ADVANCEMENT OF FORESTRY 797 



harmoniously and effectively as a unit. The experience gained in 

 organizing similar groups in the • Liberty Loan campaigns should 

 indicate the best method to adopt in this preliminary organization work. 



Each district group should form a committee with a chairman and 

 should assume full responsibility for the active promotion of forestry 

 in their allotted territory, including the raising of finances to carry 

 on the work. The chairmen of the district committees, together with 

 the officers of the council, shoujd form the central executive committee 

 of the State council and maintain direct contact with the central organ- 

 ization by correspondence, and attendance at meetings of the executive 

 committee. 



The State council should have a President, Vice-Presidents from 

 different portions of the State, and a paid Secretary-Treasurer. This 

 Secretary-Treasurer should be a man experienced in State forestry 

 work, preferably a technically trained forester. It should be his duty 

 to furnish the council and district committees with authentic informa- 

 tion as a basis for conducting the work, also to carry on correspondence 

 and publicity work, formulate plans, build up and maintain contracts 

 with individuals and organizations throughout the State and in other 

 States and, in short, to do everything possible to promote forestry work 

 in the State. He should be paid a liberal salary commensurate with the 

 vital importance of his work and he should be provided with adequate 

 additional funds to maintain the necessary administrative organization. 



The council could hold open meetings once a year or oftener for 

 the purpose of discussing forestry matters for the public benefit. These 

 meetings should be at different points in the State and might be made 

 coincident with the meetings of other organizations such as lumber- 

 men's associations, civic and commerce organizations, the Academy of 

 Science, and similar well known groups who would be interested in 

 forestry. In every way this council should assume the place of leader- 

 ship in the forestry movement in the State. 



Steps to organize the council should be taken as soon as possiljle this 

 fall, so that the work may be well started by the time the legislature 

 meets in January. 



FIN.WCINO THE WORK OF THE COUXCII, 



if the business interests of the State can be made to see their direct 

 finanrial interest in the ad\anci'iucni of forestry, it should be a simple 

 matter to provide the needed funds. Kacli district committee should 



