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of responsibility, but Clapp asked me to draft an 

 outline of what a bill to enforce regulation should 

 contain. I did this, and the subsequent draft of a 

 bill followed my outline rather closely. 



In the research organization Clapp will have 

 an enduring monument, together with the history of 

 his other major achievements. 



Lyle Watts 



I can t recall just how Watts caine to the atten 

 tion of FDR, but I think it was during the time he 

 was Regional Forester at Portland, and on one of the 

 President s trips. At any rate, Watts became Chief 

 during World War II, I believe in 1942. He had 

 served very capably as Regional Forester in both the 

 Lakes States Region and at Portland. He had also 

 been in research and as a professor of forestry. 



There was nothing striking about Watts in his 

 personality nor his actions, but he was a very sound 

 leader, having the confidence of the organization 

 and dealing effectively with outside interests, except 

 the grazing interests. They regarded both Watts 



