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VOL. LXXVI. NO. 11,775 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _ PRICE TEN CENTS
DFA Regulations Alaska Fishing Protested
INFLUENCE,
FAVORITISM
CHARGED CAB
' WASHINGTON, April 4 —‘.'Pi- -
A staff investigator for the Senate
Small Business Committee said to
day an inquiry is being made into
charges of “influence and favor
, tism" involving some past and pres
ent members of the Civil Aeronau
tics Board (CAB).
Lawrence Henderson, the invest
igator, told a reporter the charges
are “pretty sensational” and three
men have been assigned to find
out whether there is any merit to
them.
But Committee Chairman Spark
man (D-La) told a reporter later
he was surprised to learn that Hen
derson had raised the question of
influence and favoritism.
“Not a single soul has mentioned
any irregularity or suspicion of ir
regularity to me,” Sparkman said.
“But of course, if something like
that should be uncovered, we’d take
the appropriate action.”
Both Sparkman find Henderson
agreed the inquiry stems from com
plaints by non-scheduled airlines
against a CAB order restricting their
operations. The non-scheduled car
riers contend the board, which
makes rules for the aviation indus
try, is driving them out of business
to aid larger firms operating regu
lar services schedules.
The order, which the non-sched
uled airline operators have attack
ed as a “death warrant,” forbids
the non-scheduled carriers from
making more than three flights a
month between eight major cities.
The order was scheduled to go
into effect April 6, but was post
poned for a month at the commit
tee's request.
The operators contend they were
lured into the business by the gov
ernment, which u’aged an intensive
campaign to sell off war surplus
planes suitable for passenger and
cargo hauling.
IMPROMPTU PROGRAM
ENJOYED BY KIWANIS
Program chairman present or ab
sent means nothing to the Juneau
Kiwanis Club. Today at a regular
luncheon meeting at the Baranof
Hotel when program chairman Paul
Sutton was reported weatherbound
at Haines, Bob Furst stepped in to
create a humorous anecdote-telling
contest in which nearly all members
participated with much laughter.
Norman Steinig, in charge of
ladies night, announced that it
would b'e held Wednesday evening,
April 25, in lieu of a regular lunch
eon meeting. All members were
urged to attend and to take guests.
Robert Pheasant, Pacific North
ern Airlines traffic manager, was
a guest.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Cnpyrttht. 1951. or Bell Syndicate. Inc..
fr ASHINGTON.—The Washing
ton rumor factory is probably the
most active and the most irrespon
sible in the world. Tales cooked up
in Capitol Hill lobbies, the drawing
rooms of high society or in a taxi
cab conversation are spread as
fact within a matter of hours.
The story that the late Frank
lin Roosevelt was insane and had to
be chained to his bed at night was
a good example. One confidential
news agency believed it to the ex
tent of relaying it to its many
thousand customers.
Latest Washington canard is that
Secretary of Defense George Mar
shall is in his dotage and unable
to come to his office more than
half a week.
On the contrary, I can state that
Marshall, though 70, is probably in
better health than before his kid
ney operation, gets to the office
before 8 a.m., has the papers read
and sent out of his office by around
8:20 a.m., and puts in a full six
day week, working even on Sat
_ urday.
This- is a lot more than most ex
ecutives do in Washington, New
York, or anywhere else.
Marshall is alert, his memory is
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$200,000 BOND
ISSUE PROPOSED
BY SCHOOL BOARD
At a special meeting of the school
board last night it was proposed
that a bond election be submitted
to the people of Juneau for their
approval or rejection to raise $200,
000 to complete the new public
school which is to be erected at 12th
and Glacier Way. The election will
take place in from three to four
weeks.
At a previous bond issue $750,000
was raised which, it was expected
would be matched by Federal funds
through the General Service Ad
ministration. However, as appro
priations have not been forthcom
ing, GSA is unable to make any
commitments and the board voted
last night to proceed with con
struction with what money is on
hand.
About $150,000 of the $750,000 was
used to buy the land on which the
school will be erected, pay court
costs, land clearing costs and other
incidentals, leaving at present $600,
000 for construction of the building.
This, it is estimated, will construct
the classrooms, but will not include
the kindergartens, cafeterias, teach
ers’ rooms, nurses’ rooms, principal’s
office or vault for school records.
