Evening star., 1933-03-31
PRESIDENT SIGNS
FOREST Jobs BILL
Labor Department Directed
to Supervise EnIisting
From Idle Ranks.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt today made his
forest conservation-emplo ploynnent pro-
gram law by signing the bill. while his
aides rushed to make ready for enlist
ing thousands from the cities jobless
for the work.
lie directed the Labor Department to
supervise enrolment of the idle. maxi
ing plain that he had in mind selec-
uon OF men who went to the metro
polltan centers during boom days ta
carry out the task of putting the y,,ary
%;atersheds Of the Nation again in con.
ueion 70 produce timber and guarI
against floods. e""'
Signing Deferred.
=, rms f1rst point of his emergency re.
iIeI program was authorized lafe ,as
tSroay by Congress. At the reouest ~
some OF those who sponsored the Ieois-
iat.on' ne deferred signing of the bin
III Is the hope of Mr.. Roosevelt 70 get
some men to work within two weefs
oc, ny MIoSunlfner, he believes, over 20O :
oo0 men can be welding axes and push-
ing spades in the forests
The President will go ahead u,,th tho
plan he had in mind to give the civil Ill
ian Conservation Corps a nav of sao
month with food and subsistence
Maj. r. Y. Stuart, United States for
ester, called conference of represe,1ta-
tives of State forestry departments to
plan for State projects. Before that
can be held, however, he will confer
win regional foresters of the IJniter,
states Forest Service on Monday. Later
conferences with representatives of pri-
Vate holders of forest lands will be held
IN an effort to work out cooperative
projects. -'e
Only about 46 per cent Of the forest
area In this country is now protected
asalnsC forest fires and the project
which Stuart aims to bring about would
increase the protection.
a.. meeting late today of representa-
yves OF the War, Labor, Agricultllre
anu interior Departments will labor to
psILect plans for getting the Roosevelt
program under way quickly. One of
tne pig elements still unsettled is de-
termination of the number of men who
VII De assigned to work on the various
types OF Federal land.
Number Not Decided.
IT has not been determined how
n
forests. which have an aggregate erea
OF 16l ,000,000 acres. "o"
MoSt OF the national forest area lies
M western States, and one of the prob
!enlS remaining to be solved is the de-
termination OF the mileage men will ba
transported from their homes to carnns
1he Snortef the distance the rre9ter
economy in the operation has been ad-
Vanced as one principle on which the
pIanS should be predicated.
AS result, the Forest Service Is
seeking to bring about agreements to
increase the number of cooperative
projects II the East. There are only
spout 6,OO0,O00 acres of national forests
east OF the Mississippi. and it is in this
.rea that on a basis of population the
largest group of recruits will come from
Projects which can be carried on in
national forests have been divided into
Two classes. The first would include
construction of telephone lines, roads,
trails, landing fields, fire breaks, look
out towers, structures for fire protec-
tlon and housing forest forces, range
FENCES and range water Developments
ana limited amount of planting.
Erosion Control Projects.
Projects in class B include erosion
S.eAS, PotoOAl p4dlt GIlu EOO6IlLs RTdCl-
cation and other types of range and
forest cultural activities.
The forest sfrvice has potential sites
1or several Thousand work camps but
the number which will be needed de-
penos on determination of the number
OF men to be made available for i.s
projects.
It's plans for camps would limit the
NUMBER OF men In most cases in each tn
ABOUT 100. Larger numbers would be
used In camps where projects recurring
considerable labor were concentrated in
small area.
The War Department is prepared r.
transport men long distances. ircIudino
from Eastern cities to forests in west
ern States, if necessary, but this mo-
gram is not likely to be adopted If it
can be avoided, because of the expen-e
which would be involved.
The departments working out the pro-
gram are seeking to limit expenses. in
Guiding capital outlays, so that as larg,
an amount OF the money available 70
possible can be used for wages.