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All Souls Unitarian Church, in favor of the legislation ; a resolution 
by the Ontario County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals, Inc., in favor of the legislation, and signed by Catharine B. 
Mellen, secretary, dated July 19, 1962; a resolution by the Sparks 
Humane Society, dated July 16, 1962, signed by Art Higgle, president ; 
a resolution from the Paramus Animal Welfare Society, in favor of 
the bill. I assume it is in New York but it does not state. 
A resolution from the Columbia County Humane Society in Port- 
age, Wis., dated February 9, 1962, signed by Mrs. E. P. Andrews, sec- 
retary, in favor of the bill; a resolution from the Michigan City 
Humane Society, Michigan City, Ind., dated June 17, 1961, signed by 
Mr. Smotzer; a resolution from the Humane Society of Washtenaw 
County, dated August 7, 1962, Ann Arbor, Mich., in favor of the 
bill ; a wire from the Reverend Eugene Dinsmore Dolloff , dated Sep- 
tember 25, 1962 ; a letter from Charles N. Breed, Jr., M.D., dated Sep- 
tember 25, 1962, New York City, in favor of the legislation; a letter 
from Dr. Frank E. Adair, dated September 25, 1962, in favor of the 
legislation. 
(The papers referred to follow :) 
New England Federation of Humane Societies, 
Bostm, Mass., May 22, 1962. 
Mrs. Estella Draper, 
Executive Secretary, Animal Welfare Institute, 
New York, N.Y. 
Dear Mrs. Draper: As requested by you, a copy of the resolution passed on 
May 4, 1962, by the New England Federation of Humane Societies in annual 
meeting assembled is as follows : 
“ Resolved , That the New England Federation of Humane Societies go on 
record as favoring the passage of H.R. 1937, authored by U.S. Representative 
Martha Griffiths, providing for the proper treatment of animals used in experi- 
mentation, and the federation further urges its members to write to their indi- 
vidual congressional Representatives requesting favorable consideration of this 
legislation. 
Sincerely yours, 
Miss Ruth A. Ballon, 
Retiring Secretary. 
Atlanta Humane Society, 
Atlanta, Oa., September 12, 1962. 
Mrs. Christine Stevens, 
President, Animal Welfare Institute, 
New York, N.Y. 
Dear Mrs. Stevens : At our board of directors meeting on September 11, the 
following resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote : 
“ Resolved , That the Atlanta Humane Society to go on record as favoring the 
passage of H.R. 1937, authored by U.S. Representative Martha Griffiths, providing 
for the proper treatment of animals used in experimentation, and the society 
further urges its members to write to their congressional Representatives re- 
questing favorable consideration of this legislation.” 
We plan to urge our members to write to their Congressman and urge the 
passage of the bill. 
We earnestly hope that the combined efforts of the various societies will be 
successful. 
Sincerely, 
Miss Judy King, 
President, Atlanta Humane Society. 
