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We are also in receipt of resolutions of endorsement from 

 numerous civic and scientific bodies, and public welfare 

 societies. 



On the whole, our campaign is progressing most satis- 

 factorily. In December our bill will be presented in Con- 

 gress under the best auspices we can command, with ex- 

 hibits; and already we are assured of much Congressional 

 support. 



Although the names of many cattle and sheep owners 

 appear among our pledges of support, it is quite possible 

 that some of the western wool-growers' associations will, 

 on general principles, go on record in Congress in opposition 

 to our cause. If that contingency arises, we will, of course, 

 endeavor to meet it squarely. Our plan is so thoroughly 

 clear, open and above board, and it so carefully avoids all 

 conflict with the very necessary agricultural and stock- 

 growing interests, it is really difficult to imagine how any 

 serious objections to it can be made. 



The complete "plan," as agreed upon informally by the 

 officers of the U. S. Forest Service, the Biological Survey 

 and the Campaigning Trustee, is given below. Colloquially 

 and in the newspapers its short title is "the Hornaday 

 Plan;" but whenever our bill is introduced in the U. S. 

 Senate it will automatically take the name of the senator 

 who acts as its sponsor. The plan is as follows: 



(1) A federal law empowering the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture to select and delimit areas in national forests suit- 

 able for game sanctuaries. (2) These sanctuaries shall be 

 established by presidential proclamation. (3) These sanc- 

 tuaries shall be so located that they will not occupy lands 

 chiefly suitable for agriculture. (4) These sanctuaries 

 shall be located where they will interfere to the least ex- 

 tent practicable with the grazing of domestic stock, especi- 

 ally the stock of actual settlers. (5) These sanctuaries 

 shall be established with the approval of the governor of 

 each state concerned. (6) It is expedient to establish a 

 large number of sanctuaries of medium size rather than a 

 few large preserves. (7) The ideal condition would be a 

 chain of sanctuaries which in time would restore game to 



