Governor 
suggests 
withdrawal 
Permits 
issued 
by 
Governor. 
authority of the Territory of Hawaii over the fisheries or 
land under the water from the high water mark to the three 
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mile limit seemed to he unquestioned. So the fishing company 
in this particular was relieved of the bureaucratic control 
over the waters, at a five thousand mile range. 
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The suggestion was made by the Governor of Hawaii 
that the business-like method of procedure, would be for the 
Department of Agriculture to relinquish any control that it 
i 
might have under aEresidential executive order, except such 
control as might be obviously necessary for police protection 
of bird life. • 
The Governor of Hawaii is responsible, under the Organic 
Aot passed by Congress^,to the Secretary of the Interior. It 
would seem reasonable to believe that he could be trusted to 
oversee and protect the interests of the United States govern¬ 
ment on the island reefs to the west, as he is to administer 
the public lands in the principal islands of the Territory of 
Hawaii® The title to all these public lands is vested in the 
United States. 
The Department of Agriculture or the bureau interested 
appears to take another view, although in recent weeks it has 
moved to correct some of the ridiculous features of long range 
bureau management. * 
The Secretary of Agriculture sensing the difficulties 
of the situation, conferred with the Delegate from Hawaii to 
Congress® As a result of correspondence and conferences, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, on May 9, 1929, issued an order, 
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