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Show WALLACE IN FAVOR OF SAVING FORESTS WASHINGTON, May 9. Legislation to protect the nation's limbtr supply both on the national reserves and in private hands was recommended by Secretary Wallace ol the department , of agriculture in a letter to Senator, Norrls, Republican, Nebraska, chair man of the senate agriculture committee, com-mittee, made public Monday. Stating that "we arc steadily eating up what Is left ot our forest reserve." Secretary Wallace approved the pending pend-ing bill of Senator Capper, Republican. Kansas, for protection ol timber re-, serves, and also sppcitically recom-, mended extension or federal co-opera -(ion with the states In forest protec lion, fejeral distribution of forest trees and seeds, and extension of national na-tional forests Five sixths of the original or-iginal American forests have been culled out cut over .-r burned. Secretary Secre-tary Wallace said, declaring the prob lorn of conservation and protection to be a national one and affecting ever!) citizen. "We bae today only 464,000,000 acres of forest land of all sorts which contain 3,21(4,000,000,000 board feet of timber of merchantable sizes." said Secretary Wallace. "At least three fifths In toluiiie Is gone." |