56 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



March 4, 1916. — Having received from the Secretary of 

 Agriculture a favorable opinion on the Chamberlain bill, and 

 without the formality of a hearing, the Senate Committee 

 reported the bill favorably to the Senate, in the following 

 words : 



"The Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of 

 Game, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4418) to establish game 

 sanctuaries in national forests, and for other purposes, having con- 

 sidered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do 

 pass with the following amendments: 



On page 2, line 4, after the word "uses" strike out the words 

 "of the national forests" and insert the word "thereof"; on page 2, 

 line 6, after the word "applicable" strike out the word "thereto" 

 and insert the words "to the national forests. 



"The main purpose of the bill is to provide sanctuaries or ref- 

 uges in portions of the national forests not chiefly suitable for agri- 

 culture wherein game animals may find breeding places safe from 

 molestation. 



"The Committee submits the communications from the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture recommending the passage of this bill." 



The amendments proposed provided for the alteration of 

 about half a dozen unimportant words, but because of them 

 the bill was reprinted, and then called No. 4418. The bill 

 was placed on the Senate calendar as No. 237. 



January 8, 1916 — We sent to each member of Congress, 

 both Senate and House, a copy of our Bulletin No. 2, an il- 

 lustrated pamphlet of 124 pages, entitled "Game Sanctu- 

 aries in National Forests," and "Published especially for the 

 information of Congress." It set forth in detail the whole 

 subject, and also published, by states, the names and ad- 

 dresses of persons, personages, organizations, institutions 

 and newspapers who in writing had pledged their support 

 of this cause. See Bulletin Section, page 25. 



THE HAYDEN BILL IN THE HOUSE. 



January 8 — When the Hayden bill reached the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, that officer referred it to his law department ; 

 and therein the unfortunate bill was put upon the operating 

 table, chloroformed, and operated upon over every square 

 inch of its devoted surface. 



