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I had the greatest admiration for Greeley as 

 Chief and a great affection for him personally. I 

 respected his view that public regulation of private 

 timber cutting was not the remedy that the coopera 

 tive approach was better. This philosophy caused 

 Greeley to be virtually &quot;read out of the party&quot; &quot;by 

 his old boss, G.P. ,but Greeley never wavered. 



I learned more from Greeley than from all the 

 other Chiefs of the Forest Service combined. 



Robert Y_i_ Stuart 



When I first met Stuart he was an inspector in 

 Timber Management in Washington and I was in Denver. 

 He struck me as being a very nice fellow, but with 

 no great force. However when I saw more of him I 

 realized that he had a lot on the ball and I was glad 

 when Greeley told me Stuart was to be his successor. 



Stuart was a fine, steady type, considerate of 

 others, very likeable. He was not a dynamic leader, 

 rather one who pursued a middle-of-the-road course. 

 He could get his back up on occasion as I saw him do 

 a few times during CCC days when he felt the Forest 



