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plete Snell bill has been endorsed by over 100 State Foresters, State 

 Forestry Associations, Chambers of Commerce, trade organizations, 

 etc. The bill has also been introduced in the Senate by Senator 

 McCormick. 



PROPOSED NATIONAL IvEGlSLATlON 



The National Forestry Program is a complete one touching all 

 phases which are properly the subject of Federal legislation and set- 

 ting up adequate machinery for cooperative solution of the problem. 



The main features of the program as embodied in proposed Con- 

 gressional enactment provide for cooperation between the Federal gov- 

 ernment, the States, and owners of timbcrlands for adequate protec- 

 tion against forest fires, for reforestation of denuded lands, for 

 obtaining essential information in regard to timber growth and utiliza- 

 tion, and for the extension and blocking up of National Forests into 

 better forest and administrative units. 



The provisions of the Snell and McCormick bills to accomplish these 

 purposes are briefly as follows : 



Section one directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest 

 Service, to recommend for each forest region, the essential require- 

 ments for protection against fire, proper methods of cutting, refor- 

 esting of denuded lands, and to cooperate with the States and other 

 agencies for the efifecting of methods to furnish a continuous supply 

 of timber for the people of the United States. 



Section two authorizes the Secretary' of Agriculture to withhold 

 Federal aid from the States which do not cooperate with the Federal 

 government, and provides that the Federal expenditures within a 

 State shall not exceed the expenditures by the States and by forest 

 owners required by State law in any fiscal year. 



Section three provides for a national survey of forest resources and 

 requirements for timber and a classification of land chiefly suitable 

 tor timber growth. 



Section four provides for extensive investigation of forest growth 

 and utilization and scientific studies of the properties of timber and 

 market conditions. A study to determine methods of equitably taxing 

 forest lands so that they may be held for future growth is also 

 directed. 



Section five provides for the establishment and maintenance of 

 forest nurseries, and the sowing of seed and planting of trees in the 

 National Forests. 



Sections six and seven provide for the purchase of lands to be added 

 to the National Forests as recommended by the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission. 



