Arizona republican., 1910-02-10
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He Cites the Action of His Temporary
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New York, Feb. 9.-GiffOrd Pinch0t. loyal to his policies as president of the National conservation commission, de- tended the forest service in c speech before the National Arts club tonight.
 Mir Pinchot bitterly assaIled the action of George MeCabe. solicitor of the department. who. as temporary chief of the forest bureau after Pin chot's dismissal is9k action to abolish the collegiate traiaing of forestersf at government expense. This action Pin chot described as an attack on the service for prostituting the law by d method so effectively used by special interests against the people.
 He said: Let me give you the best illustration I've seen in recent years how public officer. under the pre- text of obedience to the law may traffic with it and abuse it to the public in- jury
 Upon my dismissal the solicitor of the department of agriculture. Mir. Me Cabe. pending the arrival of another officer from the field. was acting for ester for three or four days. It ap- pears that he learned then of the ranger schools and that four rangers were at state universities, and sent telegrams to disbursing officers in the field to pay no expense connected with them. The teiegrams were kept secret from every member of the service at Washington eXcept his stenographer.
 With equal concealment d letter was prepared and sent to the comptroller asking d speedy advance of the deci- sion as to the legality of the ranger schools. The letter was clearly in- tended and was so framed as to se- cure d decision against the schools, and was successful in doing so.
 The letter was a misrepresentation because it omitted to state central and essential incontrovertible facts: First, That the forest service must have trained rangers: second. it can get them only by training them after they enter the service.
 Ut follows that the training of rangers by the service is necessarily, clearly and undeniably for the admin istratioI, protection and improvement of the natural forests. Being neces- sary for that purpose, 1t falls well within the terms of the agricultural bill and is therefore lawful
 Consider now the situation under the decision of the comptroller. The solicitor of the department of agricul- ture is an officer charged with pro- noting the welfare of the department and all bureaus on the legal side. Both
 I, ,g was in honor and duty bound to for ward the work of the forest service by every lawful means at his command. By his official. position he was counsel and advocate Yet he made no at tempt to assist She service in this mat ter
 "On the contrary. he led a secret attack upon it and used anxious and successful care that no attempt to de- fend the practice that was being fol- lowed should be made by any other man. Men in the forest service were first informed that the legality of their work was in question only after ad- verse judgment had been rendered without giving them any hearing what soever.
 I am not concerned with the mo- tive behind the indefensible sacrifice of the>public welfare. It is a typical illustration of a certain way to obey the law. It would be hard to find a better and more bitter illustration of the use of the law as cover for not doing what a public officer has a right to do. and what the public interests demands he shall do."
 M'CABE'S DENIAL.
 Washington. Feb. 9.-"It is absolute k untrue was the reply of George P. solicitor of the department Of agriculture, concerning the charge of Pinchot that McCabe had shut off the instruction of the forest rangers with Jut consulting anyone.
 Believing such an expenditure was
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