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"(2) Authority for effective co-operation with States 

 in growing and distributing young forest trees for plant- 

 ing. 



"(3) Broader provision for extending National For- 

 ests through 



ber Manufacturers' Association; Alfred Gaskill, State 

 forester, of New Jersey ; Ray A. Danaher, president of 

 the Sugar Pine Association of California ; J. W. Toumey, 

 Dean of the Yale Forestry School ; H. C. Campbell, edi- 

 tor of the Mil- 



purchases o f 

 private lands. 



"(4) Provi- 

 sions for clas- 

 s i f y i n g all 

 lands remain- 

 ing in public 

 ownership or 

 control and for 

 i n corporating 

 in N a t i nal 

 Forests areas 

 found to be 

 valuable chief- 

 ly for thegrow- 

 ing of timber 

 or the protec- 

 tion ot water 

 sources. This 

 should apply 

 to the remain- 

 ing public do- 

 main and to 

 lands in Indian 

 r e s e rvations, 

 with provision 

 for equitable 

 liquidation o f 

 Indian prop- 

 erty rights in 

 such lands. By 

 this means 

 alone 8,000,000 

 acres of forest 

 land can ulti- 

 m a t e 1 y be 

 placed with- 

 in N a t i o n a 1 

 Forests and its 

 permanent pro- 

 ductivity as- 



WHAT'S THE IDEA? SHE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY 

 DOWN ON THE FARM, WASN'T SHE? 



assured." The Committee on Agriculture gave five days 

 to the hearings and heard a number of witnesses, those 

 favoring the bill being introduced by Congressman Snell. 

 Among them were George S. Long, of the National Lum- 



waukee Jour- 

 nal ; W. A; 

 Babbitt, of the 

 Association of 

 Wood Using 

 Industries ; E. 

 A. S h e r m an. 

 Associate 

 United States 

 Forester ; W. 

 L. Hall, secre- 

 tary of the 

 Central States 

 Forestry 

 League; Philip 

 W. Ayres, f^Tr 

 ester for the 

 Society for the 

 Protection of 

 New Hamp- 

 shire Forests; 

 Elbert H. Bak- 

 er, of the 

 Cleveland Plain 

 Dealer ; Geo. 

 Sisson, of the 

 American 

 Paper and Pulp 

 A s s o ciation ; 

 E. T. Allen, of 

 the Western 

 Forestry and 

 Con servation 

 Associatian;R. 

 S. Kellogg, 

 chairman o f 

 the National 

 Forest Policy 

 Committee, and 

 Charles 

 Lathrop Pack, 

 president of the American Forestry Association. Gifford 

 Pinchot appeared with others in opposition to the bill. 

 The committee is expected to make a report on the 

 bill within the next few weeks. 





Darling in the Portland (Maine) Press-Herald. 



THE COUNTRY HAS GONE DRY BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE 

 FORESTS FURNISH FUTURE HOMES DON'T BURN THEM 



