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Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement

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  • IfltS ft, 0. A,--ft* Our advices from %ishintgon are very encouraging and the outlook at this time is very bright for early action by Congress concerning the P ropo sed f o re St r re se nn. Under separate cover m are sending you some copies of the message of President MoKinley as requested, I am also enclosing a fen copies of the map as we originally presented it to congress, this map was presented with the original Memorial and is on file with that paper, but later we dropped this and ceassd to talk of any particular boundary for thi reason that we antagonized assay large forest land owners shose boundaires fire not included in these lines. One gentleman who lives in this country, ffr, Hayes, formerly of Newcastle, Pa,, who represents a Company of Pittsburgh capitalists and who are inter- r ?sted in some thirty or forth thousand acres here, was particularly aggressive and candidly stated that he would use his influence to g«t the *??,m\ sylvan in delegation to Oppose us if m Aid. not drop boundary lines, ^hen we asked Congress for an appropriation for a preliminary investigation no boundary lines were mentioned, we o imply asked for an investigation of the southern Appalachian region. Mr. Kays a and those who felt as he did have since dropped all opposition and are willing to leave all location to rest on its out merit, Secretary filson has often expressed himself as being in favor of a preserve in the smokies along the Tennessee - North Carolina State lines and he has also stated
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