For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office PREFACE The present volume of the Decisions of the Department of the Interior covers the period from January 1, 1945, to June 30, 1947. It includes the most important administrative decisions and legal opinions that were rendered by officials of the Department during the period. The Honorable Harold L. Ickes and the Honorable J. A. Krug served successively as Secretary of the Interior during the period covered by this volume; Mr. Abe Fortas and the undersigned served successively as Under Secretary of the Interior; Messrs. Michael W. Straus, Warner W. Gardner, C. Girard Davidson, and the undersigned served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior; and Messrs. Fowler V. Harper, Warner W. Gardner, and Mastin G. White served successively as Solicitor of the Department of the Interior. This volume will be cited within the Department of the Interior as |