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Show States \ May l\Iay l Iay Get Public Domain Domal11 . One of the first jobs of the reorgan reorgan- reorgan.ized reorganIzed reorganized - - ized .ized . Democratic-controlled Democratic controlled - public publ1c pubhc lands landscommittee landscommittee landscommittee committee . of the U S senate will be beto beto beto to consider in m a serious way the trans trans- transfer trans- trans transfer transfer - - fer of the public pubhc domain to the west west- western westem western - . em ern states , according to reports from from'I fromWashington fromWashington ' Washington Senator Kendrick of ofWyoming ofWyoming ofWyoming 'I I 'IWashington Wyoming , chairman of the committee committeewill , WIll within a short time re-introduce re introduce re-mtroduce mtroduce - a abl1l abill abill bl1l bill providing for federal withdrawal withdrawalfrom withdrawalI withdrawalfrom I from the western states The measure measurecalls measurecalls measurecalls calls for turning turmng over mineral rIghts rightsas as well as the surface Kendrick's Kendricks ' bill billwould billwould billwould would permit any of the public land landstates landstates landstates states to acquire the acreage wIthin wIthinits withinits withinits its boundaries , by legislative actIon actionregardless , regardles.s regardless . of whether the other sta.tes states sta.teswant stateswant stateswant . want to take over their land There Theremay Theremay Theremay may be considerable opposition to the themeasure themeasure themeasure measure , but western congressmen congressmenare are hopeful of putting it through after aftermore aftermore aftermore more urgent matters have been at- at attended attended at attended - tended to by congress |