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Number 116 en December, 1960 
Dove Protection — A Step Forward 
By PAUL H. LoBIK 
WITH THE ELECTION last month of Judge Otto Kerner as Governor of Illi- 
nois, we have made a most important move toward the passage of a bill to 
place Mourning Doves on the songbird list. In 1961 we will have a chief 
executive in the State House who will listen favorably to our proposal. This 
represents a long forward step — but the journey has just begun, and it 
will be long and rocky. 
Many races for the legislature were extremely close, and in some cases 
the cutcome still is not known at this writing. For the record, however, here 
is the list of successful candidates who favor the dove bill, as gleaned from 
a list provided by the Republican Towns Organization of Berwyn, Illinois. 
A few of these results may be changed by the official canvass late in De- 
cember: 
R—Republican; D—Democratic Dist. Name Residence 
11—Hugh J. Schwaritzberg, D, Chicago 
STATE SENATORS 12—LaSalle J. DeMichaels, D, Chicago 
13 —James P. Loukas, D, Chicago 
16—Peter M. Callan, D, Chicago 
10—Seymour Fox, D, Chicago — Robert F. McPartlin, D, Chicago 
18—Hudson R. Sours, R, Peoria 19—Louis Janczak, R, Chicago 
52—Robert McClory, R, Lake Bluff 22—Lycurgus J. Conner, D, Chicago 
23 —Abner J. Mikva, D, Chicago 
Dist. Name Residence 
REPRESENTATIVES 24—-Henry M. Lenard, D, Chicago 
. 25—Hdward Schneider, R, Chicago 
in General Assembly Peter J. Whalen, D, Chicago 
4—Raymond J. Welsh, Jr., D, Oak Park 26—John VP. Downes, D, Chicago 
5—William D. Walsh, R, Bellwood 34—John K. Morris, D, Chadwick 
6—John W. Carroll, R, Park Ridge 37—Warren L. Wood, R, Plainfield 
Arthur E. Simmons, R, Skokie Francis J. Loughran, D, Joliet 
Bernard M. Peskin, D, Northbrook 38—Joseph P. Stremlau, D, Mendota 
7—Marion E. Burks, R, Evanston 47—-Herman L. Dammerman, D, Lincoln 
Frances L. Dawson, R, Evanston 48—G. William Horsley, R, Springfield 
Rebert Marks, D, Evanston 51—Edward M. Finfgeld, R, Arcola 
10—Albert W. Hachmeister, R, Chicago 56—Norman L. Benefiel, D, Newton 
The names of State Sen. Hudson R. Sours and Rep. Hugh J. Schwartzberg 
are new to this list — their cards supporting our views arrived too late to 
be included in the September article. 
The official list of winners will be published in the March Audubon 
Bulletin. Of the 59 candidates who favored our proposal, 32 appear to have 
been elected to the State Legislature — a fine record. It is likely that many 
more legislators will be agreeable to dove protection if they know that their 
constituents earnestly desire such a change in the game law. 
What is to be done? It is too early to write your representatives now. 
After the bill has been introduced, letters should go to the legislators in 
your district urging support. If the bill is introduced as a house measure, 
write your State Representative; if a senate measure, write your State 
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