48 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



"I believe this is the best circular on the cat issued so far. The material 



is very well arranged and is presented in an attractive form I have 



never been quite sure that cat licensing would cure the evil, but there seems 

 to be no other way to provide the means for enforcing a law, and I hope to 



see the plan tried widely Certainly you are doing a good work." 



Edward Howe Forbush, Massachusetts, State Ornithologist, Boston. 



"Thank you for your letter and the broadside on the cat. I have read 

 this and it seems to me it is a most convincing publication. I was exceed- 

 ingly pleased to find the moderation which runs through it all, for there 

 are many lovers of cats in the country, and it is always well in dealing with 

 this subject not to offend them unnecessarily. This I think you have done 

 admirably, and I hope it may be given wide circulation." T. Gilbert 

 Pearson, Secretary, The National Association of Audubon Societies, New 

 York. 



"Please accept my thanks for the copy of your Cat Poster. You have 

 chosen a very opportune time for taking up the cat problem and I wish you 

 success in your campaign. I was very glad to see the Maywood and Mont- 

 clair cat ordinances printed side by side. Your poster will be very useful in 

 calling attention to the cat question and in paving the way for future 

 legislation." T. S. Palmer, Secretary, American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Washington, D. C. 



"Thanks for your letter and the poster on the handling of the cat 

 problem. I am going to mark it, write a brief note to go with it to the 

 Editor, and ask for publication in our local daily papers of certain excerpts, 

 including the Maywood ordinance in full. Perhaps it could be cut up, and 

 run piece-meal as a serial till the whole poster is brought before the public. 

 I think we might get a cat ordinance through in that way. I am greatly 

 interested in your cat campaign. It is a great work. It seems to me if 

 the nation can get rid of booze with such flying colors, it ought to be able 

 to stagger the cat out some day." Louis Agassiz Fuertes, noted painter 

 of birds and animals and a naturalist of wide reputation, Ithaca, N. Y. 



"All the intelligent cat and dog legislation that can be had in this country 



is just that much good toward preserving the birds I shall be on the 



lookout for every opportunity to back up this movement, as it is very 

 much needed to conserve our wild life, particularly the insectivorous birds, 

 which mean so much to agriculture and the increase of our crops. All 

 cats and dogs should be licensed by Federal Law. The owner should pay 

 a fair tax for any dog or cat in his possession." Frederic C. Walcott, 

 United States Food Administration, Washington, D. C. 



"You have prepared a very sane and effective folder on the cat. It avoids 

 extreme statements and unreasonable methods of control. I believe it will 

 appeal to thinking people. I wish you the best of success in your efforts for 

 bird protection. It is such campaigns as yours that will eventually awaken 

 the people to a realization of the situation." Gilbert H. Trafton, Professor 

 of Nature-Study, State Normal School, Mankato, Minnesota. 



"Your 'Cat' Circular is great and certainly does not overrate the destruc- 

 tion to bird life from this cause. I am inclined to believe that the statements 

 therein are very conservative." W. Scott Way, Secretary, Florida Audubon 

 Society, Winter Park, Florida. 



"Commissioner Pratt has recently come into possession of one of your 

 Cat circulars which he regards as a very fine piece of educational work.* 



"This Commission (Conservation Commission, State of New York) is at 

 present engaged in a strenuous campaign against Vermin in this State, which 

 is proving so destructive to our valuable insectivorous and game birds. 

 Commissioner Pratt is using some of the figures from your circular in his 

 lectures." Clinton G. Abbott, Confidential Secretary and Editor, Conser- 

 vation Commission, State of New York, Albany, New York. 



