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Benson’s plan arises from an old struggle for power between the Soil Con- 
servation Service and the Extension Service in the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. Both Benson and his assistant, Earl J. Coke, belong to the 
group opposed to the Soil Conservation Service. 
The Soil Conservation Service has been doing a splendid job, and there 
appears to be no evidence that the work it has been doing would be done 
effectively, if at all, under the plan of Secretary Benson. Furthermore, 
hundreds of biologists and technicians would be discharged and presumably 
lost to this important work. Letters protesting the plan should be sent to 
our congressmen and to President Eisenhower, perhaps also to Mr. Benson. 
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Ed. Note: As this issue of the Bulletin went to press, Secretary Benson 
announced that he would proceed to “liquidate” (his own term) the Soil 
Conservation Service, in spite of protests from various congressmen and 
many conservationists. Although the damage has been done, it is not too 
late to register a “protest vote” by writing to Mr. Benson and the President. 
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Exhibition of Nature Photography 
THE NATURE CAMERA CLUB of Chicago invites members and friends of the 
Society to participate in the Ninth Chicago International Exhibition of 
Nature Photography, to be held in the Chicago Natural History Museum 
from February 1 through February 28, 1954. 
Black-and-white prints, color prints, and color transparencies are eligible 
for the contest. Acceptable subjects are pictures of birds, mammals, in- 
sects, plants, flowers, shellfish, geological formations, archeological remains, 
native tribesmen and their artifacts, colorful autumn trees — in fact, any 
aspect of natural history. The International Exhibition of Nature Photog- 
raphy is conducted in accordance with the rules of the Photographic So- 
ciety of America, which awards two medals to the makers of the color 
slides judged to show the best color harmony. Additional medals, ribbons 
and certificates are awarded to the makers of the winning prints and color 
slides in each of three divisions. 
The photographs are judged by a jury of five persons, including two 
curators of the Chicago Natural History Muesum, two internationally 
famous photographers, and a naturalist from the Forest Preserve District. 
Accepted prints will be on display in the main hall of the Museum through 
the month of February. Accepted slides will be projected in James Simp- 
son Theater (where our Screen Tours are shown) on two Sunday after- 
noons, February 14 and 21, at 3:00 p.m. The deadline for entries is January 
16, 1954; each contestant may enter up to four prints and/or four color 
slides. To obtain entry blanks, write to Paul H. Lobik, 4835 Wabansia 
Ave., Chicago 39, Ill. 
