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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



charge of the bill for the majority of 

 the committee on agriculture. Those 

 who spoke in favor of the bill, in addi- 

 tion to those who have already been 

 mentioned, were: Mr. Currier of New 

 Hampshire, Mr. Guernsey of Maine, 

 Mr. Small of North Carolina, Mr. Bur- 

 nett of Alabama, Mr. McCall of Massa- 

 chusetts, Mr. Austin of Tennessee, Mr. 

 Keliher of Massachusetts, Mr. Thomas 

 of North Carolina, Mr. Cole of Ohio, 

 Mr. Tilson of Connecticut, Mr. Tirrell 

 of Massachusetts, Mr. Gillett of Massa- 

 chusetts, Mr. Fordney of Michigan, 

 Mr. Mann of Illinois, Mr. Keifer of 

 Ohio, Mr. Saunclers of Virginia, and 

 Mr. Davis of Minnesota. 



It was late in the evening when de- 

 bate ended and voting began. Mr. 

 Rucker of Missouri, tenacious in his 

 hopeless attempt at delay, moved to 

 recommit the bill to the committee, and 



a roll call had to be taken on this r 

 tion, which was defeated by a vote 

 112 yeas to 131 nays, with sevent 

 present and 129 not voting. 



It was midnight when the final 

 call on the passage of the bill ended ; 

 the result was declared, the bill hav 

 passed the House by 130 to in. 

 had been a strong and courageous fi^ 

 in the face of odds and of the IT 

 determined opposition. At the sa 

 time, it detracts in no respect from 

 work done by members in the Ho 



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to say that they would never have d 

 it except in response to the vigor 

 expression of a widespread public 

 mand for the passage of some meas 

 that would make it possible to check 

 destruction of the forests of the . 

 palachian system, north and south, 

 vote is given below in detail, with 

 analysis : 



THE ROLL CALL 



The vote on the Weeks Bill in the House of Representatives, June 24, i< 

 was as follows (this is a direct transcript from the Congressional Record): 



YEAS 130 



Ames 



Austin 



Anthony 



Bell, Ga. 



Bennett, N. Y. 



Bingham 



Borland 



Boutell 



Burke, S. Dak. 



Burleigh 



Burnett 



Byrns 



Calder 



Gary 



Cocks, N. Y. 



Cole 



Conry 



Cooper, Wis. 



Coudrey 



Covington 



Craig 



Currier 



Davidson 



Davis 



Denby 



Dodds 



Driscoll, D. A. 



Durey 



Ellerbee 



Esch 



Estopinal 



Finley 



Fish 



Fordney 



Fornes 



Foss, 111. 



Foss, Mass. 



Foster, Vt. 



Foulkrod 



Gaines 



Gallagher 



Gardner, Mass. 



Gardner, N. J. 



Gill, Md. 



Gill, Mo. 



Gillett 



Graff 



Graham, 111. 



Grant 



Greene 



Griest 



Guernsey 



Hamilton 



Havens 



Heald 



Heflin 



Higgins 



Hill 



Hitchcock 



Hubbard, W. Va. 



Hughes, N. J. 



Hull, Tenn. 



Johnson, S. C. 



Keifer 



Keliher 



Kinkaid, Nebr. 



Kinkead, N. J. 



Kustermann 



Lamb 



Law 



Lawrence 



Lenroot 



Lever 



Loud 



Loudenslager 



Lundin 



McCall 



McDermott 



McKinney 



McLachlan, Cal. 



McLaughlin, Mich. 



Madison 



Maguire, Nebr. 



Mann 



Maynard 



Moon, Tenn. 



Morehead 



Morgan, Mo. 



Morgan, Okla. 



Murdock 



Needham 



Nelson 



Nicholls 



Norris 



O'Connell 



Olcott 



Padgett 



Palmer, A. M, 



Plumley 



Poindexter 



Pou 



Pratt 



Rainey 



Ransdell, La. 



Reynolds 



Roberts 



Robinson 



Rodenberg 



Saunders 



Sharp 



Sheffield 



Slemp 



Small 



Sterling 



Sturgiss 



Sulloway 



