UNITED STATES 
 
 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
        NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
           t I.il-An '  It I IM'InIc 
 
 
      ADDRESS ONLY 
THE DIRECTO. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE                                  16ay
10, 1945. 
 
 
    Dr. Robert F. Griggs, Chairman, 
         Division of Biology and Agriculture, 
               National Research Council, 
                    2101 Constitution Avenue, 
                        W'ashington 25, D. C. 
 
    Dear Dr. Griggs: 
 
          I have received your letter of L1ay 4 addressed to Mr. Lee Kneipp
and my- 
    self, with reference to the naming of a conmittee to study the relationship
of 
    airplanes to roadless and wilderness areas. 
 
          I have not only studied your list of nominees for this committee
but I 
    have asked others in the Office to consider it also. In following your
gen- 
    eral lead, we voted on the desirability of the various ones. Attached
is a 
    list indicating the results of the votes in this Office. I will admit
however, 
    in this connection, that some of the individuals on the list are not
very well 
    known to us. As a result of this voting, my suggestions are: Aldo Leooold,

    Kenneth A. Reid, ShirlJ,     llen, Frederick iaw 02irlsted, and i. -.
Cooper. 
    TisTT-i4-V   eople would give us a pretty good-pread in the pro e   
 1sso6-M fields 
    of wildlife, forestry, ecology, landscape architecture, and in general
conser- 
    vation principles. 
 
          The members of the National Park Service whom I consulted think
very high- 
    ly of Olaus J. 11Murie, and the only reason he is not among the five
names sug- 
    gested is that we felt perhaps it would be better if the coimittee were
made up 
    of individuals not employbd by the Government. 
 
          Victor E. Shelford and Paul B. Sears also rate very high in our
esti'mation. 
    We realize that Yr. Shelford has v.worked long and hard and enthusiastically
in 
    the interest of many of the things we stand for.  The reason that he
perhaps 
    received two votes and E'r. Sears none is due to the fact that, while
they rep- 
    resent the same profession, and are excellent men, Mr. Shelford has been
known 
    to us for a long time through his works. 
 
         Of course we know Ovid M..Butler, but many of us felt that Shirley
W. Allen 
    would be a better representative in the forestry field. 
 
         Ve are not very well acquainted with the other men on the list,
with the 
    exception of Ernest C. Oberholtzer who, of course, is very well known
for his 
  q   -TRy: fine work in connection with the Quetico-Superior wilderness
area. 
       \BUY.      I realize that the question of appointing the committee
is your 
     W      responsibility, and these suggestions are made at your request.
1.e 
     rHONDS