Montana labor news., 1949-06-23

in Butte. ltmc ). l949. Il eaodl,
number 81 interested Wild lltc com
,crNatioui>t> m Butte and VICINITY
were there 10 greet Mr. How'd swift
on the occasion 81 hi visit 10 the
state III hl> capacity - Clnci at the
Mild Lite Division several mem
bcrs oi the Rockl Mountain sports
mems Association Mr. I'd Nawicr.
Mr.. %liarncl King. MIR " - Frame.
". I Sweet. K MURRAY. X l..
kocllcr. II Nara. " H. Fritz.
George Blair. Dr.. Ilcrloe. Tar bi>h-
op. and Cha> { Johnson were Pre-
sent Bob CooneA and Fay CoucA
were representing the Fish and
tame Department several an
cheers and >port,mcn who are tamil
lar with their home areas and
thoroughly vcr>cd IL game condi
tions also attended the meeting. Mr..
Lou Bocdcckcr, the present Mar
den oi the State l~cnitcutiary. kindly
consented to act as chairman.
Mr.. swift Il am here repre,cn-
ting the Chief oi the Forest Service.
my job is head oi the Wild Lie
Management ut the t. :. Forest
Service. The Chief could not come
out here himself being tied up with
other affairs oi one kind or another.
am particularly glad oi meeting
with YOU people. / realize You have
all Jobs 10 do. and indeed it is i
compliment IL me iur 50 many Of
YOU to take time oil i'll order to be
here today. Since + am by NJ
means familiar with the details Of
the Wild Lille program particularly
do not expect me 10 answer any
thing III a specific way but in
matters ot the gcncralizcd policy Of
my Department. can speak with
authority there. Tell me as best
YOU can what the difficulties are
here ASSUME there are >ome-
and outline what action You wish
me To- recommend 10 my Chief on
my cturu to Washington. hope
YOU will proceed III a frank and
iricndly basis. and that the meeting
viii move along a. rapidly as pos
>iblc. regret that have 50
MANY cngagcments-l have to be
in Mis,oula this evenings let,
dig into the matters in hand"
/. Chairman: Il believe We ,houle
j., hear from Barney |iirst.'
! Mr.. King: MIR Chairman, Mr.
Swift. Gentlemen This meeting j.
the aftermath oi disagreement alter
disagreement. with the local rep.
, rc>cptativcS oi the Forest Scrvic,
ior he past II years. we organ.
izcd some IA wears ago-thc Rock
Mountain SportSmcns Association
and al that time We took it upol
| ourselves 10 transplant some ell
. into an area III South Western Mon
! ANA. and the Forest Service die
:. not want 10 cooperate. might ru
$ ii in a better way. they were re
c lnctan, ia cooperate with Us. Mao
{ Kelley was then REGIONAL Forc>te
I at Missonla. and We had one meet
ine alter another. We got ease
{ mcnt> from the Forest Service
+ ranchcr,. Fish and Game Commits
SION. State Forestry. and Parl
service. We had 10 90 through al
e this to make a transfer of elk int
r the area In the course Of a icW
+ years they began, q campaign t
! thin oil the surplus Wild lie >toc'
il participated in hy the ranchers. an
r. il was put into effect by the the
frame Commissioners aided by tn
Forest Service 1t that time i wa
pointed out to Mr. Fry, Supi. Dee
Lodge National Forest. the scan
dalous mannc in which the Fl,
and tame Commission we're >laugll
lcrine oil our clk-killing oil COY
elk heavy III cali. taking the car
: cas,cs to commercial establishment
y such 4, and selling them OF
without public auction. a proceed
inc in which the plain letter oi tn
law was violated Very little &
} TIN, appeared in the local paper.
i but the whole matter was mad
public in a famous broadcast ovc
= The radio. It reached a point wher
!, wc-,hc Spori>mcn'> Clubs. the eli
F" zen, and father, d future cit
zcns oi Montana. and every one II
y tcrc,tcd III biz game fon>crvatlo
within our grand Old >tate-wcr
getting absolutely No cooperate
from the Fish and Gamc Commi'
} sion. am not alludine To b
1T or Fay Coucy. ! mean the Commi'
Il ,ioner> themselves. suggested I
Mr.. Fry. about three years ago, th'
+ he call a conservation meeting {
% the ranchcr, and the Sport,mcn an
~ the Forest SERVICE. the latter &
e ling era,, to hc\raacher>. ! Sai
+ 10 MIR. Fry that they might liste
5, to him Since that meeting, son
81 the buys from the Forest SERVO