California Condor Eben McMillan 11 June 1964 about 2:00 p.m. today, Lowell Adams, who heads the Rodent and Predator Control for the San Luis Obispo County, Agricultural Commissioners Office stopped by to visit at my home. He Told me of an instance, not long ago, when agricultural Commissioner Kalar of S.L.O. County [illegible] him, (Mr. Adams) to come To San Luis Obispo in a hurry one morning. It seems that Riley Patterson, who is in charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office in Bakersfield, and who is in charge of Predator Control for most of the B.L.M. and Forest Service Lands in Central California, had asked Commissioner Kalar for a meeting. At this meeting Mr. Adams told me, Mr. Patterson did everything he could to get Commissioner Kalar to let his office take over Predator Control in San Luis Obispo, County. Mr. Adams said he had to admit that Mr. Kalar presented a strong front to Mr. Patterson in denying him the Predator Control Job in S.L.O. County. Adams said that Mr. Kalar told Mr. Patterson that he thought his office was doing a good job of Predator Control in S.L.O. County and not overdoing it. Lowell Adams claims that he and Commissioner Kalar are only interested in controlling predators and not decimating them. He seems to consider the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as dedicated to kill off all predators.