South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-09
CABINET CHANGES
MAY RESULT FROM
FORESTRY BATTLE
Controversy Between Sec y
Fall and Sec'y Wallace
Perils Personnel.

Per1ls Personnel.
AWASHTNGTON. April S-Under
surface 90 Prest Hardiug's cab
Irct row is smouIdering which
may burst out az any time and rival
fl bitterness the famous Bauinger-
Pi1chct controversy which split the
Taft administration into two dercely
hostile camps one and possibly
two cabinet designations may result
Thl fight ceuters around the sug-
Ee ted transfer OF the forest bureau
from the department Of agriculture
20 the department OF interior
The principals, who are now quiet
ly armlne FOR the expected clash
which may come at any meeting o.
the Harding cabinet. are.
Albert p. Fan a tall broad shout
Cered. 'two-Eun' ranch=r with
brain as keen as bis eye and vltrOllc
tongue which made him the terror
az AN democrats when he was IN
the senate before becoming secretary
of the interior
Henry O. Wallace. a little mouse
like Presbyterian from Des AIoines,
DO, despite his customary silence,
has red hair and is as determined as
q bull dog. especially when strangers
from the interior department come
over 20 the department OF agricul-
ture looking for stray bureaus 70
carry away.
Divided Authority"
Fan sat down at his new desk,
Eot out the maps and looked out over
the extensive domains Of which he
a. 10
OF the public lands OF the United
states. totalIing millions OF acres
Aut he saw several big green patches
ped Oft and marked Department
. Agriculture"
That's bad. he observed. "Di-
v.ded authoriryf'
He suggested 20 Pres't Harding
that those big green patches repre-
sentins the national forests ought to
be transferred from agriculture TO
interior. Pres-t Harding had Walter
?. Brown, his reorganization expert.
look into the suggestion. Brown
thought something ought TO be done.
but he wasn't ready 20 say just
what
Sec'y Wallace heard about this.
Then the row began.
Wallace talked IL over with W Z.
Greeley. head OF the forest service,
and clifford Pinchot. who as forest
er back IN Tafts time. uncovered the
Guggenheim grab and forced the
resignation Of Scc'y Of the Interior
BallinEer.
Fall PiuchOt charged. was trying
TO grab the remainder of IN public
domain and turn il over % private
exploitation.
Mentions Pinchotism.
Articles and editorials began to
appear In various newspapers max
ing charges against Fall
Fail. out west on an inspection
trip, heard OF these attacks on him
and his wrath aroused. let go a sar-
castle brOacside about PinchOtism,
az the same time asking Pres't Hard
fnE TO do something 20 stop the at
tacks on him which he said werc
emanating from the forest bureau of
Ahe department OF agriculture.
II Sec'y Wallace, not being much Of
= talksr, said nothing for publCa-
ton But references were made 10
an old story that FAN, while raising
sheep in New Mexico. years ago, had
a controversy with the forest service
over sheep grazing privileges on
public lands Fall sat down and
wrote a hot letter 10 a congressman.
Then the forest bureau wrote a let
ter TO another congressman. The as
ricuItural bloc was rallied 10 the
cause of the department OF agricul-
ture
Then Pres't Harding suggested
that the row rad better be kept In
the family as much as possible ana
both SIDES subsidized for the time be
ing But a. call az the offices of the
forest service any day viii reveal
signs OF quiet activity which fore
shadow O finish fight unless the
soothing hand OF Eres't Harding in
tCrvCuCs successfully.
Alaska Forests IN Issue.
Although IL has many ramidca-
tons. the controversy centers around
control of the Alaskan forests. Falls
contention is that the national forest
reserves controlled by the fores.
service should be placed under the
interior department which now has
jurisdiction over the remainder Of
che public domain. Under the pres
ert plan. ne says. authority is di-
trated More fundamental than this
IS his charge that the forest service
IS under the sway OF the Couserva-
zionist policies introduced by Glf-
ford PiuchOt which Die believes have
a. up tremendously valuable
- rests and mineral deposits and
prevented their development. This
policy. Scc'y FaIl alleges. has caused
d general slump iu Alaska which has
resulted in an exodus Of Americans
from that country and has stunted
the Development OF the greatest
treasure chest OF the nation. Pri-
waite capital viii not so there he ar
sues. as Ions as the restrictions are
continued
The corservationists retort that
Fail would turn priceless timber
lands. oil coal and precious mineral
deposits over 20 exploitation by pri-
waite interests and that the public
would be robbed Of thousands OF
dollars by these interests.
FaH Tavors Inducements.
The interior department already
controls % per cent OF the Alaskan
forests, only 1--WE per cent being re-
served and under control Of the for
est service. But this five per cent is
at present the kernel Of the Alaskan
nut because it covers most of the de-
veloucd sections OF that vast wild
country Tie two biggest reserves
are located in the Juneau and Sc
ward regions and stretch over
thousand miles OF the lower coast
This gives the forest bureau iurts-
dICtiou over the choicest mCrsels in