presented a proposal in the 
journal American Forests 
that called for a program of 
Federal— State cooperation 
to deal with the problems of 
reforestation and fire control. 
He also called for Federal 
purchase of cutover lands 
and a census of timber 
supplies (Kellogg 1919, 
Peirce and Stahl 1964). 
Interestingly, industry’s 
position during this period 
called for increases in the 
national forests, especially 
through purchase of cutover 
lands. In the main, industry 
leaders felt that there was a 
public responsibility to 
provide fire protection and 
assist in the reforestation of 
cutover lands. There was 
also considerable concern 
that the tax systems of the 
States as well as the Federal 
Government tended to 
discourage the practice of 
forestry (Peirce and Stahl 
1964, Zimmerman 1976). 
In 1920, Graves was replaced 
as Chief of the Forest Service 
by William Greeley, who took 
up where Graves left off. 
Greeley had long been a 
proponent of greater 
cooperation with the States, 
and Federal assistance to 
both State and private 
landowners. He emphasized 
the need for fire protection 
on all forest lands. Greeley 
developed good working 
relations with forest industry, 
close cooperation which 
later was fruitful in developing 
and supporting the 
Clarke-McNary legislation 
(Peirce and Stahl 1964). 
The debate over a national 
forest policy became more 
heated over the next several 
years, though Pinchot’s 
involvement in the 1922 
Governor's race in 
Pennsylvania diminished his 
activity and leadership of the 
proponents of Federal 
regulation. As previously 
mentioned, Greeley called a 
meeting of the State Foresters 
in 1920 to argue for his 
proposal and the cooperation 
of the States (Peirce and 
Stahl 1964). 
The Pinchot Report prompted 
Senator Arthur Capper, of 
Kansas, to introduce a Senate 
resolution calling for the 
Forest Service to investigate 
the forest situation. The 
forthcoming “Capper Report" 
presented the Forest Service 
position that the Federal, 
State, and private sectors 
should cooperate to improve 
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