Commission on public domain created

A bill, H. R. 6153, providing for a commission on Public Domain and authorizing an appropriation of $50,000 for the expenses of the commission, has passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate and will undoubtedly be signed by the President. Under the proposed law, governors of each of the eleven states, in which the 190,000,000 acres of public domain are now distributed, would each appoint a member of the commission, and the remaining members would be appointed by President Hoover. The purpose of the commission is to evolve a definite policy regarding public lands.