The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-06-23
WLDLIFE PRESIDENT POINTS OUT
ADVANTAGES OF INITIATIVE MEASURE

ADVANTAGES OF IN
A. M. Crilly, director Of Dis
trict 9 of Montana Wildlife
Federation, received the follow
ing letter Tuesday morning:
TO THE SPORTSMEN OF
THE STATE OF MONTANA:
The Montana Wildlife Fed
Grafton was organized with the
thought of coordinating the eff
forts of all sportsmen in the
state to work for their own
best interests and the welfare
of the Wildlife of the state.
The federation has in truth
become a representative orga-
nization, representing the
sportsmen of every part of the
state, and is working only with
one thought in mind and that
thought is the best interests
of Montana's wildlife.
Other state organizations
have failed because of lack of
unity and agreement between
the sportsmen themselves, and
because of the successful domi-
nation of the affairs of the
state sporstmen by certain To-
cal groups representing their
own selllsh interests. Please
bear in mind that the fedora
ton represents only the votes
of the Sportsmen of the state,
every county in the state is rep
resented, and every Rod and
Gun club is represented, both
big and small. This plan auto
matically takes away from am.
bilious groups the power OF
dominating the whole body OF
sportsmen. Yet in spite of this
statewide representation GER
tain groups are even now at
tempting to dictate our policies
and to dominate our affairs.
This attempt on their part is
| made wholly with the thought
that they must not give up the
political domination that they
have been accustomed to exact.
The sportsmen have seen fit
to attempt to re-Organize the
State Fish and Game commits
sion, planning to make this
body as politically independent
as possible and as permanent
as possible. Our old commissions
have each been removed Just
at a time when with a little
help they could have operated
With great efficiency. They have
not been allowed to develop any
sound plan of Wildlife manage
ment because of the uncertain
ty of their positions as COM
missioners. The sportsmen of
the state, through the Montana
Wildlife Federation and with
the help of careful and efficient
lawyers representative of the
states legal talent, have devel-
oped a plan creating a new
Fish and Game commission and
the petitions for this initiative
bill are now before you. The
bill has been studied and passed
upon in detail by groups of
sportsmen in the state and
needs now only the required
number Of signatures to be
placed upon the ballot this fall.
This bill represents the efforts
of a hard working group of
prominent lawyers and sports
men over the state and is IN
itself the finest move that the
sportsmen have ever made for
themselves in wildlife matters.
If this bill is made into law,
the wildlfe of Montana will
have a new lease of life and
the sportsmen will have taken
the most forward step in their
history.
There is an attempt being
made at this time by a certain
local group of men to prevent
the circulation of these petit
lions and to beat down the ef-
forts of the sportsmen on the
basis that the new bill will give
| a%utocratic power to the Com
mission. AS a matter of fact, the
new bill provides for removal
by the governor for cause and
prevents any attempt at So
called autocratic power. The
truth is that this same group OF
men that decry the new bill
are themselves eXerting auto
| cratic power and have been do
ing so for a long time. The
| only true reason why they 60
not want to delegate power to
a commission is because that