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San Diego, Tuna, 1957 January-May

 File — Box: 147, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4

Scope and Contents

A large collection of letters, telegrams, memos, news articles & other items. Examples are: One copy of Japan Skipjack and Tuna Fishery Assn., “Tuna Fishery Future Policy and Noteworthy Materializatin of Survey Committee Report Conclusions Reached . . . Starting Point,” No. 59, Dec. 1956 Monthly Editon (11 pp.); 1 copy of Nikkan Suisan Tsushin, “Appendix 2, reports from Jan. 9, 1957 – July 4, 1957” (20 pp.); 1 copy of Suisancho Nippo & Nikkan Susisan Tsushin, “Appendix 3 – Feb. 20, 1957 – July 2, 1957 (9 pp.); 1 copy of a 14 page letter (1/2/57) from Edward P. Silva (Pres., Am. Tunaboat Assn.) to David W. Kendall (Asst. Secretary of the Treasury) & an attached copy of Mr. Kendall’s brief reply to Mr. Silva’s telegrams & letters re/ albacore dumping complaints & extensive commentary on “origin of Albacore in Japan,” “Winter Albacore,” “Summer Albacore,” “Freight Costs,” etc.; a copy of a letter (1/4/57) from Edward Silva to Asst. Secretary David Kendall re/ additional information on “your current investigation of albacore dumping;” 1 letter (1/4/57) from Edward Silva to Congressman Wilson & attached copies of corresp. between Silva & Asst. Secretary David Kendall re/ dumping of frozen albacore in United States; copies of 2 letters (1/11 & 1/12/57) from John B. Zolezzi (V.P. Am. Tunaboat Assn.) to the Asst. Secretary of the Treasury & Mr. Kendall’s replies (1/15 & 2/7/57) re/ continued details on the frozen tuna exports from Japan to the U.S.; 1 letter (1/23/60) from constituent Mrs. Jane Underhill Abrams & Wilson’s 3 page response (2/6/57) re/ Mrs. Abrams, a San Diego State College graduate student, was doing research for a master’s thesis in political science on “the effects of local pressure upon the foreign policy with special investigation of the effects of local fishing interests and Japanese tuna in this respect;” a packet of letters (1/23, 1/30, 1/31 & 2/5/57) from Wilbur M. Chapman (Dir. of Research, Am. Tunaboat Assn.), Congressman Wilson, Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton, & Secretary of State John Foster Dulles re/ shrimp fishery in Gulf of Mexico, reorganization of Fish and Wildlife Service, future needs of the fishery industry, & relations with Latin American countries – especially Ecuador and foreign flag vessels; a small packet of corresp. containing a “Memo For The File from EDT” (2/6/57) & attached copies of letters (May-June 1956) from Congressman Wilson, INS Commissioner Swing, Harold F. Cary (Genl. Mgr., Am. Tunaboat Assn.), John Gerald Driscoll, Jr. (Attorney at Law), Edward F. Terrar, Jr. (Wilson’s Admin. Asst.), Lester Balinger (Sec.-Treas., Cannery Workers & Fishermen’s Union) & Warren Olney, III (Asst. Attorney General, Dept. of Justice) re/ “Harold Cary called me and . . . asked me to ascertain whether the Immigration and Naturalization service had imposed fines on alien seamen in Puerto Rico . . . . Cary told me that he thought it was the ‘American Queen’ and the “Chicken of the Sea’ that were fined;” 2 Wilson office notes & attached copy of a letter (3/6/57) from Edward F. Terrar, Jr., a copy of a Treasury Dept. “Memorandum To The Press, March 1, 1957,” & a letter (3/11/57) from Harold F. Cary re/ the Treasury Dept. is “closing their files on the above DUMPING CASE,” they say that “sales of the tuna in the United States had not been made and were not likely to be made at less than fair value.” In response, Mr. Cary indicated “We propose . . . to do something about this in the Congress;” 2 letters from Harold F. Cary (1/28 & 3/5/57) & Wilson’s reply (3/13/57) re/ trade agreement program (OTC) & Congressman Cooley’s bill (H.R. 4504) “dealing with marketing facilities of perishable foods;” 1 letter (3/14/57) from D.B. Strubinger (Acting Commissioner of Customs) to Harold Cary re/ the Dept.’s position on why the Anti-Dumping Act did not pertain to Japanese frozen tuna imports into the U.S.; 1 copy of “A Lot of Frozen Tuna were Produced But ….. Who’ll Take Care of the Red Ink? Translated from Susian Tsushin, October, 1956 issue” (10 pp.); a copy of a letter (3/18/57) from Pennie Harvision (Secretary, Wilson’s Washington Office) to Dr. Wilbur Chapman (Am. Tunaboat Assn.) re/ interest of an American University student in obtaining a copy of Chapman’s “Freedom of the Seas” article; copies of 2 letters (Ap. 1957) from Joseph J. Madruga (Pres., Am. Tunaboat Assn.) to the Secretary of the Treasury George S. Humphrey re/ extensive commentary & statistics on the issue of frozen albacore being dumped in the U.S. from Japan; several letters (Ap. 1957) from Joseph J. Madruga & Wilson’s reply (5/1/57) re/ “copies of [Mr. Madruga’s] letters to Secretaries Mitchell and Seaton and Governor Munoz-Marin concerning the shift of tuna canners from Southern California to Puerto Rico because of tax exemptions granted to tuna canners there and low minimum wage rates;” a small collection of letters (Ap.-May 1957) from Joseph J. Madruga, Ross Leffler (Asst. Secretary of the Interior), W.M. Chapman, Robert C. Hill (Asst. Secretary of State), & Richard T. Hamilton(Chief, Foreign Leaders Branch, International Educational Exchange Service, Dept. of State) re/ Mr. Madruga’s extensive comments to Secretary Dulles on the visit to the U.S. of Mr. Kyrichio Kondo (President of the Yaizu Fishery Cooperative Assn.) and the U.S. policy of paying “our chief competitor’s way over to look over our market seems to us a trifle bizarre even for this day and age” – Richard Hamilton’s 3 page letter is the State Dept.’s response to Mr. Madruga’s letter to Secretary Dulles; a copy of a letter (5/1/57) from Joseph J. Madruga to A.W. Anderson (Chief, Branch of Commercial Fisheries, Fish and Wildlife Service, Dept. of the Interior) re/ “H.R. 6006 introduced by Mr. Cooper of Tennesse” & the Tuna-boat Assn.’s interest interest “in pressing claims on frozen albacore dumping;” 1 copy of a 22 page letter (5/27/57) from Joseph J. Madruga to Congressman Jere Cooper ( Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means) re/ the issue of amending the Anti-Dumping Act of 1921—“an Act under which there have been 146 complaints made and only four affirmative findings is faulty either organically or in its administration and should be perfected or eliminated.”

Dates

  • created: 1957 January-May

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From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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