required us to choose our camp superintendents and 

 crew foremen from lists submitted by members of 

 Congress. This was a handicap and undoubtedly 

 lowered the average quality of those key men. 



Most general policy decisions were made by 

 Fechner, but occasionally something of prime 

 importance required the attention of President 

 Roosevelt himself and we would be called to the 

 White House for a discussion. Sometimes we would 

 see the President; at other times Louis Howe would 

 talk to us, get the President s decision and inform 

 us. These contacts added a lot of spice to our 

 participation in this great project which resulted in 

 such large benefits to the nation s forest lands. 

 The foregoing relates only to the work under 

 the supervision of the Forest Service. In addition 

 there .were camps in the national parks, state parks, 

 on Indian lands, on Soil Conservation Service 

 projects, and elsewhere. 



Fry: Do you have any anecdotes or comments on Franklin 

 D. Roosevelt? 



Granger: I recall that when we demurred about having the 

 army in the picture, FDR said in effect, &quot;I want 



