Montana labor news., 1950-03-16

April II, lp,Y
" L. Snyder
: North Main II.
Butte. Montana
Ny dear Mr.. Snyder
Prior to the receipt OF your letter Of
April 9th. | wired you that | had
introduced the bill Tor you. | am
sending You herewith copy oi it and
trust that il meets with your ap-
proval. Feel assured that | shall
do all | can towards getting il
through and will keep you advised OF
what progress is made.
With kinde>t regard, and best
wishes. | am
Cordially yours.
tSignedl l.. X. WHEELER
Senate Bill 2l6l
To provide ior aiding the state
oi Montana in the removal OF sur
plus game from oycrcrowded areas.
BE il enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives OF the Unit
ed States OF America in congress
assembled. that there is hereby -au-
thorized to be appropriated Tor the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1910, and
each fiscal year thereafter. the sum
loi S25,000 to be paid to the state OF
Montana for expenditure by the
state fish and game commission Tor
the purpose ol removing surplus
game from overcrOwded areas To
other areas. Any plan for the ex-
penditure of such funds for the re-
moval OF such game shall be subject
To the approval OF the secretary oil
agriculture and shall be submitted
to him. together with an estimate ol
It's cost. II the secretary approves
such plan. he shall certify to The
secretary OF treasury the amoums l.
be paid to the state ior the purpose
OF carrying out such plan and til,
times Al which such amounts vii
be paid; and the secretary OF tn,
treasury shall pay such amounts il
accordance with such cerliiicalion
The secretary OF agriculture ma
require such reports as he deems adc
quatc to show that the amounts pal,
70 the state are spent III accordance
with plans approved by him Ii an.
such plan provides Tor the rcmova
OF any game from or TO any land
under the jurisdiction OF the sccrc
tary OF the interior, the plan shall
not be approved by the secretary 0
agriculture except upon recommend
alton OF the secretary OF the interior
\ few days later the Senator mail
ed me fifty copies Of this Bill whicl
were literally passed among the 10
cal sportsmen and particularly mem
lbers OF the Rocky Mountain Sports
mems Association. some al whom
are to this day cropping ior som
! sanc and sensible solution to the az
old Elk problem. However strang
| il may seem these same men at tina
: time joined forces with a few dis
gruntled reactionary persons and to
gether they quickly pounced upo
Senate Bill 2llo dcnouncing it a
visionary. impractical and unwis
after il had been given a green ligl
BY the Senate and was well on il
way to passage and become Law
z They immediately began urging thel
members and others to write thci
Senator's and Congressman askin
them to do all in their power t
kill this Bill and they then 70
lowed with a vigorous campaign url
ing all stockmen to do likewise.
$ Had they been a closely knit. hal
Of moniouS cooperative and wise gror
OF sportsmcn they would have take
Of the reverse action and this Bill wou'
ID have become law and long ago Il
money would have been availab
90 TO our Fish and Game CommissiC
a, for the purpose OF removing su
game animals from oyercrow,
er ed areas to other areas, and thu
Of reduced the r|cpuenant and vast
y. ful slaughter OF these animals aero
D. Montana's famous firing line. Al
IS. last but not least the proper di
~ tribution Of these game ANNA
" would eliminate the long distanc