Show I I I MAN STill ANGRY Gifford Pinchot Calls in Ques Question Question Question tion the Acts of George P McCabe While Acting as the Chief of the Forest Bureau ALLEGES A SECRET ATTACK ON SERVICE Abolishment of the System of Training Forest Rangers at Jt Government Expense Cited as a Particular Instance I ADDRESS TO ARTS CLUB New York Feb 10 Gifford Pin Pill Pinchot Pinchot chot chat deposed chief forester of the United States but still loyal Joyal to his policies as u s president of the National Conservation committee defended rangers of the Hie forest service evice in a speech before the National Arts club ill in New York tonight Mr Ir Pinchot bitterly assailed the action of George Georga GeorgeP I P Ph McCabe solicitor of oC the depart department ment who as temporary chief after dismissal took action to abolish the collegiate training of for foresters foresters foresters esters at government expense fl js action Mr lr described at as 11 i 1 secret attack on un the service i s of the th law a method so effectively t u uby i iby 1 by special Interests against the p peps jJ 4 and anel a cruel and needless loss He said raid in part partI I am am as proud of ot the sen ser and its men as I ever eer was wan all and I vent t lIt i ito u uto uto to think that it has baa proved the ahl its ideal idal bv b its achievements and t u enemies it has made Now Xo let me give gie you 01 the best HuM a atlon tion I have seen n in recent years of Ii I Ia a 11 public officer offic f under pretext of obe oh i tree enee to the law may ma traffic with it au abuse It to the public injury 5 Charge Against McCabe Upon my Icy dismissal the tIme solicitor of fir 9 t department of P i i Cabe pending the arrival of another fleer from the field was made a ai t I forester fort for three or four days It pears that he learned then of the th rani n schools at the tIme four state universities I sent telegrams to the disbursing offu offin i 10 In the time field to pay PRo no expense 8 conn connet t 1 I with them These The e telegrams telegram were K kert f c I secret ert from croni ever every member of the set BPI a s ain sin in in Washington except eJ pt the th r rw 1 w who ho wrote rote them With equal concealment from rein all t tJ I men in the th forest service a Ii letter It v i prepared and sent to the asking for a speedy ed advance decision 5 j to the legality of the ranger schools T Ti 11 i letter Jetter was clearly intended and was aaa a framed as to secure a decision agal agaP a aj the schools and it was successful in ining d i jag ing so S Facts Net Not Stated r This letter is a misrepresentation v e cause raue it omits to state slate the central o and incontrovertible facts fatt First That the forest m mi nut L t have trained rangers range Second That it can ean get them only hy h Continued on Page Ten DEPOSED MAN MA STILL STILL ANGRY Continued from Page One ice training them then after ater they enter the ser It I follows that the training of the rangers by the service senie is necessary clear ly is and undeniably for time the administration protection and improvement of the na national national tonal forests forest Being Bing necessary for that purpose pur it i falls fals well wel within the thc terms of the ful ful agricultural bill bi and is therefore law Consider now no the situation under which this decision of the comptroller was wa obtained The solicitor of the depart department department ment of agriculture is the off officer leer charged charge with wih promoting the welfare of oC the de department department department and all al its bureaus on the legal side Both as solicitor and acting for forester forster forester ester ster he was in honor and in duty bound to forward the work of the forest service by every lawful means mens at his command By B his official position he lie was its is coun counsel sel sl ad and advocate Yet he h made no at attempt attempt attempt tempt to assist the time service in this matter mater Secret Attack Atack Alleged On the contrary contraT he 0 led the th secret ecret crt at attack attack tack upon it i and used us an anxious and ant successful care that no attempt to defend defendis its is course cours should be b made by any an other milan man The he men of the forest service erl were first informed that the legality of their work was in question only after adverse judgment had been Ien rendered without giving givIng ing lag them any hearing bearing haring whatsoever I am ala not concerned with the motive I behind this indefensible sacrifice of time the tle public welfare el fa re It I is a typical illustration of t a certain way wa to obey 00 the law Of OC course it is not obedience to the law 11 at atall atal atall all al but the prostitution of the time law It I is the method metho so s effectively used by h the special interests against the people popl and andI there ther Is nothing to be b said sid in Its It favor I The whole hole proceeding is not seen sn in its true light until we realize its is effect effet I Ion on nearly tarl J of the th best young oung men in inthe inthe the forest service who ho were officially ordered to those schools for instruction These hes rangers rn er are arc art poor pr men working for Cor Corto 1900 to 1300 13 a year tar and they need neel their thir pay py Yet they will wi lose los not only their thi pay pa for fol the time they thy attended these the schools but the th money already advanced out of their own pockets for traveling and other expenses Loyalty of Rangers It I is a cruel and needless Idles loss los If I the spirit of the time forest service and especial especially espial ly of the rangers were less admirable the harm done to the national forests forets by bythe bythe bythe the decision so obtained would be b meal incalculable At best bt it will wi be b nearly near as far reaching as it i is needless and ant that is saying a great gat deal But the fine loyalty of these rangers rangErs to their work is shown by the fact that about abut half of them have stayed on at the th ranger rn r schools at their theiron own on expense ns the th better beter to learn their public duties tul Their devotion in doing doin so sois f sois is worthy worth of all aU praise but hut I do not be believe b here lieve the people ppl of the United States State can afford to let that devotion stand by anything more than the promotion these thes men have already alread earned earne by b the quality of their work ork It I would be b bad had enough if this gratuitous gratuitous itous check chek to the time improvement of the public service were pre nothing more than a rebuke to the higher offices of the th service service r ice who were responsible for the te ranger schools They were er doing doln their duty as they th saw it i But when the weight of it falls fals as it I does dos upon the men who can least afford to carry carT It I who simply obeyed orders order its it disregard of ordinary humanity becomes boms Its is most striking characteristic It I would be b hard to find fn a better or a amore amore amore more bitter illustration of oC the ue use U of the law Jaw as a cover oer for not doing what a pub public I lie lic lc officer has a right to do and an what the public interests demand deland that he ha shall shaH do doI I submit the th two to points of view to your judgment and abide by b your decision I Untrue Says McCabe Washington ashington Feb 9 Absolutely un untrue untrue true tre is II the th manner in I which George P McCabe solicitor for the department of agriculture characterized characterised the charge harge made by y Mr Ir Pinchot that McCabe had bad shut hut off the instruction of forest foret rangers without consulting any anyone one in the forest service i Bele j i i t S t f SuCh fl expenditure was not i legally ii lr Mr lr McCabe said sid he hl brought rought the matter to the attention of the chiefs of the various arlous divisions of the service They Thy declared delare the practice was being bing followed After a discussion of the matter mater con eon continued Mr McCabe I was wa convinced that the time government funds should not be b used us in that way wa and accordingly I took up UI the matter mater with th Secretary Wilson Wilfon Ion at the tune time telegraphing to the disbursing officer in the field to withhold further payments mel on the education account until time the matter mater could be determined determine Secretary Wilson suggested that tl t the th affair be he lodged with the comptroller of the treasury and this was done Ills His I il ruling was according to the law stripped of sentiment When hen it was wa received the th abolition of ot education of or government em at government expense followed Mr McCabe declared he had acted only as a an officer of the government in pur per pursuance suanee of his hl duty |