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STATE °f INDIANA <br />GEORG -,/���./� GOVERNOR <br />DEPAR M dF CONSERVATION <br />Mr. Walter Erler <br />President of The City Council <br />310 E. Indiana Avenue <br />South Bend, Indiana <br />Dear Mr. Erler: <br />July 22,1955 <br />I have just had a conference with two of the federal government men <br />regarding the Japanese beetle situation in South Bend. They are go- <br />ing to attempt to have an airplane come in and treat between 800 - <br />900 acres and the cost of this material will run about $00.00, <br />and I had hoped that the City of South Bend could at least pay 50'wo <br />of the cost. So far the City of South Bend has not given us any . <br />financial aid in our work. <br />This whole trouble seems to have started at the Erskine Golf Course, <br />and the park officials should have noticed this trouble on their course <br />and done something about it before it almost got out of hands. We have <br />done a very good job on the Erskine Golf Course - we cannot find a <br />beetle there - so, of course, the City Park Board apparently feels <br />that they have no interest in the rest of the city. This is not <br />just a problem for our office. <br />Now I am going to tell you frankly that if we can get the State to <br />perrait me to spend the money we will treat this area and buy the <br />material from funds in the Deparyment; but, we have so much other <br />work over the state, that I feel from now on the City of South Bend <br />should take care of this situation itself. I am just telling you <br />this frankly because this may be the situation we will have to face <br />next year. <br />If there are any regulations governing the low climb of a plane over <br />your City, can the Council take care of the situation to permit us <br />to treat? The material is put on in granular form and there is prac- <br />tically no dust, and it is not a health problem. The residents should <br />be notified that if they have dogs and feed them out of doors the <br />feeding pans should be turned over the day we treat. We will make <br />a survey to see if there are any fish ponds in the area, and if there <br />are, we will cover them with a tarpaulin, because, of course, this <br />material will probably kill any fish in the ponds. <br />If you have any questions I am sure that Mr. Dale W. Ware, who is in <br />charge of our work at South Bend, can give you any information you <br />might desire. <br />_ I <br />FNW :awe <br />