Proclamation 3423—Winema National Forest, Oregon

Whereas certain former tribal lands of the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon have been acquired by the United States pursuant to the act of August 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 718, as amended by the act of August 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 816, and are now national-forest lands subject to the laws applicable to lands acquired pursuant to the act of March 1, 1911, 36 Stat. 961; and

Whereas it is desirable in the interest of effective management that a part of such lands be designated as the Winema National Forest, and that a part thereof be administered as a portion of the Fremont National Forest; and

Whereas it is desirable in the interest of effective administration of the national forests that parts of the Rogue River, Deschutes, and Fremont National Forests be transferred to and administered as parts of the Winema National Forest:

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1103 (16 U.S.C. 471), by section 1 of the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 473), and by section 11 of the aforesaid act of March 1, 1911, and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby proclaim as follows :

1. The following-described lands are designated as the Winema National Forest, and all of such lands which are subject to the laws applicable to lands acquired by the United States pursuant to the aforesaid act of March 1, 1911, as amended, or which are hereafter acquired by the United States pursuant to that act shall be administered as the Winema National Forest:

JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President:

DEAN RUSK,

Secretary of State.