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Through the cooperation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
National Audubon Society, U. S. Dept. of Forestry, and the Illinois Depart- 
ment of Conservation, we were able to give out thousands of pieces of 
literature. 
Did it pay off? A sample of questions asked were: What are you doing 
about the Dutch elm spray? What is being done about the marsh or Goose 
Island? Have you any books on fishing? What kinds of books should I buy 
to learn about the birds? How high should a martin house be? How can I 
keep starlings from my feeder? Are you a branch of National? Do you have 
field trips? What do you do at your meetings? How can I join your Society? 
We think it paid off! ~-LeRoy Tunstall, President, DuPage Audubon Society. | 


OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSERVATION PUBLICITY 
Jim Thomas now has a news program on WGN-TV (Channel 9) at 10 PM and 
will give free, five minutes of publicity on conservation events. Phone 
LA 8-2311, Ext. 335 for his secretary. 
THE WILDERNESS BILL 
The Senate passed the Wilderness Area Bill on September 6 after two 
days of debate. Sen. Church (Idaho) who managed the bill for its supporters 
during Senate debate, said its passage by the Senate would give the House 
Committee on Interior an opportunity to conduct hearings early next season 
with reasonable prospect of obtaining final congressional approval next year. 
Senator Everett Dirksen is now a member of the Senate Interior Commit- 
tee--note for those who wish to influence passage of the bill. 
CALUMET FLATS IN AUGUST 
This area again is a source of disabled birds. Mr. Richard Hoger in 
a recent report to the I. A. S. noted receipts of many birds from Mr. Harold 
Fetter. He has had 16 species (including a Marbled Godwit and a Baird's 
Sandpiper) (491 individuals) brought to him. Soluble lead poisoning seems 
to be the cause. The water in the Flats has been checked and found to be 
free of lead. Mr. Hoger, after nursing the birds back to health, releases 
them, but not at the Flats. He is reporting his findings to both local and 
state Conservation Departments, as well as to the Patuxent Research Refuge 
in Laurel, Maryland. 
FOR THE BIRDS! 
President Kennedy signed bill S. 614 permitting the states to draw 
surplus grain from the Commodity Credit Corporation to feed game birds and 
other wildlife. 
