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lem which it seems to me, is very 

 closely related to the general problem 

 of congestion. And there, again, your 

 associates are taking the lead. They 

 are in many cases either chairmen of lo- 

 cal committees or active workers on the 

 committees which are working out this 

 problem in about twenty cities. 



The very latest undertaking was au- 

 thorized only a few weeks ago by our 

 executive committee, and that was the 

 publication of an official organ to be 

 known as the "City Plan." I suspect that 

 some of the members of our committee 

 felt about that publication — although they 

 did not say anything — in much the same 

 way as the eminent judge of the King's 

 Bench, who, after many years of service 

 in that court was called to the Admiralty 

 Bench. He said, "May there be no 

 moaning of the Bar when I set out to 

 sea." So I hope there will be no moan- 

 ing of the landscape architects when we 

 try to put on paper what we think about 

 city planning. I think there is need of 

 such a bulletin. I think all the ideas of 



the various planning committees will 

 have more value, if gathered together 

 where all may read them and make com- 

 parisons with their own ideas. Certain- 

 ly, the National City Planning Confer- 

 ence will be helped by getting together 

 in one place all the problems and all the 

 solutions that are suggested by commit- 

 tees all over the country. And I am go- 

 ing to offer the pages of this Bulletin 

 tonight to any of the gentlemen who 

 have any ideas that they would like to 

 send to city-planning boards, to park- 

 extension boards, and to committees who 

 have that sort of thing in hand. There 

 will be 5,000 copies printed, and they will 

 be given the largest circulation possible 

 among all those who are interested in 

 the organizations or committees that I 

 have suggested. If you have a message 

 for them or for us, please consider that 

 the pages of the Bulletin are open to you, 

 and remember that we shall always be 

 very glad to give publicity to any ideas 

 that you think may advance city plan- 

 ning in America. 



