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We are fairly certain that we cen get paSsage of the first bill and have a good 
chance on the second, The third also is within reach if every group and person © 
puts on the pressure. 
All this will be costly. We are now printing 5,000 copies of a brochure. 
Additional funds from clubs and individuals will be needed.This is the most 
important conservation fight of our time. It must be won, Give us your support!} 


Dr. James D. Wetson, 1962 U. S. Nobel Prize winner, has termdthe threatened loss 
of the Indiana Dunes "a personal and national tragedy." Ina telegram to the Save- 
the-Dunes Council, Drs Watson seid: "The marvelous variety of plant and animal lif 
of the dunes was a powerful factor in stimulating me to become a biologist." 
Tho telegram was read by the council's press spokesman, Thomas BE. Dustin, before 
the 10th annual mecting in Gary. Dr, Tetson, a former resident of the Tremont sub- 
division of Chesterton, Ind., in the dunes area, was awarded the Nobel Prize for 
work in a specialized field of heredity snd evolution. 
"IT spent much of my boyhood walking in the dunes," he said, "and there is no 
honest reason why subscauent generations of impressionable children should forever 
lose this opportunity." Copies of the telegram were sent to President Kennedy and 
Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall. Mrs. Buell, President of the Save-the-Dunes 
Council, extended an invitation to Dr. Watson to become a member of the Council's 
Advisory Board, which he has accepted. 
DUNE! S REPRIEVE---PERHAPS DELIVERANCES 
Len O'Connor reported the following on a recent newscast: The U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers now finds it not feasible to spend over $25 million of federal money 
on a port at Burns Ditch. Neither steel company has a plant under contruction at 
this point; further, it is unlikely that either one will build a mill in hopes of a 
port coming later. Gov. Welch said that Indiana would raise the money for a port 
and go it alone. He proposed doubling the cigarette tex. A Democratic Governor 
will have difficulty with a Republican legislature when it comes to such a measure. 
Mr. O'Connor also stated that Northwestern University was still waiting for Indiana 
Dunes sand. 
Let us keep up the fight, however. Vrite. President Kennedy, The White House, 
Washington, D.C. Also write Senator Everett Dirksen. The fight is far from over 
and funds are urgently needed to carry on the battle. Those wishing to join the 
Save-the-Dunes Council to preserve this magnificent shoreline should send $2.00 
(or more) to P. 0. Box 303, Ghesterton, Indiana. 
Knute and Virginia Reutorskiold turned down an offer of $100,000.00 from 
Bethlehem Stecl for their ten acres of Indiana dunes. That is a small fortunel 
Fhat sacrifice or contribution have YOU made lately? 

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LET'S KEuP. THE BALD BaGLE. FLYING} 
Congress in 1782 declared the Bald Eagle to be our National bird, a symbol 
of our great new country. Now, almost 200 years later, the National 
Audubon Society says there are less than 5,000 Bald Eagles left, and the 
species is in serious danger of extinction. Funds are needed for research, 
protection, and eduaation. For a 4-page leaflet and a LIFETIME membership 
card in the Bald Eagle Club, send one dollar to Mrs. C.F. Russell, Bald 
Eagle Club, Box 287, Decatur, Illinois. 


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CAN YOU TOP THIS? 
To be host to a flock of about 300 Evening Grosbeaks? In the winter of 1961-62, 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mason, Routc #1, Box 62, Hanover, Tllinois, provided approxi- 
mately o4 Lbs. of sunflower seed every week for their guests. Mrs. Viola 5B. 
Andersen, Mt. Carroll, Illinois, reported in her letter that she and Mrs, Peasley 
of Elizabeth visited the Masons and saw this groat flock of birds. We hope chat 
the winter visitors have returned to accept the Masons! kinaness tnis seaScn. 

