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acquired by the Reclamation Service around their re 

 servoirs within or partly within the national forests, 

 The National Park Service aspired to the job, but 

 through skillful negotiations with the Reclamation 

 Service by John Sieker, then in charge of our 

 Division of Recreation, a formal agreement was 

 executed whereby the authority was given to the 

 Forest Service, This was the only logical arrange 

 ment since the intermingled Reclamation Service 

 and national forest lands had to be managed as a 

 whole. As far as I can recall, our relations with 

 the Reclamation Service were harmonious. 



Soil Conservation Service 



Early in its career the SCS felt that it should 

 be self-sufficient in handling the forestry aspects 

 of its projects, with the necessary forestry staff 

 of its own. The Department decided, however, that 

 the SCS should look to the Forest Service for the 

 necessary expert advice in this field, thus avoiding 

 undesirable and uneconomical duplication. I do not 

 recall any other important differences between the 

 two agencies. 



