4, Amendment of the "Walrus Act" in 1956, to permit the export 
of hides, and the taking of bull walruses by white hunters. It does not 
permit restriction on killing walruses for food by Eskimos; neither does 
it give control of U. S. Nationals beyond the territorial waters of the 
United States. The feature of the amendment which permits unlimited har- 
vest by Eskimos for food is obviously well-intentioned but ineffective-- 
in practice it is difficult to demonstrate that a walrus was not killed 
for food even though it was not eaten. The only successful prosecutions 
for violations of the Act to date were of five Eskimos for killing 
walruses other than for food on the Walrus Islands in October 1958. 
