"When a biological entity like the wild duck is the innocent bystander in the great American game of politics, it's no joke!"
Thus snorted handsome, Harvard-bred John H. Baker, the banker-trained executive-director of the National Association of Audubon Societies when, last fortnight, the U. S. Biological Survey announced through President Roosevelt that this year, like last, there will be a 30-day open season for duckshooting. Using the Drought as his prime argument, Director Baker had been trying to have duckshooting suspended entirely until the birds can breed up to their oldtime numbers. Using...
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