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Senators: Paul H. Douglas Everett M. Dirksen 
Address: The Honorable Sid , Senate Office Building, 
Washington 25, D.C. 
Representatives and their districts (look for number of your district) : 
1. William L. Dawson 2. Barratt O’Hara 3. William T. Murphy 
4. Edward J. Derwinski 5. John C. Kluczynski 6. Thomas J. O’Brien 
7. Roland V. Libonati 8. Dan Rostenkowski 9. Sidney R. Yates 
10. Harold R. Collier 11. Roman C. Pucinski 12. Charles A. Boyle 
13. Marguerite S. Church 14. Elmer J. Hoffman 15. Noah M. Mason 
16. Leo E. Allen 17. Leslie C. Arends 18. Robert H. Michel 
19. Robert B. Chiperfield 20. Mrs. Sid Simpson 21. Peter F. Mack, Jr. 
22. William L. Springer 23. George E. Shipley 24. Melvin Price 
25. Kenneth J. Gray 
Address: The Honorable , House of Representatives 
Office Building, Washington 25, D.C. 
615 Rochdale Circle, Lombard, Ill. 
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Mourning Dove Bill Defeated 
By JACKSON L. BOUGHNER 
SENATE BILL 450, which would have postponed the opening of the hunting 
season on Mourning Doves until they had ceased nesting, was defeated in 
the Senate Conservation Committee, May 13, by a vote of 9 to 1, with two 
Senators not voting. So many people have shown an interest in this Bill 
that I feel it would be worth while to give a detailed report of what tran- 
spired at the committee meeting. 
Upon my arrival in Springfield on Tuesday, May 12, I found that every 
member of the Conservation Committee had received a personal letter from 
Director Glenn Palmer, asking him to attend the hearing on May 13 and 
stating that the Bill would effectively prevent hunting of Mourning Doves 
in Illinois. Senator McClory and I decided to amend the Bill to define the 
end of the nesting season as the time when less than 10% of the doves were 
nesting. We felt that this 10% requirement would require a postponement 
of the opening of the season, but Director Palmer had indicated to me in a 
letter that it would not. Our feeling was that this amendment would meet 
the Conservation Department’s objections. 
Senator McClory and I discussed this matter with as many members of 
the Committee as possible prior to the hearing. Invariably they indicated 
that they would not vote against the Conservation Department. 
I presented the arguments for the proponents of the Bill and Mr. Lewis 
Martin of the Conservation Department presented the arguments against 
it. Mr. Martin admitted that the chief objection lay in a fear of loss of 
revenue because fewer hunting licenses would be sold. He stated that with 
