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men was on board. The boat was of no use for research. Still they kept 

 her for a long period of time. 



When Albatross was in service, they went ahead and hired boats, some at the 

 rate of $500 per day and some at $350 per day and Albatross lay at the dock 

 ready to do the work that was required. Strange situation to let their own lay 

 at the dock and hire old boats with no equipment to do a good job. We spent 

 $23,000 in October of 1958 on the Albatross and deactivated her on March 9, 

 1959. Strange economy. If the Albatross is too old in March 1959 she must be 

 too old in October of 1958, or if she was unseaworthy at that time, as Depart- 

 ment would make us believe, why did she go to sea for Bell Telephone after 

 some Department man called her unseaworthy? Are they qualified to make 

 such statements? I doubt very much. We all know the boat got Coast Guard 

 certificate and Bureau of American shipping certificate. I don't know of any- 

 body is better qualified than U.S. Coast Guard to inspect a ship. I say it's 

 bungling all along on the part of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. If we had 

 time to dig up all the evidence, I believe we would find that it is lack of 

 experience and appeasement and unionbusting. 



The most glaring discrimination I ever saw was what they did to Captain 

 Beatty. A fully experienced trawler man was cast aside for an inexperienced 

 man that was not qualified for the job. When Captain Frederksen resigned 

 they could have shipped Captain Beatty then. But what happened? They 

 shipped a man that was never on a trawler in his life and in no way was he 

 qualified for the job. We had two captains that couldn't stand a fishing watch. 

 Result was myself and Captain Bruce had to work 84-hour week at sea. (Mr. 

 Bruce was chief mate.) 



Apart from everything I believe research should be carried out on a larger 

 scale. It's mibelievable that we got to deactivate the only research vessel we 

 got. 



Here is how I feel about the fisheries. I believe we all should get together 

 such as seafood workers, fishermen, boatowners, and Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries and form a committee to discuss the best way to help both research 

 and commercial fisheries. We cannot expect the Government to do everything. 

 I believe if we all pull together we can do a good job, but we must forget 

 ancient quarrels and petty bickering and outbursts of childish temper if we 

 are going to do a good job. 

 Sincerely, 



Austin J. Powers. 



Mr. Powers. Then they talk about the age of the boat. The only 

 thing you can check that against is the Coast Guard and the American 

 Bureau of Shipping. I don't think anybody is better qualified than 

 those two organizations, and, if they say the boat is seaworthy, I don't 

 think any argument can be had on that, that the boat is seaworthy. 



Now, I am going back to a statement here from Woods Hole, and 

 the annual report signed by Mr. MacKesy. This says 



Major repairs and installations aboard the Albatross III included inspections, 

 overhauling main engine, auxiliary engine, installation of new fire hydrants, ex- 

 tension of propeller shafts, installation of new dredging and oceanography 

 winch 



And the boat now has got that Coast Guard certificate and I think 

 the boat is very seaworthy. 



Now, we have mentioned this winch here. This winch has not 

 worked since it has been installed in the boat. There is a mechanical 

 defect in that winch, and it does not work. We know the thing was 

 costly and it wasn't necessary in the first place. We had a No. 1 

 winch on the deck, and it did the work on any trip we ever made on 

 the boat. 



Chairman Miller. You say this winch never worked because of a 

 mechanical defect ? 



Mr. Powers. Some mechanical defect, the engineers know more 

 about than I do, but it does not work. 



