DR.JOHN C.PHILLIPS 
   PRESIOENT 
 
JOHN L.SALTON STALL 
   CHAIR MAN 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
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                     December 26, 1929 
 
 
To the Sportsmen of Massachusetts: 
 
Gentlemen: 
 
                    FISH, GA:IE A.ID POLITICS 
 
           I have not been able to find time to read all the 
outpourings of Mr. William C. Adams and of those who join 
him in singing his praises.    It is, however, obvious from 
those passages which I have read that he is now busily en- 
gaged in a full-blown political campaign.     For years he 
has been building a political machine against the day when 
his job might be at stake and now he is trying it out. 
Even his wardens are brought to heel and used for lobbying 
purposes. 
 
           The main objection of those who for the last fif- 
teen years have been in a position to judge of Mr. Adams' 
work is that he is. a politician first, last and all the time. 
I am not a politician so I cannot enter into controversy with 
Mr. Adams. 
 
           Unfortunately, as in every other disagreement of this 
kind, those who know most talk the least.     Of the three 
different Secretaries of this Association who have strived 
over a long per'iod of years to work with 'Fr. Adams for the 
good of the cause, all have eventually been forced to admit 
defeat. 
 
           The problems to be met today are absolutely dif- 
ferent and they are changing fast.     If we are to solve the 
basic issues underlying them, we must do so with small hope 
of support from thousands of sportsmen, for they will not be 
popular.     Fundamentals don't interest the vociferous majority 
and Lyu cannot pproducegame with oratory nor maintain it with 
a battery of typewriters. 
 
 
Aaor thrW'atiownl 0onservatioa of all Wv/dri4