Show FOMER GOVERNOR PARDEE MAKES PUBLIC ST STATEMENT A Californian Continues the Warfare I Upon Secretary Ballinger Begun at Spokane los tos Angeles Gal Cat Sept 21 Former Governor George C Pardee of California who returned from San Clemente island tonight in company with Gifford Pinchot chief forester of the United States gave to the As Associated Associated Press a statement regarding the declarations made in the letter of c President Taft to Secretary of the Interior Ballinger exonerating that of official official from charges made by L R E Glavis lavis G chief of the field work of the general land office at Seattle Se Mr air Pardee mid said Having read with gr t interest and care the Presidents Pre indication of ot Secretary Ballinger ar the first thought that suggests s esta itself to me roe mes meis is s 5 t about the only persons who will rejoice over it are those tho e few tew who desire d ire iret ti t r mon to the detriment of ot tho thoman many man power sites coal lands lends and the like Ilk T r noticed particularly the Presidents Pre that in his hia hi Judgment the best friend of ot the policy of conservation con f cf f t natural resources is be he who Insists that every step should be taken within t no law and buttressed by legal author HV It tv V I take it that this is not Intended us 3 a 3 reflection on the official acts act of ot off f rS fo finer rID President Roosevelt and former So rotary tary Garfield who withdrew from nty public nubile lands which Secretary Bal Balling ling r afterward restored to entry on OR the ground I am Informed that there was wasI I rn specific law Jaw for Gar fields action At th the Irrigation congress I read a copy of ot a letter approved by Secretary Ballinger thus making It his act direct directIng dIrectIng Ing lug that over acres of ot land previously previously withdrawn by b Garfield to save sao power sites from beIng belne grabbed should be restored to entry And this was but butone butone butone one of the several orders approved by Secretary Ballinger The President men mentions mentions mentions but one order of ot Ballingers ing to entry only acres He says atop also that Secretary Ballinger made this order of ot restoration upon the recommendation dation of ot the reclamation service I have seen documentary evidence that the reclamation service argued sev several several several eral times with Secretary Ballinger against the restoration order of ot which the President speaks s and that It reluctantly made the recommendation r referred to by the President Pre only after atter having been repeatedly and presumptuously or 01 dered tiered by Secretary Ballinger to do so i fF k kj t j y j s W M S v k S a ak I k j t w 3 f 4 ti 2 1 3 to r rJOSEPH JOSEPH JOSEFH H YOUNG YOUNGSon YOUNGSon YOUNGSon Son of le Grand Young of Salt lake Who likely Will WillBe Be Advanced to Assistant As Assistant Assistant General Manager of the Southern Pacific |