The Ordway new era., 1910-03-04
P!a.CHOT GOES
FOR RA, L!NGER
OEPOSEO CHIEF FORE5TER OUT.
LINES CHARGES HE WILL
TRY TO PROVE
NOT FAITHFUL TO TAFT
CALLS BALliNGER ENEMY OF
CONSERVATION AND SAYS HE
HAS MisREPREsENTEo

oH Tue "i'H'SS SlHnu. 'n' bdlllHseI-
Pinchot inquiry entered its second
phase. saturday
The dismissed chief of tho forestry
bureau. bcfor" being sworn. made the
Investigating committr" this state
ment OF his charges against Secretary
lIalling"r,
What | desire 10 lay before the
committee Is IA consecutive story OF
my experience with MIR. Ballinger in
relation to the conservation Of nat
nral resources Among several other
matters th"r" ar" thro" of principal
Importance 10 he called TO your atten-
ton
The first of these concerns the pol.
ley devired and inalgurat"d by the
last administration Of protecting
against monopolistic control of the wa
ter power sites owned by the people.
Il shall show YOU that Secretary
Ballingcr entered his office with the
clear determination TO make short
work Of that policy: that he reversed
it so far as he was allowed TO do so;
that h" restored the power sites to
entry without the remotcst idea of re-
Withdrawing them and that finally
when charged him last autumn TO the
President with being an enemy of the
policy OF conservation. he capped the
climax by giving the president him
self an explanation Of his conduct that
Mas essentially false.
THE second has to do with my con
nection as a government officer with
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the CLAWS charges. shall show you
how the forest service became in
volvcd in these cases and how CLAWS
submitted his facts to me. | believed
then. as | believe nov. that he told
the truth. | am con,i inced now. as I
was when he cam. TO me. that CLAWS
was a faithful public servant and that
tn" facts which hr presented prove
that Mr. BallinI"r had been unfaith-
ful TO his trust AS servant Of the
people. and AS the guardian OF public
property Of enormous Value.
Il shall show ihat sine" | learned
tn" facts YOU have heard from CLAWS
and others which am about to lay
hrlGrr you. | haN" acted steadily in the
ligh, Of them. as /, was my duty, both
as Il public officer and rs II citizen 10
do. shall show yuu that III pursu
auC" oI that duty | laid h"ior" til"
President. both 10y word Of mouth and
~ u lcit"r nl Nnt"mh-r ith a siar"-
ul"nt GG my runNl"lIun lha, Secretary
l!alllng"r has been u dangerous en-
"HlN 10 conservation.
Il shall show YOU thar rhis letter
u mi, al ht he, 'T,,. a.
Mr Fsal,nr"r and that Us par, Of his
r"pl, he laid h.ior" tn" president Il
statement concerning the Cunningham
coal ,a~r~. whuh >lai,'u"m, j. shown
10y lndl~pui"d do, uru''ntal> ~ ld"n'''
rn u" absolutely laT>. III rhr,, essen
rial particulars
1T viii lh"n APPEAR that Mr. Bal
lnL,.r MIl'ull, d"c,'N"d III i'r"S'd'ni
aud Mas dislulal T." hlm tn" third
principal matter i concerned With
tho ATTITUDE. Of thus cuvrrum"nt III law
and administrative" practice toward ih'
run~"rl ail"lI Of tn" natural r"S"urr''s
h''lnnrlnr +" III" r""pl'
/ desire, 80 Show You that tn" story
OF CLAWS courageous and successful
ilrhr To nrui"or rh" rrnp"rtN oi tn"
p"opl". Witch "nd"d III hi~ dismissal
Airhnut u hearing j. but $inrl" chap
,,,r in the hiStor, nt The public lands
| shall show vou that und"r eur pres
"ni law and nrn"i,"" the NOR" avn
cult task falls un ihu>" who would pro
r"cI III" uuhll' property and not on
ihu~" who would d"~pril 1t: and that
under ih" pr' sent system tn" BETRAYAL
iu,n monopolisti' control Of what b"
longs To all Of rs l. mad" easy and.
often II practice. ln"Iliahl".
TN" lmp"rarIN" dUlN h-i"r" this
country Is not m"r"k 10 get rid of an
untaiIhful public servant \ tar NOR"
lrn,,uriani drtN L. =" hrIug about II fun
dan"ulal chang" III III" law and tn"
rrnctrr" toward conservation
When ms ~r"r, has been told and
III" wlru,'~N'.', Whom shall ask You
to call naN" h""u h"ard. you Ill real
We. fhaI ih. interests uI til" country
are, not safe ~ Nr I;alInG"r's hands
and the uuhlIr d"mh,d oi this com
uutro" q ,"rdrrr III harmony with tho
general ,uu,icr,nu HAT IN" secretary
rr 'n, rurrrI"I l,a- ''"n unfathiu'
nr,h ~ Ih,. uulIl, Whu-,' property
h. hl- "ular-t rcd aud +" the
PI.-ld..ur " huru II" tas deceived "
Giant Ba,tIcshIp Proposed.
WASHINGTON IinIlt!nG u worlds rec
ord breaking ha1lI""hW "i 600" tons
lI~lrl,,,"Iu"ur ~ y cost "l $l>.n"" and
mnkiug tn" lulr"d SIdt"~ til" l"HdIn"
,I;.. ri uoW"l. ~. planned hv secretary
Nry,u he Is said to hHv" told the
Illus. naval commute" saturday. TN"
Proposed giant ha'tirship, with lour-
lcrn II inch guns. WATTS un'Ii next
Yea. uuIl h"caus" Nv" naval expert
ui.ulS with ll-nch guns hay" not been
completed and tn" department desires
in know tho result at luli "NV' rlin"ntS,