The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-28
GRIGSBY STATEMENT IN ACCORD
 WITH PLATFORM.

George B. Grigsby who has been endorsed by the Democratic Party organization in Territorial Convention for nomination as Delegate to Con gress needs no introduction to Alaskans- He has resided in the Territory for many years, first at Nome then in this city and Ketchikan In the private practice of his profession as an attorney at law he made enviabe reputation beiore he entered public service Alaskas first At torney General to be chosen by the people He filled that office capably with honor to himself and the Territory. His term in Congress as Delegate short at it was proved his ability to render valuable services there although the neces- sity for defending contested election case in- herited from his predecessor the late Charles A Sulzer occupied considerable portion of his tme
 In accepting the conventions endorsement and announcing his candidacy, MT. Grigsby made "a short statement giving his opinion of the main s1issues of the coming campaign. He insisted that & Alaskans should be given control of the fisheries ~-and other resources, administration of which IS now vested in Federal agencies, and demanded a full territorial government 10 the end that Alaska might be freed from the domination of bureau cracy and given all necessary authority to ad- minister it's purely local affairs without the hampering influences of centralized and autocratic power exercised from Washington These are, = we believe reasonable requests. And surely they are supported by popular demand They are, also in complete accord with the platform adopt ed at the Seward convention of the Democrats.
 Yet how different is his position on these issues from that taken by the present encum- bent of the Deegateship, as it is evidenced by the results of his tenure. In that time there have been two possibly three, laws enacted by Congress which affect administration of gov ernment in the Territory. One of these com monly known as the White Fish Bill, or law deliberately concentrated all power of the fish cries in the hands of man, the United States Commissioner of Fisheries giving him the power to egislate in the guise of regulation, fishermen and eannerymen both entirely out of existence. No other officer of the Government has ever been granted, in this Territory at any rate such vast and arbitrary power. The Delegate not only acquiesced in this bill be- coming law knowing that it removed for many years any chance of Alaskans obtaining control over the fisheries he went even further than that In answer to a question regarding why the matter should not be turned over to the Ter ritorial Legislature. he declared he was afraid it would not, on account of cannery influence being brought to bear it, be competent to administer these second measure, embodyng the principle, is the Alaska Game Law of 1925. It, too, puts the game and furbearing animals of Alaska in the hands of a Federal bureau which by the stroke of pen can make it criminal for Alaskans to kill any kind of game trap any furbearer.
 The people of Alaska will hear much con cerning these issues in the coming months inter- vening before the November election. MT Grigsby is not tting at windmills when he attacks such monstrosities They matters that vtaly affect the wellbeing of Alaska and have a great deal to do with the rate of its development