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On the recordMay 14, 1931
I believe it would be desirable now to more positively define the limitation of all leases by the Bureau of Forests except for pulp purposes in Alaska, to occasions when a sum of not more than $500 is involved and to cases where some cutting privileges must be given to actually maintain sawmills that are in operation, and this only where the mills cannot obtain raw material elsewhere.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Secretary of Agriculture Requesting Restriction of Leases of the National Forests for Wood Production.

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