Egan Tells State Dept. ‘Think Again,’
On Reimbursing Fishermen’s Losses
JUNEAU UP* — The U.S. State
Department has rejected a sug
gestion that Congress be asked to
approve legislation providing for
reimbursement to U.S. fishermen
who lose gear through the actions
of foreign fishermen.
Rejection of the suggestion, of
fered by Gov. William A. Egan,
came in a letter to Egan from
Alexis Johnson, Deputy Under
Secretary of State.
In answering Johnson, in a let
ter dated Nov. 8 and made public
today, Egan said he regretted
“very much the negative position ’
of the State Department.
In the past, Egan said, Congress
has approved legislation to reim
burse U.S. fishermen for fines in
curred through seizure of vessels
bv foreign governments while
fishing in waters claimed by for
eign governments but not recog
nized by the United States.
“If distinction can be made be
tween such cases and the losses
incurred by our fishermen off Ko
diak Island,” Egan said, “I strong
ly suggest that it is to those United
States fishermen who are defend
ing our continued utilization of
traditional fishing grounds off our
shores that we owe the greatest
moral obligation and support.
“Nor can I accept as valid your
statement that losses incurred by!
our fishermen in these historic j
American crabbing grounds have
been ‘caused entirely by the action
of nationals of other countries.’
“Such a statement ignores what
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I strongly believe to be the failure
of the federal government to take
prompt corrective action which
•vould have removed foreign na
tions Irom these grounds and pre
vented the continuing depreda
tions.”
Egan also dismissed a claim by
Johnson that administration of the
proposed reimbursement program
would be extremely difficult, from
the standpoint of eliminating false
claims.
“Adequate provisions can be
written into the law to mitigate
against the possibility of false
claims although I do not believe
that this represents anywhere near
the problem the Department of
State apparently feels to be the
case,” Egan wrote.
“Nor do I believe that the great
majority who are honest fishermen
now suffering financial loss
through no fault of their own
should be deprived of reimburse
ment simply because of an as
sumption that a few claims may
be of doubtful validity.
'It is my very earnest hope that
the department will reconsider its
position on my proposal and give
this matter its strong approval and
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This was their education.
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children things that they had
learned from experience. Thus
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When the children went into
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taey taught their children the
things they had learned. The chil
dren did the same for their chil
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°f years. This proved that our Na
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If our Nation had remained
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Alaska Weather
By The Associated Press
Mostly fair skies covered much
of Alaska today, with a large area
from the north Gulf coast north
ward to the Brooks Range report
mg clear skies.
Cloudy skies and occasional
light snow were reported alon
the West coast and portions of the ,
Arctic coast.
Cloudy skies also blanketed the
Southeast panhandle, and the An
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. liTV-An
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ground electrical vault injured two
men and shook a 19-story office
building under construction in
Corpus Christi today.
All electrical power in the down
town area of this city of 170,000
was off 33 minutes. Reason for
the explosion is not known.
The fire started with an explo
sion in giant electric transformers
in a manhole under the sidewalk
in front of the new Guaranty Na
tional Tower.
A series of rumbling explosions
thundered underneath the streets
and shook the building, made of
plate glass walls.
No damage to the building was
reported.
Two employes of Central Power
and Light Company were hospital
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Trio On Shooting Spree
DUBUQUE, Iowa CrP> — A Orin
n. 11. Iowa, policeman was shot and
killed early today, apparently
n he interrupted an attempted
burglary.
h vend hours later, three men
" ere captured in a farm cottage
near Dubuque where they held
t o couples hostage for a time.
The three were held for question
ing in the slaying.
The captured men have been
dentified as Gary Lee Wessling,
Pochard Craig and Tom Kieman.
Police say Wessling shot himself
as officers closed in on the cottage.
He was taken to a hospital for
treatment of a gunshot wound.
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