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Summarized, the points made in the above argument are: That to 

 secure the best permanent results in pubHc forestry in any State there 

 is needed a strong public sentiment. To help in securing such a senti- 

 ment a. definite enunciation of policy goes a long way. Further, this 

 is of advantage because it does four particular things, to wit: (i) It 

 clarifies the situation and provides a definite working plan for the 

 State's forestry work; (2) it tends to establish continuity of effort in 

 a given direction and to guard against the upsetting of the forestry 

 policy by political or other enemies; (3) it is one of the most helpful 

 bases on which to rest a campaign of rightly directed publicity — a 

 matter of especial importance during the present reconstruction period ; 

 and (4) because it forms a good bond of connection between the State 

 forester's ofifice and the State forestry association. 



An enunciation of State forest policy does not have to go into great 

 detail ; indeed, it is better if it does not do so. But there is, in my judg- 

 ment, a greater need than has been realized of having in every State 

 a clear and definite summary of the big, broad issues that are involved. 



