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Society of American Foresters, or of several smaller units at university 

 centers recommended by a committee of the National Academy of 

 Sciences, or it could take the form of various combinations of the two 

 plans. To be thoroughly effective it should command an annual 

 income of at least $1,000,000. 



A similar opportunity exists at endowed educational institutions 

 and forest schools where annual expenditures of $500,000 will more 

 nearly represent the potentialities for forest research than current 

 efforts costing $120,000. 



Existing endowed research institutions and arboreta could well 

 contribute another $500,000. 



BY THE FOREST INDUSTRIES 



No program of forest research can be complete, however, without 

 providing for an enlarged contribution from the forest industries. 

 Research is one of the most effective competitive weapons at the 

 disposal of the lumber and other forest industries to hold and to 

 enlarge the consumption of their products. The public cannot and 

 should not be expected to bear the entire burden. An increase to 

 $3, 500,000 in current expenditures of $2,500,000 is not unreasonable. 



Present expenditures for forest research by all agencies and those 

 proposed 10 years hence are therefore: 



THE REQUIRED AGENCY PROGRAMS IN A NATIONAL 



PLAN 



THE ALTERNATIVES 



Both public and private agencies are available for carrying out the 

 activity programs outlined. The way in which these agencies can 

 act may take various forms. The coordination of agency participa- 

 tion and form of action in a national plan leads into a second set of 

 programs some of which are of great magnitude. The main agency 

 form of action alternatives are: 



1. Continued dependence on private ownership to carry the major 

 portion of the national burden. 



2. Primary dependence on private ownership, but using public aid 

 to stimulate the necessary effort. 



3. Primary dependence on private ownership, but requiring the 

 necessary effort through public regulation. 



4. Public assumption of a major part of the job through the 

 ownership and management of the land. 



Private ownership, private ownership stimulated by public aid, 

 and/or by public regulation, and public ownership have all been tried 

 out in the United States and all have made a sufficient contribution 

 to American forestry and are so well established that they must be 



