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provide for the screening or removal of any wrecking yards in those 

 areas. And finally, as part of the general effort launched by Mrs. 

 Johnson in beautifying Washington, B.C., we believed that the 

 wrecking yards in this area should be made compatible with the 

 neighboring land uses. 



Our next recommendation and you notice how free and easy 

 we are in advising people was that the State and local governments 

 should undertake effective land use planning for the auto-dismantling 

 industry, making available model laws and case studies of success- 

 ful operations. Planning and zoning for appropriate location of the 

 yards indicate that a law for licensing of auto wreckers would be 

 useful in some instances. 



We suggested that it would be appropriate to reexamine the State 

 personal property tax on the scrap market value of hulk held in 

 inventory to encourage their sale or movement. 



We believed a pilot program would be worthwhile in trans- 

 ferrable disposal certificates attached to the title, and refundable 

 when the car is disposed of. 



Next, as an analogy of Public Law 480, we thought a pilot pro- 

 gram for cars for peace, the export of cars that are still operable to 

 areas where labor costs were low, should be inaugurated. 



Next point, we thought Federal grants should be made available 

 to civic groups and industry associations for the purpose of a cleanup 

 and national tree-planting campaign. And finally, that the Federal 

 Government should encourage and cooperate in an expanded pro- 

 gram of government-industry research, which has had such high 

 payoff in seeking new uses and improvements in current uses for auto- 

 mobile scrap. 



I think you can see that in this broad and specific program all 

 components of industry were called on to undertake certain costs 

 for the general benefit of us all. 



Questions and Discussion 



Mr. HAAR. I wonder if I could start our question period with one 

 general question. One item that we discussed at great length was 

 whether the automobile junkyard and the abandoned car are an 

 external cost of the industry, and whether the automobile user and 

 manufacturer should not therefore be looked upon as the proper 

 source for bearing some of the necessary subventions and subsidies. 



