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Third, the financial manageir.ent of the Association is not sound 

 The National Information Bureau of New York City has declined to 

 endorse the Association, first, because it has paid commissions amount- 

 ing to 20 per cent on funds received above a minimum, a practice now 

 generally regarded as improper in associations of this kind, and second, 

 because of misrepresentations in information supplied the Bureau 

 regarding commissions paid. 



Fourth, the Association has confined its endeavors too exclusively to 

 the w^ork of general publicity, and has failed to take a leadership in 

 many of the vital issues, involving Federal and State action, especially 

 where controversies are involved. 



We believe that the course taken by the present officers and Directors 

 of the Association is undemocratic and contains elements of grave 

 danger ; and that unless promptly corrected, it will inevitably impair the 

 confidence of the members and of the general public, and that the 

 Association will no longer be able to play an effective part in advancing 

 forestry in America. 



Before the American Forestry Association can once more become 

 worthy of the confidence of the public and capable of performing the 

 functions for which it was organized, we hold : 



1. That democratic control of the Association must be restored, and 

 to that end the Board of Directors must immediately take steps to bring 

 about the rescinding of the amendments to the by-laws adopted at the 

 last annual meeting. 



2. That the management of the Association must be brought into 

 complete conformity with the standards established by the National 

 Information Bureau. 



3. That in addition to its general work of publicity, the Association 

 must take a real and vigorous leadership in initiating and advancing 

 measures to bring about the practice of forestry, even when this 

 involves public controversy. 



Fernow, B. E. (with reservations) Graves, Henry S., 



Professor Emeritus, University of Former chief, U. S. Forest Service; 



Toronto; former chief, U. S. Vice President, American For- 



Division of Forestry. estry Association. 



PiNCHOT, Gifford, Greeley, W. B., 



Commissioner of Forestry of Penn- Chief, U. S. Forest Service, 



sylvania; former chief, U. S. Sherman, E. A., 



Forest Service; Vice President. Associate Forester, U. S. Forest 



American Forestry Association. Service. 



