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the possibility of having the hunter's license funds, and all 
other special or "ear-marked" funds, deposited in the general 
fund of the commonwealth, requiring the .sportsmen to go before 
the Legislature at each session and ask that body to appropriate 
to the Game commission the funds, deposited by the sportsmen. It 
is claimed, I believe that pooling all "special funds" in the 
Treasury is necessary in order to establish a workable budget sys¬ 
tem for the commonwealth. The Re-organization Commission has al¬ 
ready been informed the conditions under which the resident hunt¬ 
ers’ license act was passed; namely, that the sportsme n of the 
State w ere solemnly promised that their funds would always be kept 
in a special fund separate and apart solely for their work so 
that not a single cent could be used for any other purpose, Hun- 
dreds of sportsmen take the position that this should be contin¬ 
ued, and that they should not take q chance on having their work 
hampered in any way. 
The second is, I am also informed through the,public 
press, that the Re-organization Commission may recommend the in¬ 
crease of the State police force and dispense with the .services 
of a large part of the field organizations of-the Game Commission* 
the Department of Fisheries and the Department of Forestry. The 
commission has been advised that while the State police are a 
splendid organization and deserve the support of our good citizens 
s ve rywhe re, the work of enforcing laws protecting game andjwi ld 
oirds means not only an exercis e of police power s, but that our 
field representatives devote fully 7 % of their effort along edu¬ 
cational lines, the balance a reasonable exercise of our police 
powers. If such change were made a goodly number of our officers 
would still be necessary to look after the stocking of game, feed¬ 
ing of game-in the winter time, and many other activities of the 
Department that a State policeman could not undertake, 
I am pleased to report that the sportsmen generally are 
heartily supporting the work of the present non-salaried, non¬ 
political Game commission; and apparently want that work to con¬ 
tinue indefinitely along the present lines unhampered in any way. 
Ail of these are matters for your consideration, and such con¬ 
certed action as the delegates here assembled may see fit. I 
regret that it has been necessary for me to consume so much of 
your time in'order to give you a proper understanding of the var 
ious issues confronting the sportsmen of Pennsylvania, and.hope 
that the matters presented will be freely discussed b> the dele 
gates present., I thank you. • 
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