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ing, these represent also the differences between the committee policy 

 and that which I have been advocating. These differences are very- 

 natural and certainly are not such as need cause any fear of a ruction 

 among foresters. 



The committee report suggests certain measures of industrial con- 

 trol and labor relationships. These suggestions are not explicit enough 

 to make clear how far in this direction the committee would go. My 

 inclination would be to handle purely industrial questions as a part of a 

 public policy relating to other industries as well as the lumber industry. 

 I would dislike to see the basic issues of a forest policy clouded by 

 questions that, even though related to forestry, may be as well or better 

 considered separately. This discussion should, I believe, be centered 

 on the questions of land utilization and forestry. 



I predict that after there has been some vigorous discussion of what 

 should be included in a policy, whether the States or the Federal Gov- 

 ernment should exercise control over certain matters in private for- 

 estry, questions of taxation, insurance, forest loans, and so on, the 

 foresters will find the issues that really matter concern the large basic 

 questions such as that of individual responsibility and the character of 

 requirements that may be imposed by the public on private owners. 

 Men who agree on these basic principles can well afford to have a 

 friendly controversy over ways and means and legislative programs, 

 for even if we bump each other occasionally we are traveling essen- 

 tially the same road. 



Far different is the division between those on the one side who would 

 impose real requirements upon owners to prevent devastation, and 

 those on the other side who would simply continue about as heretofore 

 their efforts to get results solely by education, demonstration, and sub- 

 sidy. There is where the real issue lies, not whether public action 

 should be exercised by the Federal or the State Government, or just 

 how far the public should go in the direction of control of industries. 



