Lögberg - 11.09.1958, Blaðsíða 3

Lögberg - 11.09.1958, Blaðsíða 3
LÖGBEHG, FIMMTUfiAGlttN 11. SEPTEMBER 1958 3 un sína og aðrir hlutaðeig- endur. Annars var Halldóri, að vonum, margvíslegur sómi sýndur í viðurkenningarskyni fyrir fjölþætt og mikilsverð fræðistörf hans. Háskóli ís- lands gerði hann heiðurs- doktor í heimspeki Alþingis- hátíðarárið 1930. Hann var s æ m d u r stórriddarakrossi hinnar íslenzku fálkaorðu með stjörnu 1939, en áður hafði hann hlotið bæði ridd- ara- og stórriddarakross þeirrar orðu. Hann var heið- ursfélagi í Hinu íslenzka Bók- menntafélagi og einn af fyrstu heiðursfélögum Þjóð- ræknisfélags íslendinga í Vesturheimi. Frá því 1943 og til dauðadags var hann í stjórnarnefnd menningar- og fræðafélagsins The American Scandinavian Foundation og átti árum saman sæti í útgáfu nefnd þeirrar stofnunar. Hvað vænst ætla ég þó, að Halldóri hafi þótt um Af- maeliskveðju þá, stórt rit og vandað að sama skapi, sem Landsbókasafn Islands gaf út honum til heiðurs sjötugum, er hófst á faguryrtu þakkar- ávarpi til hans og var undir- ritað af nærri 150 körlum og konum, meðal þeirra ýmsir kunnustu fræðimenn þjóðar- innar og aðrir forystumenn hennar, en margir fleiri velunnarar afmælisbarnsins myndu gjarnan hafa viljað vera með í þeim hópi, sem hyllti hann á þeim tímamót- um. Eins og ágætlega átti við, var afmælisrit þetta einkum bókfræðilegs efnis og hafði inni að halda ritgerðir eftir kunna íslenzka fræðimenn innan lands og utan. En með Halldóri Hermanns- syni er eigi aðeins til moldar genginn framúrskarandi af- kastamaður og mikilhæfur fræðimaður, heldur einnig heilsteyptur merkismaður um skaphöfn og lífshorf. Hann var mikill að vallarsýn, svo að engum fékk dulist, að þar fór skörungsmaður, og hann var að sama skapi höfðings- maður í hugsun, vandur að virðingu sinni, fastur í lund, hreinskilinn og berorður, þeg- ar því var að skipta, en hrein- lundaður og frábærlega tryggur vinur vina sinna. Um það get ég borið eftir 36 ára náin kynni, og verður mér nú ofarlega í huga þakkarskuldin við minn kæra og mikilsvirta kennara og hollvin, og með sama hug munu aðrir gamlir nemendur og vinir minnast hans. Halldór Hermannsson ól mestan aldur sinn utan Is- landsstranda, en hann fylgd- ist flestum betur með íslenzk- um málum; unni landi sínu og þjóð af heilum huga, var metnaðargjarn fyrir þeirra hönd og vildi veg þeirra sem mestan. Ævistarfið mikla og merka helgaði hann einnig íslenzkum fræðum og mennt- um, og þess vegna mun ís- lcelancTs Case Tests Aims Of Europe Economy Unity ByJAN HASBROUCK LONDON (Special - NYHT) —The Icelandic fisheries quarrel, which has shifted once again to a war of words, is a classic illustration of how hard it is for nations to sacri- fice the interests of a small vocal minority for the over- all needs of the new integra- ted European community everybody talks about. The extension of Iceland’s fishing boundaries is literally a matter of national survival. Although only about 20 per cent of the 160,000 Icelanders are directly employed in the fisheries and related indus- tries, fish and fish products represent 97 per cent of the island’s exports. Farming and sheep herding enable the Ice- landers to provide ail their essential food except grain, but everything else which comes into the island has to be paid for with fish. It is therefore natural that the Icelanders live in con- stant fear that the fisheries will be fished out. During the war there was little fishing and the bumper immediate post-war catches provided enough for all and proved that a rest gives the fish a chance to multiply. But soon the catch per 100 hours of trawling began to fall of f noticeably, and in 1952 the Icelanders moved the line out to four miles, using headland-to-headland b a s e lines instead of the usual line parallel to the coast. At this move the British trawler owners persuaded the British government to forbid the Icelanders to land fish in England. However, this ban was eventually dropped and the improvement in catches, inside and beyond the limit, showed that the shallow s p a w n i n g and nursing grounds had benefitted. New Methods But European fish con- sumption, which has doubled in the past 20 years and now is 58 per cent of meat con- sumption, is still going up. Several nations are building huge trawlers equipped with radar, echo-sounding, and highly effective (and destruc- tive) new types of trawls. The Icelanders feel that these trawlers would soon deplete the fishing grounds from which they must live. As to the legal aspects of their unilateral action, the Icelanders point out that at the Geneva Convention last lenzka þjóðin lengi minnast hans með virðingu og þökk sem eins síns ágætasta sonar, glæsilegs merkisbera hennar og málsvara á erlendum vett- vangi. —RICHARD BECK spring on the law of the sea a Canadian