86 FORESTRY ALMANAC 



THE NATIONAL FORESTRY PROGRAM 

 COMMITTEE 



Bringing together allied interests and presenting a united front 

 in support of a forward-looking forest policy for the United States, 

 the National Forestry Program Committee has succeeded in achiev- 

 ing a significant coordination of sentiment in connection with the 

 forestry movement. The members of this committee are R. S. 

 Kellogg, chairman; Warren B. Bullock, secretary; E. T. Allen, West- 

 ern Forestry and Conservation Association ; Philip W. Ayres, Society 

 for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests; Elbert H. Baker, 

 American Newspaper Publishers Association; Wilson Compton, 

 National Lumber Manufacturers Association; Hugh P. Baker, 

 American Paper and Pulp Association; Ovid M. Butler, American 

 Forestry Association; John Foley, Association of Wood-Using In- 

 dustries; William L. Hall, Central States Forestry League; Charles 

 Lathrop Pack, American Tree Association. 



The formation of the committee is the result of separate action 

 in the direction of a national policy on the part of certain of the 

 member groups. In November, 1919, the forest conservation com- 

 mittee of the American Pulp and Paper Association, advanced a 

 complete program. This was made more specific in a subsequent 

 report in April, 1920. About the same time the Western Forestry and 

 Conservation Association announced a similar program, which was 

 approved later by the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 



This development resulted in a call by Mr. Kellogg for a meeting 

 in October, 1920, of representatives of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers Association, the Western Forestry and Conservation Asso- 

 ciation, the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association, the 

 Association of Wood-using industries, the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, the American Paper and Pulp Association, the American 

 Newspaper Publishers Association and the United States Chamber of 

 Commerce. At this meeting a program was unanimously agreed upon. 



This program was embodied in the Snell Bill, introduced in 

 Congress in December, 1920, and the subject of hearings in January, 

 1921. A permanent committee was organized from the first meeting 

 as a working alliance. The Snell Bill, while it failed of enactment in 

 its entirety, brought out the definite program and accentuated the 



