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He offended conservationists by appointing Richard A. Ballinger for secretary of the interior.
Since Richard A. Ballinger was against the conservationists control of public lands, why do you think supposed President taft made him the secretary of the interior?
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Richard Ballinger and Walter Fisher were Secretaries of the Interior for Taft.
Ballinger was the Secretary of the Interior during the Ballinger and Pinchot affair. He was accused of unethical conduct and favoritism towards private companies in the management of public lands. Pinchot, the chief of the U.S. Forest Service, opposed Ballinger's actions and the entire episode highlighted the divide between conservationists and those who favored exploitation of natural resources.
The Pinchotâ??Ballinger controversy was a dispute between the U. S. Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot and U. S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger. Because President Taft appointed Ballinger to head the Department of the Interior, progressives viewed him as unsupportive to the conservation movement, unlike his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt.
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1910 - the Ballinger-Pinchot affair
1910 - the Ballinger-Pinchot affair
The Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy left the impression that Taft was not interested in preserving the nation?s natural treasures. Taft disappointed many by the appointment of Richard Ballinger, to head the Department of the Interior in 1909.
Richard A. Ballinger
Richard A. Ballinger