EXHIBIT 9 RESOLUTION AND TWO-PART CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN FISHERMEN, Seattle, Wash., and Senator ERNEST GRUENING 1. RESOLUTION OF CAF BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FEBRUARY 7, 1968 Be it resolved that the Congress of American Fishermen inform all and sundry that CAF is unalterably opposed to any governmental authority in the United States permitting the establishment, for any consideration, of any facilities whatsoever for the fishing fleets of foreign nations operating off the coast of the United States. Be it further resolved that the CAF Executive Committee be authorized to take whatever action becomes necessary in the fight to keep foreign fleets out of American fisheries and out of American ports. Approved unanimously. 2. LETTER TO SENATOR ERNEST GRUENING FROM DICK O'KEEF, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, CONGRESS OF AMERICAN FISHERMEN Hon. ERNEST Gruening, CONGRESS OF AMERICAN FISHERMEN, Washington, D.C. SIR: This is an urgent request for information. Your response will be reported back immediately to the CAF Board of Directors. What is your position on permitting foreign fishing fleets to use American ports for rest and resupply? We refer specifically to South Koreans using Seward, Alaska, but other West Coast ports also may be involved very soon. If you are opposed, what do you intend to do about it? The position of CAF in this matter is spelled out in the attached resolution, passed unanimously by the CAF Board of Trustees meeting in Seattle on February 7, 1968. Respectfully, DICK O'KEEF, Executive Secretary. 3. LETTER FROM SENATOR ERNEST GRUENING TO DICK O'KEEF, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN FISHERMEN Mr. DICK O'KEEF, Executive Secretary, Congress of American Fishermen, Seattle, Wash. FEBRUARY 27, 1968. DEAR Mr. O'KEEF: In response to your letter of February 21, 1968, I am enclosing a copy of my statement at the opening of hearings by the Subcommittee on Foreign Aid Expenditures which contains my position on the questions raised in your letter. During the hearings, I expressed my concern over United States aid to South Korea and other countries for their fishing industries which are in competition with our domestic fishing industry. Mr. Rutherford Poats, Deputy Administrator, AID, thereupon stated that he would reconsider the agency's plans to finance the construction of a refrigerator ship for South Korea since he could not be certain that this ship would not be used in North Pacific waters. I also impressed on Mr. Donald McKernan, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, who testified at the hearings, the desirability of keeping South Korean fishing vessel out of the North Pacific fishing grounds. Immediately after the hearings I received a letter from Congressman Howard Pollock of Alaska stating that he had withdrawn his support of the South Korean proposal to establish a base of operations for their fishing vessels in Alaska. I am in wholehearted agreement with the resolution passed by the Congress of American Fishermen in opposition to the establishment of any facility for the fishing fleets of foreign nations operating off the coast of the United States, and I want to assure you that I will continue to watch this situation closely to make sure that it does not happen. The resolution of the Congress of American Fishermen will be included in the record of the Subcommittee's hearings. Cordially yours, ERNEST GRUENING, U.S. Senator. SENATOR GRUENING. We will now adjourn subject to the call of the Chair. We appreciate your coming very much. Please give us the information that we requested. Mr. POATS. Yes, sir. (Whereupon, at 11:30 a.m., the hearing was adjourned subject to the call of the Chair.) о |