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Letters to the Editor
Kenai, Alaska
13 March 1962
The Cheeehako News
Letter to The Editor:
I would like to make a few
comments on the unfortunate in
cidences that have taken place
recently on the hospital project.
First, the question of proxies has
come up. There were a lot of
proxy votes. Just about everyone
had some, several people had a
lot of them. The number one
could have was not restricted,
perhaps it should be. Some or
ganizations limit the number,
most do not. However, it was for
tunate there were so many. The
Cheeohako reported we only had
15 .more ballots cast than the re
quired number for a quorum. As
the hospital association grows,
proxies will be more and more
necessary to meet the quorum. It
is no easy trick to get a crowd
numbaling in the hundreds out on
One night.
Now some people were unhappy
at the election results. This is na
tural. The slate elected is not, on
the whole, the one I voted for
either, but I tjnr.k it is a good
one. It may be tlSaxAit* fca»T too
bad representation was not
gained .&n%4more communities*.
One menwfci elected lives in Sol
dotna, one has a homestead in
Cohoe, two are from North Kenai,
and the othe s are from Kenai.
It possibly was too bad that the
two principal communities. Sol
iiotna and Kenai. pretty much
voted for straight local people on
their ballots, hut it was true that
each did. To the group counting
ballots, this was obvious when
the names on a ballot were read.
Personally. I think it would have
been swell if Virginia Gibbs had
remained on the board. Virginia
and I have written letters, gath
ered information, compared notes,
etc., for more years than some
of the board members have lived
in the area, toying to get a hos
pital.
Since the election, letters have
been sent to the board members
(in essence) asking that they re
sign and implying the other com
munities will not cooperate under
these circumstances ami that a
hoard will have to be formed by
some other, means than the popu
lar election. This may have been
a well-intentioned action, but it
has thrown things into a terrible
muddle, demoralized the new'
members, one so mu oh that she7
immediately resigned, saying that
she meant to work for a hospital,
not fight with “them.”
In the first place, if each com
munity is to be represented on
the board (which may be a good
idea), then the By-Laws should
be changed. But it is hardly crick
et to hold a legal election (at
which every proxy was checked
by the membership committee),
then to announce that “I don’t
like the outcome and I'm going to
force some of them to resign -so
we can name different ones.” In
the second place, l don’t believe
that the other communities won’t
cooperate. If the hospital was for
the area good two weeks ago,
then it still is. Virginia Gibbs
and I are no longer on the board
of trustees, but I can't imagine
that either one of us will no long
er be interested in a hospital.
It must be admitted that a
great deal of the interest in the
hospital is, frankly, location. It
is no secret that most people in
Kenai would dearly love to see it
built in Kenai and feet that we
have the most logical arguments
for it. It is also no secret that
Soidotna feels the very same way
anti is working very hard for
this and, just as frankly, with
the luck Soidotna has had in the
last five years getting things,
they’ll probably make it on this.
But this is all beside the point
•erause at the last meeting, C. L.
Parker of Soidotna made a mo
tion, which passed, that the site
location he determined by the
membership, not the board. So,
let's atop hurting everyone's feel
ings and remember that we’re
trying to build a hospital. Soi
dotna asked for help on their
clinic. You’ll find Kenai stock
holders. Look in front of the
clinic any day. You'll find Kenai
customers.
I am dismayed at the personal
hard feelings and possibly com
munity hard feelings that have
resulted from this. The hospital
program has enough problems
without adding any of this
nature.
DONNIS THOMPSON.
Soidotna, Alaska
March 13, 1962
To the Editor
The Cheechako News
At the most enjoyable- uau<tuet
held in honor of the'dog mushers,
one of the best local M-Ckt came
to light, and did a masterful job
of reporting the part Kenai and
Soldotna dkt in making the dog
races a great success. When he
called the two cities, for the first
time, the “Twin Cities," there
was a great round of applause. I
am sure all people present were
sincere in the applause
•-ini n >\v, with people's .lives at
stake, some people cannot agree
with the “Twin Cities" idea. For
the past two years the hospital
has been in the making with a
committee from the Soldotna
Chamber of Commerce walking
night and day, giving endless
hours to research as to how
money emikl be raised and from
where to finance the badly needed
institution.
