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thing he could to prevent the transfer of the Service 

 to Interior. Clapp s efforts undoubtedly contributed 

 heavily toward the defeat of the plan. 



Clapp has been one of the ablest men the Forest 

 Service ever developed. He built a forest research 

 organization unequalled elsewhere in the world. He 

 imbued it with an espr it-de-corps truly notable. 

 He knew how to pick able men as leaders; he expected 

 much of the crew, and he got it. 



Clapp s direction of the preparation of the 

 Copeland Report was one of his noteworthy feats. 

 He set high standards for the preparation of the 

 various sections and would not accept a section until 

 it met his standards. 



Clapp is just the opposite of a man like Silcox. 

 Sil caught the eye and the imagination. Clapp is 

 the quiet, still-waters-run-deep type, commanding 

 admiration and respect by all who really get to 

 know him. 



Public regulation of private timber cutting was 

 one of Clapp s primary objectives. He believed it 

 essential to the proper treatment of private forests, 

 and he worked for it doggedly. I was not deeply in 

 volved in this because it was out of my direct line 



