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be the key to the success or failure of the entire program. In plan- 

 ning their program of improvements, they should also consider the 

 scenic values involved. It is therefore respectfully suggested that a 

 closer relationship be established between the local agencies and the 

 military to better accomplish this desirable end. 



JOSEPH A. DIETRICH. A recommendation of the panel was that 

 an organization be set up to be named the "Committee on Natural 

 Beauty and Recreation." My opinion and the opinion of others 

 I talked with indicate that the interest and success of the conference 

 was entirely due to the title assigned to this conference "Confer- 

 ence on Natural Beauty." I feel that adding the word "Recreation" 

 as part of the proposed new name would deviate from the meaning 

 and feelings of those attending and supporting the conference. 



Recreation is supported and encompassed in many of our gov- 

 ernmental agencies at present and is associated in the minds of many 

 of our citizens as active, rather than passive recreation. I sincerely 

 believe that if the word "Recreation" is used in this instance, re- 

 actions would be forthcoming from other interests such as those 

 concerned with pollution, etc. 



The credit for the conference should be to those who originated 

 the theme and, therefore, I recommend that we not pollute the 

 original title of "Natural Beauty," but allow it to remain as a mark 

 of appreciation to those who conceived the idea. 



MICHAEL R. FAGAN. Much has been said about the value of local 

 zoning and/or the intervention of the Federal Government on the 

 local level in zoning whenever the local level legislative bodies have 

 failed to adequately zone so as to control urban or roadside blight. 

 I am diametrically opposed to the intervention of Federal participa- 

 tion in local land-use control. The Federal Government is without 

 merit in this area, while on the other hand, it could make a valuable 

 contribution to achieve the desired end by encouraging the estab- 

 lishment or improvement of local land-use control through zoning 

 by any one of several methods previously mentioned to the panel. 



While we cannot ignore the responsibility of local government to 

 zone nor the absence of adequate land-use control, it is an improper 

 conclusion I think that we, the people, would support the introduc- 

 tion of the Federal Government into an area historically reserved 

 to the local government. 



