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THE FISHERMAN
November 1, 1963
Letter Printed in Asahi News
Seattle Wife Makes Views Clear to Tokyo
One of the most potent and able spokesmen for US commercial fishermen and their families is a woman. Mrs. Gus Molvik. wife of a halibut fisherman who has had some experience on the fishing grounds herself, is president of the Seattle Halibut Fishermen's Wives Association and a forthright spokesman on the group's behalf. She wrote to the Japanese Asahi Evening News in October and her statement was printed.
Here is what she said to Asahi:
THE Halibut Fishermen's Wives Association is amazed to read in the papers that the Japanese Overseas Trawlers Agency is complaining because fish taken from the Spanish fishing vessels are being imported into Japan.
Being a halibut fisherman's wife and since our fishing industry has been the victim of Japanese imports, I would have supposed that of all people to complain of imports, your fishing concerns would be the last. Especially yours, because of your fishing concerns' extreme fondness for dumping their fish products- on our markets to such an extent as to virtually destroy it.
We wish you to understand that our cost of living, the cost of supplies to our men and the terrific taxes that our cost of gov-
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ernment imposes on our people practically excludes us from competition with your products.
Now you know in a very small way just how and why the American fishing families feel as they do. Your exports to the US are destroying our husbands' jobs and our industry, not to mention the rape of our fishing grounds that we have conserved and built up for the last 35 years.
YOUR FISHERY PEOPLE DE-
mand freedom of the seas, but freedom of the seas does not mean abuse of the seas.
"As man sows, so shall he reap," as the saying goes, but do you think you are being fair to want to reap the harvest that the US fishermen have sown? Do you really think this type of action makes for friendship between the peoples of our two nations? We believe in justice and fair play, but this is not just and not right. We, the wives and mothers of fishing families, have a name for this type of fishing. We call it by its true name: "Fish Piracy."
We also wish to state that the fishing families of the US are not aiming this at the Japanese people who work in the industries, but at the few big concerns who stand to fill their own pockets at the expense of not only the Japanese workers but the American fishermen as well.
We also want the Japanese people to understand that the fishing people of America have no racial or religious prejudices as we have in our fisheries people of almost every race or creed that one could possibly think of.
WE WOULD LIKE THE
Japanese families to know that this is a matter of our families' livelihood and of principle. Millions of dollars of our taxes have gone into the conservation program to build up the halibut and salmon fishery. Not to mention the halibut fishermen's wives who have worked hard since 1955 to
EARL SYKES
"Everything in Flowers"
MU. 1-3855
42 East Hastings — Vancouver
create a better market for halibut, with time given up from their homes, with no thought of compensation other than a decent return for their husbands' labors.
If the Japanese citizens had spent as many years as our fishermen have in building up the stocks of fish by refraining from catching them, I am sure that they, as intelligent and understanding people, would object to another nation taking the fruits of their harvest, just as the American fishermen do.
MRS. GUS MOLVIK
7322 14 NW Seattle, Washington
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Bowling Notes
Wilf, Dot in Star Roles
By MARY HARDER
There were some exceptionally fine games bowled October 23, with Wilf Baker (Chums) rolling a beautiful 386. His other games of 195 and 213 gave him a nice total of 794.
Dal Watkins (King fish) also bowled very well with games of 252, 244, 235 for a good total of 731. Karsten Seines (Sockeyes) wasn't far behind with a total of 712 and games of 200, 259, and 253.
Dot E c k m a n (Starfish) broke he season's high 'iree record for he ladies with a rotal of 711, and games' of 266. 226, 219. Nice bowling, all of you.
Leo Jensen (Bullheads) bowled 238, 163, and 279 for a total of 680. Bob Moore (Springs), 181, 239, 253 for 673; Bob West (Starfish), 147, 215, 262 for 624 total.
Butch Finnick (Kingfish) rolled un a total of 622 with sames of 270, 202 and 150; Elsie Jensen (Bullhead), 226, 177, 215 for 618. Teammate Harry McCance bowled 265, 149, 200 for 614 total. OCTOBER 23 HIGH SCORES
Ladies' high single, Dot Eckman, 266; ladies' high three, Dot Eckman, 711; men's high single. Wilt Baker, ,386;.men's high three, Wilf Baker, 794.
There were no 700's on October 30, although Wilf Baker (Chums) continued his fine bowling and
came very close with 223, 272, 198 for a total of 693; Mary Harder (Seals), 280, 221, and 183 for 684: Dot Eckman (Starfish), 187, 240, 246 for a total of 673; Dal Watkins (Kingfish), 241, 216, 174 for 631 total.
