Remarks to State Works Progress Administrators
06/16/1935
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I do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the National Industrial Recovery Board and do hereby order that th...
The preservation of the forests must be lifted above mere dollars and cents considerations.
A forest is not solely so many thousand board feet of lumber to be logged when market conditions make it profitable.
The forests are the 'lungs' of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.