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Frank Thompson, President 



Your Association President Sez: 



H. B. 335 BECOMES LAW 



House Bill 335 sponsored by representatives 

 Francis Bardanouve, (D) Blaine County; Tom 

 Haines (R) Missoula County; and Oscar Kvaalen 

 (R) Richland County is now law. 



This is permissive legislation which will enable 

 county commissioners to levy not to exceed ^ 

 mill on grazing and agricultural land within the 

 district not to exceed $1000 a year, when reques- 

 ted by the district supervisors. Funds may be 

 used as specified in the basic Soil and Water 

 Conservation district law for Montana. 



Of immediate concern to district supervisors is 

 to cause a notice declaring the district organ- 

 ized to be filed for record in the office of the 

 coimty clerk and recorded of each county in which 

 any portion of the district is situated. Deadline 

 for this is April 8 which is 30 days from effective 

 date of the act, and which should be done whether 

 supervisors intend to ask for money or not. 



Another NACD Convention is over and proved 

 to be very successful. It was well supported 

 by about 1500 people interested in Conservation, 



Montana was greatly honored by having Mrs. 

 Oscar (Gladys) Hipped elected to the office of 

 National President of the Ladies Auxiliary. 

 We all extend her congratulations and wish her 

 success and much good luck in her new position. 



The activities of the NACD are very impressive 

 and wide -spread. A few of the main points 

 were: 



The officers and Committee chairmen took a 

 leading roll in the formulation and writing of 

 Section 1 of the Agricultural act of 1962. The 

 committees meet with the Authors of the various 

 bills pertaining to conservation and affecting 

 conservation districts and many times have 

 changes made before they are ever introduced 

 in Congress. 



Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall gave 

 the most impressive talk of the convention in 

 my opinion. Here is one of the paragraphs that 

 is really worthy of note which I would like to 

 share with you. 



"The job we face together is an enormous one 

 — an intermingled one. Your organization is 

 the logical mechanism for coordinating the vari- 

 ous efforts needed. You, better than any group 

 in the Nation, know that the job will never be 

 finished. And as we fight to pay Nature back 

 and "start even" again, new opportunities will 



develop. One of those new opportunites a 



fresh challenge for all of us are programs 



of outdoor recreation. " 



"I scratched the front fender a 

 little dear. If you vrant to look ui 

 it, it' 3 in the back seat." 



