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private owner is believed to be within practical possibilities. A sub- 

 stantial increase in public aid is provided, in which the Federal 

 Government and the States should join forces. Aid to private owners 

 should not, however, go beyond the public interest. The States and 

 their local subdivisions are encouraged to take on as much of the 

 remainder of the undertaking as they can and will. This will leave 

 for the Federal Government only what neither private owners nor 

 the States can carry, and beyond that what is clearly within the 

 national interest. The resolution stresses aid to the States. A 

 detailed examination of the program proposed will show that the 

 very liberal Federal contribution to the whole plan in the form of 

 aid to private owners and otherwise constitutes in the last analysis 

 aid to the States which would otherwise have to carry the entire 

 burden. 



Respectfully, 



H. A. WALLACE, 



Secretary. 



R. G. TUGWELL, 



Assistant Secretary. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



FOREST SERVICE, 

 Washington, March 24, 1933. 

 The SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I am transmitting herewith a report on 

 Senate Resolution 175. In many respects it represents the most 

 comprehensive and exhaustive survey yet made of the forestry situ- 

 ation in the United States. It goes to the full limit of possibility 

 with the staff at our disposal and the data which could be collected 

 and utilized in the time available. 



I have been in close touch with the work from the preparation of 

 the initial plans and have personally reviewed the entire discussion 

 which supports the conclusions reached. In my judgment the time 

 has come for another great forward step in American forestry, and 

 a major portion of the step should be the public assumption of a 

 much larger share of the enterprise. If the recommendations on 

 this phase of the problem can be carried out and carried out promptly, 

 it will mean the greatest advance since the creation of the existing 

 national forests, which has been the largest and most spectacular 

 development to date. It will be an advance of even greater magni- 

 tude. The need is also greater. This, however, is only one part of 

 a coordinated national plan of which I earnestly recommend your 

 approval for submission to the Senate. 



A large number of Forest Service employees have participated in 

 the preparation of this report. Lasting credit is due to Earle H. 

 Clapp, Assistant Forester in charge of research, who made the initial 

 plans, and by personally directing the project throughout has made 

 possible this outstanding contribution to forestry. We have felt free 

 to draw upon the services of other bureaus in this and other Depart- 

 ments where the nature of the subject justified, and I desire to make 

 full acknowledgement of the help received. 

 Very sincerely yours, 



R. Y. STUART, Forester. 



