The San Francisco call., 1909-09-17
BALLINGER DISCHARGES
CLAWS BY TELEGRAPH
Interior Secretary Says Con-
gress VIII Be Asked to Set
tie Conservation Problem
TAFT'S SPEECHES MAY
OUTLINE NEW POLICY
lSsecial Dasaseh 10 The Cali

l"yASHINGTON. Sept 10 =
w Secretary Bzllinger, irnruedi-
ztcly on taking I'D work this
morning N hrs apartment, where the
physician still insists he shall sray.
owing to ms bronchial attack, die
tzted an order 10 Chief OF Field Di-
vision H H Schwartz OF the genersI
land ofhce 70 remove Chief OF Divi-
sion L r Claws OF the Seattle ofice
by telegraph AT once. There was a
prompt obedience The dismissal OF
Claws was authorized by President
Taft in his letter vIndiczting the IN
terror department from the accusations
the Seattle subordinate had made in
connection with the Cunningham coal
land case. and was announced IN the
following formal statement.
4 r Claws has been removed
from tire Seattle division ard A.
! Christensen chief OF the aeId divi-
SION OF Portland. has been placed IN
temporary charge OF the division, with
headquarters zt Seattle
Discreet Silence Maintained
Further than this the entire interior
department was preserving a discrcet
silence today The incident IS
closed said BzlIinger His krst.zs-
sistant, Pierce, entertained a similar
view It was thought that Secretzrv
lf~-u fzE-
Elemental 70 the letter OF President
Taft. going more into detail or how
Assistant Secretary Pierce and Com
missioner Dennett and ChIer Field
Agent SchEarsx had been unjusrlv a.
sailed but he did not deem such a
/ course necessary
Positive assurances -s< given that
Chief Forester Pinchot will nor resign.
although the president has ruled in
favor OF the interior department as
against the forest service In the mat
ter OF conservation policy II Is ex-
planned that the head OF the forest
service viii 60 on with hfs work ss
President Taft desires he shall DO and
VIII faithfully do his best n the in
terest OF conservation OF natural re-
sources
Expect Peace to Reign
The prospects are. therefore. that
there will be no more OF q Depart
mental row for a while and that the
quistus that President Taft gave the
alleged controversy" viii prevent Of
fetal contention for the present AZ
least.
But when congress rsconvsnss any
kind OF rumpus Is TO be looked FOR
Il is clear that the entire policy OF
conservation is 10 be thrown into the
hands OF congress for a thorough go
ing over. and that means that the OUT
look for good lighting IL OF the best
The thrills that Ioboies give 70 the
work OF legislation win be abundant
and the vitality OF conservation will
receive its sevsrsst test
Secretary BalIinger's stsonz point
has been that whatever conservation
policy is wanted shall be Substantially
enacted into the laws OF the country
and that - what he viii ask congress
TO do at the coming session In this
course he has the emphatic approval
OF the president who declares that
such methed shows the best friend
ship for the policy
When asked today for a ststen.nt
OF his views as TO what lezislation Is
needed Secretary Ballinzsr said thar
ze would present them at length in
his report 20 the president. and 20
congress later on and could not dis
cuss them at the present time
Submit Matter to Congress
The whole conservation scheme will
5e submitted TO congress for Il 70 az
ford the desired legislation. viii II
notg the secretary was asked
Yes. that IS the place for aetSon-
was the answer.
The possibilities OF such legislation
are untold for conservation as the
term is generally understood. can be
made 10 lead into inaumerabls rsmif-
cations There IS an abundzncs OF dis
pufsd points affecting vital principles
and their application as well. and corr
gress is likely 20 be confronted with