Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1956
Pages 1-6
Interior 'Sympathizes' With Measure
Turning Over Forests, Grazing Lands
Br A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Corrpondont
Washington The Interior
Department ha informed Con
res that it is in "sympathy
with the ob
j e c t i v e s"
o f legislation
d e i i g ned to
turn over fed
eral forests and
grazing lands
to local private
interests or the
states. Inter
ior's views
was expressed
by Assistant Secretary for Pub
lic Land Management, Wesley
A. IXEwart, in a report on a
bill being advocated by the lum
ber industry which would set up
machinery for disposal of fed
eral lands state by state.
D'Ewart said Interior could
not recommend congressional ap
proval of the bill, S. 3444, "in
the form in which it was intro
duced, despite our sympathy
with the obectives which led to
its introduction."
In the form in which it was
introduced, the bill would call
for creation by the President of
federal-state land study commis
sions in every state which asked
for one. Each commission would
make a study of government and
private forest and grazing hold
ings in the state and report rec
ommendations for changes to the
President.
Would Prepar Plan
The President, under the bill,
would then be compelled to "pre
pare a plan for the disposal of
the lands recommended for dis
posal" which would involve sales
to the highest bidder. In drafting
this plan, the President would
b directed to "provide that,
so far as practicable, such lands
shall be disposed of in tracts
of such size and number and
under such terms and conditions
as will best serve the purposes we are opposed to any legislation
ox uie leaerai
government, ine
state, and the general public,
taking into consideration the
predominant land needs, if such
exist, of present land owners in
the vicinity of such lands and
the need of potential purchasers
for a long-term, low-interest rate
purchase program to enable them
to purchase such lands."
The land disposal plan would
go into effect 60 days after being
announced, unless Congress dur
ing that period took action to
block it. The bill would exclude
from disposal all "national parks,
monuments, recreation areas,
military parks and battlefields
and similar national shrines,
wildlife reservations or wilder
ness and similar areas."
OicC Lands Covarsd
The most valuable lands cov
ered by the bill are the national
forests and Oregon's O&C tim
berlands. The U.S. Forest Service has
come out strongly against the
bill, which was introduced by
Sen. Russell Long (D-La.). The
Forest Service said the bill
"might result in disposal of sub
stantial portions of the national
forests . . . (whose) establishment
was the first major conservation
action of the federal govern
ment. It was largely because of
this action that conservation of
our natural resources first be
came a widely accepted public
goal and a major element of
national policy. Enactment of
such anti-conservation legisla
tion would be contrary to the
policies of this department . . .
THEY WERE WRONG
New Britain. Conn. (U.R)
Electrician Cornelius J. Lynch
retired from the Connecticut
Light and Power Co.. 35 years
after he was felled by a high
voltage line and pronounced
dead by three doctors.
which might result in possible
large-scale breaking up of the
national forest system."
The Forest Service also ques
tioned the constitutionality of
the bill, inasmuch as it "would
require the President to follow
a commission's recommenda
tion." Budget Bureau Opposed
The Budget Bureau also came
out unqualifiedly against the bill,
saying separate commissions for
each state would "prevent ob
jective consideration of compet
ing interstate, regional or na
tional interests." It pointed out
that the President's commission
on government reorganization
proposed a single committee to
make a study of all federal rural
lands ad laws affecting them.
Interior's view, said D'Ewart,
was that this particular bill
"might lead to widely divergent
patterns of disposal in a field in
which consistency and uniform
ity are desirable."
"The basic principle apparent
ly underlying this legislation,
namely; the belief that land
should not be retained in owner
ship by the federal government
when it would be more effec
tively managed in the public in
terest by other hands, is one with
which we are in accord," ex
plained D'Ewart.
D'Ewart said Interior could
not endorse Long's bill because
it thought "a commission to
study the problem of federally
owned lands should be limited in
its functions to the making of
studies; its recommendations
should be merely recommenda
tions, and not have the almost
binding effect provided in
S.3444. Furthermore, a commis
si6n of this sort should be given
an opportunity to study prob
lems on a national basis and not
be limited to1 one state. These
are the two objections which go
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Resolution Pledges Efforts
The National Lumber Manu
facturers Association announced
its advocacy of Long's bill in its
directors meeting several weeks
ago in Seattle. They passed a
resolution pledging the organiza
tion's "best efforts" to put the
bill through Congress. It called
on the support of "all organiza
tions and individuals believing
in private ownership and com
petitive enterprise."
No hearings have yet been
called for by the Senate Interior
Committee, where the bill has
been since it was introduced
three months ago. With Con
gress heading toward a mid
July adournment, it is doubtful
any final action will be taken
on it this session.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Washington President Eisenhower on the death of Fleet Adm.
Ernest J. King:
"The nation has lost a great American and an outstanding na
val officer."
Washington Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, chief of naral operations,
en the death of King:
"He will emerge as one of the outstanding military figures of
our time."
London Former President Truman on dictators:
"There is no difference among totalitarians whether they are
Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin or Khrushchev." -
Atlantic City, N.J. Got. Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut on
Gov. Averell Harriman's bid for the Democratic presidential nomi
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Atlantic City, N.J. Gov. A. B. Chandler of Kentucky on the
Democratic national nomination: ' - .
"I'm a favorite son candidate that would become serious if he
had the opportunity."
Commission Proposes New Water Contract
Central Point The Medford
Water commission presented a
new proposal for a water con
tract for the city of Central
Point at a meeting last Wednes
day, t
The new schedule, which
would provide that the charges
be based on a miximum demand
for water, would lower the cost
of water to Central Point by
.5 per cent if water used equals
that used during 1955. Under
the proposed method the city
would be treated as a single
eight-inch connection.
Negotiations on the new wa
ter contract have been under
way since last winter when the
previous contract expired. .
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