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                                         February 11, 1930 
 
 
 
Mr. Aldo Leopold 
421 Chemistry Building 
Madison, lis. 
 
Dear IYvr. Leopold: 
 
           I have the copy of the letter you wrote to Marry 
Maguire.     lar. :,aguire's attack on the Biological Survey 
1v:ithout a scrap of evidence against 1fr. Reddington is, I 
think, one of the most shameful things that has happened in 
recent years.      I was present at the hearing on the Haugen 
bill and I must say that I came away with a feeling of 
fairly profound discouragement on the whole situation.     Those 
people on the House Agricultural ComLmittee have sort of jumped 
on the conservation band-wagon and the little kno,,ledge which 
they have about the subject is a dangerous thing. 
 
           14aguire's tirade is simply an effort to stir up class 
feeling in regard to clubs and preserves, which I think is very 
unfortunate. 
 
           I also have yours of February 5.     I am not perhaps 
so discouraged over the New England situation as I might have 
indicated.     The northern states can continue to have very large 
supplies of game by keeping a high non-resident license, which 
I feel sure they will do.     Here in Massachusetts, we are passing 
through a rather upsetting period but there is no doubt but what 
the idea of self-help is beginning to take hold among sportsmen. 
Once this is started, I believe it will go a long way.      One of 
the things which I do not believe we mentioned in our report on 
an American Game Policy was the selection of applicants for 
shooting licenses.     This is something that I believe we can 
start here in Massachusetts, for the ideas has been favorally re- 
ceived by the Grange and by the various nature loving associations. 
 
                       yoursely/yoursC1P 
 
 
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