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Show PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION 1730 K Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 June 20, 1970 The President The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: We submit with pride the report of the Public Land Law Review Commission with our recommendations for policy guidelines for the retention and management or disposition of Federal lands that equal one-third of the area of our Nation. The report is responsive to the provisions of Public Law 88-606 which established this Commission and charged us with specific responsibilities that are detailed in the Preface. Our recommendations represent a broad consensus on both basic underlying principles and recommendations to carry them out. Although we represent diverse views and backgrounds, we were able to adjust our ideas, objectively consider the problems, and achieve this general agreement. In a few instances, individual members have set forth their separate views. Because this is a consensus report, however, the absence of a member's separate views does not necessarily indicate that there is unanimity on the details. The Commission's recommendations will support early implementation through Executive and legislative action to assure equitable treatment of our citizens and make the public land laws of the United States and their administration simpler, more effective, and, in accordance with the criterion of the policy objective set forth in the Commission's Organic Act, truly for the maximum benefit for the general public. Respectfully, f. Aspinall Chairman Gordon Allott ) Paul J. Fannin Clinton P. Anderson Maunce~lCGoddard Walter S. Baring Alan Bible Philip H. Hoff H. Byron Mock Vice Chairman Henry M. Jackson Nanc^E. Smith Laurence TT^urton . Wia Len B. Wian Robert Emmet Clark 111 John H. Kyi Morris K. Udalfv Roy A. Taylor 7ohn i^ Snylnr- Laurance S. Rockefellei |