Sen. Bartlett Satisfied With JFK
Decision to Open Up Halibut Fishery
ANCHORAGE W — Sen. Bob
Baftlett said here Monday he is
“completely satisfied” with Presi
dent Kennedy’s decision to ap
prove a recommendation that the
Japanese be permitted to fish for
halibut in the eastern Bering Sea.
He also disclosed that he and
other members of the Alaska con
gressional delegation will meet
with Defense Secretary Robert
McNamara later this week to dis
cuss the recent Russian flight over
Alaska and the state’s defenses.
Regarding a proposal by the U.S.
Civil Service Commission to do
away with cost-of-living allow
ances paid federal workers in Al
aska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the
Virgin Islands, Bartlett said he
knows none of the details of the
plan.
Of the President’s decision to
approve the controversial recom
mendation of the American section
of the International North Pacific
Fisheries Commission that the
Japanese be given halibut fishing
rights in the eastern Bering Sea,
the Alaska senator said:
“I am completely satisfied with
the outcome because, much as I
regret, the commission had to de
cide to open the Bering Sea to the
Japanese halibut fishermen, I think
the decision was demanded by the
language of the treaty itself, and
failure on our part and on the
part of the Canadians to act could
well have jeopardized the entire
treaty.”
The treaty to which he referred
is the one binding Japan, the U.S.,
and Canada to conservation of
fishery resources in the North Pa
cific. When one or more parties
to the treaty are fully utilizing a
particular fishery, the others ag
ree to “abstain” from fishing into
the interest of conservation. In this
instance, it was determined that
U.S. and Canadian fishermen were
not fully utilizing the eastern Ber
ing Sea halibut fishery.
The treaty was drawn up in
1952. This year, under terms of the
treaty, any nation wishing to with
draw from it may do so.
Bartlett continued: “I think it is
imperative that the treaty be
maintained. Unless it is, the Japa
nese can fish for anything they
want to within three miles of the
Alaska coast line.
“For the first time a President
of the United States has endorsed
publicy the principle of abstention
which we insist upon, which the
Japanese want to throw overboard.
It is certain when the Japanese
learn that President Kennedy him
self is insistent upon abstention it
is going to have an important ef
fect on Japanese government cir
cles.”
Of the recent flight of two Rus
sian reconnaissance planes over
southwest Alaska, the senator said:
“For some years I and other
public officials have been deplor
ing the deterioration and erosion
oi Alaska’s defense. The threat is
certainly no less great now than it
was in former years but the ability
to withstand it has been greatly
weakened.
“The Alaska congressional dele
gation is going to meet later this
week with Secretary McNamara
and attempt to use the latest epi
sode (Russian flights) as a fulcrum
to reverse Pentagon thinking and
action in defending Alaska.”
Bartlett said it would be “im
possible to comment intelligently
on the proposal to drop cost-of
living allowances and increase
federal salary ranges “because we
don’t know the details of the ad
ministration’s plan.”
He said there was no “prior con
sultation with members of Alaska’s
Ernie Smith, Pioneer
Transpacific Flier, Passes
SAN FRANCISCO iff) — Ernie
Smith, 70, noted flier, died Tues
day.
On July 15, 1927, he flew a
single - engine monoplane from
Oakland, Calif., to Hawaii, crash
landing on a Kiawe tree when he
ran out of gas.
The flight, with navigator Emory
B. Bronte, took 25 hours and 36
minutes. The plane, which bounced
down the gopher - pitted Oakland
runway with 379 gallons of gas,
never was higher than 1,100 feet
on its 2,393-mile flight.
Smith, christened Ernest LeRoy
Smith, returned to become an air
mail pilot and later an executive
of Trans World Airlines.
congressional delegation nor to the
best of my knowledge with con
gressional representatives from
Hawaii and Puerto Rico” before
the proposal was made.
“It may be good, it may be bad.
We don’t know yet. It’s only a leg
islative proposal. If it should be
disadvantageous to federal em
ployes in the concerned area, they
will have ample opportunity to
make their views known to Con
gress before any action is taken.”
Bartlett had come to Alaska to
take part in the dedication of the
new Kenai Community Medical
Clinic. He boarded a plane here
Monday to return to Washington.
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King Hassan of Morocco
Gets Red Carpet Welcome
WASHINGTON iff) — King
Hassan II, ruler of Morocco, ar
rived in Washington by special
train today and was welcomed at
Union Station by President and
Mrs. Kennedy.
Kennedy, in brief remarks said
he hoped the King’s visit will be
a “fruitful and beneficial one as
was the visit of your illustrious
father.”
“Your country was the first to
recognize the United States in the
most difficult days of our revolu
tion,” Kennedy said, adding that
he was “very proud” to welcome
King Hassan.
Hassan thanked Kennedy for the
invitation which enabled him, he
said, “to renew my acquaintance
with your people to meet you and
your government.”
1,C25 Canadians File Candidacy
For April 8 Elections
OTTAWA U?) — A record 1,025
candidates have filed for Canada’s
House of Commons election on
April 8.
The nominations closed Monday
night with 10 more than the pre
vious record, for the House elec
tion last June.
281 Voters Registered
Twenty-Five Years Ago
There were 281 voters registered
for the city election 25 years ago.
Among those who were candi
dates for city office were: M. J.
Walsh for City Clerk; L. D. Bron
son for City Councilman, and
Carrie McLain for School Board.
Mrs. Mills Much Improved
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Ask Thai Native Continue to Take
Migratory Birds for Subsistence
JUNEAU CP*—A resolution ask
ing the Secretary of Interior to
rule that Alaska natives who have
traditionally taken waterfowl for
subsistence may continue to do so,
regardless of federal regulations,
was approved by the Senate yes
terday.
The resolution, authored by 13
members of the upper chamber,
said Canadian court have found
that, regardless of treaty consid
erations, natives dependent on mi
gratory birds for food may con
tinue to take them for subsistence.
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