Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

- ENATOR Willard E. Tydings O.
~ Maryland recently asked unani.
nous consent to have printed II
~ the Congressional Record thu
radio speech Of Senator Harry
Halves of Missouri on the duty Of
Congress to conserve wild life. There
being no objection the speech was or.
dered to be printed.
| Senator Halves, in his speech, called
attention to the fact that the most eff
| fective conservation must come from
the State, but that there is supple
mental work to be carried on by the
Federal Government which presents a
large and inviting field for congress
sional action.
fortunately" he said, public senti-
ment has developed to very high de-
gree in favor of wild-life conservation
Propaganda, therefore, is not as neceS-
sary as formerly, but there is a demand
for concentrating national thought on
this subject and reducing it to express
terms of State and national legislation
enactmentS.
I'VE have been draining our swamp
lands and destroying natural sanctu-
aries; cutting down and wiping out our
forests, destroying wild-life refugees.
I'VE have been polluting our streams
and destroying in this way. thought
lessly. but ruthlessly. fish. animal and
bird life. and we are at the same time
destroying human life and shortening
our years Of usefulness"
Holds Congress Can Help.
Continuing, Senator Halves said:
Congress can stop the pollution of al
navigable streams. It can purchase
now. at small price, while lands are
cheap, and especially during its ma
tional work of reclamation and food
control, swamp lands and other areas
All navigable streams are under Federal
jurisdiction. Their pollution can be
stopped. fish traps destroyed, spillways
built, trapping and seining OF certain
species prohibited.
Scientists have told us that the
yearly toll of black bass is so great COM
pared with the yearly hatch that this
greatest Of American fishes Is certain
to become extinct within 10 years un-
less the States and the Nation pre-
serve it.
THE bass is undoubtedly the great
American game fish and the favorite
fish of millions of the rank and file of
American anglers. It is strange, but
true, that the building of our great
highways has been a new contributing
cause of the determination of fish and
wild life. 1t has brought the fisherman
and hunter in closer contact with his
game. Formerly it required q whole
day for fishing trip. Now. in the au-
tomobile few hours bridge the dis
lance"
Senator Halves states that each year
over 1000, 900 hunting licenses and over
100000 fishing licenses are issued;
that nearly twice as many men take out
hunting licenses as were in the Amer
lean Army in the World War. and over
three times as many men and women
take out fishing licenses.
1T becomes necessary, therefore"
Mr.. Halves declared, Ito bring an I'M
Outstanding to our citizenship which
will cause it to consider 1t crime to
rob America Of its outdoor lands, and
that our Nations welfare and health
depend upon the conservation Of our
woods, water and wild life"
For "Pep," Go Fishing.
In conclusion, Senator Halves said:
when we lose our pep when good
food tastes bad, when friends do not
satisfy, when life becomes a bore, when
music seems out of tune. when the old
dog annoys, when the doctor fails and