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Show onard Heads rVestern Unit Caii Fish and Gome director, e; Leonard, now heads the intrant int-rant legislative committee of i Western Association .of State la and Game Commissioners by pssntment of James O. Beck, B, president. LeoiErd succeeds Elliot S. Bar-f. Bar-f. Sew Mexico state game war-5. war-5. Appointed to servie w'th him :t F. B. Wire of Oregon and sser Bagley of Wyoming. Tie appointment give Utah a iseiM voice in fish ar.d game m now before congress. In Keating the post, Leonard im-1 kately indicated he wiil en-rs en-rs S 924 and HR 3459 onlv if ek are given a voice in wildlife Erol on and adjacent to federal j Emotion projects. . The bills are designed to insure - ttxtion of wildlife ard sports-ifns sports-ifns rights but origina'.V vested i'.:n rights only in the confection con-fection agency and the Fish and rCilife serivce which, after all, is to a federal agency in the op- i of Director Leonard. I "All federal bureaus have dem-Mrated dem-Mrated they are wiling and anx-D'Jito anx-D'Jito assume any additional re-PEibility re-PEibility they may have the op-"ttunity op-"ttunity to grab", said Leonard. I think these bills should give tas equal say in the wildlife of federal construction pro- Kti." 10 this, Leonard differs with the I(r chairman who flatly be-'ws be-'ws that "joint administration two federal agencies and the , - b""'c ucpai uiieui, wouiu UK 'ly impossible. The state would k outvoted on every .issue Some ."Mgrment of affairs within the ; jtet Wongs to the state." : Is chairman, Leonard is auth- to take direct action p.:oiish correspondence with Con-s Con-s ,Pional members sponsoring Isg-' Isg-' n as soon as the WASPGO Kraiittee agrees on reeommenda-5 reeommenda-5 tons. n |