Therefore, the additional $200,000
bond issue was proposed to provide
these necessities. It was thought
that construction of this addition
would be cheaper while the school
itself is under erection, than it
would be to add them at some fu
ture time.
Valle and Sommers are con
tractors and construction is sched
uled to start as soon as weather
permits.
COL. JOHN NOYES
BACK FROM VISIT
EASTERN COLLEGES
Col. John R. Noyes, of the Alaska
Road Commission, returned to Jun
eau Monday after a two months’
trip in eastern states.
Purpose of his trip was to recruit
engineering personnel for the Alaska
Road Commission to take care of
increased operations of that depart
ment which have occurred the past
year.
Col. Noyes visited various colleges
throughout the eastern states inter
viewing graduate and near-graduate
engineers. He also had loan of the
Alaska Development Board film,
“Alaska, U.S.A.” and made 20 show
ings of it which, he said, resulted
in great interest in the Territory
not only among young college men
but also with the general public.
At the same time that Noyes was
covering the eastern states, H. B.
Schultz, bridge engineer for the de
partment, was on a similar mis
sion in the midwest and George
Tapley, who is still in the states,
is covering the far western states.
Both men also had copies of “Alas
ka, U.S.A.”
Appropriation Bill
In Washington, D. C., Col. Noyes
attended hearings at the House of
Representatives on the appropria
tion bill for the Department of In
terior and attended many other
meetings and conferences in the in
terest of his agency. He was in the
Capital during the welcome of
President Auriol and his wife on
their arrival from France.
Asked if the recent cut-back of
steel, copper and other critical ma
terials had affected his operations,
Col. Noyes said:
“It definitely has. We are making
every effort to build up our person
nel and obtain road and bridge
equipment to supply our needs, and
although we are making progress,
we are not out of the woods yet.”
While in the east Col. Noyes took
leave of absence to visit his family
in Oneida, N. Y. Mrs. IToyes will
remain in the east for some time.
NINE TRAVEL ON
ELLIS AIRLINES
Arriving on Ellis Airlines Wednes
day flight were five passengers
with four carried on interport.
Prom Ketchikan: Laverne Fell,
Dr. Vernon Forney, John Martin.
From Petersburg: C. R. Barnhill,
Mr. McCarty.
R. M. Barnard of Seattle is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
JOE JURICH
DEFEATED BY
FISHERMEN
SEATTLE, April 4 —M—Joseph
Jurich, prominent left-wing labor
leader, lost in his bid to become
secretary-treasurer of Local 3, Fish
ermen and Allied Workers' Division
International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union ilnd).
Bob Cummings, incumbent secre
tary-treasurer, defeated Jurich, 399
to 219, in a referendum conducted
among the union’s 2,000 members,
the Times reported.
Jurich formerly was president of
the International Fishermen and
Allied Workers of America, parent
union of Local 3. The IFAWA was
merged last year with the ILWU
and Jurich became chairman of
the Fishermen’s Division of the
ILWU a job he is leaving because
of ill health.
Robert Alvestad of Gig Harbor,
incumbent, was re-elected presi
dent, defeating Rudy Franulovich
of Anaccfrtes, 397 to 239. Frank Bar
cott of Anacortes was elected vice
president.
BRISTOL BAY
UNION FILES
CHARGES All
SEATTLE, April 4 ,—UH—An un
fair-labor practice charge was filed
today with the National Labor Re
lations Board against the Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc., by the Ber
ing Sea Fishermen’s Union (In
dependent).
The union charged that the In
dustry was recognizing the Alaska
Fishermen’s Union (Independent)
as bargaining representative for all
fishermen in Alaska while an action
is pending before the NLRB for
fishermen in Bristol Bay to break
away from the AFU.
John Geisness, Seattle attorney,
filed the charges in behalf of the
union. He filed a petition several
weeks ago for an election to deter
mine the collective bargaining
rights for some 1,400 Bristol Bay
fishermen. A hearing was held last
week.
SPORTSMAN’S 400
CLUB MEETS THURS.
The Sportsman’s 400 Club will
meet in the City Council Chambers
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
The purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers and l,p make plans for
the coming year. All members are
urged to be present.
