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job, and we have active, aggressive individual civic groups that can 

 accomplish the job. 



What we really need is Federal guidance, stimulation, and edu- 

 cation. I particularly like Professor Scheffey's idea for using the 

 land grant colleges, the State universities, as a gathering place for the 

 exchange of ideas. 



I would like to leave this thought with you. I see it working in 

 Santa Clara County, where small county units and cities are accom- 

 plishing a great amount of beauty and are preserving a fair amount 

 of the countryside in the fastest-growing county in the United States. 



GEORGE SELKE. I wish to comment on the fact that most of the 

 people of the United States will wish to see the 97 percent non-urban 

 part of the United States that we are planning to make and keep 

 beautiful. I am concerned about the way in which they get to the 

 attractive places and what they do while there. I do not wish repli- 

 cas of our old railroad depot areas to develop around our bus stations 

 and airports or the sides of the highways to look like railtrack rib- 

 bons. I also object to unsightly over-used campsites and to lovely 

 mountain meadows ruined by picketed packtrain horses. 



We will need to pay more attention to the management of the 

 people who go to see our lovely places. The beauty that we have 

 or develop must be protected. 



WILLIAM GARNETT. It seems to me the greatest area for 

 action that can come from the greatest gathering of knowledge that 

 you people already have is the field of education to all levels of 

 people. 



I think we can achieve, as was suggested from the panel, the desire 

 for beauty through inspiration. I am tired of seeing examples of 

 blight and the talk of litter. I think we need to put the emphasis 

 on the positive. I think this education should be a national pro- 

 gram aimed from the elementary school level forward, right up 

 through and including a compulsory training on the part of all gov- 

 ernment agencies that have projects of large scope. I am particu- 

 larly aware of this, having recently worked quite intensively on a 

 program with the Army Corps of Engineers. These men are fine 

 engineers. They have had fine training. And they do fine engi- 

 neering projects. But they do not comprehend what we are talking 

 about when we talk about aesthetics and good design. 



They could not comprehend this because they have not had the 

 training or the exposure. They cannot comprehend it because 



