Under (3), suitability for recreation purposes: I can only say this is probably the greatest winter recreation area in the United States, if made available and properly developed.

On page 3, it states:

Outdoor opportunities are most urgently needed near metropolitan areas. Three-quarters of the people will live in metropolitan areas by the turn of the century. They will have the greatest need for outdoor recreation, and their need will be most difficult to satisfy, as urban centers have the fewest facilities and the sharpest competition for land use. Over a quarter billion acres are public designated outdoor recreation areas. However, either the location of the land, or restrictive management policies, or both, greatly reduce the effectiveness of the land for recreation use by the bulk of the population. Much of the West and virtually all of Alaska are of little use to most Americans looking for a place in the sun for their families on a weekend, when the demand is overwhelming. At regional and State levels, most of the land is where people are not. Few places are near enough to metropolitan centers for a Sunday outing. The problem is not one of total area but of effective area.

On page 81, again I quote out of context:

The first task is to provide recreation for the metropolitan regions. We are not running out of land, we are failing to use it effectively. The physical supply of land for recreation is bountiful. For reasons of ownership, management or location, access to it is not.

On page 87, it is further stated:

Instead of straining limited budgets to meet peakload conditions, management should apply them to overall recreation development. It should, for example, do as much as possible to promote use of areas throughout the year. Often the season of use can be extended. In some cases, development of winter sports facilities would encourage year-around use of areas now used only in warm weather.

I visited San Gorgonio one month ago. Six of us hiked in with skins on our skis. We spread out in three different directions and, in the entire San Gorgonio area that we covered, we found only six other people. They were all on skis. It would have been impossible on that date for anyone to enter the area without skis, unless they were a most rugged type individual.

On page 117, under "Résumé of Class Characteristics," I quote:

Because of the localized nature of the activities, class II areas (which is skiing area) may often occur as enclaves in class III, which is general forest, occasionally (with very simple facilities) in class V, which is wilderness, and very rarely in class IV, which is national monuments.

I would like to have this committee consider for a minute what enclaves are. They are acres that are set aside within larger areas for uses of different types. It is inconceivable to me that an enclave for skiing, within the San Gorgonio area, would do anything but permit many hundreds of thousands of people to enjoy this area with no injury to the remaining acres. For these reasons we would like to make the following recommendation as an amendment to wilderness bill, S. 174.

This is my amendment:

In any wilderness area, where within a radius of 100 miles there exists a population of more than 1 million people, the appropriate secretary shall at his discretion permit the use of enclaves within the wilderness area for winter recreation, including ski lifts and service facilities.

In the event that the best judgment of this committee should rule against an amendment such as we have proposed, we would urge that the San Gorgonio wilderness area be excepted from inclusion in the

wilderness system identified in S. 174 and such area revert back to ordinary forest land, to be subject to review by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Department of the Interior, for further study and revaluation as to its best use which might well be for general recreation, and winter recreation in particular.

If this is not done, the Wilderness Act in its present form can only be changed by legislation, by legislative action, of both House and Senate. You will agree, I am sure, that is tantamount to a freezing of these areas and the San Gorgonio area will never be put to its most effective use.

Skiers are just as happy skiing as golfers are golfing, as hikers are hiking. They too have right to the pursuit of this happiness. Skiers are not desecrators, they do not kill, they do not collect, they do not pick or destroy. The very nature of the sport makes it thrive amid natural beauty.

(Exhibits furnished by Mr. Deutsch follow :)

Mr. ALEX DEUTSCH,
Beverly Hills, Calif.

SOUTHERN COUNCIL OF THE FAR WEST SKI ASSOCIATION,

February 28, 1962.

DEAR MR. DEUTSCH: The Southern Council of the Far West Ski Association hereby delegates authority to you to act on behalf of all its member clubs as their representative at congressional hearings in Washington, D.C., on S. 174, known as the Wilderness Act.

Sincerely yours,

CHANDLER NORTH, President.

FAR WEST SKI ASSOCIATION AFFILIATED CLUBS

Aerojet Ski-Jets, Lyle Waters, 2927 Marconi Ave., No. 70, Sacramento. Alameda Ski Club, Dee Dulec, 1220 Peru St., Alamenda, 1st and 3d Wednesdays. *Ski Club Alpine, William Roth, 212 E. Road, Covina, 2d and 4th Tues., Buckingham Palace.

