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that something is done. The card 
seeks a $10 pledge. The Fund is 
selling buttons, bumper stickers, 
and posters to aid the whale 
campaign. 
Many people may not know it, 
but whales are being threatened 
with extinction. They are being 
destroyed for soap, hand cream, 
suntan oil, lipstick, dog food and 
cat food. Japan is one of the great 
offenders. Dr. Payne of Rockefeller 
University has done acoustical re- 
search on bats and whales and some 
of the work recorded here was 
done by him off the Bermuda 
Islands. On our recent trip to 
Alaska, we had the great pleasure 
ot seeing a group of whales, thus 
making this record more meaning- 
ful and the cruel fate of the whales 
by thoughtless mankind even more 
senseless. The record can be ob- 
tained from WHALES, Box 1313, 
Del Mar, Calif. 92014. 
—Mrs. I. L. Mostek 
DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET 
by Frances Moore Lappe 
Friends of Earth/Ballantine, 1971 
301 pp, $1.25 paperback 
This fascinating book presents a 
new approach to eating a balanced 
diet, rich in protein, without using 
animal sources. If this idea catches 
hold — and I am certain that 
many young people will embrace 
this approach to eating — cattle 
ranching could be greatly reduced. 
This would allow our western 
lands to become available once 
more for the prairie dog, the 
coyote, the wolf, the bear, the 
eagles and the hawks, who have 
suffered untold hardships, so that 
Americans could enjoy their steaks 
and hamburgers. 
“Diet for Va somalis*’Planet’™ is 
divided into four parts. In part 
one, Mrs. Lappe explains how our 
heavily meat-centered culture 
wastes the earth’s productivity, 
since meat is at the top of the 
food-chain. Part two relates the 
recent discoveries concerning plant 
proteins. The proteins our bodies 
use are made up of amino acids, 
eight of which must be obtained 
from the food we eat. Our bodies 
can synthesize the others. These 
eight essential amino acids must 
all be present simultaneously and 
in the right proportions. Informa- 
tion is provided about the wide 
variety of nutritious food sources 
to ‘replace the culturally fixed 
idea of the absolute supremacy of 
meat.” 
In Part Three, Mrs. Lappe 
presents tables showing the amount 
of usable proteins in foods and 
proposes using plant sources which 
are at the bottom of the food chain, 
for obtaining quality proteins. Part 
four will appeal to all creative 
cooks for the intriguing recipes 
which combine various plant pro- 
teins, and free you forever from 
your dependence upon meat. They 
will also save you money. 
Many pleasing illustrations help 
introduce you to nature’s meat 
substitutes. This book takes a giant 
step toward saving our environ- 
ment from the press of 20th cen- 
tury meat-centered western civil- 
ization. —Mrs. I. L. Mostek 
Wildlife biologists in Illinois have found that more available 
game can be supported on 40 acres of crop ground surrounded by 
an eight-foot-wide brushy fence row than on 40 acres of solid 
brush. A little cover goes a long way if it is in the right place. 
