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further decided to send letters to all Minnesota representatives, as well 
as to the Secretary of Agriculture and the U. S. Forest Service, stating 
that we heartily approved the attempt of the Federal Horticultural 
Board to eradicate the White Pine Blister Rust, and urging the im- 
portance of passing H. R. No. 9802, if action had not already been 
taken. 
Similar conferences wore held at intervals during the summer. 
On June 20th, realizing that we were confronted with an emergency 
that we could not meet wdth the funds normally at our dis]Dosal, a 
committee consisting of Dean Woods, Dr. Freeman, State Forester 
Fig. 3. A I'ortioii of our white i)ine blister camp on the St. Croix. Pines are more 
numerous in the locality than the i)icture indicates. P>artelt photo. 
Cox, R. G. Pierce of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry, and the 
State Entomologist, appeared before your Excellency, stating the 
existing conditions and asked for an emergency appropriation of 
$1,000.00 for the use of the Entomologist to enable us to carry on the 
work of survey and eradication. This request was granted by yourself 
and the other authorized officials. Your committee’s resolutions at 
the time contained an intimation that if necessary more funds w^ould 
be made available. The resolutions, which are here given in full, con- 
tained also the opinion of the committee that owmers of trees and 
shrubs (nursery ow-ners particularly referred to) wdm lose same thru 
necessary destruction should be reimbursed upon the basis of a proper 
appraisement of their value by a committee appointed for the purpose. 
