PRESIDENTS EMERITI 
EXECUTIVE BOARD 
OTTO C. OOERING 
CHICAGO. ILUMOIt 
TAPPAN GREGORY 
CHICAGO ILLINOIS 
IVAR HENNINGS 
SOUTH UNO INO. 
PAUL CLEMENT 
MINNCASOUI, MINN. 
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DEFENDER OF WOODS. WATERS AND WILDLIFE 
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iCC MOIOINT 
JR. LEWIS RADCLIFFE 
WASHINGTON. O. C. 
VICE-PRESIDENT 
PAUL CLEMENT 
MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA 
TREASURER 
MORT D. TINKER 
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 
SECRETARY 
ALDO LEOPOLD 
MAOISGN. WISCONSIN 
CONSERVATION CONSULTANT 
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DR. W. B. HOLTON 
CHIVY CHASE. MARYLAND 
CHAIRMAN 
RALPH LLEWELLYN 
TERRE HAUTE. INDIANA 
VICE>CHAIRMAN 
PAUL CHANDLER 
OES MOINES. IOWA 
DR. GEORGE B. EUSTERMAN 
ROCHESTER. MINNESOTA 
DR. c. C. LILLI BRIDGE 
CRETE. NEBRASKA 
WM H. PRINGLE 
PIERRE. SOUTH DAKOTA 
HERB C. KELLY 
DENVER. COLORADO 
ARTHUR F SENIOR 
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 
CARL WEYGANDT 
MUNROK ^ ALLS OHIO 
Washington,D.C 
Nov. 6,1948 
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KENNETH A REID 
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
WM. VOIGT, JR. 
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE 
DENVER. COLORADO 
JOHN F. STOWELL 
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE 
WASHINGTON. D C 
NATIONAL DIRECTORS 
W. J. P. ABERG. maoison wis. 
JAMES H. ADAMS, richmono. Virginia 
DR. K. D. AMSBARY. pomeroy. ohio 
EDWARD M. APPLE, oetroit. micm. 
DR. HAVILAH BABCOCK, Columbia, south cab< 
DR. FRED M. BAUMGARTNER, stillwatcr. ok la 
FLOYD BLICK. Colorado springs, colo. 
FRANK J. BRADY, atkinson neb. 
BURT BRICKNER. tiepin, ohio 
CHARLES E. BROUGHTON, shcboygan. wis. 
MAJOR OSCAR BURKARD. «o- t . p. » 
MORRIS W. BURKE, keuka park. n. y. 
E A. CLEETON. Chicago ill. 
J. N. DARLING, oes koines, iowa 
ALBERT M. DAY. Washington, o. c. 
JOSEPH E DeMERS. st john. n. o. 
TALBOTT DENMEAD. Baltimore. Maryland 
CLARENCE O. DUGGER, tacoma warm. 
JOHN B EBINGER. klamath palls, ore. 
JOHN A. EBLE, Denver. Colorado 
W. F. ELSKEN. paris. ark. 
WM. M- ERICSON, red wino. Minnesota 
DR. GEORGE B. EUSTERMAN Rochester, minn. 
WALTER FENTRESS. Norfolk va. 
JOHN C. GREGORY, pullerton. calif. 
C. S. HAFFNER, south benc. Indiana 
LAWRENCE A. HAUTZ. Milwaukee, wis. 
DR. HOWARD W. HEINE, premont. neb. 
DR. ARTHUR W. HENN. pittbbubgh. pa. 
IVAR HENNINGS, south bend. ino. 
HOWARD R. HIESTAND. kentland. ino. 
RALPH HODGDON. joplin. mo. 
DR. W. B. HOLTON, chevy chare, mo. 
CLARENCE HUGHES, rapio city. s. o. 
BUD JACKSON, tulsa. okla. 
C. DEWEY JOHNSON, mcalester. Oklahoma 
CARL JOHNSON, la jolla. California 
CARL JOLLY, owatonna. minn. 
DR. C. M. KALEY, calowell. ioaho 
RICHARD F. KUCK. Chicago, ill. 
JUDGE GROVER C. LADNER. Philadelphia, pa 
DR. THOMAS H. LANGLOIS, put-in-bay. ohio 
RALPH LINGWALL. planoreau. b. d 
RALPH E. LLEWELLYN, terre haute, ino. 
M. S. McMURTREY. Lincoln neb. 
SIDNEY H. MAJOR, storm lake, iowa 
CHARLES F. MARTIN, oes moines. iowa 
LEWIS V. MILLER, prankport. ino. 
MRS. ANDREW M. MINER. Minneapolis, minn. 
HON. KARL E. MUNDT. Washington, d. c. 
DR. OLAUS J. MURIE, moose. Wyoming 
CARL NORGREN. Denver, colo. 
J. C. OCHSNER. PORT MADISON. IOWA 
ROBERT O'HAIR, glen ellvn. ill. 
HENRY A. PIERCE, kalanaxoo. mich. 
CHARLES E. PIERSALL. casper. wyo. 
J. R. POLAND. JR.. MARTINSBURG. W. VA. 
WM. H. PRINGLE, pierre. s d. 
HERBERT O OUALSET. sioue falls s. d. 
W. J. REA. MUSKOGEE. OKI A. 
EDWIN P. RINEHART, columbus. ohio 
DENNIE ROULT, bishop. California 
W. E. SANDERSON, Albany. n. y. 
C. F. SCHNEE. akron. ohio 
HOWARD SHILLING. Huntingdon, pa. 
GUY STAN T Z. terre haute, ino. 
VAL STAUDER, st. pawl. Minnesota 
JACK STOWELL. Washington, o. c. 
DR. J. R. STURRE. Minneapolis, minm. 
RlES TUTTLE, ors moines, iowa 
JAMES R. VORHIES. newton, iowa 
C. A WHEATLEY. ,** . M t ONI o. 
H. T. WILLIS. CHAMPAIGN. ILL. 
DR. H. A. WILSON, south bend, ino. 
Dr William Mann 
2801 Adams Mill Road 
Washington,D.C. 
Dear Dr Mann:- Have made two attempts to read yoour 
book, "Ant Hill Odyssey. The first attempt three days ago 
when after a good breakfast, I picked it up. I wqs un¬ 
shaven at 1:50 p.m. The second attempt kept me awake 
until 2:50 a.ra. when,Thank God I finished the book. 
This book has great possibilities. If 
I were the author I would send at my own expense copies to 
The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, The Matson Line 
vert is in* 7 
and: any other steamship company that puts out 
about the "glorious Pacific Isles". 
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Every one of these companies would at once 
attempt to get this book off the market. You might get and 
your publishers $.25,000, t’50,0CIlgp£ $1000,000. If I were 
the writer of this book I woulcr^ettle for less than $100,00' 
Your tales of 400 inch rains,flies,canned 
food and also mosquitos should stop at the Mississippi River 
any one who has read your book. I do not mean they should n 
go to Califortda. But that is the jumping oi 
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place this 
Land of Misery will soon present. That is if they can & 
passage to these outlandish places where cockroaches 
the skin off your legs. In the Kennedy Warren they havPJ'yet 
gone that fa 
It is nice to know you 
Frank MulV^rn 
