Select Committee on Reforestation of U. S. Senate Meet at San Francisco

The Select Committee on Reforestation of the United States Senate, which included Senator Charles L. IV[cNary, of Oregon, as chairman; Senator Geo'rge M. Moses, of New Hampshire; Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida; and Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi; assembled at the St. Frances Hotel, San Francisco. Accompanying the committee, which has already covered the Southern, Southeastern, and Lake States iegions of the United States are Colonel W. B. Greeley, United Startes Forester, and E. P. Allen, publicity representative of the National Lumber Manufacturers Associ'ation, both of Washington, D. C., W. E. Hill is a member of the party and is acting as secretary to thq committee. Senator W. E. Couzens, of Michigan, the fifth member of the committee, was not present at the meeting as he is now visiting Euro,pe.

The party left for Yosemite Park by automobile on September 3, arriving at Wawona./at dinner time, where they spent the night at the Hotel Wawon,a. On September 4, the morning was spent in inspecting the loggingbperations of the Madera Sugar Pine Company near Sugar Pine, while the afternoon was spent in viewing the Mariposa Big Trees, thence continuing their trip to Yosemite Valley by automobile. The return trip to San Fran,cisco was m.ade \on Septem'ber 5 by automobile.

On September 6, the Senate Committee, convened in the Chamber of Commerce assembly rooms in the Merchant's Exchange Building. Preservation of the na,tion's remain- inglforests is the chief work of the committee and the following subjects have so far absorbed their attention; the protection of timbered and cut-over areas from fire; the practical adjustment of taxes on cut-over and lsecond growth forest lands; the extent to which more forest lands, particularly denuded areas, should be put under fpublic owner-ship; and to what extent timber can be grown as a commercial enterprise. For over five hours )the committeemen heard the various forest problems of the state of Cali-

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fornia, both from a practical and theoretical lstandpoint, thoroughly discussed by the lum,bermen of the state. Those who spoke before the committee were George D. Oliver,'general manager of the lumber department of the Hobart Estate Company, and chairman of the Forestry Committee of the California White and Sugar Pine Association; Paul G. Reddington, United States District !Forester, whose jurisdiction includes the state of California; a We are in a porition to \/ quote on a limited amount (/^ of cutting bueincss for Gt prompt delivcry.

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Major David T. Mason, of Portland, Orefon, consulting forester, who',has supervision of the reforestation work being carried'on by the redwood manufacturers; Donald McDonald, of the P'acific Lumber Company; E. S. Pillsbury; C. R. Johnson, of the lUnion Lumber Company; Francis Cuttle, president of the Riverside Water Company; J. F. Kimball,'manager of the Klamath Falls (Oregon)JProtective Association; Walter Mulford, head of the Forestry Department of the University of California; F. B. Hutchins, represen.ting the California Fruit Growers; Colonel Gilmore, air ofticer of the Ninth Corps tArea, U. S. A. ; and John B. Mazfield, representing the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

The party left for the Northwest on Thursday evening, Sept 7, where hearings will be held at fPortland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.