Henry Ford supported the legislation, "The only time I ever used the Ford organization to influence legislation was on behalf of the birds, and I think the end justified the means."[2]
weeks, mclean, united, states, sponsored, representative, john, weeks, massachusetts, senator, george, mclean, connecticut, that, prohibited, spring, hunting, marketing, migratory, birds, importation, wild, bird, feathers, women, fashion, ending, what, called,. The Weeks McLean Act was a law of the United States sponsored by Representative John W Weeks R of Massachusetts and Senator George P McLean R of Connecticut that prohibited the spring hunting and marketing of migratory birds and the importation of wild bird feathers for women s fashion ending what was called millinery murder It gave the Secretary of Agriculture the power to set hunting seasons nationwide making it the first U S law ever passed to regulate the shooting of migratory birds It became effective on 4 March 1913 but because of a constitutional weakness was later replaced by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 1 Henry Ford supported the legislation The only time I ever used the Ford organization to influence legislation was on behalf of the birds and I think the end justified the means 2 See also editMissouri v Holland Lacey Act of 1900References edit A Guide to the Laws and Treaties of the United States for Protecting Migratory Birds Accessed 15 November 2008 Ford Henry 2019 My Life and Work Columbia p 115 ISBN 9781545549117 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link nbsp This United States federal legislation article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weeks McLean Act amp oldid 1156591962, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,