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this whole approach written into law, there is no doubt about it. 

 He brought all the witnesses from up here in Alaska. 



I agree, the act has really worked. It could well be the Stevens 

 Act, and you have to be proud to hear all these witnesses and the 

 few alterations that could be made. 



I think you witnesses are far more polite here than you all are 

 in Washington. Maybe that is because the local audience is watch- 

 ing them? 



Senator Stevens. They wave at us with all five fingers here, did 

 you notice that? 



The Chairman. Well, the committee is indebted to all the wit- 

 nesses, in particular this panel here. We really appreciate it. 



Senator Stevens. Mr. Chairman, you have got in the audience 

 some of the people that helped me write the first bill. I did intro- 

 duce the first bill that led to the Magnuson Act. 



The Chairman. Well, I talked to McGill yesterday. 



Senator Stevens. They are here. Oscar Dyson in particular, he 

 was one of the original ones, and there are a lot of them. 



Mr. Fitz. Senator Hollings, I am Jim Fitz from Kodiak, and I am 

 kind of Governor Hickel's appointed manager, and I would like to 

 congratulate you for coming to Kodiak. You always represented to 

 me, and to a lot of people across the country, as kind of the iron 

 horse of the south. We know that South Carolina and North Caro- 

 lina are both close. It is like Kodiak and Washington — or Anchor- 

 age, and I certainly am very pleased to be able to hear you person- 

 ally in our community and I hope that you return some day. And 

 it could well have been the Senator Hollings Act. 



The Chairman. Well, you are mighty kind. Thank Governor 

 Hickel, too, for his many courtesies. We appreciate them. 



Senator Stevens. We will make it the Hollings amendment to 

 the Magnuson Act, that is what we will do. 



The Chairman. Do not put me on a fisheries act, I can tell you 

 that. I am willing to work on it, but I tell you, when you get all 

 the fishermen together on one thing, something is wrong. 



Thank you all very, very much. We appreciate it. The committee 

 will be in recess. 



[Wheieupon, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.] 



