Show smith appointed n H head ead for region on five secretary of oe the interior J A Xiu krug gon on may 29 announced the a appointment ot of E eastburn ast burn R i kaffl smith land expert with more mor ethan than 18 19 years experience in an arizona and new meirco as regional administrator of the bureau of land Mana management genie n t at albuquerque new i mexico the bureau regional of frees are primarily primal aly responsible for the administration tion of the public land laws relating to grazing mineral resource development timber sales settlement s and other protection tec tion management and canduse lan land duse use programs on the public domain the albuquerque re region glon no V in the bureau i iaru structure embraces in land in the tho states of arizona new mexico texas oklahoma arkansas and louisiana mr 11 smith relinquished relinquish ed a pa position in the office of the administrator rural administration united states department 1 part ment of agriculture toia to accept the new appointment he brings to the bureau of bf land management valuable able experience in the I 1 field of g razing graying and timber resource management as well vell a as pr proven 0 en ability in public administration mr smith began his public a career eer as a f forest 0 rest assistant stant in the tusayan Nat national lonal forest williams Arlzo arizona naj in january jannary 1924 after a year in that position he be traveled ana and studied forest management argement practices in the forests of sweden ger germany dahy france switzerland switzer tand italy andalia and the british rates isles A alter ftera a year spent in the private lum lumber ber ladu industry stry he rejoined the government eat establishment as a junior forester in the coconino forest at flagstaff arizona lit in rising to the position of senior Sentor forest ranger by january januar Y 1934 tilen then he be joined the soli Soll conservation service advancing to As Ild reganal ginal conservator Conser valor lor by 1942 following this tie be reserved served with the war relocation authority and the war board mr night Is 5 50 0 years old having been born born in T trenton reif toni new jersey january 25 1898 ile he received ills ilia higher education at ai amherst college amherst mass front from which jle he received the degree of AB in 1920 and ardithe 1 tha yale forest school yale yala university new haven donstrom conn donn from which lia io received tho the degree of MF fa 9 2 2 ile ho isa Is i a senior member of 00 so 80 clety ti of amerlean resters V W 0 WB |