New Marine Commanding Officer Here
Is Korean And Viet Nam Veteran
Major Richard E. Jones, U.S.
Marine Corps, assumed command
of the Marine Barracks, U.S. Na
val Station, Kodiak on June 19, re
lieving Major C. P. Clark, Jr.
Major Jones enlisted in the Ma
rine Corps in 1945. He was com
missioned as a regular officer in
1950. and served in Korea with the
7th Marines.
Following his Korean service, he
served at Camp Pendleton. Calif.,
with both base and Fleet Marine
Force units, and in 1954, while
serving aboard the U.S.S. Mont
rose, participated in the “Passage
for Freedom" operation in North
Viet Nam. For his part during this
operation, he was awarded the Viet
Nam Presidential Unit Citation on
June 21, 1957.
From 1958 to 1963, Major Jones
served as an Inspector/Instructor
with the Marine Corps Reserve, as
a student at Marine Corps Schools,
Quantico, Virginia, and with MAG
36 of the Third Marine Air Wing,
El Toro, Calif.
Residing with the Major are his
wife, Bette, daughters Patricia and
Lori and sons Kevin and Richard.
Major Jones is a member of the
AF&AM Lodge No. 16 of Ottumwa
Iowa.
“For years I’ve been looking for
ward to a trip to Alaska and am
extremely happy to be assigned
duty here by the Marine Corps,”
the new Marine commanding of
ficer said.
Best Bowlers?
Breakers B’gosh!
Which is the best bowling team
in town? Ask that question of the
local chapter of the Alaska Crip
pled Children’s Association and
Major Richard E. Jones, V.S.M.C.
they will tell you without hesita
tion: -‘The Breaker’s Bowling Team
of course!”
This is undoubtedly due to the
fact that the generous fellows on
the team donated $64.88 in league
prize money to the ACCA.
Members of the team are: LeRov
Wittieh, captain, and Vic Marconi,
Ed Pecore, Bob Bible, Bob Popliff,
Ab Stewart and Ken Rhein.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir:
Let’s try and look at both sides
of the salmon picture. Having lived
in Alaska about forty years, I don’t
claim to be an authority but I have
made numerous observations and
I hope those in a position to nego
tiate give serious consideration to
some of these observations. I fished
several years myself, so it isn’t as
a spectator entirely that I speak
or write.
During the ensuing years 1922
1963 red salmon has increased per
fish from 8 cents to 97 cents. In
1932 humpies sold for 3 cents per
fish—dogs, or chums, for 5 cents
per fish. Now these same fish have
been bringing 45% cents and 60
cents. What other food item can
anyone name that has increased
this many times?
Down through the years canned
salmon was a household word and
as many as eight million cases were
packed and sold in one year.
Canned salmon is no longer a
household word and the housewife
rarely selects a can off the super
market shelf. This product has
priced itself almost out of business,
and the industry in dire straits.
The cost of fishing hasn’t increased
proportionately. I am sure research
would bare this statement.
The cannery men I have talked
with feel they have reached the
end of the line as far as being able
to pay more for salmon now or in
the foreseeable future. The profit
and loss sheets of canners is a dis
mal picture. Had the industry been
making a good return on their in
vestment Libby’s would not have
sold, San Juan would still be in,
Halferty sold, and the picture is
the same throughout the state. The
banks are not a bit anxious to par
ticipate in Alaskan salmon opera
tions.
In Seattle there are 700,000 cases
in storage, plus the amounts in
Blaine, Bellinham, Astora, and the
cases out on consignment.
Kodiak for several years has en
joyed fishing prosperity, but this
could easily change. The villages
around Kodiak Island and the
mainland could easily become dis
aster areas, and who will take care
of these fine people who historical
ly have no other income except the
salmon fisheries.
I do sincerely hope that those
men who are charged with the re
sponsibility of negotiations recog
nize the problems of the rank and
file and act to the best advantage
of all concerned.
Sincerely,
Emil Knudsen
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