The Audubon Societies 



the present laws affecting in any way the 

 species that may be taken, or the season or 

 time when they can be hunted, is involved in 

 this proposed legislation. The idea simply is 

 to collect a fund, 45 per cent of which can be 

 used for the employing of Federal game- 

 wardens to enforce the United States laws in 

 reference to game- and non-game-bird?. That 

 there is a vast need for a largely increased 

 warden force is apparent -to all those familiar, 

 even to a limited extent, with conditions that 

 obtain in the hunting-fields. Likewise, 45 

 per cent of the income is to be used for the 

 purchase of bird reservations and public 

 shooting-grounds. The remaining 10 per 

 cent is for overhead expenses. 



The details of the meeting were directed by 

 John B. Burnham, President of the American 

 Game Protective Association, who had ar- 

 ranged for the hearing. Eight or ten of the 

 friends of conservation who were present 

 spoke in behalf of the measure, including the 

 President of this Association. There were 

 those present who were opposed to the 



measure, chief among whom was Represen- 

 tative Ward, of North Carolina, who based 

 his argument chiefly on the rather surprising 

 conjecture that the entire bill was a scheme 

 on the part of wealthy hunting-club owners 

 in his home county to make it impossiole for 

 the poor man to hunt. Ex-Governor Riggs 

 of Alaska spoke in opposition to one or two 

 features of the measure which he felt should 

 be modified to safeguard the interests of the 

 people of Alaska. 



The Anthony bill has already been reported 

 favorably by the Senate Committee and is 

 now pending in that body. Friends of Con- 

 servation are hoping very much that Con- 

 gress may take favorable action on this 

 important legislation during the present 

 session. 



At the request of the home office of the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies, a 

 large number of letters have been written to 

 Senators and Congressmen by members of 

 the Association and officials of affiliated clubs 

 throughout the United States. 



IMPORTANT NATIONAL PARK BILL 



When Mr. Barbour's bill — H. R. 7452 — 

 to establish the Roosevelt-Sequoia National 

 Park in California, was introduced, individ- 

 uals and associations deeply interested in 

 our National Parks protested against it, 

 because its provisions did not except it from 

 the Federal Water Power Act, and there was 

 always the danger that if its water was seized 

 for commercial purposes — power or irri- 

 gation — the rights of the public would be 

 threatened. 



These dangers were pointed out to the 

 author of the bill, and he has now submitted 

 from the Committee on Public Lands a bill 

 which removes the threatened danger. He 

 has added a fundamental amendment pro- 

 viding "that no permit, license, lease, or 

 authorization for dams, conduits, reservoirs, 

 power-houses, transmission lines, or other 

 works for storage or carriage of water or for 

 limits of said park shall be granted or made 

 without specific authority of Congress." 



It is now the duty of every citizen inter- 



ested in our National Parks to write to his 

 Congressmen and to hir- Senators, urging 

 speedy and favorable action on the amended 

 bill — H. R. 7452. These legislators should 

 be told that the people urgently desire the 

 passage of this bill. 



In the enlarged park is to be included an 

 area of nearly a thousand square miles directly 

 adjacent to the present Sequoia Park on the 

 east and north. It is a high country, without 

 apparent economic possibilities for agri- 

 culture, grazing, or timber. It possesses 

 marvelous natural beauties, which are con- 

 stantly becoming better known and more 

 admired. The park will be a splendid posses- 

 sion of the American people. We must all 

 strive to impress our Representatives with 

 its importance. 



A statement similar to the above was sent 

 recently to all members of the Xational 

 Association, as well as to the officers of all 

 affiliated organizations, with the result that 

 many hundreds of letter- and telegrams were 