Alpineer Club, Herb Ridout, 44 Page St., San Francisco, Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Druids Hall.

Arizona Snow Bowl, Van Greemen, Box 1120, Flagstaff, Ariz.

Auburn Ski Club, H. S. Clegg, P.O. Box 387, Auburn.

*Ski Club Avalanche, Eber Slaght, 615 N. San Fernado Rd., Burbank; meets every 3d Thursday, Valley Vista Women's Club.

*Bakersfield Ski Club, Stan Henry, 113 Griffith St., Bakersfield.

*Balboa Ski Club, Dave Woods, Box 155, Balboa Island; 1st and 3d Mon., Hurley Bell Restaurant.

*Beach Cities Ski Club, J. Ray "Fuzz" Schulz, 432 Rosecrons Apt. C, Manhattan Beach; meets 2d and 4th Tuesdays, Clark Auditorium.

*Beckman Ski Club, Blair E. Howe, 211 Volecite Rd., La Puente; meets 1st and 3d Thursday, Beckman Plant, 2500 Harbor Blvd., Fullerton.

*Belvedere Ski Club, Robert Bagnall, 30 Madrona, Belvedere.

Berg & Tal, P.O. Box 65, San Bernardino, Rex Gilbert, 25636 Sun Ave., Loma Linda; 1st and 3d Thursdays, Rancho Del Valle, 895 W. 42d, San Bernardino. Berkeley Ski Club, P.O. Box 498, Berkeley, Frank Okerbeck; 1st and 3d Tuesdays, Oct.-May, 8 p.m., Live Oak Community Center.

Big Bear Winter Club, Tommi Tyndall, Box 77, Snow Summit, Big Bear Lake. *Big Pines Ski Club, Rex McLean, 11509 S. Groveland, Whittier.

*Bruin Ski Club, Lee Ann Johnson, 402 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles.

Cal Poly Ski Club, Cal Poly ASB Office, San Luis Obispo.

Camber Ski Club, P.O. Box 195, Salinas, Calif.; Betty Gularte, 1st and 3d Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Carmel Ski Club, P.O. Box 4675, Carmel, Calif. Bill Romeser, Thursday 8:00 p.m., Maxey's.

China Peak Ski Club-Bill Baker, 1805 Harrison Ave., Fresno 5.
Cinema Ski Club, Jules Salkin, 8051 Fareholm Dr., Los Angeles.

*100 percent Far West clubs.

Convair (Antelope Valley), Tom Johnson, Box 128, Palmdale. *Convair (San Diego), Joe Harris, 3622 35th St., San Diego 4.

D'Argent Ski Club, Dick Ziegler, 9918 Tecum Rd., Downey; meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays at various members' homes.

Diablo Valley College Ski Club, Golf Links Rd., Concord, Jim Hunter, 20 Sunrise Hill, Orinda.

Dodge Ridge Ski Club, Wilbur Twining, Pinecrest Chalet, Pinecrest.

Don Diego Ski Club, James Corbin, 4868 Narragansett Dr., San Diego.

*Edelweiss-Redhornet Ski Club, Frances Subich, in care of The Edelweiss, Twin Bridges, Kyburz.

*Edelweiss Ski Club, Al Hartman, 3942 Stevely Ave., Los Angeles; Tuesday, Beverly Caverns.

Far Western Medical Assn. Ski Club, Wm. C. Casey, M.D., 2414 Torrance Blvd., Torrance.

*Far World, Dr. Sutter Kunkel, Suite 524, 110 Pine Ave., Long Beach.

Foothill Ski Club, Maurice Ryan, 5123 N. Rosemead, San Gabriel; Thursdays 8:30 p.m., Monrovia Elks Club.

*Fresno Ski Club, Bill Baker, P.O. Box 581, Fresno; 1st and 3d Thursdays, 8:00 p.m., Holmes Playground.

General Dynamics Ski Club (Pomona)-Jim Rodriguez, 4220 La Junta Dr., Claremont; 2d and 4th Thursday, CRA Bldg.

