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Initiative Petition
Requirement Bill
Held In House Committee
JUNEAU — A move to bring
a measure which calls for stiffen
ed requirements for getting an in
itiative on the ballot out for floor
action fell short in the House Ju
diciary Committee Monday.
The committee voted 4-3 against
bringing SJR7 up for discussion
and making a report back to the
House.
The resolution calls for an
amendment to the state constitu
tion which would require the sig
natures of 10 per cent of the voters
in the majority of the state’s elec
tion districts on an initiative peti
tion.
The constitution now requires
only the signatures of 10 per cent
of the voters of the state overall,
with simple representation from
two-thirds of the election districts.
Rep. Warren Taylor moved in
committee that the resolution be
brought up .for discussion. In the
vote he was joined by Rep. Joseph
Josephson and Rep. Wm. White
head.
Opposing the motion were com
mittee chairman Wm. Sanders and
Reps. Keith Miller, Edgar Baggen, ,
and Forbes Baker.
As a proposed constitutional
amendment, the measure requires
the approval of two-thirds of both
the House and the Senate, and then
must be put to a vote of the
people. It passed the Senate last
month 16-3.
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Japanese Say Canadian
Holdup of Halibut Fishery
Ratification Is Unfair
TOKYO UP — The present atti
tude of the Canadian government
in delaying ratification of the
three-nation recommendations per
mitting Japan to fish for halibut
in the east Bering Sea starting
Monday is quite unfair, if not un
lawful, the Japanese fishery agen
cy said Tuesday.
Japan accepted in late February
the recommendations of the Inter
national North Pacific Fisheries
representing Japan, Canada and
the United States. The three-nation
commission’s recommendation goes
into effect after approval by the
three governments. Only the Can- *
adian government has not ap
proved it yet.
Commenting on reports irom
Canada Prime Minister Die
fenbaker said Monday the Cana
dian government will not act on
the recommendation until “full in
vestigation” to assure their fisher
men full protection, agency offi
cials said Canada is entirely neg
lecting the decision of the three
nation commission.
The Bering Sea fishing opened
Monday night. A total of 252 boats
from Japan now on the Bering Sea
I are awaiting the Canadian gov
ernment’s approval.
The Commission, at its recent
Tokyo meeting, recommended a
quota for the three nations of 11
million pounds of fish for the
east Bering Sea, so-called “edge
grounds” between Unimak Pass
and the Pribilof Islands and along
the north shore of the Aleutian
Peninsula.
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self and for himself is apt to be
corrupted by the company he
keeps.” —Charles H. Parkhurst
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