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under their jurisdiction along the lines of the foregoing statement. 

 At the same time, Federal appropriations for the purchase of forest 

 lands should be greatly increased. 



Much can be accomplished pending such a law. Thus, there should 

 be at once a joining of hands in a most vigorous campaign for fire 

 protection that will educate the public to the dangers from fire and 

 lead to more eflfective' action in all forest regions. Individual States 

 should go forward with plans for better legislation and larger support 

 of forestry. But the passage of a basic Federal law with the aid that 

 the Nation can ofifer would make possible the inauguration of a policy 

 that would secure results impossible without such national action. 



