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Mr. Crafts, could you answer that question in relation to the high- 

 way construction? 



Mr. CRAFTS. Not particularly with respect to highway construc- 

 tion, but there is provision in the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

 Act, as you know, for the making available of certain portions of 

 this fund for the purchase of areas to protect endangered species of 

 fish and wildilfe. 



Now, the success of this aspect of that program depends in part 

 on some additional substantive legislation which has not yet been 

 passed but which is pending within the Administration at the present 

 time. 



Secretary UDALL. If I may comment. 



It does seem to me that one result of this conference and maybe 

 the views of some are a bit too harsh, because I think there is change 

 in the air the advocates of the bulldozer approach to development, 

 and let's call it the former system of building highways, are very 

 much under attack and on the defensive. I think that what we 

 are seeing, really, is the entry into this whole process of land-use 

 planning and the relationship of people to this over-all environment, 

 a whole series of new considerations. The one you mention is an 

 important one. 



Another important one is the preservation of all kinds of historic 

 landmarks. It is fantastic the destruction that we have done in a 

 lot of our new programs in the last few years in terms of destroying 

 things that are an important part of our environment and of our 

 history. 



I think, ten years ago when I first came to Washington, for ex- 

 ample, the highway program was in a watertight compartment and 

 all of us all of the departments seemed to be looking backwards and 

 worked more or less in isolation. I think we are now aware of this 

 and that's why we sit here together, our programs are interrelated and 

 we have to be sensitive to all these values and try to accommodate 

 them within the new programs that are being activated. I think 

 this is one of the grounds for hope in this conference. 



Mr. CLAY. Our waterfront panel has been quite disturbed at the 

 obvious conflict between the present deep-rooted and single-purpose 

 construction practices of many Federal agencies, especially those 

 agencies that had to do with water development. 



