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CORRESPONDENCE, Continuedi
closure which would necessarily produce
hyri of economic end sociological evils*
iiie PV7J has no proof to offer that this
Proposed closure would produce the result
hcp&d. for. Tnoy do not advance any proposal
* for reducing the distruction of salmon by
such natural enemies as sea gulls, Dolly
Varden, beluga whales, etc* It appears
he happened to be in need of treatment,
did not need to worry unduly about how his
immediate relative.-* wore going to live.
There are shout one- thousand poop3.e em
ployed in the *V. hngak Bay area. These
peopLe are residents of this section who
have lived most of their lives, and in
many cases, all their lives, adjacent to
these canneries, and each of th6se persons
their only thought is to prevent utilization
of the fish resources by human beings, bogie
members of the Fish and Viildlife personnel ’
when questioned during public meetings
'atout their policy of conservation have
stated they are only concerned with the
confer ration of salmon,; and it is out of
"th'-’ir field to v;orry about sociological
pr- o.lemf, such as the welfare of the resi
de atl. That appears to us a Very short
sighted and unwise statement,
■' ‘ The Public Health Department, during
the'past several years, and particularly
§lnce the formation of the Nushagak Bay
Area Health Council with its Publio health •
Nurse having headquarters in Dillingham,
has done a great deal in isolating and
treating cases of tuberculosis. Many of ■the
people thus treated have been restored to
health ahi are now leading normal lives.
It has been possible to give this treat
ment because their eerning power has been
sufficient to allow one or more members of
a family to be taken away or otherwise
treated without breaking up the entire
family group. The healthy members of the
family have hitherto been able to earn
enough from their work in the fishing in
dustry so that the-head of the family, if
has earned anywhere from four hundred dol—^
lars to two thousand dollars each ee&son*
borne ol' these people win find employment
in other areas not affected by the pro
posed closure, but what will happen to
those who do not find suoh employment?
Most of them are not able, either by ex
perience or by personal initiative, to go
into new fields.and compete for jobs* even
if suoh jobs Were available. They have fol
lowed fishing and cannery work all their
lives, and are too old to make a satis
factory adjustment elsewhere0 . .»
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The body of Jack Mack, 57, who disappeared
Nov, 9, was found under the ioe of Lake
Illiamna on.March 5 by Elia Wassillie, a
teenage boy. Wassillie, said he first not
iced two of Mack?s dogs frozen in the ioe.
Thinking they v.fero wolves, he approached
to find thev were in harness. He reported
the discovery fr.d the boy with his father
Nick Via? si Hie and CAA agent Merlin Huff-*
aker had bush pilot Harry Shawback fly
them back to the spot, where they dug thru
the ioe and recovered Mackfs body, U.S".
Commissioner said no foul play was indicate
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