Glendale Ski Club, Bill Holmes, 1848 Linda Rose Ave., Los Angeles 41, CL 5-0421; meets 1st and 3d Mondays, 8:00 p.m., Eagle Rock Playground, 1100 Eagle Vista Dr., LA.

*Green Valley Lake Ski Club, Bob Wood, General Delivery, Green Valley Lake. *Grindelwald Ski Club, George Shahinian, 110 Eximeno Ave., Long Beach; 1st and 3d Thursdays, Danish Kitchen, 5623 Hollywood Blvd.

*Heavenly Valley (S. Tahoe), Alynne Hickey, Box 127, Bijou; 1st and 3d Sundays, Heavenly Valley Lodge.

Helter Skelter Club, Dr. Ralph Murano, 821 S. Claudina, Anaheim.
Hochgebirg Skiers, Don Cady, 14535 Hartiand, Apt. 5, Van Nuys.

*Hollywood Ski Club, Cloyde Howard, 3226 Foust Ave., Long Beach; meets Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m., Cafe de Paris.

Hughes Ski Club, John Hoskin, EX 8-2711, Ext. 6233 (Bus.).

Ski Club Inyo, Stuart K. Rosenberg, 3100 Maple Ave., Manhattan Beach. June Mountain Ski Club, June Lake, Gordon Oxley, Box 122, June Lake. *California Kandahar Ski Club, Bob Foster, 4709 Joaquin Way, Sacramento. Kaleva Ski Club, Gwen Maillnon, 837 Paloma Ave., Oakland; meets 4th Thursday.

*Lake Tahoe Ski Club, Box 626, Tahoe City, Herb Kahn, Box 91, Tahoe City. Langlaufers (North American Aviation Inc.), Recreation Center, Room 1, 12145 Woodruff Ave., Downey, Rusty Harder, 10392 Imperial Ave., Garden Grove.

Lerc Ski Club, Box 504, Sunnyvale, John Petric, 1990 Latham St., Mt. View; meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays, 8:00 p.m., Pete's Chicago Club, Sunnyvale. Long Beach Ski Club, Walt Ruffner, 5603 East 2d St., Long Beach, GE 9-9410; meets 1st and 3d Thursdays, Whaley Park Club House.

*Los Angeles City Schools (Wintersports Patrol Club), H. D. Fuerst, 3034 Castle Heights.

Los Padres Ski Club (reactivated club), Mark Shipman, 6004 Sutter Ave., Ventura.

Malibu Ski Club, Gilbert Platt, 1142 Las Pulgas Rd., Pacific Pallisades; 2d Wednesday.

*Mammoth Mt. Ski Club, Dave McCoy, Box 24, Monmmoth Lakes.

Marin Ski Club, Box 334, San Rafael. Danil Shillinger, 2d and 4th Wednesdays, College of Marin, Library Room 2, Kentfield.

Mercury Ski Club, Jo Tyndall, 431 West 7th St., Los Angeles.
Modesto Ski Club, J. D. Gravkin, P.O. Box 1751, Modesto.

Mt. Baldy Ski Club, Jane Leffler, Mt. Baldy.

Mt. Diablo Ski Club, P.O. Box 512, Concord. Frank Sellers; meets 1st and 3d Mondays.

*Mt. Shasta Snowmen Ski Club, Irene Murdoch, Box 676, Mt. Shasta.

*Mt. Waterman Ski Club, Wm. Bendal, 200 South El Molino, Pasadena; meets 3d Thursdays.

Napa Ski Club, Lou Risley, P.O. Box 411, Napa; meets 1st and 3d Thursdays, 8:00 p.m.; Dave's Place, 825 Third St., Napa.

Nature Friends, Inc., Robert A. Wyler, 516 Ellington Ave., San Francisco. *Northrop Ski Club, 222 North Prairie Ave., Hawthorne. Ralph W. Drong, Manhattan Beach.

Nots Ski Club, B. G. De Haas, 109 Q. Blandy, China Lake.

Oakland Ski Club, Box 1281, Oakland. Dean Colvin, 3341 North Lucille Lane, Lafayette; meets 1st Thursday, 8:00 p.m., Park Blvd. Club House, Oakland. Olympic Club, John G. Halkett, 524 Post St., San Francisco.

