A  STATE - WIDE  ASSOCIATION 
                                OF  ORGANIZATIONS DEVOTED 
                                TO THE CONSERVATION AND 
                                RESTORATION OF WISCONSIN'S 
                                WOODS, WATERS AND WILDLIFE. 
 
 
 
 
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STATE HEADQUARTERS 
 
 
     OFFICERS 
     President 
   LOUIS RADKE 
      Horicon 
    Vice Presidents 
  DR. GRANT NEWBY 
     Platteville 
MRS. EDWARD La BUDDE 
     Milwaukee 
DR. B. L. VON JARCHOW 
      Racine 
      Treasurer 
   DR. J. A. RIEGEL 
   St. Croix Falls 
   Executive Secretary 
   HUGH JACKSON 
      Madison 
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
 
   District Chairmen 
   First District 
   KARL W. KAHMANN 
      Hayward 
    Second District 
    DR. H. T. WEST 
    Park Falls 
    Third District 
  R. F. DEERWESTER 
       Crivitz 
    Fourth District 
    E. W. PALMER 
      Ellsworth 
      Fifth District 
  WILLARD FRANKE 
      Mauston 
      Sixth District 
    P. M. PARKIN 
      Hancock 
    Seventh District 
    HOWARD LEPPLA 
       Brillion 
    Eighth District 
    DR. R. S. HIRSCH 
      Viroqua 
    Ninth District 
  KENNETH F. BICK 
      Janesville 
    Tenth District 
    OTTO JANCEN 
      Fox Lake 
   Eleventh District 
   ALBERT WALTERS 
      Milwaukee 
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   Members-At-Large 
   WILLIAM BORGES 
      Milwaukee 
 PROF. ALDO LEOPOLD 
      Madison 
  MRS. A. F. TOEPFER 
      Milwaukee 
MRS. CHARLES SCHEULF 
     Oconomowoc 
 MRS. FRANK K. QUIMBY 
       Racine 
  CLARENCE SEARLES 
  Wisconsin Rapids 
CHARLES THORNTON, Sr. 
     Fond du Lac 
IRENE KRONENWETTER 
       Wausau 
 EDWARD E. OMERNIK 
       Spooner 
  S. W. STROTHMAN, 
      West Allis 
 
 
PARK HOTEL  - MADISON, WISCONSIN 
 
 
                                  St. Croix lai's, vicconcin 
                                  iviarcn dzw, 1941 
 
 
 
 
 
Prof. Aido Leopold 
Univerbity of vvisconsin 
Madison, Iiiisconsin 
 
 
Lear LeopoiQ: 
 
 
I received a cop5   o1 your letter to Curij. I, myaeil, was Jis- 
appointed in uurj' age menod of respoise to Ahr. Mark Catlin Jr. 
I entirela3mpatnize witn you in your" statement respecting tnd 
coniusion o0 personaliiiies iitis    , S z.  -L know nolo L   li.i 
on tai. ma cer, ana i iaave looked into .10ark   iin'   e 
  am more than ever convinced tnat ne i- a aelioerate liar, -a.- 
principled in nis atcemL to deceive tile jp ic anr gail -iE i ;da . 
 
 
Nobodj can Cu65tion CUEiy'L honesty and 6inceritý, aitaou-> i feiL

aeiiniter   tarat nis ±etter was aisTincti./ out ol pliace. -do'.'ever,

il I unaeretcnd sour posiLIon, i'.aTa we 6noun.a go no iartrter in 
a&.-ertini; our endorseaenat o.1 a coiiission ulpo)iotment o0 tne rigl:i

      L)au        and bee tais group, Cat.Lin r r. n Jr., Jim 
Lar oi', 0 1 oin,  it Ure;, rornary and otierE unite ana ver- 
seriouly~i inreoaten to take over wize conservetioi cadinictrn ion 
iai tca( S-L-nter o1 viEiconei:. -it.uout somne VigoroL  active action to

    oppos -;.'m tilen iL 11uýý disagtree viltil you Jeca&uý'e
i feeýl t~aat vie 
 
are dealing rtAiti ve Ua dangerou, UXA1iciciieO M.e! 
 
 
Lr. Leopoid, you wooia je eurprised at tie iiwýer o± eeiao
t rS nd 
I senmci,, men Dno ,±ave oeeIi fed tnia progahac 1or fed-u .Aio 
.ow-: &UtinkiPr jeport tnebe joLiticians if bineir constituentsicý

iere niot provoked to protest, againsL euc action. i conceae tlit 
ýou are older ain u     ueinai.ly .isar in conservation t.in i  l,

annk i ýInov' tnzi t e cat.n not eanagce iln tnis i it to c-, tanuitne

ca'ute oi arcenci, ann fairn taE in conaervaoion Viuti such o- renta 
7,-itaout oein,. dirtieu ue. 
 
 
lne thinýý tact i a&I concernea aojout m.rtanr I 6tAiL-
e   1.1 iýeil-g 
aosoiuoeiy fair anr aone.at in tile o.&iticn ve takel Jut  :'Ler once

oein. taaken, we should activei± fight Ior 0. &eIaense o! i  ýin

aii tie .o,,er aria resources a.e nave. I a, sure ..e v.on't -lave -ny 
uisagreemnenT on this poi. 
 
 
IF WE MUST DEFEND OUR LAND LET US NOT FORGET THE LAND WE DEFEND-CONSERVATION
IS PREPAREDNESS