TWS BIOLOGIST
WINS PROMOTION
Thomas J. Costello, Jr., who has
been assistant managing biologist
for the Fish and Wildlife Service
in the Bristol Bay region the past
year, has been promoted to manag
ing biologist in the Yakutat district.
Costello is at present working in
the office of Fisheries Management
Supervisor Dick Shuman in the
federal building.
MRS. SANDBO RETURNS
Mrs. Preston Sandbo returned!
today after medical treatment at
Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, j
PENWOMEN TO MEET
Penwomen will meet tomorrow
evening at Genevieve Mayberry’s
apartment in the MacKinnon
Apartments, instead of at Dora
Sweeney’s as previously announced.
HAPPY TRANSFER
Walter S. Yeargaln, BOSN, who
has been in the operations center
of the 13th U. S. Coast Guard Dis
trict here since September 1949, has
been transferred to the 11th Dis
trict at Los Angeles. He plans to
leave with Mrs. Yeargaln and their
two children, Wincie 10, and Scot
ty, 8, on the southbound Denali
next Sunday. The Yeargains are
happy about the transfer.
E. M. Linderoth of Seattle, ar
rived Tuesday from Annette on PAA
i and is stopping at the Gastineau
j hotel.
Mock War Is
Now Underway
Interior Alaska
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FAIRBANKS, Alaskg, April 4 —
<4*1—Jet fighters, fighting a mock
war, filled the air over this Central
Alaska city yesterday.
In the opening phase of a three
week concerted military operation,
labeled "operation firestep,” the “ag
gressor” air craft struck first at
Ladd Field In a thrust to catch the
defense by surprise. Ladd Air Force
officials reported, however, that the
warning system eliminated all the
elements of surprise. The defenders
were ready, but took some stiff
losses.
Aggressor planes theoretically
destroyed 12 defensive fighters and
suffered the loss of two aircraft
from anti-aircraft fire.
Bases of all the Armed Services,
spread across the vast territory
from the Canadian border to the
Aleutians, braced for surprise at
tacks. Bases in the Fairbanks area
were on “alert.” All personnel was
carrying full battle regalia.
Paratroopers To Drop
For the first time in the history
of Alaska war maneuvers, para
troopers were to take part in the
operations. The First Battalion of
the 505th Airborne Infantry Regi
ment of the famous 82nd Airborne
Division was ready to jump into the
attack. They are from Fort Bragg,
N. C. The paratroopers are support
ed by a battery of 105-mm airborne
Howitzers and a platoon from the
307th Airborne Engineers, also from
Fort Bragg.
They are staging somewhere in
Canada. Where or when they will
will drop in Alaska is the best kept
military secret of the week.
In the opening day's mock war
fare, the second attack came on
Fairbanks military installations
from a simulated flight of bombers,
which swung later against Ladd Air
Force base. Officers said the warn
ing system tipped off the defend
ers again. Jet fighters intercepted
the coming force and damaged one
—theoretically.
At Anchorage, Elmendorf Air
Force Base was hit by three separ
ate bombing and strafing raids yes
terday.
Lt. Col. Eber Jernigan, chief air
umpire in the Anchorage area, said
some "damage” was inflicted on
buildings and other installations by
aggressor bombers and fighters that
fought their way through defending
jets to the target area. But he
ruled that damage was not suffi
cient to hamper base operations
seriously.
Anti-aircraft guns of defending
forces claimed nine aggressor bomb
ers and six fighters were shot down.
One friendly jet was reported “lost.”
RAINBOW GIRI5 MEET
SATURDAY,'TO ATTEND .
CHURCH ON SUNDAY
All Rainbow girls are reminded
to attend the monthly business
meeting Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clock. This meeting also com
memorates the anniversary of the
founding of Rainbow.
Pledges and all members are
asked to meet at the Scottish Rite
Temple, Sunday, March 8 at 10:45
to attend the Lutheran Church in
a group.
JIM BROWNE BACK
James Browne, manager of the
field office for the Social Security
Administration for Alaska, returned
yesterday on PAA from Seattle. He
had been outside for five weeks va
cationing following a regional con
ference of the Social Security Ad
ministration at Arrowhead Springs,
Calif., where the matter of new
amendments to the Social Security
Act were discussed. He later visited
in San Francisco, Portland and
other west coast cities.
