Evening star., 1927-04-24
BEGIN OBSERVANCE
!. OF FORESTRY WEEK.
Nation viii Get Message of
! Tree Preservation by
Air and Screen.

American Forest week viii be oh.
ggerved throughout the Nation this
week Answering the Presidents an
s.nual call for forest preservation, COM
..munity meetings, lectures and nro-
grams will 3e held and the message
gof tree conservation carried by radio,
The motion picture screen and posters
Eamparted 10 children in the schools.
The American Forest week COM
7nlittee. with headquarters here, has
designated State chairmen Ill each of
the 4S States and Alaska to direct
ethe local Statewide observances. Gov
aernors of many States have issued
American Forest week proclamations,
~ The National American Forest
week committee, of which Frank Q.
Iowden Of Illinois is chairman, is
composed of more than 100 organiza-
tions, representing many forms OF in
.terest-the Federal Government, State
governments. wild life and recrea-
'tional interests, foresters and forestry
associations, the lumber industry,
large consumers of forest products,
groups interested in water resources,
scientific and civic organizations, boys
and girls organizations and many
Others.
Organizations Join Move.
-Azations which will observe the week
throughout the country are the Gen.
eral Federation of Women's Clubs,
the American Legion, the Americ;-
Forestry Association, the American
Tree Association, the Associated Ad-
VertiSing Clubs Of the World, the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. the National Lumber Manufac-
turers' association, the American Pa
per and Pulp Association, the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers Associa-
fion, the United States Forest Service,
American Game Protective and Propa-
cation Association. Girl Scouts of
America and Boy Scouts of America.
i Edgar p. Allen is managing director
OF the committee; Shirley Allen, secre-
tary. and Arthur Ringland, treasurer.
The 1927 American Forest week
was proclaimed by President Coolidge
''in the belief that no other of our
national problems is of greater mo.
ment than the rehabilitation Of our
forests, now so hopefully begun, but
needing the strong support of our col
lective will and intelligence"
One-fourth of all the area of the
United States is better suited to tim
Der growing than to any other pur-
pose, President Coolidge declared. He
expressed the belief that the indus
trial and agricultural stability of the
Nation would be greatly strengthened
by bringing this vast area Of land,
much of which is now idle or semi
anle, into full productive use.
Stress Fire Prevention.
:. Fire prevention will be stressed, the
ycommittee pointing out that the "red
terror is the chief enemy of the
of acres of timberland each year, the
devastating flames cause an annual
damage Of $50, 900, not taking into
account the damage to young growth.
watersheds and recreationaI facilities,
which cannot be estimated in dollars
and cents. The average area swept
by fires each year amounts to 15,000,
600 acres, according to the United
States Forest Service.
Ninety per cent of the forest fires
today are caused by man, the Amer
Jean Forest Week committee says,
adding that every citizen can contrib
ute to the suppression of the destruc-
tive Red Terror" by using care when
he frequents the forests in allowing
no fire to start through any act of his,
IN stamping out or drenching with wa
ter any small fire. he may discover
and in reporting promptly any large
blaze TO forest officers or landowners.
A large percentage of fires are caused
by motorists throwing smoking ma
terial from their cars, the committee
says, noting that the Massachusetts
committee is urging all automobile
owners to equip their cars with ash
trays during American Forest Week.
szeEmphasizing the need of placing
Americas forests on perpetual yield
basis, the COMMITTEES states that the
United States is using up it's timber
supply four times as rapidly as that
supply is being replaced through
growth, and that the nations wood