THE FOREST situation requires public coop- 
eration, Federal and State, to aid private 
owners in such things as forest protection, 
research, forest extension, reforestation, 
forest credits, more equitable taxation, es- 
tablishing cooperatives, etc. The primary 
purposes of public cooperation are to help 
overcome obstacles and to stimulate private 
action. 
But reasonable public controls are also 
needed to insure cooperation of private 
owners sufficient to stop deterioration and 
destruction of the resource, to keep the 
lands reasonably productive, and to safe- 
guard the public interest and public invest- 
ments in forest lands. 
The situation also calls for community, 
State, and Federal acquisition of problem 
areas, improved administration of national 
forests, and an adequate forest-research 
program to serve the consuming public and 
all forest landowners and users. 
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UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
WASHINGTON: 1941 
16—20261 
