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VII. The committee recommends that Congress should increase the federal 

 appropriations available for protection of timber lands against fire. VOTE: 

 2026 half in favor; 108 half opposed. 



VIII. The committee recommends that Congress should provide for en- 

 largement of the federal research and experiment in forest products. VOTE: 

 1949 half in favor; 172 half opposed. 



On the basis of this referendum the forest policy committee of the 

 Chamber presented its case before the select Committee of the United 

 States Senate on Reforestation and cooperated in the investigations 

 by that committee. With the preparation of the McNary-Clarke Bill, 

 as a result of the Senate committee's inquiries, the Chamber of 

 Commerce of the United States announced its support of this measure 

 as a constructive forestry measure. 



SELECT COMMITTEE ON REFORESTATION 

 OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE 



One of the outstanding activities in the field of forestry during 

 1923, and one which promises to make itself felt in the future, was the 

 exhaustive investigation of the whole forestry problem made by the 

 Select Committee on Reforestation of the United States Senate, 

 appointed " with a view to establishing a comprehensive national 

 policy for lands chiefly suited for timber production in order to insure 

 a perpetual supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of 

 the United States." 



The members of the Senate Committee were: Senator Charles L. 

 McNary of Oregon, chairman, Senator George H. Moses of New 

 Hampshire, Senator James Couzens of Michigan, Senator Duncan 

 U. Fletcher of Florida and Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. 

 John D. Clarke, Congressman from the Thirty-Fourth New York 

 District and one of the leading advocates of forestry activity in the 

 House of Representatives, participated in many of the hearings at 

 the invitation of the committee. William B. Greeley, Chief of the 

 United States Forest Service, sat on the committee as an ex- 

 officio member. 



In making its nation-wide survey, the committee held 24 hearings 

 in 1 6 states and the District of Columbia. It made field investiga- 

 tions and gathered information in all of the important forest regions 

 of the country. It took voluminous testimony from all interested in 



