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Society for its endorsement. Mr. President, I move that 

 a committee of five be appointed. 



Mr. Speaks, of Ohio: This is a very important sub- 

 ject, and, considering the interests of Ohio, I think it 

 should be discussed at greater length than time will per- 

 mit today. I want to say frankly that I am in favor 

 of Federal control to a certain extent, but if the bill now 

 pending in Congress were passed in its present form, it 

 would mean the elimination of at least fifty per cent, 

 of our fishing interests in Ohio. I think our Ohio fisher- 

 men are perfectly willing to have Federal control of our 

 commercial fisheries, but the coast states are more inter- 

 ested in this subject than we are in Ohio. 



Mr. Graham : Unless I am mistaken, the motion made 

 by Mr. Alexander has to do only with the recommenda- 

 tions of Secretary Redfield and not the address of Con- 

 gressman Linthicum, concerning Federal control of 

 migratory fishes. Secretary Redfield's plea was for bet- 

 ter equipment, new buildings, more men, etc., something 

 that no state and no fishing industry could object to in 

 the least. 



Mr. Woods, of Missouri: It seems to me that we 

 should know more fully what Secretary Redfield has in 

 mind. If we can get from him and Commissioner Smith 

 a good idea of just what is necessary, we should be able 

 to formulate some program, uniform in character, to 

 work on for the support of the Bureau of Fisheries. 

 Many of us are state fish commissioners and we are all 

 representatives to a certain extent of our respective states 

 and we are all anxious to go to our Senators and Rep- 

 resentatives in Congress if we can present something of 

 value which will be uniform in character. 



Mr. Adams, of Massachusetts: It seems to me that 

 Mr. Woods has made a very practical suggestion. Let 

 this committee obtain the facts with regard to the needs 

 of the Bureau, if Secretary Redfield and Commissioner 

 Smith are ready to state them, and give them to us in 

 some form which will enable us to help them produce 

 results. Then we can go to our respective Representa- 

 tives in Congress and provide them with the facts and the 