Now a meeting and election it
elect a board of directors way
held. Through the slick, politico)
maneuvering by a few who de
sire to eon-* td the vote there was
not one person elected on the
board south of Kenai.
The use of proxy votes seem*
to be a loop hole for such stink
ing tactics. All people should de
mand a new election. Ask some
oi those wto were elected,
53. L. GRANGE.
Dear Sir:
For the fi.iist time, mankind
possesses the knowledge and the
tools with which to write its own
universal obituary.
I do not believe this will Imp
pen, However, I do feel that pre
paredness and planning in this
nuclear age is essential.
The Office of Emergency Plan
ning, which is in the Executive
Office of the President, has pro
posed a series of legislative meas
to insure the continuity of gov
ernment and the preservation of
records in the event a capito] city
is destroyed.
A majority of the states have,
or are in the process, of adopting
this proram.
Last week, Speaker of the
House, Warren Taylor, intro
duced companion bills in our Leg
islature:
IIB 367 provides for the con
tinuity of the executive ami judi
dal functions of government and
provide* for special emergency
judges.
HB 368 authorizes the estab
lishment of a temporary seat of
government, if because of an en
emy attack or natural disaster,
it becomes necessary to conduct
the affairs of government at some
other location than the State
capitol.
It behooves ali of us to sup
port these two bills as they are
our insurance that in the event of
a disaster the state government
could continue to operate.
Sincerely,
MRS. HELEN M. FISCHER
Legislation
The following bills have been
signed into law by Governor Wil
liam A. Egan:
CS for House Bill No. 252—
“Providing for adjustment of
claims under the Alaska Work
men’s Compensation Act."
Senate Bill No. 2# -“An Act
relating to minimum wages for
employees."
CS for Senate Bill No. 93-—“An
Act setting forth exemptions to
overtime hours requirements of
Alaska Wage and Hour Act."
Japanese Fishery
Causes Extinction
Of Red Salmon
A translation of a Russian fish
eries research paper today was
cited by Governor William A.
Egan as further evidence of the
threat by a Japanese high seas
salmon fishery to the future of
salmon runs in Bristol' Bay and
other areas of Alaska.
The paper reported the work
of Russian scientists on the
causes of fluctuation in the abun
dance of sookeye salmon in the
Ozernaya River on the Kamchat
ka Peninsula.
At one point in the work, the
writers summarized the effect of
the Japanese high seas f ishery as
follows:
"The excessive exploitation by
the Japanese fleet may be judged
by the following data. In years
without Japanese high seas fish
ing, the average size of the runs
to Ozernaya River -was About 5.5
million salmon while in years
with Japanese high seas fishing
the runs decreased to an aver
age of 2.0 million. The situation
became so serious that our indus
try, in order to avoid an ap
proaching catastrophe, was forced
to almost completely cease oper
ation. In subsequent years, the
domestic catch removed, on the
average, only about 5 per cent of
the total stock of mature fish.
In spue ot these protective
measures, insufficient numbers
of spawners reached the spawn
ing grounds of the Jake. This un
doubtedly will have serious eon*
sequences for the fishable stock
in the near future . , .
The report also noted that a
"considerable part” of the spawn
ers reaching the lake “will not
participate in spawning because
of serious injuries received as a
result of a temporary stay in
Japanese drift-nets,” adding:
"In years with intensive Japa
nese fishing, an average of 20 per
cent of the fish bound for the
spawning grounds were injured.
Studies have demonstrated that
only fish with minor injuries (fi-7
per cent of the fish) will spawn.
Individuals with deeper injuries
of skin, muscles and bones do not
contribute to reproduction. The
extent of injured fish in 1957
1959 amounted to 130-820 thou
sand specimens. The injured fe
males contained from 150 to 740
million eggs. Among them per
ished unquestionably not less than
60-100 thousand fish represent
ing 200-850 million eggs, which,
assuming average survival of .25
per cent, are equivalent to 500
750 thousand returning red
salmon.”
The writers then summarized
their findings as follows;
“Ail these facts testify eon
incingly .that continuation of the
Japanese fishery with its present
volume leads to practical extinc
tion of the valuable commercial
stocks of red salmon in the Far
East.”
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