terest of his profession.
The dental office will be located
in the Aleutian Homes.
Appointments may be made be
ginning Wednesday by calling 6
5155.
Send for 1963 Catalogue
ORDER EARLY FOR
FREE ENGRAVING
Trust Taste Enjoy
The Grid’s Finest Bourbon since 1795
I
COMPANY OF ONE
PHILIP HANSON
“Wonderful
Story Teller”
—EL PASO HERALD-POST
Moby Dick
By Herman Melville
*
i
_ 4
4
4
_ 4
4
4
UNIQUE One-Man Show
Presented By The Lyceum
High School Auditorium Sunday — 8:15 p.m.
■