Evening star., 1925-01-17
LAW TO CONSERVE
FORESTS BACKED
Engineers Also Favor Consol.
idation of Bureaus in In
terror Department.

Agreeing on a dual program to
push legislation for conserving
Americas forests and for co-ordina-
tion of Federal agencies controlling
physical development of the United
States, the three-day session Of the
American Engineering Council closed
today.
The next session of the organiza-
tion will be held in Philadelphia next
year. before which the organization
hopes TO aid, in cooperation with
other national organizations, In
schemes for reforestation and for
comb binirg under the Department of
Interior the bureaus and other Fed
eral agencies now operating public
works developing public lands and
Misunderstanding Federal internal af-
fairs in territories and reservations.
Reforestntion One Aim.
Enlistment of national and local en-
gineering societies in a countrywide
study of reforestation will be one OF
the obje cts during the coming year
Of the engineering council The plan
is TO work with the United states
Forestry Service, the American For
-strN Association and with civic, in
dustrial. farm and other bodies, in
cluding the State forestry services. &c
check further slaughter OF the Ma
tons forests.
The council also will aid in enact
ing state law to bring all forestry
effort IN the country into one CO.
ordinate scheme In furtherance of the
Clark Nary act, passed by Con
gress.
Before concluding sessions today the
council adopted resolution piedglng
support TO the purposes OF the con-
ference on utilization of forest prod
ucts recently held in Washington
Centerine in the councils headquar-
ters here, 30 national and local engi-
necring organizations viii actively
direct the councils program. Passage
Of reforestation legislation pending in
Congress was urged in the resolution
DeiVing deeper into plan for elm
ina.iou of waste and duplication III
governmental constructive operations
the council yesterday afternoon out
lined comprehensive plan for tbs
creation of bureaus under assistant
secretaries of the Interior Department
to plan and execute public works.
The council gave its approval &c
| the proposed esta blishment of a
| Bureau of Public Architecture. to be
under an assistant secretary OF the
| Interior Department, which would
! have supervision over the supervis-
! ing architects Office, now in the
! Treasury Department; of the archi-
I tect Of the Capitol, the office Of
/ Public Buildings and Grounds, anc
/ the superintendent Of the State, Navy
! and War Department buildings. This
| change of supervision is favored by
the American Institute of Architects
! which insists on greater recognition
| of the profession of architecture ir
any scheme to reform the executive
| departments.
Favors New Bureaus.
! In addition, the council favors es-
/ tablishment of a Bureau of Public
| Works and a Bureau of Public Do.
main, both to be under assistant
| secretaries of the Interior to be ap-
pointed by the President. The
| Bureau of Public Works would EN-
/ brace the present Bureau Of Public
/ Roads. the Alaskan Engineering c
/ Commission. the Board of Engineers
/ for Rivers and HarbOrs, the New York
! City Board of Engineers, the United
/ States Engineer Offices, the Missis-
/ sippi River Commission. the Califor-
MIA Debris Commission, the Board ot
! Road Commissioners for Alaska anc
| the Rock Creek and Potomac Parh
| Commission.
domain would have supervision Over
administration of Alaska and Hawaii
| Indian lands and reservations. tn.
General Land Office, the Geological
| Survey, the War Minerals Relic
| Commission. the National Parl
Service, the National Military Parl
| commissions and the Federal powe1
| section. Where Army engineers ar,
now operating bureaus. the new
| scheme intends that the War De,
| partment transfer it's engineers Il
! supervision of the Department of the
! Interior.