Locat short-term forest guards—the back- 
bone of the fire-protection organization—a 
fine type of self-reliant skilled woodsman, 
are entitled to longer employment than the 
average 3 months now available to them. 
They are needed on the forests during the 
fire season, when the chances of getting an 
outside job are best, and must then be laid 
off when outside work is scarce. Mean- 
while, forest-improvement work, for which 
these men are well suited, remains undone. 
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Forest guard standing by for directions to fire. 
