The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-03
BEARSANCTUARY MOVE L ULLS AS INTEREST WAVES
Two-Month Fight in Wash ington Apparently De-
 feats Sanctuary Drive

Agitation for setting aside vast areas of Alaska for brown bear sanctuaries has apparently subsid- ed, at least for the time being" declared B. F. Heintzleman, Assist ant Regional Forester, who return ed home today after three months absence in the States on official business, most of which was spent in Washington, D. C., where he was engaged in opposing withdraw als of National Forest lands for bear reserves.
 "The movement for sanctuaries was accompanied by the greatest publicity campaign ever put on for that purpose. It included radio addresses, pamphlets and circular as well as personal letters, news paper stories and editorials, and magazine articles" he added. Pressure Was Tremendous
 The sanctuary drive was led by Stewart Edward White, well known California author, John M. Holz- worth, New York lawyer and big game hunter, Arthur Newton Pack, Associate Editor of Nature Maga- zine and President of Nature As sociation, and others. Back of them were 12 or more scientific or wild life conservation societies and or ganizations.
 Through the publicity they at tained through all media used, tre- Imendous pressure was brought to bear on the executive branch of the Government as well as members of Congress. Thousands of le t t e r S were received by administration of ficials and Senators and Repre- sentatives from all parts of the country demanding protection for the brown bears of Alaska which, the writers were convinced, were facing absolute extermination. Taken by Surprise MT. Heinztleman, who went to | w OOll lO dlDt0oo bAiilOOl NC
 velopment policies affecting pulp timber development in Alaska, ar rived in the national capital almost : ignorant of the great tissue" that was in the making by the alarmed conservationists He was taken : completely by surprise by the situ- ation and found himself showed into the firing line without delay Hundreds of letters were stacked on a desk awaiting his personal attention. It was necessary to confer with officers of his own Department on the subject, to meet with them members of Congress 1 seeking some enlightenment, and to . make a trip to New York where he met and talked to leaders of the
 more prominent wild life conserva-
 tion organizations.
 For two months he was busily l. occupied meeting critics, giving out 5 accurate data, and offsetting the {. campaign which aimed at tying III :. natural resources on a wide scalt : in Southeast Alaska.
 Confident of Success The aim of the drive was tC : have Admiralty or Chichagof Island 3 or both, created into sanctuarie! for the bear, excluding all hunting 2 and all commercial development s of natural resources there. s T think the pressure has sub sided, and we will be allowed to gC
 ahead with sane and well bal y anced development program, on : that will insure utilization of al : the natural resources of Nationa y Forest areas in Alaska, permi t hunting of bears, and at the sam '. time give the bears all the neces sary protection to insure then l from depletion" MT. HeintzlemaI
 said.
 He pointed out that the regula tions of the Alaska Game Com | mission, effective this summer, add to protective measures already il force. In addition the Forest Serv , ice and the Commission are com
 mitted to census of bears oi ! Admiralty Island to determine ap
 proximately the status of thes animals.
 No Bear Preserve Measures of protection to guar antee continued hunting indefin
 itely will be taken, but i've do no :, intend to establish any absolut : sanctuaries in these districts tha
 will preserve the bear from al > hunting" he said. 'The utilization of natural resources will not b ; jeopardized in the least. There no reason why adequate protection cannot be given bears and natura
 resources developed at the sam time
 "The agitation resulting iron
 this drive has demonstrated tha the public has very deep an, : active interest in Alaska's gam I resources" he said. And if tn s measures adopted in the past, und CT which it's hunting has been per
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