The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-07-31
REGARDING HENRY O'MALLEy
(Ketchikan Chronicle)

Alaskans, canneries and cannery- men seiners and trapmen have been bowling for a fisheries law that would conserve the salmon. After many years of squabbling and cussing, congress finally passed a law designed to save the fish. Can nerymen and trapmen, even the seiners, agreed that it was not so bad. that it probably would con- serve fish. But each thought it would conserve the other fellow s fish and not his. Therefore they were for it. But they reckoned not with Henry O'Malley.
 After the law had passed. the sec retary of commerce promulgated regulations under that act and MT. O'Malley started to enforce the law and the regulations to the best of his ability. Incidentally, that abil- ity Ia great. Then the snarling started. Nobody whose toes were stepped on wanted conservation at all. They wanted any conservation that didn't touch them, and no oth- CT. So they joined hands in jump ing on Henry OMalley. but like the real man that he is, he repulsed their attacks and today stands firm as he did on the first day, determin- ed to enforce that law that it's good and bad points may be uncovered.
 Many of those interested, how ever, do not want to give the law a chance. All they know is that they think it is going to hurt them per sonally and they, therefore, are against it. The law was designed to perpetuuate the fisheries and not for the convenience of any class, clique or organization. The attacks being made on the bureau of fish cries Indicate that the law really is going to mean something.
 These interested in the dollars and cents way may continue their fight against MT. O'Malley, against MT. Hoover and against the bureau of fisheries, but the people who look beyond and who want to see the industry and the fish supply perpetuated will applaud the firm ness of the officials. They will back them, as they should, in the enforcement of the law until it is clearly shown that it should be all tered and then they will work to that end.
 There is now a movement afoot to ask the bureau of fisheries and the secretary of commerce to make shorter the closed period from Aug ust 20 to September g. on the ground that the fish are not run ming as they should if the packs are to be secured. The strange part of this is that almost every cannery has greater pack up now than it had last season at this time. That would not indicate that the fisher men or the canneries have been hit very hard so far.
 For the first time in history. Dan Sutherland. delegate from Alaska, E. S. McCord, of Seattle, attorney for many of the canneries, numer- ous Alaska cannerymen, seiners and trapmen, appear to be of one mind at least on one matter. They have joined hands in denouncing Henry O'Malley, commissioner of fisheries and Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, in their efforts to en- force the salmon fisheries law which was approved by the Presi- dent on June of this year.
 Furthermore, if it is a fact that the run of salmon is not as heavy as hoped for, that is all the more req son why the closed period should be enforced. that the fish may get to the streams to spawn.
 The canneries and the cannery- men and their attorneys, the trap men and the seiners and the politi-