IRA IW. GABRIELSON 
    President 
 C. R. GUTERMUTH 
   Vice-President 
 
 
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE 
            Dedicated to Wildlife Restoration 
      INVESTMENT BUILDING, WASHINGTON 5, D. C. 
 
 
C. STEWART COMEAUX 
     Treasurer 
   ETHEL M. QUEE 
     Secretary 
 
 
                                   March 17, 1948 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Aldo Leopold 
Departaent of Wildlife Management 
University of Wisconsin 
42h University Farm Place 
Madison 6, Wisconsin 
 
Dear Aldo: 
 
               This is to let you know that Mr. McCabe did an excellent job

in presenting your paper at the St. Louis Conference. Of course, the pre-

sentation did not get the play that it would have if it had been delivered

by you in person, but we are receiving a great many requests for copies of

your talk. 
 
               This years' conference was a tremendous success. There were

687 people at the annual banquet and we almost broke the all time record

for registered attendance. The registered attendance this year totaled 
1,025 which is only about 300 under the registered attendance for the 1936

Conference in Washington that was called by the President of the United 
States. 
 
 
               I had a nice 
get to meet your daughter. 
darn it no one pointed her 
 
 
visit with Starker, but unfortinately I did not 
Bess told me that .1rs. Elder was present but 
out to me. 
 
 
              We do hope that you are recuperating nicely. Many people 
asked about you in St. Louis and it was ashazae that you could not be present.

 
                                            Sincerely, 
 
 
 
                                            C. R. Gutenruth 
                                            Vice-President 
 
 
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