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by the Executive Committee, which will manage the Council between meet- 
ings. The Committee will consist of the officers and one representative from 
each state-wide organization belonging to the Council, the selection being 
made by the organization. Officers elected were as follows: chairman, Ray- 
mond Mostek (Illinois Audubon Society) ; first vice-chairman, Ralph W. 
Smith (Illinois Federation of Sportsmen’s clubs) ; second vice-chairman, the 
Rev. Reinhold Link of St. Joseph Seminary, Westmont; treasurer, Lucas 
Wrischnik, (Cahokia Nature League) ; recording secretary, Mrs. C. F. Rus- 
sell (Decatur Audubon Society), and corresponding secretary, Mrs. Madeline 
Dorosheff (Springfield Nature League). 
Mr. Frank Wilkinson, who is a member of the Clean Streams Committee 
of Cook County, spoke on how to clean up stream pollution. If proof of pol- 
lution can be obtained, the state sanitary water board will act quickly, he 
pointed out. The Izaak Walton Soil Plan was also explained. Under it, both 
to cut down surplus crops and restore the soil and cover, the government 
would lease certain amounts of crop land from farmers under the con- 
dition that this land would be planted in cover to make it better when it 
goes back into production. The farmer would be paid, of course. This is a 
lower cost plan than the subsidies now used, and has been approved in 
principle by all large farm organizations. 
The evening program followed a banquet. Father Link, the principal 
speaker, told how he became state naturalist in Pere Marquette State Park, 
and some of the problems he faced. Even though crowds visit the parks and 
trample down what has been set aside for them, ‘‘We must welcome this 
great unthinking crowd,” he said. “We allow children to graduate from 
school without a knowledge of the common things around them. They can’t 
tell the trees or birds or flowers apart, and kick the rocks aside. Both 
children and adults, however, will respond if given the proper opportunity.” 
Three speakers discussed the workings of the State Legislature. State 
Rep. Elroy Sandquist (25th dist.) described the system of getting a bill 
enacted. Miss Katherine Kula of the League of Women Voters discussed 
how an individual or group can be effective in supporting desired legislation. 
Mr. Louis Silverman of the Independent Voters of Illinois sketched a 
program of legislative action for organizations. 
The meeting concluded Sunday morning with a field trip to Illinois Beach 
State Park led by the Illinois Dunesland Preservation Society and the 
Northern Illinois Natural History Society. 
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More Screen Tours to Come 
ALTHOUGH THE WINTER has hardly begun, we have already seen two fine 
Audubon Screen Tours at the James Simpson Theater in the Chicago 
Natural History Museum. Some additional treats are in store for us in the 
weeks to come. W. Emerson Scott will present his “Rocky Mountain 
Rambles” on January 8, 1956, and Robert P. Allen will describe “The Long 
Flight Back” on March 18. These are the usual Sunday lectures, beginning 
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