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If the owners themselves individually or collectively can comply 

 with the community standards, I would sincerely hope that the com- 

 munity would accept them in a like manner. 



There is a wide area of harmony for all dealer, community, and 

 government alike and I am sure with the proper perspective hold- 

 ing forth, we will see a new era in cooperation. It will not be done 

 overnight, but it will be done. 



ROBERT L. PERKINS, Jr. Automobile junkyards, while particu- 

 larly obvious near many well-traveled highways, constitute only a 

 tiny portion of our junk. The whole matter of the disposal of un- 

 wanted materials should be given recognition as a major problem 

 worth a lot more attention, study, and implementation than it has had 

 to date. Its wide range includes such aspects as pollution, the litter- 

 ing of streets and the destruction of wet lands by what is called, a 

 "sanitary" land fill. 



Economics hold the key to much of this problem. Enormous in- 

 creases in the size of many auto dumps has been brought about by 

 stockpiling due to the relatively recent price changes in the scrap 

 industry. The economics and desirability of a required deposit on 

 beverage containers needs reconsideration. Most any swimmer 

 knows that this is not entirely a question of aesthetics. 



KENNETH L. SCHELLIE. The following resolution and the two mo- 

 tions were brought before the body of the convention of the Garden 

 Club of Indiana, Inc., on April 21, 1965 and passed unanimously: 



Whereas automobile and machinery junkyards and billboards have 

 become eyesores on our highways destroying the beauty of the coun- 

 tryside, and 



Whereas the junkyards have become a health hazard as many are 

 infested with rodents and both the junkyards and billboards are safety 

 hazards because of junk being dumped too close to the highways and 

 the billboards distracting the drivers, and 



Whereas these problems have been of continued concern to the 

 Garden Club of Indiana during the last two sessions of the legislature : 

 Beit 



Resolved, That this organization continue to work for legislation to 

 correct these problems, also that we cooperate with other organiza- 

 tions to build bills to be introduced in the 1967 Session of the Indiana 

 State Legislature. 



