THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill. 
60605 
nber 152 
December 1969 
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by RAYMOND MOSTEK 
are are vivid signs all around us that the 1970s will be the decade when 
finally come to grips with our environmental problems. A distinguished 
cago congressman, Sidney Yates, who serves on the House Appropria- 
is Committee, and who has long fought the good fight for conservation, 
ivered a short address on the House floor on Sept. 23, 1969, dealing with 
creation of a Council on Environmental Quality. His comments deserve 
be called to a wider audience, and thus we submit his words in place 
ours: 
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fr. Chairman, I strongly support 
. 12549, to establish a Presi- 
tial Council on Environmental 
ality. It will be a most useful 
9 in focusing the people’s atten- 
1 0n the urgent need to stem the 
adily deteriorating physical birth- 
nt of this generation of Ameri- 
iS and generations to come. The 
t that our environment is really 
interacting ecological system of 
endent parts must be acknow- 
ged and our efforts to restore it 
st be immediate and thorough. 
Ne can and must restore the 
egrity of our natural environ- 
nt. I would therefore hope that 
Council on Environmental Qual- 
. when created, will act as an 
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ardent advocate of the need to 
protect our besieged natural re- 
sources, and not merely as a study 
group. 
The establishment of a Council by 
the President will give Mr. Nixon 
the opportunity to seize the initia- 
tive in restoring the quality of our 
environment. 
He must not fail this important 
responsibility, so that there will be 
a commitment to the establishment 
of a livable, decent environment by 
other political leaders, by scientists, 
and private citizens. The progress 
of technology must take into con- 
sideration the needs of the commu- 
nity. 
The Ninth Congressional District 
