HERBERT L. PRATT                                                    
           FREDERIC C. WALCOTT 
    Chairman of the Board                                               
                 President 
    M. HARTLEY DODGE                                                    
              F. B. DAVIS, JR. 
 Vice-Chairman of the Board        AMERICAN WILDLIFE INSTITUTE          
               Vice-President 
    FREDERIC EWING               Incorporated in District of Columbia, July
22, 1935   T. E. DOREM US 
Chairman Executive Committee    INVESTMENT BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.  
     Tr surer 
     ALDO LEOPOLD                                                       
                ZUY'AL MI S LeLEt R 
Chairman Technical Committee                                            
                 Secretary 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           December 10, 1941

 
 
 
 
 
                       Prof. Aldo Leopold 
                       424 University Farm Place 
                       Madison, Wisconsint 
 
                       Dear Aido: 
 
                                        Miss Harper wrote on December 4,
asking 
                       me to explain the telegram of December 3 which read,

                       "Publication turkey manusoript by Institute abandoned.

                       Appreciate return of manuscript at earliest convenience."

 
                                        I had previously sent this manuscript
to 
                       Senator Walcott and was not at all certain as to whether

                       or not he had sent it on-to you for comment. I found
out 
                       later that it was still in his possession, so naturally

                       the wire quoted above is to be disregarded. 
 
                                        The decision on this was reached
after the 
                        Senator and I had read the manuscript and were agreed

                        that it was too provincial in character and was more
of 
                        a M.S. thesis than book material. It can be revised,

                        however, to make a very suitable bulletin, and I
am of 
                        the opinion that the State of Virginia is planning
on 
                        this procedure. 
 
                                        I think Carl Hubba did a splendid
job for 
                        the Technical Committee in Indiana from the reports
that 
                        I have had to date. 
 
 
                                                          Very sincerely
yours, 
 
 
 
 
                                                          J. Paul Miller,

                                                          Secretary 
 
 
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