President and Secretary        Chairman, Executive Committee   Treasurer

   ERNEST C. OBERHOLTZER, Ranier, Minn.  FREDEmxc  S. WINSTON, Minneapolis,
Minn.  J. G. BYAM, Vice-President First Nat'l Bank 
                                                                  Minneapolis,
Minn. 
 
            QUEI0TICO-SUPEIOR COUNCIL 
                                        ASSOCIATED WITH 
                         IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA 
    ORIGINAL ADVISORY BODIES, U.S.A. DIVISION 
      AMERICAN GAME PROTEcTiVE ASSOCIATION 
      AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCMTECTS                   GENERAL OFFICE

      CAMP FIRE CLUB OP AMERICA                                1218 FLOUR
EXCHANoE 
      IzA" WALTON LEAGUE oP AMERICA 
      NATIONAL COUNCIL or PARKS, FORESTS AND WILDLIFE     MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

 
                                                                    May 5,
1947 
 
 
  Dear Friend of Quetioo-Superior: 
 
               How can you help the Quetioo-Superior program? There are three
steps 
   that should be taken immeditely to hasten the all-important consolidation
of 
   Superior National Forest which has been delayed many years to the point
where 
   speoulation now threatens the whole future of the area. 
 
               The f      is to support in Congress H.R. 28642 introduced
in the House 
  by Congressman Blatnik and S. 1090 recently introduced in the Senate by
Senators 
  Ball and Thye. These are identical measures, a copy of which, lacking only
the 
  lengthy legal descriptions, is enclosed for your information. The Bills
authorize 
  a special appropriation of not to exceed $500,000. for the purchase of
private 
  lands within the roadless area of the above forest. They also provide for
exchange 
  and condemnation of lands and for compensation to the counties in lieu
of taxes-- 
  all in furtherance of the same purpose. These are the key recreational
lands in 
  the lakeland area, beyond the reach of ordinary forestry funds. Appended
are the 
  Committees dealing with these Bills. For the House write to or wire Hugh
Soper, 
  House Committee on Agriculture, Congress of the United States, Washington,
D.C. 
  For the Senate write to or wire, Senator Arthur Capper, Chairman, Senate
Committee 
  on Agriculture and Forestry, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. Likewise

  write your own representatives in both houses and any committee members
with whom 
  you may have influence. A copy of Congressman Blatnik's supporting remarks
in the 
  House is enclosed herewith. 
 
               The second step is to press for larger current appropriations
under 
  the Weeks Act, which provides funds for ordinary forestry purchases all
over the 
  country. The appropriations for the current fiscal year were $3,000,000.
They 
  are set by the present budget at only $I,000,000. for the next fiscal year.
They 
  should be at least $2.000,000. Superior National Forest will receive a
share, and 
  every national forest will benefit in proportion. The Committees concerned
are 
  appended herewith. Write the Chairman, any member that you know, and your
own 
  representatives. 
 
               Tiral , if you are in position to aid with money,, add your
contribu- 
  tion to the Revolving Fund that has been set up within the Izaak Walton
League of 
  America (31 N. State Street, Chicago 2) for emergency purchase of key lands
pend- 
  ing eventual acquisition by the Government. Such contributions not only
perform 
  a noteworthy public service at a time of crisis in many of the roadless
areas the 
  country over but are deductible from income for federal income taxes, and
may be 
  used again and again as the fund revolves to meet similar threats from
private 
  exploitation. 
 
 
Address all communications for the Treasurer to J. G. BYte, First National
Bank, Minneapolis. 
          All others, unless otherwise instructed, to the General Office.