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Association, in its stand on vital issues, in its readiness or ability to 

 serve as the spokesman of the cause of forestry in America. I myself, 

 share in this loss of trust, and I consider that, unless there is a radical 

 change in policy and leadership, the Association is not worthy of the 

 confidence of the public. 



It is imperative that the rank and file .of the members of the Associa- 

 tion, whose sole interest is in the success of forestry, know just the 

 position in which it has been placed by its officers. Only the force of 

 sentiment on the part of the members, demanding a leadership and 

 management in which they and the public can have confidence, will 

 enable the Association to recover its former worthy position and influ- 

 ence as representing American forestry. 



Henry S. Graves. 



What Is to be Done? 



The American Forestry Association has lost its moral right to speak 

 in the name of the public and of forestry. As long as we believed 

 that it might still reform we kept silent for the good of the cause. The 

 last bold attempt to perpetuate forever the present administration, 

 however, makes us feel that we would not be true to ourselves and to 

 our public obligation if we remained silent any longer. We do not 

 counsel hasty action, however. All true friends of forestry must re- 

 main calm and weigh all the facts before making up their minds as to 

 what their duty should be under the circumstances. 



The Journal plans, beginning with this number, to present to its 

 readers facts and documents which will place the present administration 

 of the Association in its true light. We open the pages of our magazine 

 to members of the Board of Directors to justify these facts if they 

 can. We believe that the rank and file of the Association do not realize 

 the situation in which the Board of Directors has placed them and are 

 not responsible for its actions or policies. It is the officers and not the 

 membership that must be brought before the bar of public opinion. It 

 is not a question, as some directors of the board tried to give the 

 impression, of a struggle for the control of the afifairs of the Associa- 

 tion between foresters and non-foresters ; it is merely a question of 

 public service. The foresters have assisted in ev^ry possible way in. 

 the development of the American Forestry Association and yet re- 

 mained in the background. They are willing to stay there as long as 