*Pasadena Ski Club, Hays Schlundt, 2946 Kansas Ave., Santa Monica.

*Peer Gynt, Ken Belgen, 1006 Bradshaw, Monterey Park.

Peninsula Ski Club, Box 305, San Mateo; Archie Steinbach; Wednesdays 8:30 p.m., San Mateo City Council Chambers.

*Phoenix Ski Club, Box 1025, Phoenix, Gene Gage, 749 West Oakland, Chandler, Ariz.

*Porterville Ski Club, Gordon L. Jackson, P.O. Box 1132, Porterville.

Prudential Ski Club (Prudential Insurance Co.), P.O. Box 2051, Terminal Annex, Los Angeles.

Redding Ski Club, John Johannsen, 2687 Shasta, Summit City.

*Reno Ski Club, P.O. Box 214, Palo Alto, Hugo Taskovich, 751 Gailen Ave. *Reul Ski Club, Ralph Peyton, 14936 Roxton Ave., Gardena.

Rubiyat Ski Club, Cecil Romage, 255 Brock Rd., Auburn.

Rwea Ski Club, Bonny Steele, Purch. Bldg. 10, Box 45564, Airport Station.
San Diego Ski Club, Joe W. LeVine, 433 San Elijo St., San Diego 6; meets 2d
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m., Museum of Natural History Auditorium, Balboa Park,
San Diego.

San Francisco Viking Ski Club, Forest Lodge, 266 Laguna Honda Blvd., San Francisco; Bob King, 3344 Taraval St., San Francisco; meets 2d Wednesday 8:30 p. m.

San Gorgonio Ski Club, Gordon Wade, 4100 Stone Canyon Ave., Sherman Oaks; meets 4th Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Pucci's Restaurant, Encino.

San Jose City College, Raylene Gray, 1928 Harmil Way, San Jose.

*Santa Barbara Ski Club, Frank Greer, 1577 Miramar Lane, Santa Barbara; meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays, All Saints by the Sea Parish Hall.

Santa Monica Ski Club, Fred Payne, 8422 Rindge Ave., Playa del Rey; 2d Thursday.

Scandia Norsemen Ski Club, 5623 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; Otto Boe, 2533 Creston, Hollywood; meets each Tuesday, Danish Kitchen.

Sequoia Ski Club, Jeanne Engel, Box 1103, Visalia.

Sierra Club, Dr. Edgar Wayburn, 30 Seaview Terrace, San Francisco.

Single Ski Club, Eddy Schonauer, 4422 Burns Ave., Los Angeles 29; meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m., Blarney Castle, Western Ave., North of Wilshire. *Ski and Skoal, Kenny Teague, 775 West 4th St., San Pedro.

*Ski Guins, Bud Hivner, 3977 Beechwood, Lynwood; 1st and 3d Thursdays, South Gate Civic Auditorium.

Ski Patrol, Jacques Bushman, 8009 Vista del Rosa, Downey.

Ski Mos, Elliott Popel, 729 Albee St., Montebello.

Skoalers Ski Club, Douglas Daniels, 2514 Gaynor, Richmond.

Skrid Finnen Ski Club, Andy Bryson, 3103 Stevely Ave., Long Beach.

Sons of Norway Ski Club, Jane N. Nore, 6725 Colbath Ave., Van Nuys.

South Bay Ski Club, P.O. Box 1091, San Jose; Chuck Cantoni, 2040 California St., Mountain View; meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays. Hawaiian Gardens.

*South Bay Wailers, Gerald Howe, 2082 General St., San Pedro; meets 2d and 4th Thursdays, Caprino's Restaurant, Torrence.

*Southern Skis, Kenneth Sharpe, 1224 Wall St., Los Angeles 15.

Squaw Valley Ski Club, Bill Leutwyler, Squaw Valley Lodge, Olympic Valley. Stanford Ski Club, ASSU Office, Stanford U., Palo Alto.

*Stockton Ski Club, Box 16, Stockton. Bob Heath, Box 16, Stockton.

Stover Mt. Ski Club, Dick Boone, Chester; meets Elementary School, Chester, 2d Wednesday.

