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...publicizing the alligator problem, Hickel is bringing powerful pressure to bear on Congress to adopt strong conservationist legislation. He supports a measure that would make it a federal offense to ship across state lines any animal or bird considered to be threatened with extinction, or their skins, pelts or plumage. Carrying with it a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, the law might serve to slow down some of the alligator-skin traffic...
...private citizen, Conservationist Udall may have far wider and more satisfying opportunities. Last week he announced the formation of the Overview Group, an international consulting firm that he will head. Overview is designed to deal with no less a problem than man's despoliation of the earth...
After his embroilment in the Nixon Administration's only serious appointment hassle, Walter Hickel was doubly confirmed: both in his new job as Secretary of the Interior and in his new respect for the power of disgruntled conservationists. Last week, in his first important action, Hickel named as his undersecretary a man who may well set the tone for his department. He is Russell E. Train, chairman of Nixon's pre-inaugural task force on resources and environment, and an internationally esteemed conservationist. The appointment drew praise from nearly every quarter, including the old Administration. Said Stewart Udall...
...barrage of questions when he appears for confirmation hearings before the Senate Interior Committee. He has already learned that what is true of Alaska's moose is also true of the critics who have made him a controversial Nixon appointee: You have to understand how a conservationist thinks. You can't tell a conservationist to change his habits...
Some Heat. Many influential conservation groups, among them the Sierra Club, are waiting to learn more of Hickel's views before taking a stand on his appointment. So are conservationist members of the Senate Interior Committee: Democrats Walter Mondale of Minnesota, William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, South Dakota's George McGovern and Lee Metcalf of Montana...