Show Wallace Vallace Urges State To Confer On Relief Program The department of Agriculture announced today that it is ready to go ahead immediately with its part of President Roosevelt's program pro gram for unemployment relief prO prO-I through the performance of useful useful useful use use- ful public forest and soil saving I work I Work contemplated on the national national national na na- na- na forest forest- will be in line with existing term long-term plans for the I development and protection of of the forest resources and hence will not include any made work in intended intended intended in- in tended merely to keep men busy The plan will mean a vast speed speed- up ing-up of an established national forest improvement program The forestry work will include control of tree disease and insects The act authorizing the unemployment unemployment unemployment relief program provides j I for work on State-owned State forest lands as well as on Federally Federally- owned Early arrangements it is I expected will be made with the the I I states to put the program In oper oper- Telegrams to the governors of the 48 states were sent by secretary secretary sec eec of agriculture Wallace Vallace today today to to- day inviting them to send their state foresters or other representatives representatives representatives to a conference in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington April 6 G on plans for the I execution of the program on state lands I As amended the act also provides provides provides pro pro- vides for extension of forest work to privately owned lands under cooperative arrangements to be bebe bebe bebe be made by the Federal government government government govern govern- ment with states This will allow allowa a Do larger proportion of the work to be carried on in states east of of the Mississippi where wh re only small proportions of the total area of National Forests are located and the area of state forests forests forests' is I limit limit- ed Work Worl on forest lands in private private private vate ownership it is pointed out I will will be limited to the classes of I projects already authorized by congress which are clearly in the public interest rather than chiefly chiefly chiefly chief chief- I ly beneficial to the landowner Such projects include protection from fire Insect control and er erad ld of tree diseases Estimates of work on National Forest lands include the construction construction construe construe- tion of lo lookout kout houses towers and observatories telephone lines fire firebreaks firebreaks firebreaks breaks range fences fire protection I tion truck and horse trails emergency I ency landing fields for fire control planes reduction of fire hazards timber stand improvement by eradication of major infestations infestations infestations in in- of insects and tree diseases dis dis- dis eases and other type of work needed eed d to improve improve the National Forest properties or their ties Due to lack of available planting stock forest planting will necessarily be limited this season Chief Forester R. R Y Stuart has called a meeting of the nine regional regional regional reg reg- ional foresters for April 3 to perfect perfect per per- feet details for putting the pro pro- I gram In operation on the National Forests The decentralized and flexible organization of the Forest Forest Forest For For- est Service will aid it in putting the program into effect in putting mini mini- I mu The Services Service's facilities facilities ties for adapting itself suddenly to demands of of fire and other emergency jobs requiring quid quick organization and supervision o of large bodies of men have been highly developed over a period of years |