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SOUND PLANNING
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The conservation of nat
ural resources is prominent
ly our opportunity for pub
lic pianmng in America. As
Mr. Harold L. Ickes, Secre
tary of the Interior, very
aptly observed in an ad
dress at Washington, re
cently, it is a little danger
ous to on behalf of
the idea of planning, be
cause it is not a part of the
American tradition. But
we must come to it, and
eventually we shall, with
respect to natural resour
ces at any rate.
“We must reserve our
forefathers, and they never
planned,"Mr. Iskec remark
ed, with a good deal of acid
in his phrases. “When
they had devastated one
forest they merely moved
on to another. When they
had exhausted the fertility
of a farm in one section,
there was always another
farm a little farther on to
be had for the taking. As
I sav, they never planned
they merely exploited. Er
go, we should not plan.”
There is much to think
about in Mr. Ickes’ stinging
indictment of the prejudice
against planning. The word
often conjures up impres
sions of a regimented socie
ty in which men do not pro
duce fhe goods they hope
to sell at a profit, but the
goods a bureaucratic gov
ernment decides in solemn
conference the people oug
ht to have next season. To
be sure, that is public plan
ning also. It is a sort we
want none of. It is a sort
that does not work, unless
government is so strong &
so tyrannical that it can
make people pretend to like
things they do not like.
Surely a social order pro
vides few satisfactions for
mankind.
The stupidity of this sort
of planned industrial oro
duction. however, should
not be allowed to create a
prejudice against the com
mon-sense planning of land
use and reforestation. T^e
present movement for con
servation, for planning the
utilization of natural re
sources, began under that
thorough-going individual
ist, Theodore Roosevelt,
and it was from his effort
that Mr. Ickes caught the
idea.
Ours will be a poverty
stricken country in another
two generations, if we con
tinue to exploit the soil and
the forests with the same
pioneer’s recklessness that
our forefathers had. How
ever profoundly we regard
their work, which made the
development of this coun
try possible, we are oblig
ed to recognize that their
prodigal use of the land is
not permissible for us.
What was perfectly natur
al for them, and served to
build up the country, is
likely to be national suici
de for us and for the gener
ations to come, if we follow
theirexample slavishly.
Mr. A1 Smith will not be
alone when he takes his
walk.—Toledo Blade.
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"Jim” Galen
Visits Seattle
“Jim” Galen—he hasn’t
been called James for ever
so long—came down from
Alaska the other day, to
tarry a while and went to
Montana to visit his sister.
In Seat'.le he held reunion
with John R. Wheeler, re
calling the day they met in
Teller, in the fall of 1901.
Young John Wheeler had
been sent by the New York
World to “cover” the gold
rush. “Jim” had gone up to
seek his fortune. Wheeler
stayed five years then re
turned to less exciting news
in the states. Galen has
been in the North ever sin
ce. with the exception of a
few years. For some time he
has been in charge of trans
portation at Mount McKin
ley National Park.
Transportation up that
way is varied. The travel
er may have his choice of
dogteam, motorbus, oldfash
ioned stagecoach, or air
plane; or ride a horse.
There’s a nice camp up
there now, but soon, Gal
en hopes, the government
will decide to go through
with its plans for a hotel
at the base of the highest
North American peak, and
then tourists will turn there
in great numbers for a new
thrill.
“Jim seems to know j
'most every man in Alas
ka, and while here he was!
busy answering questions
of Seattle acquaintances
about this or that person in
the Territory. And he told
how they were, and how1
the "missus” and the child
ren were, too.
Wheeler, having forsak
en journalism, is head Qf
the United States Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce offices in Seat
tle.—Seattle Times.
Declined Offer
To Form Cabinet
(Bv The Associated Press)
Tokyo, March 4—Prince
Konoye declined the offer
of Hirohito to form a new1
cabinet, declining' on ac-;
count of ill health. A com-!
munique disclosed that 14
hundred officers and men
participated in last week’s
rebellion.
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