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Mr. Granger for only the one conference, it seemed that a more valid 

 Foreword to the memoir could be written by someone who had known him 

 long and well. During another trip to Washington, I talked to many of 

 his friends about the selection of someone to perform this task, and in 

 the process picked up several comments that offered a third dimension to 

 the man and his very lean autobiography. Retired Chief (acting) Earle 

 Clapp, whose fervor on Forest Service issues is well known, was asked to 

 describe what Granger was like to work with. He thought for a moment, 

 then said, 



&quot;Granger always said, I am an administrator. &quot; He paused. &quot;That 

 says it.&quot; 



We laughed. Clapp was being as sparse in his remarks as Granger 

 usually was in his. &quot;He did an effective job. For instance, the CCC,&quot; 

 he continued, choosing his words slowly. 



&quot;He was good at logistics?&quot; I ventured. 

 &quot;Yes. Very effective.&quot; 



Ray Marsh and others mentioned his high intelligence and precise mind 

 in decision-making. Back in 1965, John Sieker had told me, &quot;The most bril 

 liant man in the Forest Service is Chris Granger. And he can tell you about 

 anything.&quot; Newton Drury, the Director of the National Parks during the 

 1940&quot; s, scribbled a note describing Chris Granger as &quot;the pivot man 1 in the 

 Washington Office of the U.S. Forest Service.&quot; He added, &quot;Like many, he did 

 much good anonymously. He was in the thick of the Jackson Hole episode 

 [involving transfer of some Forest Service land to the National Parks] in 

 which he and Chief Lyle Watts were most cooperative. Also the Olympic 

 [National Park] and other projects. We got along fine.&quot; 



It was John H. Sieker who wrote the Foreword. Sieker was Chief of the 

 Division of Recreation and Lands, and as such worked directly under Granger 

 for many years. 



The history of this memoir is not complete without mentioning the hours 

 of work on the part of Chris Granger s son David in straightening out the 

 legal agreement form which determined the use to which the manuscript may be 

 put. The regular agreement was found, unsigned, on Chris s desk after his 

 death, and many and mighty were the exchanges required before the legal neces 

 sities were pinpointed that would permit Chris s wife to sign, as executrix, 

 an altered version of the contract. 



Late in 1968 all papers were signed and the manuscripts were sent to 

 the bindery so that the Granger memoir could take its place beside the others 

 in the Resources for the Future series. 



Amelia R. Fry 



Editor 



1968 



