authorizing the Governor of Hawaii to issue permits for 
persons to go upon the Pearl and. Hermes Reef, erect buildings 
and do whatever seems to be proper for carrying on fishing 
operations. This is to be done subject at all times to the 
rules and regulations, having force of law, issued by the 
Department of Agriculture for the preservation of bird life. 
The Department of Agriculture made the very natural request 
that the permits should be limited and that the action of the 
Governor should be referred to the Department of Agriculture 
for confirmation* 
Dual 
control 
complicated 
Some of the faults of bureaucratic control complained 
« 
of have been corrected. But the curiosity of dual depart¬ 
mental control still exists. 
From my interpretation of the situation, the purpose 
of a bird reservation executive ordef is to secure pro¬ 
tection for birds, not the administration of land for fish¬ 
ing stations or any other commercial purposes. Ho department 
of the government at Washington has any available financial 
means for policing the islands to the west of the main 
islands of the Hawaiian group. The executive order has 
given a purely paper control. The Warden appointed by the 
Department of Agriculture has visited these islands possibly 
twice in the past ten years, going there when he could secure 
transportation by some naval vessel or other government or 
commercial vessel having other business in that direction. 
I do not know that any officer of any bureau of the 
government would seriously suffer from the long delays 
occasioned by dual control. But private enterprise would 
linger and die. 
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