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familiar with the geographical problems of the area and native plant 

 life. 



Secondly, and we strongly recommend this second suggestion, 

 plans for landscape beautification should not be part of the prime 

 contract, but be an individual, separate contract. Because I am 

 afraid otherwise, if you let it out as part of the general construction 

 contract, the beautification is going to get the short end of the horn. 

 So, I hope very much, Mr. Whitton, that the Board will take these 

 suggestions under consideration. Possibly the panel would com- 

 ment. 



Mr. BABCOCK. He agrees with everything you say. 



CHARLES CALLISON. There are two questions to the panel. The 

 first one that Mr. Gilliam asked, was forgotten about. 



The second was commented on. I should like to restate the first 

 question or call it again to the attention of the panel and ask for 

 comment, particularly, I think from Mr. Whitton and from the 

 gentlemen on the panel who are State highway department admin- 

 istrators or officials. 



The question is: Should it not be considered wise, perhaps, to 

 have legislative recognition of the concept that certain areas should 

 not be considered potential rights-of-way for freeways, or other 

 major highways? 



Mr. Gilliam spoke of the Redwood State Park in California. I 

 know another such area which is an irreplaceable and extremely 

 important national wildlife refuge in the State of Alabama. This 

 is presently threatened by a plan to build an interstate highway 

 through the middle of it. 



Mr. BABCOCK. Thank you. I don't know whether the group here 

 can comment on that. 



Mr. HALPRIN. It may be easier for me. I wholeheartedly, sir, 

 support your attitude and would be very happy to vote for it. 



Mrs. HANS KLUSSMANN. We have an urgent problem in San 

 Francisco. That is the freeway they are trying to build there. One 

 gentleman here, not from San Francisco, mentioned that the Em- 

 barcadero Freeway would be torn down. He said it should be torn 

 down and if you would take a vote in San Francisco today, you would 

 find a unanimous popular vote to tear the thing down. That was 

 constructed about ten years ago. This new freeway is going to 



