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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

10,000 Birds

Prepared by the Audubon Society with statistics, Greeley was able to link bird protection to crop protection, making it a food conservation priority and thus a war issue. At one point, Democratic Senator James Reed, his longtime enemy, opposed discussion of the act, saying only war-related issues should be on the Senate floor.