12 CONFERENCE ON NATURAL BEAUTY 



Through an expanded program carried on by the Departments of 

 Health, Education, and Welfare and Interior, we will continue to 

 seek effective and economical methods for controlling pollution from 

 acid mine drainage. 



To improve the quality of our waters will require the fullest co- 

 operation of our State and local governments. Working together, 

 we can and will preserve and increase one of our most valuable 

 national resources clean water. 



Clean air 



The enactment of the Clean Air Act in December of 1963 repre- 

 sented a long step forward in our ability to understand and control 

 the difficult problem of air pollution. The 1966 budget request of 

 $24 million is almost double the amount spent on air pollution pro- 

 grams in the year prior to its enactment. 



In addition, the Clean Air Act should be improved to permit the 

 Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to investigate potential 

 air pollution problems before pollution happens, rather than having 

 to wait until the damage occurs, as is now the case, and to make 

 recommendations leading to the prevention of such pollution. 



One of the principal unchecked sources of air pollution is the auto- 

 mobile. I intend to institute discussions with industry officials and 

 other interested groups leading to an effective elimination or sub- 

 stantial reduction of pollution from liquid-fueled motor vehicles. 



Solid wastes 



Continuing technological progress and improvement in methods 

 of manufacture, packaging, and marketing of consumer products 

 have resulted in an ever-mounting increase of discarded material. 

 We need to seek better solutions to the disposal of these wastes. I 

 recommend legislation to 



Assist the States in developing comprehensive programs for some 

 forms of solid waste disposal. 



Provide for research and demonstration projects leading to more 

 effective methods for disposing of or salvaging solid wastes. 



Launch a concentrated attack on the accumulation of junk cars 

 by increasing research in the Department of Interior leading to use 

 of metal from scrap cars where promising leads already exist. 



Pesticides 



Pesticides may affect living organisms wherever they occur. 



