Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

but always the same work My inter
est, my loyalty. and my affection be-
long To it and to you, and they always
will"
The deposed fores'er was given an ova-
ton when he met all of the employees "i
the service on the top fioer of the At
lantic building at II O'Clock. All persons
in the structure, white and co,o-ed men
md women, varying in rank from char
women and messengers to assistant chlefs
and chiefs. were present. In his ADDRESS
to his late co-workers Mr.. Pinchct de-
clared that conservation was his life
work. and that in going out OF the serv-
ice he would in no sense Sc MS lnteresl
III it. He was also firm in his atement
that he would kecr in touch with the
service and with the men and women
who will continue TO labor In the cause
Address to Employees.
The fun text Of Mr.. Pinchots farewell
IS as follows:
There are just few things ] want
to say, and ] want you to remember
them and act upon them. In the first
place. keep il clearly in mind that this
work upon which you are all engaged.
men and women. every one IN the forest
service is larger and finer than any
mans fortune. any mans presence here.
II makes absolutely no difference to the
work upon which YOU are engaged,
whether any man is here or is not. You
public service that has ever been done
in this country, and you have been doing
IT with finer spirit than any other
body of government people have ever
had to my knowledge. unless in time OF
war. ! have always been able to count
IN the loyalty and devotion of this serv-
Pc to the uttermost. Continue that
loyalty to the cause. The work is the
big thing. | want YOU to go straight
ahead with that work i'll exactly the
same way YOU have been carrying it on.
Don't let the spirit of this service de-
cline one-half inch. Hold the work up
just where it is, keep the forest service
a fighting service for the public good.
Stay in tie service. Stick to the work
You are servants of the people of the
United States. Keep that in mind with
the utmost ciearneSS. j don't want this
service to disintegrate even around the
outside edges. l want it to hold together,
10 keep the same spirit, to follow the
same purpose. l shall esteem it the high
est compliment that you can pay me- and
the highest evidence of the spirit in which
we have been working together, if you
stand by the ship.
Will Retain His Interest.
Second 1 don't want you to get the
idea-and this is my personal end of i
that because l am going out of the
service / am in any sense losing my in
serest in it or my touch with it or
work, in the government service or out
of it, And this is the most important
piece of conservation work there IS.
Therefore. | propose to know about it
and To follow the work that YOU are ali
doing. and to keep my interest in il,
and so far az that is in any way pos
sible my touch with it and my knowl-
edge of it.
If you will take my advice YOU vii,
all go cheerfully ahead with the piece
Of work we have begun together. re-
Numbering that the test of what we
have tried to do together in the past
Will be largely whether it can go on
without being interfered with very
much by the absence or presence OF one
man or one set of men. Go ahead with
II. exactly as if We're still here.
Il wish You the very best SUI cess in
Your work. want YOU to feel, every
one OF you, that my interest in YOU is
just as keen as 1T ever was, and that
whenever you want to see me [ want to
see you.
II want to thank you with all my
heart-the last thing want to say now
for better support, finer loyalty,
more generous cooperation, as 1 think
than any public servant has ever had
before. My very best good wishes to
you all.
Price and Shaw.
There is one thing I forgot. Mr..
Price is leaving. too, but he would not
come up TO speak to YOU. Mr.. Shaw is
going out likewise, after long period OF
honorable service in this bureau. known
and well known to every one of You. and
carrying with him he leaves your af-
lection and respect. Mr.. Price has had
closer relation to this service and is
more responsible for the growth of it
and its achievements than any other one
man. 1t is as though 1 had been the
president of the company, and Mr.. Price
the general manager. since it has been
his daily hand that has carried on this
work have never known a finer. NOR,
high-minded, more earnest. efficient,
loyal, clean or finer man than Overton
W. Price.
He is as high a type of the Christian
American gentleman, / venture to say,
ar any of us have ever known I want
y'u. every one. to buckle down to mimi
nj ze the loss of him much as you can.
IT, justify the work by keeping il on tie
same fine. high plane that has guided 1t
MP to this time. AS 1 said before. the
best OF good luck to every one of you !"
No Statement to Make.
With the exception of the words which
he had spoken to the forestry service en-
ployes. Mr.. Pinchot said he had no state
ment to make, though he might make
one later.
Secretary Ballinger of the Department:
of the Interior. who has long figured as
the other chief actor in the "Ballinger-
Pinttot controversy" was approached
for statement. but he was content to
rest quietly, with the following epitome
of his position:
II have nothing to fear from a thor
ough determination of the facts / may
nave committed errors OF Judgment I'm
one way or another. any man might
while in the public service, but / am
firm in INV knowledge that no improper
motive has ever Influenced me i'm any
action i have taken
The Secretary said that he not only
wanted TO have bis own conduct investi-
gated, but desired also to have the same
course followed lin relation to the other
fellow" He declined To make any com
ment concerning the dismissal OF Pin
chot.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture appeared yesterday morning
before the Senate committee on agr.cul-
turc to discuss some of the items in the
pending appropriation bill for the depart
ment. Some of the members of the COM
Inittee questioned the Secretary regard
ing the Pinchot matter, and he answered
them freely. but after leaving the meeting
he said that he had no formal statement
10 make. He remarked that he thought
the papers in the case explained every
thing.
Albert F. Potter, who has been