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Illegible Horace MCFARLAND, President, Harrisburg, Pa. CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF, First Vice-President, Philadelphia WILLIAM
B. HOWLAND, Treasurer, New York RICHARD B. WATROUS, Secretary, Washington, D. C. Vice-Presidents: GEORGE B. DEALEY, Dallas,
Texas JOHN WESLEY HILL, D. D., New York MRS. EDWARD W. BIDDLE, Carlisle, Pa. GEORGE W. MARSTON, San Diego, Cal. J. LOCKIE
WILSON, Toronto, Canada American Civic Association GENERAL HEADQUARTERS: WASHINGTON, D. C. Executive Board DR. JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS, New York CHARLES W. AMES, St. Paul, Minn. HENRY A. BARKER, Providence, R. I. MISS MABEL T. BOARDMAN, Washington,
D. C. FRANK CHAPIN BRAY, New York MRS. CAROLINE BARTLETT CRANE, Kalamazoo, Mich. Executive Board GEORGE OTIS DRAPER,
New York FREDRICK L. FORD, Hartford, Conn. EDWARD HATCH, JR., New York J. L. HUDSON, Detroit, Mich. MRS. MELVILLE F. JOHNSTON,
Richmond, Ind. HARLAN P. KELSEY, Salem, Mass. MRS. A. E. MCCREA, Chicago, III. Executive Board MISS LOUISE KLEIN MILLER,
Cleveland, Ohio FRANK D. MILLET, Washington, D. C. MRS. EDWIN F. MOULTON, Warren, Ohio JOHN NOLEN, Cambridge, Mass. FREDERICK
LAW OLMSTED, Brookline, Mass. BRAINARD H. WARNER, Washington, D. C. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT HARRISBURG, PA. March 30,
1911. Dear Professor Bade: I have your pleasant note of March 7. The letters you send are all of the type given by the
man who is afraid to come out in the open. They might as well be printed as typewritten, as you will notice, because careful
consideration in the Senate and careful attention1 in the House are another form of waste-basket. However, the Niagara situation
is that after a sharp and ugly battle we are seemingly beaten by the failure of the legislation extending the provisions of
the Burton Bill. As a matter of fact, we are not beaten at all, because before consenting to the dropping of the extending
resolution, 1 secured President Taft s personal promise, backed up by his written promise later, to give us a special message
on Niagara after the extra session has gotten going. It is our expectation to push now for permanent preservation. I am tired
of having a spasm every year or two about it. Details will come to you later, and 1 will be then thankful for some of the
effort of the excellent type you always make. Yes, it is possible that I may come west this summer, because I have long wanted
to, and because it will be a mighty fine thing to get a chance to see the Yosemite in the company that will be supplied by
the Sierra Club. The difficulty is one of securing the time, and I am working on that now. If I do go I hope I may have the
pleasure of being with you, and in any case if I come west I will most assuredly get to see you. Yours truly, Illegible
President JHM/G - ACA To Prof. William Frederic Bade, Berkeley, California 06312