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During the administration of Commissioners O'Loughlin, Har- 
1elpful cooperation was continued, 

mon, and Browne, this spirit of | 
and to our gratification occasions began to multiply for the Botanic 
Garden to reciprocate some of the courtesies of the Department 
of Parks. 
In 1934, the office of Commissioner of Parks of the Borough 
of Brooklyn was discontinued, but under Mr. Moses, the first 
Comnussioner of Parks of Greater New York, a ready and under- 
ing cooperation is being continued in full measure. 
irst, a feeling of mild apprehension when the 
There is a river be- 
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stan 
There was, at f 
sorough Commissionership was abolished. 
tween the Borough of Manhattan and the Borough of Brooklyn. 
Unlike most rivers its width varies according to the direction in 
which one travels across the bridges; it is so much wider in going 
from Manhattan to Brooklyn than when going from Brooklyn to 
Manhattan. 
But, unlike his Biblical namesake, the present Commissioner has 
cen content merely to view the land of promise, which is 
never | 
He has insisted in 
Brooklyn, from a high place in Manhattan. 
crossing the river in spirit as well as in fact, and in considering 
— 
Brooklyn as an integral part of Greater New York. 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is already indebted to Commis- 
stoner Moses and his staff for numerous courtesies. 
I wish also to announce our obligation to the PWAP (Public 
Works of Art Project) through which the busts of six botanists 
were modelled in plaster and now adorn our main floor rotunda. 
Also to the CWA (Civil Works Administration) and its successor 
the TERA (Temporary Emergency Relief Administration) to 
whom we are indebted for the foundational work in the develop- 
ment of the three acres of our North Addition, which now con- 
—e 
stitute our Horticultural Section. 
ar, | am happy to announce our gratitude to Colonel 
— 
In particu 
Wilham J. Wilgus, until last week the efficient head of the Works 
Division of the Emergency Relief Administration. We are partly 
indebted to him for the improved acoustics of this auditorium and 
for efficient cooperation in other ways. 
I must not fail to announce the obligation of the director and 
staff to our Boys and Girls Club of several hundred members. 
