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1. Realignment of people to the resources and institutions by- 

 relocation of isolated homes to the vicinity of main roads. 



2. Reorganization of local government units and readjustment of 

 public services. 



3. Development of resources, mostly timber resources. 



4. Relating the local resources to local people through employ- 

 ment. 



The realignment of people to resources, roads, and schools, is essential 

 to the better content of living for most families and is a prerequisite to 

 the development of timber resources because of lower costs of public 

 services. The reorganization of local political units and public services 

 is essential before resources can develop in order to avoid the handicap 

 of high taxes. On the other hand, efficiency through reorganization 

 cannot be effective without development of resources and the employ- 

 ment of people on them. 



It would be futile to attempt reorganization and high efficiency of 

 local government without an accompanying program of employment of 

 people in developing resources. Serious maladjustment of people, 

 land, and institutions is the fundamental problem, and the reorganiza- 

 tion of local government alone would in some instances merely pile up 

 the relief load. 



The three measures, realignment of people, reorganization of local 

 government, and the development of resources, do not solve the local 

 people 's problem unless the developing assets in timber can in some way 

 be related to them through employment. 



Feeling deeply the difficult situation facing these communities and 

 the individuals and anticipating the serious social loss in wasted lives 

 and hardship if no adjustments are made, we propose to discuss frankly 

 and in detail the problems involved in realignment of people, in reor- 

 ganization of local governments, and in developing timber resources. 

 At first blush many may not take kindly to either the suggestion of re- 

 alignment of people or the reorganization of local units. But so long 

 s^ these contain the hope and possibilities of raising the content of liv- 

 ing of numerous stranded people such a program may be our best al- 

 ternative. 



Communities and individuals are continually faced with decisions in 

 terms of alternative actions. These communities may have the choice 

 on the one hand of attempting to maintain present locations and local 

 government institutions with a low content of living or on the other 

 hand of changing locations and readjusting local governments, with a 

 better content of living. The former leads to eventual abandonment 

 and the latter gives some promise of the rebuilding of a healthy com- 

 munity. 



We make the adjustment from the old to a new car rather easily. 

 The brighter color, the pride in ownership of the new completely obli- 

 terates the sting from our conscience in junking the old one which has 

 served us long and well. We expect the new one to serve us better, and 

 we have assumed at all times that the old would be outmoded. But 



