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pursuant to a specific piece of legislation bye Congress which, in effect, told the government to set up a reserve on Rice Take in northern Minnesota. The Am. Jur, article on eminent domain, 26 Am. Jur. 2d Eminent Domain, Section 91, indicates that absent explicit statutory authority, the courts are split over the issue of whether the federal government can take land devoted to a pub- lic purpose, that is whether a federal purpose is always a su- perior purpose. I have reviewed some of the cases cited in the Am. Jur. article and also an annotation at 91 L.Ed. 221 and reach- ed the same conclusion. I also looked at some later cases from the Federal Digest and it indicates to me that this split is still in existence. However, I think there is a slight trend toward the rule that a specific grant of the power of eminent domain authorizes taking of public as well as private property, even without a specific statute saying " go build a Post Office in Roseville, Minnesota, on the site of a former school." IV. WHAT IS GOING ON IN ROSEVILLE NOW. I spoke with Bruce Davison in the Local post Office Eminent Domain and Real Estate Division. He told me that he knew nothing about any plans to acquire a school in Roseville for use as a post Office. Davison indicated that any eminent domain activi- ties which would be going on in Minnesota would be handled through the regional office in Chicago. I called Nick Kline in Chicago. Kline told me that it was his office that would be han- dling any condemnation procedures of this nature and he knew noth- ing about any moves to condemn the Lexington School in Roseville. Davison's number is 851-1130 and Kline's number is (312)765-4988.