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Show PINCHOT'S SUCCESSOR. Henry S. Graves, Known As a Pinchot Man, Is Chosen. Washington. President Taft has appointed Henry S. Graves, director of the Yale Forest school, as forester of the United Stales, to succeed Gif-ford Gif-ford Pinchot. He also appointed Albert Al-bert F. Potter, at present acting forester, for-ester, as associate forester. The new forester and his associate are now both known as Pinchot men. Both have served under Mr. Pinchot and both are in sympathy with his policy of administration. It was largely large-ly through Mr. Pinchot's efforts that the Yale forest school was established, estab-lished, and Mr. Graves went from the post of assistant chief of the division of forestry under Mr. Pinchot to become be-come director of tne school in 1900. He had served in the forestry division for two years. Mr. Potter, now associate forester, who succeeds Overton W. Price, is a native of California, and had spent all his life in the west until he became be-came a member of the forestry staff nine years ago. |