oontribution, for the past pe and, on June 30, $318.16 Ws paid coverir 
 
this five year period. (Beginnig with Zsnin 1, amployees1 deduct ions have
been 
mad.) 
 
     Acting on legal advice, this amount was "paid under protest*, and
a claim 
 
for its return was filed with the Treasur Department on the grounds that
the 
 
Society is exeipt from employment taxes for the reason that it Nis organised
and 
 
operated exclasiveo for eduoational purposes; no part of the net earnings
or 
 
income of the society inure. to the benefit of any private shareholder or
individ- 
 
al, and no substautial part of the activities of the Society is carring on
propa 
 
genda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation * , ..    "
on 
 
     On Noveber 4, 1942, the Treasury Department disallovd our clm for 
 
refund, and until further steps Ihall be tak   to soem  a rversal of the
rling, 
 
se shall continue to pay the Social Security tax. 
 
     Several specialist associations with  wrposes sim law to ooz In )iud
ae 
 
 still exempt from Social Security taes, but, as one puts it, they don't
know 
 
 how long th- can stay so. 
 
                              TheWarand. Coneryation 
 
     3eoswse of the large xwnber of attempts made and making in many pars
of 
 
 the country -to use invaluable organised primitive lands fo£ o or
commercal 
 
 l-rposes, or so claimed, it hba proved impossible to discover an snmerate

 
 them, or to determine tboh actual war need, if any, of maV of them. Politics,

 
 also, no doubt find many oplrtunities here. 
 
     Together with practically all organisations interested in the presevation

 
 for sound use of our remaining natural lands, the llderness Society has
done 
 
 its part in separating the few really useful for wrvs mae from the many

 
 footless. lIen Arm  projets are occasionally amitted to be just as useful
to 
 
 the all-important winning of the war, if they should be located in some
area 
 
 loes valuable to oonsertion; in several instances the war authorities have

 
 been glad to cooperate.