*Sugar Bowl Ski Club, Robert Arthur, 420 Market St., San Francisco.

*System Development Ski Club, Erwin Haegele, 2500 Colorado Ave., Santa Monico; meets every other Thursday at noon at SDC.

*Table Mt. Ski Club, Vernon Carter, 1304 Hillside Dr., Pomona.

Tamarack, James Jackson, P.O. Box 1446, Sacramento; meets Turnverein Hall, Sacramento.

Trojan Ski Club (U. of Southern Calif.), Bob Polis, 16214 Pacific Coast Highway, Surfside.

*Tyrolean Ski Club, Harry Holmgren, 6926 Bellingham Ave., North Hollywood. U. of Calif. Ski Club, Paul Duncan, 2315 Dwight Way, Berkeley 14. *Vallejo Ski Club, Joan Rasler, 524 Starr Ave., Vallejo.

Vorlage Ski Club, Elbert Brock, 513 4th St., Davis; meets Thursday, Oct. to May, Turnverein, 33d and Jay St., Sacramento, 8:15 p.m.

Westwood Ski Club, Mark Seyer, 646 S. Barrington, Los Angeles.

*Whittier Ski Club, P.O. Box 941, Whittier. Roy Weideman, 841 Vacino, La Habra.

Yosemite Winter Club, Henry Berrey, Yosemite National Park.

Yuba Sutter Ski Club, Merle Russell, 604 Hughes Ave., Yuba City.

Far West Ski Assn., Lee Klein, Executive Dir., Box 2431, San Francisco; Byron Nishkian, Pres., 312 Howard St., San Francisco.

Southern Council, Chandler North, 2123 Midvale Ave., Los Angeles; Sidney Cornwall, 4126 Normal Ave., Los Angeles 29.

Bay Area Council, Katherine Hardie, 1159 Clay St., San Francisco; Henry Mockel, Secretary, 5531 Kales Ave., Oakland 18.

Far West Ski Instructors Assoc., Ray Patton, Box 1186, Pinecrest.

FWSA Charter Flights, Dr. Sutter Kunkel; Lee Willette, P.O. Box 64, Long Beach.

Ski Writers of Southern Cal., Bill Keene, KNXT, 1313 N. Vine St., Hollywood; Bill Kotoff, 1511 Dorland St., Whittier.

Winter Sports Writers Association of Northern California and Nevada, Robert Hughes, Pres., San Francisco Chronicle; Henry Mockel, Exec. Sec., 5531 Kales Ave., Oakland 18.

SOUTHERN COUNCIL OF THE FAR WEST SKI ASSOCIATION,

Mr. DONALD R. BAUER,

Forest Supervisor, San Bernardino National Forest,
San Bernardino, Calif.

February 7, 1962.

DEAR MR. BAUER: It has come to my attention that no official request has been placed with your office to develop an area for winter sports in the San GorgonioSan Bernardino Mountain Range.

The Southern Council of the Far West Ski Association hereby requests that an area for winter sports be developed in the San Bernardino-San Gorgonio Mountain Range. This area to have a minimum altitude of 8,500 feet and extend to approximately 10,500 feet. The location and development of this proposed winter sports area to be determined by the U.S. Forest Service.

It is further requested that the U.S. Forest Service serve notice and make necessary arrangements to hold a public hearing on the foregoing request. This request is submitted in behalf of 68 ski clubs in Southern California and in behalf of the many thousand skiers who are not affiliated with skiing organizations.

The Southern Council will cooperate fully with the desires of the U.S. Forest Service and will gladly talk to any organizations who oppose this request in order that we may fully understand each other.

We will greatly appreciate rapid handling of this request so that it may reach Chief Forester McArdle as soon as possible.

Respectfully,

CHANDLER P. NORTH, President.

Mr. ALEX DEUTSCH,
Beverly Hills, Calif.

SKI WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
Los Angeles, Calif., February 14, 1962.

DEAR MR. DEUTSCH: It has been brought to our attention that there is critical need of a representative voice in Washington to present the views of hundreds of thousands of winter sports enthusiasts in this area.

No professional group in Southern California is more acutely aware of these views than the many newspaper, television, magazine, and radio editors and reporters assigned to this field.