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Hon. Philo Hall, South Dakota. 



Hon. James L. Slayden, Texas. 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie, New York. 



Prof. Charles R. Van Hise, Wis- 

 consin. 



Mr. John Mitchell, Illinois. 



Mr. John Hays Hammond, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Dr. Irving Fisher, Yale Univer- 

 sity, Conn. 



Dr. I. C. White, State Geologist, 

 West Virginia. 



Mr. Joseph A. Holmes, Geological 

 Survey, secretary. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Mr. Gififord Pinchot, chairman. 

 Hon. Theodore E. Burton. 

 Senator Reed Smoot. 

 Senator Knute Nelson. 

 Hon. John Dalzell. 

 Mr. W. J. McGee. 

 Mr. Overton W. Price. 

 Mr. G W. Woodruff. 

 Mr. Joseph A. Holmes. 



The meeting of the Executive Com- 

 mittee was held in the office of the 

 United States Reclamation Service, 

 Federal Building, Chicago, at 12:30 

 p. m., June 19, igo8. There was pres- 

 ent of the Executive Committee : 

 Messrs. Pinchot, chairman ; Nelson, 

 Dalzell, Burton, Smoot, McGee, and 

 Holmes ; absent : Messrs. Woodruff and 

 Price. There were also present 

 Messrs. Flint, Van Hise, Newell, J. B. 

 White, and Irvine. Dr. McGee acted 

 as secretary pro tem. 



After a brief statement of the pur- 

 pose of the meeting by the chairman. 

 Doctor Holmes suggested Mr. Thomas 

 R. Shipp as secretary of the Commis- 

 sion. The suggestion was supported 

 by Messrs. Newell, Nelson, and Mc- 

 Gee ; and Mr. Shipp was unanimously 

 elected secretary. 



Mr. Blirton proposed that the chair- 

 man and secretary be authorized to 

 correspond with Governors or other 

 officials of the several states. Senator 

 Flint concurred, suggesting that Gov- 

 ernors be asked so to to arrange their 

 communications as to facilitate refer- 



ence to appropriate sections of the 

 National Commission. After discus- 

 sion, the action proposed by Messrs. 

 Burton and Flint was unanimously 

 agreed to. 



The chairman suggested the advisa- 

 bility of inviting the Governors of the 

 several states, or representatives to be 

 appointed by them, to participate in a 

 meeting of the National Commission, 

 preferably after an initial meeting in 

 which the organization might be per- 

 fected and a plan for a report adopted. 

 The suggestion was approved. After 

 Tuesday, December i (10 a. m.) had 

 been selected for the first general meet- 

 ing of the Commission, the place (pre- 

 ferably in the House Office Building in 

 Washington) to be fixed by the chair- 

 man. Doctor McGee suggested either 

 December 8 or December 15 as the time 

 for the proposed joint meeting of the 

 National Commission with the Gov- 

 ernors or their representatives. After 

 discussion, in the course of which it 

 was agreed that the Executive Commit- 

 tee should have an outline report ready 

 for discussion at the session of Decem- 

 ber I, it was decided without dissent 

 that the chairman should invite the 

 Governors to a joint meeting to be held 

 early in December, at a time and place 

 to be fixed by him 



Mr. Burton suggested that the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee issue bulletins of 

 progress from time to time, announc- 

 ing places and dates of meeting, report- 

 ing any action taken, and conveying 

 other information of service to the 

 Commission. The suggestion was gen- 

 erally approved and the chairman was 

 instructed to carry it out. 



The chairman announced that the 

 President had issued an Executive 

 Order to heads of Departments, in- 

 structing them to cooperate with the 

 National Conservation Commission. 

 After general discussion, on motion by 

 Mr. Burton, it was decided that in the 

 collection of information the chairman 

 and secretary of each section shall act 

 in behalf of that section and that the 

 data shall be coordinated by the chair- 

 man of the Commission ; and by general 

 agreement the chairman was instructed 



