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Southeast Alaska are very anxious to be heard on this issue. I hope 1 6 



that before acting on any legislative proposal, this Committee will 

 review the record that is to be made very carefully and with 

 compassion for the people who live and work in the Tongass National 

 Forest. 



Mr. Chairman, I ask that my statement be inserted in the record as if 

 read. 



Mr. Chairman, an excellent article by Rollo Pool about the Tongass 

 National Forest was recently published in the new publication "Our 

 Land" — I ask that it be inserted in the record following my 

 statement. 