CHAMBER MEETING
Regular business will be taken up
at a luncheon meeting of the Ju
neau Chamber of Commerce at the
Baranof Hotel tomorrow noon. A
Pan American World Airways film,
“Wings Over France” will be shown
following the business session.
__
William Edgecomb ana family of
Pelican are at the Oastineau Hotel.
I
TASK FORCE
DRIVES ON
IN KOREA
By Associated Press
The Allied task force drove four
miles north of the Red Korean
border today against heavy Com
munist resistance.
A field dispatch said the task
force met heavy Red mortar fire
and some artillery fire near Top
yong, four miles north of the border
on the Western front. But it drove
ahead.
Another Allied force nearby
punched two miles into Red Korea
in the Yongpyong area.
Earlier reports said an American
patrol had crossed Parallel 38 on
the Central front and routed Chi
nese Reds from two hills. The pa
trol was probing the outer areas of
a huge Red buildup where almost
one-half million Communist troops
were massed for an expected Red
offensive.
Reds Muster 500,000
According to intelligence reports
the Reds are mustering nearly 500,
000 combat troops in this area
preparatory to an all-out final at
tempt to push UN forces out of
Korea. The Communists are expect
ed to take advantage of the spring's
muddy terrain and launch their
attack any day now. Korea’s glue
like mud favors the Reds in that it
holds down mechanical equipment
in which UN forces have super
iority.
Big Air Battle
For the second straight day a
big air battle between American
Stftne Jets and Russian-type MIG
15s was fought over Sinuiju near
the Manchurian frontier. Ameri
can airmen destroyed one enemy
fighter and sent the others scurry
ing to their Manchurian sanctuary.
This brought the Allied \)ag to four
Red-nosed jets knocked down in
two days of dog-fights, and seven
enemy planes destroyed. No Al
lied losses have been reported.
War of Maneuver
in wnat uenerai MacArtnur yes
terday called the continuing war of
maneuver to sap the enemy’s
strength rather than cover terri
tory, two American tank forces that
crossed the border yesterday later
withdrew.
On the Eastern front, where
South Korean troops have pushed
13 miles inside North Korea, Al
lied patrols met only light resist
ance.
NED ZENGER GETS
PROMOTION IN CS
Announcement was made today
by Thomas J. Petrich, acting col
lector of customs, of the promotion
of Nedford H. Zenger, clerk in_the
custom’s .office, to Deputy Collector
of Customs, to be stationed in
Wrangell. Zenger will leave Friday
via plane for his new post.
Zenger has been attached to the
local custom's office for the past
two years. He was born and raised j
in Juneau, graduated from the local
schools and also the Behnke Bus
iness College in Portland, Oregon.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Zenger, pioneer channel resi
dents, and has a wife and one
child. J
Mrs. Zenger and child will go to
Wrangell later when living quar
ters are found.
PERCY TURNER
GETS DUNKED
_ I
Wet and miserable, Percy Tur
ner was dragged out of the Icy
water of the old city harbor back
of Warner's Machine Shop yester
day afternoon by Walter Sperl.
Juneau City Police were notified
and took Turner to St. Ann’s Hos
pital.
Turner, a local gunsmith, said
he had his gear aboard the vessel,
Washington, and was going to Hoo
nah to open up a shop there. He
requested that the police remove his
stuff and hold It for him. Turner
didn’t know how he got in the water
but assumed that he had slipped.
PALMER VISITOR
George W. Whites tone of Palmer
Is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
Dog Mustier from Alaska
Welcomed at Home Town in
Maine After His Long Trek
PROTESTIS
RADIOED TO
SECY. INT.
Drastic Objection Made to
Proposals-Rejectment
is Strongly Urged
Addressed to Oscar Chapman,
Secretary of Interior, a protest was
radioed today regarding DFA fish
ing regulations. The wired commun
ication is as follows:
Alaska Fisheries Board consisting
of five Alaskans representing resi
dent fishermen^ packers and gen
eral public and all confirmed by
Territorial Legislature today unan
imously adopted following state
ment. We protest Alaska salmon
concentration plan proposed by De
fense Fisheries Administration. As
good American citizens we want to
make it clear we are in favor of
any plan which would really con
tribute to the defense effort but we
insist from our Intimate knowledge
of the Alaska situation that this
proposal would in no way do so.
