White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-22
Making Effort
To Conserve
Wild Life
Committee to Study Pro-
lection of Birds, Fish
and Wild Animals

A special committee of the United
States Senate has been appointed to
investigate all matters pertaining to
the replacement and conservation of
wild life, (including aquatic and bird
llfe) with view to determining the
most appropriate methods for carry
Ing out such purposes, together with
its recommendations for the neces-
sary legislation.
The committee has been instructed
to report it's findings to the Senate
as soon as possible and not later than
the beginning of the first regular
session Of the next Congress. 1t has
been given full power to call witness
es and take testimony under oath and
also to call for the production of all
data in connection with the subject.
This action by the Senate is the
broadest and most comprehensive
yet taken to conserve the birds, fish
and wild animals of our nation.
The activities of the committee will
necessarily cover vast range of
subjects, including federal game res
ervation, bird sanctuaries, wild life in
our national parks and forests, the
problem of migratory birds, of up
land birds, of predatory animals and
of fishes of the Atlantic, Pacific, gulf
and inland waters. The study will al
so have to deal with the seal indus
try, the fish industry, the fur indus
try and others connected with wild
animals, aquatic and bird life. The
plan Of the committee is to make an
exhaustive study of all Of these
problems and of the laws connected
with them. To do this they will call
upon the Biological Survey and the
commissioners of bird sanctuaries and
game reservations of the Department
of Agriculture; the Bureau of Fish
cries of the Department of Commerce;
the national parks and national monu-
ments of the Department of the In
terror; the state department. Of game
and fisheries and all national organi-
cations in any way connected with
the subject.
This is research work of very
large proportions and will probably
require a year or more to assemble,
classify and digest the facts. After
all recommendation from govern
mental individual and private sources
have been assembled and studied, it
is the intention of the commission to
recommend to the United States SEN
ate any changes or additions that
they consider necessary in or to ex-
listing law pertaining to conservation.
The committee is strictly non-part-
isan. In the appointment of it, Vice
President Curtiss chose not only those
Senators whom he considered best
qualified, but he also endeavored to
distribute his selection geographical
ly. The Pacific states, the Atlantic
states, the mountainous states, the
Central and Southern states, and those
adjacent to the Canadian border are
are represented.
The committee hopes that the ex-
haustive study it plans to make will
enable it to form national legislat-
i've policy for the replacement and
protection of the wild life resources
Of the nation that will endure for
many years, policy which has for its
purpose the perpetuation Of the wild
life of our nation to that the future
generations may enjoy it.
Organizations end individuals who
are interested in this matter should
address their inquiries or suggestions
to the committee, room 207, Senate
Office Building, Washington, D. C.