Show defends its recommendation washington agton april 6 the govern ment forestry edria commission mission had a licari acar i ing before secretary of the interior bliss today at which they went over the whole forestry question and explained their reasons for advocating the reservation of timber land made by president Clev elands proclamation on the ad of at february the full personnel of the commission was present a as follows prof C S 1 sargent of harvard university chairman gen 11 II ij abbott united stat stater engine engineer or corps prof IV II if brewer of yale university alex agassiz gifford Pinc hotl and arnold lingua C commissioner lioner hermann of the general land office end and director walcott of the geo logical survey also alho were there senator wilson of washington and senator shoup of idaho represented the western opposition to the reservations the meeting was wa behind closed doors chairman sargent review ed cd the investigation ti of the commission last summer he was emphatic in declaring that there was no need of modification of the proclamation tle the commission was divided however as to the advisability of making any changes and several of the members coned conceded ded that some changes or exceptions might and should be made |