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To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning
them; to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features
of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. illegible BOARD OP DIRECTORS 1904-1905 Mr. JOHN MUIR, President . Martinez Prof. A.
G. MCADIB, Vice-President . Mills Bldg., S. F. Prof. J. N. LB CONTE, Treasurer . . Berkeley Prof. W. R. DUDLEY, Cor. Sec'y
. StanfordUniversity Mr. WILLIAM E. COLBY, Secretary . Mills Bldg., S. F. Prof. GEORGE DAVIDSON .... Berkeley Mr. J. S.
HUTCHINSON, Jr. Claus Spreckels Bldg., S. F. Mr. WARREN OLNEY . . IOI Sansome St., S. F. Mr. E. T. PARSONS . . . University
Club, S. F. (Vice Mr. ELLIOTT MCALLISTER, resigned COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS: Pres. DAVID STARR JORDAN, Chairman Stanford
Univ. Mr. ELLIOTT MCALLISTER, Editor Crocker Bldg., S. F. Prof. WM. F. BAD E acute; . . . . Berkeley Prof. WM. R. DUDLEY
. . . Stanford University Mr. ALEX. G. EELLS . . . Crocker Bldg., S. F. Mr. E. B. GOULD . Mutual Savings Bank Bldg., S.
F. Mr. J. S. HUTCHINSON, Jr. Claus Spreckels Bldg., S. F. Mr. E. T. PARSONS . . . University Club, S. F. Prof. H. W. ROLFE
Stanford University Mr. WILLOUGHBY RODMAN Bryson Block, Los Angeles Mr. Muir- 2 that the bill would carry, he cast his
vote with us. You will probably note the Hand of Providence guiding matters through all this doubt. Now that it is all over
it is necessary for us to turn our attention to the other side of the question and direct our energies on Washington. We must,
if possible, try and persuade the President and Secretary of the Interior that it is possible for them to assume control of
the Valley at once without the necessity of a Congressional act. Our friend Johnson may be able to help in this relation.
I enclose a copy of the bill as passed which you can send on to him. Our idea is that the President, by proclamation or otherwise,
has power to accept the Recession but an appropriation is necessary to care for the Valley. I enclose the clippings you asked
for. Very truly yours, illegible 03532