As the official body established
to speak for all Alaskans in fish
eries matters we emphatically pro
test entrusting decisions governing
Alaska commercial fisheries to a
Deputy Defense Tlsheries Adminis
trator who has no background in ac
tual fishing and operating problems
but only in unrelated selling and
brokerage activities.
We further protest method adopt
ed of formulating proposals for
Alaska on basis only of meetings
held in Seattle with virtually no
representation on recommending
committees by bonafide Alaskans.
Actually the committees were
stacked with non-resident packers
and alleged representatives of fish
ermen likewise non-resident or non
representative. The proposals which
resulted reflect their selfish point
of view only. It is our conviction
after reviewing recommendations
that the proposals for Bristol Bay,
Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula,
will not result in any savings ol
1 manpower or equipment in 1951 but
! will under the guise of doing so give
j the non-resident interests complete
i control over this Alaska industry in
BIG DOINGS FOR
ELKS SATURDAY;
TWOJEATURES
Grand Exalted Ruler Kyle
to Visit Here—To Dedi
cate Elks Iron lung
Grand Exalted Ruler of the Be
nevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, Joseph B. Kyle, of Gary, Ind.,
will pay an official visit to the
Juneau lodge next Saturday and the
visit will be full of action including
dedication of the Iron lung, another
public service with Elks sponsorship.
Included In the official party will
be Past Grand Exalted Ruler Em
mett T. Anderson who has previ
ously visited Juneau, at which tlmej
he dedicated the Juneau Elks am-'
bulance to this vicinity.
In addition to the Grand Exalted
Ruler’s party, Juneau lodge will
also be honored with the presence
of Charles D. Garfield, Past Exalt
ed Ruler of Juneau lodge, and Mrs.
Garfield. Garfield is the only sur
viving charter member of Juneau
lodge and the senior Past Exalted
Ruler.
Also In this Elks party of visitors
will be District Deputy Grand Exalt
ed Ruler for Southeast Alaska. Dave
L. Stevenson, of Skagway Lodge
No. 431.
A snort Driei on me oaiuiunj
program Is as follow*:
4:30 p.m. — Dedication of Iron
lung, Elks hall, public Invited.
5:00 p.m. — Cocktail hour, Bara
nof hotel (Elks and their ladies).
6:30 p.m. — Banquet, Gold Room,
Baranof hotel (Elks members only).
8:00 p.m. — Meeting, Elks hall,
initiation by Ketchikan PERs.
11:00 p.m. — Open house, Elks
hall (Elks and their ladies).
Mrs. Kyle and Mrs. Garfield will
be especially entertained by ladies
of the Elks during the stay here,
this feature to be announced later.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8:00 tonight,
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m. Friday.
Denali from westward scheduled
southbound sometime Sunday.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, April 4 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
109%, American Tel, and Tel. 153%,
Anaconda 39, Douglas Aircraft 96%,
General Electric 64%, General Mot
to^ 51%, Goodyear 72%, Kennecott
72 %* Libby, McNeill and Libby 9%,
Northern Pacific 33%, Standard Oil
of California 46, Twentieth Century
Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 42, Pound
$2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.12%.
Sales today were 1,290,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 247.31, rails 80.60, utili
ties 42.10.
•
• WEATHER REPORT
• Temperature for H-Hour Period
• ending 4:20 o'clock thin morning
• In Juneau — Maximum,
• 42; minimum, 34.
• At Airport — Maximum,
• 44; minimum, 35.
•
• FORECAST
• Cloudy with mixed rain
• and snow tonight. South
• easterly winds 15 to 25 miles
• per hour. Mostly cloudy
• Thursday with occasional
• rain showers. Low tonight
• near 36 and high Thursday
• near 42.
•
• PRECIPITATION
• (Pact 24 bourc ending ":J0 tod»r
• City of Juneau — .15 inches;
• Since April 1 — 2.15 inches;
• Since July 1 — 60.OB inches.
• At Airport — .04 Inches;
• Since April 1 — .79 inches;
• Since July 1 — 37.05 Inches.
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LEWISTON, Me., April 4- (4V_A
royal welcome home today awaited
Cecil A. (Mushi Moore at the end
of his 6,000-miie dog sled trek
from Alaska.
