Show HOOVER lano W BOARD REPORT IS 13 nothing nollin lul but most useless parts ot surface recommended for Trans ferrence A washington cwashington dispatch of the ath dinst gives it 11 full gist of the ilia report off the presidents on con se nation aaion and administration of the public domain it is too long for full lepi reproduction in in the record but we print herewith of most vital its import impost to the public land states as follows if tide he tentative report of the pies identa commission com on oil conservation and administration of the public domain I 1 nin as interpreted by a western senator meant the tender to the public lai inid d states of the empty eggshell after tile the federal government had bad ex ti acted the substance of the egg re leei erring ling to the proposal to give the states stat esthe ahe surface rights while the government retains tle the minerals minei als timber and strategic control of the water resources the final report leport made public at the white house to lay day means alican 3 that the shell be sand blasted and ivy cleaned before being proffered to tle the states while adhering to the idea of giving the states the glazing lands and the worthless woith less areas the commission in its final report proposes pio poses that before any tender is made the federal government gohei eilent shall comb tile the public domain and cull out for foi itself in perpetuity areas that are arc for national defense reclamation lecla mation purposes reservoir sites national forests casts national park faiks national monuments and migratory bird refuges fuges le and the states then be given what is i left provided the baates are willing I 1 fo 0 accept the gift on conditions which the commission thinks should be ba attached tile the report of the commission is nothing moie than a recommendation bonien iladio II 11 which will be sent to congress congi by the president in december wit with h his eti et dor inasmuch us as the underlying principles I 1 laid aid down are aie in accord with tile the known views of the administration nothing can come of the report unless and until congress con giess sees fit to amend tre tie public land laws in in whole or in part to conform to the co om missions s suggestions inasmuch as ci creation cation of the corn com mission grew out of tile the administration idea of turning over the public domain to the states that phase of t the d report re received the greatest amount ot of attention what is said of reclamation is indication di that the commission not only wants federal reclamation lecla mation to go forward but wants to speed up reclamation development by the concurrent conc mient development of power as a means of providing pio viding substantial iol revenue ie venue for tle the building of more reclamation and power works it is apparent from tle the commissions reports that the power amendments lile lits which representative cramton fought to have incorporated in 03 reclamation lecla mation loan bill passed at the recent session of congress were based en the findings of the presidents col commission com 11 mission misson those amendments were drafter by reclamation commissioner mead a member of the commission and by him turned over to the mich igan member since tile the tentative leaked out the commission has drafted i ii number of i relatively datively minor eions which way may carry some aill appeal icil to the livestock industry while at no time does tie the commission so state in direct language the whole of the report is to suggest in a veiled way that the entire administration of land and conservation sei laws be turned over to the forest service seivi cp which would mean abolition of the present land office geological survey and various other agencies now dealing with public lands there follows follow s a long list of reservations to the govern glent of tie the public lands before being offered to the states too lengthy to reproduce in in these co column lunin followed by a SOP so to t ill the livestock interests in in the form of concessions which look to ile he for the purpose of ci eating creating their favor which follow in the administration of tile the public domain as a national range it is recommended 0 that consideration be gi given en to those methods vach will perpetuate the best interests of the livest livestock ocL industry including ng long ng tin time a permits for grazing and developing vel ve loping watering holes to permit the complete use of the range the pro grani eram should include consideration of a year around permit system allocated so as to make the best use of the entire grazing areas of the state careful consideration should be given to those areas vital for both grazing and watershed protection to the end that both interests receive constructive administration that the present ratio of participation by the federal government in the construction of federal aid highways w ays be continued for a period of ten tell years year the Tp calion cation and protection ot stock driveways should be given immediate consideration pending tile the determination of the extent to which they should be transferred to the S tates states accepting the grant cooperative t action between the federal government ern orn ment the states and abe stock raisers associations as to use location and policing should be enterer enter cr into where here possible Inter interstate stat driveways should be retained in the fed oral eral government arid and hp had t subject tr use determined by agreements |