NATIONAL MONUMENT, WYO. HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC LANDS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 2241 A BILL TO ABOLISH THE JACKSON HOLE NATIONAL SAID MONUMENT TO ITS STATUS 87686 MAY 14, 18, 26, 27, AND 28, AND JUNE 1, 8, AND 9, 1943 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Public Lands UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1943 TO ABOLISH THE JACKSON HOLE NATIONAL MONUMENT, WYO. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1943 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10 a. m., Hon. J. Hardin Peterson (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order. Gentlemen, there has been a conflict with Roads Committee and with Veterans' Committee this morning, which some of the members desired to attend. On account of Congressman Englebright's death, we will want to adjourn, out of respect to him, shortly after hearing the testimony on the cases scheduled, so with your permission I will take the liberty of holding H. R. 2209 and H. R. 2210 over until the next meeting, because some of the members desire to be here. H. R. 2209 has to do with placing registrars of the district land offices into the classified civil service, and H. R. 2210 has to do with registrars being subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. I had hoped to take final action on that this morning, but I would rather not until we have a larger attendance, because there is some opposition to the bill. On Tuesday we will take up again, also—and I hope to be able to report out at that time favorably-H. R. 2527, granting relief and working out certain descriptions with reference to the town of Springdale, Utah, introduced by Mr. Granger. He is absent this morning, and Mr. Robinson, the other member from Utah, is on the Roads Committee, but I give notice now that we will bring that up at the next session, which will be Tuesday. Any witnesses who may have appeared on those particular bills will be excused at this time, unless they wish to remain. Mr. Wolfsohn, if that is all you came up for, you may go, or else you are welcome to stay. Mr. WOLFSOHN. Thank you, sir. The CHAIRMAN. We told our colleague, Mr. Barrett of Wyoming, a member of this committee, that we would begin hearings on his bill, H. R. 2241. This bill is a bill to abolish the Jackson Hole National Monument, created by Presidential proclamation No. 2578, dated March 15, 1943, and to restore the area embraced within and constituting said Jackson Hole National Monument as a part of the Teton National Forest, the bill providing— That the Jackson Hole National Monument as created by Presidential proclamation No. 2578, dated March 15, 1943, be, and the same is hereby abolished, and the area embraced within and constituting said Jackson Hole National Monument, being a part of the Teton National Forest, be restored to its status as a part of said Teton National Forest. 1 |