APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1948 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTIETH CONGRESS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JOHN TABER, New York, Chairman RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, Vermont FRANCÍS H. CASE, South Dakota II. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota LOWELL STOCKMAN, Oregon JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas CHARLES R. ROBERTSON, North Dakota FREDERIC R, COUDERT, JR., New York LOUIS LUDLOW, Indiana JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Acting Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. EVERETT M. DIRKSEN (CHAIRMAN), CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, H. CARL ANDERSEN, WALT HORAN, JOHN PHILLIPS, CLARENCE CANNON, HARRY R. SHEPPARD, AND JAMIE L. WHITTEN, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1948, ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS, NAMELY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1947. FOREST SERVICE STATEMENTS OF LYLE F. WATTS, CHIEF, FOREST SERVICE; EARL W. LOVERIDGE, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FOREST SERVICE; C. M. GRANGER, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FOREST SERVICE; E. I. KOTOK, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FOREST SERVICE; DR. R. E. MCARDLE, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FOREST SERVICE; GEORGE W. TRAYER, CHIEF, DIVISION OF FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST SERVICE; I. J. MASON, CHIEF, DIVISION OF TIMBER MANAGEMENT, FOREST SERVICE; DAVID P. GODWIN, CHIEF, DIVISION OF FIRE CONTROL, FOREST SERVICE; HOWARD HOPKINS, CHIEF, LAND ACQUISITION, FOREST SERVICE; THEODORE W. NORCROSS, CHIEF, DIVISION OF ENGINEERING; HENRY WOLD, BUDGET OFFICER, FOREST SERVICE; RALPH S. ROBERTS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE; AND W. A. JUMP, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EDITOR'S NOTE: See standard classification schedules under the various appropriation items making up the Forest Service. Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. Watts, we are glad to see you. We have here an estimate for the Forest Service in the sum of $66,145,500 for the fiscal year 1948. That compares with a total estimated appropriation for 1947 in the sum of $68,590,722, and that represents a decrease of $2,445,222. M600314 1 |