WHAT TO DO ABOUT RUSSIAN ENCROACHMENT
ON TRADITIONAL AMERICAN FISHING GROUND
KODIAK i/P) — What can be
(lone about the intrusion of Soviet
trawlers into traditional American
crab fishing grounds off Kodiak
Island is the question perplexing
residents of this fishing commu
nity.
S o m e feel local fishermen
should arm themselves, take mat
ters into their own hands. Others
believe such action would be
futile and that some kind of agree
ment must be reached with the
Russians. Several fishermen want
to match the Russian effort, use
trawls instead of crab pots. Trawls
now are illegal fishing gear in the
Kodiak area.
Seven captains of American crab
boats have reported losses of crab
pots in recent weeks to Russian
dragging off the southern shore of
Kodiak Island. While a pot is lost
occasionally in rough weather, the !
inordinately high losses after the i
Russians appeared on the fishing :
grounds convinced these captains j
the Russians arc* responsible. One j
claims to have seen a pot buoy go i
under when a Soviet trawler
passed.
!
Dragged at Night
Some of these fishermen have
reported the Russians have dragged
over American crab pots at night.
“One solution might be to light
the buoys marking the pots,” sug
gested Rep. Peter Deveau, <D
Kodiakh
He said the 30-pot limit per
boat and prohibition of trawls in i
the Kodiak area, restrictions im- s
posed under the state’s 1960 Fish
Landing Law, can be modified by
the Alaska Board of Fish and
Game if found to be necessary. But
he said he sees no reason to in
crease the pot limit, feels that 30
pots are the number that can be j
most effectively used by fishermen
the year round.
The Landing Law was written |
to conserve Alaska’s fishery re
sources, said Deveau, who was a
crab and salmon packer here for
10 years. The law prohibits the
landing in Alaska ports of any
salmon, crab, or shrimp taken on
adjacent high seas by means that
would be considered illegal within j
territorial waters.
Pose Real Threat
Capt. Lars Wick of the 80-foot :
crabber Eldorado is convinced the !
Russians pose a real threat to the ;
local fisheries and wants to return :
to the use of trawls. He said he
has seen the Russians deliberately j
drag over American pots and he
claims he lost 16 pots to such drag
ging 22 miles southeast of Two
Headed Island off the southeastern
shore of Kodiak.
“They have no respect for any- i
body’s gear and when they come j
you better move,” Wick said. |
“They’re supposed to fish civilized j
but don’t. They got husky boats, !
husky gear, husky everything.
They’re holding that country
down. You’d think the European i
navy was out there. We got to
go till out to compete—get the
< same equipment as they have. We
I sot as much right out there as the
1 Russians.”
Rep. Gil Jarvela, (D-Kodiak>.
| chief pilot for Kodiak Airways,
I has frequently spotted Soviet ves
j sels off the southern end of Kodiak
! Island. At one time when he flew
; close to one of the ship a Rus
sian threw a piece of wood, he
| said.
Jarvela estimated the Soviet
ships he has seen recently were no
more than 20 miles offshore, well
within sight of land, and there
were many of them. He said he saw
30 near the Trinity Islands in Au
gust.
He suggested that Americans
working off Kodiak Island be al
lowed to use more pots and the
federal government be urged to
extend its boundaries seaward to
the edge of the continental shelf.
Bigger Ship Line
“We’ve got to do something in
the bigger ship line — like the
foreigners have — or we have
nothing to squawk about,” he said.
He feels an increase in the pot
limit would bring larger American
boats into the industry. He empha
sized that with bigger boats some
kind of area fishing would have
to be imposed to protect the opera
tions of small boats.
"Something has to be done about
the present situation,” he said.
“Somebody’s going to get violent
one of these days — they're going
to lose just so much gear and then
do something.”
Lloyd Cannon, a boat owner and
head of the local Fishermen’s
Marketing Assn., feels the federal
government should attempt to
bring Russia into a North Pacific
Fishing Pact.
He does not favor increasing the
crab pot limit or returning to
trawls, which were found to
mangle crabs, especially during
molting when their shells are soft.
Cannon said fishermen can make
a living with 30 pots. He empha
sized local fishermen do not want
a subsidy but just want to fish.
He said the federal government
should move rapidly in the pre
sent situation, attempt to negotiate
with the Russians. “These boys
aren’t going to sit and take this
much longer — they’ve been real
good so far.”
Deliberately Harassing
Cannon said he is convinced the j
Russians are deliberately harassing 1
American fishermen. He would j
like to see the U.S. government !
lay claim to its continental shelf
but doesn't expect such action j
‘because we haven’t blood in our
veins to back that up any more.”
Lowell Wakefield, who heads
Wakefield Fisheries, Inc., told
newsmen in an interview in his
norne at Port Wakefield he be
ieves there are two possible an
swers to the Russian problem.
Alaskans could go back to
rawling, which might not be the
nest answer, or they could urge the !
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State Department to seek an agree
ment with the Russians whereby
, ground rules for the fishery would
! be laid down, rules which would
require fishermen to respect each
other’s operations. He said such
an agreement had been reached
with Japanese fishermen 10 years
I a«- ' |
| “Mobile gear (trawls* and fixed
I gear (pots) are incompatible with
i out some kind of an agreement,” i
I he said. “The state and federal j
| government have got to reshape I
| fheir thinking on how to run a :
I fish business.”
i Wakefield said the loss of pots, '
; which cost some $200 each, is not I
| the chief concern. "The loss of
; time and fishing grounds . th •
j big loss.”
WHOLE HOG OR NONE . . .
