mae AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
ROOSEVELT ROAD AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO 5d, ILL. 
Number 96 December, 1955 
Natural Resources Council of Illinois 
By Mrs. ANNE BAYLESS 
THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY was one of the founding organizations of 
the Illinois Conservation Council at its first meeting in Springfield last April, 
and participated in the second meeting of the group, held October 28-29-30, 
in the Hamilton hotel, Chicago. Among the business transacted at the Octo- 
ber meeting was adoption of a constitution and bylaws, which established 
the name of the organization as the Natural Resources Council of Illinois. 
The Audubon Society has a special interest in the proceedings of the 
Council, for its prime organizer and first chairman is Raymond Mostek, 
second vice-president of the Society. Mr. Mostek, who had acted as chair- 
man during the organization of the Council, was duly elected for a year’s 
term at the October meeting. 
The first session of the October conference, on Friday night, was devoted 
to conservation publicity. George Crawford, editor of the Waukegan News- 
Sun; Harry Malm, attorney and travel writer for the New York Times; 
Reynolds Girdler, director of advertising and public relations for the Sin- 
clair Oil Corporation, and Lynn Callaway, of the Illinois State Conserva- 
tion Department, were the principal speakers. 
Mr. Crawford said the best means of interesting newspaper editors in 
conservation subjects is to diversify the story. It is necessary to go into 
politics, economics, and many other fields to convince editors that conserva- 
tion is of interest to many people. Hence the conservationist must be well 
informed to show how his projects can help the public. Mr. Crawford also 
noted that local projects, like state parks, are of more interest and can be 
expected to get more news space than distant projects. 
Mr. Malm spoke of the tremendous growth of the crowds in the National 
Parks — 88 millions are expected by 1965. Much money is appropriated for 
roads, utilities, and the like, but little for conservation of areas that will 
be needed for recreation. He pointed out that there are now 1,500 military 
installations in our National Park areas. Mr. Malm asked for efforts to 
maintain intact the National Park areas we have and add other areas if 
possible. 
Mr. Girdler, who flew from New York to address the meeting, told of the 
Sinclair Oil advertising program calling attention to the National Parks and 
saluting various conservation organizations. These full-page advertisements, 
running in a number of national magazines, emphasize the appeal of the 
National Parks to the vacation-bound motorist. At the same time, the com- 
pany deplores the vandalism, littering, and destruction that accompany the 
park visitors. Mr. Girdler said: “If we could make the visitor a little more 
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