proposal to limit territorial jurisdiction to six miles, but extend fisheries control to 12 miles, received a majority vote. However, it fell short of the two-thirds necessary to make it part of basic international law. But they point out that historically Iceland, until 1940 linked to Denmark, had a 16- mile law for nearly 300 years, and that many nations have enforced 12-mile fishing limits. There is nothing in the law which says Iceland can take the unilateral action. On the other hand, there is nothing which specifically prevents it from following many precedents. Great Britain obtains half its fish landings from distant water trawlers — that is to say trawlers which go beyond the North Sea and Faroe Is- lands. Of this amount, one- half comes from Icelandic waters. The total catch in Icelandic waters is worth $25,200,000, of which $8,400,000 is caught in- side the 12-mile limit. Improve Calch The Icelanders say that Britain would not even lose the whole of the latter sum, for the improvement of con- ditions on the breeding grounds would substantially improve catches outside the 12-mile limit. But the basic Icelandic case goes much further. They claim that under the new con- cept of rationalized produc- tion throughout the area of the Organization for Europ- ean Economic Co-operation, they should be allowed to concentrate on the production of fish. They point out that the $9,800,000 they spent last year in England for manufactured products and other imports, and the $7,000,000 they spent in Germany, could be sub- stantially increased if they were allowed to exploit their fisheries alone. Icelanders also point out that they produce the best fish, because, as the fisheries are closer to the grounds, the fish get to the freezers sooner. And as frozen fish now is the coming thing, there is no problem of getting the fresh- frozen products to the Europ- ean market. Thus, they claim, Europe would get better fish cheaper and could sell more to Iceland if they would withdraw from the Icelandic fisheries. But here is a problem which is typical of those which make the economic unification of Europe so diffi- cult. To the uninvolved reader Business and Professional Cards ÞJÓÐRÆKNISFÉLAG ÍSLENDINGA í VESTURHEIMI Forsetl: DR. RICHARD BECK 801 Llncoln Drive, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Styrkið félagið með þvi að gerast meðlimir. Arsgjald $2.00 — Túnarit félagsins frítt. Sendlst til íjármálaritara: MR. GUÐMANN LKVY, 186 Lindsay Street, Winnipeg 9, Manitoba. Minnist BETEL í erfðaskrám yðar SELKIRK METAL PRODUCTS Reykháfar, öruggasta eldsvörn, og ávalt hreinlr. Hitaeiningar- rör, ný uppfynding, Sparar eldi- við, heldur hita frá a8 rjúka út me8 reyknum.—Skrifi8, simi8 til KELLY SVEINSSON 625 WaU St. Winnlpeg Just North of Portage Ave. SPruce 4-1634 — SPruce 4-1634 G. F. Jonasson, Pres. & Man. Dir. Keystone Fisheries Limited Wholesale Distributors of FRESH AND FROZEN FISH 60 Louise St. WHitehall 2-6227 S. O. BJERRING Canadian Stamp Co. RUBBER & METAL STAMPS NOTARY & CORPÖRATE SEALS CELLULOID BUTTONS 324 Smith St. Winnipey WHltehall 2-4624 PARKER, TALLIN, KRIST- JANSSON, PARKER AND MARTIN BARRISTERS — SOLICITORS Ben C. Parker, Q.C. (1910-1951) B. Stuart Parker, Clive K. Tallin, Q.C., A. F. Krlstjansson. Hugh B. Parker, W. Steward Martin 5th 11. Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, 389 Main Street Winnipeg 2, Man. 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Thorarinson Barrister and SoUcitor 2nd Floor Crown Trust Bldg 364 MAIN ST. Office WHitehall 2-7051 Res.: 40-6488 THE MODEL FUR CO. D. MINUK, PROP. Fur Coots Made To Order Repairing, Remodelling, Relining & Storing and Sports Wear Lodies' Sportswear of First Class Quality Tel. WHitehell 2-6619 Res. JUstice 6-1961 304 Kennedy St. Winnipeg, Man. Dunwoody Saul Smilh & Company Chartered Accountants WHilehall 2-2468 100 Princess St. Winnipeg, Man. And offices ,*t: FORT WILLIAM - KENORA FORT FRANCES - ATTKOKATÍ Gleym mér ei HÖFN Icelandic Old Folks Home Society 3498 Osler St., Vancouver 9, B.C. Féhirðir, Mrs. Einily Thorson, 3980 Marine Drive West Vancouver, B.C. Simi Walnut 2-5576 Ritari Miss Caroline Cliristoplierson 6455 West Boulevard Slmi Kerrisdale 8872 The Business Clinic Anna Larusson Office at 207 Atlantic Ave. Phone JU 2-3548 Bookkeeping — Incoine Tax Insurance ,the Icelandic case sounds un- beatable, but to the trawler- men of Hull, Grimsby, Fleet- wood, Ostend, and the Ger- man fishing ports, it is no matter for long-range, idealis- tic speculation. It is some- thing they are ready to fight about. Free Press, Spt. 4, 1958 Dr. ROBERT BLACK Sérfræ8ingur I augna, eyrna, nef og hálssjúkdömum. 401 MKDICAL ARTS BLDG. Graham and Kennedy St. Office WHitehali 2-3861 Res.: 40-3794

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