The bearded traveler and his nine
huskies trotted out of Gray in fine
fettle for the last 20 miles of a
trip begun in Fairbanks in Novem
ber, 1949.
Two brass bands mustered to
meet Mush, his dogs and a state
police escort for a parade to the
official reception at Lewiston City
Hall.
Mayors Ernest Malenfant of Lew
iston and Edward M. Field of Au
burn, other officials of the two
cities and members of the Lions
Club were the welcoming delega
tion.
Moore undertook his cross-con
tinental Journey to raise money
for the Lions' underprivileged chil
dren fund.
He sloshed from Portland to Gray
yesterday in a driving rainstorm.
His drenched dogs were sheltered
for the night in Frank Lunch’s
barn.
All the way from Alaska his trip
was a triumph over nature.
But he didn’t count on frigid
Alaskan temperatures, sizzling Min
nesota heat, a siege of grippe, 40
pups born to his sled dogs during
the trip, or an attack by wolves
in Canadian wilderness.
One thing Mush did count on
was the absence of snow along
much of his route. He equipped his
sled with both runners and rubber
wneeis. >
He began his journey with 11
dogs. One was killed In the wolf
attack just after he left Alaska.
Another fell victim to a North
[ Dakotan rattlesnake. The nine
| others were with him all the way.
Sam Michael, Moore’s manager
and a past president of the Lions
Club, said sale of cacheted envel
opes carried on Moore’s sled will
raise a fund, as planned. Also Moore
plans a lecture tour.
“The trip so far has not brought
in any money, in fact it has not
paid expenses by any means,"
Michael said.
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INFLATION
GREATEST
PROBLEM
% "
But Can Be Controlled De
clares Defense Mobi
lizer Wilson
WASHINGTON, April 4 —IAV
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil
son said today inflation Is the na
tion’s greatest problem, but It “can
be controlled.”
Wilson made the statement to
the Senate-House “Watchdog” Com
mittee on mobilization at the start
of a public survey of the defense
program.
In advance of the hearing, Sen
ator Fulbright (D-Ark) said a
“terrible" inflation plight confronts
the country and that Congress “cer
tainly is partly to blame.”
In his prepared statement. Wilson
reviewed the highlights of the week
end report he made to President
Truman on building Amrica’s might.
Wilson also said, as he did in
his report, that with “the whole
hearted cooperation of everyone”
it may be possible to remove wage
price controls and other emergency
curbs "sometime in 1953.”
The present Defense Production
Act, which includes wage-price
control authority, expires June 30.
Maybank’s committee will advise
Congress regarding any changes in
the measure when it comes up for
extension.
DR. MOORE HERE
Dr Philip Moore of Mt. Edge
cumbe arrived Monday from Fair
banks and is at the Baranof Hotel.
mose areas.
Any manpower or equipment os
tensibly saved will actually be left
stranded where It will not be able
to contribute In the slightest to na
tional production efforts. There is
no alternative offered under the
arbitrary concentration plan to
channel into other use in the in
terest of the defense effort.
Moreover proposal comes so sud
denly and so late in season that
equipment and supplies are already
on hand for normal fishing during
1951. Improper use of the escape
clause for hardship cases could
readily lead to favoritism, chiseling
and confusion.
Already discrimination as between
fishing areas is demonstrated by
the proposal to limit the plan to
but three specific areas. However
laudable may be the objective of
curtailed fishing effort in these
areas for conservation purposes this
so-called concentration plan is not
a legitimate means of effecting
such curtailment and is certain to
be challenged in the courts. With
in the department's existing auth
ority means are available for attain
ing the same objectives legally if
such are deemed advisable. Using
as a base year 1950 or in one case
1949 would affect unfairly new resi
dents of Alaska who in some cases
have in good faith equipped and
i prepared themselves to fish these
I areas under normal conditions,
j Plan differs basically from World
War II Alaska salmon concentra
tion plan in which materials and
manpower were saved through con
solidation of the actual canning
operation but no attempt was made
to limit fishing effort. On the con
trary every Incentive was given for
maximum production by the fish
erman. This new proposal appears
to us to be nothing but a disguised
effort to wipe out gains which res
ident Alaskans have made painfully
and slowly over recent years thru
the legitimate means of obtaining
needed changes in the fisheries
regulations promulgated by your
department pursuant to hearings.
These are only a few of our more
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