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WILLIAM SGHEICK. I was glad to hear the comment that the pro- 

 fessional societies should take some leadership in this. 



The American Institute of Architects is going to strike out on its 

 own this year with a war on community ugliness through our 158 

 chapters. We have made a movie which we hope many people 

 will see. Mrs. Mauntel, we would like your garden clubs to be sure 

 and see it. 



We think it is most important in public education to put the 

 tools for action into the hands of local people. There must be 

 a complete understanding and a knowledge of local regulations 

 and ordinances and other things which make action possible. We 

 have been surveying the country in order to bring these together. 



We find a great hodgepodge and it will be quite a job, I believe, 

 to put these regulations together into a kind of manual or guidebook 

 which will enable citizen action groups to undertake the job and 

 carry it on themselves. 



We have talked about this as a research program for Urban 

 America, Inc. I see Mr. Hammer and Mr. Fagan in this room. I 

 hope they will take this on and help our campaign in this way. 



GLENN THOMPSON. I wish to register a concern about the agree- 

 ment among the panel on the need for urban design. I am suspicious 

 of this. It sounds more like the great curse of urban renewal where 

 the curse is, it seems to me, that a plan is designed from the drawing 

 boards and then it is imposed upon the city. It doesn't seem to me 

 there is nearly enough in our discussion of what the city itself wants 

 to be. 



I warn us against trying to play the role of designing a good char- 

 acter for a delinquent boy. If he doesn't want to be as good as 

 we expect him to be, he is not very likely to be so good. 



Mr. SLAYTON. I am surprised at you because it is the people of 

 Dayton who decide what is going to happen in Dayton in urban re- 

 newal. It is the city council that adopts the plan. It is the city that 

 adopts the plan. 



What have you been doing in Dayton to see that they adopt the 

 plan that you say ought to be adopted? We don't say it. You say 

 it. 



ARTHUR J. HOLST. I think we have gotten some mileage out of 

 some money we have spent, and I would like to share our experience 

 with you without suggesting we have all the answers. 



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