Word: tollefson
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...same time announced: "The U.S. upholds the legal right of its fishermen to operate on the free high seas up to within three miles of the coast of Mexico." He got quick backing in Washington, where angry U.S. Congressmen spoke up. Growled Washington State's Representative Thor Tollefson: "If these shrimp boats were seized ten miles at sea, it is definitely a case of piracy on the high seas...