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MR. BOOKW ALTER: It is not our desire nor purpose to draw out 

 this program to a tedious length, but I think that even though you have the 

 opportunity of hearing from him tomorrow, that we would like to have 

 just a few words from him now. He is the man whom I consider to be 

 the most useful citizen of this capital of Indiana, a man who has always 

 unselfishly worked for the betterment of his home town. It is to me a great 

 personal pleasure to present to you for just a few remarks, Mr. Richard 

 Lieber, of this city. (Applause) 



MR. LIEBER: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, this evening I was so 

 happy as I sat here quietly in the background and listened to the papers 

 that have been given. I have been thinking of the times that I have had to 

 sit up there at the speakers' table waiting for my turn to come, and wait- 

 ing to get out of my system the paper I had been asked to give and now 

 our toastmaster asks me to speak. I hope this is as far as we will go. 



I am reminded of a little incident which I witnessed when I was a 

 young man living in England. It had been raining for several days when 

 one night it turned cold very suddenly. The next morning the streets were 

 extremely slippery, a serious matter because of the hilly country. As I 

 was watching, an old gentleman from across the street started out very 

 carefully, picking his way along on icy pavement. He was getting along 

 very nicely until a young person came out, paying no attention to the 

 change and started down the hill just behind the old man. Very suddenly 

 she slipped and the next I knew they were both rolling down the hill 

 together and when they reached the bottom, she was found sitting on 

 top of the old gentleman. He said, "I beg your pardon, madam, but I 

 presume you will have to get off; this is as far as we go." (Laughter and 

 applause) 



MR. BOOKW ALTER: Well, Mr. Lieber, this is as far as we will go 

 tonight. 



ADJOURNMENT. 



THURSDAY MORNING SESSION 



The meeting was called to order at 9:30 A. M. with Senator Guthrie 

 presiding. 



THE CHAIRMAN : It is far past the hour at which we were scheduled 

 to begin this morning, so I think we had better come to order. We have 

 a lot of work to be done this morning. I am going to ask all of you to 

 take particular notice of Mr. William's paper and I hope you will be able 

 to remember the points he makes. I take it that we had better go right 

 through with the program and carry it out as it is. We will first hear 

 from Dr. C. E. Thome, Director of Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 (Applause) 



MR. SECREST : I regret that Mr. Thorne could not attend the confer- 

 ence and present this subject to you. It was impossible, however, for him 

 to be here, and he has requested me to present to you an outline of what 

 we think should constitute our program of forestry for Ohio. 



The maintenance of the forests concerns the public interests as well as 

 those of individuals who are directly dependent in some manner upon 



