Robert Wolf interview, 1989 Nov. 13.

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Robert Wolf interview, 1989 Nov. 13.

Robert Wolf discusses the General Accounting Law including background material such as deficiencies of the public timber program 1954-1955, 1955-56 hearings in the West, the Al Sarena mining claim and the role of the 1872 mining law, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian termination policy, monopolies, David Mason, and specific timber companies in Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette.Transcript: 27 leaves ; 28 cm.

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