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Bureau of Land Management 



During the years of dispute as to who should 

 administer the Oregon and California Railroad reverted 

 grant lands within the national forest boundaries, 

 relations with this agency were far from harmonious. 

 This and other points of friction led to the appoint 

 ment of an inter-departmental committee to &quot;arbitrate&quot; 

 contested issues. Joel Wolfsohn, an Interior attorney, 

 and Colonel White, a member of the Interior staff, 

 represented Interior and Ernest Wiecking, an agri 

 culture economist, and I were the Agriculture members. 

 As to the contested & C lands in the national for 

 ests, a so-called Wolf sohn-Granger agreement was 

 reached whereby, pending final determination of 

 jurisdiction, the Forest Service would make and 

 administer the timber sales on the disputed lands, 

 but would give BLM an opportunity to comment on each 

 proposed sale. As I recall it, this plan worked 

 quite well, though not without some hitches. 



Reclamation Service 



At one time question arose as to who would 

 administer the recreational features of private lands 



