Iiimediately prior to the above reply, and subsequently through the 

 summer of 1952, consultations were held with the staff of the Tariff 

 Commission to make sure that the work of that agency in response to a 

 Senate Finance Committee resolution of June 26,1952, would not be dupli- 

 cated. That resolution directed the Tariff Commission: 



"to make a thorough investigation of the domestic tuna industry, 

 including the effect of imports of fresh or frozen txrna fish on 

 the livelihood of American fishermen, and to report the results 

 of its investigation to the Senate Finance Ccamnittee on or before 

 March 1,1953." 



A final affirmative reply was sent to the six Senators by the Direc- 

 tor of the Fish and Wildlife Service on August 12,1952. A copy of that 

 letter fo3_Iows; 



"In the Acting Secretary's letter of July 23, he informed you 

 that the scope and date of completion of the proposed study of the 

 long-range position of the tuna industry by this Department could 

 not be determined until representatives of the Fish and Wildlife 

 Service and the Tariff Commission had conferred. Three conver- 

 ences have now been held in order to determine whether the work to 

 be done in this field by the Service would overlap the study request- 

 ed of the Tariff Commission under the Resolution of the Senate Fin- 

 ance Committee dated June 26. 



"From these conferences it appears that, although the request 

 made of the Tariff Commission is very broad, there are phases vdth 

 respect to the long-range position of the industry which can be 

 undertaken by the Service without duplicating any work contemplated 

 by the Tariff Commission. 



"Accordingly, the Service will limit its study to those prob- 

 lems which will supplement the Tariff Commission study and do its 

 utmost to complete its report by March 1,1953, at which time the 

 Tariff Commission is scheduled to file its report with the Finance 

 Committee." 



Sincerely yours, 



/s/ Albert M.Day 



Director 



The material contained herein has been assembled by the staff of the 

 Branch of Commercial Fisheries of the Fish and Wild3j.fe Service. Assist-, 

 ance in some phases was rendered by the Defense Fisheries Administration 



