Proci:kdings 01^ Fii^TH Annuai. Me:eting 85 



sion that that sum of money could not be appropriated. When 

 the recommendation of the Governor's Bludget Commission was 

 pubHshed it was found that the sum of $15,000 was recom- 

 mended for this work. It seems evident to the Executive Com- 

 mittee that the understanding of the importance of this problem 

 on the part of our state government is not sufficient and that 

 a campaign of education is a necessity. 



Furthermore, the committee believes that the whole mosquito 

 movement in this state is suffering from the lack of careful and 

 thorough publicity, and it would like to recommend that the 

 president of the association be empowered to appoint a Publicity 

 Committee, which shall be charged with the duty of bringing 

 before the people of our state the importance of the problem 

 of mosquito control and the steps which have been taken in the 

 direction of solving it. It is the idea of the committee that this 

 committee should operate under the general direction of the 

 Executive Committee to form a Publicity Bureau utilizing men 

 already in the service for the publishing and transmission of 

 matter relating to mosquito work. It is the idea of the com- 

 mittee that this Publicity Bureau shall establish intimate touch 

 with the principal newspapers of our state and of the metro- 

 politan districts of New York and Philadelphia, in order that 

 matters sent out by it may be promptly and satisfactorily 

 handled. It is further the idea of the committee that this Pub- 

 licity Bureau should secure the preparation of feature stories 

 and articles for publication in popular and widely-distributed 

 magazines. 



After looking into the matter, the Executive Committee is 

 convinced that not only a larger membership of the association 

 is highly desirable for necessary steps in the carrying out of 

 anti-mosquito work, but that some means by which the organi- 

 zation can be kept together and rendered effective should be 

 devised, and it would like to recommend that the president of 

 the association be empowered to appoint a Committee on Mem- 

 bership with power, which shall have for its purpose the in- 

 creasing of the membership list and the organization of the 

 entire membership in such a way as to render it an effective 

 instrument along anti-mosquito lines. 



