DOUBLE SERVICE DOUBLE FACILITIES

Double Dependability

HARD\,VOOD DIVISION:

3855 E. Woshington Blvd.

Los Angeles 23, Colif.

ANgelus 3-6844-

SOFTWOOD DIVISION:

4230 Bondini Blvd.

Los Angeles 23, ColiL

ANgelus 2-4148

FINE DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED HARDWOOD FOR EVERY PURPOSE FOR THE RETAII.ER ALt SPECIES AND AtI GRADES OF PACIFIC COAST SOFTWOODS PLUS SPECIATTIES

A FULI LINE OF WESTERN RED CEDAR FROAA BETTER MITLS tection of our forests give us good cause to look with satisfaction upon them. California, as a matter of fact, can iake particular pride in this regard since it employs more people in forest management activities than any other state.

And yet, despite their notable accom. plishments, we still occasionally hear doleful laments from some quarters which should know better. They are the vocal advocates of fun, fish, fowl, and {odder who recognize no economic values in the woods but consider our forest their private patio for the entertainment of thernselves and their friends.

The practice of locking up lands which have economic value to the United States is a threat to true conservation which implies converting natural resource treasures to the use of man and restoring them for the benefit of future generations. Modern forestry practices can perpetuate this cycle of use and replenishment on lands to which foresters have access. Prohibiting foresters from managing forest lands is like refusing to admit an elephant to a circus. What is a circus without an elephant. What is a forest without a forester.

And even on the public lands which are administered for the express purpose of providing timber to meet the needs of a^ll the people, we are plagued by unreasoning regulations, excessive road requirements, constructing contractual clauses. and sim- ilar deterrents to profit and prosperity. Let me make it clear that our industry has received cooperation from the present Secretary of Ag;riculture, Orville Freeman, in resolving these fundamental issues. But there is still a long way to go before the timber industries are freed from bearing the financial burden of providing for the many uses of the National Forests and it is to this question that the Secretary and the Administration must address themselves.

Those of vou who have no direct responsibility for forest management or mill management might inquire, "Well, what can I do to ofiset these inequities. Where do I fit into the picture"

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