Mel Davies (Springs) bowled 197, 177, 254 for 628; Len Anderson (Chums), 198, 187, 239 for 624 total: Earl Firth (Kingfish), 167, 273, and 177 for 617; Harry McCance (Bullheads), 219, 185 and 201 for 605; "-Ik Eriksen (Seals), 600 with games of 200. 231 and 169.
High 200 games were bowled by Bob Moore, 257; Karsten Seines. 245 and 201: Paul Harder, 245: Elsie Jensen and teammate Anne Wence, 240. Pete Wence bowled 237: Bob West. 236: Helen Seines, 234; Margaret Wilson, sparing for the Sockeyes also had a nice 234: Myrtle Arter, 229: Butch Finnick, 222 and 209; Marie Cook, 218: Don White, 212: Al Eckman and Elaine Eckman, 210. Ida Goodlad also had some fine bowling with two games of 209 each; Leo Jensen, 209: Enid Eriksen, 203; Dick Arter, 200.
OCTOBER 30 HIGH SCORES
Ladies' high single, Mary Harder. 280; ladies' high three, Mary Harder, 684; men's high single, Earl Firth, 273; men's high three, Wilf Baker, 693.
SEASON'S HIGH SCORES
Ladies' high single, Elsie Jensen, 312; ladies' high three, Dot gckman, 711; men's high single, Wilf Baker, 386; men's high three, Bob Moore, 803; ladies high average, Dot Eckman, 209; and Marv Harder, 199; men's high average,
Wilf Baker, 224, and Bob Moore, 222.
TEAM STANDINGS
Bullheads ______________________ 16 8 21
Chums ___________________________ 15 9 20
Seals ________:.__________....._ 15 8 20
Starfish ......__________....... 14 10 18
Kingfish _________________________ 10 14 15
Sockeyes ________________________ 10 14 14
Springs .......____________ 9 15 11
Cohos .......„............ 7 17 9
Many thanks to all the spares for filling in, and to our bowlers on the sick list, may you soon be well and back bowling with us.
Coqualeetza Dinner, Dance
Editor, The Fisherman:
Coqualeetza Fellowship's annual dinner and dance is to be held Friday, November 15, in Coronation Room, YWCA, 997 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver.
Films will be shown (Queen's Totem and Enchanted Isles). Admission is $1.25, students 75 cents.
This is a joint affair being sponsored by Coqualeetza Fellowship and the Vancouver Indian Youth Club.
All proceeds go in aid of the proposed Indian Centre. We would appreciate support from those who are interested in the welfare of the Indians.
Mrs. R. W. CANTRYN President.
NDP Wins
Yale Seat
Judicial recounts in two provincial constituencies' this week confirmed the election of the New Democratic candidate in one seat and upset a Social Credit lead to give the seat, to the New Democratic candidate in the other.
In Nanaimo-The Islands, where recreation and conservation minister Earle C. Westwood trailed David Stupich of the NDP by 41 votes on election night, absentee and affidavit ballots cut Stupich's lead to 12 votes. But the judicial recount increased the margin again to 19 votes and confirmed Stupich's election.
Irving Corbett, who has held his Yale seat since Social Credit was first swept to office in 1952, had 1,669 votes to 1,665 for his NDP challenger, William Hartley, when the count of absentee and affidavit ballots was completed. This week the judicial recount put Hartley six votes ahead of him in a decision Corbett announced he intends to appeal.
Party standings in the legislature now are: Social Credit 33, New Democrats 14, Liberals 5.
In other constituencies, the count of absentee and affidavit ballots failed to change the results of the September 30 provincial election.
Absentee ballots in Burnaby were almost evenly divided between NDP and Social Credit candidates, maintaining Gordon Dowding of the NDP at the head of the poll with 14,759 votes, followed by successful Social Credit challenger 1 Charles McSorley with 14,650 votes, defeated NDP member Cedric Cox with 14,409 votes and unsuccessful Social Credit candidate Hilliard Beyerstein with 14,070 votes.
Frank Calder, NDP member for Atlin and only Native Indian in the legislature, who at one point was only two votes ahead of Social Credit candidate William Assel-stine, easily held his seat in the final count. He polled 549 votes to 308 for Asselstine and 151 for Cyril Dobson, the Liberal.
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