Fish and Game Commission 
OF CALIFORNIA 
COMMISSIONERS 
F. M. NEWBERT 
M. J. CONNELL 
E. L. BOSQUI 
EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
Carl Westerfelo 
SAN FRANCISCO 
October 3rd, 1918. 
Mr. Alexander Wetmore, 
Maxwell, Calif. 
Dear Mr. Wetmore 
I have just received your letter ad' 
dressed to Mr. Westerfeld. We had already received Mr. 
Henderson's telegram that you quoted and have given the 
information to all of the San Francisco newspapers. The 
telegram has not really aroused the necessity that I 
thought it would. 
George Neale, however, advises 
me that there are a number of’wild duck rice protective 
clubs" being organized. I hope the situation is very 
much relieved by the telegram, although I do not entirely 
approve of the wording. 
Mr. Westerfeld wrote a long letter 
to the Biological Survey in which he pointed out some of 
the difficulties that will arise from the fact that they 
gave a blanket permit to rice growers, their immediate 
families and employees. In all probability there will 
be a great many dollar a year men employed on some of 
the ranches. 
