Henry Solon Graves 



The Forest Service was indeed fortunate to 

 have Graves as Pinchot s successor in those troubled 

 days after Pinchot was fired. Graves was a profes 

 sional forester of top calibre. He was not the 

 inspiring leader that Pinchot was, but he was one 

 in whom we all had great confidence. He was also 

 a no-nonsense man and when he was displeased his 

 brown eyes had a high-powered snap in them. I 

 would say that he consolidated what G.P. had begun 

 and led the Service through a period of continuous 

 development on all fronts. 



William EL_ Greeley 



As I have recounted earlier, I got my start 

 in the Service under Greeley when he was supervisor 

 on what is now the Sequoia National Forest in 

 California. One thing that impressed me then was has 

 systematic way of working. When he came on an in 

 spection trip to a ranger district where I was 

 helping the district ranger he had a list of things 



