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Ernest C. Oberholtzer to Horace Kephart, January 25, 1930, page 1

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  • President and Secretary Ernest C. Oberholtzer, Ranier, Minn. Vice-President Arthur Hawkes, Toronto, Ontario Treasurer J. G. Byam, Vice-President First Nat'l Bank, Minneapolis, Minn. \ ASSOCIATED WITH IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA ORIGINAL advisory BODIES, U.S.A. DIVISION AMERICAN GAME PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS CAMP FIRE CLUB OF AMERICA IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PARKS, FORESTS AND WILD LIFE Mr. Horace Kephart, Bryson City, N. C. General Office 1218 Flour Exchange MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA January 25, 1930 Dear Mr. Kephart: Happy New Year and all gratitude to our friends who by their good-will and moral support have helped us in the project for an international forest among the border lakes of Ontario and Minnesota! The Shipstead-Newton-Nolan bill for protecting the natural features of the lakeland within the forest is again before Congress. This time we hope for final determination. We are sending you complete data. You need not feel called upon to read it but in fairness should have it for reference. We are also enclosing a memorial resolution in favor of the bill and adopted by the Minnesota legislature last winter 59 to 6 in the Senate and 119 to 5 in the House. The bill is known as S. 2498 in the U. S. Senate, where it has been referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and as both H.R. 1022 and H.R. 6981 in the House, where it will have a hearing before the House Committee on Public Lands on February 4. A huge and insidious propaganda is being carried on against this bill. Every trick of delay, amendment, and counter bill is being tried. The whole strategy is to make it appear that the local communities are opposed. Except as you are representing an organization, there is probably little use to communicate with Congressmen, whom you do not personally know. If you are personally acquainted with any of the members of either of the Committees and would write or wire, expressing your interest in the movement and your faith in the sponsors, -the help would be greatly appreciated. You will be glad to know that both the American Legion and the Canadian Legion, the national bodies, at their respective annual conventions last autumn went on record in favor of the international forest and agreed that it be dedicated as a peace memorial to the Service men of both countries, who fought as comrades in the World War. Gratefully yours, ECO/cm Ernest C. Oberholtzer Address all communications for the Treasurer to J. G. Byam, First National Bank, Minneapolis. All others, unless otherwise instructed, to the General Office.
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Horace Kephart

Background and Early Career Horace Kephart was born in 1862 in Pennsylvania, but spent much of his youth in Iowa. He went on to achieve success in two careers. Trained as a...

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