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Fairhaven, Mass., March 10, 1959. 

 Mr. Donald L. McKernan, 



Director, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. McKernan : I have this date forwarded to Mr. John McCart, leg- 

 islative director for the American Federation of Government Employees, perti- 

 nent information concerning the deactivation of the Albatross III. 



As master of the Albatross III for nearly a year, I tried to act as an effective 

 and impartial liaison between the employer and employee, and as such, I did 

 not join the union. I felt that I would be able to fulfill my obligations to both 

 parties better if I was not too closely allied to either one. I believe I was, to 

 some extent, successful in my attempt to bring about a closer cooperation be- 



