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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Mrs. M. G. Ericson, NEWSLETTER Editor, 
4842 N. Hermitage Ave., Chicago 40, Ill. 

OLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY ANNUAL MEET ING 

Circle the date now! Saturday and Sunday, May 5th 
and 6th, reserved for the Annual Meeting at North Central | 
College, Naperville, Illinois, Details in April issue. 
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WILDERNESS BILL 
JUN8 1969 
After five years of intensive effort, supporters of a National Wilderness 
Preservation Act are hopeful that the House of Representatives will follow the 
United States Senate and endorse the bill in this session of Congress. 
The bill is supported by every outstanding national conservation organiza- i 
tion in the nation, but it still faces stiff opposition from the lumber, mineral, i 
and livestock interests in the far western states. | 
Audubon members are urged to write their local congressman in support of | 
the Wilderness Bill and also to send letters and cards now to Congressman Wayne 
Aspinall, Chairman of the House Interior Committee, House Office Building, 
Washington, D.C. ; 
The bill is needed to preserve our wilderness heritage, to protect our 
watersheds, and our wildlife, and to insure that no future bureau head can over- 
turn and destroy wilderness values by an executive order. The bill will protect 
large wilderness tracts in our national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges. 
--Raymond Mostek 

PAUL H. DOUGLAS WRITES 

In a recent letter to Mr. Raymond Mostek, Senator Douglas wrote: "Thank 
you for your encouraging postcard pledging help in urging the House of Represent- 
atives to pass the \JILDERNESS BILL. As you say, this is one of the most important 
pieces of conservation legislation within the generation. I hope your Audubon 
Society will rally to the cause and urge their representatives to vote for it." 

