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Show THE BLOODLESS WAR IS OVER President Taft Declares He Never at Any Time Intended to Reflect Upon Pinchot. Salt Lake City. The bitter controversy contro-versy between Mr.' Ballinger and Chief Pinchot has in all probability come to an end. As a result of several sev-eral long conferences with Chief Fos-ester Fos-ester Gifford Pinchot here Saturday, President Taft caused to be issued a statement in which it is declared that never at any time during the Ballin-ger-Pinchot controversy has the president presi-dent intended to reflect upon Mr. Pinchot, Pin-chot, and in which Mr. Taft takes a more forward stand than ever in favor of the Roosevelt policies of conservation con-servation of natural resources. The president indicates that what is to be done in the way of reclaiming reclaim-ing arid lands, must be done, within the law, but he announces his intention inten-tion of applying to congress for such confirmatory and enabling legislaton as will put the Roosevelt policies on the firmest possible basis. Mr. Pinchot, before leaving for Washington, also issued a statement in which he makes public a portion of President Taft's letter written to the chief forester at the time the letter to Secretary Ballinger was dictated. The president said he hoped Mr. Pinchot Pin-chot would not find reason in the Ballinger Bal-linger letter for resigning. "I shall not resign," declares Mr. chot, and he adds that he is going to continue to serve the government along the same line he has pursued in the past, concluding with the statement: state-ment: "I believe in equality of opportunity op-portunity and the Roosevelt policies, and I propose to stand for them as long as I have the strength to stand for anything." |