I hope this committe and all of the people here, whether environ- 

 mentalists, industry people, or what have you, will understand that 

 we have an obligation to keep our people working. 



What is a nation if the people are not working, looking forward to 

 going on welfare ? 



That is not the way. 



We want a nation where people can contribute. 



We want people who are not just consumers, but people who are 

 producing. 



This is the way we are going to keep our country great and if that 

 in itself does not appeal to you, I will ask you to think of this, the 

 person who is hungry, who is out of work, who is desperate, will not 

 know boundaries, they will not stay in the ghettoes where they may 

 be seemingly confined; they will go out to other areas and attack 

 people. 



The humane thing to do is to get behind the courageous stand taken 

 by Administrative Law Judge Vandenhaven in which he recognized 



the problem. 



I wish you could have been with us in San Diego when some 150 

 people took off work to come over to demonstrate their concern for 



their job. 



I wish you could have heard the voices of some of those people who 

 live off $5,000 and $6,000 a year who have a family to take care of. 



They said, "We don't know what we will do if you destroy our jobs. 

 We hope you will do something for us." 



I don't know what it was that touched Judge Vanderhaven, 

 whether it was the reality of the situation or whether or not in look- 

 ing at the data, he came up with something that we believe we can 



live with. 



I hope that you in your Oversight Committee will recognize that 

 the law must be changed, that this Nation must not be polarized 

 between parties. 



Thank you very much, sir. 



Mr. Leggett. Thank you, Mr. Edney. 



You express yourself extemporaneously inordinately well, and T 

 assure you it is the intent of this committee to promote the fishing 

 industry and promote the environment. 



That is the reason we enacted the 200-mile fishing bill to effect a 

 fishing renaissance in the United States. 



We do have sometimes intermittant problems and the reason for 

 these hearings is to reaffirm the directions of the people of the United 

 States who speak through Congress and perhaps alky some of the 

 fears that many times are created as a result of decisions that are 

 made in the third branch of government by courts on facts that are 

 before them sometimes in a limited way, and we are a little bit more 

 broad-gauge here. 



Mr. Felando. 



Mr. Felando. We have here Mr. Jim Bozzo, who is secretary- 

 treasurer of the Fishermen's Union, AFL-CIO, and Mr. Jack Taren- 

 tino. who is the president of that Union. 



Mr. Bozzo. My name is Jim Bozzo. 