BELLEVUE, Ohio UP* — The hog;
were hogging the whole house -ftor
a truckload of them smashed, in‘o
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Weller.
A truck trailer loaded with 126 1
hogs crashed into the two-room :
i house on Ohio 18 near near here I
. early Tuesday, demolishing the
| house and dumping several hogs j
| in bed with the Wellers. Twenty .
j hogs were killed. |
Weller and his wife, Carol, both j
20, were treated at a hospital for
shock and abrasions. James Koss- !
ler. 21, of Carey, the truck driver. ;
i also was treated and released.
ARCHBISHOPS TO ATTEND
2ND VATICAN COUNCIL j
NEW YORK — Archbishops j
: Paul Yu Pin of Formosa, John i
I Gannon of Erie, Pa., and the Most j
Rev. Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta,!
i Ga„ were among 51 Roman Cath- i
j olic clergymen who left by plane
| enroute to the 2nd Vatican Coun
j cil which begins in Rome Thurs
j day.
Traveling with them was Metho- j
dist Bishop Fred Carson. 1
Ike Accuses Kennedy
Of Atfempl to Center
Power In One Man
OMAHA tfi* - Former President
Dwight Eisenhower accu-od the
Kennedy administration today of
“an obvious attempt to center po
litical power” in one man.
He declared there are two alarm
ing trends in Washington todav
One is the “general absorption of
government authority and respon
sibility.” The.' other, he said, the
centering of “political power over
your life and mine in one man.”
The former President, who in
the last few days has campaigned,
for Republicans in California,
Colorado and Wyoming, spoke be
fore about 500 persons at an air
port rally here for Nebraska GOP
• andidates.
As he had earlier. Eisenhower
eluded the Kennedy administra
‘ion for seeking greater majoritw
in the House and Senate.
This is asking for one-party
government, he said, and one
partv government is dictatorship.
Eisenhower added, however: “At
this very moment we are not fac
ing dictatorship.”
In the Denver Coliseum last
night, Eisenhower told a crowd of
nearly 10.000:
"The Washington record of these
past 20 months presents a picture
of political connivance instead of
statesmanship: of selfish grabs for
power instead of respect for our
concept? of balance in government:
<>f arrogant assertion of Washing
ton infallibility instead of readi
ness to trust in the wisdom of the
American people.”
He made no specific mention of
President Kennedy or presidential
aides but referred to persons
“wandering aimlessly around their
far frontier.”
At one point Eisenhower inter
sected into his prepared speech:
"I believe you must take an inter
est in politics or be ready to take )
orders. Take your choice.” I
Vidkun Quisling A^hes
Buried In Family Plot
SKIEN, Norway [fft — The ashes
of Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian
whose name became a synonym
for treason and collaboration with
the Nazis, have been buried in his
family plot at the Gjerpen Ceme
tery near Kkien, it was disclosed
today.
The Rev Erling I .aland of Qjer
pen told a Ski on newspaper the
funeral took place quietly several
years ago.
Quisling headed the German
puppet regime in occupied Nor
way. After the war he was con
victed of treason and was shot
The whereabouts of his ashes were
kept secret until today.
Dixieland Flavor . . .
KAMPALA. Uganda .•? — Inde
pendence ceremonies celebrating
' a o'rth of Uganda as a nation
Tuesday had a Dixieland flavor.
Dance music included ■'When
the Saints Go Marching In" and
"Swanee." "St. Louis Blues,” list
ed on the program, was dropped
w i th o u t explanation.
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STATE OF ALASKA
PROGRESS REPORT
GENERAL FUND BALANCE June 30. 1902. §24,371,457.78*
June 30, 1958—$ 4,311,436.89 June 30, 1960— 10,804,709.00
June 30, 1959— 4,211,090.00 June 30, 1961— 9,761,536.18
Information source: "State of Alaska, Annual Report, Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1962"
This balance does not include the sum of $20,887,491 set aside for special funds
such as teachers' retirement, public employes' retirement and like programs.
Neither does it include revenue received from the July. 1962 oil lease sale.
GROSS BUSINESS ACTIVITY increase 1958-1961
1958— $577,576,192 19G0— 730,731,041
1959— 713,312,079 19G1— 897,671,256
Information Source: Gross business receipts reported to Department of
Revenue. This does not include insurance premium payments, receipts
from coin-operated devices and other exemptions from business license fees.
55.4%
ALASKA'S EXPORTS increase 1958-1961 +400%
1958—$ 6,300.000 I960— 19.500,000
1959 6,500,000 1961— 25,200,000
Information Source: Alaska State Department of Commerce.
EMPLOYMENT increase 1958-1962
July 1958—71,000 July 1961—75.200
July 1959—71.000 July 1960—78.300 July 1962—78,000
Information Source: Alaska State Department of Labor.
+9.1%
GROSS MANUFACTURED VALUE
ALASKA RESOURCES* increase 1958-1961
1958— $139,069,000 1960— 170,922,000
1959— 133,229,000 1961— 215,442,000
Information Source: Alaska State Department Fish and
Game, Department Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service.
includes fisheries, forest products, minerals, agriculture.
+35.4%
PERSONAL INCOME
Increase of Alaska's share of U.S. total income 1959-1961 +6.8%**
Increase Alaska personal income as of June 1962 over June 1961 >7.1%*
Information Source: ’Time Magazine. September 3, 1962;
* ‘Business Week Magazine, August 25. 1962.
This message presented in the public interest by
EGAN FOR GOVERNOR COMMITTEE—Nome. Tom Balone, author