File No. 711.428/453
The Secretary of Commerce ( Redfield) to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: May I respectfully ask your attention to my letters to you of June 21 and July 16, both upon the subject of what I have understood, perhaps mistakenly, to be a definite [Page 435] understanding between our Government and the Canadian Government that a conference on the international fisheries relations of the United States would take place at an early date.
Speaking from the standpoint of the officer charged with the administration of the Bureau of Fisheries, it seems to me of urgent importance that this conference take place, and that the present time of rapprochement be utilized to settle a number of outstanding problems. Failing this, I fear an attempt at legislation at the next session which may cause international friction at a time when it should be avoided.
Yours very truly,