XI \\ ( < IMMISSK )\ \ I \\ i JkK 





1 1'. ii. Phil.* 1 lall. S .nth Dakot.i 



I Ion James i .. Sla\den. Tex; 



Mr. Andreu ( arnei;ie. Xew York. 



Prof. Charles k. Van Hise, Wis 

 consin. 



Mr. John Mitchell, Illinois. 



Mr. Jiihn Hay- I lamim >nd, Ma-~a 



chusetts. 



1 )r. Irving Pislu-r. Yale Iniver 

 sity. ( 'onti. 



Dr. I. l". White, State 

 \\ e-t Virginia. 



Mr. Joseph A. IIi ilmej . ' ie< '1- 

 Survey, .secretary . 



KXKCrilVK CUM M 1 I I I 1. 



Mr. (lift'onl 1'incliut. chainnaii. 



I Imi. Theodi ire K. Ilurtmi. 

 Senator Reed Sir.oot. 

 Senator Knute Xelson. 



I 1 mi. Tohn Dalzell. 

 Mr. W. J. McGee. 

 Mr. ( )vertun \\'. Price. 

 Mr. G \V. Woodruff. 

 Mr. |<eph A. Holmes. - 



The meeting' of the Kxecutive Com 

 mittee was held in the office uf the 

 1 nited States Reclamation Service, 

 I ; ederal I '.uildin^, (.'hica^o, at 1^:30 

 p. in., June K;, \i)o8. There was pre- 

 ent uf the Kxecutive ( ': uniiiittee : 

 Messrs. Pinchot. chairman ; Xel-on. 

 ' )al/.ell. r.nrtnii. Sinoot, McGee. and 

 I lolmes ; absent : Messrs. \\' ( .< >druff and 

 I "rice. There were al-o pre-ent 

 Messrs. Flint. Van Ilise. Xcwell. J. I',. 

 White, and Irvine. I )r. McGce acted 

 as -ecretary jim tem. 



After a brief statement "f the pnr- 

 pose of the meeting h\ the chairman. 

 Moctnr ll(.li]irs -n--e-ted Mr. Tlmma- 

 I\. Shipp as -ecretary uf the ( 'oinini-- 

 sion. The -u.^e.sti. m was -up])urted 

 liy MI Xewell. Xelstm, and Me 



Gee; and Mr. Shi]ip \\a nnanimm; 

 elected -ecretary. 



Mr. Ihirtnii pru]i"sed that the chair 

 man and secretary he anthi iri/.eil t.. 

 irre-pmd with < H <\i-r\\< irs n' -tlier 

 uflicials of tli' ral -ta'' .'iiatur 



l-Tint d incurred. 'hat < 



ern; ir- he asked SO t" ' their 



communications .1- to facilitate ref 



i-nce tu ap|r.; | tin- 



Xatii.nal ( '< .jiiiiii--iiMi. After 



siiin, tlu- acti'iii pi 



I'-nrtun and Mint ua- unaniiii. 



a-rei-d tu. 



The chairman SI d the ad\ 



hility i if inviting the ( i. iven the 



-e\eral -tatr-, , <r re]ire-enta: I he 



appointed by tliem, to particij.ate in u 

 - >f the Xational ( Commission, 

 prelerahly after an initial meeting in 

 which the or-ani/ati< m niii,'ht ! 

 fected and a plan fur a rep. ,rt adopted. 

 Tile su^Vsti.,11 was ap]. mved. A: 

 Tuesday. December I iio a. in.) had 

 been -elected for the tir-t -vneral m< 

 in^ of the (.'> iinmi-si. n. the place (] 

 ferably in the I hni-e ' 't'ti.T Building in 

 Wa-hin.uton , to be fixed by the chair- 



n, D. ictor Mi ' f ed either 



December S or December 15 as the time 

 for the proposed joint meeting of the 

 X-itioiial < "oinmi--ion with the Gov- 

 ernors or their repre-eiitative-. After 

 discii-sion. in the cmir-e . .f which it 

 was agreed tliat the Executive t" unmit- 

 tee should have an outline report ready 

 h T di-cn-sj. m at the sessii -n of D 

 her i. it wa- decided without di-- 

 that the chairman should invite the 

 1 iovernors to a joint meeting to be held 

 early in December, at a time and pi 

 to be fixed by him 



Mr. I'.urtoii :ed that the 1 ; .\ 



ccutive ' onimit: :ie lulletin- ..f 



progress tr nn time to time, anno;- 

 in- place- and dates ,,f meeting, rep- 

 JIIL;' any act;, .n taken, and > 

 other information ,,1" -i-rvice to the 



:imi--ion. 1 ' ;, , n wa 



erally a|))>ro\ed and the chairman .. 

 iiistructe i t. , carry it out. 



The chairman announced that the 

 President had i--ued an Pxecut 

 i >r 



-tructini^ them to with the 



Xation. ;ti.,n i 'oinn 



\tter general d;- tion b\ 



Mr I'.nrtoii. it v. ided that in I 



collection of ml .'bain 



an-; -hall 



in behalf . -f th.it - tin- 



data -hai: ;lu- ch 



' 

 :.-nt the dialing; :ncted 



