Bill Taft: “In my judgment, no more of said lands can be disposed of at the price named in said Act.”

The purpose of this exclusion is to restore the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in all respects to the status existing prior to the said proclamation of March 2, 1909, as though the inclusion of the lands within the Trinity National Forest…

I earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks.

Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.

I think it to be greatly in the interest of fair dealing, which ought always to be encouraged by law.