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munity action programs. On a regional basis, we are already 

 programing the conservation corpsman's assistance and support to 

 the beautification and restoration of such historic areas as Harper's 

 Ferry. We can see a major role for our youth in the Appalachian 

 program. As to the individual community, it is reasonable to ex- 

 pect that the services and support of corpsmen will be requested, 

 particularly as they are able to beautify their centers to the degree 

 that they become models of good planning and inexpensive beauti- 

 fication. Simply, our primary goal and objective is the development 

 of our greatest natural resource; namely, our youth. Our youth, 

 in turn, are being redirected to reclaim their natural heritage 

 the mountains, forests, meadows, lakes, and streams that greeted 

 our forefathers. 



THOMAS B. SATTER WHITE. While the questions relating to 

 "Water and Waterfronts," "The Design of the Highway," "Un- 

 derground Installation of Utilities," "Automobile Junkyards" and 

 other related issues are naturally important, the planning of new 

 urban and suburban developments by competent and effectual 

 authority dwarfs other considerations by comparison. 



In my own community, Lexington, Ky., there is an excellent test 

 tube example of what is taking place throughout the Nation: the 

 unnecessary destruction of magnificent natural terrain by snowball- 

 ing industrial encroachments and the concomitant housing develop- 

 ments. Local resistance to the pressures of these interests has com- 

 pletely broken down, or, better put, has about as much chance as 

 a colony of beavers attempting to dam the Niagara River. 



There must come from the Federal Government strong assistance 

 in some form which can control, plan, and direct the growth of 

 the cities in such a way that future America will not be an utterly 

 impossible place in which to live. 



The interests involved in exploiting the countryside for their own 

 financial gain are so strong that no regulatory entities at the city, 

 county, or State levels can possibly oppose them successfully. 



Dr. J. HAROLD SEVERAID. An important need here is for State 

 and local governments to so zone, or freeze the price of land, or to 

 tax 100 percent on the profits, so as to discourage speculators from 

 inflating the value of land in which a higher echelon of govern- 

 ment has expressed a real or potential proprietary interest. If lesser 

 levels of government fail to do this, Federal laws should be passed 



