VERNON E. JOHNSON has dedicated himself to the job f how to make use of the countryside and yet not spoil or destroy it. The 68-year-old

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started his campaign for the conservation of natural riches in Canada. Here, he handles a live salmon on the Miramichi River in New Brunswick dur-

former baseball player and head of the Canadian Interna- tional Paper Company came to Canada from Massachus- etts in 1920. Soon after he

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ing a demonstration of how eggs are collected from early salmon run for removal to I hatchery. (CP PHOTO)

n Dedicated

To Save Canada's Na’rural Riches

By CY FOX

HARRINGTON. Que. tCPi—lroad through miles of greenery. 'I‘he visitor's car patiently fol-lup sparsely settled hills andl

lows a little - known countryldown

delicious Efinally. at the very end of the roadway. he spots the figure of t

.l ohnson. Mr. Johnson.

citizenship since 1936. . llHo

.10 Thg Guardijmghnrlottetown, Mom. Sept. 14. 1954.

l't'ormer head of the Canadian International Paper Company,: has retired to the woods. whichl almost 50 years of work and‘ play have made his element. Tall and soft-spoken. he could be mistaken for an ordinary citydweller but its big sun- browned hands reflect the rugged dash of a career spent‘ largely in Canada‘s richly en» dowed outdoors. i The career started when Mr.; Johnson came to Canada from. Massachusetts in 1920 to play‘ baseball. I But from baseball be quick); turned to the pulp and paper business and a dedicated fight for the conservation of natural riches in Canada. his country of

make use of the[ country and yet not spoil or destroy it. that's the problem." he says as he casts an expert eye over his thriving garden or examines a troubled tree with the solicitude of a doctor for an especially valued patient.

TREES VITAL

And he contends that without trees mankind cannot prosper ﬁnancially or physically.

Mr. Johnson retired as board chairman of Canadian Interns-i tional last year. He had served‘ for eight years as president of the company, stepping down in! 1961

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Now he is established for all but the winter months in this rural commun ty. 65 miles northeast of Montreal and not far from a large company tree farm. He occupies a low-slung house overlooking an island- studded lake.

It was in 1920 that the native of Southwick. Mass. came north to play baseball for the Grand'Mere. Que. paper mill found himself confronted

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ture premier of the province. late Maurice Duplessls

dales until the man he came to see. Ver—tThis non E.

the baseball team representing tthe Trois - Rivieres shipyards. ‘ club and Grand'Mere tended up as opponents in Il'let

,a possible career

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ship of the st. Maurice River Valley. '

Mr. oohnson. a crack pitcher. hit a game-winning home run in the playoff encounter but Mr. Dupiessis entered a techni- cal protest. winning his poin and the championship cup for Trois-Rivieres.

Mr. Duplessis later promised Mr. Johnson would return the cup to the Grand'Mere star “when I become premier of Quebec." Full of self - confi- dence, he sent his opponent a trophy representing the cup one month before the 1936 elections

made him leader of the prov-

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Mr. in engineering and business ad- ministration at college. forsook in profes- sional baseball to head for the bush later in 1920 as an opera- tions clerk for the old Lauren- tide Paper Company.

After roughing it in the wilds with his town - bred wife Rachael. he joined Canadian International in 1929 as assis- tant iranager of woodands. with offices in New York.

His firsthand experience of

e wood - cuttng scene con- vinced hm that the company's future demanded long-term pro- grams for guaranteeing sup- plies of wood.

.50 tarted his preoccupation with forest rehabilitation, while

his interest in fish and game pedt

conservation also velo quickly into a passion. The company became inter- ested in the fish game problem after considering how it could best entertain corpora- on guests.

"We decided it was really no

good just sending guests on cabaret tours." Mr. Johnson Sal .

FISHING BETTER \

“People could be better enter-

to kill. wild animals in their native abit Nowadays.

like moose at."

Johnson. who specialized.

was then general manager of'tained with fishing and withimentions urban exnan the chance to see. though not‘grams

signs like "'l‘hou and not destroy them." he re- 58 . year . 01di1920 playoffs for the champion-tshalt not hunt" abound on com-imarked. "Why. they clear the

pony property and Mr. Johnson air we brash

hmself is full of ideas for t‘iel cultivation (of fish.

"Grewing trout in as easy as} growing beats in a garden." he

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sists.

As woodlands manager of the company after 1934. as vice- president following 1948 and in the president's chair. he took a leading role in conservation ac- tivities In and out of Canadan International.

For work like the board chair- manship of the Atlantic Salmon Association. he has won a num- ber of citations and a tribute from columnist Gregory Clark.

“Vernon Johnson is one of '. those men infected with a pas-l sion for the beautiful earth,"L Mr. Clark said. i

The retired paper o'ilef sees} trees as the key not only to; continued company success but} also to prosperity for manyE farmers in the St. Lawrence; River Valley. : RAISE wnono cnors i

“There are farmers trying to. raise vegetable crops in rocky soil and with a short growing season and a bitter climate." he observed. tapping a nervous tattoo with his big ﬁngers as he warmed to a favorite topic. “If they turned to cultivating trees they'd do much better."

As company head. he took a special interest in widening the range of products that could be derived from trees and bring- ing more varieties of trees within the scope of use for pulp and paper purposes.

The secret of success in this effort. be said. was research plus “a little imagination."

e also spurred the use of "selective cutting" techniques on the 25.000 square miles of land the company owns or leases from the Crown. The aim here is' to promote new growth in operation areas and to pre- serve as much as possible of the beauty of the landscape.

Mr. Johnson cringes when he sion pro—

th a t indiscriminately trees away. build around the trees

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and the water we drink. We simply can't do without them."

Aluminum Co. Said Turning To Steam Power

NEW YORK (AP) — Pres ident John Harper of Aluminum Co. of America said here his company is turning away from its traditional ties with water power in favor of steam power for new plants.

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He told an Informal press gathering hi her costs and administrative difﬁculties with dam power. relatively im- proved costs of coal and rising transportation costs all make it increasingly economical to pro. duce aluminum closer to raw {material supplies and to mar. e .

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