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calling upon the people to celebrate the centennial of Arbor Day in 

 1972 by planting the trees now. 



New York Telegram. Middle-aged folks recall the fact that in 

 their early youth Minnesota was a timber producing state. There was 

 a wealth of romance in the great industry of the old Northwest. 

 Today, according to Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American 

 Tree Association, Minnesota is importing thirty million dollars' worth 

 of timber annually. Our neighbor, New Jersey, is spending five 

 millions per annum in freight charges alone upon the lumber 

 she imports. 



Los Angeles Times. The idea of tree lovers combining for the 

 beautifying of our landscapes and the advance of forestry is one of 

 so wide and generous appeal that it should rouse a national sentiment 

 on this important subject. The American Tree Association is edu- 

 cational and practical. It will forward from Washington to any of 

 its members the advice of experts. 



Scranton Republican. There is fine sentiment back of the action 

 of the American Tree Association in sending to France seeds for 

 new trees of choice variety to be used to reforest the battlefields 

 where Americans fought with such gallantry and effectiveness. This 

 benefaction has been styled a beautiful one and the expression is 

 justified by the facts. Long years from now, Americans whose 

 soldiers helped save democracy from the grip of autocracy in its 

 worst form, when visiting historic battlefields in France, will find 

 themselves confronted by the familiar trees of their homeland. 



Pittsbugh Post. The seeds will go to nurseries until they are 

 ready for transplanting as seedlings. Then they will be planted on the 

 battlefields to heal the scars and to stand as a memorial of American 

 participation in the war. These living things will help to remind the 

 French of the American boys who died for France as well as for the 

 United States, and whose bodies in many cases rest in the soil of 

 France. And for their sake, as well as out of love for the trees them- 

 selves, the latter will receive careful attention. 



Dayton Herald. The American Tree Asociation has sent and is 

 sending to the French millions of seeds for millions of new trees 

 which will reforest the wastes over which Americans battled. A few 



