ILLINOIS 
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NEWSLETTER 
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Vol. 6, No. 2 Publishea Quarterly by Illinois Auduben Society February 1967 
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lewslet Heri Editor: Douglas E. Wade, 106 Depot St., Oregon, Ill. 61061 
VATS 4° Phone: Area Cede 815 ~ 732-6890 
CRAIC ALL 2 SREY ETEK 
FINAL WINDUP FOR THE INDIANA SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK 
SN ne nanan ete a AD NATIONAL PARK 
A long, agonising effort to establish an Indiana Sand Dunes National Lakeshore 
has St come te an end, In its final days, the Conservation Congress, also 
known as the 89th Congress, passed the bill by a comfortable margin, The final 
bill also included the 478-a2cre West Beach Unit, now owned by Inland Steel Co, 
The U.S. Senate passed its own version in 1965. Among those in the Senate 
urging passage were U.S. Senators Birch Bayh and Vance Hartke of Indiana, and, 
of course, the chief Sponsor, Senator Paul H. Douglas, The dunes bill was opposed 
by Senator Everett Dirksen, Congressmen Arends, Michel, and Reid also voted "No," 



House members from Illinois who voted for the bill were Republicans Andersen, Erlenborn, 
MeClery, Rumsfeld, Springer, Collier, Derwinski, and Findley, As a member of the 
impertant House Rules Committee, Cong, John Anderson of Reckford, broke a tie te 
bring the bill te a vote on the house floor, Democrats who Supported it were OtHara, 
Klueyzinski, Murphy, Ronan, Annunzio, Rostenkowski, Yates, Pacinski, Shipley, Price 
and Gray, Cong. O'Hara and Yates were always among the leading supporters of the 
dunes bill, giving it fleor support in debate, 
Save the Dunes Council leaders, Herbert Read and Mrs. Dorothy Buell, have cautioned 
that the defeat at the polis ef Senator Douglas, plus a loss of seme votes in the 
House, may provide a real battle in 1967 to ebtain needed funds, They have pointed 
out that there really is ne park until the land is bought, and the public is free 
to enter the gates, There is a genuine concern among conservation groups that 
Cong. Charles Halleck who has fought the park for over 30 years, may attempt to 
bring about a repeal of the dunes park bill, All kinds of excuses. may be offered, 
Among them will be: The U.S.A. cannot afford funds to buy land for such luxuries 
&3 national parks while we are in conflict in SE Asia. That undeclared war is 
costing $25 billion annually, If the forces of reaction did not find this excuse, 
they would find another, Exploiters always do, 
The Tllinois Audubon Seciety has not marched hand in hand and arm in arm with other 
outdoor conservation groups for over fifty years to help establish the Indiana Dunes, 
to now surrender our momentum when complete victory is almost at hand, 
The famous Belgium writer, Maurice Maeterlinck, once wrote, "At every crosswuy v1 
the read that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand 
men self-appointed to guard the past." It was ever thus. Let us not despair. Let 
us act to insure that those funds are voted by Congress and the Park made a reality. 
@eeee# RAYMOND MOSTEK, 
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