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of population and well suited to the production of shade tree stock. 



4. In carrying out all phases of this program the possibility of 

 full use of the Job Corps and other programs to provide employ- 

 ment and training should be investigated. 



5. To implement this program, the desirability of reemphasizing 

 Arbor Day should be considered. Tree planting by children will 

 help to instill respect and appreciation of the values of parks and 

 open spaces. 



Reforesting our cities would provide the acoustical cushion to 

 absorb the roar of the city and again provide a haven for songbirds 

 and small animals for the enjoyment and education of the city 

 dwellers. 



RICHARD FANNING. These are my recommendations on the preser- 

 vation of community shade trees. 



Although it is fully agreed that assistance should be given to 

 well developed tree planting programs in communities, it is equally 

 important that measures be taken to halt the loss of certain tree 

 species which are quickly disappearing due to diseases such as Dutch 

 elm disease and sycamore canker. 



The Townscape session stressed heavily the need for shade trees 

 in the community and strongly urged the planting of large trees, 

 and yet each and every tree saved from disease is far more valuable 

 than a newly planted tree. 



A program is immediately needed to revitalize tree preservation 

 programs in communities that have long worked in combating, on a 

 local level, various tree diseases. 



1. Initiate a massive and intense research program on effective 

 shade tree disease preventatives. 



2. Assist, through grants, in the removal of diseased trees which 

 will, in turn, eliminate one phase of the disease cycle and thereby 

 reduce the spread of disease. 



JUSTIN HERMAN. Two recommendations are submitted: 



1. The Housing and Home Finance Agency should establish a 

 new element in its workable program requirements for community 

 improvements. This would recognize design and beautification 

 values in those activities of the city which lend themselves to aid 

 under HHFA programs. 



2. The Urban Renewal Administration of the Housing and Home 

 Finance Agency should recognize the value (as noncash grant-in- 

 aid) for exterior works of art, murals, fountains, statuary, de facto 



