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value of cooperative effort. The Committee continued to function in 

 support of current constructive forest measures and budget appropria- 

 tions for forest purchases and fire prevention, at the same time stand- 

 ing for the principles of the original program. 



The Committee was represented at hearings held by the Select 

 Committee on Reforestation of the United States Senate. At these 

 hearings it proposed a program immediately providing not less than 

 $1,000,000 for cooperation with the states in fire prevention; 

 $5,000,000 for the purchase of forest land upon the watershed of 

 navigable streams; $1,000,000 for forest research and investigation, 

 including studies in forest taxation; $100,000 increasing to $1,000,000 

 for cooperation in forest planting; and authorization of additional 

 setting aside of protective forest land. As an ultimate program, the 

 Committee advocated taking stock of forest regions; provision for 

 extensive research; large scale forest planting; better taxation; up- 

 building of publicly administered forests to 40 per cent, of the ultimate 

 forest area of the United States. 



Some of these proposals were embodied in the McNary-Clarke 

 Bill, which was based on the investigations of the Senate Committee. 

 This measure the Program Committee supported actively before 

 Congress, participating at committee hearings on the measure. 



The National Forestry Program Committee has no funds what- 

 ever, relying entirely upon the donation of time by the representatives 

 of the member organizations. For this reason, it is believed, it has 

 been largely successful. It has had its nominal headquarters in the 

 office of Mr. Kellogg, 342 Madison Avenue, New York City. 



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On October 3, 1923 the Chamber of Commerce of the United 

 States submitted to its membership a forestry referendum based upon 

 the report of the Chamber's Committee on a National Forestry Policy. 

 This committee had gone extensively into the various phases of the 

 forest problem, holding hearings in various parts of the country. 

 Together with its recommendations for legislation and on matters 

 of policy, the committee declared that the forestry question was of 

 such importance and complexity that it would be advisable for the 

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