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almost totally dependent on timber sold from federal lands. The President recognized the 

 critical link between companies of our size and the federal land when he direaed his 

 cabinet to "identify and implement, in apriority manner, measures to strengthen small 

 business and secondary manufacturing. While we have seen no help for small business, 

 we cannot help but notice hoAv far this Administration has gone to aid the largest 

 integrated forest product companies. Particularly, those companies with large land 

 holdings. 



The Administration Promised Other Economic Assistance - Little Assistance Has 

 Been OfTered 



Amidst great fan fare, the Administration promised to insure that workers who are put out 



of work, due to the drastic reductions in federal timber supplies, would be offered 



economic assistance and retraining. While none of my employees have been forced to face 



this problem, yet we have observed that very few mill or wood workers in northern 



California seem to have benefited by these programs. 



It seems most of the funds have gone to build infrastructures in the communilies which 

 applied for this program. We've heard of towns in Oregon where softball fields were built 

 so the town could hold softball tournaments in hopes of encoun^g more people to 

 spend money in the town. Let me tell you, in Yreka, that type of economic assistance 

 might bring a handful of ball players to town between May and September. It would be a 

 long tough winter if all we had to rely on was increased spending of softball players during 

 the four summer months. 



