SERVICE BULLETIN. 
 
No doubt the fire fighters of his day 
had the same tendency to relax when the "push" 
wasn't around as have the present day in- 
ebriates from Spokane. Therefore, it seems 
probable that Lucretius wrote the following 
as a bit of propaganda to scare the Roman 
trench builders out of their daily siestas. 
"To certain trees there has been given 
so dolorous a shade that often they gender 
achings of the head, if one but be beneath, 
outstretched on the sward." 
AN ORGANIC ACT FOR FOREST RESEARCH 
(Clipped from D. 6 Bulletin) 
PURPOSE. On December 7, 1927, Con- 
gressman McSweeney of Ohio introduced in the 
House and Senator McNary of Oregon introduced 
in the Senate a bill which if passed will have 
a far-reaching effect on forestry. Its pur- 
pose is to correlate all branches of federal 
research that have to do with forests, to 
recognize by organic legislation the several 
agencies doing research, and to set up a pro- 
gram for financing these agencies. The bill 
makes no appropriations but merely authorizes 
certain annual appropriations. 
STATUS. This forest research bill is 
another step in the progressive federal leg- 
islative program which is gradually building 
a national forest policy. It is, in a way, 
a follow up of the Clarke-MoNary Act. It is 
the outgrowth of the report of a special 
committee of the Society of American For- 
esters and is sponsored by the National For- 
estry Program Committee.  A large number of 
representative commercial bodies, industrial 
associations, as well as professional for- 
esters everywhere have endorsed it. 
WHAT THE BILL COVERS. 
1. It directs the Secretary of Agri- 
culture to do all kinds of forest re- 
search (which are specifically detailed 
in the bill). 
2.  It is an enabling act for the 
eleven forest experiment stations and 
authorizes $1,000,000 annually for them. 
 
3. It provides for study of the di- 
seases of trees and decays of wood 
products by the B.P.I., and suggests 
$250,000 annual appropriation. 
4.  It authorizes a like amount for 
the investigation of forest insects by 
the Bureau of Entomology. 
5. It provides for the study of forest 
animals and birds ($150,000) by the 
Biological Survey. 
6.  It authorizes $50 ,000 for fire- 
weather studies by the Weather Bureau. 
7. Range research would be provided 
for to a limit of $275,000. 
8. For the Forest Products Laboratory 
work a possible $1,000,000 a year is 
authorized, plus $50,000 extra for 
study of foreign    forest products. 
9. For a comprehensive survey of tim- 
ber requirements and supplies it au- 
thorizes $250,000 a year with a max- 
imum of $3,000,000. 
10. Economic studies would be pro- 
vided for to a limit of $250,000. 
WHAT THE BILL WOULD DO FOR THE PACIFIC 
NORTHWEST. 
In recognition of its importance as a 
forest region the Pacific Northwest could ex- 
pect to have allocated for its use a large 
portion of each of these appropriations. Thus 
forest research could be put on a substantial 
basis comparable to agricultural research, and 
proportional to the value of the forest re- 
sources to be studied. It would be possible 
to make the much needed inventory of our for- 
est resources, to make more rapid progress in 
the control of pests and diseases, to improve 
the fire-weather warning service, to learn the 
growth and yield of all our types, to improve 
on their management, and to further the econ- 
omic manufacture and use of wood.