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Show National Forest Policy for Roosevelt Memorial SF THE people of the United States want to establish a memorial for all time in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, let them link his name with a nationwide nation-wide movement to establish a national forest policy. This is the message to the tristate forestry conference delivered at Indianapolis by Charles Lathrop " Pack, president of the American Forestry For-estry association of Washington. Mr. Pack urged everyone to join the American Amer-ican Forestry association in Its campaign cam-paign for a national forest policy. The conference was practically of national na-tional scope, for foresters, timberland owners, lumbermen and representatives representa-tives of wood-using industries from many states were present, in addition to those of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. "I do not believe thjj human mind can devise a more suitable memorial to 'xlieodore Roosevelt than a movement which will look to preserving the forests of this country," said Mr. Pack. "Knowing the man, as it was my privilege to know him, I am positive that could the selection of a memorial be left to his choosing he would say 'save the forests.' As president he called the first conference con-ference of governors which took up the great questions of conserving our natural resources. He was our greatest exponent of the value of these resources and of the value to the nation of outdoor life. Call your findings the Roosevelt Memorial National Forestry Policy if you like the suggestion and you will have honored the man who did so much in pointing to the value of our forests. In any event you will have done the greatest of sendees to posterity you will have saved our greatest natural resource for that posterity." Fire which damaged the heaclquartors of the American Forestry association associa-tion in Washington will not seriously delay the activities of the association. The offices have been moved to another part of the Maryland building. The honor roll of memorial tree planting was saved, but some records of the association were lost. |
