The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-04-01
OF
CONSERVATION OF
NATL. RESOURCES
Our Wild Life and Our Water
For Future Needs and En-
ioyment Hang in Balance
Excerpts From an Address By
Mai. ]. L. MURPHY

The important of our water re-
sources and our wildlife resources
as present and future assets of our
national were sharply pointed up
in recent address before the Man.
teo Rotary Club by Major Murphy
of Kill Devil Hills, who is one
of II directors of the National
Wildlife Federation. The Fed
Grafton operates without dues and
subsists on contributions and pro-
ceeds from the sale of duck stamps.
Its membership numbers over "two
millions, who are dedicated to the
necessary and beneficial use of our
remaining natural resources and
the replacement of our sources of
supply"
Major Murphy, recently spent
ten days in Dallas, Tex, attending
the National meeting. He closed his
talk on the plea, "Water is the key
to your survival
In continuation of his remarks,
which are too lengthy for our avail
able space, Major Murphy brought
out the following information:
Because the Federation is in
herently an educational organiza-
ton, it's opinion and support is
frequently sought by members of
the Congress, by Governors and
State Legislators, and by the sew
eral Federal, State and Local agen-
cies concerned with our tragic
neglect and waste in resuorce adj
ministration. Currently, attention is
concentrated on the scarcity of
potable water due to pollution, de-
forestation, expanding population,
waste and related adverse influ-
ences.
eve in North Carolina are fortu-
nate in that our Senators Sam Err
win and Everett Jordan and so
many of our Representatives in the
Congress are members of important
committees before which bills af-
fecting natural resources are
studied. Our own First District
Congressman, Herbert c. Bonner is
Chairman of the House Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
1t is to this committee that much
of the legislation concerned with
our natural resources is referred.
Mr.. Bonner, over the years, has
demonstrated his deep concern and
studied conviction that our remain
ing renewable natural resources
must be saved from the despoiling
hands of greedy men and from the
waste that can be attributed to
man only on the basis of ignorance
or stupidity.
"T'he North Carolina Resources
Commission, in frequent conference
with our State Federation, has one
of the outstanding conservation
programs and one of the most ex-
perienced, alert and active staffs
of any in the nation. 1t was my
privilege to have a small part in
the creation of this commission and
in the passage of Legislation estab-
fishing the Stream Sanitation Com
missoion and our newly organized
Water Resources Commission.
"With we'll over half of the area
of Dare County made up of water,
it would appear that there is little
for you to worry about. However,
we must remember that local econ
omy is firmly based on our state
and national economy and that any
setback in these areas will seri-
ously affect US here at home. The
river systems that find their out
let in our broad sounds must be
kept free from pollution if we are
to be free from contaminated sup
plies. The scarcity of useable wa
ters is national in scope. Just about
the same amount of water from
the heavens continues to fall on
this country as before. Scarcity
arises because we do not protect
and wisely care for what we have
and because of inceased demands
due to higher standards of living
and rising population. In just about
the time it took me to say that last
sentence, a child was born in this