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and that they offer no incurable unsightlinesses. The question is, 

 can it be possible to have and to keep all these things? The Presi- 

 dent of our great land thinks so we think so and that is why we 

 are here. 



We hope in this panel to emphasize some of the problems through 

 discussion by panel members and audience participation, and as a 

 result of the conclusions reached, present recommendations to the 

 President for final implementation of his plan to re-create and pre- 

 serve for posterity America's great heritage, its natural beauty. 



A large order, perhaps, but this is a larger and faster world than 

 ever before, and there is no time to dawdle on matters so long 

 neglected. 



Mrs. Fox. Beauty loves all, and I know that we are all, as the 

 roadside councils have long been, against sin. So we will start from 

 there. 



I was going to give a short review of what we have learned by 

 experience in Pennsylvania, but what is past is prologue. I think 

 those of us who have listened in on these wonderful conferences for 

 the past two days and those of us who have read through reams of 

 homework in practically every mail are well aware of what is needed 

 and what we should be doing. But our question, as I see it, is how 

 and primarily when. So this morning, I am going to confine my re- 

 marks to four prime subjects with respect to which I feel I can speak 

 from experience. I believe my remarks will reflect the consensus of 

 all roadside councillors throughout America, including Hawaii. 

 Hawaii, of course, is the veteran they have been working on it there 

 for, I am told, 50 years. We have been working for 30 years in 

 Pennsylvania while California has been at it for almost 40 years. 



This is old hat to those of us who have been working in the vine- 

 yard through the years giving our all, as dedicated beauty lovers. 

 Out of this experience comes this brief survey of what we feel is 

 needed from the government to implement a program of control, 

 to reclaim the highways that our tax money has paid for and to pro- 

 tect them for the future and not keep on making the same grievous 

 mistakes that have been made in the past. 



First and foremost, I would like to refer to the need for a national 

 clearinghouse for information and help for all State roadside coun- 

 cils. We had such an organization once which was responsible for 

 all the rest of us being organized and starting out on the right foot. 

 This was the pioneering of Mrs. Elizabeth Lawton who, you may 



