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Show ALL INTERESTS TO UNITE IN WAR ON FOREST FIRES A national conference of foresters and lumbermen, paper and pulp manufacturers, manu-facturers, and all other agencies directly interested has been called for September 28 at Albany, N. Y to consider a definite and nation-wide program to eliminate the man-made forest fire from American forests. All agencies are agreed that the forest fire menace must be reduced to the absolute minimum before any real national forest policy looking to the perpetuation of American Independence Independ-ence in forest resources can be established. estab-lished. Through this conference it is hoped to unite all interests in a logical, logi-cal, well coordinated and effective plan of action. The conference is called under the auspices of the Massachusetts Forestry For-estry association and the New York State Conservation commission. It will be attended by men from all sections sec-tions of the country prominent in the lumber and wood using industries as well as other representatives of the federal and various state forest protective pro-tective agencies. |